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Episode 1x03 - "I Hope Josh Comes to My Party!"
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* ThereAreNoTherapists: Subverted and parodied. The song mocks the idea of true love fixing emotional issues by imagining four Joshes who are "also a team of nationally-recognized mental health professionals trained in cognitive behavioral therapy with specialties in personality and sleep disorders... and love."

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* BearsAreBadNews: "If you see a bear in the woods, don't run away."

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* BearsAreBadNews: "If you see a "A bear runs at you in the woods, don't run away."



* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight: The song is full of bad advice including this: "Now if someone pulls a gun on me, I pull out my knife"



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* ParentalNeglect: The Four Joshes promise to get to the bottom of Rebecca's problems due to this.

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* ParentalNeglect: The Four Joshes promise to get to the bottom of Rebecca's problems due to this.this.

!Tropes in this episode:
* FriendlessBackground: Rebecca had very few friends as a child and has none in West Covina as she's just moved there.
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* NerdGlasses: The children in the choir are all wearing these, and also BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill, because they are the incarnations of Rebecca's childhood nerdiness.

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* NerdGlasses: The Many of the children in the choir are all wearing these, and also BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill, and they're all wearing identical sweater vests, white shirts and ties, presumably because they are the incarnations of Rebecca's childhood nerdiness.
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* NerdGlasses: The children in the choir are all wearing these, and also BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill, because they are the incarnations of Rebecca's childhood nerdiness.
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* ThemeTuneRollCall: Both of the verses are parodies.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: As Paula is turned towards the audience to sing, Rebecca says, "Who are you singing to?"

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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: As Paula is turned turns towards the audience to sing, Rebecca says, "Who are you singing to?""Yeah, I'm back here, sing to me."
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* AffectionateParody: Of peppy teen-pop songs.

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* AffectionateParody: Of 80s teen sitcom themes and peppy teen-pop songs.songs in general.
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* ImplausibleDeniability: Both older and younger Rebecca insist that casual acquaintances such as "Janitor who lives in an RV behind the school" and "Grocery Store Clerk with Half an Eyelid" count as their friends.
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "I have friends, I definitely have friends / Friends, friends, friendly friends, time to meet my friends!"

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* AffectionateParody: Of a PepTalkSong.



* PepTalkSong

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* PepTalkSongPepTalkSong: Parodied. The general theme of facing your fears is encouraging, but Paula's specific advice is ''incredibly bad''.


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* AffectionateParody: Of peppy teen-pop songs.
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* BearsAreBadNews: "If you see a bear in the woods, don't run away."
* CherubicChoir: Paula is joined by a choir of children with giant scissors to sing about fears.
* FaceYourFears: It's the name of the song and it's what Paula is telling Rebecca to do. Unfortunately, she also gives a lot of ''bad'' advice, like telling a bear she's not afraid of it or staying inside a burning building and taking a deep breath.
* FollowYourHeart: "Face your fears! Follow your dreams! Stare at the sun!"
* IncrediblyLongNote: The song ends with Paula singing "Face your fears!" and Rebecca increasingly impatient for the song to end. Finally, Paula belts out "Feeeeeaaaaaaaars!" as one long note.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: As Paula is turned towards the audience to sing, Rebecca says, "Who are you singing to?"
* PepTalkSong
* RunsWithScissors: A whole choir of children run into the room with comically over-sized scissors.
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* BlatantLies: "Objectively, I can say that I have all the friends!"
* ChildhoodFriends: Rebecca had some, including Patty, Luanne, and Girl With Mustache.
* TimeShiftedActor: Ava Acres plays the young Rebecca.
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* AffectionateParody: Of {{Boy Band}}s.
* AllPsychologyIsFreudian: "We’ll help you understand the reasons that your mom made you sad / And why every man you date is just a stand-in for your dad." At which point Rebecca just nods.
* ParentalNeglect: The Four Joshes promise to get to the bottom of Rebecca's problems due to this.

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Songs:

"Face Your Fears" (sung by Donna Lynn Champlin)\\

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!!"Face
Your Fears" (sung by Donna Lynn Champlin)\\
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''Friends, friends, friendly friends, time to meet my friends!''\\

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''Friends, friends, friendly friends, time to meet my friends!''\\
friends!''

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-->''I have friends, I definitely have friends.''\\
''No one can say that I do not have friends.''\\
''I have friends, I definitely have friends!''\\
''Friends, friends, friendly friends, time to meet my friends!''\\

Episode 1x03 - "I Hope Josh Comes to My Party!"

Written by Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh [=McKenna=], directed by Tamra Davis. Original airdate 10/26/2015.

"In an attempt to get closer to Josh, Rebecca throws a housewarming party despite her lack of social connections in West Covina and a childhood fear of hosting parties. When Paula (Donna Lynne Champlin) finally convinces her, the party turns out to be nothing like they anticipated."

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"Face Your Fears" (sung by Donna Lynn Champlin)\\
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"I Have Friends" (sung by Ava Acres and Rachel Bloom)\\
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"A Boy Band Made Up of Four Joshes" (sung by Vincent Rodriguez III)\\
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