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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The Guy does this intentionally because his day job is selling drugs and he does not want to be tracked.
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* AsYouKnow: Averted nearly entirely. The show rarely gives full explanations for characters and settings.
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* AsHimself: Most notably, Hannibal Buress is the main character in the web series episode "Jonathan" and appears in a cameo in the television series episode "Selfie." Creator/BrettGelman and Creator/LenaDunham also appear in the latter.
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* DrugsAreBad: Mostly subverted, but occasionally played straight. Gene the veterinarian is unable to do his job while tripping on shrooms in "Fingerbutt." [[spoiler: Beth eventually decides to return home to Australia and ends her casual relationship with The Guy because she doesn't like who she is on drugs.]]
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* AloneInACrowd: The show's ethos is about urban loneliness and that while New York City may be amazing, it is sometimes a city of floating pleasures and no real human connection.
** The Guy experiences this in "Googie" when he can't find anybody to take shrooms with.
** Anja, a young writer, experiences this in "Selfie" where she can't stay off social media but has no real friends.
** Taken UpToEleven in "Solo" where AJ is shown to be extremely lonely, reaching out to his old exes and posting on social media to get attention.
** The Guy experiences this in "Googie" when he can't find anybody to take shrooms with.
** Anja, a young writer, experiences this in "Selfie" where she can't stay off social media but has no real friends.
** Taken UpToEleven in "Solo" where AJ is shown to be extremely lonely, reaching out to his old exes and posting on social media to get attention.
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* ShaggyDogStory: "Grandpa" follows a dog, Gatsby, that has fallen in love with his dog walker, Beth. [[spoiler: His owner fires Beth after she is caught smoking on the dog, and he eventually runs away and is adopted by a new woman. He runs into Beth some time later, but she doesn't remember him.]]
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* ShaggyDogStory: About an actual dog in this case. "Grandpa" follows a dog, Gatsby, a dog that has fallen in love with his dog walker, Beth. [[spoiler: His owner fires Beth after she is caught smoking on the dog, and he eventually runs away and is adopted by a new woman. He runs into Beth some time later, but she doesn't remember him.]]
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* ShaggyDogStory: "Grandpa" follows a dog, Gatsby, that has fallen in love with his dog walker, Beth. [[spoiler: His owner fires Beth after she is caught smoking on the dog, and he eventually runs away and is adopted by a new woman. He runs into Beth some time later, but she doesn't remember him.]]
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* TheShutIn: Patrick, who appears in the web series episode "Helen" and the television series episode "Ex."
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* DrugsAreGood: Some of The Guy's clients just like getting high, but many characters smoke weed for medical, mental, emotional, even to increase sex drive in one episode.
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* WeirdnessMagnet: The Guy has a lot of clients and his work means he needs to see them in person, so strange things often happen around him. He's just a bystander in most of other peoples' misadventures.
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* WeirdnessMagnet: The Guy has a lot of clients and his work means he needs to see them in person, so strange things often happen around him. He's mostly just a bystander in most of other peoples' misadventures.
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* ParkingProblems: The Guy loses his bike for the night when somebody else locks their bike to it in "Derech."
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** [[spoiler: The season 4 episode "Adelante" reveals that the two are estranged and have not spoken for some time.]]
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* BigApplesauce: The show takes place entirely in New York City or upstate, mostly in Brooklyn. The Guy occasionally delivers to Manhattan and delivered to Queens on one occasion.
** Season 3 mostly takes place in Williamsburg.
** Season 4 mostly takes place in Crown Heights.
** Season 3 mostly takes place in Williamsburg.
** Season 4 mostly takes place in Crown Heights.
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* NoNameGiven: The Guy, though the season 4 finale hints at his name.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Many. The show forgoes expositional dialogue most of the time, and many premises aren't fully explained.
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* WeirdnessMagnet: The Guy has a lot of clients and his work means he needs to see them in person, so strange things often happen around him. He's just a bystander in most of other peoples' misadventures.
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* TomatoSurprise: The second half of the episode "Scromple" follows a freelance brand strategist who needs a quick weed fix. She meets The Guy in the hospital [[spoiler: where it is revealed she is The Guy's ex-wife. They're just separated, though, and The Guy is still on her health insurance.]]
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* InjuredLimbEpisode: The Guy breaks his arm in a bicycle crash in "Scromple" and still has a full cast on in the following episode, "Googie."
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* AmbiguousSituation: Many. The show forgoes expositional dialogue most of the time, and many premises aren't fully explained.
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* Wham Line: [[spoiler: “I was married to her.”]]
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* RecurringCharacter: New characters are introduced every episode, and some recur. Some notables ones include Abdullah, Homeless Heidi, the asexual magician, Chad, and Arthur the nudist. Background characters occasionally get their own episode after they are introduced.
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* Wham Line: [[spoiler: “I was married to her.”]]
* Wham Line: [[spoiler: “I was married to her.”]]
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* MushroomSamba: The Guy in "Googie" and Gene the veterinarian in "Fingerbutt."
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** Creator/NickKroll and Rebecca Hall appear as themselves in "Trick."
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** Creator/NickKroll and Rebecca Hall Creator/RebeccaHall appear as themselves in "Trick."
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* FakeAmerican: Defied. Every character uses the actor's natural accent except for [[spoiler: Chauncey in "Meth(od), who is English, and is portrayed by Zimbabwean-Canadian actor Kevin Mambo.]]
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* FakeAmerican: Defied. Every character uses the actor's natural accent except for [[spoiler: Chauncey in "Meth(od), who is English, and is portrayed by Zimbabwean-Canadian actor Kevin Mambo.]]
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* AsHimself: Most notably, Hannibal Buress is the main character in the web series episode "Jonathan" and appears in a cameo in the television series episode "Selfie." Creator/LenaDunham also appears in the latter.
** Temple Grandin appears as herself in "Craig."
** Jemima Kirke and Tom Lipinski appear as themselves in "Breathwork."
** Creator/NickKroll and Rebecca Hall appear as themselves in "Trick."
** Temple Grandin appears as herself in "Craig."
** Jemima Kirke and Tom Lipinski appear as themselves in "Breathwork."
** Creator/NickKroll and Rebecca Hall appear as themselves in "Trick."
* CreativeClosingCredits: The credits for every episode are typically slow-motion scenes involving the characters from the episode, with heavy {{Slapstick}} at times.
* CringeComedy: Despite conflict in nearly episode, almost entirely subverted. Moments that could have made the viewer cringe are often defied, with the characters cutting through the awkwardness. Played straight in several episodes.
* CringeComedy: Despite conflict in nearly episode, almost entirely subverted. Moments that could have made the viewer cringe are often defied, with the characters cutting through the awkwardness. Played straight in several episodes.
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* GayBestFriend . Deconstructed in "Meth(od)". Max is very aware that he's Lainey's "dancing gay clown," and realizes what a toxic effect their friendship is having on him. He lashes out in several ways, including trying crystal meth, only to remain trapped in his role.
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* GayBestFriend . ADayInTheLimelight: The Guy usually gets one OnceASeason.
* {{Adorkable}}: Beth.
* AmicableExes: The Guy and his ex-wife are on extremely good terms, as they are very friendly.
* BilingualBonus: Comes up a lot throughout the series. While much non-English dialogue is subtitled, it isn't all the time.
* GayBestFriend: Deconstructed in "Meth(od)". Max is very aware that he's Lainey's "dancing gay clown," and realizes what a toxic effect their friendship is having on him. He lashes out in several ways, including trying crystal meth, only to remain trapped in his role.
* LoveInterest: Beth in seasons 1 and 2, Lee in season 3.
* NoodleIncident: The plot of the second season episode "Globo" is New Yorkers reacting to shocking news, which isn't specified.
* RecurringCharacter: New characters are introduced every episode, and some recur. Some notables ones include Abdullah, Homeless Heidi, the asexual magician, and Arthur the nudist. Background characters occasionally get their own episode after they are introduced.
* {{Adorkable}}: Beth.
* AmicableExes: The Guy and his ex-wife are on extremely good terms, as they are very friendly.
* BilingualBonus: Comes up a lot throughout the series. While much non-English dialogue is subtitled, it isn't all the time.
* GayBestFriend: Deconstructed in "Meth(od)". Max is very aware that he's Lainey's "dancing gay clown," and realizes what a toxic effect their friendship is having on him. He lashes out in several ways, including trying crystal meth, only to remain trapped in his role.
* LoveInterest: Beth in seasons 1 and 2, Lee in season 3.
* NoodleIncident: The plot of the second season episode "Globo" is New Yorkers reacting to shocking news, which isn't specified.
* RecurringCharacter: New characters are introduced every episode, and some recur. Some notables ones include Abdullah, Homeless Heidi, the asexual magician, and Arthur the nudist. Background characters occasionally get their own episode after they are introduced.
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''High Maintenance'' is a SliceOfLife [[{{Dramedy}} comedy-drama]] {{anthology}} series, airing from 2012-2015 as a WebOriginal series on Vimeo, and since 2016 as a TV series on {{Creator/HBO}}. The show follows a marijuana dealer known only as [[NoNameGiven The Guy]] as he delivers his product to a wide assortment of characters in [[BigAppleSauce New York City]]. He usually figures in no more than a few minutes of each episode, with the remainder depicting vignettes about the characters he's delivered to.
Despite the premise, the series mostly avoids StonerFlick tropes, instead taking a much more realistic and intimate look at its very varied cast.
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*GayBestFriend . Deconstructed in "Meth(od)". Max is very aware that he's Lainey's "dancing gay clown," and realizes what a toxic effect their friendship is having on him. He lashes out in several ways, including trying crystal meth, only to remain trapped in his role.
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Despite the premise, the series mostly avoids StonerFlick tropes, instead taking a much more realistic and intimate look at its very varied cast.
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*GayBestFriend . Deconstructed in "Meth(od)". Max is very aware that he's Lainey's "dancing gay clown," and realizes what a toxic effect their friendship is having on him. He lashes out in several ways, including trying crystal meth, only to remain trapped in his role.
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