History Series / Californication

* CatholicSchoolGirlsRule: jailbaitJailBait. Becca later attends the same school, much to Hank's chagrin.
** Season six has Faith, [[SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll a former Catholic school girl]]. Ironically, she's very spiritual.

* SleepingWithTheBosssWife: Hank Moody has sex with a drop-dead gorgeous ebony woman after meeting her on a plane ride ''before'' discovering that she's the main squeeze of gangster/rapper Samurai Apocalypse, who has hired/forced Hank to write the script for his new movie. This becomes a massive worry for Hank, who rightly fears that SA--who isn't averse to a HighAltitudeInterrogation--will kill him, which he almost does when he finally finds out (Hank survives with a [[OnlyAFleshWound flesh wound]]).

''Californication'' is a Creator/{{Showtime}} {{dramedy}} created by Tom Kapinos and starring Creator/DavidDuchovny, Creator/NataschaMcElhone and Creator/EvanHandler.

Duchovny plays Hank Moody, [[AntiHero a ladies' man and occasional novelist who likes his booze and pot a bit too much]]. When he is first introduced in the first season, his life has slowly fallen apart since his longtime girlfriend Karen ([=McElhone=]) left him. He struggles to be a good parental figure to his and Karen's daughter Becca (Madeleine Martin), and he fails to produce any kind of written work due to his drug use and sex addiction. He becomes more unstable especially after his book, "God Hates Us All", gets turned into a gooey, flowery movie called "A Crazy Little Thing Called Love". His producer and best friend, Charlie Runkle (Evan Handler) constantly goofs up mishap after mishap, [[BetaCouple as his marriage to his wife Marcy]] (Creator/PamelaAdlon) crumbles.


The show premiered in 2007. The final seventh season aired in 2014.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Charlie jerking off in his office. Constantly. [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown Doesn't he know there are cameras everywhere?]]

* GenerationXerox: Charlie's son is a carbon copy of him. [[ADateWithRosiePalms Down to the whole masturbation in public shtick.]]

* HasTwoMommies: Becca's season 5 boyfriend Tyler was raised by a lesbian couple, [[LipstickLesbian Lisa]] and [[ButchLesbian Debbie]].

* TotallyEighteen: Discussed when Hank Moody discovers the attractive socialite that seduced him at a book store (while reading his book no less) is actually 16... and the daughter of his ex-girlfriend's current partner. The mistake is a major plot point for the rest of the series as the girl in question keeps the threat of blackmail pointed at Hank.

** Rick Springfield in season 3 [[AdamWesting makes fun of his own character]]. He is playing [[MadArtist "a twisted version of himself,"]] a [[{{Jerkass}} "Rick Springfield]] [[HeelFaceTurn of the past,"]] according to Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}.

** [[TheNameIsBondJamesBond Collini,]] [[RuleOfCool out.]]

* LousyLoversAreLosers: Being a BromanticFoil to ChickMagnet Hank, Charlie is depicted as a lousy lover who has issues with [[SpeedSex premature ejaculation]], to the point his ex-wife nicknamed him "[[EmbarrassingNickname Prema-Charlie]]" and often talks about how unsatisfying she was when they were together.

* AllWomenAreLustful: And Hank has trouble saying no.

* LittleMissSnarker: Becca.

''Californication'' is a Creator/{{Showtime}} {{dramedy}} created by Tom Kapinos and starring Creator/DavidDuchovny, Creator/NataschaMcElhone and Evan Handler.

* BookEnds : The Pilot begins with "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and Hank in his car, and the Season 4 finale ends with the song playing over Hank driving out of LA. Thus begins and ends the main story arc.
* BottleEpisode : Season 3 Episode 8 - "The Apartment" is set entirely in - you guessed it - an apartment.

* ButtMonkey: Charlie, played for laughs.
* TheCasanova: Hank, overlapping with ChickMagnet.

* CliffHanger: The end of season 5 doesn't show the aftermath of [[spoiler:Hank getting drugged and slipping into unconsciousness]].

* DeceptiveDisciple: Mia.

* DumbBlonde:
** Averted with Karen. Still, she is a bit insane to have a 15-year on-and-off relationship with Hank.

* FilleFatale: Mia.

* FollowTheLeader: In-universe ShowWithinAShow examples:

* LargeHam: Eddie Nero and Richard Bates are boisterous larger than life characters with peculiar speech patterns.

* NoNudityTaboo: Bates. At least, [[NakedPeopleAreFunny while he's drunk]]. No male organ in sight though; he instead tucks it between his legs and turns it into his "man-gina", much to everybody else's disgust, and Hank's amusement.

* ThePornomancer: Hank again.

* [[ReallySeventeenYearsOld Really Sixteen Years Old]]: Mia, of course, doesn't reveal her true age until ''after'' she has seduced Hank.

--> '''Becca''': Dad?
--> '''Hank''': Yes, m'dear?
--> '''Becca''': Why is there a naked lady in your bedroom?

* TheFellowshipHasEnded: An interesting case, since this has already occurred at the beginning of the series. Whenever the core four of Hank, Charlie, Karen and Marcy get together for some reason, they inevitably lament about how much they miss the good old days. And, inevitably, whenever Hank and Karen manage to reconcile, Charlie and Marcy are on the outs, and vice versa. More often than not, both couples are split, and at best, all four are on speaking terms. Even Becca, who would have been little more than a child when both couples were new to LA and happily together, believes things were better in those days. The result gives the series a decidedly bittersweet epilogue feel.

* GrammarCorrectionGag: Hank delivers an humorous rant about how writing on internet is not writing at all:
-->'''Hank:''' They don't write anymore, they ''blog''. Instead of talking, they text, no punctuation, no grammar: LOL this and LMFAO that.

* YouMakeMeSic: Hank's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGz6NdLBF2Y rant about internet-speak]].

* BreastAttack: Charlie Runkle suffers some serious nipple damage while attempting to have a three-way with his wife and his secretary. This is later referenced during the third season.

* {{Flanderization}}: Charlie goes from a capable agent and helpful friend in season one with a weakness for kinky women to a stupid manchild in season four who will stick his wiener in anything with a pulse and actually tells a sex story in court. Seriously, the man has been a very successful agent for twenty years prior to the series, he should know better than that.
Funnily also his main rival and doppelgänger Stu Beggs goes through some serious flanderization, starting out as an eccentric wealthy Hollywood movie producer with a slightly unhealthy crush on Marcy, to become her lapdog after marrying her, to become legitimately obsessed with her to the point of being pathological by their divorce.

--> "The wall of cocks sequence alone would have blown people's minds."

Duchovny plays Hank Moody, [[AntiHero a ladies' man and occasional novelist who likes his booze and pot a bit too much]]. When he is first introduced in the first season, his life has slowly fallen apart since his longtime girlfriend Karen ([=McElhone=]) left him. He struggles to be a good parental figure to his and Karen's daughter Becca (Madeleine Martin), and he fails to produce any kind of written work due to his drug use and sex addiction. He becomes more unstable especially after his book, "God Hates Us All", gets turned into a gooey, flowery movie called "A Crazy Little Thing Called Love". His producer and best friend, Charlie Runkle (Evan Handler) constantly goofs up mishap after mishap, [[BetaCouple as his marriage to his wife Marcy]] (Creator/Pamela Adlon) crumbles.

Duchovny plays Hank Moody, [[AntiHero a ladies' man and occasional novelist who likes his booze and pot a bit too much]]. When he is first introduced in the first season, his life has slowly fallen apart since his longtime girlfriend Karen ([=McElhone=]) left him. He struggles to be a good parental figure to his and Karen's daughter Becca (Madeleine Martin), and he fails to produce any kind of written work due to his drug use and sex addiction. He becomes more unstable especially after his book, "God Hates Us All", gets turned into a gooey, flowery movie called "A Crazy Little Thing Called Love". His producer and best friend, Charlie Runkle (Evan Handler) constantly goofs up mishap after mishap, [[BetaCouple as his marriage to his wife Marcy]] (Creator/Pamela Aldon) crumbles.

Duchovny plays Hank Moody, [[AntiHero a ladies' man and occasional novelist who likes his booze and pot a bit too much]]. When he is first introduced in the first season, his life has slowly fallen apart since his longtime girlfriend Karen ([=McElhone=]) left him. He struggles to be a good parental figure to his and Karen's daughter Becca (Madeleine Martin), and he fails to produce any kind of written work due to his drug use and sex addiction. He becomes more unstable especially after his book, "God Hates Us All", gets turned into a gooey, flowery movie called "A Crazy Little Thing Called Love". His producer and best friend, Charlie Runkle (Evan Handler) constantly goofs up mishap after mishap, [[BetaCouple as his marriage to his wife Marcy]] (Pamela Aldon) crumbles.

Duchovny plays Hank Moody, [[AntiHero a ladies' man and occasional novelist who likes his booze and pot a bit too much]]. When he is first introduced in the first season, his life has slowly fallen apart since his longtime girlfriend Karen ([=McElhone=]) left him. He struggles to be a good parental figure to his and Karen's daughter Becca (Madeleine Martin), and he fails to produce any kind of written work due to his drug use and sex addiction. He becomes more unstable especially after his book, "God Hates Us All", gets turned into a gooey, flowery movie called "A Crazy Little Thing Called Love". His producer and best friend, Charlie Runkle (Evan Handler) constantly goofs up mishap after mishap, [[BetaCouple as his marriage to his wife Marcy (Pamela Aldon) crumbles]].

Duchovny plays Hank Moody, [[AntiHero a ladies' man and occasional novelist who likes his booze and pot a bit too much]]. When he is first introduced in the first season, his life has slowly fallen apart since his longtime girlfriend Karen ([=McElhone=]) left him. He struggles to be a good parental figure to his and Karen's daughter Becca (Madeleine Martin), and he fails to produce any kind of written work due to his drug use and sex addiction. He becomes more unstable especially after his book, "God Hates Us All", gets turned into a gooey, flowery movie called "A Crazy Little Thing Called Love". His producer and best friend, Charlie Runkle (Evan Handler) constantly goofs up mishap after mishap, [[BetaCouple as his marriage to his wife Marcy (Pamela Adlon) crumbles]].

Not to be confused with the Music/RedHotChiliPeppers album of the [[NamesTheSame same name]], or with HollywoodProvincialism, a trope that is often called "Californication" outside this wiki (especially in the western US)[[note]]It's usually associated with Southern California-style suburban sprawl, though it's also used to refer to the "big city" attitudes that many Californians bring with them when they move to places like Colorado and Oregon.[[/note]].