1 | * AudienceAlienatingPremise: Poobala.com noted this trope on [[http://www.poobala.com/maryandrhoda.html their page]] for the show. It suggests that a happily married and contented Rhoda may've alienated some viewers who liked her original characterization (a DeadpanSnarker with low self-esteem and dating troubles) better. However, as they said, attempting to put Rhoda back the way she was on ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'' definitely made things worse. |
2 | -->"...people might not like the happy and contented Rhoda but they also don't necessarily want to see her happiness shattered and her marriage ruined!" |
3 | * EnsembleDarkhorse: Six words: "Hello, this is Carlton, your doorman." |
4 | * HilariousInHindsight: In a way, it's kind of touching that fat, unloved, unwanted Brenda ended up one-half of television's longest marriages as [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Marge Simpson]]. |
5 | ** John Ritter and Norman Fell guest-starred in the same episode ("Chest Pains") a year before working together on ''Three's Company'' as Jack Tripper and Mr. Stanley Roper. |
6 | * HollywoodPudgy: Brenda constantly refers to herself as fat, [[ReplacementFlatCharacter just like Rhoda used to]]. |
7 | * MorePopularSpinoff: At least in Britain, where this proved to be more successful than the parent show. |
8 | * RetroactiveRecognition: |
9 | ** Rhoda's sister is [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Marge Simpson]]. |
10 | ** Carlton the Doorman is known to a later generation as [[WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends Garfield]]. |
11 | * SeasonalRot: Starting with the third season, where Rhoda and Joe have an explosive argument that leads to a separation. By the end of the season, they've divorced (it's finalized at the start of season four). While the writers felt this was a better direction for the Rhoda character, the viewers disagreed and the show never recovered. |
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