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* TheWoobie: Jay is treated like crap by just about everybody, always struggles for ratings (and by extension, employment), forced to watch the film industry sink lower and lower, and doesn't have much luck with women. However, [[ThrowTheDogABone Alice becomes his long-term girlfriend in the second season]].
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-->'''Mexican woman''': Stop! You promised to marry me!
-->'''Jay''': All right, but I've got to tell you, I'm only marrying you to get to Cuba.
-->'''Mexican woman''': Well I am only marrying you for citizenship!
-->'''Jay''': ''(Starts crying)'' This is the most honest, caring relationship I've ever been in.
-->'''Jay''': All right, but I've got to tell you, I'm only marrying you to get to Cuba.
-->'''Mexican woman''': Well I am only marrying you for citizenship!
-->'''Jay''': ''(Starts crying)'' This is the most honest, caring relationship I've ever been in.
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-->'''Jay''': -->'''Jay:''' All right, but I've got to tell you, I'm only marrying you to get to Cuba.
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--> '''Jay's brain''': You idiot, you said that out loud. Better cover.
--> '''Jay''': I mean uh, I wonder what she ''cooks'' like ... naked?
--> '''Jay's brain''': ''(sarcastically)'' Oh, nice going.
--> '''Jay's brain''': You idiot, you said that out loud. Better cover.
--> '''Jay''': I mean uh, I wonder what she ''cooks'' like ... naked?
--> '''Jay's brain''': ''(sarcastically)'' Oh, nice going.
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--> '''Jay''': '''Jay:''' ''(after Jeremy's sister Olivia introduces herself)'' I wonder what she looks like naked?
--> '''Jay'sbrain''': brain:''' You idiot, you said that out loud. Better cover.
-->'''Jay''': '''Jay:''' I mean uh, I wonder what she ''cooks'' like ... naked?
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-->'''Jay's #1 Fan''': Whenever I get into a relationship with a man, they tend to get dominating and overcritical.
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* AndIMustScream / FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Ardeth had this when she first met Jay while he was in traction. That all changed when the bandages came off.
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* AndIMustScream / FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Ardeth had this when she first met Jay while he was in traction. [[AndIMustScream That all changed when the bandages came off.]]
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* SealedWithAKiss: With Alice in the end of Lady Hawke.
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* SealedWithAKiss: With Alice in the end of Lady "Lady Hawke."
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* SurroundedByIdiots: (Non-villain) Jay usually feels like he is the only one with an IQ in a room.
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* BellyDancer: Marty in the episode "A Day at the Races, a Night at the Opera".
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* BellyDancer: Marty in the episode "A Day at the Races, a Night at the Opera".Opera."
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* TemporaryBulkChange: Marty in the episode "From Chunk to Hunk". He and Jay attend a weight-loss camp which results in Marty to lose a lot of weight and gain a lot of popularity at school. However, he gains it all back by the time the episode ends.
* TemporaryBulkChange: Marty in the episode "From Chunk to Hunk". He and Jay attend a weight-loss camp which results in Marty to lose a lot of weight and gain a lot of popularity at school. However, he gains it all back by the time the episode ends.
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* StatusQuoIsGod: Marty regains all the weight he lost in "From Chunk to Hunk", Hunk," contriving his despair because he has become ''too'' popular. He promptly eats all of the ice cream in an ice cream parlor to restore his weight.
* TemporaryBulkChange: Marty in the episode "From Chunk toHunk". Hunk." He and Jay attend a weight-loss camp which results in Marty to lose a lot of weight and gain a lot of popularity at school. However, he gains it all back by the time the episode ends.
* TemporaryBulkChange: Marty in the episode "From Chunk to
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* {{Expy}}: Franklin is named after FranklinRoosevelt.
* {{Expy}}: Elenor is named after Franklin Roosevelt's wife Elenor Roosevelt. Her voice also resembles that of KatharineHepburn.
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* ImpactSilhouette: In "Eye on the Prize", Jay returns from winning the Pulitzer to find Duke in his apartment.
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* ImpactSilhouette: In "Eye on the Prize", Prize," Jay returns from winning the Pulitzer to find Duke in his apartment.
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* ShamelessSelfPromoter: "VOTE FOR DUKE!" messages appearing during "Coming Attractions" in the episode "All The Duke's Men" where Duke Phillips ran for president.
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* BettyAndVeronica: Alice was the Betty to Olivia’s Veronica in Lady "Lady Hawke."
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* SealedWithAKiss: With Jay at the end of Lady "Lady Hawke."
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* AmbiguouslyGay
* FunnyForeigner: While Vlada doesn't quite fit this, his son [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EcaGvvhIBo Zoltan's performance in the UN Talent Show]] runs on this.
-->'''Zoltan:''' Hello. I would like to dance and sing my country’s national anthem. ''*Singing*'' [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign Eepee-Teepee Peepee Poopee.]]
-->''*Audience laughs*''
-->'''Vlada:''' You don’t understand. He’s singing of all the people who died in the earthquake, fire and famine of 1805.
-->''*Audience is successfully shamed*''
-->'''Zoltan:''' ''*Glares, then sings*'' Eepee-Teepee Peepee Poopee.
-->''*[[CrossesTheLineTwice Audience laughs]]*''
* ShoutOut: Zoltan is from Pottsylvania.
* {{Transsexual}}: An alleged remark made about him by Mangosuthu when introducing him at a talent show.
--->'''[[JerkAss Principal Mangosuthu]]''': And now the boy who used to be a girl - Oops, that ''used'' to be a secret.
* FunnyForeigner: While Vlada doesn't quite fit this, his son [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EcaGvvhIBo Zoltan's performance in the UN Talent Show]] runs on this.
-->'''Zoltan:''' Hello. I would like to dance and sing my country’s national anthem. ''*Singing*'' [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign Eepee-Teepee Peepee Poopee.]]
-->''*Audience laughs*''
-->'''Vlada:''' You don’t understand. He’s singing of all the people who died in the earthquake, fire and famine of 1805.
-->''*Audience is successfully shamed*''
-->'''Zoltan:''' ''*Glares, then sings*'' Eepee-Teepee Peepee Poopee.
-->''*[[CrossesTheLineTwice Audience laughs]]*''
* ShoutOut: Zoltan is from Pottsylvania.
* {{Transsexual}}: An alleged remark made about him by Mangosuthu when introducing him at a talent show.
--->'''[[JerkAss Principal Mangosuthu]]''': And now the boy who used to be a girl - Oops, that ''used'' to be a secret.
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* {{Expy}}: Modeled after Hobson from the film ''Film/Arthur''.
* DeadpanSnarker
* RhymesOnADime: In "A Song for Margo." He’s even slightly redesigned to look like he stepped out of a Dr. Seuss book.
* ServileSnarker
* StealthInsult: Shackleford refers to Jay as "Adopted Master Jay," but in this case he says it right to Jay's face.
** In "Every Doris Has Her Day," after finding out Doris may be his mother, Jay tells him his adoption jives can't hurt him anymore.
--->'''Shackleford''': ''(crying)'' They can't?
* DeadpanSnarker
* RhymesOnADime: In "A Song for Margo." He’s even slightly redesigned to look like he stepped out of a Dr. Seuss book.
* ServileSnarker
* StealthInsult: Shackleford refers to Jay as "Adopted Master Jay," but in this case he says it right to Jay's face.
** In "Every Doris Has Her Day," after finding out Doris may be his mother, Jay tells him his adoption jives can't hurt him anymore.
--->'''Shackleford''': ''(crying)'' They can't?
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* HeliumSpeech: The principal speaks in helium voice in "From Chunk to Hunk", due to a helium leak in the school.
--> '''Principal''': ''(Over intercom)'' Attention, students: Auditions for ''PeterPan'' are being ''(Voice gets higher)'' held in the auditorium! ''(Voice back to normal)'' Stupid helium...
* {{Jerkass}}: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B0P0NW4t0s Judge for yourself]].
--> '''Principal''': ''(Over intercom)'' Attention, students: Auditions for ''PeterPan'' are being ''(Voice gets higher)'' held in the auditorium! ''(Voice back to normal)'' Stupid helium...
* {{Jerkass}}: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B0P0NW4t0s Judge for yourself]].
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* PerfectlyCromulentWord: Describing ''Lorenzo's Oil''.
-->'''Duke:''' Isn't that the film you described as a combination of fantasy and crap?
-->'''Jay:''' Yes! I called it "fantacrap"!
-->'''Duke:''' Isn't that the film you described as a combination of fantasy and crap?
-->'''Jay:''' Yes! I called it "fantacrap"!
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--->'''Jay:''' Yes! I called it "fantacrap"!
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--->'''Jay:''' Yes! I called it "fantacrap"!
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* AlliterativeName: '''V'''lada '''V'''eramirovich.
* AmbiguouslyGay
* FalseFriend: Vlada to Jay. He's honest about it, though.
-->'''Vlada:''' I love you, too!
-->'''Jay:''' Oh, you just love my money.
-->'''Vlada:''' This is true, but it is a love that will never die.
* FunnyForeigner
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Apparently, Vlada's [[UnusualEuphemism souffle hasn't risen in years]].
* ShoutOut: Vlada is from [[RockyAndBullwinkle Pottsylvania]].
* AmbiguouslyGay
* FalseFriend: Vlada to Jay. He's honest about it, though.
-->'''Vlada:''' I love you, too!
-->'''Jay:''' Oh, you just love my money.
-->'''Vlada:''' This is true, but it is a love that will never die.
* FunnyForeigner
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Apparently, Vlada's [[UnusualEuphemism souffle hasn't risen in years]].
* ShoutOut: Vlada is from [[RockyAndBullwinkle Pottsylvania]].
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* BlueEyes
* BrokenHeel: This affects Jeremy upon meeting Margo in "Miserable."
* {{Expy}}: Jeremy is a mix of MelGibson and Paul Hogan.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Jay.
* LandDownUnder: Jeremy and Olivia's country of origin.
* MauriceLaMarche: Voiced Jeremy Hawke, Orson Welles, and various others.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Jeremy is 43 years old.
* BrokenHeel: This affects Jeremy upon meeting Margo in "Miserable."
* {{Expy}}: Jeremy is a mix of MelGibson and Paul Hogan.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Jay.
* LandDownUnder: Jeremy and Olivia's country of origin.
* MauriceLaMarche: Voiced Jeremy Hawke, Orson Welles, and various others.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Jeremy is 43 years old.
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* BrainBleach: In Season Two, Doris starts revealing an attraction for Duke, and this often resulted in Duke having this kind of reaction.
-->'''Doris:''' Duke, I've loved you for years. In fact, every thirty seconds I have a hot, steamy fantasy about the two of us.
-->'''Duke:''' Ooh, uh, I got to take this elevator.
-->'''Doris:''' It's just an open shaft!
-->'''Duke:''' It's quicker! ''(steps in and plummets)''
** Later, Doris sends him a graphic nude photo of herself, which the audience sees (with Duke's fingers as the censor strip). Duke has a heart attack and cries for his pills.
* DeadpanSnarker
* GeneHunting: Jay and Doris discover that Doris may be Jay's biological mother, [[spoiler: only to find out that she is not so from a DNA test.]]
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Hinted at in the episode where Jay goes on a date with Doris and it's implied she may be his birth mother. Doris recounts to Jay about how she used to date a short, balding fat guy who would always take her to movies and then complain about them.
* MustHaveNicotine: Doris is hardly ever seen without a lit cigarette in her mouth. Duke once snatched one out of her mouth in an attempt to make her quit smoking, only for a new lit one to immediately pop out of it, with a cash register "Ka-CHING!" sound effect. He repeated the act a few more times, only for the same result to happen everytime.
--> '''Doris''': I can do this all day.
* VitriolicBestBuds: She becomes this with Jay in "Every Doris Has Her Day."
-->'''Doris:''' Duke, I've loved you for years. In fact, every thirty seconds I have a hot, steamy fantasy about the two of us.
-->'''Duke:''' Ooh, uh, I got to take this elevator.
-->'''Doris:''' It's just an open shaft!
-->'''Duke:''' It's quicker! ''(steps in and plummets)''
** Later, Doris sends him a graphic nude photo of herself, which the audience sees (with Duke's fingers as the censor strip). Duke has a heart attack and cries for his pills.
* DeadpanSnarker
* GeneHunting: Jay and Doris discover that Doris may be Jay's biological mother, [[spoiler: only to find out that she is not so from a DNA test.]]
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Hinted at in the episode where Jay goes on a date with Doris and it's implied she may be his birth mother. Doris recounts to Jay about how she used to date a short, balding fat guy who would always take her to movies and then complain about them.
* MustHaveNicotine: Doris is hardly ever seen without a lit cigarette in her mouth. Duke once snatched one out of her mouth in an attempt to make her quit smoking, only for a new lit one to immediately pop out of it, with a cash register "Ka-CHING!" sound effect. He repeated the act a few more times, only for the same result to happen everytime.
--> '''Doris''': I can do this all day.
* VitriolicBestBuds: She becomes this with Jay in "Every Doris Has Her Day."
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* BettyAndVeronica: Alice was the Betty to Olivia’s Veronica in Lady Hawke.
* BlueEyes
* DontYouDarePityMe: Jay tries to anonymously slip money under Alice's apartment door to prevent her from getting evicted (he actually mistakenly slipped the money in the apartment of the [[GoingPostal "crazy postman"]] across from hers). Alice finds out about it and is not pleased about being given charity. Jay then offers her a job to be his personal assistant. At first she doesn't want to take the job because he feels sorry for her, but then decides to take it.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Alice and her SouthernBelle sister Miranda.
* HotMom
* MeetCute: See Jay above.
* TheMissusAndTheEx: See Ardeth above.
* SealedWithAKiss: With Jay at the end of Lady Hawke.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Alice and her sister Miranda.
* BlueEyes
* DontYouDarePityMe: Jay tries to anonymously slip money under Alice's apartment door to prevent her from getting evicted (he actually mistakenly slipped the money in the apartment of the [[GoingPostal "crazy postman"]] across from hers). Alice finds out about it and is not pleased about being given charity. Jay then offers her a job to be his personal assistant. At first she doesn't want to take the job because he feels sorry for her, but then decides to take it.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Alice and her SouthernBelle sister Miranda.
* HotMom
* MeetCute: See Jay above.
* TheMissusAndTheEx: See Ardeth above.
* SealedWithAKiss: With Jay at the end of Lady Hawke.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Alice and her sister Miranda.
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* AndIMustScream / FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Ardeth had this when she first met Jay while he was in traction. That all changed when the bandages came off.
* GameShowAppearance: She and Jay appear as contestants on ''TheNewlywedGame''. [[spoiler: They win.]]
* TheMissusAndTheEx: When Jay's girlfriend Alice and his ex-wife Ardeth meet for the first time, Ardeth tells Alice a spooky warning to "beware" and attempts to place a voodoo hex on her. Jay then has to remind Ardeth that the divorce judge has forbidden her to commit such conduct, but that doesn't stop her from trying to ruin things between them, in her continuous attempt to make him miserable for making her miserable.
* UnwantedSpouse: Ardeth told Jay to his face that she regrets marrying him, DURING the wedding ceremony.
* GameShowAppearance: She and Jay appear as contestants on ''TheNewlywedGame''. [[spoiler: They win.]]
* TheMissusAndTheEx: When Jay's girlfriend Alice and his ex-wife Ardeth meet for the first time, Ardeth tells Alice a spooky warning to "beware" and attempts to place a voodoo hex on her. Jay then has to remind Ardeth that the divorce judge has forbidden her to commit such conduct, but that doesn't stop her from trying to ruin things between them, in her continuous attempt to make him miserable for making her miserable.
* UnwantedSpouse: Ardeth told Jay to his face that she regrets marrying him, DURING the wedding ceremony.
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* BadAssMustache
* BigFancyHouse
* BlueEyes
* [[MasqueradeBall Costume Ball]]: Duke holds one in the episode "Dukerella."
* EvilEye: During his Presidential campaign, Duke uses this on a reporter to avoid answering a question. After doing so, Duke asks the reporter if he has a follow-up question, to which he replies in a low monotone voice "How may I serve you, Evil One?" Also could count as HypnoticEyes.
* {{Expy}}: Duke is modeled after Ted Turner.
* FixFic: In the episode "Dr. Jay," Duke creates "Phillipsvision," which changes films to have happy endings (such as [[GoneWithTheWind Rhett returning to Scarlett]]) and script changes (such as changing [[Film/CitizenKane Charles Foster Kane's]] last word from "Rosebud" to [[Film/WaynesWorld "Schwing"]]). With a mix of ExecutiveMeddling, ViewersAreMorons and LowestCommonDenominator in-show.
* GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity: If Duke hasn't fired Jay for the episode, then he's threatening to pull him off the air.
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: In one of the opening gags during the main credits, Jay's boss Duke calls him, inviting Jay to his ranch upon the news that Duke has received a license to hunt man for sport. Jay is advised to bring his "jogging shoes."
* ImpactSilhouette: In "Eye on the Prize", Jay returns from winning the Pulitzer to find Duke in his apartment.
-->'''Jay:''' How did you get in?\\
'''Duke:''' I have my ways.\\
''(Jay looks to the side, [[ThereWasADoor sees a Duke-shaped hole next to the door]])''
* [[BillBillJunkBill Junk Mail... Junk Mail... Junk Mail... Rat from Jay...]]: In "Sherman of Arabia."
* TheNicknamer: For Jay.
* PerfectlyCromulentWord: Duke Phillips pays Noah Webster to put the words "Quzybuk" (meaning "a big problem"), "Dukelicious", and "Duketastrophe" in the dictionary. Ignore the fact that Noah Webster has been dead for 150 years.
** Notably, he did it just so [[{{kwyjibo}} he'd get a really high score in Scrabble]].
*** Also notable in that a seemingly random character uses the recently-invented "Quzybuk" when talking to Jay later in that same episode.
** Describing ''Lorenzo's Oil''.
--->'''Duke:''' Isn't that the film you described as a combination of fantasy and crap?
--->'''Jay:''' Yes! I called it "fantacrap"!
* ShamelessSelfPromoter: "VOTE FOR DUKE!" messages appearing during "Coming Attractions" in the episode "All The Duke's Men" where Duke Phillips ran for president.
* ThereWasADoor: Duke is somehow able to make an ImpactSilhouette by just walking through Jay's wall.
* BigFancyHouse
* BlueEyes
* [[MasqueradeBall Costume Ball]]: Duke holds one in the episode "Dukerella."
* EvilEye: During his Presidential campaign, Duke uses this on a reporter to avoid answering a question. After doing so, Duke asks the reporter if he has a follow-up question, to which he replies in a low monotone voice "How may I serve you, Evil One?" Also could count as HypnoticEyes.
* {{Expy}}: Duke is modeled after Ted Turner.
* FixFic: In the episode "Dr. Jay," Duke creates "Phillipsvision," which changes films to have happy endings (such as [[GoneWithTheWind Rhett returning to Scarlett]]) and script changes (such as changing [[Film/CitizenKane Charles Foster Kane's]] last word from "Rosebud" to [[Film/WaynesWorld "Schwing"]]). With a mix of ExecutiveMeddling, ViewersAreMorons and LowestCommonDenominator in-show.
* GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity: If Duke hasn't fired Jay for the episode, then he's threatening to pull him off the air.
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: In one of the opening gags during the main credits, Jay's boss Duke calls him, inviting Jay to his ranch upon the news that Duke has received a license to hunt man for sport. Jay is advised to bring his "jogging shoes."
* ImpactSilhouette: In "Eye on the Prize", Jay returns from winning the Pulitzer to find Duke in his apartment.
-->'''Jay:''' How did you get in?\\
'''Duke:''' I have my ways.\\
''(Jay looks to the side, [[ThereWasADoor sees a Duke-shaped hole next to the door]])''
* [[BillBillJunkBill Junk Mail... Junk Mail... Junk Mail... Rat from Jay...]]: In "Sherman of Arabia."
* TheNicknamer: For Jay.
* PerfectlyCromulentWord: Duke Phillips pays Noah Webster to put the words "Quzybuk" (meaning "a big problem"), "Dukelicious", and "Duketastrophe" in the dictionary. Ignore the fact that Noah Webster has been dead for 150 years.
** Notably, he did it just so [[{{kwyjibo}} he'd get a really high score in Scrabble]].
*** Also notable in that a seemingly random character uses the recently-invented "Quzybuk" when talking to Jay later in that same episode.
** Describing ''Lorenzo's Oil''.
--->'''Duke:''' Isn't that the film you described as a combination of fantasy and crap?
--->'''Jay:''' Yes! I called it "fantacrap"!
* ShamelessSelfPromoter: "VOTE FOR DUKE!" messages appearing during "Coming Attractions" in the episode "All The Duke's Men" where Duke Phillips ran for president.
* ThereWasADoor: Duke is somehow able to make an ImpactSilhouette by just walking through Jay's wall.
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* CloserToEarth: Subverted. Eleanor is sane and wise, but she's also shown herself to be rather spiteful and cold-hearted.
* DesertedIsland: With Franklin in "Frankie and Ellie Get Lost."
* KillThePoor: Jay's mother wants to blast the poor into outer space.
* RichBitch: Elanor shows this on occasion.
* SleepingSingle
* VideoWills: With Franklin in "Frankie and Ellie Get Lost."
* DesertedIsland: With Franklin in "Frankie and Ellie Get Lost."
* KillThePoor: Jay's mother wants to blast the poor into outer space.
* RichBitch: Elanor shows this on occasion.
* SleepingSingle
* VideoWills: With Franklin in "Frankie and Ellie Get Lost."
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* CloserToEarth: Subverted. Franklin is completely insane, but he's also a generally pleasant and upstanding guy.
* CloudCuckoolander: Oh where to begin.
** When running for Vice President of the United States:
--->'''Franklin''': As the first black female head of the Ku Klux Klan, I'd like to say... '''''America stinks!'''''
--->'''Duke''': ''(watching)'' This may hurt us more than it helps us.
** Another instance:
--->'''Geraldo Rivera''': I understand you can say your name backwards.
--->'''Franklin''': Nilknarf.
--->'''Geraldo''': What's your favorite food in the whole wide world?
--->'''Franklin''': Nilknarf.
** At dinner with the family:
--->"Oh, son, if I've said it once I've said it a thousand times...Who ''are'' all you people?"
** His recollection of his first date was himself in a [[{{Popeye}} 1930's black and white rubber hose cartoon.]]
* DesertedIsland: With Elenor in "Frankie and Ellie Get Lost."
* DrinkOrder: Franklin is always seen with a glass of brandy in his hand.
* DrivesLikeCrazy
* JumpingOutOfACake: Franklin jumps out of Jay's birthday cake in the second season's opening credits.
* OverlyLongGag: Franklin thinks an owl is [[HomeImprovement Wilson]]: "Oh Wilson, my wife is happy again!""Whooo." "My wife, Eleanor." "Whooo." "My wife, Eleanor." "Whooo." "My wife, Eleanor."
* SleepingSingle
* TalkativeLoon
* VideoWills: With Elenor in "Frankie and Ellie Get Lost."
* CloudCuckoolander: Oh where to begin.
** When running for Vice President of the United States:
--->'''Franklin''': As the first black female head of the Ku Klux Klan, I'd like to say... '''''America stinks!'''''
--->'''Duke''': ''(watching)'' This may hurt us more than it helps us.
** Another instance:
--->'''Geraldo Rivera''': I understand you can say your name backwards.
--->'''Franklin''': Nilknarf.
--->'''Geraldo''': What's your favorite food in the whole wide world?
--->'''Franklin''': Nilknarf.
** At dinner with the family:
--->"Oh, son, if I've said it once I've said it a thousand times...Who ''are'' all you people?"
** His recollection of his first date was himself in a [[{{Popeye}} 1930's black and white rubber hose cartoon.]]
* DesertedIsland: With Elenor in "Frankie and Ellie Get Lost."
* DrinkOrder: Franklin is always seen with a glass of brandy in his hand.
* DrivesLikeCrazy
* JumpingOutOfACake: Franklin jumps out of Jay's birthday cake in the second season's opening credits.
* OverlyLongGag: Franklin thinks an owl is [[HomeImprovement Wilson]]: "Oh Wilson, my wife is happy again!""Whooo." "My wife, Eleanor." "Whooo." "My wife, Eleanor." "Whooo." "My wife, Eleanor."
* SleepingSingle
* TalkativeLoon
* VideoWills: With Elenor in "Frankie and Ellie Get Lost."
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-->'''Dressmaker''': Here's the skinny. We dressmakers have a very strict code, so I need to know, do you deserve to wear virginal white? Because if you don't, you'll have to wear an off-white, what we call a hussy white. So which will it be? White-White? White-White?
-->'''Margo''': Yes ... um, except for the gloves.
-->'''Margo''': Yes ... um, except for the gloves.
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* AllGirlsLikePonies
* BlueEyes
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In the episode "A Little Deb Will Do Ya," when Margo is getting fitted for her dress for the debutante ball, the dressmaker asks her what shade of white she wants:
-->'''Dressmaker''': Here's the skinny. We dressmakers have a very strict code, so I need to know, do you deserve to wear virginal white? Because if you don't, you'll have to wear an off-white, what we call a hussy white. So which will it be? White-White? -->'''Margo''': Yes ... um, except for the gloves.
* NancyCartwright
* PimpedOutDress: When Margo is forced by Elenor to attend a debutante ball.
* SpoiledSweet: Margo, who despite coming from a WASP family, she is very kind, down to earth, and the only member of her family to generally show care for her older brother.
* {{Tomboy}}: Margo Sherman, who's mother threatened to kill her horse before she would attend the girly debutante ball.
* BlueEyes
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In the episode "A Little Deb Will Do Ya," when Margo is getting fitted for her dress for the debutante ball, the dressmaker asks her what shade of white she wants:
-->'''Dressmaker''': Here's the skinny. We dressmakers have a very strict code, so I need to know, do you deserve to wear virginal white? Because if you don't, you'll have to wear an off-white, what we call a hussy white. So which will it be? White-White? -->'''Margo''': Yes ... um, except for the gloves.
* NancyCartwright
* PimpedOutDress: When Margo is forced by Elenor to attend a debutante ball.
* SpoiledSweet: Margo, who despite coming from a WASP family, she is very kind, down to earth, and the only member of her family to generally show care for her older brother.
* {{Tomboy}}: Margo Sherman, who's mother threatened to kill her horse before she would attend the girly debutante ball.
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* Can’tHoldHisLiquorCantHoldHisLiquor
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* BellyDancer: Marty in the episode "A Day at the Races, a Night at the Opera".
* BigEater
* ButtMonkey
* Can’tHoldHisLiquor
* ChekhovsSkill: In "A Day at the Races and a Night at the Opera," while Jay and Marty try on clothes at a department store, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsL8rayQbqk&t=0m31s Marty discovers he is able to move his stomach up and down.]] He opens the door from the changing room to show his father, only to be told by a little girl that what he was doing was "gross." Feeling bad, he stops. Later, during a school talent show he attends, he attempts to play "Yankee Doodle" on his electric guitar, only for a string to break off just as he starts playing. Unfazed, he tells the audience "This is the only other thing I know how to do": he moves his vest out of the way and moves his stomach up and down again. The audience and Principal Mangosuthu become impressed. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qItv7X8BHdw&t=3m30s Marty performs more creative belly-dancing routines]], and the audience gives him a standing ovation.
* ChildrenAreInnocent
* FirstKiss: Marty and Carmen in the episode "Marty's First Date."
* StatusQuoIsGod: Marty regains all the weight he lost in "From Chunk to Hunk", contriving his despair because he has become ''too'' popular. He promptly eats all of the ice cream in an ice cream parlor to restore his weight.
* TemporaryBulkChange: Marty in the episode "From Chunk to Hunk". He and Jay attend a weight-loss camp which results in Marty to lose a lot of weight and gain a lot of popularity at school. However, he gains it all back by the time the episode ends.
-->'''Soda Jerk''': Our freezer is broken. We need someone to eat 50 gallons of ice cream.
-->''(Marty immediately runs in.)''
--> '''Soda Jerk''': It's Jay Sherman's kid! We're saved!
* UnwantedHarem: To his chagrin, Marty becomes a ChickMagnet at his school after he loses weight in "From Chunk to Hunk."
* BigEater
* ButtMonkey
* Can’tHoldHisLiquor
* ChekhovsSkill: In "A Day at the Races and a Night at the Opera," while Jay and Marty try on clothes at a department store, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsL8rayQbqk&t=0m31s Marty discovers he is able to move his stomach up and down.]] He opens the door from the changing room to show his father, only to be told by a little girl that what he was doing was "gross." Feeling bad, he stops. Later, during a school talent show he attends, he attempts to play "Yankee Doodle" on his electric guitar, only for a string to break off just as he starts playing. Unfazed, he tells the audience "This is the only other thing I know how to do": he moves his vest out of the way and moves his stomach up and down again. The audience and Principal Mangosuthu become impressed. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qItv7X8BHdw&t=3m30s Marty performs more creative belly-dancing routines]], and the audience gives him a standing ovation.
* ChildrenAreInnocent
* FirstKiss: Marty and Carmen in the episode "Marty's First Date."
* StatusQuoIsGod: Marty regains all the weight he lost in "From Chunk to Hunk", contriving his despair because he has become ''too'' popular. He promptly eats all of the ice cream in an ice cream parlor to restore his weight.
* TemporaryBulkChange: Marty in the episode "From Chunk to Hunk". He and Jay attend a weight-loss camp which results in Marty to lose a lot of weight and gain a lot of popularity at school. However, he gains it all back by the time the episode ends.
-->'''Soda Jerk''': Our freezer is broken. We need someone to eat 50 gallons of ice cream.
-->''(Marty immediately runs in.)''
--> '''Soda Jerk''': It's Jay Sherman's kid! We're saved!
* UnwantedHarem: To his chagrin, Marty becomes a ChickMagnet at his school after he loses weight in "From Chunk to Hunk."
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* RousingSpeech: In "Eyes on the Prize."
--> "I am a movie critic by trade, and until recently, I got paid to tell you people which movies merely stink and which ones you shouldn't screen near an open flame. Well, I'm putting the burden of lousy movies back on you. It's very simple: if you stop going to bad movies, they'll stop making bad movies. If the movie used to be a TV show, just don't go. After Roman numeral II, give it a rest. If it's a remake of a classic, rent the classic. Tell them you want stories about people, not a hundred million dollars of stunts and explosives. People, it's up to you. [[OneLinerEcho If the movie stinks, just don't go.]]"
* RuleOfThree: From "Eyes on the Prize." To prove to Jay that he's being repetitive, Duke shows Jay a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPBTE0wlZF4 three-split screen video]] of himself.
-->'''Jay:''' ''(section 1, from 1988)'' ''Film/RainMan'' ''(section 2, from 1992)'' ''AFewGoodMen'' ''(section 3, from 1993)'' ''The Firm'' ''(all together)'' is the latest stinker from TomCruise. He doesn't act anymore, he's on ... Cruise Control! AAAAAAHAHAHA! AAAAAAHA! I JUST ... I JUST! MADE THAT! UP!
* SealedWithAKiss: With Alice in the end of Lady Hawke.
* StrawCritic: Jay. In a minor subversion, however, he's essentially a decent guy; in his defense, most of the movies he has to review ''are'' horrible. Still, he does attack some noteworthy films and/or performers -- he once sucker-punched [[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood Mister Rogers]]! -- and this is one reason he's so unpopular with the public.
--> On Oscar-winner Haing S. Ngor in ''TheKillingFields'': "If you ask me, he should have gone to the ''acting'' fields."
--> "And that's why I'm ''glad'' TheBeatles broke up."
--> "And that's why Goldie Hawn should be shot."
** He was basically the [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]] of his day.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Jay usually feels like he is the only one with an IQ in a room.
* ThatCameOutWrong: While Jay didn't realize it, his statement of "Hey, you don't understand! We Americans aren't like you Australians. It's not ''just'' about sex! ''We'' want to make love our mothers!" had Jeremy understandably put off.
* ThisLoserIsYou: Jay in the first season, but somewhat toned down in the second.
* ThrowTheDogABone: After putting up with so much crap from his job, his parents, women, the general public, and [[CosmicPlaything the universe at large]], Jay manages to get a steady girlfriend in Alice at the beginning of the second season.
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist
** In the first season. He was made more of a {{Woobie}} in the second season.
** Still; even in the first season he goes through so, ''so'' much crap from all directions you can't help but feel sorry for him.
--> "I am a movie critic by trade, and until recently, I got paid to tell you people which movies merely stink and which ones you shouldn't screen near an open flame. Well, I'm putting the burden of lousy movies back on you. It's very simple: if you stop going to bad movies, they'll stop making bad movies. If the movie used to be a TV show, just don't go. After Roman numeral II, give it a rest. If it's a remake of a classic, rent the classic. Tell them you want stories about people, not a hundred million dollars of stunts and explosives. People, it's up to you. [[OneLinerEcho If the movie stinks, just don't go.]]"
* RuleOfThree: From "Eyes on the Prize." To prove to Jay that he's being repetitive, Duke shows Jay a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPBTE0wlZF4 three-split screen video]] of himself.
-->'''Jay:''' ''(section 1, from 1988)'' ''Film/RainMan'' ''(section 2, from 1992)'' ''AFewGoodMen'' ''(section 3, from 1993)'' ''The Firm'' ''(all together)'' is the latest stinker from TomCruise. He doesn't act anymore, he's on ... Cruise Control! AAAAAAHAHAHA! AAAAAAHA! I JUST ... I JUST! MADE THAT! UP!
* SealedWithAKiss: With Alice in the end of Lady Hawke.
* StrawCritic: Jay. In a minor subversion, however, he's essentially a decent guy; in his defense, most of the movies he has to review ''are'' horrible. Still, he does attack some noteworthy films and/or performers -- he once sucker-punched [[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood Mister Rogers]]! -- and this is one reason he's so unpopular with the public.
--> On Oscar-winner Haing S. Ngor in ''TheKillingFields'': "If you ask me, he should have gone to the ''acting'' fields."
--> "And that's why I'm ''glad'' TheBeatles broke up."
--> "And that's why Goldie Hawn should be shot."
** He was basically the [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]] of his day.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Jay usually feels like he is the only one with an IQ in a room.
* ThatCameOutWrong: While Jay didn't realize it, his statement of "Hey, you don't understand! We Americans aren't like you Australians. It's not ''just'' about sex! ''We'' want to make love our mothers!" had Jeremy understandably put off.
* ThisLoserIsYou: Jay in the first season, but somewhat toned down in the second.
* ThrowTheDogABone: After putting up with so much crap from his job, his parents, women, the general public, and [[CosmicPlaything the universe at large]], Jay manages to get a steady girlfriend in Alice at the beginning of the second season.
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist
** In the first season. He was made more of a {{Woobie}} in the second season.
** Still; even in the first season he goes through so, ''so'' much crap from all directions you can't help but feel sorry for him.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Jay is a constant victim of this.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: Jay. The closest to resolving this ambiguity occurs in "Every Doris Has Her Day", when Jay visits the orphanage he was adopted from and asks if he was Jewish. The priest answers, "Well, what do ''you'' think?" Jay crows, "I knew it!" and immediately launches into a fake Hebrew song.
* AmusingInjuries: Every time Jay gets hit on the head by a blunt object, he’ll swerve around and fall like a bowling pin. Even the sound effects are added in.
** This is one of the reasons Alice's daughter Penny seems to really like him. Jay ended up endearing himself to her when blunt objects kept falling on his head and she thought it was funny.
* AnimatedActor: Jay did this trope a few times.
* BalloonBelly: Jay. He balloons himself by turning into a giant blueberry from eating a candy from [[CharlieandtheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka]], is shown having one in a picture inside Alice's diamond locket, and from eating a giant bagpipe-playing potato.
* BigEater
* ButtMonkey
* CantHoldHisLiquor
* CatchPhrase: Jay has three:
** "It stinks!"
** "Hotchie motchie!"
** "Achhum!"
** And a fourth was added in the 2nd season, though only in 2 episodes - "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atzLwyecuZg Hi guuuuuuuy!]]"
* CausticCritic: Jay Sherman hates just about every movie he sees. If he mentions a movie he DOES like, it's always so that another movie can be compared unfavorably to it.
** The highest score he ever gives a movie is a 7 out of 10.
* ChainedToABed: In the episode "Miserable," a female projectionist (a.k.a. Jay's #1 fan) drugs Jay's glass of wine and ties him to her bed with strips of movie film.
* CharacterBlog: Jay has a [[http://twitter.com/@JaySherman Twitter account.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: For the second season, Jay's character design was tweaked to give him a friendlier appearance, and most of his harshness and down-and-out traits from the first season were taken away, giving him a warmer, more likable personality.
* TheChewToy
* CitizenshipMarriage: At least that's how the Mexican airport employee sees it when she agrees to marry Jay (so he can travel to Cuba to save Marty) in the Season 1 episode "Marty's First Date":
-->'''Mexican woman''': Stop! You promised to marry me!
-->'''Jay''': All right, but I've got to tell you, I'm only marrying you to get to Cuba.
-->'''Mexican woman''': Well I am only marrying you for citizenship!
-->'''Jay''': ''(Starts crying)'' This is the most honest, caring relationship I've ever been in.
** For the record, that part of the episode is pretty inaccurate: in RealLife, Mexican airliners doesn't give a damn if an American citizen travel to Cuba via Mexico, as long they can pay the ticket.
* CompassionateCritic
* CosmicPlaything: The universe really has it in for Jay. In the episode "Lady Hawke," when he was sent to go on the balcony so that Jeremy and his sister, Olivia, could have a private discussion, the weather suddenly turned stormy and a strong wind blew off the towel he was wearing. When Jay finally got back inside and it was Jeremy's turn to wait on the balcony...the weather immediately cleared up and became sunny and beautiful.
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud:
--> '''Jay''': ''(after Jeremy's sister Olivia introduces herself)'' I wonder what she looks like naked?
--> '''Jay's brain''': You idiot, you said that out loud. Better cover.
--> '''Jay''': I mean uh, I wonder what she ''cooks'' like ... naked?
--> '''Jay's brain''': ''(sarcastically)'' Oh, nice going.
** Olivia doesn't mind. She asks if he'd like her to cook naked for him. Jay's stomach just wants the cookin'.
* EmbarrassingRescue
* FindTheCure: The plot of "Dr. Jay".
* GoofyPrintUnderwear
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Jeremy.
* HoldingBothSidesOfTheConversation: In season 1, Jay often does this by pretending to be his secretary with a British nanny accent.
* HypocriticalHumor: This series was built on it. Anytime Jay makes a denying statement about himself, expect him to immediately afterwards do something like it.
* InformedDeformity / InformedFlaw: One of the shows running gags is that Jay is considered almost monstrously ugly by most people, as well as being enormously heavy due to his [[HollywoodPudgy informed obesity problem]], despite being relatively average looking, and while he is slightly overweight, his short stature means he couldnt possibly weigh more than 250 pounds.
* IWantSong: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0IX0srz0w8 "Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now"]] sung by Jay in the episode "Siskel & Ebert & Jay & Alice."
** And a parody of "Don't Rain On My Parade" from ''FunnyGirl''.
* JawDrop
* LargeHam: Jay on occasion.
* MeetCute: Alice pepper-sprays Jay in his face when they first meet on the street, but he was not harmed by the act. In fact, he rather liked it ("Mmm, jalapeño!"). However, in this case, no StrangledByTheRedString is involved as their relationship has chemistry and flourishes more naturally. Jay is tempted by Jeremy Hawke's sister at one point, but only because he and Alice's relationship had not been resolved yet. As for Ardeth, well, Jay once paid her $200 just to tell her, "Get bent!"
** Technically, he paid her $100 for that. She informs him (after he had already greeted her) that her lawyer says Jay owes her $100 every time he speaks to her.
* MistakenForGay: Jay's boss is convinced Jay has a crush on him, despite Jay's insistence that he's straight.
-->'''Jay:''' Duke, where's your bedroom?\\
'''Duke:''' ''(chuckling)'' You people never give up.\\
'''Jay:''' I am not gay! And if I ''was'' gay, I would do ''something'' about that wallpaper. [[CampGay Plaids and florals? Oh, puh-lease Dukey-Dukey]].
* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: When Jay is about to be shot, his life flashes before his eyes. We then flash back to a teenage Jay on the couch, in a suit, eating chips. Jay fondly remarks, "Ah, prom night."
* TheNapoleon
* NewJobEpisode:
** In "Eyes on the Prize," Jay is fired from ''Coming Attractions'' due to low ratings and gets a job teaching English on the 6:00 AM TV program ''English For Cab Drivers''.
** In "Uneasy Rider", Jay quits ''Coming Attractions'' and becomes a truck driver.
* NiceGuy: Jay, especially in season 2.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Played for laughs in "Dr. Jay." Jay manages to find a cure for Duke Phillips' terminal illness, saving his life. The end of the episode then plays a montage of other people who were saved by Jay's cure; they include a Klansmen, a Nazi, a baby seal clubber, a drunken tanker captain who causes an oil spill, a military dictator who declares "Your streets will run red with blood thanks to Jay's oil," and three prisoners.
* NoRespectGuy
* OneLinerEcho: "If the movie stinks, just don't go!"
* OrganAutonomy: Jay's stomach.
* TheProtagonist
* AmbiguouslyJewish: Jay. The closest to resolving this ambiguity occurs in "Every Doris Has Her Day", when Jay visits the orphanage he was adopted from and asks if he was Jewish. The priest answers, "Well, what do ''you'' think?" Jay crows, "I knew it!" and immediately launches into a fake Hebrew song.
* AmusingInjuries: Every time Jay gets hit on the head by a blunt object, he’ll swerve around and fall like a bowling pin. Even the sound effects are added in.
** This is one of the reasons Alice's daughter Penny seems to really like him. Jay ended up endearing himself to her when blunt objects kept falling on his head and she thought it was funny.
* AnimatedActor: Jay did this trope a few times.
* BalloonBelly: Jay. He balloons himself by turning into a giant blueberry from eating a candy from [[CharlieandtheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka]], is shown having one in a picture inside Alice's diamond locket, and from eating a giant bagpipe-playing potato.
* BigEater
* ButtMonkey
* CantHoldHisLiquor
* CatchPhrase: Jay has three:
** "It stinks!"
** "Hotchie motchie!"
** "Achhum!"
** And a fourth was added in the 2nd season, though only in 2 episodes - "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atzLwyecuZg Hi guuuuuuuy!]]"
* CausticCritic: Jay Sherman hates just about every movie he sees. If he mentions a movie he DOES like, it's always so that another movie can be compared unfavorably to it.
** The highest score he ever gives a movie is a 7 out of 10.
* ChainedToABed: In the episode "Miserable," a female projectionist (a.k.a. Jay's #1 fan) drugs Jay's glass of wine and ties him to her bed with strips of movie film.
* CharacterBlog: Jay has a [[http://twitter.com/@JaySherman Twitter account.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: For the second season, Jay's character design was tweaked to give him a friendlier appearance, and most of his harshness and down-and-out traits from the first season were taken away, giving him a warmer, more likable personality.
* TheChewToy
* CitizenshipMarriage: At least that's how the Mexican airport employee sees it when she agrees to marry Jay (so he can travel to Cuba to save Marty) in the Season 1 episode "Marty's First Date":
-->'''Mexican woman''': Stop! You promised to marry me!
-->'''Jay''': All right, but I've got to tell you, I'm only marrying you to get to Cuba.
-->'''Mexican woman''': Well I am only marrying you for citizenship!
-->'''Jay''': ''(Starts crying)'' This is the most honest, caring relationship I've ever been in.
** For the record, that part of the episode is pretty inaccurate: in RealLife, Mexican airliners doesn't give a damn if an American citizen travel to Cuba via Mexico, as long they can pay the ticket.
* CompassionateCritic
* CosmicPlaything: The universe really has it in for Jay. In the episode "Lady Hawke," when he was sent to go on the balcony so that Jeremy and his sister, Olivia, could have a private discussion, the weather suddenly turned stormy and a strong wind blew off the towel he was wearing. When Jay finally got back inside and it was Jeremy's turn to wait on the balcony...the weather immediately cleared up and became sunny and beautiful.
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud:
--> '''Jay''': ''(after Jeremy's sister Olivia introduces herself)'' I wonder what she looks like naked?
--> '''Jay's brain''': You idiot, you said that out loud. Better cover.
--> '''Jay''': I mean uh, I wonder what she ''cooks'' like ... naked?
--> '''Jay's brain''': ''(sarcastically)'' Oh, nice going.
** Olivia doesn't mind. She asks if he'd like her to cook naked for him. Jay's stomach just wants the cookin'.
* EmbarrassingRescue
* FindTheCure: The plot of "Dr. Jay".
* GoofyPrintUnderwear
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Jeremy.
* HoldingBothSidesOfTheConversation: In season 1, Jay often does this by pretending to be his secretary with a British nanny accent.
* HypocriticalHumor: This series was built on it. Anytime Jay makes a denying statement about himself, expect him to immediately afterwards do something like it.
* InformedDeformity / InformedFlaw: One of the shows running gags is that Jay is considered almost monstrously ugly by most people, as well as being enormously heavy due to his [[HollywoodPudgy informed obesity problem]], despite being relatively average looking, and while he is slightly overweight, his short stature means he couldnt possibly weigh more than 250 pounds.
* IWantSong: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0IX0srz0w8 "Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now"]] sung by Jay in the episode "Siskel & Ebert & Jay & Alice."
** And a parody of "Don't Rain On My Parade" from ''FunnyGirl''.
* JawDrop
* LargeHam: Jay on occasion.
* MeetCute: Alice pepper-sprays Jay in his face when they first meet on the street, but he was not harmed by the act. In fact, he rather liked it ("Mmm, jalapeño!"). However, in this case, no StrangledByTheRedString is involved as their relationship has chemistry and flourishes more naturally. Jay is tempted by Jeremy Hawke's sister at one point, but only because he and Alice's relationship had not been resolved yet. As for Ardeth, well, Jay once paid her $200 just to tell her, "Get bent!"
** Technically, he paid her $100 for that. She informs him (after he had already greeted her) that her lawyer says Jay owes her $100 every time he speaks to her.
* MistakenForGay: Jay's boss is convinced Jay has a crush on him, despite Jay's insistence that he's straight.
-->'''Jay:''' Duke, where's your bedroom?\\
'''Duke:''' ''(chuckling)'' You people never give up.\\
'''Jay:''' I am not gay! And if I ''was'' gay, I would do ''something'' about that wallpaper. [[CampGay Plaids and florals? Oh, puh-lease Dukey-Dukey]].
* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: When Jay is about to be shot, his life flashes before his eyes. We then flash back to a teenage Jay on the couch, in a suit, eating chips. Jay fondly remarks, "Ah, prom night."
* TheNapoleon
* NewJobEpisode:
** In "Eyes on the Prize," Jay is fired from ''Coming Attractions'' due to low ratings and gets a job teaching English on the 6:00 AM TV program ''English For Cab Drivers''.
** In "Uneasy Rider", Jay quits ''Coming Attractions'' and becomes a truck driver.
* NiceGuy: Jay, especially in season 2.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Played for laughs in "Dr. Jay." Jay manages to find a cure for Duke Phillips' terminal illness, saving his life. The end of the episode then plays a montage of other people who were saved by Jay's cure; they include a Klansmen, a Nazi, a baby seal clubber, a drunken tanker captain who causes an oil spill, a military dictator who declares "Your streets will run red with blood thanks to Jay's oil," and three prisoners.
* NoRespectGuy
* OneLinerEcho: "If the movie stinks, just don't go!"
* OrganAutonomy: Jay's stomach.
* TheProtagonist
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[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:The Sherman Family]]
!!Jay Prescott Sherman
!!Martin "Marty" Sherman
!!Margo Sherman
!!Franklin Sherman
!!Eleanor Sherman (née Wigglesworth)
!!Ardeth
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Other Characters]]
!! Duke Phillips
!! Jeremy Hawke
!! Doris Grossman
!! Alice Tompkins
!! Penny Tompkins
!! Vlada Veramirovich
!! Zoltan Veramirovich
!! Shackleford
!! Principal Mangosuthu
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Sherman Family]]
!!Jay Prescott Sherman
!!Martin "Marty" Sherman
!!Margo Sherman
!!Franklin Sherman
!!Eleanor Sherman (née Wigglesworth)
!!Ardeth
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Other Characters]]
!! Duke Phillips
!! Jeremy Hawke
!! Doris Grossman
!! Alice Tompkins
!! Penny Tompkins
!! Vlada Veramirovich
!! Zoltan Veramirovich
!! Shackleford
!! Principal Mangosuthu
[[/folder]]
