History WesternAnimation / TheDatingGuy

* AnythingThatMoves: While, for the most part, the group dates and does normal people, sometimes things can get... bizarre. At one point, Mark comments being turned on by a pack of wolves.

* WeirdnessMagnet: Most of the GirlOfTheWeek Mark goes out with usually have some sort of quirk. Perhaps the only exception is [[ButNotTooBlack Janey]].

* {{Gasshole}}: Sam was briefly in "AsspocalypseNow". When she and VJ were coming back from Brazil because Sam went to get butt implants, she wondered why she wouldn't stop farting after her surgery; until she realizes that her butt is now huge because the doctor transferred all of VJ's stomach fat into hers, and now she had VJ's butt, which also seems to imply that VJ is gassy.

* {{Gasshole}}: Sam was briefly in "Ass PocalypseNow". When she and VJ were coming back from Brazil because Sam went to get butt implants, she wondered why she wouldn't stop farting after her surgery; until she realizes that her butt is now huge because the doctor transferred all of VJ's stomach fat into hers, and now she had VJ's butt, which also seems to imply that VJ is gassy.

* {{Gasshole}}: Sam was briefly in "AssPocalypse Now". When she and VJ were coming back from Brazil because Sam went to get butt implants, she wondered why she wouldn't stop farting after her surgery; until she realizes that her butt is now huge because the doctor transferred all of VJ's stomach fat into hers, and now she had VJ's butt, which also seems to imply that VJ is gassy.

%%* ADateWithRosiePalms: VJ, constantly.

* EvilLuddite: The anti-technology Amish terrorists.

%%* ChristmasCake: Denise.

* TeamPet: Zorro, VJ's pet raccoon. Also an instance of CriticalResearchFailure, as raccoons are illegal to keep as pets in the city of Toronto. Mind, it would simply be the first of many very odd charges they would get slapped with if they were taken to jail.

%%* HotScientist: Roberta, one of Woody's GirlOfTheWeek.

[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right: VJ Mendhi, Mark Dexler, Woody Jenkns, and Sam Goldman]]

''The Dating Guy'' is a Canadian animated TV series from Creator/EntertainmentOne and [=MarbleMedia=] created by Creator/MarkBishop and Creator/MattHornburg. It tells the story of Mark Dexler (voiced by Creator/), a guy looking for love in all the wrong places (and usually the strange places too).

* ArrangedMarriage and CitizenshipMarriage: Both shown in the episode "Deranged Marriage"

* BatmanGambit: Connie, a weathergirl fired from her position due to a blunder by Mark, engineers one on him. [[spoiler: It works.]]
* BettyAndVeronica: Mark dates Shari, who is intellectual and witty, and her puppet Malory, who is foul-mouthed, makes sexual jokes, and is downright rude to Sam and Anderson. Mark considers Malory real, not interested in Shari at all unless Malory is a part of it.

** HospitalHottie [[GirlOfTheWeek Marie-Claire]], one of Mark's dates, promises him [[SexGoddess the best sex of his life]] in exchange for a kidney to save her brother.
** It is strongly implied that during their jailbreak from a prison in the Philippines, Mark Woody and V.J. [[ComedicSociopathy murder (or at the very least cut open) another escaping prisoner]] to [[OrganTheft steal one of his kidneys]].

* ChurchMilitant: Mark's former girlfriend Gina, who is a [[IncrediblyLamePun nun-ja.]]
* ComicSutra: In "Boner Donor", SexGoddess GirlOfTheWeek Marie-Claire promises Mark a "Mongolian meat mover". He has no idea what it is, but he's looking forward to finding out.

** [[spoiler: An Irish "leprechaun" and his hot daughter, Fiona, are ones.]]

* DumbBlonde: A GirlOfTheWeek, Cherry Sundae, is a porn star who's saving herself for the right guy (outside of work, of course)

** A GirlOfTheWeek, Charity, is a rather obvious one of [[Series/TheDukesOfHazzard Daisy Duke]]
** Another GirlOfTheWeek, Lila, is one of [[Film/AustinPowers Foxxy Cleopatra.]]

* FieryRedhead: Sam is one, as are a few GirlOfTheWeek, like Fiona.
* FishOutOfWater: Rina, VJ's finance from an arranged marriage, who is "an illiterate from a pissant village", who draws water from an airplane bathroom. She eventually adapts after hooking up with VJ's cousin, leaving him at the altar.

* GirlOfTheWeek: At least one new one a week, sometimes a guy instead for Sam. [[WeirdnessMagnet Each one is exceedingly quirky.]] Only [[UpperClassTwit Brie]] shows up more than once, although others can be seen in cameos.

** As does GirlOfTheWeek [[Creator/AlysonCourt Brie.]]

* OnlySixFaces: Sam poses as [[BritishRockStar Danica Morris.]] No one notices.

* ShrinkRay: [[HotScientist Roberta]] uses one on Woody, Anderson, and Jeff, the Felafel guy.

* TeamPet: Zorro, VJ's pet raccoon. Also an instance of CriticalResearchFailure, as raccoons are illegal to keep as pets in the city of Toronto. Mind it would simply be the first of many very odd charges they would get slapped with if they were taken to jail.

* WeirdnessMagnet: Most of the GirlOfTheWeek Mark goes out with usually have some sort of quirk. Perhaps the only exception is [[ButNotTooBlack Janey.]]
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Woody constantly, in the episode "Brother From Another Tanning Booth" Mark and Woody change “colour” when they each get their skin lightened/darkened, black Mark proves this.

* {{Beastess}}: Rhonda, a she-wolf. [[EverybodyHasLotsOfSex Mark still does her.]]

''The Dating Guy'' is a Canadian animated TV series from Creator/EntertainmentOne and [=MarbleMedia=] created by Mark Bishop and Matt Hornburg. It tells the story of Mark Dexler, a guy looking for love in all the wrong places (and usually the strange places too).

* VJ Mendhi: BollywoodNerd and eternal virgin.
* Woody Jenkins: Mark's best friend. He... ReallyGetsAround
* Sam Goldman: Snarky TokenGirl with Sociopathic tendencies

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Ginger, one of Mark's girlfriends, becomes more interested when he gets involved in a gang war.
** Inverted, though, with VJ's girlfriend Lily, who became interested in her date when she saw his sensitive side.

* AnythingThatMoves: While, for the most part, the group dates and does normal people, sometimes things can get...bizarre. At one point, Mark comments being turned on by a pack of wolves.

* BaldOfEvil: Discussed by Sam and Woody when her date, Carl, is bald. According to Woody, all bald men are evil.

* BillyNeedsAnOrgan: [[HospitalHottie Marie-Claire]], one of Mark's dates, promises him sex in exchange for a kidney to save her brother.

* BoyMeetsGhoul: The HalloweenEpisode "There's Something About Amelia" has Mark dating a Werewolf.

* ConMan: Anderson is one by profession, although Sam also likes to engage in cons herself.

* {{Expy}}: A GirlOfTheWeek, Charity, is a rather obvious one of [[Series/TheDukesOfHazzard Daisy Duke]]
** Another girl, Lila, is one of [[Film/AustinPowers Foxxy Cleopatra.]]
** Freida is one of artist Freida Kahlo.

* HookerWithAHeartofGold: Marie-Claire. She offers sex to Mark in exchange for a kidney transplant to save her little brother Gene. Gene is legitimately dying and Marie-Claire does live up to her end of the bargain.

%%* LovableSexManiac: Pretty much all of the characters in the show.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Ursula does look like a teenager.

* OnlySaneMan: Possibly Celia, Woody's bartending partner. Her weirdest feature is that she thinks coffee is evil.
** It's a bit weirder that she's a Mormon working in a bar.

* RunningGag: At one point, a shoe salesman is shot with a tranquilizer dart three times in quick succession.

* ShoutOut: In "Woodyplicity", there's several shoutouts to ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard''
** One episode is a huge one of Series/TwentyFour.

* TeamPet: Zorro, VJ's pet raccoon
** Also an instance of CriticalResearchFailure, as raccoons are illegal to keep as pets in the city of Toronto. Mind it would simply be the first of many very odd charges they would get slapped with if they were taken to jail.

%%* UpperClassTwit: The Buxtons
* WeirdnessMagnet: Most of the girls Mark goes out with usually have some sort of quirk. Perhaps the only exception is [[ButNotTooBlack Janey.]]

* WithFriendsLikeThese
* WhyIsntItAttacking: Played for laughs when Sam attempts to get a suspected serial killer to murder her, as he only murders extremely good-looking women.

* EyepatchofPower: A GirlOfTheWeek, Monica, who is a German spy, sports one.

* TheAntiChrist Sam thinks her date's son is him. As it turns out, he just didn't take his Ritalin.

%%* ThoseWackyNazis: Captain Steiner

The series started in 2009 and ended in 2011 with 26 episodes. It can be seen on Creator/{{Teletoon}} at Night and [[http://www.hulu.com/the-dating-guy Hulu]]. Here's the [[http://datingguy.com/ website]]. Warning: NSFW.

A Canadian animated TV series created by Mark Bishop and Matt Hornburg, It tells the story of Mark Dexler, a guy looking for love in all the wrong places (and usually the strange places too).

The series started in 2009. Can be seen on Creator/{{Teletoon}} at Night and [[http://www.hulu.com/the-dating-guy Hulu]]. Here's the [[http://datingguy.com/ website]]. Warning: NSFW.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Ursula does look JailBait

The series started in 2009. Can be seen on Teletoon at Night and [[http://www.hulu.com/the-dating-guy Hulu]]. Here's the [[http://datingguy.com/ website]]. Warning: NSFW.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter - For VJ, this is his cousin, Sanjamar, who is rich, attractive, and gets many women.
* TheAntiChrist - Sam thinks her date's son is him. As it turns out, he just didn't take his Ritalin.
* ArrangedMarriage and CitizenshipMarriage - Both shown in the episode "Deranged Marriage"
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking - To convince a doctor he is insane, Anderson mentions a slew of crazy jobs he has. And that he also worked for one week in Gap Kids.
* AnythingThatMoves - While, for the most part, the group dates and does normal people, sometimes things can get...bizarre. At one point, Mark comments being turned on by a pack of wolves.
* {{Atlantis}} - Russell Peters recruits the group in an attempt to find it.
* BadBoss - Denise routinely comes on to both Mark and Bryce (the latter of which she actually had sex with), Bryce, while not Mark's actual boss, is an authority figure and actively enjoys humiliating him and VJ, taking a picture of VJ with a golf-putting device on his genitals just to drive up his Facebook traffic.
* BaldOfEvil - Discussed by Sam and Woody when her date, Carl, is bald. According to Woody, all bald men are evil.
* BankRobbery - Bonnie does one. The plot of "Bonnie and Mark" deals with the escapade after the robbery.
* TheBartender - Both Woody and Celia, although Woody goes on his own adventures. The life of one is discussed by Mark and Woody in "Brother from Another Tanning Booth."
* BatmanGambit - Connie, a weathergirl fired from her position due to a blunder by Mark, engineers one on him. [[spoiler: It works.]]
* {{Beastess}} - Rhonda, a she-wolf. [[EverybodyHasLotsOfSex Mark still does her.]]
* BettyAndVeronica - Mark dates Shari, who is intellectual and witty, and her puppet Malory, who is foul-mouthed, makes sexual jokes, and is downright rude to Sam and Anderson. Mark considers Malory real, not interested in Shari at all unless Malory is a part of it.
* BigEater - Vince's superior officer is always seen eating.
* BillyNeedsAnOrgan - [[HospitalHottie Marie-Claire]], one of Mark's dates, promises him sex in exchange for a kidney to save her brother.

* BoyMeetsGhoul - The HalloweenEpisode "There's Something About Amelia" has Mark dating a Werewolf.

%%* CampGay - Steve Manflesh, a RecurringExtra.
* CasualDangerDialogue - Bonnie engages in this when with Mark while she's bleeding from a gunshot wound to the chest.
%%* ChristmasCake - Denise.
* ChurchMilitant - Mark's former girlfriend Gina, who is a [[IncrediblyLamePun nun-ja.]]
* ConMan - Anderson is one by profession, although Sam also likes to engage in cons herself.
** [[spoiler: An Irish "leprachaun" and his hot daughter, Fiona, are ones.]]
* ConjoinedTwins - An opposite sex pair, actually, Derek and Donna, who become interested in Sam and VJ when they are glued together. [[spoiler: As it turns out, they were unknowingly joined together by their father, who had a sick sense of humor and died from a heart attack before he could tell them.]]
%%* ADateWithRosiePalms - VJ, constantly.
%%* DeadpanSnarker - Ursula and Bryce. Sam also has her moments.
%%* DirtyCop - Mark dates one in "Really Bad Lieutenant."
* DumbBlonde - A GirlOfTheWeek, Cherry Sundae, is a porn star who's saving herself for the right guy (outside of work, of course)
* EmbarrassingFirstName - VJ's first name, Vajeena.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep - Falafel Guy. Parodied in one episode where a name was actually given, but no one called him that.
* EvilLuddite: The anti-technology amish terrorists.
* {{Expy}} - A GirlOfTheWeek, Charity, is a rather obvious one of [[Series/TheDukesOfHazzard Daisy Duke]]

* EyepatchofPower - A GirlOfTheWeek, Monica, who is a German spy, sports one.
* FieryRedhead - Sam is one, as are a few GirlOfTheWeek, like Fiona.
* FishOutOfWater - Rina, VJ's finance from an arranged marriage, who is "an illiterate from a pissant village", who draws water from an airplane bathroom. She eventually adapts after hooking up with VJ's cousin, leaving him at the altar.
%%* FourEyesZeroSoul - Bryce.
%%* FriendsWithBenefits - Sam and Anderson's relationship.
* GirlOfTheWeek - At least one new one a week, sometimes a guy instead for Sam. [[WeirdnessMagnet Each one is exceedingly quirky.]] Only [[UpperClassTwit Brie]] shows up more than once, although others can be seen in cameos.
* GoodAngelBadAngel - When Mark thinks Lila is crazy, little versions of Woody and VJ appear on his shoulder. Woody tells Mark to sleep with her, and VJ says he'd sleep with her if she was a glue-huffing troll.
* GoingCommando - Connie, a weathergirl and one of Mark's dates, has to do this when Mark (unbeknowst to her), steals her panties. A strong gust of wind causes her to flash her audience. After this happens, though, she doesn't put any more panties on, continuing to flash her audience.
* GoldDigger - Diana, who is only interested in Mark if he has a yacht.
%%* HandsomeLech - Anderson and Woody
* HookerWithAHeartofGold - Marie-Claire. She offers sex to Mark in exchange for a kidney transplant to save her little brother Gene. Gene is legitimately dying and Marie-Claire does live up to her end of the bargain.
%%* HostageSituation - A few of these came up.
%%* HotScientist - Roberta, one of Woody's GirlOfTheWeek.
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame - One of Mark's GirlOfTheWeek's father does this in the episode "Beaver Fever", if he can survive, Mark gets to do the nasty with his daughter, if not he'll cut off his pinky finger.
* InnocentInnuendo - There are two white-trash, slutty girls who, when Woody asks if he's seen them before, tells him he saw their video: Two Girls, One Cup (a pornographic film). However, their version is actually the two girls dropping sugar cubes into a single cup of tea and the both of the them drinking it. The trope becomes subverted when, in the second scene, they do a gang-bang with a pack of jealous wolves.
* InternalAffairs - Vince is one of these cops. The person he investigates, Valerie is horribly corrupt and it's treated like a good thing, so not played like the normal InternalAffairs member.

%%* {{Jerkass}} - Bryce

* LaserGuidedKarma - Charity, a GirlOfTheWeek uses her feminine wiles to cheat Mark, VJ, and Vikram out of a car, then backs out of her promises and drives away in the car...promptly getting into a car accident.
%%* LovableSexManiac - Pretty much all of the characters in the show.
* MaleFrontalNudity - Happens to Mark when he gets an edible suit wet on camera. Lampshaded by his boss.
* NoIndoorVoice - Not all the time, but Vince is constantly on edge and speaks in a loud term when he talks about the day-to-day hell of police life.
* MermaidProblem - VJ had sex with a mermaid, but he didn't wonder how it happened until after the fact.
%%* MrsRobinson - Denise
* NewJobAsThePlotDemands - Anderson changes jobs on a regular basis. Part of it has to do with him being a ConMan, but others seem to be legitimate businesses he changes in a few days.
* NightmareFetishist - Sam, who becomes increasingly turned on when Vince mentions some of the disgusting things he'd seen as a police officer.
%%* {{Ninja}} - Shoji.
* NotWhatItLooksLike - Denise walks in on Bryce and VJ seemingly having sex on the former's desk. Bryce is actually getting a putting device off of VJ's penis that is stuck.
* OlderThanTheyLook - Ursula does look JailBait

* OnlySaneMan - Possibly Celia, Woody's bartending partner. Her weirdest feature is that she thinks coffee is evil.

* OnlySixFaces - Sam poses as [[BritishRockStar Danica Morris.]] No one notices.
* PapaWolf - The unnamed merman is one for his underage daughter whom VJ beds.
* ProductPlacement - Once an episode, Doctor Love is either mentioned or on a billboard.
* PsychicPowers - Archangel. Magically made drinks appear, tricked a robber with illusions, and read Sam's mind to figure out her childhood dream was to have Slinkies for arms. Works incredibly, except when he gets Illusionial dysfunction.
%%* RepetitiveName - Anderson Anderson.
%%* RobotGirl - Russell Peters has one, Nautica, on his submarine.
* RunningGag - At one point, a shoe salesman is shot with a tranquilizer dart three times in quick succession.

* SafeWord - "Gooseketeer" is the one Sam and Vince use when out looking for a serial killer.
%%* ScarfOfAsskicking - Bonnie sports one.
%%* SensualSlavs - Monica.
* SexyStewardess - Astrid and Anika, introduced as "Smoking Hot Swedish Flight Attendants."
* ShrinkRay - [[HotScientist Roberta]] uses one on Woody, Anderson, and Jeff, the Felafel guy.
* ShoutOut - In "Woodyplicity", there's several shoutouts to ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard''

* StageMagician - Sam's date Archangel, master illusionist.
* Stripperiffic - Monica, whose outfit consists of a coat with only one button fastened.
%%* TallDarkandHandsome - Handsome Tony
* TeamPet - Zorro, VJ's pet raccoon
** Also an instance of research failure, as raccoons are illegal to keep as pets in the city of Toronto. Mind it would simply be the first of many very odd charges they would get slapped with if they were taken to jail.
%%* ThoseWackyNazis - Captain Steiner
* TruthSerum - Lila attempts to use one on Mark, but accidentally stabs herself with it.
%%* UpperClassTwit - The Buxtons
* WeirdnessMagnet - Most of the girls Mark goes out with usually have some sort of quirk. Perhaps the only exception is [[ButNotTooBlack Janey.]]
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt - Woody constantly, in the episode "Brother From Another Tanning Booth" Mark and Woody change “colour” when they each get their skin lightened/darkened, black Mark proves this.

* WhyIsntItAttacking - Played for laughs when Sam attempts to get a suspected serial killer to murder her, as he only murders extremely good-looking women.
* ZanyScheme - It's a rare episode when Sam isn't either hatching or roped into one. Almost assured if Anderson shows up.

* PsychicPowers - Archangel. Magically made drinks appear, tricked a robber with illusions, and read Sam's mind to figure out her childhood dream was to have Slinkies for arms. Works incredibly, except when he gets [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Illusionial dysfunction.]]

* Woody Jenkins: Mark's BlackBestFriend. He... ReallyGetsAround

* BiTheWay - Woody is shown actively chasing girls, but he makes a comment about having a number of sugar daddies.
** Mark also brings a condom when he's up for promotion; he'll do ''anything'' for his boss Brian Booyah.
** Vince comments that his male superior officer has a sweet ass.
** Captain Steiner

A Canadian animated tv series created by Mark Bishop and Matt Hornburg, It tells the story of Mark Dexler, a guy looking for love in all the wrong places (and usually the strange places too).