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* TheWoobie: The children of Christopher Childs.

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** Jennifer’s daughter Elena. Not only is she forced to do all the chores alongside her brother, she’s neglected by her family and hasn’t spent time with Jennifer in '''five years.''' It’s rather telling that the major change Melissa puts on Jennifer’s family is to spend time with her doing something she loves.
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Requires a 20-year waiting period.


* ValuesDissonance: A season 1 episode makes note that an 18-year old is unemployed. Post-recession, not having a job as a teenager isn't as unusual as it was a few years prior.
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* GrowingTheBeard: The Paramount Network revival. To be sure, there will always be polar opposites clashing, but the producers have clearly learned from the Heene and Childs periods.
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* HarsherInHindsight: The ultra-strict, homeschooling [[https://www.aol.com/article/entertainment/2017/06/21/conservative-christian-family-wife-swap-murder-shot-dead-ohio/22528487/ Stockdale family]] where the father and his four sons have a bluegrass band is this when nine years after they were featured on the show, 25 year old Jacob shoots and kills his mother and younger brother James before failing to shoot himself.
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This is Flame Bait now.


* SnarkBait: Many a wiseass has quipped "But exactly how far does the wife-swapping ''go''?" Unlike the famous "keys-in-a-bowl" parties held by some adventurous neighborhoods, the TV swapping never even goes as far as sharing the same bed.
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** Gayla Long.
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* ValuesDissonance: A season 1 episode makes note that an 18-year old is unemployed. Post-recession, not having a job as a teenager isn't as unusual as it was a few years prior.
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** SHE'S NOT A CHRISTIAAAAAAHN!!
** "Dorksided."
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* DudeNotFunny: Christopher Childs' episode has this in spades. You can normally enjoy the BigotVsBigot combat, whereas he's just plain psycho.
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The Scrappy is for scripted shows.


* TheScrappy: Christopher Childs.
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* HateDumb: There's a website devoted to hating Stephen Fowler.

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* TheScrappy: Christopher Childs.



* TheScrappy: Christopher Childs.
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Real people can\'t be Complete Monsters.


* CompleteMonster: Christopher Childs.
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* CompleteMonster: Christopher Childs.
* DudeNotFunny: Christopher Childs' episode has this in spades. You can normally enjoy the BigotVsBigot combat, whereas he's just plain psycho.


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* MoralEventHorizon: Anything Christopher Childs does.


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* TheScrappy: Christopher Childs.
* TheWoobie: The children of Christopher Childs.
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* CompleteMonster: Christopher Childs.
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* CompleteMonster: Christopher Childs.
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* HateDumb: There is a website devoted to hating Stephen Fowler.

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* HateDumb: There is There's a website devoted to hating Stephen Fowler.



* SnarkBait: Many a wiseass has quipped "But exactly how far does the wife-swapping ''go''?" NamesTheSame as the famous "keys-in-a-bowl" parties held by some adventurous neighborhoods, so...

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* SnarkBait: Many a wiseass has quipped "But exactly how far does the wife-swapping ''go''?" NamesTheSame as Unlike the famous "keys-in-a-bowl" parties held by some adventurous neighborhoods, so...the TV swapping never even goes as far as sharing the same bed.
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* SnarkBait: Many a wiseass has quipped "But exactly how far does the wife-swapping ''go''?" The show's title shares its name with the famous "keys-in-a-bowl" parties held by some adventurous neighborhoods, so...

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* SnarkBait: Many a wiseass has quipped "But exactly how far does the wife-swapping ''go''?" The show's title shares its name with NamesTheSame as the famous "keys-in-a-bowl" parties held by some adventurous neighborhoods, so...



* TearJerker: Christopher Childs successfully brainwashing his daughter Columbia into ditching her dreams of becoming a successful women instead of a servant to her future husband, seeing Kim the replacement wife’s reaction to this is also quite upsetting.

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* TearJerker: Christopher Childs successfully brainwashing his daughter Columbia into ditching her dreams of becoming a successful women instead woman in favor of being a servant to her future husband, seeing husband. Kim the (the replacement wife’s wife)'s reaction to this is also quite upsetting.
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* TearJerker: Christopher Childs successfully brainwashing his daughter Columbia into ditching her dreams of becoming a successful women instead of a servant to her future husband, seeing Kim the replacement wife’s reaction to this is also quite upsetting.
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Correct me if I\'m wrong, but she\'s from Trading Spouses.


** Pretty much anything Margueritte Perrin [[NoIndoorVoice screamed]].
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* HateDumb: There is a website devoted to hating Stephen Fowler.

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* MemeticMutation: Pretty much anything Margueritte Perrin [[strike:said]] [[NoIndoorVoice screamed]].
** ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T_obaO46Bo Bacon is good for me!]]), and every other line by "King Curtis".

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Pretty much anything Margueritte Perrin [[strike:said]] [[NoIndoorVoice screamed]].
** ([[http://www."[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T_obaO46Bo Bacon is good for me!]]), me!]]", and every other line by "King Curtis".



* SnarkBait: Many a wiseass has quipped "But exactly how far does the wife-swapping ''go''?" The show's title shares its name with the famous "keys-in-a-bowl" parties held by some adventurous neighborhoods, so...
* StrawmanHasAPoint: On occasion.

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* * SnarkBait: Many a wiseass has quipped "But exactly how far does the wife-swapping ''go''?" The show's title shares its name with the famous "keys-in-a-bowl" parties held by some adventurous neighborhoods, so...
* * StrawmanHasAPoint: On occasion.
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* MemeticMutation: Pretty much anything Margueritte Perrin [[strike:said]] [[NoIndoorVoice screamed]].
** ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T_obaO46Bo Bacon is good for me!]]), and every other line by "King Curtis".
** Richard Heene's son, the "Balloon Boy".

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* SnarkBait: Many a wiseass has quipped "But exactly how far does the wife-swapping ''go''?" The show's title shares its name with the famous "keys-in-a-bowl" parties held by some adventurous neighborhoods, so...
* StrawmanHasAPoint: On occasion.

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SnarkBait: Many a wiseass has quipped "But exactly how far does the wife-swapping ''go''?" The show's title shares its name with the famous "keys-in-a-bowl" parties held by some adventurous neighborhoods, so...
* * StrawmanHasAPoint: On occasion.occasion.
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