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* ''Terminator: Genesis''

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* ''Terminator: Genesis''
''Film/TerminatorGenisys''
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** Jossed. It's explicitly stated by Leslie that he died when she was 10.

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** Jossed. It's explicitly stated by Leslie (in "Leslie and Ben") that he died when she was 10.
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**Jossed. It's explicitly stated by Leslie that he died when she was 10.
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* The triad's breakup in "Galentine's Day" wasn't just triggered by Derek and Ben's rudeness and pretentiousness, but also because they were making fun of all of the conventional, monogamous couples at the senior center just as April was realizing that she actually wanted that kind of relationship. One particularly telling scene is when she gets annoyed with Derek and Ben mocking a senior couple, then walks off, [[PetTheDog tells the seniors that they're adorable]], and proceeds to go talk to Andy. The scene could have very easily just involved Derek and Ben making fun of old people individually, but the way that they specifically made fun of the fact that the couples were happy together seems very telling to me.

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* The And in relation to that, a sub-theory - the triad's breakup in "Galentine's Day" wasn't just triggered by Derek and Ben's rudeness and pretentiousness, but also because they were making fun of all of the conventional, monogamous couples at the senior center just as April was realizing that she actually wanted that kind of relationship. One particularly telling scene is when she gets annoyed with Derek and Ben mocking a senior couple, then walks off, [[PetTheDog tells the seniors that they're adorable]], and proceeds to go talk to Andy. The scene could have very easily just involved Derek and Ben making fun of old people individually, but the way that they specifically made fun of the fact that the couples were happy together seems very telling to me.
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After he came out, he insisted that he was gay but also [[SingleTargetSexuality straight for her]], possibly using her as a beard. She stayed with him because she didn't want the relationship to end, and even managed to convince him to stay with her after he got together with Ben. April claims that got together as a [[TakeThat middle finger]] to conventional relationships, but secretly resented the situation and wanted things to go back to the way they were, hence why she claims she hates Ben, and then later on gave him a hickey to make Derek jealous, presumably hoping it would cause enough jealous that Derek and Ben would split up. Note that this seemingly bitter situation with April and Ben is used as a parallel to April offering to do the same for Andy, not to split up a couple but to get together with Andy, even if it was under false pretenses.
* The triad's breakup in "Galentine's Day" wasn't just triggered by Derek and Ben's rudeness, but also because they were making fun of all of the conventional, monogamous couples at the senior center just as April was realizing that she actually wanted that kind of relationship. One particularly telling scene is when she gets annoyed with Derek and Ben mocking a senior couple, then walks off, [[PetTheDog tells the seniors that they're adorable]], and proceeds to go talk to Andy. The scene could have very easily just involved Derek and Ben making fun of old people individually, but the way that they specifically made fun of the fact that the couples were happy together seems very telling to me.

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After he came out, he insisted Remember that he was she says that Derek's the "gayest person [she] knows", stating that Derek does identify as gay but also [[SingleTargetSexuality straight for her]], possibly using her as a beard. She stayed and not bi or pan or anything else that would explain why he's still with him because she April, unless he had been dating her before and didn't want the to end to relationship for whatever reason (using April as a beard, being too intimidated by her to end, and break up, etc.), even managed to convince him to stay with her after he got gets together with Ben. April claims that the three of them got together as a [[TakeThat middle finger]] to conventional relationships, but it's entirely possible that she secretly resented the situation and wanted things to go back to the way they were, hence why she claims says she hates Ben, and then later on gave him a hickey to make Derek jealous, presumably hoping it would cause enough jealous jealousy that Derek and Ben would split up. Note that this seemingly bitter situation with April and Ben is used as a parallel to April offering to do the same for Andy, not to split up a couple but to get together with Andy, even if it was under false pretenses.
pretenses. This seems very deliberate to me.
* The triad's breakup in "Galentine's Day" wasn't just triggered by Derek and Ben's rudeness, rudeness and pretentiousness, but also because they were making fun of all of the conventional, monogamous couples at the senior center just as April was realizing that she actually wanted that kind of relationship. One particularly telling scene is when she gets annoyed with Derek and Ben mocking a senior couple, then walks off, [[PetTheDog tells the seniors that they're adorable]], and proceeds to go talk to Andy. The scene could have very easily just involved Derek and Ben making fun of old people individually, but the way that they specifically made fun of the fact that the couples were happy together seems very telling to me.
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Thus, the triad's breakup in "Galentine's Day" wasn't just triggered by Derek and Ben's rudeness, but also because they were making fun of all of the conventional, monogamous couples at the senior center just as April was realizing that she actually wanted that kind of relationship. One particularly telling scene is when she gets annoyed with Derek and Ben mocking a senior couple, then walks off, [[PetTheDog tells the seniors that they're adorable]], and proceeds to go talk to Andy. The scene could have very easily just involved Derek and Ben making fun of old people individually, but the way that they specifically made fun of the fact that the couples were happy together seems very telling to me.

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Thus, the * The triad's breakup in "Galentine's Day" wasn't just triggered by Derek and Ben's rudeness, but also because they were making fun of all of the conventional, monogamous couples at the senior center just as April was realizing that she actually wanted that kind of relationship. One particularly telling scene is when she gets annoyed with Derek and Ben mocking a senior couple, then walks off, [[PetTheDog tells the seniors that they're adorable]], and proceeds to go talk to Andy. The scene could have very easily just involved Derek and Ben making fun of old people individually, but the way that they specifically made fun of the fact that the couples were happy together seems very telling to me.
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[[WMG: April and Derek were together before Derek came out]]
After he came out, he insisted that he was gay but also [[SingleTargetSexuality straight for her]], possibly using her as a beard. She stayed with him because she didn't want the relationship to end, and even managed to convince him to stay with her after he got together with Ben. April claims that got together as a [[TakeThat middle finger]] to conventional relationships, but secretly resented the situation and wanted things to go back to the way they were, hence why she claims she hates Ben, and then later on gave him a hickey to make Derek jealous, presumably hoping it would cause enough jealous that Derek and Ben would split up. Note that this seemingly bitter situation with April and Ben is used as a parallel to April offering to do the same for Andy, not to split up a couple but to get together with Andy, even if it was under false pretenses.
Thus, the triad's breakup in "Galentine's Day" wasn't just triggered by Derek and Ben's rudeness, but also because they were making fun of all of the conventional, monogamous couples at the senior center just as April was realizing that she actually wanted that kind of relationship. One particularly telling scene is when she gets annoyed with Derek and Ben mocking a senior couple, then walks off, [[PetTheDog tells the seniors that they're adorable]], and proceeds to go talk to Andy. The scene could have very easily just involved Derek and Ben making fun of old people individually, but the way that they specifically made fun of the fact that the couples were happy together seems very telling to me.
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[[WMG: Season 7 will reference movies that have not yet been released in real life.]]
The season 6 finale ended in May 2014 before the three-year time skip, meaning that season 7 will take place in 2017 and 2018. By then, there will be a plethora of movies that could be mentioned as if the characters had already seen them, such as the following:

*''Avatar 2'' (with ''Avatar 3'' being released about halfway through season 7)
*''Ant-Man''
*''Avengers: Age of Ultron'' (with possibly a third film being released by the season's end)
*''Batman vs Superman''
*''Captain America 3''
*''Finding Dory''
*''The Flash''
*''The Good Dinosaur''
*''Inside Out''
*''Justice League''
*''Kung Fu Panda 3''
*''The Penguins of Madagascar''
*''Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales''
*''Star Trek 13''
*''Star Wars: Episode VII'' (and possibly a few other installments)
*''Terminator: Genesis''
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**Terry was confirmed in the season 6 finale.
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[[WMG: Chris going to London is a hint that [[GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Peter Quill]] was in ThorTheDarkWorld.]]
In ThorTheDarkWorld, jet pilots in London go through a portal that takes them to another world. Peter Quill is an American pilot. This show may have been giving a shout-out to Marvel and providing a clue that Peter Quill was flying a jet from London to another world in ''Thor: The Dark World,'' setting up the ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' movie.

[[WMG: GuardiansOfTheGalaxy will never be mentioned.]]
It would be weird because Chris Pratt is in both this show and that movie.
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[[WMG: The name of Gary/Jerry/Larry will be changed to...]]

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[[WMG: The name of Gary/Jerry/Larry Garry/Jerry/Larry will be changed to...]]
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*Jossed. The chronology does not match up.


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*Barry
*Harry
*Perry
*Terry
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[[WMG: The "redacted" middle name of Ron's son is Fucking]]
He was born ready. He's John Fucking Swanson
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[[WMG: The "redacted" middle name of Ron's son is Leslie.]]
It's a man's name too, after all. (Or maybe they went with a male-only variant like Lester.) She's the one friend Ron might name a child after, and he would definitely keep it secret. It'll be a big ''aww'' moment when we find out.
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* You know, I could picture April wanting to kiss Ann just to annoy her.

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* You know, I could picture April wanting to kiss Ann just to annoy her.
her/freak her out.
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* You know, I could picture April wanting to kiss Ann just to annoy her.
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...things won't work out with Chris, and she will end up changing her name and selling paper in Stamford, Connecticut.

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...things won't work out with Chris, and she will end up changing her name and [[Series/{{The Office}} selling paper in Stamford, Connecticut.]].
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[[WMG: When Ann leaves the show...]]
...things won't work out with Chris, and she will end up changing her name and selling paper in Stamford, Connecticut.
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*YES!
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That, or he's some sort of djinn, because anytime a person says his name or thinks of him, he appears from off-camera.

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That, or he's some sort of djinn, because anytime a person says his name or thinks of him, he appears from off-camera.
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Perd Hapley was released from a facility that was designing an android to report on the news, which explains why he has to report on literally everything that happens, and the reason why he gave ET 1 and a half stars on his review.
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Perd Hapley was released from a facility that was designing an android to report on the news, which explains why he has to report on literally everything that happens, and the reason why he gave ET 1 and a half stars on his review.
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[[WMG: Jean-Ralphio exists just off-camera.]]
That, or he's some sort of djinn, because anytime a person says his name or thinks of him, he appears from off-camera.

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[[WMG: Perd Hapley is an experimental android.]]
Perd Hapley was released from a facility that was designing an android to report on the news, which explains why he has to report on literally everything that happens, and the reason why he gave ET 1 and a half stars on his review.
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[[WMG:When the show is running out of material and ratings are falling, there will be a [[SweepsWeekLesbianKiss lesbian kiss]] between Ann and April.]]
Because it'd be hot.
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[[WMG:When the show is running out of material and ratings are falling, there will be a [[SweepsWeekLesbianKiss lesbian kiss]] between Leslie and April.]]
Because it'd be hot.
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* Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania is a real place and their Groundhog Day celebration is real. Punxsutawney is located in Pennsylvania and Pawnee is located in Indiana. We've heard a lot about Pawnee's history on the show and it was definitely always called "Pawnee".
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Unlike ''Series/TheOffice,'' it's never stated that a documentary is being made about Pawnee's Parks and Rec department. Most of the time, when characters do two or more aside comments in one scene, they don't speak as if they know or remember the scene; they speak as if they are thinking of the comment while the scene is happening. When characters interrupt or comment on each others' asides, it just means that they're thinking aloud.

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Unlike ''Series/TheOffice,'' ''Series/{{The Office|US}},'' it's never stated that a documentary is being made about Pawnee's Parks and Rec department. Most of the time, when characters do two or more aside comments in one scene, they don't speak as if they know or remember the scene; they speak as if they are thinking of the comment while the scene is happening. When characters interrupt or comment on each others' asides, it just means that they're thinking aloud.
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Like David Brent in the U.K. version of ''TheOffice'', April is playing up for the cameras, except she's trying to come off as a sarcastic ''{{Daria}}''[=-esque=] voice of reason/apathy. As the show goes on, April gets used to the cameras and bored with her act, so she starts to act more like herself. In short, she really is like that to a degree, but she was deliberately playing up that side of her personality in the earlier episodes.

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Like David Brent in the U.K. version of ''TheOffice'', ''Series/{{The Office|UK}}'', April is playing up for the cameras, except she's trying to come off as a sarcastic ''{{Daria}}''[=-esque=] voice of reason/apathy. As the show goes on, April gets used to the cameras and bored with her act, so she starts to act more like herself. In short, she really is like that to a degree, but she was deliberately playing up that side of her personality in the earlier episodes.
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It's just that after it briefly caused a stir for a supposed "space-time rift" in its' immediate area, the sudden notoriety caused local councillors to believe that the name [[GroundhogDay Punxsutawney]] was a bit of a mouthful.

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It's just that after it briefly caused a stir in the 1990s for a supposed "space-time rift" in its' immediate area, the sudden notoriety caused local councillors to believe that the name [[GroundhogDay Punxsutawney]] was a bit of a mouthful.
mouthful for national newspapers.
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[[WMG: Pawnee wasn't originally called that.]]
It's just that after it briefly caused a stir for a supposed "space-time rift" in its' immediate area, the sudden notoriety caused local councillors to believe that the name [[GroundhogDay Punxsutawney]] was a bit of a mouthful.
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** Or this could just happen for laughs. Like, they'll be drunk at a party, and someone like Tom or Jean-Ralphio or Donna will comment on it like "I knew it" or "That's hot".

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