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1* ActorAllusion: Tons.
2** Jules (Cox) asking her son if he's just faking being sad to make happy news a surprise - frequently done by [[Series/{{Friends}} Joey]]. Also, like Monica, Jules is a good cook and somewhat of a neat freak.
3*** When Jules fails to get a reference to Seinfeld, Elles tells her it was a show... "You know, Must See TV?"
4*** Could be 2 references in one, as ''Scrubs'' was also an infrequent part of the "Must See TV" line-up (at one point even having ''Friends'' as its direct lead-in).
5** Ellie (Miller) losing interest every time the conversation stops being about her, and using the exact phrase"[[Series/{{Scrubs}} I'm back in!]]" whenever somebody says something interesting again.
6** Travis noting to Kirsten explaining how she's his escape from 'friends' prison immediately after mentioning Jules.
7** Travis flipping through Jules's yearbook and finding the picture of her dancing with Music/BruceSpringsteen. She proceeds to demonstrate.
8** Travis's college roommate, Kevin, is mentioned as being an [[Series/FridayNightLights "all-state linebacker in high school."]]
9** Ellie's husband has had 2 vasectomies.
10** Jules' middle name is Kiki, Courteney's middle name is Bass
11** Too many references to ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' to include here, see CrossoverPunchline example on the main page for the most concentrated single instance.
12** Both [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yYhhZQx0Xhg Josh Hopkins (Grayson)]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2dH289KxkGw Ian Gomez (Andy)]] were in Music/AlanisMorissette videos, which made it on the show (Grayson's modeling past and Andy's... random-ass past).
13* CaliforniaDoubling: The palm trees are a dead give away. If you know anything about palm trees. You probably don't.
14** Also, leaving the address numbers painted on the sidewalk instead of the mailbox is much more common in LA than Florida.
15* TheCastShowoff:
16** Grayson and guest star Music/SherylCrow had a duet called "Running"
17** Grayson does impressions of the other members of the cul-de-sac crew
18* ChannelHop: From ABC to TBS.
19* DawsonCasting: 18-year-old Travis is played by 25-year-old Dan Byrd. It works, though.
20** His 23-year-old girlfriend Kirsten was played by 30-year-old Collete Wolfe. It didn't really work. Averted with his Season 1 girlfriend Kylie played by Spencer Locke who was 18 in 2009.
21*** As of 2013, Courteney Cox is 49. Jules is 41.
22* DirectedByCastMember: Creator/CourteneyCox directed the episodes "Square One" and the series finale "Last Dance With Mary Jane".
23* HideYourPregnancy: Busy Phillipps' pregnancy was not written in during season four, so they did this with Laurie by hiding her behind things.
24* RealLifeRelative: Courteney Cox's actual daughter Coco cameoed on two episodes: season 2's "You Gonna Get It" and season 3's "Square One".
25* WordOfGod: In 2014, Creator/BillLawrence finally confirmed what the show would've been called had the title been changed, on Twitter: "Sunshine State". It becomes the show's title for the series finale.
26** During development, other titles before "Cougar Town" were "40 and Single" and "The Courteney Cox Show".

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