History Series / TheCrazyOnes

** One of Simon's techniques when dealing with an uncooperative client is the "pivot": go along with all of their requests, then convince them that it isn't working and try to make them come along to his side. [[spoiler: He tries it on Kelly Clarkson in the pilot, but she's seen it before.]]
* BerserkButton: Australia for Simon. [[spoiler: It was the cause of his last and worst bender, before him finally deciding to clean up his act]].
** [[spoiler: Although on second thought, it might have been New Zealand.]]

* GenreSavvy: [[spoiler: Kelly Clarkson has seen people try to "pivot" her before, and won't fall for it again.]]
%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
* GoneHorriblyRight: The gang tries to mediate a dispute between their SpoiledBrat intern and her roommate over who gets the bigger bedroom. [[spoiler: They manage to convince the roommate that smaller is better only to have the intern change her mind over taking the bigger room as well. This results in the two girls launching themselves at each other across the conference table with our heroes desperately trying to keep them apart.]]

** Sydney is a foot shorter than Andrew. She needs to use a ScullyBox when she [[spoiler: kisses him in the finale]]. Even with the box, the top of her head just reaches his eyes.

* MyGreatestFailure: Simon's was in "Spectacular". [[spoiler: He poured pop rocks into a lake, causing a sugary geyser and killing most of the animals in it.]]

* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Simon.
** TheLancer: Sydney usually, but occasionally Zach takes this role as well due to his ability to roll with and play off of Simon's eccentricity.
** TheBigGuy: Zach, when he isn't being the Lancer.
** TheSmartGuy: Andrew.
** TheChick: Lauren.

** Simon also doesn't like being accused of abandoning Sydney in a mall when she was a child.

!!Tropes Include

* CreditsBrandProducts: Not actual ones through, but CGI billboards in the opening titles.

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Cancelled after one season.

* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Pam Dawber, Creator/RobinWilliams' co-star in ''Series/MorkAndMindy'', made a guest appearance in "Love Sucks".

* IntercourseWithYou: Kelly and Zach's song from the pilot, "It's Not the Meat it's the Motion". And yes, it is a sexy song about meat for [=McDonalds=].
* IWantGrandkids: Sydney's lack of romantic success has become pretty draining on Simon.

* TheUnfavorite: Andrew certainly feels this way.

''The Crazy Ones'' is a comedy which began airing in fall of 2013 on Creator/{{CBS}}. The series focuses on the Lewis, Roberts + Roberts Advertising Company, headed by Simon Roberts (Creator/RobinWilliams) and his daughter Sydney (Creator/SarahMichelleGellar). Sydney has recently been promoted to partner, which means she not only has to contend with her buffoonish and off-the-wall father on his own terms but also the charming copywriter Zach (Creator/JamesWolk), nebbish art director Andrew ([[Series/TheNewsroom Hamish]] [[Series/TheNewAdventuresOfOldChristine Linklater]]), and ditzy assistant Lauren ([[Series/TheMindyProject Amanda]] [[Series/GossipGirl Setton]]).

''The Crazy Ones'' is a comedy which began airing in fall of 2013 on Creator/{{CBS}}. The series focuses on the Lewis, Roberts + Roberts Advertising Company, headed by Simon Roberts (Creator/RobinWilliams) and his daughter Sydney (Creator/SarahMichelleGellar). Sydney has recently been promoted to partner, which means she not only has to contend with her buffoonish and off-the-wall father on his own terms but also the charming copywriter Zach ([[Series/MadMen James Wolk]]), nebbish art director Andrew ([[Series/TheNewsroom Hamish]] [[Series/TheNewAdventuresOfOldChristine Linklater]]), and ditzy assistant Lauren ([[Series/TheMindyProject Amanda]] [[Series/GossipGirl Setton]]).

* CelebrityParadox: At one point Sydney mentions the TV show ''Series/{{Bones}}'' and David Boreanaz, which means that ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''Series/{{Angel}}'' exist in the show's world.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In 'She's so European' Simon and Zach [[spoiler: after discovering that they are both sleeping with Helena]] have a confrontation that involves a jar of mayonnaise. They both struggle to open it while making their respective "O-faces" in front of a horrified/disgusted Sydney before the jar slips out of their hands and it falls between the men's feet, leaving a gloopy white mess on the floor.
** Simon learns that someone hired a "quant" or senior quantify analyser behind his back, to the extent that ''the client learned about it before him.''
--> "The heart quants what the heart quants! Come here you little [[CountryMatters quant!]]"

* BiTheWay: Lauren, though Sydney suggests she's far more advanced than the rest of the group and shouldn't be labelled.

* EarWorm: In-universe, Sydney gets a song written about her that absolutely no one can get out of their heads.

* TotallyRadical: Sydney every now and then, which is quite fitting as SarahMichelleGellar ''was'' a pop culture icon herself.

* {{Expy}}: Sydney is one to Series/AllyMcBeal. Adding a meta twist, there's even a moment when she is mistaken for [[HarrisonFord the much older Simon's wife!]]

* HugeRiderTinyMount: When Simon is torn between two clients, Gordon (played by TheBigGuy extraordinaire BradGarrett) shows his support for one of them, a used car dealer, by showing up at the lot and trying out a car. Unfortunately the one remaining car is... kinda small. At least it's a convertible and meant for Gordon's much smaller husband.

* RememberTheNewGuy: Considering that Gordon Lewis (played by BradGarrett) is ''the first name on the Lewis+Roberts & Roberts title'', they take quite a while to introduce him.

** Two for the price of one in the outtakes at the end of episode 3 -- Simon asks Sydney "Where did you learn that DukesOfHazzard thing?" and [[ActorAllusion she replies]] "[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Sunnydale]]."

* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: Simon, which is no surprise given who plays him.
** The show's outtakes show that James Wolk and Hamish Linklater riff fairly often as well, doing an admirable job of keeping up with Robin Williams.

* {{Expy}}: Sydney is one to AllyMcBeal. Adding a meta twist, there's even a moment when she is mistaken for [[HarrisonFord the much older Simon's wife!]]
** Andrew to [[TheBigBangTheory Sheldon Cooper]], of course.

* ICallHimMrHappy: Invoked when Simon is pitching an ad for an erectile dysfunction drug. Since RobinWilliams is the TropeNamer, it was probably inevitable this trope would show up sooner or later.

** During an ad pitch to the Australian Tourist Board, Simon, Zach and Andrew dress as drag queens and dance around as an allusion to TheAdventuresOfPriscillaQueenOfTheDesert. Hilariously, the Australians (where the movie originated) don't get the reference.

** We do get the occasional BlandNameProduct, like the "[[MedalOfHonor Medal of Glory]]" game.

* CreditsBrandProducts: Not actual ones through, but CGI billboards in the OP.

** There's one ep where Simon needs a pitch for an unconventional breakfast burrito. [[spoiler:Sydney thinking she'd done something unethical by kissing Andrew when he had a girlfriend]] inspires him to write the tagline "Cheat On Your Breakfast".

* ActorExistenceFailure: Any chance of the series being picked up again are pretty much gone with the death of RobinWilliams.