The tiktok from Lissa and Tamara’s actors I mentioned! www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8F8cpXA/

I still quote "you're welcome" the way Sadie does to this day. It has absolutely stuck with me

I genuinely thought I was the only person who even watched this show 😭😭 I loved it tho it was cringey but in a good wayyyy

This was my show growing up, I was obsessed

I’m so glad you’re reviewing these random ass shows because I think most people have either watched it all and completely forgotten it, Watched a few episodes but couldn’t finish it and always wondered “what happened,” or has the outside perspective of “this seems so weird but soooooo interesting”

Due to how the show is successfully intentionally awkward, I guess it's both camp *and* cringe.

The way these teenagers were written to have the most exciting and scandalous love lives is something that will never NOT be weird to me. No wonder we were all terrified of high school 😂 Media shows it as a place filled with sex, drugs, bullying, violence, etc. (of course there are schools that probably have these things, but not as dramatic as they make it seem on TV)

As someone who’s mother was abusive and emotionally neglectful while I was growing up, the mom’s character arc is definitely realistic(esp the cycle of abuse part). She’s been making amends consistently for years and is now my best friend.

I respect the writers they did whatever they wanted and they were as insane and ambitious and unique as possible without any restrictions they had complete creative freedom within their budget and they didn’t care what anyone thought and they had fun with it

There IS no fourth season of Awkward in Ba Sing Se.

YOURE KIDDING ME! my partner and i are rewatching this show rn!! its my billionth time watching the show so im so excited to watch this video but its their first time watching it so they’ll have to wait til we finish lol

I loved awkward so much as a teen and I identified with Jenna's feelings a lot, she had a really low self-esteem and she was always afraid that the guys were just playing her or that she was too inferior to them. A lot of the stupid things she does are mainly because she's insecure and wants to feel a little bit in control. I feel like the show depicts perfectly what is like dating in high school, it's a lot of drama because you're immature and you enter this toxic pattern where you know it's a bad relationship but you keep coming back to it because you're forced to see that person every day. I think this becomes clearer after they breakup and go to different colleges, when she comes home she's a really different person and she's made to feel awkward again and falls back to her old patterns, and consequently wants to be with Matty again.

“Lore’s edgier cousin” This is the first episode of this series I’ve seen and I already love it

Honestly with Season Two Jake, that's who I wanted Jenna to end up with. I think she needed a guy who was more emotionally intelligent and more open minded. So for me personally, I'm with y'all on this one. Season 3 was the finale for me, I have not seen Season 4 or 5. So this was a great recap

Does anyone remember Finding Carter that aired around this time. It's was very short-lived on MTV.

Awkward was so insane. I remember I lost track during season 3, so I had to rewatch. I didn't fully get into the show until 2012.

I find it very funny that Athena is covering this show this week when she’s covering Elena of Avalor next week. This is because two of the main voice actors for EoA (Jillian Rose Reed and Joseph Haro) are in this show. Reed plays Tamara in this show and Naomi in EoA. Haro plays Clark Stevenson here and Mateo in EoA. P.S-great video as always Athena!!!!

I really love how Athena works on her videos.

Listening to this was so stressful because I can't even watch Disney Channel sitcoms without getting too stressed out anymore, props to Athena for actually making it through the whole thing xD

I used to love this show (but, even back then, I knew it was cringe, so I don't think I would survive a rewatch. thank you for your service lol). From what I remember, the original showrunner left after s3 so I always wondered if that's why it felt like an ending, because, to her, it *was* an ending. It was her last season and she wanted to give the characters a good send off/goodbye before she left. Also, the teacher was played by Anthony Michael Hall from The Breakfast Club and I think some of his scenes were meant to be a nod to that (like him reading Jenna's paper at the end of s3 with Jenna's voiceover just like how Vernon read the letter, with Brian's voiceover, at the end of TBC -- I'm sure there were other moments but after, like, 10 years that's the only one I can still remember lol) Anyway, sorry for the long comment, loved the video!

You should do wife swap for camp or cringe! There are some CRAZY episodes, they would purposefully put moms in uncomfortable or even dangerous situations, but there were also some genuinely heartfelt moments as well. I personally recommend the D'Amico-Flisher/Perrin episode with the iconic god warrior

This show made me feel better about not dating boys in high school. Back then I thought I was a loser and that nobody likes me, but actually it saved me a lot of nerve cells and bad experiences.

Faking it and Awkward carried me through middle/hight school

id love to see you cover some british 2000s and 2010s teen dramas as well. obviously skins but also for example this series they played on nick at night called "misfits". nobody ever talks about it but i loved it so much i bought the first 3 seasons and watched it on my little iphone back in the day

I was OBSESSED with this show. OBSESSED. Watched the new episode every week. I am so ready for this. What a fricken show man! I remember constantly thinking "this is about kids??!!? FOR KIDS????!!!"

I kinda wish the plot moved more like New Girl, where the other characters get their moment and just intertwine with other characters; just so it didn't keep going like a one-trick pony that died and kept getting beaten. Though at some point (maybe after the Colin sub-arc) Jenna and Matty should have just called it quits and moved on with their lives. I feel like her mother needed to prove herself some more to be forgiven.

I jsut gotta say i recently tuned into your channel and i really love your content as a weird black kid in the hood without much of an outlet to be more of myself due to the environment your videos make me feel really good about myself knowing other people are jsut as weird so thank you again sorry if this was long.

my favorite comfort show to rewatch. I was obessed with awkward growing up.

OMG YOU GOTTA DO FINDING CARTER NEXT!!!! It was on MTV and is one of these teen dramas that's messed tf up! And someone I went to high school with is an actor of that show lmao Caleb Ruminer went to my high school

I think the humor at 31:44 was just how random and weird the statement was. The characters probably laughed because they didn't expect an occurrence like that to be described. It gave them a peculiar feeling, or an "Awkward" feeling!

I love this becoming a series!! I'm someone that never watches teen dramas but hearing people talk about it is so fun to me, it's like when a high school friend you haven't seen you in a while catches you up on all the tea (???) Anyways yeah it's fun!!

The makeup this episode is amazing!!! The MTV logo is so well done?!?!? I love the makeup looks so much

ATHENA! PLEASE, WHENEVER YOU CAN, can you review the MTV show “Finding Carter” ? I remember me and my two younger sisters watching the first few episodes and thinking it was sooooo good before our mom happened to watch part of an episode where Carter’s mom basically told Carter’s best friend since childhood (who was a high school boy) to do the do with Carter at party they were having (Carter’s also in high school.) !!!! So now I totally understand why my mom didn’t want us watching it anymore! but I was so invested back then I just watched the rest of the show on a random website in secret 😅 it is also a WILD ride and was made around 2014 but it has a fairly interesting plot and slightly less offensive characters compared to some of the other MTV shows in this genre

i thought i had never watched this show until you began drescribing the first episode and.... in shock i realized that, just as i had watched the first season of fakin' it in 2019 as a distraction from my worsening mental health and then completely forgotten about it, i did the same with awkward. oh my god i watched this whole thing and i guess my brain deleted it completely from my memory because of the trauma it caused me .

Me at the start of this video: Haha, what a silly seeming show, I bet watching Athena recap it is gonna be so fun 😊 **Starts describing a main character with family life a little too similar to mine** Me now: 👁👄👁

The way I was obsessed with awkward. I rewatched it so much when I was in high school.

Omg does anyone remember My Life as Liz?? My older siblings watched so much MTV and I remember Awkward. and that show and am tempted to actually watch both shows now lol

Yay can you please please please do Secret life of the American teenager? It's so cringe

Tamara & Ming were part of my bisexual awakening. Also which Dork Diaries book was that😭I have like half of them [the other half were stolen :( ]

So glad I ran into this video. Something about the season 3 finale made me feel it should be the end, especially when it was the original showrunner or writer leaving it so I just never continued. Based on this I saved myself some decent time because WTF lol

My life as Liz next! Nobody ever remembers that show!

A nearly hour long Athena video?!?! BLESS THE BUTTLOVING QUEEN IN ALL HER GENEROSITY

I was so obsessed with this show during the first season and by the time the second season premiered I didn't gave a shit anymore, amazing Update: after watching the video I realised I do rememeber alot of season 2, I guess I cared a little bit still. Great video, love from Argentina

This is one of my comfort rewatch shows. The cringe the humor SADIEEEE I love it and hate it at the same time. Thanks for this hilarious synopsis. I’m a new subscriber instantly ❤❤❤

This show holds a special place in my heart cause while the show was airing i too was dealing with my own matty and jake situation 💀

I watched your other MTV teen drama vid and immediately wanted a video like this about Awkward but nobody had one. Thank you! This show was like a messy fever dream

Athena P can you do a video about the Lore of Yo Gabba Gabba? It's also one of the weirdest kids shows I've ever seen.

“Yerrrrwelcome.” Will always be iconic.

I truly wanted Matty and Sadie to get together. I really liked their relationship.

I won’t lie. If I had a door in my bedroom leading outside at 15 years old…I would have rarely used it and never for sneaking out. And if it had that many windows, I would have had my dad change it for a normal wood door cuz fuck windows. Too much glass. And more importantly, it would be significantly easier for creepers to creep on me or break in and hurt or kidnap me or otherwise, and I have always been that paranoid of a person, even at 15 and younger, that a door with even a little bit of windows would have freaked me out…I suppose you could say I was a paranoid, introverted, goody toe shoes.

... Okay I'll say it. Does anyone think the man who plays Matty looks like Jacob Elordi or... Jacob Elordi looks like the guy who plays Matty.

With this new series, I can't stress enough how much I need you to guide us through Riverdale Riverhell

I'm surprised you didn't mention the weird cold sore=cheating scene 😂

Okay if this is going to be a series, you need to add some good shows in it like My So-Called Life

My dyslexic a$$ read “why is mtv awkward”

I remember watching this show w my mom when i was very very young!

Jenna's haircut bothered me so much, I don't know if it was just me but the fringe was so unflattering for her head shape and I couldn't unsee it

I love it every time Athena uploads it just brightens my day! Also I like the braid it’s cute!!!

I loved this show so much! I lived in the South Bay for a bit, so the thing I remember the most was actually just a random scene at a random dead end at night. I was pointing at the screen saying "I was there!! I parked at that random dead end!!"

Even through the filter of Athena by the end of this episode I am just…ill with that early 2010’s shock gross out style writing. I need to go touch some grass lol.

dear athena, have u seen thats so weird. it is the canadian teen sketch comedy of my nightmares please help me i cannot stop thinking about it and no one seems to know what i am talking about please pick me up im scared sincerely, littlepssboy

Wtf is up with tv high schoolers. I had one partner from 9th grade to past graduation and we ended it as friends after I realized I was aromantic. The most drama that happened was a girl hitting on him and him being super uncomfortable with it.

Camp or Cringe suggestion: South of Nowhere! I have found memories of watching the episodes I purchased, on my ipod. What a world.

Have you done the original Pretty little liars yet? I only really watched the show once because I wanted to be cool and “fit in” with the popular girls in middle school but I definitely wasn’t and it was all that anyone talked about. Also what about The secret life of the American teenager?

Haha waiting for these episodes to drop in real time was definitely something. The 2010s were crazy.

Let’s go!!! New series, can’t wait to see more of lores edgier cousin

I can’t lie I remember loving Sadie and I still think she’s funny asf 😂😂

I just rewatched this show and it is ✨iconic✨

My theory is that S3 was definitely the ending of one timeline and that S4 + S5 are their own separate canon because Ming and that other friend weren't present for the final two seasons. So we can call them timeline A and timeline B. Similar to the Yugioh anime vs the Yugioh Manga.

Omg this and “faking it” were my go to

Just wanted to say I love the painted fence on your wall because I had one growing up! Too cute :)

My life as liz, the world of jenks , burried life not the same genre but these shows had me in a choke hold

This entire show felt like a fever dream

Awkward was a staple for me during my teen years (it came out when I was 15) me and my friends would be in the fucking floor and the show was more relatable in terms of teen romantic issues, but all characters were amazing imo

every few years I rewatch this show for some reason and right after I rewatched it recently I saw the faking it video, so glad you ended up making this cause I needed to hear someone else's input besides my moms

I was waiting for an upload and now we have one!!!!😆😆

“You’re supposed to be a fucking writer” 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Holy shit, when I heard Dork Diaries, I was immediately reminded of the two Dork Diary books I have right now. Do you think you could do a deep dive of Dork Diaries some time? Because that series was probably one of the minor reasons why I have overthinking problems and why I have multiple cognitive thinking disorders.

The entire show was obviously satire

I tried rewatching the show as a twenty something and my god, I didn’t realize jenna is such a menance lmaoooo

IM SO GLAD SOMEONE FINALLY MADE A FUCKING VIDEO ABOUT THIS

Okay but “God has a blind spot” was iconic and I’ll never forget the way my sister and I screamed when she said it

This is a GREAT video!!! I just stumbled across this and clicked straight away because I thought Awkward was a weird fever dream I had in high school, but your sense of humour is great.

19:12 why did it take me til NOW to realize your hair is a gag

Everything you explained is exactly why the show is legendary 😂❤ also way before it’s time just genius shit talk mixed with emotions 👏🏾 always wished for a more complete ending

I guess I have public television to thank for my ignorance but I wasn't aware that the 2010's were this unhinged in cable TV. I feel like I went through a very different experience of that era.

idk if anyone watched Finding Carter but I think you should do a video on that show too. Awkward, Faking It, and Finding Carter was like the MTV non-reality show trifecta for me tween/teen me just ate that shit up

I’m sorry that clip of the actresses trying so hard to remember who their characters were with at the end of the show was just so funny

Why am i here

Omg girlie I hope you could do a video on The Hard Times of RJ Berger it aired along side Awkward and it has a very similar vibe. ❤❤ great video btw

This show was filmed at my highschool and came out my junior year so i felt weirdly connected to the characters like i was experiencing high school with them because i recognized the hallways classrooms and areas they were hanging out in

We need a Heathers video

Jenna started as a sympathetic character, but turned out to be a terrible person.

KURTIS CONNER JUMPSCARE AUHGS

You should do my favorite obscure horror show, Dead of Summer. Shit is messed up. You should also do Finding Carter. I feel like these shows have just been lost and buried but they were such epitomes of my teen years.

LOVE this show. i used to do the "you're welcome" thing ALL THE TIME. til like 2020 lol.

And once again you reminded me of the existence of a show I would rather forget😭

I absolutely loved this show as a teenager. I thought it was insane.

The way this show had such a hold over me back in the day and yet I too blocked out anything after season 3 in my head is wild. Loving this new series!

Watching this in 2011 when I was 14 was honestly the best thing ever. It was especially comforting since at the time I was living in a group home