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* IdiotHero: Mainly applying to the final two seasons, as the entire premise of the show revolves around Beaver, a small child, learning about the world through missteps that are relatable to the viewer. However, teenage Beaver is shown to be so dense and easily misled in the final two seasons that it is very difficult not to assign this trope (with "Beaver Joins a Record Club," "Uncle Billy's Visit," "Beaver, the Sheep Dog," "The Book Report," "The Poor Loser," "The Silent Treatment," and "Beaver's Football Award" coming to mind as prime examples).
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* GoodParents: June and her husband are unambiguously good parents to Beaver and Wally, always ready to discipline them for their wrongdoings without resorting to their abuse and sit down to have talks with them.

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* GoodParents: June and her husband are unambiguously good parents to Beaver and Wally, always ready to discipline them for their wrongdoings without resorting to their abuse and sit down to have talks with them.
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* GoodParents: Ward and his wife are unambiguously good parents to Beaver and Wally, always ready to discipline them for their wrongdoings and sit down to have talks with them.

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* GoodParents: Ward and his wife are unambiguously good parents to Beaver and Wally, always ready to discipline them for their wrongdoings without resorting to abuse and sit down to have talks with them.



* GoodParents: June and her husband are unambiguously good parents to Beaver and Wally, always ready to discipline them for their wrongdoings and sit down to have talks with them.

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* GoodParents: June and her husband are unambiguously good parents to Beaver and Wally, always ready to discipline them for their wrongdoings without resorting to their abuse and sit down to have talks with them.
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* StandardFiftiesFather: Much like how his youngest son is the poster child for TheAllAmericanBoy, Ward is one for this very trope, being a stern, but easygoing and wise figure always ready to give his sons helpful advice and encouragement.

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* StandardFiftiesFather: Standard50sFather: Much like how his youngest son is the poster child for TheAllAmericanBoy, Ward is one for this very trope, being a stern, but easygoing and wise figure always ready to give his sons helpful advice and encouragement.
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** In reference to the pearls and heels while doing housework, Barbara Billingsley later explained in interviews that she didn't always wear them, and when she did there were practical reasons for them. She had a hollow in her neck that showed up quite visibly on camera, which the pearls concealed. (Even in later appearances/interviews, she can be seen with either a high-collared blouse or a pearl necklace covering it.) Same with the heels; she sometimes wore flats, but as [[TeensAreShort Dow and Mathers grew, she thought it would be best to maintain a bit of height over them]].

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** In reference to the pearls and heels while doing housework, Barbara Billingsley later explained in interviews that she didn't always wear them, and when she did there were practical reasons for them. She had a hollow in her neck that showed up quite visibly on camera, which the pearls concealed. (Even in later appearances/interviews, she can be seen with either a high-collared blouse or a pearl necklace covering it.) Same with the heels; she sometimes wore flats, but as [[TeensAreShort Dow and Mathers grew, she thought it would be best to maintain a bit of height over them]].them.
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* FiftiesHaircut: He has clean-cut style popular in the era but also wore a then popular "greaser" style that infuriated June.

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* FiftiesHaircut: FiftiesHair: He has clean-cut style popular in the era but also wore a then popular "greaser" style that infuriated June.



* FiftiesHaircut: Has her hair coiffed in a face-framing pageboy in the pilot, then switching to a Doris Day esque ducktail style.
* SixtiesHaircut: At the end of the series (which ended in 1963), she gets a perky and poufy flip.
* EightiesHaircut: In ''The New Leave It to Beaver'' June gets a bouffant cut not too dissimilar from First Lady Nancy Reagan.

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* FiftiesHaircut: FiftiesHair: Has her hair coiffed in a face-framing pageboy in the pilot, then switching to a Doris Day esque ducktail style.
* SixtiesHaircut: SixtiesHair: At the end of the series (which ended in 1963), she gets a perky and poufy flip.
* EightiesHaircut: EightiesHair: In ''The New Leave It to Beaver'' June gets a bouffant cut not too dissimilar from First Lady Nancy Reagan.

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