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1	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/off_centre.jpg]]
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3	''Off Centre'' is an American sitcom that aired for two seasons (2001–02) on Creator/TheWB, starring ''Film/AmericanPie'' alumni Creator/EddieKayeThomas and Creator/JohnCho, along with Creator/SeanMaguire.
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5	The series was centered on the lives of two friends, British stud Euan Pierce (Maguire) and play-it-safe American Mike Platt (Thomas), after they moved into the posh Hadley Building located just off Centre Street in Lower Manhattan. Rounding out the cast was their wacky friend, Vietnamese restaurant owner Chau Presley (Cho).
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8	!!Provides examples of:
9	* BreakingBadNewsGently: Both Chau and Mike's girlfriend think it helps to end the bad news as though it was a question, and making your voice go high.
10	* TheCasanova: Euan.
11	* CelebrityParadox: There's an ''Film/AmericanPie'' poster in Chau's resturant.
12	* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Euan thinks that his middle name, Crispin, is "fruity".
13	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Season two has this exchange early on
14	-->'''Euan:''' That's TV, isn't it. They cancel shows that people love, and then shows that nobody sees, they leave on.\
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16	'''Mike:''' We should talk about something else. ''[Several episodes later, it was canceled.]''
17	* MagneticGirlfriend: This happens to Mike. It's actually lampshaded and later subverted when he then tries to cheat on his girlfriend. The girls that were all over him suddenly hate his guts.
18	* NobodyPoops: Averted; Euan walks in on his GirlOfTheWeek in the bathroom to discover that she is "doing the bad one".
19	* OddCouple: Euan and Mike; Euan is a British, very confident womanizer while Mike is a play-it-safe American.
20	* TallTale: Chau did this once about the story of Euan and Liz.
21	* ThisIsWrongOnSoManyLevels: Some people are changing at a gym, and while the are naked, some guys get into a fight, dragging the main characters into it. One of them says the phrase.
22	* TryingNotToCry: PlayedForLaughs with Chau saying he didn't want to cry, when Status hires his posse back.
23	* WackyGuy: Chau.

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