An adult-animated comedy series about teenage friends who spot their lives upended by the wonders and horrors of puberty. Even though it has a lot of adolescent boy humor, it also has clever feminist content and bluntly accurate sex education.
Queer Plotline Timeline
In season 1 episode 6, Nick and Andrew take a trip to the city and discover Jessi&#;s mom kissing another woman. From the rest of the season on they struggle with telling Jessi. She eventually finds out and confronts her mom about it.
Notable Queer-Centric Episodes
Season 1, Episode 6 &#;Pillow Talk&#; &#; Nick and Andrew take a trip to the city and unearth Jessi&#;s mom kissing another woman.
Season 1, Episode 8 &#;The Head Push&#; &#; Nick gets dunk at a party and tells Jessi about her mom.
Season 1, Episode 9 &#;I Survived Jessi&#;s Bat Mitzvah&#; &#; At Jessi&#;s Bat Mitzvah, she realizes Cantor Dina Reznick is the girl her mom is having an affair with.
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Characters
There are 14 queer characters listed for this show; none are dead.
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