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* FallenOnHardTimesJob: Gabi briefly works as a fry cook at a diner when she stopped working for Josh.


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* GoofySuit: One of Sofia's ex-boyfriends had a job where he wore a Sandwich costume to attract customers.


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* UltimateJobSecurity: Gabi has muddy up both Josh's personal and professional life on numerous occasions, started a relationship with Cooper despite Josh not wanting it, tried to meddle with his family relationships despite being told not to and acting very unprofessional in general. Despite being a very talented chef, anyone else would have fired her by that point.
** There have been times when Josh really considered letting her go or she quits for a while but she's always find herself back in Josh's employment in the end.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: Gabi and Josh are very much attracted to each other but have a lot of issues in their relationship that's keeping them from becoming a steady couple.


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* OverlyLongName: Sofia's full name is "Sofia Maria Consuela Rafaella Rodriguez "
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** Josh was the Betty to Cooper's Veronica to Gabi's Archie in season 1 and 2.
** He was also the Betty to his brother Jake's Veronica to (again) Gabi's Archie in the season 2 finale and the beginning of season 3.
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* BettyAndVeronica: Gabi is the Betty to Caroline's Veronica for Josh's Archie. An interesting twist is that Caroline is the wealthy, sophisticated brunette but she has known Josh longer than Gabi and he was already thinking of proposing to her when he met Gabi. Gabi is the poor, sweet blonde chef that had a one-night stand with Josh after he got dumped by Caroline.

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** His husband Alan is this as well.



** Josh and Gabi when they formed their "punch card" friends-with-benefits relationship in season 5.



** Gabi briefly had a crush on Sofia's brother Benji and was disappointed to discover that he was gay.



** Gabi herself has had some jerkish moments, mostly over her relationship with Josh and/or Sofia. She forced Josh to get therapy in order to get over his commitment issues when in reality she spied in on his conversations and angrily confronted him over him feeling "smothered". It was really Jake who had been in the session as Josh gave him his appointment and Josh was rightly outrage by Gabi attempts to manipulate him. She also sold the ugly couch Sofia got from her boss even after she promised she wouldn't and she spends the rest of the episode trying to get it back to make amends.



** Also in ''Young & Amnesia'' [[spoiler: He even put 'Closer" to play on Josh's phone to help him regain his memory of Gabi, showing that he truly has come to care for her.]]



** Josh's mother Kathy is stated to go through many relationships and it's hinted that Josh and Jake might be half-brothers since Jake is younger and Josh's father Matt ran off when he was born.



* SupremeChef: Gabi. If you're thinking about eating grilled cheese, she will guess correctly.

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* SupremeChef: Gabi. If you're thinking about eating grilled cheese, she will guess correctly. She is also capable of making outstanding meals in relatively short periods of time.
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* BigFun: Yolanda in spades!


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** Josh thankfully averts this as he actually very nice to his employees and treats them with the same kind consideration you'd expect from friendship.


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* MamaBear: Yolanda is very protective of her eldest son Dereck and is implied to be close to her other children as well.
** She also is very close to Josh, Gabi and Sofia and sees them as her own surrogate children.


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* ParentalAbandonment: Josh's father Matt Dannon ran off before Josh was born. He tried to reconnect with Josh as an adult but Josh was understandably upset and it took a lot of (unwanted) meddling from Gabi to finally get them to talk things over.

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* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Gabi's mother died prior to the series. She and her daughter were very close,she was the one who taught Gabi how to cook in the first place and the used to watch Julia Child together when Gabi was a kid.



* NeverMyFault: Both Josh and Gabi have a huge problem admitting whether either of them are wrong about something, especially when it concerns their relationship.



* OverprotectiveDad: Gabi's father didn't make it a secret that he didn't like the relationship between Josh and Gabi because he thought Josh (who is Gabi's employer) was taking advantage of her.



* ParentalFavorism: It's hinted that Josh and Jake's mother Kathy favors Josh over her youngest son. Gabi accidentally called Jake "Josh" during their road trip to Coachella and Jakes only response is: Mom does that too.

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* ParentalFavorism: ParentalFavoritism : It's hinted that Josh and Jake's mother Kathy favors Josh over her youngest son. Gabi accidentally called Jake "Josh" during their road trip to Coachella and Jakes only response is: Mom does that too.

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* FoolishSibling,ResponsibleSibling : Josh is the responsible sibling to Jake's foolish.

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* FoolishSibling,ResponsibleSibling FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling : Josh is the responsible sibling to Jake's foolish.


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* ParentalFavorism: It's hinted that Josh and Jake's mother Kathy favors Josh over her youngest son. Gabi accidentally called Jake "Josh" during their road trip to Coachella and Jakes only response is: Mom does that too.


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* PregnancyScare: Episode 4 has Gabi worried that she might have gotten pregnant from her one-night stand with Josh and she secretly tries to take a test to be sure. HilarityEnsues when people start to think that Caroline is the one who was pregnant after Josh overheard her on the phone with her parents. Neither of them were pregnant thankfully.


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* SpicyLatina: Sofia.
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** It doesn't really take much to get Gabi interested in guys in between her relationship with Josh: Cooper, Sofia's brother Benji, Jake, a fireman are to name a few. One episode had her consider dating a guy while she "waited" for Josh to be over his commitment issues.

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* GeekyTurnOn: Caroline will pretty much forgive anything Josh does that looks heinous if he manages to turn her on, be it by cheating on her for a little while or forcibly being demanding and controlling to her.


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* GeekyTurnOn: Caroline will pretty much forgive anything Josh does that looks heinous if he manages to turn her on, be it by cheating on her for a little while or forcibly being demanding and controlling to her.
**Gabi herself had been attracted to Josh and Cooper, who are both computer geniuses.
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* FoolishSibling,ResponsibleSibling: Josh is the responsible to Jake's foolish.

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* FoolishSibling,ResponsibleSibling: FoolishSibling,ResponsibleSibling : Josh is the responsible sibling to Jake's foolish.
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**Logan is a corporate-boss version, especially after she hires Sofia to work for her. She makes her due numerous insane tasks which includes waking her up at 4:00am to make her deliver a bottle of Kompucha.


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* FoolishSibling,ResponsibleSibling: Josh is the responsible to Jake's foolish.


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* InformedAttribute: Gabi has been stated to be a food blogger but her blog is rarely (if at all) mentioned in the series.
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* ClingyJealousGirl: Gabi gets very jealous whenever Josh expresses interest in another woman, especially in later seasons.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Josh is also very jealous and possessive towards Gabi when she dates other guys, especially his brother Jake, Cooper and several other one-shot love interests.
**One episode had him try and spy on Gabi when he thought the guy he was about to make a huge business deal had taken an interest in her. The reality was that the guy had been interested in Adriana, the chef he replaced Gabi with and the guy cancels the deal in the end because of Josh's spying.
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* WeightWoes: Josh piles on weight in one episode and spends the entire episode trying to hide it. He fails.

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* WeightWoes: WeightWoe: Josh piles on weight in one episode and spends the entire episode trying to hide it. He fails.
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* EasyAmnesia: Happens to [[spoiler: Josh]] in season 5.


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* MeanBoss: Logan.
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* FauxYay: In "Young and Lesbian", Gabi pretends to be a lesbian by going on a fake date with Logan to make Logan's ex-girlfriend jealous and get them back together. She even kisses Logan to preserve her cover.


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* HumanMail: In "Young and Couchy", Gabi steals Jim's desk and mails it eith herself hiding in the box to where Yolanda's house is in San Francisco in order to patch up their relationship.


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* MistakenForGay: In "Young and Lesbian", Josh tricks Gabi into going on a date with Logan at a lesbian restaurant by lying to Logan that Gabi is a lesbian in order to get on the list. It gets awkward when Logan starts flirting with Gabi and trying to sexually harrass her.
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* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: "Young and Sofia" from Season 4 was about Sofia working for Logan Rawlings, with new characters (including a love interest) and Gabi relegated to the background. Unfortunately, Freeform did not pick up the series.
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* WeightWoes: Josh piles on weight in one episode and spends the entire episode trying to hide it. He fails.
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* OneHourWorkWeek: Yolanda occasionally walks past carrying a small pile of laundry, or holds a feather duster, but Elliot hardly ever does anything except stand around in Josh's apartment. Averted with Gabi, who cooks something in most episodes.
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''Young & Hungry'' is a 2014 sitcom comedy show airing on ABCFamily, with Music/AshleyTisdale as the executive producer. It is partially based on the life of Gabi Moskowitz, a food blogger who runs [=BrokeAssGourmet.com. =]

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''Young & Hungry'' is a 2014 sitcom comedy show airing on ABCFamily, Creator/ABCFamily, with Music/AshleyTisdale as the executive producer. It is partially based on the life of Gabi Moskowitz, a food blogger who runs [=BrokeAssGourmet.com. =]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: For all his bitterness, Elliot is devoted to Josh. In ''Young & Thirsty (And Getting Married)'', [[spoiler:after Josh makes him his best man, Elliot tells him that his birthday gift from Caroline was actually from Gabi.]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: At the drop of a hat, Gabi has sex with her boss after consoling him when he thinks his girlfriend dumped him. Later, this is averted spectacularly when Caroline explains she slept with someone else, and then Josh also explains he slept with someone else... which ''turns her on'' and rekindles her love with him, [[LampshadeHanging which she admits she finds is strange]]. This is spectacularly subverted with Josh thinking it's best if Caroline didn't know it was the chef he just hired that he slept with. The second episode deals with him trying to keep the security footage from her.

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* YourCheatingHeart: At the drop of a hat, Gabi has sex with her boss after consoling him when he thinks his girlfriend dumped him. Later, this is averted spectacularly when Caroline explains she slept with someone else, and then Josh also explains he slept with someone else... which ''turns her on'' and rekindles her love with him, [[LampshadeHanging which she admits she finds is to be strange]]. This is spectacularly subverted with Josh thinking it's best if Caroline didn't know it was the chef he just hired that he slept with. The second episode deals with him trying to keep the security footage from her.
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* YourCheatingHeart: At the drop of a hat, Gabi has sex with her boss after consoling him when he thinks his girlfriend dumped him. Later, this is averted spectacularly when Caroline explains she slept with someone else, and then Josh also explains he slept with someone else... which ''turns her on'' and rekindles her love with him, [[LampshadeHanging which she admits she finds is strange]]. Then spectacularly subverted with Josh thinking it's best if she didn't know it was the chef he just hired that he slept with. The second episode deals with him trying to keep the security footage from her.

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* YourCheatingHeart: At the drop of a hat, Gabi has sex with her boss after consoling him when he thinks his girlfriend dumped him. Later, this is averted spectacularly when Caroline explains she slept with someone else, and then Josh also explains he slept with someone else... which ''turns her on'' and rekindles her love with him, [[LampshadeHanging which she admits she finds is strange]]. Then This is spectacularly subverted with Josh thinking it's best if she Caroline didn't know it was the chef he just hired that he slept with. The second episode deals with him trying to keep the security footage from her.
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* YourCheatingHeart: At the drop of a hat, Gabi has sex with her boss after consoling him when he thinks his girlfriend dumped him. Later, this is averted spectacularly when Caroline explains she slept with someone else, and then Josh also explains he slept with someone else... which ''turns her on'' and rekindles her love with him, [[LampshadeHanging which she is so aware about and feels is so strange for her]]. Then spectacularly subverted with Josh thinking it's best if she didn't know it was the chef he just hired that he slept with. The second episode deals with him trying to keep the security footage from her.

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* YourCheatingHeart: At the drop of a hat, Gabi has sex with her boss after consoling him when he thinks his girlfriend dumped him. Later, this is averted spectacularly when Caroline explains she slept with someone else, and then Josh also explains he slept with someone else... which ''turns her on'' and rekindles her love with him, [[LampshadeHanging which she admits she finds is so aware about and feels is so strange for her]].strange]]. Then spectacularly subverted with Josh thinking it's best if she didn't know it was the chef he just hired that he slept with. The second episode deals with him trying to keep the security footage from her.
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* RichesToRags: Sophia finally obtains a job. The next episode, she's already unemployed for reasons unknown. And this happened during a 1-hour back-to-back episodes.

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* RichesToRags: Sophia finally obtains a job. The next episode, she's already unemployed for reasons unknown. And this happened during a 1-hour back-to-back episodes.episode.



* SlutShaming: A corporate owner thinks Sophia is one (judging by her looks at the bar they went to) despite Gabi's many protests. He even gave her $500 in a letter.

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* SlutShaming: A corporate owner thinks Sophia Sofia is one (judging by her looks at the bar they went to) despite Gabi's many protests. He even gave her $500 in a letter.



* YourCheatingHeart: At the drop of a hat, Gabi has sex with her boss after consoling him when he thinks his girlfriend dumped him. Later, this is averted spectacularly when Caroline explains she slept with someone else, and then Josh also explains he slept with someone else... which ''turns her on'' and rekindles her love with him, [[LampshadeHanging which she is so aware about and feels she's strange]]. Then spectacularly subverted with Josh thinking it's best if she didn't know it was the chef he just hired that he slept with. The second episode deals with him trying to keep the security footage from her.

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* YourCheatingHeart: At the drop of a hat, Gabi has sex with her boss after consoling him when he thinks his girlfriend dumped him. Later, this is averted spectacularly when Caroline explains she slept with someone else, and then Josh also explains he slept with someone else... which ''turns her on'' and rekindles her love with him, [[LampshadeHanging which she is so aware about and feels she's strange]].is so strange for her]]. Then spectacularly subverted with Josh thinking it's best if she didn't know it was the chef he just hired that he slept with. The second episode deals with him trying to keep the security footage from her.
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* CannotSpitItOut: Josh has a hard time telling Gabi his true feelings for her, a character flaw that fuels much of the drama and comedy on the show.
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* RagingStiffie: In ''Young & Doppelganger'', Josh gets stage fright from talking to an audience at a convention, until he calls Gabi who tells him to imagine the audience in their underwear. The plan works for him...a little too well, as he can't stop imagining some of the ladies in the front in their bras and panties. He tries his best to block his lower half until everyone sees it. The rest of the episode is spent on making fun of the word "hard" on him.
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* SlutShaming: A corporate owner thinks Sophia is one (judging by her looks at the bar they went to) despite Gabi's many protests. He even gave her $500 in a letter.
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* GoodLuckCharm: Turns out that Creator/SteveJobs' black turtleneck shirt gives Josh financial success for his then-unpopular app.


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** The hot fireman whose name started with a J whom Gabi fell for also disappears immediately after being seen for half a minute.


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* RichesToRags: Sophia finally obtains a job. The next episode, she's already unemployed for reasons unknown. And this happened during a 1-hour back-to-back episodes.

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