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* MarryingTheMark: Rosco is Sue Ann's mark, using him as a pawn in her scheme to rob Hazzard Bank.
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* WeddingDay: For Rosco and his "fiancé," Sue Ann.

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* WeddingDay: For WeddingEpisode: An episode about Rosco and his wedding to "fiancé," Sue Ann.
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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Although not purely evil, Rosco is the antagonist and -- although sometimes henpecked by her -- genuinely loves his Mama Coltrane.
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* ConsolationPrize: Along with a promise of a date with the post office clerk, one thing that always cheers Rosco up -- even when he's at his worst -- is a homecooked meal from his Mama Coltrane!
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* HereWeGoAgain: Just a few days after Rosco has had to himself to grieve over his heartbreak, being lied to and his humiliation, he is back to his old self ... and just before he can ticket the Dukes for illegal parking, he asks the post office clerk (who happens to be walking by) if they'd like to go out for a cup of coffee sometime. She says yes! Nothing ever comes of it, but it does provide an ample [[AnAesop Aesop]] (which rings true today): Better to meet someone in person than a stranger off a dating service.

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* HereWeGoAgain: Just a few days after Rosco has had to himself to grieve over his heartbreak, being lied to and his humiliation, he is back to his old self ... and just before he can ticket the Dukes for illegal parking, he asks the post office clerk (who happens to be walking by) if they'd like to go out for a cup of coffee or ice cream soda sometime. She says yes! Nothing ever comes of it, but it does provide perk Rosco's spirits up big time and also provides an ample [[AnAesop Aesop]] (which rings true today): Better to meet someone in person than a stranger off a dating service.
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* {{Tearjerker}}: When Rosco realizes the cold, hard truth: He was played for a sucker and a fool, and is utterly humiliated, embarrassed and downright heartbroken.

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* {{Tearjerker}}: When Rosco realizes the cold, hard truth: He was played for a sucker and a fool, and is utterly humiliated, embarrassed and downright heartbroken.heartbroken by a woman whom he thought loved him and had (cruelly, unknown to him) pulled him along on a string.

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* HereWeGoAgain: Just a few days after Rosco has had to himself to grieve over his heartbreak, being lied to and his humiliation, he is back to his old self ... and just before he can ticket the Dukes for illegal parking, he asks the post office clerk (who happens to be walking by) if they'd like to go out for a cup of coffee sometime. She says yes! Nothing ever comes of it, but it does provide an ample [[AnAesop Aesop]] (which rings true today): Better to meet someone in person than a stranger off a dating service.



* Tearjerker: When Rosco realizes the cold, hard truth: He was played for a sucker and a fool, and is utterly humiliated, embarrassed and downright heartbroken.

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* Tearjerker: {{Tearjerker}}: When Rosco realizes the cold, hard truth: He was played for a sucker and a fool, and is utterly humiliated, embarrassed and downright heartbroken.
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* Tearjerker: When Rosco realizes the cold, hard truth: He was played for a sucker and a fool, and is utterly humiliated, embarrassed and downright heartbroken.
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* WasItAllALie: When Rosco is left with the heartbreaking duty to take his "wife" into custody, he mutters this. For one brief moment, Sue Ann shows some remorse and regret that she let things go too far.

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* WasItAllALie: When Rosco is left with the heartbreaking duty to take his "wife" into custody, he mutters this. For one brief moment, Sue Ann shows some remorse and regret that she let things go too far.far, and admits that, as she got to know Rosco, as stupid as he may be he did have many positive attributes about him.

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* DatingServiceDisaster: How Rosco and Sue Ann meet ... with Rosco unaware that Sue Ann placed the ad as part of a scheme to allow her bank-robbing, murdering husband and his partner to case out and rob small town banks.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Rosco goes from antagonist and constant thorn in the side of the Dukes to [[TheWoobie easily duped]], and for him it is cruel heartbreak when he realizes Sue Ann (along with her real husband and their accomplice) has a sinister side to her.

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* AwfulTruth: Averted; Bo and Luke -- all along suspicious of Sue Ann (and a major reason why they weren't invited to Rosco's wedding) -- discover the truth -- that Sue Ann is part of a criminal trio (along with her real husband and their partner), all wanted for bank robbery and murder. Later, Rosco, once he understands the Dukes were telling him the truth.
* DatingServiceDisaster: How Rosco and Sue Ann meet ...meet via a computer dating service (indeed, the episode itself could be seen as a satire on computer dating) ... with Rosco unaware that Sue Ann placed the ad as part of a scheme to allow her bank-robbing, murdering husband and his partner to case out and rob small town banks.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Rosco goes from antagonist antagonist, Boss' partner in crime and constant thorn in the side of the Dukes to [[TheWoobie easily duped]], and for him it is cruel heartbreak when he realizes his real friends (Bo and Luke) help him realize cruel reality: Sue Ann (along with her real husband and their accomplice) has is a sinister side to her.murdering, bank robbing felon.
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* WasItAllALie: When Rosco is left with the heartbreaking duty to take his "wife" into custody, he mutters this. For one brief moment, Sue Ann shows some remorse and regret that she let things go too far.

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* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Rosco goes from antagonist to [[TheWoobie easily duped]], and for him it is cruel heartbreak when he realizes Sue Ann (along with her real husband and their accomplice) has a sinister side to her.

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* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Rosco goes from antagonist and constant thorn in the side of the Dukes to [[TheWoobie easily duped]], and for him it is cruel heartbreak when he realizes Sue Ann (along with her real husband and their accomplice) has a sinister side to her.



* WeddingDay: For Rosco and his "fiancé," Sue Ann.

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* WeddingDay: For Rosco and his "fiancé," Sue Ann.Ann.
* WeddingDeadline: The Dukes -- who (perhaps appropriately) were not invited to the wedding -- learn the truth about Sue Ann but don't make it in time to the Boar's Nest stop the ceremony and expose Sue Ann as a fraud.

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* DatingServiceDisaster: How Rosco and Sue Ann meet ... with Rosco unaware that Sue Ann placed the ad as part of a scheme to allow her bank-robbing, murdering husband and his partner to case out and rob small town banks.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Rosco goes from antagonist to [[TheWoobie easily duped]], and for him it is cruel heartbreak when he realizes Sue Ann (along with her real husband and their accomplice) has a sinister side to her.



* WeddingDay: For Rosco and his "fiancé," Sue Ann.
* TheWoobie: Rosco goes from antagonist to easily duped, and for him it is cruel heartbreak when he realizes Sue Ann (along with her real husband and their accomplice) has a sinister side to her.

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* WeddingDay: For Rosco and his "fiancé," Sue Ann.
* TheWoobie: Rosco goes from antagonist to easily duped, and for him it is cruel heartbreak when he realizes Sue Ann (along with her real husband and their accomplice) has a sinister side to her.
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* WeddingDay: For Rosco and his "fiancé," Sue Ann.

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* ManlyTears: For one moment, Rosco chokes up when he realizes he was the victim of a cruel hoax.
* WeddingDay: For Rosco and his "fiancé," Sue Ann.Ann.
* TheWoobie: Rosco goes from antagonist to easily duped, and for him it is cruel heartbreak when he realizes Sue Ann (along with her real husband and their accomplice) has a sinister side to her.
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