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* SeasonalRot: Despite the show being a hit in its first season, changes were implemented in season 2 as a bid for younger viewers. Several characters – including Mindy's father and grandmother – were dropped, Mork and Mindy getting together received greater emphasis, and episodes had an altogether different tone. Coupled with a new timeslot, ratings fell, which led to attempts at getting back to basics.

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* SeasonalRot: Despite the show being a hit in its first season, changes were implemented in season 2 as a bid for younger viewers. Several characters – including Mindy's father and grandmother – were dropped, Mork and Mindy getting together received greater emphasis, and episodes had an altogether different tone. Coupled with a new timeslot, ratings fell, which led to attempts at getting back to basics.basics, but the success of the first season was never recaptured.
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* BrokenBase: Should the title characters have become a couple or not?

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* BrokenBase: Should the title characters have become a couple or not?not? Some people think that their romance was a natural progression of their relationship, that they were a cute couple, and that them learning to be parents was good character development and funny. Others either think that them getting together was bad because there aren't enough PlatonicLifePartners on TV, or are {{squick}}ed by the idea of [[InterspeciesRomance an alien being sexually attracted to a human]].
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** In "Mork's Mixed Emotions", Disgusted Mork overacts to a lack of food at a restaurant by trying to cut his wrist with a blunt knife. One of Williams' failed suicide attempts involved slit wrists.

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** In "Mork's Mixed Emotions", Disgusted Mork overacts overreacts to a lack of food at a restaurant by trying to cut his wrist with a blunt knife. One of Williams' failed suicide attempts involved slit wrists.
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** Try watching "Mork's Health Hints" without thinking of Film/PatchAdams.

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** %%** Try watching "Mork's Health Hints" without thinking of Film/PatchAdams.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Exidor, the only character who could steal a scene from '''''Mork himself'''''.

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* %%* EnsembleDarkhorse: Exidor, the only character who could steal a scene from '''''Mork himself'''''.



** This setting [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}} isn't the only one]] that involves an alien called Mork.

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** This setting [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}} [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 isn't the only one]] that involves an alien called Mork.
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* BaseBreakingCharacter: Mearth. Some people like him because they think he's funny or cute, whereas some people dislike him because they think Mork laying an egg, Mearth looking like a man in his fifties, etc is too surreal even for a show like this, and/or they think Mork and Mindy should not have become a couple.

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* BaseBreakingCharacter: Mearth. Some people like him because they think he's funny or cute, whereas some people dislike him because they think Mork laying an egg, Mearth looking like a man in his fifties, etc etc is too surreal -- even for a show like this, and/or they think Mork and Mindy should not have become a couple.
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** At the end of "Mork in Wonderland: Part 2," Mork had only one wish upon reuniting with Mindy after her microworld counterpart, Mandy, died in his arms: for he himself to die before Mindy so he doesn't have to lose her twice. In a manner of speaking, Mork got his wish with Robin Williams dying in 2014 with Pam Dawber still around in good health.

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** At the end of "Mork in Wonderland: Part 2," Mork had only one wish upon reuniting with Mindy after her microworld counterpart, Mandy, died in his arms: for he himself to die before Mindy so he doesn't have to lose her twice. In a manner of speaking, Mork got his wish with wish; Robin Williams dying passed in 2014 with Pam Dawber still around in good health.



* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: From the first season on, Creator/RobinWilliams stunned everyone at why he made the show so much more than a retread of ''Series/MyFavoriteMartian''. For instance, in "Mork's Mixed Emotions," one of the greatest TV episodes ''of all time'', Robin effortlessly creates a myriad of simultaneous personas with absolutely no props, visual effects or makeup. All Robin needed was his singular acting ability to sell it perfectly.

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* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: From the first season on, Creator/RobinWilliams stunned everyone at with why he made the show so much more than a retread of ''Series/MyFavoriteMartian''. For instance, in "Mork's Mixed Emotions," one of the greatest TV episodes ''of all time'', Robin effortlessly creates a myriad of simultaneous personas with absolutely no props, visual effects or makeup. All Robin needed was his singular acting ability to sell it perfectly.

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