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* InstantlyProvenWrong: Teenage Geraldine is wearing her dress inside out because she spilled a drink on it. She's really embarrassed, but Mary assures that no one can even tell. Then Deirdre walks up and says, "How goes it, ladies? You know your frock's on inside out, right?"

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* InstantlyProvenWrong: Teenage Geraldine is wearing her dress inside out because she spilled a drink Ribena on it. She's really embarrassed, but Mary assures that no one can even tell. Then Deirdre walks up and says, "How goes it, ladies? You know your frock's on inside out, right?"
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* EmbarassingTattoo: The skull-and-crossbones tattoos the mothers got in 1977. The women apparently think getting an unlicenced tattoo is a crime, and have managed to keep them hidden even from their husbands through over ten years of marriage.

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* EmbarassingTattoo: EmbarrassingTattoo: The skull-and-crossbones tattoos the mothers got in 1977. The women apparently think getting an unlicenced tattoo is a crime, and have managed to keep them hidden even from their husbands through over ten years of marriage.
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* EmbarassingTattoo: The skull-and-crossbones tattoos the mothers got in 1977. The women apparently think getting an unlicenced tattoo is a crime, and have managed to keep them hidden even from their husbands through over ten years of marriage.


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* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: Cousin Rob's sexual orientation is immediately accepted and sets of a SeinfeldianConversation between the adults.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In "The Reunion", Michelle's mother is accompanied by her [[AdaptationalNationality Canadian]] cousin Rob -- who turns out to be [[AdaptationalSexuality openly gay]].

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In "The Reunion", Michelle's mother is accompanied by her [[AdaptationalNationality Canadian]] cousin Rob -- who turns out to be [[AdaptationalSexuality openly gay]].gay]].

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* RunningGag: No matter how many times she's reminded, both in the past and present, Sarah keeps forgetting that Deirdre's cousin is [[AccidentalMisnaming named Rob, not Brad]].
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* FacelessGoons: Many balaclava-wearing IRA members appear in the stock footage.


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* InstantlyProvenWrong: Teenage Geraldine is wearing her dress inside out because she spilled a drink on it. She's really embarrassed, but Mary assures that no one can even tell. Then Deirdre walks up and says, "How goes it, ladies? You know your frock's on inside out, right?"
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In "The Reunion", Michelle's mother is accompanied by her [[AdaptationalNationality Canadian]] cousin Rob -- who turns out to be [[AdaptationalGenderIdentity openly gay]].

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In "The Reunion", Michelle's mother is accompanied by her [[AdaptationalNationality Canadian]] cousin Rob -- who turns out to be [[AdaptationalGenderIdentity [[AdaptationalSexuality openly gay]].

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: "The Reunion" switches backwards and forwards between the present-day adults and an incident that befell their teen selves--[[Film/It1990 in a town called Derry]].

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: "The Reunion" switches backwards and forwards between the present-day adults and an incident that befell their teen selves--[[Film/It1990 selves -- [[Film/It1990 in a town called Derry]].


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* ParentalHypocrisy: The girls' mothers [[spoiler: kept their tattoos a secret to enforce discipline on their daughters]] by setting a good example.
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* GenerationXerox: The mothers of the main cast are portrayed as [[LikeMotherLikeDaughter almost carbon copies of their daughters]] at their age, with Mary as TheLeader like Erin, Sarah as the {{Cloudcuckoolander}} like Orla, Geraldine as the NervousWreck like Clare and Deirdre as the rebellious party girl like Michelle, plus Jeanette O'Shea is a proto-Jenny Joyce. They even have Deirdre's Canadian cousin Rob as a stand-in for James, down to sharing James's interest in photography, although Rob is actually gay in contrast to James merely being frequently MistakenForGay.

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* GenerationXerox: The mothers of the main cast are portrayed as [[LikeMotherLikeDaughter almost carbon copies of their daughters]] at their age, with Mary as TheLeader like Erin, Sarah as the {{Cloudcuckoolander}} like Orla, Geraldine as the NervousWreck like Clare and Deirdre as the foul mouthed rebellious party girl like Michelle, plus Jeanette O'Shea is a proto-Jenny Joyce. They even have Deirdre's Canadian cousin Rob as a stand-in for James, down to sharing James's interest in photography, although Rob is actually gay in contrast to James merely being frequently MistakenForGay.
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* GenerationXerox: The mothers of the main cast are portrayed as [[LikeMotherLikeDaughter almost carbon copies of their mothers]] at their age, with Mary as TheLeader like Erin, Sarah as the {{Cloudcuckoolander}} like Orla, Geraldine as the NervousWreck like Clare and Deirdre as the rebellious party girl like Michelle, plus Jeanette O'Shea is a proto-Jenny Joyce. They even have Deirdre's Canadian cousin Rob as a stand-in for James, down to sharing James's interest in photography, although Rob is actually gay in contrast to James merely being frequently MistakenForGay.

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* GenerationXerox: The mothers of the main cast are portrayed as [[LikeMotherLikeDaughter almost carbon copies of their mothers]] daughters]] at their age, with Mary as TheLeader like Erin, Sarah as the {{Cloudcuckoolander}} like Orla, Geraldine as the NervousWreck like Clare and Deirdre as the rebellious party girl like Michelle, plus Jeanette O'Shea is a proto-Jenny Joyce. They even have Deirdre's Canadian cousin Rob as a stand-in for James, down to sharing James's interest in photography, although Rob is actually gay in contrast to James merely being frequently MistakenForGay.
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* GenerationXerox: The mothers of the main cast are portrayed as [[LikeMotherLikeDaughter almost carbon copies of their mothers]] at their age, with Mary as TheLeader like Erin, Sarah as the {{Cloudcuckoolander}} like Orla, Geraldine as the NervousWreck like Clare and Deirdre as the rebellious party girl like Michelle, plus Jeanette O'Shea is a proto-Jenny Joyce. They even have Deirdre's Canadian cousin Rob as a stand-in for James, down to sharing James's interest in photography, although Rob is actually gay in contrast to James merely being frequently MistakenForGay.

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* GenerationXerox: The mothers of the main cast are portrayed as [[LikeMotherLikeDaughter almost carbon copies of their mothers]] at their age, with Mary as TheLeader like Erin, Sarah as the {{Cloudcuckoolander}} like Orla, Geraldine as the NervousWreck like Clare and Deirdre as the rebellious party girl like Michelle, plus Jeanette O'Shea is a proto-Jenny Joyce. They even have Deirdre's Canadian cousin Rob as a stand-in for James, down to sharing James's interest in photography, although Rob is actually gay in contrast to James merely being frequently MistakenForGay.MistakenForGay.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In "The Reunion", Michelle's mother is accompanied by her [[AdaptationalNationality Canadian]] cousin Rob -- who turns out to be [[AdaptationalGenderIdentity openly gay]].
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* * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: "The Reunion" switches backwards and forwards between the present-day adults and an incident that befell their teen selves--[[Film/It1990 in a town called Derry]].
* GenerationXerox: The mothers of the main cast are portrayed as having a similar dynamic to their daughters in high school, right down to Michelle's mom having an equivalent of James in the form of her Canadian cousin Rob.

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* * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: "The Reunion" switches backwards and forwards between the present-day adults and an incident that befell their teen selves--[[Film/It1990 in a town called Derry]].
* GenerationXerox: The mothers of the main cast are portrayed as having a similar dynamic to [[LikeMotherLikeDaughter almost carbon copies of their daughters in high school, right down to Michelle's mom having an equivalent of James in mothers]] at their age, with Mary as TheLeader like Erin, Sarah as the form of her {{Cloudcuckoolander}} like Orla, Geraldine as the NervousWreck like Clare and Deirdre as the rebellious party girl like Michelle, plus Jeanette O'Shea is a proto-Jenny Joyce. They even have Deirdre's Canadian cousin Rob.Rob as a stand-in for James, down to sharing James's interest in photography, although Rob is actually gay in contrast to James merely being frequently MistakenForGay.
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* * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: "The Reunion" switches backwards and forwards between the present-day adults and an incident that befell their teen selves--[[Film/It1990 in a town called Derry]].
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* ClassReunion
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* ADayInTheLimelight: The episode is focused entirely on the parents (and what happened at their leavers' party in 1977), with only Erin and Orla briefly appearing at the beginning.
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* GenerationXerox: The mothers of the main cast are portrayed as having a similar dynamic to their daughters in high school, right down to Michelle's mom having an equivalent of James in the form of her Canadian cousin Rob.
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Ma Mary and Aunt Sarah are determined to put on a good show as they prepare for the highly anticipated class of 1977 school reunion. But will the truth come out about what really happened on that fateful leavers party 20 years ago?

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