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2	A DomCom [[JustForFun/RecycledINSPACE IN THE WHITE HOUSE!]] [[FollowTheLeader Or perhaps more specifically]], ''Series/ModernFamily'' IN THE WHITE HOUSE!
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4	President Dale Gilchrist (Creator/BillPullman) has a host of family issues to deal with while running the country. His new wife Emily (Creator/JennaElfman) is trying to become accepted as a member of the family. His oldest son Skip (Creator/JoshGad) is a LazyBum who has moved back home after wasting seven years of college partying. Oldest daughter Becca (Creator/MarthaMacIsaac) is supposed to be the respectable one, but has just become pregnant as the series opens due to the LawOfInverseFertility. The First Family is rounded out with lesbian teen Marigold (Amara Miller) and preteen genius Xander (Creator/BenjaminStockham). Press secretary Marshall Malloy (Creator/AndreHolland) is Becca's former boyfriend while lovable idiot D.B. (Creator/RobbieAmell) is her alleged baby daddy.
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6	After only thirteen episodes, Creator/{{NBC}} canceled the series on May 9, 2013.
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8	!!''1600 Penn'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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10	* AccidentalPublicConfession: When Becca tells Emily that she's pregnant, they were in the middle of taping a TV segment and the mics were still on. The next day it was the big story on all the broadcasts.
11	* AesopAmnesia: Skip knows he's a screw-up and has been explicitly and repeatedly told by the people he most loves and respects ''exactly'' what he's screwing up and how to correct it, but he seems to forget each of these lessons by the end of the scene.
12	* AffectionateNickname: "Momily," coined by Skip. ({{Portmanteau}}, of course, of "mom" and "Emily".)
13	* ArtisticLicenseGeography: There's no such thing as a "Princess of Andorra". Although the leaders of the country are called "co-princes", it's not a hereditary monarchy. The co-princes are a bishop appointed by UsefulNotes/ThePope and the other is the President of France (formerly the King of France). The only way there would be an Andorran princess would be if the French president was female (the other co-prince can't be female, being a Catholic bishop and all).
14	* BelligerentSexualTension: Parodied in "Game Theory". Becca and D.B. get into a fight while painting a mural. In the middle of the fight, he kisses her and she pushes him away, yelling "This is just a fight! It's not a fight with romantic undertones!" [[DoubleSubversion She kisses him later in the scene anyway.]]
15	* BettyAndVeronica: In "Bursting the Bubble", Princess Abigail is the Veronica to Skip's regular love interest Stacy Kim. Due to the temporary nature of Abigail's presence, the dynamic exists for only one episode.
16	* BookEnds: The pilot begins with Skip giving an inspiring speech to his buddies as they are about to shoot fireworks at the frat house. [[spoiler:By the end of the episode, Skip gives the same speech, almost word-for-word, to the Latin American leaders who've been under heavy pressure by the Brazilian President, de Soto, to strike down the trade deal. He even says "Miguel still loves her!" where he had previously said "Mike still loves her!"]]
17	* BrokenTreasure: Done with some priceless Habsburg china in "Meet the Parent." Guess those artisans died in vain after all...
18	* BuffySpeak: D.B. wants to get back to the Old Navy where he works, so he asks the Secret Service agent, "Can I go back to the mall? Not the Lincoln Memorial-y one, the real one?"
19	* ChocolateBaby: Much to everyone's surprise [[spoiler:(especially Marshall), Becca's baby turns out to be one.]]
20	* EuropeansAreKinky: How the French president and his wife are portrayed in "Dinner, Bath, Puzzle". The episode also makes an obligatory reference to the other French stereotype, when Dale mentions that the French are much better at lovemaking than at [[CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys not getting invaded]].
21	** Princess Abigail of Andorra ("Bursting the Bubble") likes sneaking off to raves to get wasted and have wild sex when she takes trips abroad.
22	%%* GoGetterGirl: Becca. %%%ZCE
23	* GratuitousGerman: In "Meet the Parent." Believe it or not, Skip is responsible, not the Austrian ambassador or his wife.
24	* HopelessSuitor: [[spoiler: D.B. in regards to Becca. The show drops some very large hints over the course of the season that Becca is simply settling for D.B. because he knocked her up and isn't actually in love with him. The finale reveals that, unbeknownst to everyone, it was Marshall's baby.]]
25	* HypocriticalHumor: After Winslow nearly knocks over a lamp, Skip (having just broken a priceless plate), lambasts him thusly:
26	--> '''Skip:''' Guys, this house is full of antiques! You really gotta be more careful, okay? I can't emphasize that enough!
27	* InventedIndividual: The title character in the episode "The Short Happy Life of Reba Cadbury"
28	* LawOfInverseFertility: Normally reserved Becca managed to get pregnant off the one time she had a one-night stand. However, it is mentioned that she did not use protection, making the trope slightly more plausible than normal. [[spoiler:Later becomes moot when it's revealed that her pregnancy didn't come from that one-night stand anyway.]]
29	* LeFilmArtistique: A fictional French film in "Dinner, Bath, Puzzle"
30	* ManChild: Skip, big time.
31	* ManHug:
32	** Between Skip and D.B. in "Meet the Parent."
33	** Gets a CallBack later, when D.B. hugs Dale.
34	---> '''D.B.:''' I don't believe in handshakes. Skip taught me that.
35	* MayDecemberRomance: Dale and Emily
36	* MrFanservice: Becca's baby daddy D.B. As Becca herself puts it, "Is that a swimmer's build?"
37	* NiceGuy: D.B. Essentially, he's what Skip would be like if he traded in his fat for muscle - and subtracted some of his {{Man Child}}-y bumbling.
38	* NoPartyGiven: We hear almost nothing about actual politics anyway.
39	* OrphanedPunchline: "Bursting the Bubble" opens with Marshall saying to a press conference, "Long story short, that is why you don't try to [[Film/NationalTreasure steal the Declaration of Independence]]."
40	* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Dale Gilchrist seems to be a President Personable, not that that's particularly relevant. The show's focus is on the family drama and the actual running of the country is only given token mentions.
41	* ParentWithNewParamour: Becca is somewhat resentful of Emily for this reason.
42	* ThePlace: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is, of course, the address of the White House and often shortened to "1600 Penn".
43	* RacistGrandpa: Senator Thoroughgood in "So You Don't Want to Dance". He's apparently a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Strom Thurmond, complete with the wheelchair.
44	* {{Scandalgate}}: When Dale makes a joke about weddings being pointless, the press dubs the incident "Wedding-gate" and spends the next month harping on his supposed opposition to family values.
45	-->'''Marshall''': Sir, you've offended women. And men trying to impress women, [[AllMenArePerverts which is all men]], except gay men, whom you've also offended.
46	* SecretKeeper: Emily for Marigold's sexuality until the latter comes out to Skip later on. Emily was going to be this for Becca's pregnancy at first, too, until the AccidentalPublicConfession.
47	* SeriousBusiness: The game of Risk for Xander and Dale.
48	* ShoutOut: to ''WebVideo/TheGuild'' - Skips has a signed poster of Codex on his wall.
49	* SpringtimeForHitler: In the pilot, the President is supposed to deliberately lose a tennis match against the overly prideful Brazilian president, so that he'll agree to a trade deal. Not realizing this, Skip whips up the crowd into a patriotic fervor, chanting "USA! USA! USA!" Dale's pride gets the better of him and he wins the match against the interests of the country.
50	-->'''Dale''': All that patriotic chanting...it's infectious.
51	* StockScream: The Wilhelm scream is heard in the first scene of the pilot.
52	* TrophyWife: Emily is accused of being one, despite being a successful campaign manager before marrying Dale.
53	* WackyAmericansHaveWackyNames: Skip's real name is Standrich Gilchrist.
54	* WalkAndTalk: Played straight in the series, but a promo has Skip unable to walk while talking successfully.
55	* WellDoneSonGuy: Skip's relationship with Dale.

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