Famous "Fifteen" Hangouts
The following were the favorite locations for
"Fifteen" characters. As you'll see, this was a low-budget show; they didn't
deviate much from show to show. But we still like it.
School
Technically, it was Hillside School. We really must assume it is a high
school; several times they mention being high schoolers, and occassionally,
being tenth graders. However, characters like Billy, Theresa, and Erin
were obviously younger, being the siblings of the tenth graders Courtney,
Brooke, and Matt (respectively). Therefore, we can assume it contained
at least 8th graders, although some of them sure looked a lot younger.
The Lockers
Where some of the most important conversations
occurred, where things were overheard, and where occassionally, dreams
took place, like when Theresa goes stark mad for Dylan and believes she
is dancing with him. Scary. Anyways, the interesting thing about these
lockers were that they rarely closed, exemplified early in the first season,
when Matt slams his locker, and it swings back open in Ashley's face.
The "Cafeteria"
Right down the lane from the lockers. It had three
tables, chairs, and a non-descript soda machine. People did not buy their
lunch at Hillside; they bagged it. Dylan liked to practice guitar here,
and the debate between Russ and Jennifer took place here as well. Also
the location for the doomed recycling bins that Olaf and Cindy tried to
set up.
The Locker
Room
There were guys and girls locker rooms, although
it is pretty obvious they were the same room (for the guys' scenes, a chalkboard
was added in the back, for the girls, there were pink sheets of paper).
Here is where some of the more serious conversations took place, like when
Matt was confronted by Jake about his drinking problem, and where Janice
was accused of stealing Courtney's necklace.
The Avalon
Ah yes...who could forget the Avalon. It was a
restaurant, it was a hangout, it was a place to spill your guts (or start
a fight). Basically, four booths that sat four Fifteenians comfortably
were here, along with a "bar" of sorts where surly Avalon workers stood.
The main Fifteen gang of Matt, Ashley, Courtney, and Arseman usually took
the booth closest to the back area, which housed two more booths, pinball
machines and video games. There were three doors into the restaurant; one
close to the bar, another directly across the bar, and one in the back
area. Close to the bar exit was the Avalon sign, which simply said, "Cafe".
In the first season, it was neon, but after that, plain plastic. The Avalon
sold a variety of foods, including pizza (it was the home to the punishing
pizza bonanza that Arseman subjected Dylan and Chris to), sandwiches, and
gum (don't ask me how that works, I wasn't on the show). Some important
scenes that took place at the Avalon included the chilling confrontation
between Brooke, Kelly, and Theresa after Brooke discovered their scheme
to steal Olaf's notes; the "I'm not a ****ing alcoholic" spiels (and there
were many of them) that Matt offered Ashley, and the "gig" that Teenagers
in Love finally got.
Student's
Homes
We mainly got to see Brooke's house in the first
two season (later on it became Jennifer's [hi!]), where sundry fights between
Theresa (and then Amanda) took place. Who could forget the time Brooke
threw that blasted Geometry book at the door, or the time that she brought
home Stacey and dazzled her with her neato television set.At the beginning
of the second season, when Ashley was deciding to go to boarding school
(Waverly, to be exact), we had a couple of scenes between her and Courtney
down here. It had a TV and a couch, and not much else.One episode had scenes
from Courtney's father's apartment,as a huge "party" was taking place there.
Courtney gets dissed by Dylan here, and then Ashley is forced to leave
early when she finds out that Matt has become embarrasingly inebriated
at a local park.We visited Matt's home early in the third season, as he
packed up for detox...Lastly (and these are vague memories, cuz I don't
have these eps. on tape), we have Russ' house, where several scenes between
the suddenly benevolent Chris and the then-leukemia suffering Russ occurred.
The Garage
Dylan's main hangout of choice was his garage,
which we can assume was adjacent to his house. However, I have to wonder
if he really lived in his house at all; he was always bitching about his
parents. In any event, almost every Fifteen character found their way to
his garage in one way or another (I think the exceptions being Matt, Theresa,
and Amanda, but don't hold me to that). Basically, this served as the jamming
location for Teenagers in Love, the "band" made up of Billy, Chris, and
Dylan. In the first season, however, T.I.L. didn't exist, so all we had
was Billy banging away on the drums. Other exciting scenes here included:*Ashley's
running away from boarding school and hiding out
*The kisses (oooohh) Dylan had with Courtney and Brooke
*Janice's realizing that Dylan wanted her for her brain, not her body
*The last scene of the first season, where all of a sudden Cindy, Billy,
Dylan, and some unknown character have a band
The Mall
Eventually the Avalon as a hangout was phased out
and the mall took importance. Here we had Billy (in the fourth season)
desperately offering Pepper (yes, her name was Pepper) tickets to Salt
'n Pepa, sundry kisses between Ashley and Dylan, and clothes, clothes,
clothes galore to be purchased!
Take me back to the Fifteen
Homepage!
Take me back to Brad's
"Excellent" Homepage!
