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* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: Carl removes his with the intention of whupping Katie good when he learns she ditched out on taking her college entrance exam in "Katie the Cheat" and Nell has to intervene.

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* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: Carl removes his with the intention of whupping Katie good when he learns she ditched confronts her about ditching out on taking her college entrance exam and she makes a snide remark about [[SpeakIllOfTheDead Margaret]] in "Katie the Cheat" and Cheat". Nell has to intervene.intervene to keep him from following through on it.
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* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: Carl removes his with the intention of whupping Katie good when he learns she ditched out on taking her college entrance exam in "Katie the Cheat" and Nell has to intervene.
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* WouldHitAGirl: Carl slaps Katie and Julie (on camera) at least once each, although it could be argued that it was justified ... Katie making a smart remark and about her mother, Julie when caught in a lie. He also threatens to use his belt to whip Katie in "Katie the Cheat" when he found out that she lied about taking a college exam.

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* WouldHitAGirl: Carl slaps Katie and Julie (on camera) at least once each, although it could be argued that it was justified ... Katie making a smart remark and about her mother, Julie when caught in a lie.lie[[note]] About her not smoking, which her mother did a lot of, leading to her death[[/note]]. He also threatens to use his belt to whip Katie in "Katie the Cheat" when he found out that she lied about taking a college exam.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: In the episode "Baby of the Family," Joey is tricked by Samantha into performing "Toot -Toot -Tootsie" by Al Jolson in blackface at Nell's church. Justified since he is only a kid and he wasn't even aware of the racist background of blackface. And he mistakenly believed that Al Jolson was a black man. Nell corrects him on this.
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* PlatonicCoParenting: Nell and Carl raised his three daughters (and later, adopted son Joey) together. Though it was clear Carl had final on any important decisions.
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* MirandaRights: In the episode "The Groupie", the Chief is seen reciting them upon arresting Music/AndyGibb and his band after believing that the singer had slept with his daughter, Julie. However, he is interrupted four times before completing the reading, though only the last two interruptions are actually seen (the first when Julie shows up and then when the other teenage girls see Andy and {{Squee}}).
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* BigNo: Nell's response to the Chief when he asks if she's seen Julie--who had just gotten back from Las Vegas after eloping with her boyfriend, Jonathan Maxwell.

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