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* GoneHorriblyRight: Chloe teaches June to be more confident, which results in her becoming a bigger bitch than Chloe
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* LesYay: Chloe pretends June is her lesbian lover so she can gain custody of a foster child.
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* FreakyFridayFlip: In-universe in "Parent Trap…", the third episode, where James costars with [[MadMen Kiernan Shipka]] in a film about a father and pubescent daughter who get body-swapped.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Don't make June angry
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* ShoutOut: Plenty in the first few episodes alone, mostly relating to James. His tenure as [[DawsonsCreek Dawson]] is naturally brought up on numerous occasions, but he also references his appearance in {{Kesha}}'s "Blow" music video as well.
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* ShoutOut: Plenty in the first few episodes alone, mostly relating to James. His tenure as [[DawsonsCreek Dawson]] is naturally brought up on numerous occasions, but he also references his appearance in {{Kesha}}'s "Blow" music video as well.well.
* SpoiledBrat: Molly, Chloe and June's foster child comes off as this and is completely ungrateful for June caring for her.
* SpoiledBrat: Molly, Chloe and June's foster child comes off as this and is completely ungrateful for June caring for her.
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Chloe is able to become a foster mother without the usual interviews, inspections and background checks because she knows someone who works at Child Services.
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* LesYay: Chloe pretends June is her lesbian lover so she can gain custody of a foster child.
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* GenderBender: James sometimes dreams he's a 12-year-old girl
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* LovableAlphaBitch: ''Chloe''. It's a real testament to Krysten Ritter's acting ability to make such an unlikeable character so ''appealing''.
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* HotDad: Turns out that [[spoiler: Chloe]] has one, and he becomes a [[StacysMom StacysDad]] to [[spoiler: June]].
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* RelationshipReveal: [[spoiler: When June discovers that the guy she spent all night talking to (and was about to have sex with) is actually Chloe's father.]]
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* RelationshipReveal: [[spoiler: RelationshipReveal: When June discovers that the guy she spent all night talking to (and was about to have sex with) is actually Chloe's [[spoiler:Chloe's father.]]
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* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler: Chloe's dad, which is part of why June is so shocked upon discovering that he's her father]].
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* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler: OlderThanTheyLook: Chloe's dad, which is part of why June is so shocked upon discovering that he's her father]].[[spoiler:that she was about to have sex with him]].
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* YourCheatingHeart: Subverted. After catching wind of [[TheMistress his affair with his assistant]], Chloe makes a move on June's fiancee, but in a strategically planned effort to prove that he has a pair of loose lips… [[JerkassHasAPoint and she's right]].
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* YourCheatingHeart: YourCheatingHeart:
** Subverted. After catching wind of [[TheMistress his affair with his assistant]], Chloe makes a move on June's fiancee, but in a strategically planned effort to prove that he has a pair of loose lips… [[JerkassHasAPoint and she's right]].
** Subverted. After catching wind of [[TheMistress his affair with his assistant]], Chloe makes a move on June's fiancee, but in a strategically planned effort to prove that he has a pair of loose lips… [[JerkassHasAPoint and she's right]].
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* HeyItsThatGuy: James Van Der Beek… [[DawsonsCreek for obvious reasons]].
** Also: June was once a part of [[GossipGirl Blair's posse]], and Chloe hung with VeronicaMars.
*** Chloe was also Lily's older sister in the 80s.
** Also: June was once a part of [[GossipGirl Blair's posse]], and Chloe hung with VeronicaMars.
*** Chloe was also Lily's older sister in the 80s.
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* NaiveNewcomer: June. She starts catching on real quick, though.
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* DuelingShows: ''[[TwoBrokeGirls 2 Broke Girls]]'' isn't so much similar to this one in plot, but both ''do'' feature an [[TheIngenue ingenue]] with HairOfGold who moves in with a [[RavenHairIvorySkin raven haired, ivory skinned]] DeadpanSnarker. Both shows are also set in [[BigApplesauce New York City]], and are set into motion after one of the characters is adversely affected by corporate greed and has to find a new place to live … okay, ''maybe'' they are kind of similar.
** ''And'' ... both had pilot episodes where a climactic plot point involves one of the women discovering that her new roommate's boyfriend is cheating on the new roommate, and [[CassandraTruth not being believed]] by the roommate—until she [[InterruptedIntimacy catches him in the act]].
** ''And'' ... both had pilot episodes where a climactic plot point involves one of the women discovering that her new roommate's boyfriend is cheating on the new roommate, and [[CassandraTruth not being believed]] by the roommate—until she [[InterruptedIntimacy catches him in the act]].
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''Don't Trust The B----- In Apartment 23'' is a {{Sitcom}} airing on ABC. Desperate for a place to stay after finding herself rendered homeless, June agrees to live with Chloe, or [[SecondaryCharacterTitle The Bitch in Apartment 23]], and HilarityEnsues. The show premiered on April 11, 2012, taking over HappyEndings' timeslot after its second season wrapped.
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''Don't Trust The B----- B---- In Apartment 23'' is a {{Sitcom}} airing on ABC. Desperate for a place to stay after finding herself rendered homeless, June agrees to live with Chloe, or [[SecondaryCharacterTitle The Bitch in Apartment 23]], and HilarityEnsues. The show premiered on April 11, 2012, taking over HappyEndings' timeslot after its second season wrapped.
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* JerkAss / JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Chloe jumps back and forth across the line between these two like no one's business
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* {{Japandering}}: James did an energy drink commercial in Vietnam. It is shown at the end of the pilot and it is hilariously bad.
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* {{Japandering}}: James did an energy drink commercial in Vietnam. It is shown at the end of the pilot and it is hilariously bad.bad (even more so that your usual {{Japandering}} commercial, as it includes Van Der Beek wondering what the hell he just did and asking if they've managed to get his agent on the phone).
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* Japandering: James did an energy drink commercial in Vietnam. It is shown at the end of the pilot and it is hilariously bad.
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* NamesTheSame: Mark Reynolds is also a baseball player for Baltimore that is known for hitting homers and striking out.
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: Chloe can be a great friend but she is also capable of stealing all your credit cards and leaving you stuck in a Vietnamese prison
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* FriendsRentControl: Invoked early in the pilot when June likens the amazing, company-provided apartment that she has for all of one night to those on ''{{Friends}}''.
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* InterruptedIntimacy: June walking in on her fiancé having sex with Chloe in the pilot.
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* DuelingShows: ''2 Broke Girls'' isn't so much similar to this one in plot, but both ''do'' both feature an [[TheIngenue ingenue]] with HairOfGold who moves in with a [[RavenHairIvorySkin raven haired, ivory skinned]] DeadpanSnarker. Both shows are also set in [[BigApplesauce New York City]], and are set into motion after one of the characters is adversely affected by corporate greed and has to find a new place to live … okay, ''maybe'' they are kind of similar.
** ''And'' ... both had pilot episodes where a climactic plot point involves one of the women discovering that her new roommate's boyfriend is cheating on the new roommate, and [[CassandraTruth not being believed]] by the roommate—until she [[CaughtInTheAct catches him in the act]].
** ''And'' ... both had pilot episodes where a climactic plot point involves one of the women discovering that her new roommate's boyfriend is cheating on the new roommate, and [[CassandraTruth not being believed]] by the roommate—until she [[CaughtInTheAct catches him in the act]].
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* DuelingShows: ''2 ''[[TwoBrokeGirls 2 Broke Girls'' Girls]]'' isn't so much similar to this one in plot, but both ''do'' both feature an [[TheIngenue ingenue]] with HairOfGold who moves in with a [[RavenHairIvorySkin raven haired, ivory skinned]] DeadpanSnarker. Both shows are also set in [[BigApplesauce New York City]], and are set into motion after one of the characters is adversely affected by corporate greed and has to find a new place to live … okay, ''maybe'' they are kind of similar.
** ''And'' ... both had pilot episodes where a climactic plot point involves one of the women discovering that her new roommate's boyfriend is cheating on the new roommate, and [[CassandraTruth not being believed]] by the roommate—until she[[CaughtInTheAct [[InterruptedIntimacy catches him in the act]].
** ''And'' ... both had pilot episodes where a climactic plot point involves one of the women discovering that her new roommate's boyfriend is cheating on the new roommate, and [[CassandraTruth not being believed]] by the roommate—until she
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* DuelingShows: ''2 Broke Girls'' isn't so much similar to this one in plot, but both ''do'' both feature an [[TheIngenue ingenue]] with HairOfGold who moves in with a [[RavenHairIvorySkin raven haired, ivory skinned]] DeadpanSnarker. Both shows are also set in [[BigApplesauce New York City]], and are set into motion after one of the characters is adversely affected by corporate greed… greed and has to find a new place to live … okay, ''maybe'' they are kind of similar. similar.
** ''And'' ... both had pilot episodes where a climactic plot point involves one of the women discovering that her new roommate's boyfriend is cheating on the new roommate, and [[CassandraTruth not being believed]] by the roommate—until she [[CaughtInTheAct catches him in the act]].
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* RichBitch: Subverted. Chloe definitely has a nice place filled with equally as nice furniture, but she only attains all of it after [[MagnificentBastard taking more money than needed from her roommates, and keeping their security deposits for herself]].
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* VitrolicBestBuds: June and Chloe are certainly being set up this way.
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''Don't Trust The B----- In Apartment 23'' is a {{Sitcom}} airing on ABC. Desperate for a place to stay after finding herself rendered homeless, June agrees to live with Chloe, or [[SecondaryCharacterTitle The Bitch in Apartment 23]], and HilarityEnsues. The show premiered on April 11, 2012, taking over HappyEndings' timeslot after its second season wrapped.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Eli has these a lot, much to June's (horrified) discovery.
* AdamWesting: James Van Der Beek, who plays… himself.
* BigWhat: June, after finding out that her fiancee is [[YourCheatingHeart easily swayed]] in the pilot.
* CensoredTitle: The show was originally titled ''Don't Trust The '''Bitch''' in Apartment 23'', but it was amended to its current state (or sometimes, simply, ''Apartment 23'') after the MediaWatchdogs had a field day over it.
* DuelingShows: ''2 Broke Girls'' isn't so much similar to this one in plot, but both ''do'' both feature an [[TheIngenue ingenue]] with HairOfGold who moves in with a [[RavenHairIvorySkin raven haired, ivory skinned]] DeadpanSnarker. Both shows are also set in [[BigApplesauce New York City]], and are set into motion after one of the characters is affected by corporate greed… okay, ''maybe'' they are kind of similar.
* HeyItsThatGuy: James Van Der Beek… [[DawsonsCreek for obvious reasons]].
** Also: June was once a part of [[GossipGirl Blair's posse]], and Chloe hung with VeronicaMars.
* HotDad: Turns out that [[spoiler: Chloe]] has one, and he becomes a [[StacysMom StacysDad]] to [[spoiler: June]].
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: June and Chloe.
* LovableAlphaBitch: ''Chloe''. It's a real testament to Krysten Ritter's acting ability to make such an unlikeable character so ''appealing''.
* RelationshipReveal: [[spoiler: When June discovers that the guy she spent all night talking to (and was about to have sex with) is actually Chloe's father.]]
* RichBitch: Subverted. Chloe definitely has a nice place filled with equally as nice furniture, but she only attains all of it after [[MagnificentBastard taking more money than needed from her roommates, and keeping their security deposits for herself]].
* ShoutOut: Plenty in the first few episodes alone, mostly relating to James. His tenure as [[DawsonsCreek Dawson]] is naturally brought up on numerous occasions, but he also references his appearance in {{Kesha}}'s "Blow" music video as well.
* StalkerWithACrush: Heavily implied that Robin is this to Chloe.
* TitleDrop: Said verbatim by Robin (to June) in the pilot.
* TookALevelInBadass: June, in a very ''quick'' example of this trope, during the pilot. Right after finding out that Chloe has been overcharging her rent, June goes and sells all of Chloe's furniture. Even Chloe is surprised by this move, and Chloe is never surprised.
* TwoferTokenMinority: James' gay black stylist.
* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler: Chloe's dad, which is part of why June is so shocked upon discovering that he's her father]].
* VitrolicBestBuds: June and Chloe are certainly being set up this way.
* YourCheatingHeart: Subverted. After catching wind of [[TheMistress his affair with his assistant]], Chloe makes a move on June's fiancee, but in a strategically planned effort to prove that he has a pair of loose lips… [[JerkassHasAPoint and she's right]].
** Double subverted, when his ''mistress'' is appalled at him cheating on ''her''.
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!!Tropes used in this series include:
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Eli has these a lot, much to June's (horrified) discovery.
* AdamWesting: James Van Der Beek, who plays… himself.
* BigWhat: June, after finding out that her fiancee is [[YourCheatingHeart easily swayed]] in the pilot.
* CensoredTitle: The show was originally titled ''Don't Trust The '''Bitch''' in Apartment 23'', but it was amended to its current state (or sometimes, simply, ''Apartment 23'') after the MediaWatchdogs had a field day over it.
* DuelingShows: ''2 Broke Girls'' isn't so much similar to this one in plot, but both ''do'' both feature an [[TheIngenue ingenue]] with HairOfGold who moves in with a [[RavenHairIvorySkin raven haired, ivory skinned]] DeadpanSnarker. Both shows are also set in [[BigApplesauce New York City]], and are set into motion after one of the characters is affected by corporate greed… okay, ''maybe'' they are kind of similar.
* HeyItsThatGuy: James Van Der Beek… [[DawsonsCreek for obvious reasons]].
** Also: June was once a part of [[GossipGirl Blair's posse]], and Chloe hung with VeronicaMars.
* HotDad: Turns out that [[spoiler: Chloe]] has one, and he becomes a [[StacysMom StacysDad]] to [[spoiler: June]].
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: June and Chloe.
* LovableAlphaBitch: ''Chloe''. It's a real testament to Krysten Ritter's acting ability to make such an unlikeable character so ''appealing''.
* RelationshipReveal: [[spoiler: When June discovers that the guy she spent all night talking to (and was about to have sex with) is actually Chloe's father.]]
* RichBitch: Subverted. Chloe definitely has a nice place filled with equally as nice furniture, but she only attains all of it after [[MagnificentBastard taking more money than needed from her roommates, and keeping their security deposits for herself]].
* ShoutOut: Plenty in the first few episodes alone, mostly relating to James. His tenure as [[DawsonsCreek Dawson]] is naturally brought up on numerous occasions, but he also references his appearance in {{Kesha}}'s "Blow" music video as well.
* StalkerWithACrush: Heavily implied that Robin is this to Chloe.
* TitleDrop: Said verbatim by Robin (to June) in the pilot.
* TookALevelInBadass: June, in a very ''quick'' example of this trope, during the pilot. Right after finding out that Chloe has been overcharging her rent, June goes and sells all of Chloe's furniture. Even Chloe is surprised by this move, and Chloe is never surprised.
* TwoferTokenMinority: James' gay black stylist.
* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler: Chloe's dad, which is part of why June is so shocked upon discovering that he's her father]].
* VitrolicBestBuds: June and Chloe are certainly being set up this way.
* YourCheatingHeart: Subverted. After catching wind of [[TheMistress his affair with his assistant]], Chloe makes a move on June's fiancee, but in a strategically planned effort to prove that he has a pair of loose lips… [[JerkassHasAPoint and she's right]].
** Double subverted, when his ''mistress'' is appalled at him cheating on ''her''.
