diff --git a/src/serde.spec.ts b/src/serde.spec.ts
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+import { Exclude, Pluck, Serde } from './serde';
+
+class ExcludeTestModel extends Serde<ExcludeTestModel> {
+  name: string;
+  date: Date;
+  description: string;
+  @Exclude() frontendField: string;
+}
+
+class PluckArrayTestModel extends Serde<PluckArrayTestModel> {
+  name: string;
+  @Pluck(['id']) nestedProperties: { id: number, name: string }[];
+}
+
+class PluckArrayTestTwoModel extends Serde<PluckArrayTestTwoModel> {
+  name: string;
+  @Pluck('id') nestedProperties: { id: number, name: string }[];
+}
+
+class PluckObjectTestModel extends Serde<PluckObjectTestModel> {
+  name: string;
+  @Pluck(['id']) nestedProperty: { id: number, name: string };
+}
+
+class PluckObjectTestTwoModel extends Serde<PluckObjectTestTwoModel> {
+  name: string;
+  @Pluck('id') nestedProperty: { id: number, name: string };
+}
+
+describe('Serde', () => {
+
+  describe('@Exclude() decorator tests', () => {
+    it('should remove properties marked during serialize', () => {
+      const testModel = new ExcludeTestModel().deserialize({
+        name: 'test model',
+        description: 'this is a test model',
+        frontendField: 'test field'
+      });
+      const serializedModel = testModel.serialize();
+      expect(serializedModel).toEqual({ name: 'test model', description: 'this is a test model' });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('@Pluck() decorator tests', () => {
+    it('should pluck \'id\' (property: T[]) from marked property during serialize', () => {
+      const testModel = new PluckArrayTestModel().deserialize({
+        name: 'test model',
+        nestedProperties: [
+          { id: 1, name: 'one' },
+          { id: 2, name: 'two' }
+        ]
+      });
+
+      const serializedModel = testModel.serialize();
+      expect(serializedModel).toEqual({ name: 'test model', nestedProperties: [{ id: 1 }, { id: 2 }] });
+    });
+
+    it('should pluck \'ids\' (property: number[]) from marked property during serialize', () => {
+      const testModel = new PluckArrayTestTwoModel().deserialize({
+        name: 'test model',
+        nestedProperties: [
+          { id: 1, name: 'one' },
+          { id: 2, name: 'two' }
+        ]
+      });
+
+      const serializedModel = testModel.serialize();
+      expect(serializedModel).toEqual({ name: 'test model', nestedProperties: [1, 2] });
+    });
+
+    it('should pluck \'id\' (property: {k: v}) from marked property during serialize', () => {
+      const testModel = new PluckObjectTestModel().deserialize({
+        name: 'test model',
+        nestedProperty: { id: 2, name: 'two' }
+      });
+
+      const serializedModel = testModel.serialize();
+      expect(serializedModel).toEqual({ name: 'test model', nestedProperty: { id: 2 } });
+    });
+
+    it('should pluck \'id\' property: value from marked property during serialize', () => {
+      const testModel = new PluckObjectTestTwoModel().deserialize({
+        name: 'test model',
+        nestedProperty: { id: 2, name: 'two' }
+      });
+
+      const serializedModel = testModel.serialize();
+      expect(serializedModel).toEqual({ name: 'test model', nestedProperty: 2 });
+    });
+  });
+});
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+import "reflect-metadata";
+
+
+/* tslint:disable:comment-type */
+export const PLUCK_PROPERTIES_KEY = 'serde:pluck_properties';
+export const EXCLUDED_PROPERTIES_KEY = 'serde:excluded_properties';
+
+export abstract class Serde<S> extends Object {
+  protected removeableProperty(key: string): boolean {
+    return this.hasOwnProperty(key) && !(Reflect.getMetadata(EXCLUDED_PROPERTIES_KEY, this) || []).includes(key);
+  }
+
+  protected recursiveSerialize(value: any) {
+    if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+      return value.map(v => v instanceof Serde ? v.serialize() : v);
+    }
+    return value instanceof Serde ? value.serialize() : value;
+  }
+
+  copyWith<C extends S>(input: { [P in keyof Partial<C>]: any }): this {
+    return Object.assign(
+      Object.create(Object.getPrototypeOf(this)),
+      this,
+      input
+    );
+  }
+
+  populate?(params: any): this;
+
+  customSerialize?<C extends S>(input: { [P in keyof Partial<C>]: any }): any;
+
+  deserialize(input: Partial<S>): this {
+    Object.assign(this, input);
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  serialize() {
+    const pluckProperties = Reflect.getMetadata(PLUCK_PROPERTIES_KEY, this) as {[key: string]: any};
+    return Object.entries(this)
+      .filter(([key, _]) => this.removeableProperty(key))
+      .reduce((obj, [key, value]) => {
+        if (!!pluckProperties) {
+          const properties = pluckProperties[key];
+          if (typeof properties !== 'undefined') {
+            if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+              obj[key] = Array.isArray(properties) ?
+                value.map(v => properties.reduce((nv, p) => ({ ...nv, [p]: v[p] }), {})) :
+                value.map(v => v[properties]);
+            } else {
+              obj[key] = Array.isArray(properties) ?
+                properties.reduce((nv, p) => ({ ...nv, [p]: value[p] }), {}) :
+                value[properties];
+            }
+            return obj;
+          }
+        }
+        obj[key] = this.recursiveSerialize(value);
+        if (typeof this.customSerialize === 'function') {
+          obj = this.customSerialize(obj);
+        }
+        return obj;
+      }, {} as Partial<S>);
+  }
+
+}
+
+/* tslint:disable:variable-name only-arrow-functions */
+/**
+ * Adding this decorator prevents the property from being included in the object built by Serde.serialize()
+ */
+export function Exclude(): Function {
+  return function (target: any, key: string): void {
+    Reflect.defineMetadata(
+      EXCLUDED_PROPERTIES_KEY,
+      [
+        ...Reflect.getMetadata(EXCLUDED_PROPERTIES_KEY, target) || [],
+        key
+      ],
+      target
+    );
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Adding this decorator allows for plucking out an T[] or {T: v}[]
+ *
+ * @param field  - use 'fieldName' when creating string|number[],
+ * use ['fieldName'] when creating {[fieldName]: value}[]
+ */
+export function Pluck(field: string | string[]): Function {
+  return function (target: any, key: string): void {
+    Reflect.defineMetadata(PLUCK_PROPERTIES_KEY, {
+      ...Reflect.getMetadata(PLUCK_PROPERTIES_KEY, target) || {},
+      ...{ [key]: field }
+    }, target);
+  };
+}
+
+/* tslint:enable:variable-name */
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