They get a lot of unexpected attention on the first day of school and later face the temptation to do drugs. Adult Maya and Anna - as their younger selves - are surrounded by actual teenagers as they re-experience some of the ups and downs of middle school life. Comics Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle play versions of themselves as teenage outcasts in the year 2000, during a time when the best day of your life can turn into the worst with the stroke of a gel pen.
#TV SERIES PEN15 SERIES#
Turn of the Millennium: The first season takes place in the year 2000 and is dripping with references to the pop culture and fashions of that time ( Crash Bandicoot, Tamagotchis, curtains, and long cargo skirts).This comedy series depicts middle school as it really happened.Toxic Friend Influence: After hanging with Maura, both Maya and Anna end up acting more obnoxious and spoiled.That Nostalgia Show: Does this for the Turn of the Millennium, dealing with specific early 2000s trends.The Problem with Pen Island: Invoked in the show's title.Photo Montage: The opening credits show photos of Erskine and Konkle when they were thirteen.Offer for Hulu (With Ads) plan only: 2/month for 3 months, then auto-renews at 7.99/month or then-current regular monthly price. Savings compared to current regular monthly price.
Period Piece: This show takes place in 2000 when Anna and Maya were 13 years old. Stream thousands of shows and movies, with plans starting at 2/month for 3 months.Also gets discussed in Season 2 Episode 5.
Maya gets hers towards the end of Season One.
Middle School: The story starts just before the protagonists' first day of 7th grade. Meat-O-Vision: Anna fasts to protest racism and later sees Maya as a walking piece of ham. Half-Breed Discrimination: Maya is biracial and her half-brother (who is fully Japanese) teases her over it. Gag Nose: Anna has one in the animated episode. Formula-Breaking Episode: The second season has a special animated episode. The gimmick (the protagonists are played by thirty-year-old women) is the least of the discomfort. Cringe Comedy: It could hardly not be. Later on, Anna and Maya adopt the term much to their mothers’ horror. 
Country Matters: Maura calls her mother a cunt. Coming-Out Story: Gabe’s storyline in the second season involves him coming to terms with his sexuality although he hasn’t come out yet. Cerebus Syndrome: The second season is much darker and less humorous than the first. Ooh, Shiny!: Maya is diagnosed ADD in the second season. Ascended Extra: Gabe goes from being an extra with a few lines in the first season to having his own subplot in the second. Adults Dressed as Children: Maya and Anna are adults playing kids (although they are actually kids in the context of the show). A Day in the Limelight: Maya’s mother Yuki has an episode from her perspective in the second season. The series concluded on Decemwith the remainder of the season. The second season premiered on Septemand continued with an animated special episode. With Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, Melora Walters, Mutsuko Erskine. ' PEN15 (pronounced 'pen-fifteen') is a live-action Hulu original Coming of Age Story and Cringe Comedy series created by, and starring, Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle playing fictionalized versions of their thirteen-year-old selves. Maya Ishii-Peters and Anna Kone are two best friends in the seventh grade during the year 2000 as they strive to navigate the changing world around them, from mean girls and first boyfriends at school to family problems at home. PEN15: Created by Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, Sam Zvibleman. PEN15 (pronounced "pen-fifteen") is a live-action Hulu original Coming of Age Story and Cringe Comedy series created by, and starring, Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle playing fictionalized versions of their thirteen-year-old selves.
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