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* ContrivedCoincidence: A first-season episode has a bank manager impulsively stealing some money and using the boat for a getaway. On board, he quickly falls in love with a fellow passenger and admits what he did. She then reveals she happens to be a cop. He lampshades how unlikely this is and wonders if she was following him, but she insists she was on vacation and never expected this. She admits she's in love with him even as she has to arrest him. When they discover the bank is closed for a holiday, they're briefly tempted to [[KarmaHoudini just return the money and move on]], but he decides instead to confess to the robbery rather than get her in trouble with a cover-up.
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* KarmaHoudini: A first season episode has a bank manager impulsively stealing several thousand dollars from his bank. He boards the ship and quickly falls in love with another passenger. He decides to come clean on what he did only to find she's a cop who has to arrest him. He's willing to go along with it but when they disembark, it hits them that the bank has been closed over the long weekend, meaning he can return the money before anyone knows it's gone and still be together.
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* KarmaHoudini: A first season episode has a bank manager impulsively stealing several thousand dollars from his bank. He boards the ship and quickly falls in love with another passenger. He decides to come clean on what he did only to find she's a cop who has to arrest him. He's willing to go along with it but when they disembark, it hits them that the bank has been closed over the long weekend, meaning he can return the money before anyone knows it's gone and still be together.
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* TheNoodleIncident: On leave, the gang complains over having to see Isaac's aunt in a horrible play. When Gopher calls it the worst experience ever on shore leave, Doc states he had a worse one with his second wife but "as per our divorce agreement, I'm legally forbidden from talking about it."
* NotBloodSiblings: One episode has a woman looking for her biological mother find out it’s the mom of the passenger whose been helping her, and who she has a crush on. Fortunately it turns out she’s just his stepmother.
* NotBloodSiblings: One episode has a woman looking for her biological mother find out it’s the mom of the passenger whose been helping her, and who she has a crush on. Fortunately it turns out she’s just his stepmother.
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* TheNoodleIncident: On leave, the gang complains over having to see Isaac's aunt in a horrible play. When Gopher calls it the worst experience ever on shore leave, Doc states he had a worse one with his second wife wife, but "as per our divorce agreement, I'm legally forbidden from talking about it."
* NotBloodSiblings: One episode has a woman looking for her biological mother find out it’s the mom of the passenger whose been helping her, and who she has a crush on.Fortunately Fortunately, it turns out she’s just his stepmother.
* NotBloodSiblings: One episode has a woman looking for her biological mother find out it’s the mom of the passenger whose been helping her, and who she has a crush on.
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** There was one with ''Series/GetSmart'', where [[spoiler:Max was afraid of the Doc since he looked a lot like Siegfried (being played by the same doctors and all)]].
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** There was one with ''Series/GetSmart'', where [[spoiler:Max was afraid of the Doc since he looked a lot like Siegfried (being played by the same doctors actor and all)]].
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** There was one with ''Series/GetSmart'', where Max [[spoiler:Max was afraid of the Doc since he looked a lot like Siegfried (being played by the same doctors and all)]].
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** There was one with ''Series/GetSmart'', where Max [[spoiler:Max was afraid of the Doc since he looked a lot like Siegfried (being played by the same doctors and all)]].
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** There was one with ''Series/GetSmart'', where Max [[spoiler:Max was afraid of the Doc since he looked a lot like Siegfried (being played by the same doctors and all)]].
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* AmicableExes:
** Doc is on generally good terms with his various ex-wives. That includes an [[SexWithTheEx annual hookup]] on the ship with one ex. They briefly considered getting married again but decided "let's not ruin a perfectly good divorce."
** A common plotline would be two exes meeting on the ship and often rekindling the flame or at least being able to get along well as one sees the other in a new romance.
** Doc is on generally good terms with his various ex-wives. That includes an [[SexWithTheEx annual hookup]] on the ship with one ex. They briefly considered getting married again but decided "let's not ruin a perfectly good divorce."
** A common plotline would be two exes meeting on the ship and often rekindling the flame or at least being able to get along well as one sees the other in a new romance.
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* HorribleHoneymoon: One young couple on their honeymoon suffers mishap after mishap, including the bride falling asleep while sunbathing and getting a severe sunburn and the groom throwing his back out just from bending over to pick up something and ending up in a wheelchair for almost the rest of the cruise.
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* SuddenlyShouting: Stubbing can play on this a few times when the crew's antics upset him.
** Played dramatically when Stubbing finds Vicki, on her 18th birthday, getting drunk. He tells her to put the bottle down before finally erupting "''put it down NOW!''" to shock her. Given Stubbing is a recovering alcoholic, his reaction is understandable.
** Played dramatically when Stubbing finds Vicki, on her 18th birthday, getting drunk. He tells her to put the bottle down before finally erupting "''put it down NOW!''" to shock her. Given Stubbing is a recovering alcoholic, his reaction is understandable.
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* SuddenlyShouting: Stubbing Stubing can play on this a few times when the crew's antics upset him.
** Played dramatically whenStubbing Stubing finds Vicki, on her 18th birthday, getting drunk. He tells her to put the bottle down before finally erupting "''put it down NOW!''" to shock her. Given Stubbing Stubing is a recovering alcoholic, his reaction is understandable.
** Played dramatically when
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* ActorAllusion: Surprisingly defied as several times, stars would play much different roles than their more famous parts.
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* ActorAllusion: Surprisingly defied as several times, stars would play much different roles than their more famous parts.parts (such as loveable Dick Van Patten as an abusive husband).
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* FakeGuestStar: The first few episodes featuring Ace had Ted [=McGinley=] listed with the opening guest stars, indicating the character was only going to be around for a short time. It wasn't until the 7th season premiere that Ace was put in the cast credits.
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* FakeGuestStar: FakeGuestStar:
** The first few episodes featuring Ace had Ted [=McGinley=] listed with the opening guest stars, indicating the character was only going to be around for a short time. It wasn't until the7th 8th season premiere that Ace [=McGinley=] was put in the cast credits.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** A recurring bit would be a passenger being an old friend of a crewmember, who's soon able to tell something is off about their behavior.
** When the usually fun, happy-go-lucky Gopher is short-tempered and snapping at people, his friends know something is wrong.
** Doc knows Stubing has undergone a serious heartbreak when he finds the captain, a recovering alcoholic of ten years, tempted by a bottle of scotch.
** A recurring bit would be a passenger being an old friend of a crewmember, who's soon able to tell something is off about their behavior.
** When the usually fun, happy-go-lucky Gopher is short-tempered and snapping at people, his friends know something is wrong.
** Doc knows Stubing has undergone a serious heartbreak when he finds the captain, a recovering alcoholic of ten years, tempted by a bottle of scotch.
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The regular cast included Creator/GavinMacLeod as the ship's Captain Merrill Stubing, Bernie Kopell as the ship's doctor Adam "Doc" Bricker, Fred Grandy as the ship's yeoman purser Burl "Gopher" Smith, Ted Lange as the ship's bartender Isaac Washington and Lauren Tewes as the cruise firector, Julie [=McCoy=].
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The regular cast included Creator/GavinMacLeod as the ship's Captain Merrill Stubing, Bernie Kopell as the ship's doctor Adam "Doc" Bricker, Fred Grandy Creator/FredGrandy as the ship's yeoman purser Burl "Gopher" Smith, Ted Lange as the ship's bartender Isaac Washington and Lauren Tewes as the cruise firector, director Julie [=McCoy=].
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The regular cast included Creator/GavinMacLeod as the ship's Captain Merrill Stubing, Bernie Kopell as the ship's doctor Adam "Doc" Bricker, Fred Grandy as the ship's yeoman purser Burl "Gopher" Smith, Ted Lange as the ship's bartender Isaac Washington and Lauren Tewes as the cruise firector, Julie [=McCoy=].
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* SpecialGuest: This was part of the show's premise. Every episode included a new set of passengers, and a new set of celebrities playing those people. A [[https://youtu.be/bPwxmrNVKKE comprehensive montage]] of their credits in the opening takes up to over ''45 minutes''. It probably would be easier to count the early [[TheEighties 1980s]] people in Hollywood who did ''not'' appear in the show.
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* SpecialGuest: This was part of the show's premise. Every episode included a new set of passengers, and a new set of celebrities playing those people. A [[https://youtu.be/bPwxmrNVKKE comprehensive montage]] of their credits in the opening takes up to over ''45 minutes''. It probably would be easier to count the living people in early [[TheEighties 1980s]] people in Hollywood who did ''not'' appear in the show.
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* SpecialGuest: This was part of the show's premise. Every episode included a new set of passengers, and a new set of celebrities playing those people, from Creator/BettyWhite to Creator/AndyWarhol.
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* SpecialGuest: This was part of the show's premise. Every episode included a new set of passengers, and a new set of celebrities playing those people, from Creator/BettyWhite people. A [[https://youtu.be/bPwxmrNVKKE comprehensive montage]] of their credits in the opening takes up to Creator/AndyWarhol.over ''45 minutes''. It probably would be easier to count the early [[TheEighties 1980s]] people in Hollywood who did ''not'' appear in the show.
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* SmallParentHugeChild: "The Little People" concerns a dwarf couple, played by Creator/BillyBarty and Creator/PattyMaloney, whose adult son is of normal stature.
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* InappropriatelyCloseComrades: Many episodes show some member of the main cast having a romance of the week with a passenger, including the captain. In real life, this would be strictly forbidden by most cruise lines' policies.
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* LaughTrack: Was used in the audio.
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* LaughTrack: Was used in the audio. According to IMDB, it was one of the very last sitcoms to use one.
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* ForgottenFirstMeeting: In the pilot, Julie doesn't know who Stubing is, but another episode says that she was an instructor in a cruise director course she took.
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Decided this entry (which I wrote) was too close to YMMV. It's possible Spiritual Successor should itself be YMMV.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/LoveAmericanStyle'', a GenreAnthology on the same network which also featured several short stories focusing on the theme of love and romance. With the GenreAnthology format no longer in vogue, ''The Love Boat'' added a larger cast of regulars and intertwined the stories into a single episode.
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* SocietyMarchesOn: Julie’s claim in the second episode--after three people bought Playboy magazines with a compromising photo of a woman trying to hide them--that “at least we know they're all men” would feel less true in modern times with less stigma towards public displays of lesbianism.
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* FakeGuestStar: The first few episodes featuring Ace had Ted [=McGinley=] listed with the opening guest stars, indicating the character was only going to be around for a short time. It wasn't until the 8th season premiere that Ace was put in the cast credits.
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* FakeGuestStar: The first few episodes featuring Ace had Ted [=McGinley=] listed with the opening guest stars, indicating the character was only going to be around for a short time. It wasn't until the 8th 7th season premiere that Ace was put in the cast credits.
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* ActorAllusion: Surprisingly defied as several times, stars would play much different roles than their more famous parts.
** One episode does have Bernie Koppel as a German police inspector with an accent not unlike [[Series/GetSmart Siegfried]].
** One episode had [[Series/TheBradyBunch Florence Henderson and Robert Reed]] in separate storylines. For one brief moment, they meet at a buffet table, nod to each other and then give puzzled looks of "don't I know you?" before shrugging and moving on.
** One of the TV movies has Creator/PeterGraves talking of having once worked for the government but "I suppose the [[Series/MissionImpossible secretary would disavow my actions..."]]
** One episode does have Bernie Koppel as a German police inspector with an accent not unlike [[Series/GetSmart Siegfried]].
** One episode had [[Series/TheBradyBunch Florence Henderson and Robert Reed]] in separate storylines. For one brief moment, they meet at a buffet table, nod to each other and then give puzzled looks of "don't I know you?" before shrugging and moving on.
** One of the TV movies has Creator/PeterGraves talking of having once worked for the government but "I suppose the [[Series/MissionImpossible secretary would disavow my actions..."]]
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* ValentinesDayEpisode: "A Valentine Voyage," the last original episode (actually a special) from 1990.
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* FakeGuestStar: The first few episodes featuring Ace had Ted [=McGinley]] [=McGinley=] listed with the opening guest stars, indicating the character was only going to be around for a short time. It wasn't until the 8th season premiere that Ace was put in the cast credits.
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* FakeGuestStar:
** The first few episodes featuring Ace had Ted [=McGinley]] listed with the opening guest stars, indicating the character was only going to be around for a short time. It wasn't until the 8th season premiere that Ace was put in the cast credits.
** The first few episodes featuring Ace had Ted [=McGinley]] listed with the opening guest stars, indicating the character was only going to be around for a short time. It wasn't until the 8th season premiere that Ace was put in the cast credits.
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* FakeGuestStar:
**FakeGuestStar: The first few episodes featuring Ace had Ted [=McGinley]] listed with the opening guest stars, indicating the character was only going to be around for a short time. It wasn't until the 8th season premiere that Ace was put in the cast credits.
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** The first few episodes featuring Ace had Ted [=McGinley]] listed with the opening guest stars, indicating the character was only going to be around for a short time. It wasn't until the 8th season premiere that Ace was put in the cast credits.
** The final episodes of Season 9 had Michael Winslow likewise in the guest star opening although his assistant cruise director character was intended to become a regular for season 10. That never happened with ABC canceling the series and Winslow not appearing in the later TV movies.
** The first few episodes featuring Ace had Ted [=McGinley]] listed with the opening guest stars, indicating the character was only going to be around for a short time. It wasn't until the 8th season premiere that Ace was put in the cast credits.
** The final episodes of Season 9 had Michael Winslow likewise in the guest star opening although his assistant cruise director character was intended to become a regular for season 10. That never happened with ABC canceling the series and Winslow not appearing in the later TV movies.
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* PieInTheFace: In "America's Sweetheart," Vicki acts as a double on a TV show. Her job is to do anything that's too messy or unpleasant for the bratty teen star, which includes having a pie thrown in her face.
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** In "America's Sweetheart," Vicki acts as a double on a TV show. Her job is to do anything that's too messy or unpleasant for the bratty teen star, which includes having a pie thrown in herface.face.
** Stubbing and Ace are covered in pies when a frat party gets out of hand.
** In "America's Sweetheart," Vicki acts as a double on a TV show. Her job is to do anything that's too messy or unpleasant for the bratty teen star, which includes having a pie thrown in her
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** Played dramatically when Stubbing finds Vicki, on her 18th birthday, getting drunk. He tells her to put the bottle down before finally erupting ''put it down NOW!'' to shock her. Given Stubbing is a recovering alcoholic, his reaction is understandable.
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** Played dramatically when Stubbing finds Vicki, on her 18th birthday, getting drunk. He tells her to put the bottle down before finally erupting ''put "''put it down NOW!'' NOW!''" to shock her. Given Stubbing is a recovering alcoholic, his reaction is understandable.
