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* TheCameo: In the second season finale, one of the people in the background on the bar terrace is played by Danny Pudi. That is, until you notice him acting strange and realize (if you also watch ''Series/{{Community}}'') that it's not Danny Pudi but ''Abed'' in a brilliant, subtle piece of cross-referencing (specifically, it refers to a [[spoiler:possibly made-up]] story Abed tells in [[CommunityS2E19CriticalFilmStudies "Critical Film Studies"]]). Also a case of BreakingTheFourthWall.

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* TheCameo: In the second season finale, one of the people in the background on the bar terrace is played by Danny Pudi. That is, until you notice him acting strange and realize (if you also watch ''Series/{{Community}}'') that it's not Danny Pudi but ''Abed'' in a brilliant, subtle piece of cross-referencing (specifically, it refers to a [[spoiler:possibly made-up]] story Abed tells in [[CommunityS2E19CriticalFilmStudies [[Recap/CommunityS2E19CriticalFilmStudies "Critical Film Studies"]]). Also a case of BreakingTheFourthWall.
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* TheCameo: In the second season finale, one of the people in the background on the bar terrace is played by Danny Pudi. That is, until you notice him acting strange and realize (if you also watch ''Series/{{Community}}'') that it's not Danny Pudi but ''Abed'' in a brilliant, subtle piece of cross-referencing (specifically, it refers to a [[spoiler:possibly made-up]] story Abed tells in "Critical Film Studies"). Also a case of BreakingTheFourthWall.

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* TheCameo: In the second season finale, one of the people in the background on the bar terrace is played by Danny Pudi. That is, until you notice him acting strange and realize (if you also watch ''Series/{{Community}}'') that it's not Danny Pudi but ''Abed'' in a brilliant, subtle piece of cross-referencing (specifically, it refers to a [[spoiler:possibly made-up]] story Abed tells in [[CommunityS2E19CriticalFilmStudies "Critical Film Studies").Studies"]]). Also a case of BreakingTheFourthWall.
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** Barb. Probably at this point the only reason the show still has the title "Cougar Town", and shows up OnceAnEpisode to flaunt her latest conquest in a [[JustForPun punny manner]].

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** Barb. Probably at this point the only reason the show still has the title "Cougar Town", and shows up OnceAnEpisode to flaunt her latest conquest in a [[JustForPun [[{{Pun}} punny manner]].
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* AmicableExes: Jules and Bobby.
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Can be considered a bit of a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', in overall tone, humor, and penchant for amazing musical selections. This isn't surprising- it has the same creator and executive producer, and also features his wife.

Each episode has two or three plots and sub-plots, some only given 2 minutes or so. While it is surrounded with tropes, the "deadbeat dad" tends to be rather wise (and credited by the other characters as a better parent, ''currently'' than the over-involved mom) and the loser son also is not that much of a loser.

Creator/{{TBS}} picked up the show for a fourth (and later fifth) season [[http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2012/05/10/tbs-takes-over-cougar-town-802111/20120510tbs01/ shortly after ABC cancelled it,]] moving to the former network--and cable--in 2013. [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tbs-renews-cougar-town-sixth-697672 On May 10, 2014, it was announced that TBS renewed the show for a final sixth season.]] [[CouchGag They now apologize for the title.]][[note]]Compilation of Title gags are in the Quotes Page[[/note]]

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Can be considered a bit of a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', in overall tone, humor, and penchant for amazing musical selections. This isn't surprising- it has the same surprising--Creator/BillLawrence served as creator and executive producer, producer of both, and also features both feature his wife.

wife (Miller).

Each episode has two or three plots and sub-plots, some only given 2 minutes or so. While it is surrounded with tropes, the "deadbeat dad" tends to be rather wise (and is at times credited by the other characters as a better parent, ''currently'' parent than the over-involved mom) and the loser son also is not that much of a loser.

Creator/{{TBS}} picked up the show in 2013 for a fourth (and later fifth) season [[http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2012/05/10/tbs-takes-over-cougar-town-802111/20120510tbs01/ shortly after ABC cancelled it,]] moving to the former network--and cable--in 2013. [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tbs-renews-cougar-town-sixth-697672 On May 10, 2014, it was announced that TBS and renewed the show it for a final sixth season.]] two more seasons. [[CouchGag They now apologize for the title.]][[note]]Compilation of Title gags are in the Quotes Page[[/note]]
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* StacysMom: Jules. The junior high kids [[ADateWithRosiePalms are very appreciative of her.]]

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* StacysMom: Jules. The junior high kids [[ADateWithRosiePalms are very appreciative of her.]]
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* StupidStatementDanceMix: Jules gets Ellie to make one about Grayson. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAdTgkulZd0 It's awesome.]]
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* WillTheyOrWontThey: Jules and Grayson, who have since [[TheyDo resolved]] the [[UnresolvedSexualTension tension]].

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* WillTheyOrWontThey: Jules and Grayson, who have since [[TheyDo resolved]] resolved the [[UnresolvedSexualTension tension]].
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** In "Two Gunslingers", Travis pretends to be into guys to mess with Grayson's head as revenge for ruining his chances of getting a girl into bed.

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** In "Two Gunslingers", Travis pretends to be into guys to mess with Grayson's head as revenge for ruining his chances of getting a girl into bed. And when Travis complains about it to Andy, Andy reveals that Travis did the same thing to him previously.

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* ReadyForLovemaking: In "Don't Do Me Like That", Jules prepares a [[BathtubScene bubble bath]] and waits for her boyfriend to come in while posing seductively and [[LegFocus kicking her legs up]]... only for it to turn out that she left the door locked so he can't get in. And to make things worse, when she gets out to open it, she slips and bangs her foot.
-->'''Josh:''' Are you okay?\\
'''Jules:''' I banged my foot pretty badly when I fell, but... you can't see the blood through all these bubbles.


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* ReadyForLovemaking: In "Don't Do Me Like That", Jules prepares a [[BathtubScene bubble bath]] and waits for her boyfriend to come in while posing seductively and [[LegFocus kicking her legs up]]... only for it to turn out that she left the door locked so he can't get in. And to make things worse, when she gets out to open it, she slips and bangs her foot.
-->'''Josh:''' Are you okay?\\
'''Jules:''' I banged my foot pretty badly when I fell, but... you can't see the blood through all these bubbles.
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** In the season 2 episode "Makin' Some Noise", when Grayson turns Travis' bedroom into a jam room, one of the instruments is a [[Memes/SaturdayNightLive cowbell]].
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