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* CanadaEh: In "The Trainer," the other characters find out he was born in Canada and react accordingly. This is an ActorAllusion. (In one outtake, Dave Foley really does tack an accidental "eh" onto the end of a line.)
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* UltimateJobSecurity: It's occasionally mentioned that he's in a union and therefore very difficult to fire.
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-->'''Lisa''': Matthew couldn't go to the bathroom by himself.
-->'''Dave''': Yes he could.
-->'''Lisa''': No he couldn't.
-->'''Dave''': He couldn't?

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* WorkingWithTheEx: She and Bill used to date.
** Did they? Bill says so at one point, but given Bill's tendencies to lie generally and to antagonize Catherine specifically, I don't think we can take that as a fact just based on his word.

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* WorkingWithTheEx: She and Bill used to date.
** Did they? Bill says so at one point, but given Bill's tendencies to lie generally and to antagonize Catherine specifically, I don't think we can take
claims that as he had a fact just based on his word.secret office romance with her about four years prior to the start of the series; although this would explain at least some of their tension, it should be noted that the only source for this is ''Bill'', an inveterate liar and all-around jerk and egotist.
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* ProperlyParanoid: It's occasionally suggested that Joe might not be off-base with some of his conspiracy theories. In "Rose Bowl", as Jimmy James is preparing for a lawsuit, Joe claims that all judges are members of the Fremasons, and that saying the word "Tubalcain" obligates judges to rule in the favor of the person who says it before the judge has to go and paddle themselves in a secret ceremony. Sure enough, when Jimmy is about to lose the lawsuit, he utters the word in a last-ditch effort. It's immediately ruled in his favor and the Judge is seen walking away with a paddle with an "M" on it.

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* ProperlyParanoid: It's occasionally suggested that Joe might not be off-base with some of his conspiracy theories. In "Rose Bowl", as Jimmy James is preparing for a lawsuit, Joe claims that all judges are members of the Fremasons, Freemasons, and that saying the word "Tubalcain" obligates judges to rule in the favor of the person who says it before the judge has to go and paddle themselves in a secret ceremony. Sure enough, when Jimmy is about to lose the lawsuit, he utters the word in a last-ditch effort. It's immediately ruled in his favor and the Judge is seen walking away with a paddle with an "M" on it.

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* BareYourMidriff: Many of her outfits are this.



* MsFanservice: Particularly of the BareYourMidriff variety.

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* %%* MsFanservice: Particularly of the BareYourMidriff variety.

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* GeniusDitz: Jimmy is an incredible businessman, which makes his more short-sided or ignorant moments all the more surprising. "Twins" in particular will make you question how a billionaire and a long-time radio station owner could not know what a transceiver is and could be convinced to [[spoiler:pay one of his employees over ten times their salary]].
** In "Space", Jimmy's first idea for solving the buget problem is cut the buget for the oxygen supply, showing that even in this what if scenario, Jimmy still doesn't understand basic concepts.

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* GeniusDitz: DitzyGenius: Jimmy is an incredible businessman, which makes his more short-sided or ignorant moments all the more surprising. "Twins" in particular will make you question how a billionaire and a long-time radio station owner could not know what a transceiver is and could be convinced to [[spoiler:pay one of his employees over ten times their salary]].
** In "Space", Jimmy's first idea for solving the buget budget problem is cut the buget budget for the oxygen supply, showing that even in this what if scenario, Jimmy still doesn't understand basic concepts.concepts.
** Given "Beep, Beep" reveals that most if not all of the background extras are actually spies for Jimmy monitoring the staff's productivity, one might wonder if the budget problem WNYX is always facing is because Mr. James set up the network in the first place.

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