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* DramaticallyDelayedDrug: PlayedForLaughs when Cheryl is due for a root canal. Nervous about the procedure, she panics when the sedatives don't work right away, and is about to run from the operating room... only for the drugs to kick in at long last, whereupon she passes out.
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* ProductPlacement: The kids' Disney VHS tapes can be seen in the background of episodes (one of them, WesternAnimation/Cinderella is an actual plot point in one) ABC, who aired the show, is owned by Disney.
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** The kids' Disney VHS tapes can be seen in the background of episodes (one of them,WesternAnimation/Cinderella ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'' is an actual plot point in one) one). ABC, who aired the show, is owned by Disney.
** The kids' Disney VHS tapes can be seen in the background of episodes (one of them,
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* CompanionCube: The episode "The Packer Ball" is about a toddler Kyle becoming obsessed with a Packers ball, much to Jim's dismay who is a Bears fan.
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* PacManFever: In "No Crime, But Punishment" Gracie isn't allowed to get a Game Boy due to her misbehavior, so she steals one while at the park and lies about her friend giving it to her. However, the Game Boy seen in the episode is a Game Boy Color (which was obsolete by the time of this episode's airing) not a Game Boy Advance as a kid at the time of the episode's airing would have!
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** The episode "No Crime, But Punishment" features a Game Boy Color (despite it being obsolete at the time of the episode's airing, and the Game Boy Advance being sold instead with the DS being released 8 months after the episode's airing)
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: After getting turned down to take Cheryl to a baby shower in Jim's place, Andy quips: "I guess it's just me and my palm tonight."
** Of course, he's actually referring to his Palm Pilot.
** More explicitly hinted at in the episode where Jim has to give a sperm sample but asks Andy to give it in his place.
** Of course, he's actually referring to his Palm Pilot.
** More explicitly hinted at in the episode where Jim has to give a sperm sample but asks Andy to give it in his place.
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* BackForTheFinale: Dana.
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* BumblingDad: Jim
* ButtMonkey: Andy
* ButtMonkey: Andy
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* ClipShow: "The Scrapbook."
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* TheCouch
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* DeadpanSnarker: Dana
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* DreamWithinADream: [[spoiler: The episode "The Devil Went Down to Oak Park"]].
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* HalloweenEpisode: Several during the show's run.
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* GarageBand: Jim, Andy, and their friends have one.
* GroinAttack: Andy has been a victim of this.
* GroinAttack: Andy has been a victim of this.
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* IncrediblyLameFun: Cheryl loves boring or weird stuff.
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* InstrumentalThemeTune
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* MistakenForGay: Jim and Andy are often mistaken for a couple by other people.
* MistakenForPedophile: Andy in "No Crime, But Punishment."
* MommasBoy: Andy, again.
* MistakenForPedophile: Andy in "No Crime, But Punishment."
* MommasBoy: Andy, again.
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* ObnoxiousInLaws: Played straight with Dana, but also averted with Andy.
* PaintballEpisode.
* PaintballEpisode.
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* RealMenEatMeat: Jim and, to a vocally lesser extent, Andy.
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* SarcasmBlind: The kids early in the series.
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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Andy and Jim.
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* SitcomArchNemesis: Andy and the kids (especially Gracie).
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* ShotInTheAss: By a TURKEY named "Angry Pete".
* SiblingRivalry: Between Andy and Dana, and sometimes between the both of them and Cheryl.
* SiblingRivalry: Between Andy and Dana, and sometimes between the both of them and Cheryl.
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* SpoiledBrat: Jamie [=McFame=] from the episode of the same name.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: As the kids grow older, they become more rude to the adults.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Jim and Cheryl.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Jim and Andy.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Jim and Cheryl.
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* ZanyScheme: Pretty much Jim's bread and butter.
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* ProductPlacement: The kids' Disney VHS tapes can be seen in the background of episodes (one of them, WesternAnimation/Cinderella is an actual plot point in one) ABC, who aired the show, is owned by Disney.
** A bag of Iams dog food can be seen in the background of several episodes, despite the family's dog only appearing in a few of them.
** A bag of Iams dog food can be seen in the background of several episodes, despite the family's dog only appearing in a few of them.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: In "The Cat Came Back" the family acquires a new dog Jim names Gary Sinise. He appears in a few episodes and then disappears without any explanation (although a bag of dog food can be seen in the background of several episodes after that)
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* IronicEchoCut: Jim competes in an EatingContest during a family picnic. Cheryl urges him to stop, but Jim replies: "They'd have to pump my stomach before I quit!" Cut to the next scene where paramedics carry Jim off to hospital, saying: "He'll be fine after we pump his stomach."
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* IronicEchoCut: Jim competes in an impromptu EatingContest with Andy's GirlOfTheWeek during a family picnic. (This woman happened to be the winner of an official eating content who Jim resents and Andy begins dating.) Cheryl urges him to stop, but Jim replies: replies, "They'd have to pump my stomach before I quit!" Cut to the next scene where paramedics carry Jim off to hospital, saying: saying, "He'll be fine after we pump his stomach."
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* ShaggyDogStory: The episode "Spelling Bee" has Jim and Cheryl taking Gracie to places to compete for her Spelling Bee matches, which exhausts Jim and Cheryl. Near the end of the episode, Cheryl discovers that the only reason Gracie even bothers going through with these tournaments is because she gets to eat fried shrimps at Red Lobster, at which point Cheryl convinces Gracie to throw the match, on the promise that Gracie doesn't have to win just to allow her to have fried shrimps. Gracie agrees... until it's revealed that the Spelling Bee grand champion will be given one year worth of fried shrimps from Red Lobster as a prize.
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* ShaggyDogStory: The episode "Spelling Bee" has Jim and Cheryl taking Gracie to places to compete for her Spelling Bee spelling bee matches, which exhausts Jim and Cheryl. Near the end of the episode, Cheryl discovers that the only reason Gracie even bothers going through with these tournaments is because she gets to eat fried shrimps shrimp at Red Lobster, at which point Cheryl convinces Gracie to throw the match, on the promise that Gracie doesn't have to win just to allow her to have fried shrimps.shrimp. Gracie agrees... until it's revealed that the Spelling Bee spelling bee grand champion will be given one year worth of fried shrimps shrimp from Red Lobster as a prize.
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I watched on TV the "In Case of Jimergency" episode and added the "I Ate What" trope.
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* IAteWhat: In "In Case of Jimergency" (Season 6 Episode 11), Cheryl is shocked to learn her remedy for her flu was fish medicine which Jim also took after she infected him. She's also shocked to find out shortly that Jim canceled the family's health insurance and got the idea of using fish medicine from Andy. But Cheryl didn't suffer the same side effects as him; Jim had an allergic reaction that expanded his face grotesquely.
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* ExtremeOmnivore: Cheryl is convinced that Jim swallowed a key hidden in a cupcake believes she has the proof she needs when she [[ItMakesSenseInContext hides in the bathroom and hears a "ping" while Jim is sitting on the commode]]. Jim says what she heard wasn't ''that key'', but [[NoodleIncident another piece of metal he'd swallowed earlier]].
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* ExtremeOmnivore: In the "What Lies Beneath" episode (Season 6 Episode 14), Cheryl is convinced that Jim swallowed a key hidden in ring placed atop a cupcake (which was his original wedding ring Cheryl hoped would prompt Jim into confessing that he lost it) that she believes she has the proof she needs when she [[ItMakesSenseInContext hides in the bathroom and hears a "ping" while Jim is sitting on the commode]]. Jim says what she heard wasn't ''that key'', ring'', but [[NoodleIncident another piece of metal he'd swallowed earlier]].
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* OutNumberedSibling :Kyle, at first, being the only son, until season 7. Andy is also in this trope, having two olders sisters.
** Jim's Sister Roxanne counts too, since we learn he has a consanguine half-brother in season 5.
** Jim's also got a very healthy and friendly relationship with his mother-in-law, to the point that Andy often got jealous about Jim being her favourite "son". When Dana married Ryan, Jim actually became jealous of losing his spot.
** Jim's Sister Roxanne counts too, since we learn he has a consanguine half-brother in season 5.
** Jim's also got a very healthy and friendly relationship with his mother-in-law, to the point that Andy often got jealous about Jim being her favourite "son". When Dana married Ryan, Jim actually became jealous of losing his spot.
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!!'''Tropes include:'''
* AffectionateParody: "The Grumpy Guy" includes one to ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' complete with LemonyNarrator, a Holy "insert phrase" Jim, Bat-Climb, sound effects in word balloons, pretentious dialogue and Julie Newmar.
* UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball: Jim and Andy live and breathe it. BEARS, NOT PACKERS.
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* UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball: Jim and Andy live and breathe it. BEARS, NOT PACKERS.
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* SpoilingShoutOut: Jim spoils ''Film/TheSixthSense'' to Andy while he's watching to get him to come over. To be fair, based on that description they spoil the ending of '''a''' movie, but you don't know which one unless you've already seen it (or at least already know the spoiler).
-->'''Jim:''' ''[on phone]'' What movie?\\
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'''Jim:''' Creator/BruceWillis is a ghost and he doesn't know it.
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'''Jim:''' Creator/BruceWillis is a ghost and he doesn't know it.
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*OutNumberedSibling :Kyle, at first, being the only son, until season 7. Andy is also in this trope, having two olders sisters.
** Jim's Sister Roxanne counts too, since we learn he has a consanguine half-brother in season 5.
** Jim's Sister Roxanne counts too, since we learn he has a consanguine half-brother in season 5.
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* DenserAndWackier: Many of the earlier episodes focused on typical sitcom hijinks. Later episodes had things were Jim got shot in the ass with a crossbow by a turkey, appearances by God & the Devil, and other crazy stuff.
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* StPatricksDayEpisode: In "The Thin Green Line," Cheryl gives her best to assure herself a spot on the Church Committee. In order to do so, she forbids Jim to do his annual "Green Man" routine on St. Patrick's day. However, her plans are ruined when she gets arrested.
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In "Making Love in All the Wrong Places," I made an alteration after watching the episode & changed it to "Big Ten conference," not "mainland." Big Ten refers to the colleges on the Great Lakes states, excluding Iowa (& future members Nebraska and Rutgers). "Mainland" makes it sound like Jim seeks to bang his wife in all the states excluding Hawaii.
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* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Jim promised to make love in all the mainland states before the 15th anniversary. To close off, he and Cheryl go to Indiana during said date and consummate in a basement, during a tornado, [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown while a family is hiding...]]
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* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Jim promised to make love in all the mainland states in the Big Ten Conference (referring to the mostly Midwestern states where eleven, not ten, universities are located at the time of the episode) before the 15th anniversary. To close off, he and Cheryl go to Indiana during said date and consummate in a basement, during a tornado, [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown while a family is hiding...]]
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Only One Name is if they don't have more than one name. If they have more names that are unrevealed, it's No Full Name Given.
* NoFullNameGiven: Jim, Cheryl, Andy, and the kids are only referred to by their first names. Dana originally had no last name as well, but this changed after she married Dr. Ryan Gibson and adopted his surname.
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* OnlyOneName: Jim, Cheryl, Andy, and the kids are only referred to by their first names. Dana originally had no last name as well, but this changed after she married Dr. Ryan Gibson and adopted his surname.
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* SpoliedBrat: Jamie [[=McFame=]] from the episode of the same name.
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* SpoliedBrat: SpoiledBrat: Jamie [[=McFame=]] [=McFame=] from the episode of the same name. name.
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* FirstPeriodPanic: In "Period Peace" (Season 7 Episode 7), Ruby & Gracie have been arguing fiercely throughout the episode, and Jim & Andy discover while snooping around someone is having her period. In a twist, Gracie, the younger daughter, is having her period. Ruby, the older daughter, still hasn't.
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* FanDisservice: As Website/TelevisionWithoutPity pointed out, Taylor Atelian who played Ruby started out prettier than her on-screen sister but by the end, when they were giving Ruby romance plota, the teenage Atelian failed to match the Ruby of the scripts.
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* FanDisservice: As Website/TelevisionWithoutPity pointed out, Taylor Atelian who played Ruby started out prettier than her on-screen sister but by the end, when they were giving Ruby romance plota, plots, the teenage Atelian failed to match the Ruby of the scripts.
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* FanDisservice: As Website/TelevisionWithoutPity pointed out, Taylor Atelian who played Ruby started out prettier than her on-screen sister but by the end, when they were giving Ruby romance plota, the teenage Atelian failed to match the Ruby of the scripts.
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* NotSoDifferent: Related to HappilyMarried above, one of the reasons Cheryl & Jim's marriage works so well is she can be just as stubborn or prone to [[ZanyScheme zany schemes]] as he is.
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* HypnoFool: In "the Six-Week Curse" Dana hypnotizes Andy to be more confident, since his relationships usually end after 6 weeks due to his insecurity. It made him more confident, but also more flirty.
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** Jim's also got a very healthy and friendly relationship with his mother in-law, mother-in-law, to the point that Andy often got jealous about Jim being her favourite "son". When Dana married Ryan, Jim actually became jealous of losing his spot.
