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''The Pitts'' is a short-lived DomCom that aired on FOX in 2003 (in place of the dark comedy ''Series/{{Titus}}'' following Christopher Titus arguing with executives over the show's content) and starred Creator/DylanBaker, Kellie Waymire, Creator/LizzyCaplan and Creator/DavidHenrie.

Bob and Liz Pitt, their teenage daughter Faith and their 12 year old son Petey are a normal middle class suburban family... or at least they would be if they weren't both BornUnlucky and major {{Weirdness Magnet}}s. Be it mere freak fires or being mauled by beavers or outright haunted cars and werewolves the Pitts regularly put up with situations and injuries more commonly found in cartoons than LiveActionTelevision. The show was co-created by former ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' showrunner Mike Scully, so that would explain the cartoonishness of the show.

The original show did not last long (five episodes, plus two which were never shown in the US), due to poor reviews and ratings. There was an abortive attempt at an animated adaptation in 2007 that would have seen Baker and Caplan return to their characters (Waymire had passed away in 2003 a few months after the show ended and Henrie was unavailable having joined ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace''). FOX decided not to run with the animated version.
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!!Tropes used by the series:
* AmusingInjuries: ''Everyone'' in the main cast but especially Bob and Faith.
* BrainlessBeauty: Faith is a weird example in that while she ''literally'' qualifies (see WhoEvenNeedsABrain below) and is a bit shallow and boy obsessesed she is probably the best DeadpanSnarker in the show and doesn't come across as all that ditzy otherwise.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Faith.
* BumblingDad: Bob.
* WhoEvenNeedsABrain: In the episode 'Miss American Pipe' Faith gets a section of drain pipe almost the diameter of a tennis ball lodged in her head, running all the way through [[InOneEarOutTheOther just above her ears]]. A mystified doctor noted there was "absolutely no damage" and at the end of the episode the pipe was knocked out leaving a hole clear through her head with no visible brain matter. Faith bemoaned her bad luck throughout but suffered no side effects other than being treated as a freak at school.
* WorldOfWeirdness: Living ventriloquist's dummies, sentient cars, werewolves. Picture a DomCom set in the ''Magazine/WeeklyWorldNews'' universe.
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