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1	->''"Well, here we go."''
2	-->--'''Tim Lincecum''', ''"Season One, Preview Episode"''
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4	The Franchise is a RealityShow currently airing on Showtime as of August 2011. Its first season followed the 2011 season of the [[{{UsefulNotes/Baseball}} San Francisco Giants]], after their 2010 season, which culminated in them winning the World Series. The second season follows the 2012 season of the Miami Marlins, who recently moved to a new stadium, bought an influx of new talent, and have renamed their team from the Florida Marlins. The series currently has a 'preview episode' and eight standard episodes, and each episode focuses on one or two players on the squad, going deeper into their life stories and current problems.
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7	!! The Franchise: A Season with the San Francisco Giants provides examples of:
8	%% * BigGame: Pretty much OnceAnEpisode.
9	* CurbStompBattle: A couple of times, the most notable so far being the Giants losing to the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-2.
10	* ADayInTheLimelight: One of the selling points of the show - no one is too big or too small to be featured.
11	* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: Tim Lincecum becomes aware of a camera watching him as he offhandedly sings a bar of [[Music/KatyPerry "Last Friday Night"]] in the clubhouse. He quickly stops.
12	%% * DownToTheLastPlay: Played straight and subverted on numerous occasions.
13	%% * HighSchoolSweethearts: Buster Posey and his wife.
14	* ManlyTears: Brandon Belt, during his [[spoiler: meeting with manager Bruce Bochy, where he is informed he's made the starting lineup for Opening Day.]]
15	%% * MrFanservice: You'll probably find someone on the team attractive.
16	%% * OpposingSportsTeam: Duh.
17	* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The 2010 Giants team is referred to as such a few times, being cobbled together from castoffs from other teams, a few new kids, and a couple of eccentrics.
18	%% * RealityShow
19	%% * RealMenWearPink: Brian Wilson.
20	* SaveOurTeam: Worked pretty well for the Giants in 2010, but, as the show documents, isn't working as well for them in 2011.
21	%% * SeriousBusiness: Dominoes, apparently.
22	%% * ShirtlessScene: Since about 50% of the show takes place in a locker room...
23	* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: "Dominoes, bitches."
24	* ThoseTwoGuys: Aubrey Huff and Mark DeRosa inadvertently become this when sitting the bench during a game. Tim Lincecum and Brian Wilson could also count.
25	%% * UnderdogsNeverLose: Played very straight during the 2010 Postseason.
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27	!! The Franchise: A Season with the Miami Marlins provides examples of:
28	* ClusterFBomb: In the opening scene of the first episode alone, Ozzie Guillen is clocked at 97 F-bombs during an inspirational speech.
29	* DownToTheLastPlay: Heath Bell's struggles closing games often result in this, for better or worse.
30	* FromBadToWorse: Again, Heath Bell's struggles, to the point where he says that his team is great and "I suck".
31	%% * GoryDiscretionShot: Averted with Giancarlo Stanton's knee surgery.
32	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Really, Ozzie, how did you think saying you loved UsefulNotes/FidelCastro was going to go over IN SOUTH FLORIDA?
33	%% * ShirtlessScene: Again, as with the first season.
34	* ThoseTwoGuys: Hanley Ramirez and Jose Reyes are portrayed as this. The media in Florida played it [[TheRival differently]] when Reyes arrived from New York.

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