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** Sort of justified, since Mike's last job was ended when his Parkinson's got so bad that he and his office chair kept rolling offscreen.
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** Sort of justified, since Mike's last job was ended when his Parkinson's got so bad that he and his office chair kept rolling offscreen.
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* KickTheDog: Well, punch the cat, actually. Getting filmed doing it on live tv spells the end of Zack's career.
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The Michael J Fox show is a 2013 series that features Mike Henry, a news reporter who retired when diagnosed with Parkinson's, then decides to come back to work. The series focuses on him, his wife, his three children and sister.
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* ActorAllusion: in "Art" Mike tells his daughter about [[Film/BackToTheFuture his dream of playing guitar when he was in High School.]]
*** Also, "Homecoming" has several jokes about [[Film/BackToTheFuture time travel.]]
** In the pilot, Mike's chair rolling him off camera might be a reference to the popular FamilyTies clip of Alex P. Keaton rolling his chair across the room and tapping a textbook in triumph.
*** Also, "Homecoming" has several jokes about [[Film/BackToTheFuture time travel.]]
** In the pilot, Mike's chair rolling him off camera might be a reference to the popular FamilyTies clip of Alex P. Keaton rolling his chair across the room and tapping a textbook in triumph.
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* ActorAllusion: in "Art" ActorAllusion:
** In "Art", Mike tells his daughter about [[Film/BackToTheFuture his dream of playing guitar when he was in High School.]]
*** Also, ** "Homecoming" has several jokes about [[Film/BackToTheFuture time travel.]]
** In the pilot, Mike's chair rolling him off camera might be a reference to the popularFamilyTies ''Series/FamilyTies'' clip of Alex P. Keaton rolling his chair across the room and tapping a textbook in triumph.
** In "Art", Mike tells his daughter about [[Film/BackToTheFuture his dream of playing guitar when he was in High School.]]
** In the pilot, Mike's chair rolling him off camera might be a reference to the popular
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* TheCastShowOff: In the episode "Hobbies", that's really Michael J. Fox playing hockey. Fox once demonstrated on ''Oprah", that he still has this ability, despite having Parkinson's. Michael also demonstrates that he can at least putt straight in the weekend getaway episode.
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* TheCastShowOff: In the episode "Hobbies", that's really Michael J. Fox playing hockey. Fox once demonstrated on ''Oprah", ''Oprah'' that he still has this ability, despite having Parkinson's. Michael also demonstrates that he can at least putt straight in the weekend getaway episode.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Subverted. In the "Secret" episode, Ian, Eve, & Graham argue over what to do w/ an owl statue given to Graham that might contain something valuable. Ian wants to break it to find the possible treasure. Graham runs off with the statue & his siblings pursue him. Graham tosses the owl in the air, but Ian in slow, dramatic fashion, catches it. But then he said, "Wait. I wanted it to break."
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Subverted. In the "Secret" episode, Ian, Eve, & and Graham argue over what to do w/ an owl statue given to Graham that might contain something valuable. Ian wants to break it to find the possible treasure. Graham runs off with the statue & and his siblings pursue him. Graham tosses the owl in the air, but Ian in slow, dramatic fashion, catches it. But then he said, says, "Wait. I wanted it to break."
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I included a \"Nice Job Breaking It Hero\" trope, as seen in the \"Secret\" episode.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Subverted. In the "Secret" episode, Ian, Eve, & Graham argue over what to do w/ an owl statue given to Graham that might contain something valuable. Ian wants to break it to find the possible treasure. Graham runs off with the statue & his siblings pursue him. Graham tosses the owl in the air, but Ian in slow, dramatic fashion, catches it. But then he said, "Wait. I wanted it to break."
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* TheCastShowOff: In the episode "Hobbies", that's really Michael J. Fox playing hockey. Fox once demonstrated on ''Oprah", that he still has this ability, despite having Parkinson's. Michael also demonstrates that he can at least putt straight in the weekend getaway epsiode.
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* TheCastShowOff: In the episode "Hobbies", that's really Michael J. Fox playing hockey. Fox once demonstrated on ''Oprah", that he still has this ability, despite having Parkinson's. Michael also demonstrates that he can at least putt straight in the weekend getaway epsiode.episode.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the pilot episode, Eve behaved a bit more reserved and mature. She quickly de-evolved into the typical BrattyTeenageDaughter you see on most sitcoms.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the pilot episode, Eve behaved a bit more reserved and mature. She quickly de-evolved into the typical BrattyTeenageDaughter you see on most sitcoms.
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*** Also, "Homecoming" has several jokes about [[Film/BackToTheFuture time travel.]]
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** In the pilot, Mike's chair rolling him off camera might be a reference to the popular FamilyTies clip of Alex P. Keaton rolling his chair across the room and tapping a textbook in triumph.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: In the pilot, Harris attempts to lure Mike back to his job by showing office chairs now have wheel locks.
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* DumbBlonde: The bright-blonde Aunt Lee is quite flaky, both in her job and outside of her responsibilities.
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* DumbBlonde: The bright-blonde Aunt Lee Leigh is quite flaky, both in her job and outside of her responsibilities.
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* WackyGuy: When Aunt Lee drops by, you know something crazy's going to happen.
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* WackyGuy: When Aunt Lee Leigh drops by, you know something crazy's going to happen.
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This isn\'t that big of a spoiler and spoiler tags should not cover trope names or the entire example
* DumbBlonde: The bright-blonde Aunt Lee is quite flaky, both in her job and outside of her responsibilities.
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* [[spoiler:MistakenForGay: Eve assumes her friend, Reese, is a lesbian because she kissed a girl once at a party. She goes a little over the top to play up all the lesbian stereotypes. At the end of the episode, Reese admits the same of Eve.]]
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* [[spoiler:MistakenForGay: MistakenForGay: Eve assumes her friend, Reese, is a lesbian because she kissed a girl once at a party. She goes a little over the top to play up all the lesbian stereotypes. At the end of the episode, Reese admits the same of Eve.]]
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: When Michael goes on a weekend vacation with his wife, he meets a blind man who is this trope all over Michael. Annie initially thinks the guy is really sweet, but changes her tune when she sees him totally lay into Michael for ruining his shot earlier in the day. Everyone else just thinks he's InspirationallyDisabled, and he certainly plays upon this fact a bit.
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* TheCastShowOff: In the episode "Hobbies", that's really Michael J. Fox playing hockey. Fox once demonstrated on ''Oprah", that he still has this ability, despite having Parkinson's.
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* TheCastShowOff: In the episode "Hobbies", that's really Michael J. Fox playing hockey. Fox once demonstrated on ''Oprah", that he still has this ability, despite having Parkinson's. Michael also demonstrates that he can at least putt straight in the weekend getaway epsiode.
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* SiblingsInCrime: Eve and Ian are usually at odds, but when their parents go away for the weekend, they join forces to rent out the apartment in order to make a little money.
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* InspirationallyDisabled: Mike ''hates'' the trope, and how it's inevitably used regarding him.
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* InspirationallyDisabled: Mike ''hates'' the trope, and how it's inevitably used regarding him.him, although he does find that he misses it when he meets another, even more InspirationallyDisabled guy.
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* TheCastShowOff: In the episode "Hobbies", that's really Michael J. Fox playing hockey. Fox once demonstrated on ''Oprah", that he still has this ability, despite having Parkinson's.
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* CastingGag: Michael J. Fox's wife Tracey Polland plays the upstairs neighbor Kelly, whom Mike Henry [[BlatantLies does not have a crush on.]]
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* CastingGag: Michael J. Fox's wife Tracey Polland Pollan plays the upstairs neighbor Kelly, whom Mike Henry [[BlatantLies does not have a crush on.]]
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* ActorAllusion: in "Art" Mike talks about [[Film/BackToTheFuture his dream of playing guitar professionally and is even seen playing at the end.]]
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* ActorAllusion: in "Art" Mike talks tells his daughter about [[Film/BackToTheFuture his dream of playing guitar professionally and is even seen playing at the end.when he was in High School.]]
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* ActorAllusion: in "Art" Mike talks about [[Film/BackToTheFuture playing guitar in a garage band and is even seen playing at the end.]]
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* TheDanza: Michael J. Fox as Mike Henry.
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* TheDanza: Michael J. Fox as Mike Henry.
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* TheDanza: Michael J. Fox as Mike Henry.
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* CastingGag: Michael J, Fox's wife Tracey Polland plays the upstairs neighbor Kelly, whom Mike Henry [[BlatantLies does not have a crush on.]]
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* RealitySubtext: The pilot episode is this. Mike Henry returning to news reporting, mirrors Michael J. Fox's return to regular acting.
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* InspirationallyDisabled: Mike ''hates'' the trope, and how it's inevitably used regarding him.
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* ABoyAGirlAndABaby: Ian, Eve and Graham Henry
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* DisabledSnarker: Mike does this from time to time.
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The Michael J Fox show is a 2013 series that features Mike Henry, a news reporter who retired when diagnosed with Parkinson's, then decides to come back to work. The series focuses on him, his wife, his three children and sister.
!! This show provides examples of:
* ABoyAGirlAndABaby: Ian, Eve and Graham Henry
* BlackBestFriend: Harris Green, who is also Mike's boss.
* ConfessionCam: Every so often, the family will give their insights on the events.
* [[spoiler:MistakenForGay: Eve assumes her friend, Reese, is a lesbian because she kissed a girl once at a party. She goes a little over the top to play up all the lesbian stereotypes. At the end of the episode, Reese admits the same of Eve.]]
!! This show provides examples of:
* ABoyAGirlAndABaby: Ian, Eve and Graham Henry
* BlackBestFriend: Harris Green, who is also Mike's boss.
* ConfessionCam: Every so often, the family will give their insights on the events.
* [[spoiler:MistakenForGay: Eve assumes her friend, Reese, is a lesbian because she kissed a girl once at a party. She goes a little over the top to play up all the lesbian stereotypes. At the end of the episode, Reese admits the same of Eve.]]
