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Divorce attorney Holly (Creator/KristenJohnston) introduces her client, Stuart (David Alan Basche), to his new roommates: two other divorced men who share an apartment that Holly owns. At first Phil (Donald Faison) and Haskell (Wayne Knight) have reservations about Stuart moving in, but Holly is right across the hall to help when things start to go downhill.

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Divorce attorney Holly (Creator/KristenJohnston) introduces her client, Stuart (David Alan Basche), to his new roommates: two other divorced men who share an apartment that Holly owns. At first Phil (Donald Faison) (Creator/DonaldFaison) and Haskell (Wayne Knight) (Creator/WayneKnight) have reservations about Stuart moving in, but Holly is right across the hall to help when things start to go downhill.
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Trope rename cleanup. Actually not having love lifes is not an example of Allegedly Dateless


* HollywoodDateless: Stuart. Holly dips her toe into the trope, but her character is portrayed much more realistically in the dating department (even for sitcom standards).
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* AnythingThatMoves: Phil and Eden ''really'' get around... [[spoiler: and finally to each other toward the end of season 3]].

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* AnythingThatMoves: ReallyGetsAround: Phil and Eden ''really'' get around... [[spoiler: and finally to each other toward the end of season 3]].
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Divorce attorney Holly (Kristen Johnston) introduces her client, Stuart (David Alan Basche), to his new roommates: two other divorced men who share an apartment that Holly owns. At first Phil (Donald Faison) and Haskell (Wayne Knight) have reservations about Stuart moving in, but Holly is right across the hall to help when things start to go downhill.

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Divorce attorney Holly (Kristen Johnston) (Creator/KristenJohnston) introduces her client, Stuart (David Alan Basche), to his new roommates: two other divorced men who share an apartment that Holly owns. At first Phil (Donald Faison) and Haskell (Wayne Knight) have reservations about Stuart moving in, but Holly is right across the hall to help when things start to go downhill.

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''The Exes'' is an American comedy television series starring Kristen Johnston, Donald Faison, Wayne Knight, David Alan Basche, and Kelly Stables. Divorce attorney Holly (Kristen Johnston) introduces her client, Stuart (David Alan Basche), to his new roommates: two other divorced men who share an apartment that Holly owns. At first Phil (Donald Faison) and Haskell (Wayne Knight) have reservations about Stuart moving in, but Holly is right across the hall to help when things start to go downhill.

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''The Exes'' is was an American comedy television series starring Kristen Johnston, Donald Faison, Wayne Knight, David Alan Basche, Creator/DonaldFaison, Creator/WayneKnight, Creator/DavidAlanBasche, and Kelly Stables. Creator/KellyStables. It aired on TV Land from 2011 to 2015.

Divorce attorney Holly (Kristen Johnston) introduces her client, Stuart (David Alan Basche), to his new roommates: two other divorced men who share an apartment that Holly owns. At first Phil (Donald Faison) and Haskell (Wayne Knight) have reservations about Stuart moving in, but Holly is right across the hall to help when things start to go downhill.
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* HideYourPregnancy: Averted. Kelly Stables's pregnancy was written in to avoid this. With Ms. Stables's short stature, any attempt at hiding her belly would have looked extra ridiculous.
** Played straight in an early season 2 episode where she carries a large bag, though her character is revealed to be pregnant in the same episode.
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Sleeping with the boss (averted)

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* SleepingWithTheBoss Holly suspects this is the reason her boss is giving Eden expensive gifts. [[spoiler: Averted actually she's acting as a pregnancy surrogate for him and his wife.]]
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* FictionalBusinessSavvy: Haskell comes up with the idea for a phone app for using people's toilets for money. It's called Pee-Harmony. Stewart's sister Nikki decides to invest in it after using it as a result of being caught short. Eventually it's sold for a huge amount of money.

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* FictionalBusinessSavvy: FictionBusinessSavvy: Haskell comes up with the idea for a phone app for using people's toilets for money. It's called Pee-Harmony. Stewart's sister Nikki decides to invest in it after using it as a result of being caught short. Eventually it's sold for a huge amount of money.
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: They're all exes.

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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: They're all exes.'
* FictionalBusinessSavvy: Haskell comes up with the idea for a phone app for using people's toilets for money. It's called Pee-Harmony. Stewart's sister Nikki decides to invest in it after using it as a result of being caught short. Eventually it's sold for a huge amount of money.
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* TheUnfairSex: Phil’s being the womanizer comes across as this from time to time for example his ex-wife cheated on him (It was mentioned once about how he had forgiven her for it) yet got everything plus a hefty alimony. Phil was never shown as being bitter about this until he caught her in a fancy restaurant ordering champagne and lobster while he can’t pay his rent and is forced to eat fish sticks. Later she was about to cheat on her current fiancée with Phil who stopped it after she told him. When Phil told her that she caught her fiancé cheating on her she called him a cheating slime bag and went to make him pay.
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-->'''Haskell''': [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar If we rebuild it, she will come]].

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-->'''Haskell''': [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar If we rebuild it, she will come]].come.
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* OrgasmicallyDelicious Haskell reacts to that to one of Stewart's breakfasts. However later his impression of a woman faking orgasm is exactly the same. He explains that he fakes food-gasm "once in a blue moon" exactly the same claim that [[spoiler: Eden claimed about faking with Phil]].
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The Exes is an American comedy television series starring Kristen Johnston, Donald Faison, Wayne Knight, David Alan Basche, and Kelly Stables. Divorce attorney Holly (Kristen Johnston) introduces her client, Stuart (David Alan Basche), to his new roommates: two other divorced men who share an apartment that Holly owns. At first Phil (Donald Faison) and Haskell (Wayne Knight) have reservations about Stuart moving in, but Holly is right across the hall to help when things start to go downhill.

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The Exes ''The Exes'' is an American comedy television series starring Kristen Johnston, Donald Faison, Wayne Knight, David Alan Basche, and Kelly Stables. Divorce attorney Holly (Kristen Johnston) introduces her client, Stuart (David Alan Basche), to his new roommates: two other divorced men who share an apartment that Holly owns. At first Phil (Donald Faison) and Haskell (Wayne Knight) have reservations about Stuart moving in, but Holly is right across the hall to help when things start to go downhill.



* CompositeCharacter: Although from different sources, Haskell's qualities and behaviors are shared by both [[JurassicPark Dennis Nedry]] and [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Newman]], both played by Wayne Knight.

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* CompositeCharacter: Although from different sources, Haskell's qualities and behaviors are shared by both [[JurassicPark [[Film/JurassicPark Dennis Nedry]] and [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Newman]], both played by Wayne Knight.
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* ShoutOut: In one episode, Zach Braff guest stars as a client of Phil's. When Phil asks how long they've known each other, Braff's character says that when they met, Phil was just [[Series/{{Scrubs}} a goofy intern]].

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* ShoutOut: In one episode, Zach Braff Creator/ZachBraff guest stars as a client of Phil's. When Phil asks how long they've known each other, Braff's character says that when they met, Phil was just [[Series/{{Scrubs}} a goofy intern]].
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* AnythingThatMoves: Phil and Eden ''really'' get around... [[spoiler: finally to each other toward the end of season 3]].

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* AnythingThatMoves: Phil and Eden ''really'' get around... [[spoiler: and finally to each other toward the end of season 3]].
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* AnythingThatMoves: Phil and Eden ''really'' get around. [[spoiler: finally to each other toward the end of season 3]]

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* AnythingThatMoves: Phil and Eden ''really'' get around. around... [[spoiler: finally to each other toward the end of season 3]]3]].
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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Holly and Haskill (leukine), Paul (melancholic), Stuart (phlegmatic), Phil (sanguine), Eden (choleric), and Nikki (choleric/melancholic).

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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Stuart (eclectic), Holly and (melancholic/phlegmatic), Haskill (leukine), Paul (melancholic), Stuart (phlegmatic), (phlegmatic/sanguine), Phil (sanguine), and Eden (choleric), (sanguine/choleric), and Nikki (choleric/melancholic).
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* BigGuyLittleGuy: The very tall Holly and very petite Eden make for a rare female example.
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** Haskell's [[CallingYourAttacks dust storm]] is very similar to [[KingOfTheHill Dale Gribble's]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTAXUYLbFYk "POCKET SAND!"]]

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** Haskell's [[CallingYourAttacks dust storm]] is very similar to [[KingOfTheHill [[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill Dale Gribble's]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTAXUYLbFYk "POCKET SAND!"]]
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* StandardizedSitcomHousing: Haven't we seen that apartment/neighbor apartment [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} layout]] [[Series/{{Friends}} before]]? The bar's layout and general location look [[HowIMetYourMother awfully familiar]] as well.

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* StandardizedSitcomHousing: Haven't we seen that apartment/neighbor apartment [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} layout]] [[Series/{{Friends}} before]]? The bar's layout and general location look [[HowIMetYourMother [[Series/HowIMetYourMother awfully familiar]] as well.
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* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: The marital therapist who Phil’s ex-wife was marrying cheated on her
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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Holly and Haskill (leukine), Paul (melancholic), Stuart (phlegmatic), Phil (sanguine/phlegmatic), Eden (sanguine), and Nikki (choleric).

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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Holly and Haskill (leukine), Paul (melancholic), Stuart (phlegmatic), Phil (sanguine/phlegmatic), Eden (sanguine), Eden (choleric), and Nikki (choleric).(choleric/melancholic).

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