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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even ''Frank'' is disturbed by Uncle Jack continually reaching over and trying to touch a clearly uncomfortable Charlie during their divorce proceedings.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: EvenEvilHasStandards:
** None of the gang are particularly fond of Uncle Jack, as noted under CreepyUncle.
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Even ''Frank'' is disturbed by Uncle Jack him continually reaching over and trying to touch a clearly uncomfortable Charlie during their divorce proceedings.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even ''Frank'' is disturbed by Uncle Jack continually reaching over and trying to touch a clearly uncomfortable Charlie during their divorce proceedings.
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* FanDisservice: Bill Ponderosa lounging around in Dee's robe and a pair of tighty-whitey btiefs.

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* FanDisservice: Bill Ponderosa lounging around in Dee's robe and a pair of tighty-whitey btiefs.briefs.
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* MultiPartEpisode: Even though tbe titles are different, this directly follows up and concludes [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS06E01MacFightsGayMarriage "Mac Fights Gay Marriage"]].

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* MultiPartEpisode: Even though tbe the titles are different, this directly follows up and concludes [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS06E01MacFightsGayMarriage "Mac Fights Gay Marriage"]].

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* MultiPartEpisode: Even though tbe titles are different, this directly follows up and concludes [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS06E01MacFightsGayMarriage "Mac Fights Gay Marriage"]].



* SequelEpisode: To [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS06E01MacFightsGayMarriage "Mac Fights Gay Marriage"]].
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* ShoutOut: Maureen starts repeatedly hitting herself in order to falsely accuse Dennis of beating her, in a reference to ''{{Film/Fear}}''.

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* ShoutOut: Maureen starts repeatedly hitting herself in order to falsely accuse Dennis of beating her, in a reference to ''{{Film/Fear}}''.''Film/Fear1996''.
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Moving to Trivia


* {{Corpsing}}: As demonstrated on [[https://www.reddit.com/r/IASIP/comments/jfckpx/never_noticed_this_before_but_glenn_is_100/ this post]], Glenn Howerton breaks character as Uncle Jack delivers his lines and appears to bite his lip in an attempt to save the take.
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* {{Corpsing}}: As demonstrated on [[https://www.reddit.com/r/IASIP/comments/jfckpx/never_noticed_this_before_but_glenn_is_100/ this post]], Glenn Howerton breaks character as Uncle Jack delivers his lines and appears to bite his lip in an attempt to save the take.

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* ContinuityNod: Mac reminds the others that [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS05E08PaddysPubOriginalKittenMittens the Lawyer has a restraining order against them]].

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* ContinuityNod: ContinuityNod:
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Mac reminds the others that [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS05E08PaddysPubOriginalKittenMittens the Lawyer has a restraining order against them]].them]].
** Dennis tells Maureen [[ReversePsychology not to]] look at [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS04E04MacsBangingTheWaitress his sex tapes]] as a way to get her to leave him.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Bill has been cheating on his wife with a series of prostitutes [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Dee]].
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* FanDisservice: Bill Ponderosa lounging around in Dee's robe and a pair of tighty-whiteys.

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* FanDisservice: Bill Ponderosa lounging around in Dee's robe and a pair of tighty-whiteys.tighty-whitey btiefs.
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* DivorceAssetsConflict: Dennis and Maureen go through one as well as Charlie and Frank, on account of neither couple having made a prenup agreement. Mostly PlayedForLaughs with the latter pair due to their "marriage" being completely platonic and them still living together afterward, but it gets real nasty with Dennis and Maureen. Dennis is only able to get his apartment back by taking on Maureen's debt totaling ''90,000 dollars.''

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->'''-- Frank'''

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->'''-- Frank'''
-->-- '''Frank'''




!This episode provides examples of the following tropes:

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-->'''Jack:''' Alright, are the kids confined in any way? Maybe in a crawlspace or a backyard bunker?
-->'''Dee:''' No, they're out in the car.
-->'''Jack:''' Have you touched them yet?
-->'''Dee:''' Absolutely not! What -- who is this man?

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-->'''Jack:''' Alright, are the kids confined in any way? Maybe in a crawlspace or a backyard bunker?
-->'''Dee:'''
bunker?\\
'''Dee:'''
No, they're out in the car.
-->'''Jack:'''
car.\\
'''Jack:'''
Have you touched them yet?
-->'''Dee:'''
yet?\\
'''Dee:'''
Absolutely not! What -- who is this man?



-->'''Dennis:''' I don't love you, Maureen. I don't love you, I ''never'' loved you. You're annoying, and you're strange!
-->'''Maureen:''' I don't know what to say.
-->'''Dennis:''' Don't say anything, 'cause every time you open your mouth I'm like ''"ugh!"'' It's like your breath is, like, always so bad! It's the dead tooth, I'm saying it now. I'll say it. You have a dead tooth, you realize that, right? And I ''hate'' it, and it's annoying!

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-->'''Dennis:''' I don't love you, Maureen. I don't love you, I ''never'' loved you. You're annoying, and you're strange!
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strange!\\
'''Maureen:'''
I don't know what to say.
-->'''Dennis:'''
say.\\
'''Dennis:'''
Don't say anything, 'cause every time you open your mouth I'm like ''"ugh!"'' It's like your breath is, like, always so bad! It's the dead tooth, I'm saying it now. I'll say it. You have a dead tooth, you realize that, right? And I ''hate'' it, and it's annoying!
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* ContinuityNod: Mac reminds the others that [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS05E08PaddysPubOriginalKittenMittens the Lawyer has a restraining order against them.]]

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* ContinuityNod: Mac reminds the others that [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS05E08PaddysPubOriginalKittenMittens the Lawyer has a restraining order against them.]]them]].



* YourCheatingHeart: Bill has been cheating on his wife with a series of prostitutes [[AndZoidberg and Dee]].

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* YourCheatingHeart: Bill has been cheating on his wife with a series of prostitutes [[AndZoidberg [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Dee]].

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In this SequelEpisode, Dennis finds that his marriage to his crush isn't all it's cracked up to be and decides to divorce her while Frank and Charlie annul their gay marriage after realizing they can't stand each other.

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In this SequelEpisode, ->''"Marriage blows."''
->'''-- Frank'''

Dennis finds that his marriage quickly grows disillusioned with being married to his crush isn't all it's cracked up to be high school sweetheart and decides to divorce her, as Frank and Charlie's domestic partnership also deteriorates. Meanwhile, Dee finds herself with an unwanted house guest when Bill Ponderosa gets kicked out of his marital home after telling his wife about their affair.
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!This episode provides examples of the following tropes:

* AccidentalKidnapping: Dee ends up accidentally kidnapping Bill Ponderosa's children after he takes them from his wife's house and makes
her while drive away with them in her car.
* AwfulWeddedLife: The novelty of married life begins to wear off very quickly for both Dennis & Maureen and Frank & Charlie, and both unions are dissolved by the end of the episode.
* ContinuityNod: Mac reminds the others that [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS05E08PaddysPubOriginalKittenMittens the Lawyer has a restraining order against them.]]
* CrazyCatLady: Dennis mentions that Maureen has turned Mac's room into a "craft studio" where she makes cat sweaters.
* CreepyUncle: In addition to his usual inappropriate behavior towards Charlie, Uncle Jack dishes out some solidly creepy advice to Dee when she reveals that she's kidnapped Bill's kids.
-->'''Jack:''' Alright, are the kids confined in any way? Maybe in a crawlspace or a backyard bunker?
-->'''Dee:''' No, they're out in the car.
-->'''Jack:''' Have you touched them yet?
-->'''Dee:''' Absolutely not! What -- who is this man?
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The conflict between Dennis, Mac and Maureen over the apartment strongly resembles a LoveTriangle. At one point Maureen refers to Mac as Dennis's "boy toy".
* FanDisservice: Bill Ponderosa lounging around in Dee's robe and a pair of tighty-whiteys.
* GetOut:
-->'''Dee:''' ''(to Bill)'' This is gonna be kinda hard to hear, but, um... GET OUT! ''GET OUT!!'' You gotta go back to your wife, okay, and get outta my place!
* InVinoVeritas: Dennis dishes out some harsh home truths to Maureen after coming back to the apartment drunk at two in the morning.
* LackOfEmpathy: Dee has very little sympathy for Bill's situation with his wife and kids and is mostly concerned about whether or not she'll get to keep the car he gave her.
* MistakenForProstitute: Bill's wife initially thinks that Dee is a prostitute since she's the only one who didn't have to get paid to sleep with him.
* PetTheDog: Frank telling Charlie that he likes the elephant drawings Charlie did for him, in the middle of their bitter divorce row.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Dennis delivers a vicious one to Maureen when he's telling her he wants a divorce.
-->'''Dennis:''' I don't love you, Maureen. I don't love you, I ''never'' loved you. You're annoying, and you're strange!
-->'''Maureen:''' I don't know what to say.
-->'''Dennis:''' Don't say anything, 'cause every time you open your mouth I'm like ''"ugh!"'' It's like your breath is, like, always so bad! It's the dead tooth, I'm saying it now. I'll say it. You have a dead tooth, you realize that, right? And I ''hate'' it, and it's annoying!
* RunningGag: Dee once again loses a new car within days of receiving it.
* SequelEpisode: To [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS06E01MacFightsGayMarriage "Mac Fights Gay Marriage"]].
* ShirtlessScene: Both Mac and Dennis are shown bathing shirtless in the sink at Paddy's after getting kicked out of their apartment.
* ShoutOut: Maureen starts repeatedly hitting herself in order to falsely accuse Dennis of beating her, in a reference to ''{{Film/Fear}}''.
* StagParty: Dennis insists that Mac throw him a bachelor party as he didn't have one before getting married.
* StatusQuoIsGod: By the end of the episode, Dennis has divorced Maureen and
Frank and Charlie annul their gay marriage after realizing they can't stand each other.have gotten an annulment.
* TheTeetotaler: Maureen claims that she doesn't drink as she thinks it "makes people look ugly".
* ThirdWheel: Mac ends up awkwardly hanging around for most of the conflict between Dennis and Maureen.
* YourCheatingHeart: Bill has been cheating on his wife with a series of prostitutes [[AndZoidberg and Dee]].
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