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* BaitAndSwitch: When Chris tries to break a world record for most pounds of items on him, at one point red liquid comes out his mouth. It's implied to be blood, until the doctor says to not give him any more tomato juice.
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* {{MacGyvering}}: When Chris and Sharon get locked in her meat locker, Chris takes a paper clip to unlock the door, stating the trope namer as well.

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* AliensAreBastards: Spewey is anything but a nice alien. He constantly beats Chris up, frequently vomits on him, and inexplicably excretes pus from his elbows.



* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Inverted. Some of the first season is almost like a normal sitcom. The show would get a great deal weirder in Season 2.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Inverted. Some of the first season is almost like a normal sitcom. The show would get a great deal weirder in Season 2.



* InnocentAliens: Spewey is anything but. He constantly beats Chris up, frequently vomits on him, and inexplicably excretes pus from his elbows.



* JobStealingRobot: In "Paperboy 2000", the paper boys lose their job to a gigantic robotic vehicle called the Paperboy 2000. To get their jobs back, Chris challenges the robot to a paper-delivering contest.
* KentBrockmanNews: Connie Bristol in "Terror on the Hell Loop 2000", a female news reporter who is perfectly content with reporting on Chris and Larry upside down on the rollercoaster without doing anything to save them, in spite of their desperate pleas.



* ManChild: Chris.
* PutOnABus: Larry disappears early in season 2.

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* ManChild: Chris.
Despite in his late 20s, Chris acts much, much younger, still living with his parents, still having the job he had when he was young, and generally acting immature.
* PutOnABus: Larry disappears early abandons his wife and kids at the start of Season 2 after Chris reminds him of everything going wrong in season 2.his life. Chris subsequently is unable to find Larry and he doesn't appear again.


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* ToxicFriendInfluence: Chris is constantly trying to get his friend Larry to have fun with him, even if it puts Larry at risk of losing his job and annoying his wife.
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* FashionModel: Chris enters a modeling school, and in the attempt to hit the big time he gets himself arrested at a fashion show.
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* AdBreakDoubleTake: Played straight in "A Family Affair" when Larry and Sharon catch Chris in bed with Sharon's sister.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Sapphire from "The Prettiest Week of My Life".
* AntiHero: Chris, though he isn't really aware of it.

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* %%* AdBreakDoubleTake: Played straight in "A Family Affair" when Larry and Sharon catch Chris in bed with Sharon's sister.
* %%* AmbiguouslyGay: Sapphire from "The Prettiest Week of My Life".
* %%* AntiHero: Chris, though he isn't really aware of it.



* BlackComedy
* BodyHorror: Some of the mutations Chris and Gus undergo in "Chris' Brain Starts Working".
* ClipShow: The final episode of the series, set up as Chris' life flashing before his eyes as he falls from an airplane.

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* %%* BlackComedy
* %%* BodyHorror: Some of the mutations Chris and Gus undergo in "Chris' Brain Starts Working".
* ClipShow: The final episode of the series, series is set up as Chris' life flashing before his eyes as he falls from an airplane.

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