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* FlowersOfFemininity: Ironically appropriate to the subject matter, Paula sits on a throne made of them.
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* StrawNihilist: Played with, swerving between this and Anti-Nihilist, declaring that "free will's an illusion, morality too", and that there's no right or wrong. But they insist that the same logic shows that they can't help being in love, and they can still take joy in that.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Both Nathaniel and Rebecca treat the InsanityDefense as a ''Get Out of Jail'' card, which, as the linked trope page explains, it isn't.
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** Falling into a swimming pool from great height is like being hit by a bus, breaking every bone in Trent's body.
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* SoftWater: [[{{Reconstruction}} Reconstructed]]. After falling off the roof, Trent landed in a swimming pool... which is why he even ''survived.'' He still broke every bone in his body.
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* SoftWater: [[{{Reconstruction}} Reconstructed]]. After falling off the roof, Trent landed in a swimming pool... which is why he even ''survived.'' He still broke every bone in his body. Again.
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* SoftWater: [[ReconstructedTrope Reconstructed]]. After falling off the roof, Trent landed in a swimming pool... which is why he even ''survived.'' He still broke every bone in his body.
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* SoftWater: [[ReconstructedTrope [[{{Reconstruction}} Reconstructed]]. After falling off the roof, Trent landed in a swimming pool... which is why he even ''survived.'' He still broke every bone in his body.
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* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: Rebecca pushes Trent off the roof and the scene cuts to Darryl's newborn baby.
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* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: Rebecca pushes Trent off the roof and the scene cuts to Darryl's newborn baby. Subverted because Trent survived, but barely.
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* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Rebecca eventually has this epiphany; despite her terrible family and personal background, she still has to own up for her actions. So she pleads guilty.
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* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: Rebecca pushes Trent off the roof and the scene cuts to Darryl's newborn baby.
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* ScreamingBirth: Subverted. Darryl expresses surprise that Heather isn't screaming and cursing like women in labour do on television. Heather tells him that it's actually not that painful - ''if'' you have the good sense to ask for all the drugs, that is.
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* ScreamingBirth: Subverted.Discussed and subverted. Darryl expresses surprise that Heather isn't screaming and cursing like women in labour do on television. Heather tells him that it's actually not that painful - ''if'' you have the good sense to ask for all the drugs, that is.
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* MoralMyopia: When Rebecca makes her confession, Nathaniel is suitably shocked and appalled that she'd tried to hire someone to murder his girlfriend, while casually brushing off the revelation that he'd tried to have Josh's grandfather killed.
-->'''Josh:''' You tried to kill my ''lolo''?!
-->'''Nathaniel:''' Eh, I like to think I wouldn't have actually gone through with it, but... whatever, he's had a long life. But ''Mona''!
-->'''Josh:''' You tried to kill my ''lolo''?!
-->'''Nathaniel:''' Eh, I like to think I wouldn't have actually gone through with it, but... whatever, he's had a long life. But ''Mona''!
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* NauseaFuel: InUniverse. The doctor is so disgusted by Paula's description of childbirth that he vomits afterwards.
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* NauseaFuel: InUniverse. The doctor obstetrician is so disgusted by Paula's description of childbirth that he vomits afterwards.afterwards. Bear in mind that he's an OB/GYN who's presumably delivered a great many babies in his career.
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* KarmaHoudini: Deconstructed. Rebecca has come to feel disturbed by the fact that she's always getting away with everything, and in the end she pleads guilty to something she ''didn't'' actually do [[note]](she did push Trent off the roof, but she did it to stop him killing Nathaniel, making it justifiable manslaughter at worst, rather than the attempted murder she is accused of)[[/note]] just so she can finally face some consequences.
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* LoveRedeems: Subverted. Before falling in love with Rebecca, Nathaniel did bad things. Now that he's in love with her, he... still does bad things, but has realised that ''it's not his fault'' that he does them!
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* LoveRedeems: Subverted. Before falling in love with Rebecca, Nathaniel did bad things. Now that he's in love with her, he... still does bad things, but has realised that ''it's ''[[NeverMyFault it's not his fault'' fault]]'' that he does them!
* NeverMyFault: Taken to its utmost extreme. The song is all about how freeing it is to realise that no one is actually responsible for their actions.
* NeverMyFault: Taken to its utmost extreme. The song is all about how freeing it is to realise that no one is actually responsible for their actions.
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* JerkJustifications: Nathaniel states that he still does bad things, but he now knows ''why'' he does them, so it's okay.
* LoveRedeems: Subverted. Before falling in love with Rebecca, Nathaniel did bad things. Now that he's in love with her, he... still does bad things, but has realised that ''it's not his fault'' that he does them!
* LoveRedeems: Subverted. Before falling in love with Rebecca, Nathaniel did bad things. Now that he's in love with her, he... still does bad things, but has realised that ''it's not his fault'' that he does them!
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** The song played during the closing credits is a season 1 song ''I'm a Good Person''.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: This episode sees Rebecca on the receiving end of what she put Josh through in "Josh's Ex-Girlfriend is Crazy."
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* SoftWater: [[ReconstructedTrope Reconstructed]]. After falling off the roof, Trent landed in a swimming pool... which is why he even ''survived.'' He still broke every bone in his body.
* ScreamingBirth: Subverted. Darryl expresses surprise that Heather isn't screaming and cursing like women in labour do on television. Heather tells him that it's actually not that painful - ''if'' you have the good sense to ask for all the drugs, that is.
* ScreamingBirth: Subverted. Darryl expresses surprise that Heather isn't screaming and cursing like women in labour do on television. Heather tells him that it's actually not that painful - ''if'' you have the good sense to ask for all the drugs, that is.
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* ScreamingBirth: Subverted. Darryl expresses surprise that Heather isn't screaming and cursing like women in labour do on television. Heather tells him that it's actually not that painful - ''if'' you have the good sense to ask for all the drugs, that is.
* SoftWater: [[ReconstructedTrope Reconstructed]]. After falling off the roof, Trent landed in a swimming pool... which is why he even ''survived.'' He still broke every bone in hisbody.
* ScreamingBirth: Subverted. Darryl expresses surprise that Heather isn't screaming and cursing like women in labour do on television. Heather tells him that it's actually not that painful - ''if'' you have the good sense to ask for all the drugs, that is.body.
* SoftWater: [[ReconstructedTrope Reconstructed]]. After falling off the roof, Trent landed in a swimming pool... which is why he even ''survived.'' He still broke every bone in his
* ScreamingBirth: Subverted. Darryl expresses surprise that Heather isn't screaming and cursing like women in labour do on television. Heather tells him that it's actually not that painful - ''if'' you have the good sense to ask for all the drugs, that is.
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* SoftWater: [[ReconstructedTrope reconstructed]]). After falling off the roof, Trent landed in a swimming pool... which is why he even ''survived.'' He still broke every bone in his body.
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* SoftWater: [[ReconstructedTrope reconstructed]]).Reconstructed]]. After falling off the roof, Trent landed in a swimming pool... which is why he even ''survived.'' He still broke every bone in his body.
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* SoftWater: Subverted. After falling off the roof, Trent landed in a swimming pool... which is why he even ''survived.'' He still broke every bone in his body.
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* SoftWater: Subverted.[[ReconstructedTrope reconstructed]]). After falling off the roof, Trent landed in a swimming pool... which is why he even ''survived.'' He still broke every bone in his body.
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* SoftWater: Subverted. After falling off the roof, Trent landed in a swimming pool... which is why he even ''survived.'' He still broke every bone in his body.
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: Rebecca pleads guilty for trying to murder Trent, and does this because she wants to face the responsibility for her actions.
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: Rebecca pleads guilty for trying to murder Trent, and does this because she wants to face the responsibility for her actions.actions.
* ScreamingBirth: Subverted. Darryl expresses surprise that Heather isn't screaming and cursing like women in labour do on television. Heather tells him that it's actually not that painful - ''if'' you have the good sense to ask for all the drugs, that is.
* ScreamingBirth: Subverted. Darryl expresses surprise that Heather isn't screaming and cursing like women in labour do on television. Heather tells him that it's actually not that painful - ''if'' you have the good sense to ask for all the drugs, that is.
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* GodwinsLaw: Naturally, it only takes them a while to conclude that it wasn't Hitler's fault either.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Nathaniel and Rebecca's parents messed them up, because their parents messed them up, and so forth to Adam and Eve who were messed up by God who was messed up by the Big Bang. Therefore, everything is actually the Big Bang's fault.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Nathaniel and Rebecca's parents messed them up, because their parents messed them up, and so forth to Adam and Eve who were messed up by God who was messed up by the Big Bang. Therefore, everything is actually the Big Bang's fault.
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* CleanPrettyChildbirth: {{Subverted}} Paula is surrounded by flowers and sings about the "miracle of childbirth", while graphically describing all the gore-y parts of childbirth that are usually ignored on TV.
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* CleanPrettyChildbirth: {{Subverted}} {{Subverted}}. Paula is surrounded by flowers and sings about the "miracle of childbirth", while graphically describing all the gore-y parts of childbirth that are usually ignored on TV.
* LyricalDissonance: A gentle, folksy hymn that's a graphic description of childbirth.
* NauseaFuel: InUniverse. The doctor is so disgusted by Paula's description of childbirth that he vomits afterwards.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: The doctor throws up into a trash can.
* LyricalDissonance: A gentle, folksy hymn that's a graphic description of childbirth.
* NauseaFuel: InUniverse. The doctor is so disgusted by Paula's description of childbirth that he vomits afterwards.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: The doctor throws up into a trash can.
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* {{Callback}}: This episode is a reference to an earlier season 3 episode "Josh is Irrelevant".
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* {{Callback}}: {{Callback}}:
** This episode is a reference to an earlier season 3 episode "Josh is Irrelevant".
** This episode is a reference to an earlier season 3 episode "Josh is Irrelevant".
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** Several previous song titles find their way into the dialogue.
--->'''Darryl''': It's not a group hang, I'm just having a few people over.
--->'''Darryl''': It's not a group hang, I'm just having a few people over.
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* FreudianExcuse: Parodied. Nathaniel and Rebecca sing about how their childhood trauma makes their actions not their fault. They then extend this excuse to serial killer John Wayne Gacy and ''Hitler''.
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* {{Callback}}: This episode is a reference to an earlier season 3 episode "Josh is Irrelevant".
** This episode also mentions that Josh's grandfather was going to be killed by Nathaniel, and how he was going to cause his father to get deported. Rebecca sleeping with Greg's father is also mentioned.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: Rebecca pleads guilty for trying to murder Trent, and does this because she wants to face the responsibility for her actions.
* {{Callback}}: This episode is a reference to an earlier season 3 episode "Josh is Irrelevant".
** This episode also mentions that Josh's grandfather was going to be killed by Nathaniel, and how he was going to cause his father to get deported. Rebecca sleeping with Greg's father is also mentioned.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: Rebecca pleads guilty for trying to murder Trent, and does this because she wants to face the responsibility for her actions.
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When Rebecca decides to make amends for her past, she finds some unexpected challenges; West Covina awaits an important new arrival.
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!Songs
!!"Miracle of Birth" [-(sung by: Donna Lynne Champlin)-]
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!!"Nothing Is Ever Anyone's Fault" [-(sung by: Rachel Bloom and Scott Michael Foster )-]
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!Songs
!!"Miracle of Birth" [-(sung by: Donna Lynne Champlin)-]
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!!"Nothing Is Ever Anyone's Fault" [-(sung by: Rachel Bloom and Scott Michael Foster )-]
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