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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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