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3->''"And the family changed, as all American Families do...children grow up, get married, host variety shows and turn into cartoons."''
4-->-- '''Narrator''', ''Brady - An American Chronicle''
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6Next to fellow Creator/{{Paramount}} production ''Series/{{Star Trek|TheOriginalSeries}}'', ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' most likely holds the title for Most Attempted {{Spinoff}}s. Here then is (as TV Land once put it) ... The Wonder of Brady.
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9!!Spinoffs with their own pages:
10[[index]]
11* ''WesternAnimation/TheBradyKids''
12* The ''[[Film/TheBradyBunch Brady Bunch]]'' movies
13[[/index]]
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15!!Other spinoffs:
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18[[folder: The Brady Bunch Hour]]
19''The Brady Bunch Variety Hour'' (shortened to ''The Brady Bunch Hour'' after the pilot episode) was an ABC show from 1976-1977 that had the family move to New York and produce their own VarietyShow. Yes, the cast hosted the show in-character as the Brady family. It might be the most infamous spin off, not just of ''The Brady Bunch'' but of ''any'' TV series. It lasted nine episodes. Original Jan (Eve Plumb) did not appear and was replaced by Geri Reischl.
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21!! ''The Brady Bunch Hour'' contains examples of:
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23* BewareTheNiceOnes: Creator/AnnBDavis, when it came to having to work with Rip Taylor. In a later memoir by Creator/SusanOlsen, it was contended that Davis absolutely did not like Taylor (due to the very adult content of his stand-up comedy act) and refused to even so much as acknowledge him other than what was needed for the show. Taylor, who was a fan of Davis beforehand, was puzzled at her attitude toward him and for the rest of her life, Davis refused to talk about working on the show.
24* CanonDiscontinuity: This series was never mentioned in later spin offs.
25* EveryEpisodeEnding: Except the pilot, each show closed with the Bradys singing a CoverVersion of "United We Stand", a 1970 hit by The Brotherhood of Man.
26* FramingDevice: Officially, the concept of this show was that ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' wasn't a sitcom, it was a RealityTV show, and the Bradys had become so famous from it that they decided to go into show business full-time. The show was also based around a [[Radio/TheJackBennyProgram Jack Benny]]-style ShowWithinAShow format.
27* HollywoodToneDeaf: As a group. That said, most of the cast had legitimate singing talent. Creator/FlorenceHenderson had been in many Broadway musicals. Creator/BarryWilliams did musical theater after ''The Brady Bunch''. Creator/MaureenMcCormick had released a few solo singles alongside all the Brady Kids albums. Geri Reischl had been on tour as backing vocalist. Creator/RobertReedActor had done a little musical theater pre-''Brady Bunch'', and Susan Olsen had some musical abilities. Even Ann B. Davis (in her few solos) did a laudable job. Creator/MikeLookinland was both an excellent vocalist and instrumentalist, but had two left feet when it came to dancing, which was the main reason he didn't want to do this show. Creator/ChristopherKnight, however, did a laughably bad cover (with Collette, one of the Krofft puppets) of "Sing" (yes, the ''Series/SesameStreet'' song that also was done by The Carpenters); by his own admission, he is not a singer. Ironically, the Brady kid with the most musical experience was Creator/EvePlumb, whose father, Neely Plumb, was a saxophonist, RecordProducer, and label executive.
28* NoHoperRepeat: The March 28, 1977 episode aired on Creator/{{ABC}} the same night ABC was airing the UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardsCeremonies. Instead of giving the show the lead-in slot to the Oscars, ABC scheduled it two hours before the Oscars in the Eastern and Central time zones, and pushed it to a late night, post-Oscars slot in the Mountain and Pacific zones. To make things worse, it was also airing opposite the NCAA basketball championship game on Creator/{{NBC}}, a highly anticipated game between traditional power North Carolina and Cinderella team Marquette. Perhaps it was just as well that no one was watching, since it was the infamous episode where Marcia was absent with no explanation for the first 15 minutes (because Maureen [=McCormick=] didn't show up for the first day of taping).
29* {{Puppet Show|s}}: Of the [[Creator/SidAndMartyKrofftProductions Sid & Marty Krofft]] variety.
30* RearrangeTheSong: By playing it with kazoos.
31* SeventiesHair: See the page image for some late-70s hairstyles in all their, um, glory.
32* ShortRunners: Only ran for 9 episodes, with Creator/{{ABC}} choosing not to renew it. The final episode aired on May 25, 1977. A [[Film/ANewHope certain well-known film]] debuted in theaters that same day.
33* ThroughTheYearsCredits: The open has montages of old black-and-white stills of the cast members, before they're shown live, in color, as their current day selves. And they also invoke FlashbackWithTheOtherDarrin, as all of the "Jan" stills are of a younger Geri Reischl.
34* VarietyShow: A totally bizarre mix of solo song performances, group medleys, comedy sketches, and performances by a group of synchronized swimmers.
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37[[folder: The Brady Brides]]
38The SequelSeries about what happened after Marcia and Jan became adults, which ran for 10 episodes. It began with a 1981 MadeForTVMovie titled ''The Brady Girls Get Married''. Jan falls in love with a college professor named Phillip Covington III, while Marcia falls for a toy salesman named Wally Logan. They decide to have a double wedding right in the Bradys' house. HilarityEnsues since, among other issues, the two brides have extremely different ideas of what kind of wedding they want.
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40!! ''The Brady Girls Get Married'' contains examples of:
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42* FiveEpisodePilot: The movie got divided up into the first three episodes of ''The Brady Brides''.
43* FourthDateMarriage: Marcia and Wally are acquainted for a ''very'' short time before getting engaged.
44* ParentalMarriageVeto: Sort of, but not in the usual way. Mike and Carol are very pleased when Jan and longtime boyfriend Phillip announce their engagement, but they hesitate to encourage them to get married right away. Why? Because they think Marcia really ought to get married first, and she doesn't even have a boyfriend.
45* ReunionShow: The only project to successfully reunite the whole "Bunch".
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47The sitcom ''The Brady Brides'' picked up where ''The Brady Girls Get Married'' left off. Marcia and Jan have married their respective boyfriends, and the four of them must now share a house. The husbands don't get along.
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49!! ''The Brady Brides'' contains examples of:
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51* DolledUpInstallment: They were looking for something to do with the Brady girls and used a pitched concept for an original sitcom about two married couples that shared a house.
52* ExpositoryThemeTune: A [[RearrangeTheSong rearranged version]] of the ''Brady Bunch'' theme song. "It's a new life for two girls named Brady/who have left the Bunch to make it on their own." Also wedding bells sound with "That's the way they both became [[TitleDrop The Brady Brides]]".
53* GameShowAppearance: ''Series/TheNewlywedGame'', naturally.
54* NakedApron: In one of the earliest episodes, Wally - who SleepsInTheNude - goes down to the kitchen in the middle of the night for a glass of milk. When the rest of the household ends up joining him there, he dons one of these. It's pink, of course, for extra laughs.
55* NosyNeighbor: The one thing that the husbands always had in common was their mutual dislike of their uptight neighbor. In the above-mentioned apron episode, Wally moons her.
56* SlobsVersusSnobs: A large amount of the show's conflict came from the very laid-back Wally trying to coexist with the incredibly tight-assed Philip, with Marcia and Jan each taking her respective husband's side. In one episode, their mom is trying to play peacemaker:
57-->'''Marcia''': Have you ever met a man... who rinses off the garbage before he throws it away?\
58'''Jan''': At least my husband throws it away. Yours keeps it around for old times sake!
59%%* ThisIsMySide
60* UglyGuyHotWife: Wally and Marcia. '''Dear God''', Wally and Marcia.
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63[[folder: A Very Brady Christmas]]
64The 1988 MadeForTVMovie ''A Very Brady Christmas'' saw the now-adult Brady Kids reunite with their parents, and stands out as one of the most somber ''Brady Bunch'' works. There is a great deal of tension between the various branches. Jan and Phillip are having marital problems; Marcia's husband Wally has lost his job and doesn't want anyone to know; Greg's adored wife decides to spend Christmas with her own family instead of the Bradys; Bobby secretly dropped out of business school to become a race car driver; Peter and his girlfriend are dancing around the possibility of engagement; and Cindy wanted to go on a skiing trip with her college roommate instead of coming home. Midway through the actual Christmas celebration, just as it seems like all the tension has finally been resolved, Mike gets a call to a building site, where the construction is threatening to collapse and kill another architect's workers. He gets trapped inside himself, leaving the family waiting for news.
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66!! ''A Very Brady Christmas'' contains examples of:
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68* AgeCut: The opening cuts from the original ''Brady Bunch'' grid, to the ''Very Brady Christmas'' title card, to a grid showing how the Bunch looked in 1988.
69* BabiesEverAfter: Greg and Marcia both have children, who attend the festivities.
70* CannotSpitItOut: Peter and his girlfriend are having this issue regarding proposing. [[spoiler:They finally resolve it by each saying "Will you marry me?" to the other at the same time.]]
71%%* CerebusSyndrome
72* ChristmasSongs: During the dramatic climax, while the Bradys are waiting to find out if [[spoiler:Mike will be recovered alive from the collapsing building]], Cindy randomly recalls the ChristmasEpisode in which she asked SantaClaus to restore Carol's voice in time for her to sing in church on Christmas. This leads to a group sing-along of "O Come All Ye Faithful". [[spoiler:Mike hears them and is able to follow the sound to an escape route.]]
73* ChristmasSpecial
74* EasilyForgiven: Jan and Phillip and their marital woes (they simply stopped communicating). Also, Alice, when Sam walks out on her after having met a younger woman (at a trade convention), and then shows up (dressed as Santa) at the Bradys during Christmas dinner, admitting to Alice he made a mistake and would she take him back ... to which Alice (of course) says yes.
75* HappyHolidaysDress: Marcia's young daughter Jessica wears a red Christmas dress.
76* HaveAGayOldTime:
77** Marcia Brady-Logan: “Stop squirting your sister!” Mickey Logan: “I gotta make Jessica wet!”.
78* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Cindy's plot point is that she can't make her parents acknowledge that she's an adult just like her brothers and sisters. Despite being a college student, they tell her to come home (instead of asking like they did for everyone else) and even seat her at the kids' table with her niece and nephews.
79* ShoutOut: The concluding remarks by the reporter who is covering the scene at the construction site.
80--> '''Reporter:''' I just happened to notice the street sign. Looks like this was another Film/{{miracle on 34th Street}}!
81* SleepingWithTheBoss: Peter is in a relationship with his boss, which makes him feel like less of a man.
82* VanillaEdition: First came to DVD on the last disc of 2007's ''The Brady Bunch'': The Complete Series boxset, a disc that also contained the first episodes of ''The Bradys'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheBradyKids''. When CBS started selling the disc by itself, in 2017, it lost those pilots, now available instead on those shows' own Complete Series [=DVDs=].[[note]]The [=DVDs=] of the other ''Brady Bunch'' movies don't have bonus features, either, nor do seasons 2-5 of the original show.[[/note]]
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85[[folder: The Bradys]]
86Capitalizing on the success of ''A Very Brady Christmas'', the characters received another SequelSeries, ''The Bradys'', in 1990. It also stands out as one of their most somber works. It lasted six episodes, later compiled into three {{Compilation Movie}}s.
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88!! ''The Bradys'' contains examples of:
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90%%* TheAlcoholic: Marcia.
91* CerebusSyndrome: The original show was a sitcom, this was a full-out melodrama.
92* RearrangeTheSong: Even with only six episodes, the show managed to produce three versions of the theme... two instrumental (the first uses a saxophone that is replaced with an electric guitar in the second), the third sung by Florence Henderson.
93-->"Here's the story of the family Brady/A mom and dad with all their children grown."
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96[[folder:Brady: An American Chronicle]]
97To help promote the 1995 movie, cable channel TV Land created this special in the style of Creator/KenBurns ''Baseball'' and ''Civil War'' documentaries, complete with grainy black and white photos, white letter on black background title cards, and experts in the social importance of all things Brady. Featured cameos of Davy Jones and Susan Olsen in character.
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99!! ''Brady: An American Chronicle'' contains examples of:
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101* UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln: At one point, Lincoln's "A house divided" speech is contrasted with a similar speech by Mike.
102* AffectionateParody: Of Creator/KenBurns "Civil War" miniseries.
103-->'''Narrator:''' "Tonight, TV Land presents this 18-part miniseries... each chapter condensed into the following half hour presentation."
104* BookEnds: Quotes by UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln begin and end the special.
105* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: The segment ''Jan Verses Marcia'' allows everyone to explain why they prefer Marcia or Jan. Well... everyone except Slash from Guns 'n Roses.
106-->'''Slash''': Cindy... young Cindy. I wish she was that age now... (''Laughs'')
107%%* {{Narrator}}
108* RearrangeTheSong: With a slow and reverent instrumental version.
109* ShoutOut: References to earlier spin offs.
110-->'''Narrator''': "And the family changed, as all American families do... children grow up, get married, host variety shows and turn into cartoons."
111* SignificantReferenceDate: Brady events are documented as happening on their original broadcast dates.
112* ThisIsMySide: A show example is contrasted with the Mason/Dixon Line.
113[[/folder]]
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115[[folder: Growing Up Brady]]
116The MadeForTVMovie ''Growing Up Brady'' aired on NBC in 2000, and depicts some backstage dramas experienced by the original cast and crew of ''The Brady Bunch''.
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118!! ''Growing Up Brady'' contains examples of:
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120* AsHimself:
121** Creator/BarryWilliams and ''Brady Bunch'' creator/producer Sherwood Schwartz in the film's bookend sequences.
122** 1970s publicity stills of Williams are used InUniverse, which can be jarring given that the actor playing teen Williams doesn't really look like the real-life Williams.
123* BasedOnATrueStory: Barry Williams' book about the production of ''The Brady Bunch''.
124* FirstKiss: Between Barry and Maureen. Because of its limited budget, the venue in the telefilm (at a Who concert) is decidedly ''less'' picturesque and romantic than the one in real life (at Hawaii, when they were filming there).
125* OddballInTheSeries: Paramount bundled the DVD together with ''[[Film/TheBradyBunch The Brady Bunch Movie]]'' and its sequels, despite having a more serious tone, and treating the Brady Bunch as fictional characters.
126* RealPersonCameo: Mike Lookinland (Bobby) as a cameraman. TruthInTelevision as he did indeed work behind the camera after the show ended.
127* TamerAndChaster: The content of the telefilm is considerably toned down from the book (which was criticized for its rather salacious focus on the romantic escapades of the Brady kids), which is not surprising given that it aired on network television and depicts characters (if not actors) who are underage:
128** Creator/MikeLookinland and Creator/SusanOlsen, by Olsen's own admission, had ''repeated'' makeout sessions in Tiger's doghouse, and both participants were equally enthusiastic about this. In the movie (where Lookinland is played by his own son and Lookinland himself is involved behind the camera) this is changed into a (deliberately) awkward scene of some very chaste pecking, with Olsen shown to be very reluctant. However, when Lookinland got older, his interests shifted towards Eve Plumb.
129** Both Barry Williams and Creator/ChristopherKnight have an entire chapter apiece in the book about attempting to score with Creator/MaureenMcCormick and Creator/EvePlumb respectively (both were unsuccessful). For obvious reasons these are completely omitted in the telefilm.
130** Ironically the gay subtext of several vignettes in the book, which were not made explicit as Creator/RobertReedActor had not yet come out of the closet (and indeed was only outed after his death), are played up in the telefilm, including the awkwardness of Reed and Creator/FlorenceHenderson shooting "bedroom" scenes, and Reed's frustration with his circumstances stemming in part from his closeted homosexuality.
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133[[folder: A Very Brady Renovation]]
134In 2018, the San Fernando Valley house that was used for exterior shots in the original series went up for sale. Initially, the sellers accepted an offer by Lance Bass of Music/{{NSYNC}}, but at literally the last minute, HGTV stepped in and bought the house for nearly twice the listing price. The network's plans for the house? Make it as exact a replica as possible of the house in the series -- exterior ''and'' interior. With the help of many HGTV personalities. And the actors who played the six Brady children. ''A Very Brady Renovation'', premiering on September 9, 2019 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the original series, chronicles this project.
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136!!''A Very Brady Renovation'' provides examples of:
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138* AgeCut: The opening flips the Brady Kids' squares to reveal the actors as adults.[[note]]Since Creator/RobertReedActor, Creator/AnnBDavis, and Creator/FlorenceHenderson all passed away before this project began, Reed's and Henderson's squares FadeToBlack instead, and Davis doesn't appear at all.[[/note]]
139* AspectRatioSwitch: The opening plays in 4:3, until the addition of the renovators to the grid expands the picture to widescreen.
140* ChristmasSpecial: ''A Very Brady Renovation: Holiday Edition''.
141* {{Crossover}}:
142** Between ''Series/PropertyBrothers'', ''Series/GoodBones'', ''Series/RestoredByTheFords'', ''Series/HiddenPotential'', and ''Series/FleaMarketFlip''.
143** ''Holiday Edition'' provides one for ''Series/PioneerWoman'' and ''Hidden Potential''.
144* {{Defictionalization}}: Invoked in the series' premise.
145* ExpositoryThemeTune: "That's the way we all remade the Brady House!"
146* HiddenDepths: The former Brady Kids use their own crafting skills to directly help out the renovators.
147* HomeAndGarden: As the show follows the renovation of a house and its yards, it falls into this genre.
148* OhNoNotAgain: The commercial for the "shag carpet" premiere has a microphone fly in slow-motion towards Creator/MaureenMcCormick's nose, previously "bruised" when the Brady boys' football infamously hit Marcia in the face. As Maureen gives a SlowNo, she ducks out of the microphone's way, resulting in a Property Brother's nose getting bruised instead.
149* RearrangeTheSong: The ExpositoryThemeTune provides yet another update of the ''Brady Bunch'' theme. ''Holiday Edition'' adds bells and chimes to sound a little more like a Christmas carol.
150* ReunionShow:
151** The first production since 2004's ''Still Brady After All These Years'' to bring all of the former Brady Kids back together.
152** An episode of ''A Very Brady Renovation: Behind the Build'' reunites the actors who played the Brady Brides' husbands.
153* SeriousBusiness: The renovators constantly boast that they have a duty to America to keep the house as authentic as they could.
154* ShownTheirWork: At the Brady Command Center, the renovators closely study ''Brady Bunch'' pictures and episodes to get all the house's details as accurately as possible.
155* SpinOff: Has its own in the form of ''A Very Brady Renovation: Behind the Build'', including {{deleted scene}}s from the main show, DIY projects, and {{Special Guest}}s visiting the Brady House.
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158[[folder: Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch]]
159In this 2021 Creator/ParamountPlus special, cast members from ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' and the original ''Brady Bunch'' TV show teamed up to reenact the episode "[[Recap/TheBradyBunchS2E15WillTheRealJanBradyPleaseStandUp Will the Real Jan Brady Please Stand Up?]]," in which Jan (now played by Kylie Sonique Love) purchases a brunette wig to help distinguish herself from her golden-haired sisters.
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161!! ''Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch'' provides examples of:
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163* CastingGag: In ''The Brady Bunch Movie'', Creator/{{Rupaul}} portrayed guidance counselor Mrs. Cummings, who instigates a '90s update of "Will the Real Jan Brady Please Stand Up?" by suggesting that a makeover for Jan could help the teen cope with MiddleChildSyndrome. In this special, he portrays the clerk who sells a new wig to Jan.
164* ChromaKey: The special has green-screened backgrounds, which actually disappear before the CurtainCall.
165* CrossCastRole: Not counting instances of trans women playing cis female characters:
166** Shea Couleé as Marcia Brady.
167** [=RuPaul=] as the Wig Attendant.
168* HilariousOuttakes: Some play during and after the end credits.
169* RaceLift: African-American [=RuPaul=] takes a role originated by Caucasian Marcia Wallace.
170* RemakeCameo:
171** Creator/BarryWilliams as Mike Brady.
172** Creator/EvePlumb and Creator/SusanOlsen as Lucy and Margie.
173[[/folder]]

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