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Were Still Relevant Dammit is not a trope anymore


* WereStillRelevantDammit: Brettly makes a Rob Ford joke when restoring George Clinton's piano ("this [soundboard] has more cracks than the mayor of Toronto"). A few weeks later, Rob Ford, due to health reasons, took his name out of the mayoral race.

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* WereStillRelevantDammit: UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Brettly makes a Rob Ford joke when restoring George Clinton's piano ("this [soundboard] has more cracks than the mayor of Toronto"). A few weeks later, Rob Ford, due to health reasons, took his name out of the mayoral race.
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* TheWoobie: Tyler. It's true that he screws up a lot, but he actually does try to work, often showing initiative and a willingness to do the job that some of the adult employees lack. While it makes sense to scold him for messing up, he's also never given credit for having a good work ethic in the first place.
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* TheWoobie: Tyler. It's true that he screws up a lot, but he actually does try to work, often showing initiative and a willingness to do the job that some of the adult employees lack. While it makes sense to scold him for messing up, he's also never given credit for having a good work ethic in the first place.
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* FandomRivalry: In what Rick calls another example of the great Coke vs. Pepsi debate, a customer brings in a 1940s Coca-Cola coin changer machine for restoration, but being a Pepsi fan he asks Rick to repaint it in Pepsi blue rather than its original Coke red.

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* FandomRivalry: In what Rick calls another example of the great Coke vs. Pepsi debate, a customer brings in a 1940s Coca-Cola coin changer machine for restoration, but restoration... but, being a Pepsi fan fan, he asks Rick to repaint it in Pepsi blue rather than its original Coke red.



* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Brettly went from being the show's [[Series/PawnStars Chumlee]] (who himself is no longer portrayed as such a buffoon) to being just as competent as anybody else in the shop. It may be that he is actually learning stuff though- as opposed to a decision by writers. This IS an actual business.
* {{Squick}}: In one episode, Kowboy finds that the sandwiches he's bringing to lunch keep disappearing from the fridge and has enough of this, so one day he wraps the sandwich in tape and writes his name on it, and keeps an eye out. Of course it turns out to be Ron, who ignores the name and blames the theft on ignorance. Kowboy reveals he'd mixed his own mucus into the sandwich. Ron was hoping he was joking- Kowboy's comments to the film crew suggest otherwise.

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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Brettly went from being the show's [[Series/PawnStars Chumlee]] (who himself is no longer portrayed as such a buffoon) to being just as competent as anybody else in the shop. It may be that he is actually learning stuff though- stuff, though, as opposed to a decision by writers. This IS ''is'' an actual business.
* {{Squick}}: In one episode, Kowboy finds that the sandwiches he's bringing to lunch keep disappearing from the fridge and has enough of this, so one day he wraps the sandwich in tape and writes his name on it, and keeps an eye out. Of course it turns out to be Ron, who ignores the name and blames the theft on ignorance. Kowboy reveals he'd mixed his own mucus into the sandwich. Ron was hoping he was joking- joking; Kowboy's comments to the film crew suggest otherwise.
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* GrowingTheBeard - Not the show itself (which has always been of consistent quality) but Brettly, who went from comic relief/ GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity to actually becoming competent. The turning point was likely when he restored his own truck and the show couldn't hide his true talents in any believable way any longer.

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* GrowingTheBeard - GrowingTheBeard: Not the show itself (which has always been of consistent quality) but Brettly, who went from comic relief/ GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity relief[=/=]GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity to actually becoming competent. The turning point was likely when he restored his own truck and the show couldn't hide his true talents in any believable way any longer.



* TheWoobie: Tyler. While it's true he screws up a lot, he actually does try to work, often showing initiative and a willingness to do the job that some of the adult employees lack. While it makes sense to scold him for messing up, he's also never given credit for having a good work ethic in the first place.

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* TheWoobie: Tyler. While it's It's true that he screws up a lot, but he actually does try to work, often showing initiative and a willingness to do the job that some of the adult employees lack. While it makes sense to scold him for messing up, he's also never given credit for having a good work ethic in the first place.

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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap - see above. Bretty went from being the show's [[Series/PawnStars Chumlee]] (who himself is no longer portrayed as such a buffoon) to being just as competent as anybody else in the shop.
** It may be that he is actually learning stuff though- as opposed to a decision by writers. This IS an actual business.

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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap - see above. Bretty RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Brettly went from being the show's [[Series/PawnStars Chumlee]] (who himself is no longer portrayed as such a buffoon) to being just as competent as anybody else in the shop.
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shop. It may be that he is actually learning stuff though- as opposed to a decision by writers. This IS an actual business.



* TheWoobie: Tyler. While it's true he screws up a lot, he actually does try to work, often showing initiative and a willingness to do the job that some of the adult employees lack. While it makes sense to scold him for messing up, he's also never given credit for having a good work ethic in the first place.

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* TheWoobie: Tyler. While it's true he screws up a lot, he actually does try to work, often showing initiative and a willingness to do the job that some of the adult employees lack. While it makes sense to scold him for messing up, he's also never given credit for having a good work ethic in the first place.place.
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* ConspicuousConsumption: Show up driving a huge late-model SUV and buy a restored Coke machine for the $7,000 asking price without batting an eyelid? Some of Rick's customers could be accused of this.
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* WereStillRelevantDamnit: Brettly makes a Rob Ford joke when restoring George Clinton's piano ("this [soundboard] has more cracks than the mayor of Toronto"). A few weeks later, Rob Ford, due to health reasons, took his name out of the mayoral race.

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* WereStillRelevantDamnit: WereStillRelevantDammit: Brettly makes a Rob Ford joke when restoring George Clinton's piano ("this [soundboard] has more cracks than the mayor of Toronto"). A few weeks later, Rob Ford, due to health reasons, took his name out of the mayoral race.
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* WereStillRelevantDamnit: Brettly makes a Rob Ford joke when restoring George Clinton's piano ("this [soundboard] has more cracks than the mayor of Toronto"). A few weeks later, Rob Ford, due to health reasons, took his name out of the mayoral race.
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* Show up driving a huge late-model SUV and buy a restored Coke machine for the $7,000 asking price without batting an eyelid? Some of Rick's customers could be accused of ConspicuousConsumption.

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* ConspicuousConsumption: Show up driving a huge late-model SUV and buy a restored Coke machine for the $7,000 asking price without batting an eyelid? Some of Rick's customers could be accused of ConspicuousConsumption.this.
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** Brettly has, in fact, literally grown a beard.
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* {{Squick}}: In one episode, Kowboy finds that the sandwiches he's bringing to lunch keep disappearing from the fridge and has enough of this, so one day he wraps the sandwich in tape and writes his name on it, and keeps an eye out. Of course it turns out to be Ron, who ignores the name and blames the theft on ignorance. Kowboy reveals he'd mixed his own mucus into the sandwich. Ron was hoping he was joking- Kowboy's comments to the film crew suggest otherwise.
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** It may be that he is actually learning stuff though- as opposed to a decision by writers. This IS an actual business.
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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap - see above. Bretty went from being the show's [[PawnStars Chumlee]] (who himself is no longer portrayed as such a buffoon) to being just as competent as anybody else in the shop.

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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap - see above. Bretty went from being the show's [[PawnStars [[Series/PawnStars Chumlee]] (who himself is no longer portrayed as such a buffoon) to being just as competent as anybody else in the shop.
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* GrowingTheBeard - Not the show itself (which has always been of consistent quality) but Brettly, who went from comic relief/ GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity to actually becoming competent. The turning point was likely when he restored his own truck and the show couldn't hide his true talents in any believable way any longer.
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap - see above. Bretty went from being the show's [[PawnStars Chumlee]] (who himself is no longer portrayed as such a buffoon) to being just as competent as anybody else in the shop.
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* Show up driving a huge late-model SUV and buy a restored Coke machine for the $7,000 asking price without batting an eyelid? Some of Rick's customers could be accused of ConspicuousConsumption.
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* FandomRivalry: In what Rick calls another example of the great Coke vs. Pepsi debate, a customer brings in a 1940s Coca-Cola coin changer machine for restoration, but being a Pepsi fan he asks Rick to repaint it in Pepsi blue rather than its original Coke red.
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* TearJerker: When Rick's talking about how hard it is to give up the old shop to move to the new one. At one point in talking about how he's spent the best years of his life there, he becomes so emotional he has to drop out of view of the camera to collect himself.
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TheWoobie: Tyler. While it's true he screws up a lot, he actually does try to work, often showing initiative and a willingness to do the job that some of the adult employees lack. While it makes sense to scold him for messing up, he's also never given credit for having a good work ethic in the first place.

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TheWoobie: *TheWoobie: Tyler. While it's true he screws up a lot, he actually does try to work, often showing initiative and a willingness to do the job that some of the adult employees lack. While it makes sense to scold him for messing up, he's also never given credit for having a good work ethic in the first place.

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