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* ''Series/CruelSummer'' [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zags this trope]]. It has the usual cliches of GirlPosse, AlphaBitch, LovableAlphaBitch, jock characters bullying other kids, bullying in the hallways, and TheNineties stereotypes, but on the other hand, it goes far [[DarkerAndEdgier more darker than many high-school series]] are prepared to go as part of its ThisIsReality theme, and has [[ShownTheirWork researched into what life was really like in the 1990s]] in order to provide authenticity.
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* ''Series/CruelSummer'' [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zags this trope]]. It has the usual cliches of GirlPosse, AlphaBitch, LovableAlphaBitch, jock characters bullying other kids, bullying in the hallways, and TheNineties stereotypes, but on the other hand, it goes far [[DarkerAndEdgier more darker than many high-school series]] are prepared to go as part of its ThisIsReality theme, and has [[ShownTheirWork researched into what life was really like in the 1990s]] in order to provide authenticity.
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* Every single Mexican and Brazilian soap opera (and most Korean ones that is over 40 episodes long) is this in spades. You always have the poor girl, who gets beloved with the rich guy, who also falls in love but has a scheduled marriage with another woman (which usually is only interested in his money only), the CorruptCorporateExecutive who is the good guy's rival and wants to get his fortune (and sometimes teams up with the evil woman to do so) and so on and so on.
* ''Series/TheATeam'' is an example of an effectively ''fun'' Cliché Storm. You know the show's basic formula after an episode or two, but the characters, [[MadeOfExplodium explosions]], and ATeamFiring make the plots entertaining.
* The ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' episode "Chick Flick" parodies all the typical slasher movie cliches when a demon releases psycho killers from horror movies and sends them after the sisters. Since their powers don't work on the killers, the sisters have to follow the typical cliches. And there's a nice little shout out to ''Psycho''.
-->'''Piper:''' "I'm being stalked by psycho killers and I hide in the shower?"
* Of the three installments in the ''Series/ChouseishinSeries'', ''Series/GenseishinJustiriser'' is the one that sticks closest to the standard {{Sentai}} formula (e.g. [[RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude teenagers being chosen]] to stop an EvilOverlord who was sealed in the past). It's still an enjoyable watch for having excellently shot fights (as is a given with anything produced by Creator/{{Toho}}), a cast that's decently characterized and for basically being "[[CoolVsAwesome Power Rangers vs Godzilla kaiju]]."
* ''Series/CruelSummer'' [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zags this trope]]. It has the usual cliches of GirlPosse, AlphaBitch, LovableAlphaBitch, jock characters bullying other kids, bullying in the hallways, and TheNineties stereotypes, but on the other hand, it goes far [[DarkerAndEdgier more darker than many high-school series]] are prepared to go as part of its ThisIsReality theme, and has [[ShownTheirWork researched into what life was really like in the 1990s]] in order to provide authenticity.
* ''Series/EmilyInParis'': The series has been criticized by reviewers (especially the French) for being this, and not in a good way. Basically, they feel it's portraying every French stereotype including the FrenchJerk stereotype, and pretty negatively too.
* ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' has an episode in which Rory is moving into her college dorm and another student has lost a bet against his girlfriend and must only speak in cliches. Naturally, a cliché storm follows.
%% * This is the premise of ''Series/{{Glee}}''.
%% This is a Administrivia/ZeroContextExample.
* In ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' episode 3x04 "Little Boys" Robin breaks up with a kid. She realises that he has never been dumped before and she takes advantage of it by using "every cliché in the book":
--> '''Robin:''' We need to talk. I just think, um, we both could use some space right now. It's not you. It's me. Look, I know this hurts, but you deserve someone better. I'm just really trying to focus on my career right now. You know? I just hope we can still be friends.
* Alton Brown's commentary in ''Series/IronChefAmerica'' has been this from the start. The Chairman's conversations with the challenger have turned into this.
* ''Series/LaCQ'' plays more like a stereotypical US high school series, only set in Mexico and with ([[ToiletHumor juvenile]]) [[WrittenSoundEffect comedy]] [[LaughTrack cliches]] thrown into the mix, while the characters are unrelatable due to being high-school stereotypes.
* ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'' is a fantasy cliche ''hurricane''. However, many of its fans cite this as [[{{Troperrific}} why they love the show so much]].
* In the season 3 finale of ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', the team writes a speech for a politician that is intentionally made up of nothing but political speech clichés. The public eats it up. Granted, it was a small country with a one-party democracy, so the public wasn't yet disillusioned with political cliches, and the team took advantage.
* Col. Blake of ''Series/{{MASH}}'' attempted to give a RousingSpeech in "Crisis" but ended up giving the speech version of this trope. {{Lampshaded}} by Trapper:
--> '''Trapper:''' Welcome to the Henry Blake Cliche Festival.
* ''Series/TheMusketeers'' was praised by [[TheDitz Barry Shitpeas]] in ''Creator/CharlieBrooker's [[Series/{{Screenwipe}} Weekly Wipe]]'' for being this:
-->'''Barry''': Wot I like was, because it had all the things you expect, like a bit where [[ClosetShuffle someone hides from a husband]], and a bit where a [[WellDoneSonGuy young bloke earns the respect of a slightly older bloke]], and a bit where someone's [[BetterManhandleTheMurderWeapon framed for murder because someone's picked up a knife and put a fingerprint on it]], and a bit where one of the main characters is going to die, and you're like "[[OurHeroIsDead oh my god, one of the main characters is going to die!]]", but then the person who was going to kill them [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt gets shot]], and it pulls focus and it's [[HeroicBystander someone surprising who saved them]]--because it had all of that stuff, you already know. You didn't have to waste time figuring out what it is or what you thought about it, or who these people were. You could just sort of look at it while your mind went into screensaver mode? [[InsaneTrollLogic And that proves it's good drama.]]
* ''Series/TheMysteriesOfLaura'' is a crime show that hits all the typical crime show clichés. Laura is a divorced single mother of BrattyHalfPint twins who are out of control and constantly getting into trouble. [[WorkingWithTheEx Her boss is her ex-husband]] [[UnresolvedSexualTension with whom she has large amounts of UST]]. She's a [[DeadpanSnarker wise-cracking]], [[IronLady tough as nails]] woman [[HiddenHeartOfGold with a heart of gold]] who [[TheMainCharactersDoEverything does everything]] despite the presence of other detectives who would be expected to help out. She regularly [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight breaks rules in the course of an investigation, up to and including doing illegal searches and breaking the chain of custody for evidence (and not collecting evidence properly) in a way that would almost certainly get the evidence thrown out of court in any other show.]] The show plays this completely straight.
* ''Perfect Disaster''. A short {{Mockumentary}}-styled {{Documentary}} series that focuses on horrible natural disasters--ice storm, fire storm, but the most notable is the cliché storm. While the narrator and various experts explain the science behind the phenomenons (sometimes in cut-away scenes), each episode tells a fictional story about how the citizens and the local government of a given town/city would react to them. The set-up of these stories borrows everything from clichéd disaster movies--mediocre (but decent enough for a TV series) effects, overused character archetypes and interactions, even the ''camera angles'' can be guessed if you are savvy enough. While this may undermine the intended realism for some viewers, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools others enjoy it]].
* ''Series/Pitch2016'' [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zags this trope]]. On one hand, it's a JackieRobinsonStory about a female entering a male baseball team (the show has some ArtisticLicenseSports anyway) and has a lot of sport cliches in, but [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools that doesn't have to mean the show is bad because of it]].
* ''Series/PrisonBreak'' -- Okay, maybe it's not quite a ''storm'', but just too many of the characters are overly familiar--the ominous, shade-wearing government guys, the oblivious warden, the brutish guard captain, the aged Mafia guy with an Italian name, the sweet-yet-daring female leads...[[Administrivia/TropesAreTools doesn't have to mean it's a bad show]].
* ''Series/RebootTheGuardianCode'' hits this hard. While [[WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}} the original series]] would often affectionately parody various cliches about video games and cartoons, this one plays it straight. The heroes are ordinary high school students who find that the video game they like playing together was really meant to RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude to stop a GenericDoomsDayVillain who doesn't do anything but menacingly spout threats about his EvilPlan.
* ''Series/RedDwarf'': Lampshaded in series XI when a bunch of evil simuloids use TimeTravel to [[ConquerorFromTheFuture conquer the Earth's past]], and Lister calls them horribly cliché. This continues later in the episode (paraphrased):
-->'''Simuloid:''' Well, well, WeMeetAgain!\\
'''Lister:''' Smeggin' hell, you boys really are walking cartoons, aren't you?\\
'''Simuloid:''' [[NotSoDifferentRemark I think we are not so different, you and I]].
* Similar to ''Justirisers'' up there, ''Series/SevenStarFightingGodGuyferd'' (which was also made by Creator/{{Toho}}) borrows a lot of HenshinHero cliches, but marries them with a well-rounded cast and great suit designs to make for an entertaining show.
* ''Franchise/StarTrek'' developed its own array of cliches which could be reliably trotted out whenever they were short an interesting script. [[HolodeckMalfunction Holodeck malfunctions]], [[TeleporterAccident transporter malfunctions]], TheMainCharactersDoEverything, PlanetOfHats aliens, attack scenes where the camera is shaken around while [[ExplosiveInstrumentation consoles explode]], and usually at least one character who is trying to sort out their relationship with humanity.
** Of note is the ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E10OurManBashir Our Man Bashir]]", which is mostly an AffectionateParody of early ''Film/JamesBond'' movies, which manages both a holodeck malfunction ''and'' a transporter malfunction, which can only be sorted out by main character Julian Bashir remaining within the holodeck to save the rest of the crew!
** The ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E24ThisSideOfParadise This Side of Paradise]]" includes a brief all-cliche speech from Kirk:
--->''Maybe we weren't meant for paradise. Maybe we were meant to fight our way through, struggle, claw our way up, scratch for every inch of the way. Maybe we can't stroll to the music of the lute. We must march to the sound of drums.''
* ''Series/StargateSG1'':
** The characters would occasionally indulge in volleys of cliches. O'Neill in particular had a tendency to refer to the Goa'uld as having "very clichéd" behavior, and the last scene in the series is of the characters [[HurricaneOfAphorisms reciting various proverbs and cliches]].
--->''"The probe indicates a sustainable atmosphere. Temperature 78 degrees Fahrenheit. Barometric pressure is normal."\\
"No obvious signs of civilization."\\
"[=P4X-884=] looks like an untouched paradise, sir."\\
"Appearances may be deceiving."\\
"One man's ceiling is another man's floor."\\
"A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell."\\
"Never run with... scissors?"''
** In the very last episode of ''Series/StargateSG1'', at the end, the team use a large amount of cliches to describe what they've learned from their experiences. "Beggars can't be choosers. Better late than never. Look before you leap." "The best things in life are free."
--->'''Vala:''' Let me guess, beauty is only skin deep?
--->'''Daniel:''' Silence is golden.
--->'''Cam:''' Jack of all trades, master of none.
--->'''Sam:''' Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
** Then Vala says "Life is too short", a statement repeated throughout the episode (and Daniel and Vala's [[spoiler: time-erased relationship]]) but supposedly forgotten when the ResetButton was hit. Suggesting, interestingly, that somehow Vala remembers what happened.
* The ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode "[[Recap/SupernaturalS04E05MonsterMovie Monster Movie]]". Every classic horror movie cliche you can think of--because the bad guy, a shapeshifter, is deliberately [[InvokedTrope invoking]] them. The entire episode is an AffectionateParody of the old Universal monster movies, [[HomageShot right down to the way it's shot.]]
* ''Series/TJHooker'' is very guilty of being this for cop shows. Every storyline, you've seen before. All of the character types and stereotypes are here. The villains tend to have no characterization, largely being inhumane monsters. The show is such a Cliché Storm, that you might think you're watching a parody of cop shows rather than the real deal.
* On ''Series/TheWestWing'', when Bartlet debated his StrawmanPolitical opponent Robert Ritchie, we hear a snippet of one of Ritchie's responses that goes like this:
-->...and the partisan bickering. Now, I want people to work together in this great country. And that's what I did in Florida, I brought people together, and that's what I'll do as your president: end the logjam, end the gridlock, and bring Republicans together with Democrats, 'cause Americans are tired of partisan politics. ''(Applause)''
* ''Series/TheXFiles'': "[[Recap/TheXFilesS05E05ThePostModernPrometheus The Post-Modern Prometheus]]" is one giant, spiral-sliced, and deliciously smoked ham.
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* ''Series/TheATeam'' is an example of an effectively ''fun'' Cliché Storm. You know the show's basic formula after an episode or two, but the characters, [[MadeOfExplodium explosions]], and ATeamFiring make the plots entertaining.
* The ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' episode "Chick Flick" parodies all the typical slasher movie cliches when a demon releases psycho killers from horror movies and sends them after the sisters. Since their powers don't work on the killers, the sisters have to follow the typical cliches. And there's a nice little shout out to ''Psycho''.
-->'''Piper:''' "I'm being stalked by psycho killers and I hide in the shower?"
* Of the three installments in the ''Series/ChouseishinSeries'', ''Series/GenseishinJustiriser'' is the one that sticks closest to the standard {{Sentai}} formula (e.g. [[RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude teenagers being chosen]] to stop an EvilOverlord who was sealed in the past). It's still an enjoyable watch for having excellently shot fights (as is a given with anything produced by Creator/{{Toho}}), a cast that's decently characterized and for basically being "[[CoolVsAwesome Power Rangers vs Godzilla kaiju]]."
* ''Series/CruelSummer'' [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zags this trope]]. It has the usual cliches of GirlPosse, AlphaBitch, LovableAlphaBitch, jock characters bullying other kids, bullying in the hallways, and TheNineties stereotypes, but on the other hand, it goes far [[DarkerAndEdgier more darker than many high-school series]] are prepared to go as part of its ThisIsReality theme, and has [[ShownTheirWork researched into what life was really like in the 1990s]] in order to provide authenticity.
* ''Series/EmilyInParis'': The series has been criticized by reviewers (especially the French) for being this, and not in a good way. Basically, they feel it's portraying every French stereotype including the FrenchJerk stereotype, and pretty negatively too.
* ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' has an episode in which Rory is moving into her college dorm and another student has lost a bet against his girlfriend and must only speak in cliches. Naturally, a cliché storm follows.
%% * This is the premise of ''Series/{{Glee}}''.
%% This is a Administrivia/ZeroContextExample.
* In ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' episode 3x04 "Little Boys" Robin breaks up with a kid. She realises that he has never been dumped before and she takes advantage of it by using "every cliché in the book":
--> '''Robin:''' We need to talk. I just think, um, we both could use some space right now. It's not you. It's me. Look, I know this hurts, but you deserve someone better. I'm just really trying to focus on my career right now. You know? I just hope we can still be friends.
* Alton Brown's commentary in ''Series/IronChefAmerica'' has been this from the start. The Chairman's conversations with the challenger have turned into this.
* ''Series/LaCQ'' plays more like a stereotypical US high school series, only set in Mexico and with ([[ToiletHumor juvenile]]) [[WrittenSoundEffect comedy]] [[LaughTrack cliches]] thrown into the mix, while the characters are unrelatable due to being high-school stereotypes.
* ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'' is a fantasy cliche ''hurricane''. However, many of its fans cite this as [[{{Troperrific}} why they love the show so much]].
* In the season 3 finale of ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', the team writes a speech for a politician that is intentionally made up of nothing but political speech clichés. The public eats it up. Granted, it was a small country with a one-party democracy, so the public wasn't yet disillusioned with political cliches, and the team took advantage.
* Col. Blake of ''Series/{{MASH}}'' attempted to give a RousingSpeech in "Crisis" but ended up giving the speech version of this trope. {{Lampshaded}} by Trapper:
--> '''Trapper:''' Welcome to the Henry Blake Cliche Festival.
* ''Series/TheMusketeers'' was praised by [[TheDitz Barry Shitpeas]] in ''Creator/CharlieBrooker's [[Series/{{Screenwipe}} Weekly Wipe]]'' for being this:
-->'''Barry''': Wot I like was, because it had all the things you expect, like a bit where [[ClosetShuffle someone hides from a husband]], and a bit where a [[WellDoneSonGuy young bloke earns the respect of a slightly older bloke]], and a bit where someone's [[BetterManhandleTheMurderWeapon framed for murder because someone's picked up a knife and put a fingerprint on it]], and a bit where one of the main characters is going to die, and you're like "[[OurHeroIsDead oh my god, one of the main characters is going to die!]]", but then the person who was going to kill them [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt gets shot]], and it pulls focus and it's [[HeroicBystander someone surprising who saved them]]--because it had all of that stuff, you already know. You didn't have to waste time figuring out what it is or what you thought about it, or who these people were. You could just sort of look at it while your mind went into screensaver mode? [[InsaneTrollLogic And that proves it's good drama.]]
* ''Series/TheMysteriesOfLaura'' is a crime show that hits all the typical crime show clichés. Laura is a divorced single mother of BrattyHalfPint twins who are out of control and constantly getting into trouble. [[WorkingWithTheEx Her boss is her ex-husband]] [[UnresolvedSexualTension with whom she has large amounts of UST]]. She's a [[DeadpanSnarker wise-cracking]], [[IronLady tough as nails]] woman [[HiddenHeartOfGold with a heart of gold]] who [[TheMainCharactersDoEverything does everything]] despite the presence of other detectives who would be expected to help out. She regularly [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight breaks rules in the course of an investigation, up to and including doing illegal searches and breaking the chain of custody for evidence (and not collecting evidence properly) in a way that would almost certainly get the evidence thrown out of court in any other show.]] The show plays this completely straight.
* ''Perfect Disaster''. A short {{Mockumentary}}-styled {{Documentary}} series that focuses on horrible natural disasters--ice storm, fire storm, but the most notable is the cliché storm. While the narrator and various experts explain the science behind the phenomenons (sometimes in cut-away scenes), each episode tells a fictional story about how the citizens and the local government of a given town/city would react to them. The set-up of these stories borrows everything from clichéd disaster movies--mediocre (but decent enough for a TV series) effects, overused character archetypes and interactions, even the ''camera angles'' can be guessed if you are savvy enough. While this may undermine the intended realism for some viewers, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools others enjoy it]].
* ''Series/Pitch2016'' [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zags this trope]]. On one hand, it's a JackieRobinsonStory about a female entering a male baseball team (the show has some ArtisticLicenseSports anyway) and has a lot of sport cliches in, but [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools that doesn't have to mean the show is bad because of it]].
* ''Series/PrisonBreak'' -- Okay, maybe it's not quite a ''storm'', but just too many of the characters are overly familiar--the ominous, shade-wearing government guys, the oblivious warden, the brutish guard captain, the aged Mafia guy with an Italian name, the sweet-yet-daring female leads...[[Administrivia/TropesAreTools doesn't have to mean it's a bad show]].
* ''Series/RebootTheGuardianCode'' hits this hard. While [[WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}} the original series]] would often affectionately parody various cliches about video games and cartoons, this one plays it straight. The heroes are ordinary high school students who find that the video game they like playing together was really meant to RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude to stop a GenericDoomsDayVillain who doesn't do anything but menacingly spout threats about his EvilPlan.
* ''Series/RedDwarf'': Lampshaded in series XI when a bunch of evil simuloids use TimeTravel to [[ConquerorFromTheFuture conquer the Earth's past]], and Lister calls them horribly cliché. This continues later in the episode (paraphrased):
-->'''Simuloid:''' Well, well, WeMeetAgain!\\
'''Lister:''' Smeggin' hell, you boys really are walking cartoons, aren't you?\\
'''Simuloid:''' [[NotSoDifferentRemark I think we are not so different, you and I]].
* Similar to ''Justirisers'' up there, ''Series/SevenStarFightingGodGuyferd'' (which was also made by Creator/{{Toho}}) borrows a lot of HenshinHero cliches, but marries them with a well-rounded cast and great suit designs to make for an entertaining show.
* ''Franchise/StarTrek'' developed its own array of cliches which could be reliably trotted out whenever they were short an interesting script. [[HolodeckMalfunction Holodeck malfunctions]], [[TeleporterAccident transporter malfunctions]], TheMainCharactersDoEverything, PlanetOfHats aliens, attack scenes where the camera is shaken around while [[ExplosiveInstrumentation consoles explode]], and usually at least one character who is trying to sort out their relationship with humanity.
** Of note is the ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E10OurManBashir Our Man Bashir]]", which is mostly an AffectionateParody of early ''Film/JamesBond'' movies, which manages both a holodeck malfunction ''and'' a transporter malfunction, which can only be sorted out by main character Julian Bashir remaining within the holodeck to save the rest of the crew!
** The ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E24ThisSideOfParadise This Side of Paradise]]" includes a brief all-cliche speech from Kirk:
--->''Maybe we weren't meant for paradise. Maybe we were meant to fight our way through, struggle, claw our way up, scratch for every inch of the way. Maybe we can't stroll to the music of the lute. We must march to the sound of drums.''
* ''Series/StargateSG1'':
** The characters would occasionally indulge in volleys of cliches. O'Neill in particular had a tendency to refer to the Goa'uld as having "very clichéd" behavior, and the last scene in the series is of the characters [[HurricaneOfAphorisms reciting various proverbs and cliches]].
--->''"The probe indicates a sustainable atmosphere. Temperature 78 degrees Fahrenheit. Barometric pressure is normal."\\
"No obvious signs of civilization."\\
"[=P4X-884=] looks like an untouched paradise, sir."\\
"Appearances may be deceiving."\\
"One man's ceiling is another man's floor."\\
"A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell."\\
"Never run with... scissors?"''
** In the very last episode of ''Series/StargateSG1'', at the end, the team use a large amount of cliches to describe what they've learned from their experiences. "Beggars can't be choosers. Better late than never. Look before you leap." "The best things in life are free."
--->'''Vala:''' Let me guess, beauty is only skin deep?
--->'''Daniel:''' Silence is golden.
--->'''Cam:''' Jack of all trades, master of none.
--->'''Sam:''' Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
** Then Vala says "Life is too short", a statement repeated throughout the episode (and Daniel and Vala's [[spoiler: time-erased relationship]]) but supposedly forgotten when the ResetButton was hit. Suggesting, interestingly, that somehow Vala remembers what happened.
* The ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode "[[Recap/SupernaturalS04E05MonsterMovie Monster Movie]]". Every classic horror movie cliche you can think of--because the bad guy, a shapeshifter, is deliberately [[InvokedTrope invoking]] them. The entire episode is an AffectionateParody of the old Universal monster movies, [[HomageShot right down to the way it's shot.]]
* ''Series/TJHooker'' is very guilty of being this for cop shows. Every storyline, you've seen before. All of the character types and stereotypes are here. The villains tend to have no characterization, largely being inhumane monsters. The show is such a Cliché Storm, that you might think you're watching a parody of cop shows rather than the real deal.
* On ''Series/TheWestWing'', when Bartlet debated his StrawmanPolitical opponent Robert Ritchie, we hear a snippet of one of Ritchie's responses that goes like this:
-->...and the partisan bickering. Now, I want people to work together in this great country. And that's what I did in Florida, I brought people together, and that's what I'll do as your president: end the logjam, end the gridlock, and bring Republicans together with Democrats, 'cause Americans are tired of partisan politics. ''(Applause)''
* ''Series/TheXFiles'': "[[Recap/TheXFilesS05E05ThePostModernPrometheus The Post-Modern Prometheus]]" is one giant, spiral-sliced, and deliciously smoked ham.
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