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* ArtisticLicenseGeography: We'll let an Website/{{IMDb}} review of ''Family Ties Vacation'' explain:
---> Oxford University isn't in London, despite the synopsis. It's in Oxford, which is about 60 miles away from London innit. So really, Alex and family weren't really in Oxford at all, but in London, and [[UsefulNotes/{{Oxbridge}} Oxford University]] has no campus in London.
---> Oxford University isn't in London, despite the synopsis. It's in Oxford, which is about 60 miles away from London innit. So really, Alex and family weren't really in Oxford at all, but in London, and [[UsefulNotes/{{Oxbridge}} Oxford University]] has no campus in London.
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* BoundandGagged: [[spoiler: Alex, Mallory and some British lords]] briefly in "Family Ties Vacation".
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* BoundandGagged: BoundAndGagged: [[spoiler: Alex, Mallory and some British lords]] briefly in "Family Ties Vacation".
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* BoundandGagged: [[spoiler: Alex, Mallory and some British lords]] briefly in "Family Ties Vacation".
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** In "Christmas Story," the Keatons miss their Christmas ski trip because of a snowstorm. Instead, they spend Christmas Eve at home, looking at a photo album and opening early presents while Steven and Elyse reminisce about the circumstances of each child's birth.
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** In "Christmas "A Christmas Story," the Keatons miss their Christmas ski trip because of a snowstorm. Instead, they spend Christmas Eve at home, looking at a photo album and opening early presents while Steven and Elyse reminisce about the circumstances of each child's birth.
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* InsomniaEpisode: In one episode, Alex is unable to sleep, even when his family offers various ways that usually help them sleep.
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* InsomniaEpisode: In one episode, "How Do You Sleep?", Alex is unable to sleep, even when his family offers various ways that usually help them sleep.
* MaternityCrisis: In "Birth of a Keaton", Elyse goes into labour while performing on live television for Steven's PBS station telathon. Due to a snowstorm she is unable to reach the hospital and [[spoiler: gives birth at the station. Steven, who had returned home to assist with plumbing issues, has to rely on the plumber to drive him through the storm to the TV station, but manages to make it in time for the delivery.]]
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** Alex in "A, My Name Is Alex." His best friend was just killed in a car crash. Alex was supposed to be with his friend but wasn't. Alex later admits that he wasn't with him out of his own selfishness. Alex begins sobbing uncontrollably and repeatedly yelling, "Why am I alive?!" It's one of the few moments in the series that we see Alex vulnerable and completely fall apart. He cries again in front of the therapist later in this episode.
** In "Heartstrings Part 2", we find out the happenings of the day Steven's father died. Steven and Alex are watching the World Series on TV when the phone rings. Steven goes to answer it and while he is in the other room on the phone, the game ends. Alex is excited for his father that the Detroit Tigers had just won. However, Steven somberly enters the room and explains that his his father (and Alex's grandfather), Jacob, had just died from heart failure. Alex pauses and then begins to talk about how well-off his grandmother will be because of his grandfather's earnings, and when Steven stops him, Alex tearfully admits it will be the only way to stop himself from crying. Steven, beginning to get emotional, tells Alex that it is okay to cry, and the two embrace, sobbing in each other's arms. The scene was critically praised as a very sweet, tender moment between father and son grieving the loss of a loved one.
** In "Heartstrings Part 2", we find out the happenings of the day Steven's father died. Steven and Alex are watching the World Series on TV when the phone rings. Steven goes to answer it and while he is in the other room on the phone, the game ends. Alex is excited for his father that the Detroit Tigers had just won. However, Steven somberly enters the room and explains that his his father (and Alex's grandfather), Jacob, had just died from heart failure. Alex pauses and then begins to talk about how well-off his grandmother will be because of his grandfather's earnings, and when Steven stops him, Alex tearfully admits it will be the only way to stop himself from crying. Steven, beginning to get emotional, tells Alex that it is okay to cry, and the two embrace, sobbing in each other's arms. The scene was critically praised as a very sweet, tender moment between father and son grieving the loss of a loved one.
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** Alex in "A, My Name Is Alex." His best friend was just killed in a car crash. Alex was supposed to be with his friend but wasn't. Alex later He later admits that he wasn't with him out of his own selfishness. Alex begins sobbing uncontrollably and repeatedly yelling, "Why am I alive?!" It's one of the few moments in the series that we see Alex vulnerable and completely fall apart. He cries again in front of the therapist later in this episode.
** In "Heartstrings Part 2", we find out the happenings of the day Steven's father died. Steven and Alex are watching the World Series on TV when the phone rings. Steven goes to answer it and while he is in the other room on the phone, the game ends. Alex is excited for his father that the Detroit Tigers had just won. However, Steven somberly enters the room and explains that his his father (and Alex's grandfather), Jacob, had just died from heart failure. Alex pauses and then begins to talk about how well-off his grandmother will be because of his grandfather's earnings, and when Steven stops him, Alex tearfully admits it will be the only way to stop himself from crying. Steven, beginning to get emotional, tells Alex that it is okay to cry, and the two embrace, sobbing in each other's arms. The scene was critically praised as a very sweet, tender moment between father and son grieving the loss of a loved one.
** In "Heartstrings Part 2", we find out the happenings of the day Steven's father died. Steven and Alex are watching the World Series on TV when the phone rings. Steven goes to answer it and while he is in the other room on the phone, the game ends. Alex is excited for his father that the Detroit Tigers had just won. However, Steven somberly enters the room and explains that his his father (and Alex's grandfather), Jacob, had just died from heart failure. Alex pauses and then begins to talk about how well-off his grandmother will be because of his grandfather's earnings, and when Steven stops him, Alex tearfully admits it will be the only way to stop himself from crying. Steven, beginning to get emotional, tells Alex that it is okay to cry, and the two embrace, sobbing in each other's arms. The scene was critically praised as a very sweet, tender moment between father and son grieving the loss of a loved one.
* MuggedforDisguise: Happens to some British lords in "Family Ties Vacation".
* NewBabyEpisode: "Birth of a Keaton".
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* PostRobberyTrauma: Elyse invests in a gun after a break-in.
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* PostRobberyTrauma: Elyse In "Have Gun, Will Unravel", Elyse invests in a gun after a break-in.
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* ScreamingBirth: Elyse throughout the births of Alex, Mallory and Jennifer in flashbacks, and eventually Andrew in season 3.
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* ScreamingBirth: Elyse throughout the births of Alex, Mallory and Jennifer in flashbacks, flashbacks ("A Christmas Story"), and eventually Andrew in season 3.3's "Birth of a Keaton".
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* SurvivorGuilt: In "A, My Name Is Alex", Alex's friend Gregg is killed in a car accident. Alex expresses heavy guilt over the fact that '''he''' should have been in the car with Gregg, as he'd promised to help him with an errand.
-->'''Alex''': I was supposed to be in that car with him, Mal.\\
'''Mallory''': Yeah, but you weren't.\\
'''Alex''': No, I wasn't - I wasn't, and you know why? Because I was lazy, and because I was small; because I couldn't be bothered. My life was saved out of smallness, out of lack of generosity to a friend. I just don't get it, Mal - why am I still alive?
-->'''Alex''': I was supposed to be in that car with him, Mal.\\
'''Mallory''': Yeah, but you weren't.\\
'''Alex''': No, I wasn't - I wasn't, and you know why? Because I was lazy, and because I was small; because I couldn't be bothered. My life was saved out of smallness, out of lack of generosity to a friend. I just don't get it, Mal - why am I still alive?
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* SawStarWarsTwentySevenTimes: In "Father, Can You Spare a Dime?" Mallry and Nick watch ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' for the 101st time.
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* SawStarWarsTwentySevenTimes: In "Father, Can You Spare a Dime?" Mallry Mallory and Nick watch ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' for the 101st time.
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* EightiesHair: Jennifer's hair in later seasons was a fairly extreme case.
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* EightiesHair: EightiesHair:
** Jennifer's hair in later seasons was a fairly extreme case.
** Jennifer's hair in later seasons was a fairly extreme case.
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* SawStarWarsTwentySevenTimes: In "Father, Can You Spare a Dime?" Mallry and Nick watch ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' for the 101st time.
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* SnowedIn: Season 1's ChristmasEpisode, "A Christmas Story", has the Keatons unable to go on a planned skiing trip due to a blizzard; with the family passing the time by telling stories on how each of the Keaton children were born.
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* SoapWithinAShow: In "Quitting Time," Lauren temporarily drops her senior thesis and spends all her time watching TV, including ''Days of Our Children''.
-->'''Lauren''': Zander was about to tell Reef that Brick and Cashmere were trying to frame Skyler for Nicole's murder!
-->'''Lauren''': Zander was about to tell Reef that Brick and Cashmere were trying to frame Skyler for Nicole's murder!
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* CousinOliver: Andrew, the youngest Keaton child, who was born in season 5 (due to actress Meredith Baxter being pregnant in real life at the time).
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* CousinOliver: Andrew, the youngest Keaton child, who was born in season 5 3 (due to actress Meredith Baxter being pregnant in real life at the time).
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** In "Miracle in Columbus," Alex works as a MallSanta, tries to help a little girl whose father won't be home for Christmas, and meets the real SantaClaus. In a subplot, Steven and Elyse try to find a Christmas tree that isn't crappy.
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* CordonBleughChef: In season one, Jennifer experiments with cooking by making breakfast. The specialty: scrambled eggs with chocolate chips in them.
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* InUniverseFactoidFailure: In "The Homecoming," Alex lectures Jennifer about how in all species, the most important trait of any female is the ability to attract a male. He compares female humans who labor over their appearances to female blue jays with decorative plumage. Jennifer says, "Alex, it is the male blue jay who has the pretty feathers!" Alex admits, "Occasionally you'll find a deviant jay or two."
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Alex.
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Grant College isn't sucky, Alex just likes to make fun of it because Mallory goes there.
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* RedundantRomanceAttempt: A guy gets ready for a date with Mallory by asking Alex for tips. Alex (who apparently is genuinely trying to help) proceeds to give a bunch of chauvinistic advice (starting with ordering for her and getting worse from there). Naturally, it doesn't end well. Alex's advice might have worked well for the kind of woman Alex would be interested in dating. For his sister, who is more or less the political ''opposite'' of the kind of woman he'd be interested in dating... not so much.
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* WhileYouWereInDiapers: In "Oh Brother," Steven and Rob are arguing about Rob's divorce. Rob says, "Don't talk to me about marriage, okay? I was married while you were collecting baseball cards."
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* FunWithAcronyms: In "Oops," Steven thinks Elyse gave money to the Mafia, but she explains that she actually donated to '''M'''others '''A'''gainst '''F'''luorocarbons '''I'''n the '''A'''tmosphere.
-->'''Elyse''': Just to be safe, if a guy named Fast Eddie calls, hang up.
-->'''Elyse''': Just to be safe, if a guy named Fast Eddie calls, hang up.
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* ScreamingBirth: Elyse throughout the births of Alex, Mallory and Jennifer in flashbacks, and eventually Andrew in season 4.
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* ScreamingBirth: Elyse throughout the births of Alex, Mallory and Jennifer in flashbacks, and eventually Andrew in season 4.3.
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* ScreamingBirth: Elyse throughout the births of Alex, Mallory and Jennifer in flashbacks, and eventually Andrew in season 5.
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* ScreamingBirth: Elyse throughout the births of Alex, Mallory and Jennifer in flashbacks, and eventually Andrew in season 5.4.
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* ScrabbleBabble: In "My Mother, My Friend," Steven plays "zoquo," which he says is Greek for "water sports." Alex and Jennifer not only let him have it but also start using "zoquo" in sentences. Later, Alex is accused of hoarding U's so nobody can use a Q. He puts down "ushnuu," which he says is Greek for "to towel off."
-->'''Jennifer''': Use it in a sentence.\\
'''Alex''': After I zoquo I like to ushnuu.
-->'''Jennifer''': Use it in a sentence.\\
'''Alex''': After I zoquo I like to ushnuu.
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* ScrabbleBabble: In "My Mother, My Friend," Steven plays "zoquo," which he says is Greek for "water sports." Alex and Jennifer not only let him have it but also start using "zoquo" in sentences. Later, Then Alex is accused of hoarding U's so nobody can use a Q. He puts down "ushnuu," which he says is Greek for "to towel off."
-->'''Jennifer''': Use itoff" and uses in a sentence.\\
'''Alex''': Afterthe sentence "After I zoquo I like to ushnuu." In a later game, four-year-old Andy unintentionally uses the trope by lining up all his letters to spell "NXMUV." Then he runs away, despite Alex offering to let him have NXMUV and a hundred points.
-->'''Jennifer''': Use it
'''Alex''': After
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* ScrabbleBabble: In "My Mother, My Friend," Steven plays "zoquo," which he says is Greek for "water sports." Alex and Jennifer not only let him have it but also start using "zoquo" in sentences. Later, Alex is accused of hoarding U's so nobody can use a Q. He puts down "ushnuu," which he says is Greek for "to towel off."
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'''Alex''': After I zoquo I like to ushnuu.
-->'''Jennifer''': Use it in a sentence.\\
'''Alex''': After I zoquo I like to ushnuu.
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* PlayingHouse: In "Be True to Your Preschool," Alex is dismayed to find Andy changing a doll's diapers while playing house. He has Jennifer play house with him, using a Ken doll as the breadwinning husband and a Barbie as the submissive housewife, in order to model conservative gender norms for Andy. Instead of following the script, Jennifer confesses to CheatingWithTheMilkman and demands a divorce.
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* Retool: The show went from focusing on Steven and Elyse Keaton to Alex P. Keaton being the main focus.
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* FunnyAnsweringMachine: In "Teacher's Pet," Alex records an answering machine message that plays a fanfare every time he says his own name. Later, Mallory and Jennifer record another message that says, "If you're calling for either one of us or our parents, please leave a message after the beep. If you're calling for Alex, he doesn't live here anymore, and we don't know where he lives."
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* CallingMeALogarithm: In ''Family Ties Vacation'', William calls Mallory "a complete revelation to me." Mallory says, "Oh. Sorry, I don't mean to be."
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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: In "Remembrance of Things Past," Steven has a flashback to his childhood in TheFifties, when his dad told him, "I don't see what the fuss is about television. Mark my words, in a year people won't remember what television is."
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-->--Last lines of "Without Us", the '''Family Ties''' theme song.
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Much of the humor comes from the conflict between the [[TheGenerationGap Republican Alex and the very Democratic parents]]. In a rare example, there are no [[StrawCharacter Strawman Political]] sequences to be found here: both ideologies are given equal time in the spotlight, and there is no StrawmanBall episode either[[note]] Alex was originally designed as a [[StrawCharacter Straw Conservative]], but this was changed when he became the show's most popular character[[/note]].
Unlike many {{Dom Com}}s (and most of the ones made since TheSeventies), ''Family Ties'' is notable in that it features a completely standard, intact {{nuclear family}}. The fact that the show had no adopted children, stray cousins, stepkids from previous marriages, older kids living away from home, or single parents (in contrast to ''Series/MyThreeSons'', ''Series/FamilyAffair'', ''Series/TheBradyBunch'', ''Series/DiffrentStrokes'', ''Series/FullHouse'', etc.) made it something of a rarity, even for TheEighties, not to mention the notorious lack of the backstage turmoil many '80s shows are known to have had.
Unlike many {{Dom Com}}s (and most of the ones made since TheSeventies), ''Family Ties'' is notable in that it features a completely standard, intact {{nuclear family}}. The fact that the show had no adopted children, stray cousins, stepkids from previous marriages, older kids living away from home, or single parents (in contrast to ''Series/MyThreeSons'', ''Series/FamilyAffair'', ''Series/TheBradyBunch'', ''Series/DiffrentStrokes'', ''Series/FullHouse'', etc.) made it something of a rarity, even for TheEighties, not to mention the notorious lack of the backstage turmoil many '80s shows are known to have had.
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Much of the show's humor comes from the conflict between the [[TheGenerationGap staunchly conservative, Republican Alex and the very his liberal Democratic parents]]. In a rare example, however, there are no [[StrawCharacter Strawman Political]] sequences dynamics to be found here: both ideologies are given equal time in the spotlight, and there is no aren't any StrawmanBall episode either[[note]] episodes either.[[note]] Alex was originally designed as a [[StrawCharacter Straw Conservative]], but this was changed when he became the show's most popular character[[/note]].
character. [[/note]]
Unlike many {{Dom Com}}s (and most of the ones made sinceTheSeventies), [[TheSeventies the '70s]]), ''Family Ties'' is notable in that it features a completely standard, intact {{nuclear family}}. The fact that the show had no adopted children, stray cousins, stepkids from previous marriages, older kids living away from home, or single parents (in contrast to with ''Series/MyThreeSons'', ''Series/FamilyAffair'', ''Series/TheBradyBunch'', ''Series/DiffrentStrokes'', ''Series/FullHouse'', etc.) made it something of a rarity, even for TheEighties, not to mention [[TheEighties the '80s]]. It also notably lacked the notorious lack of the backstage turmoil many other '80s shows are known to have had.
Unlike many {{Dom Com}}s (and most of the ones made since
