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* FaceOfTheBand: Dan "Soupy" Campbell to some. Most of the songs are about his experiences (combined with some of the other band members' in a couple songs).
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** The first clip show ends with a montage playing over a recording of the song "In My Life". One of the lyrics is "some are gone and some remain", with the "some remain" line playing over a clip of Jack Arnold, implying he's still alive. [[spoiler: However, in the last episode it's revealed that he died two years after the events of the last episode.]] On the other hand, the "some are gone..." part plays over a clip of Grandpa Arnold, [[HilariousInHindsight whose death was never confimed on the show.]]

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** The first clip show ends with a montage playing over a recording of the song "In My Life". One of the lyrics is "some are gone and some remain", with the "some remain" line playing over a clip of Jack Arnold, implying he's still alive. [[spoiler: However, [[spoiler:However, in the last episode it's revealed that he died two years after the events of the last episode.]] On the other hand, the "some are gone..." part plays over a clip of Grandpa Arnold, [[HilariousInHindsight whose death was never confimed confirmed on the show.]]



* OldShame: Soupy really doesn't like "Get Stoked On It" and feels that it created a very bad first impression of the band to many. No one else in the band really likes it either but they don't quite share the same level of disdain Soupy has for it.

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* OldShame: Soupy really doesn't like "Get Stoked On It" and feels that it created a very bad first impression of the band to many. No one else in the band really likes it either but they don't quite share the same level of disdain Soupy has for it.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: In contrast to Kevin's many recurring teachers in junior high, each of his senior high teachers only appear in one episode, rather than becoming recurring.

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In contrast to Kevin's many recurring teachers in junior high, each of his senior high teachers only appear in one episode, rather than becoming recurring.



* {{Anvilicious}}: Much of The Greatest Generation can be summed up as "Conservatives suck." Mind you, it doesn't suffer at all from this and works within the context of the album.

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* {{Anvilicious}}: Much of The "The Greatest Generation Generation" can be summed up as "Conservatives suck." Mind you, it doesn't suffer at all from this and works within the context "
* FaceOfTheBand: Dan "Soupy" Campbell to some. Most
of the album.songs are about his experiences (combined with some of the other band members' in a couple songs).



* FaceOfTheBand: Dan "Soupy" Campbell to some. Most of the songs are about his experiences (combined with some of the other band members' in a couple songs).

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* FaceOfTheBand: Dan "Soupy" Campbell to some. Most of the songs are about his experiences (combined with some of the other band members' in a couple songs).

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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In "Steady as She Goes", narrator Kevin says that Carla Healy was the only woman in Paul's life who wasn't a blood relative. In later seasons, [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome she is no longer seen or mentioned]], and Paul is rarely shown to be involved with other women (though he did lose his virginity in one episode).
* HarsherInHindsight: The first clip show ends with a montage playing over a recording of the song "In My Life". One of the lyrics is "some are gone and some remain", with the "some remain" line playing over a clip of Jack Arnold, implying he's still alive. [[spoiler: However, in the last episode it's revealed that he died two years after the events of the last episode.]] On the other hand, the "some are gone..." part plays over a clip of Grandpa Arnold, [[HilariousInHindsight whose death was never confimed on the show.]]

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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In "Steady as She Goes", narrator Kevin says that Carla Healy was the only woman in Paul's life who wasn't a blood relative. In later seasons, [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome she is no longer seen or mentioned]], and Paul is rarely shown to be involved with other women (though he did lose his virginity in one episode).
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The first clip show ends with a montage playing over a recording of the song "In My Life". One of the lyrics is "some are gone and some remain", with the "some remain" line playing over a clip of Jack Arnold, implying he's still alive. [[spoiler: However, in the last episode it's revealed that he died two years after the events of the last episode.]] On the other hand, the "some are gone..." part plays over a clip of Grandpa Arnold, [[HilariousInHindsight whose death was never confimed on the show.]]]]
** In "Steady as She Goes", narrator Kevin says that Carla Healy was the only woman in Paul's life who wasn't a blood relative. In later seasons, [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome she is no longer seen or mentioned]], and Paul is rarely shown to be involved with other women (though he did lose his virginity in one episode).
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* ValuesDissonance: Season 4, episode 15 episode "Buster" focuses on the family being reluctant to neuter their dog. Given this is now widely accepted as responsible pet ownership to curb overpopulation, the notion that the choice is somehow a moral conflict is extremely jarring.
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* {{Anvilicious}}: Much of The Greatest Generation can be summed up as "Conservatives suck." [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped Mind you, it doesn't suffer at all from this and works within the context of the album.]]

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* {{Anvilicious}}: Much of The Greatest Generation can be summed up as "Conservatives suck." [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped Mind you, it doesn't suffer at all from this and works within the context of the album.]]
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** Because the show always focused on Kevin and his point of view, some characters can seem more like TheGenericGuy, SatelliteCharacter, or SatelliteLoveInterest, especially if they are really just the friend of a character other than Kevin.
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** Becky Slater: Run of the mill WomanScorned with a grudge? Or a {{Yandere}} still carrying a torch for Kevin whose reaction to her feelings not being reciprocated was anger and violence? The fact that she doesn't make a move to get him back for the rest of her time on the show is evidence for the former. The alacrity with which she takes him back [[Recap/TheWonderYearsS03E14StValentinesDayMassacre when she thinks he still has feeling for her]] is evidence for the latter.

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** Becky Slater: Run of the mill WomanScorned with a grudge? Or a {{Yandere}} still carrying a torch for Kevin whose reaction to her feelings not being reciprocated was anger and violence? The fact that she doesn't make a move to get him back for the rest sheer nastiness of Kevin's original transgression against her time on the show is evidence for the former. The alacrity with which she takes him back [[Recap/TheWonderYearsS03E14StValentinesDayMassacre when she thinks he still has feeling for her]] is evidence for the latter.

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Miss Shaw. An idealistic teacher with bold new ideas that was unfairly driven away by a conservative school board that never gave her ideas a chance? Or an irresponsible teacher with terrible ideas that walked out on the students that needed her when she was forced to compromise with the school board? Lampshaded at the end when Adult Kevin notes that he didn't know if he should be angry at her or the school board.

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Miss Shaw. Shaw: An idealistic teacher with bold new ideas that was unfairly driven away by a conservative school board that never gave her ideas a chance? Or an irresponsible teacher with terrible ideas that walked out on the students that needed her when she was forced to compromise with the school board? Lampshaded at the end when Adult Kevin notes that he didn't know if he should be angry at her or the school board. board.
** Becky Slater: Run of the mill WomanScorned with a grudge? Or a {{Yandere}} still carrying a torch for Kevin whose reaction to her feelings not being reciprocated was anger and violence? The fact that she doesn't make a move to get him back for the rest of her time on the show is evidence for the former. The alacrity with which she takes him back [[Recap/TheWonderYearsS03E14StValentinesDayMassacre when she thinks he still has feeling for her]] is evidence for the latter.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: In contrast to Kevin's many recurring teachers in junior high, each of his senior high teachers only appear in one episode, rather than becoming recurring.

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