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* ButtMonkey: Mary went through a period of making bad choices and having lots of bad things happen to her, mostly during Season 4 and 5 but arguably up to the end of the series. Apparently, it was not enough that [[spoiler: she gets hit by a car in the first season's two-part finale, injuring her knee]], but every time her basketball ambitions seem to be taking off, something happens to throw a wrench in the works. She's also portrayed as though basketball is the only thing holding her together, to the point that [[spoiler: when the girls' team vandalizes the gym, Mary is apparently so unable to cope with the aftermath that she ends up hanging out with a wild crowd, bouncing from one dead-end job to the next, and eventually being sent to Buffalo.]] Her relationships have a habit of going down the tubes, too, right up to [[spoiler: her husband Carlos, from whom she almost immediately separates. She gets back with him and they have twin girls, but her family is next to ignored for the rest of the PostScriptSeason.]] In general, Mary Camden seemed never to be allowed to be happy or successful at anything, possibly because of Creator/JessicaBiel rebelling against the show's clean image when posing topless for Gear Magazine.* CriticalDissonance: Mixed with CriticProof. The show was often met with scorn by critics, but many viewers and more faith-based critics enjoyed the show, propelling it to being the WB's number-one show for many years.
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* CriticalDissonance: Mixed with CriticProof. The show was often met with scorn by critics, but many viewers and more faith-based critics enjoyed the show, propelling it to being the WB's number-one show for many years.
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* BrokenAesop: Quite a few of the show's lessons don't hold up to scrutiny.
** Season 3's "Johnny Get Your Gun", where Eric and Annie tell 7-year-old Ruthie ''she's not allowed to play pretend anymore''...because it might lead to her confusing fantasy with reality, [[InsaneTrollLogic and then killing someone]]. Really.
** Another example would be "Tunes". In the episode, the show attempts to have an equality message about women, though in the process, the message itself becomes muddled because the show also intermixes a "rap music causes misogyny" message in the same episode. In short, ''7th Heaven'' states that women should be equal to men, which in itself is a great message, and that hip hop shouldn't be listened because of the message it conveys about how to treat women. However, while an equality message would work if the episode were written better, the message becomes broken ''twice'' over because of the way female characters were written in the past, as well as its rap message. In earlier seasons, Lucy and Mary were depicted as boy crazy, and later became shrill stereotypes of female characters in later seasons (though both were exalted because they were great mothers and wives), while many career women were frequently depicted as selfish, rude, uncaring, and often in the wrong. Additionally, John Hamilton (Matt's then-roommate/friend) calls out a doctor after the latter asked him to simply put rap music on during a surgery, calling it "prejudicial" that the doctor would assume him, being black, would be all for it; Matt also states that people shouldn't listen to hip hop because it causes more ignorance about the plights of women (to be specific, he says "Ignorance is the enemy"). However, that statement becomes cracked because the whole episode is basically an excuse to rip on rap listeners and the hip-hop genre, thus the show becoming prejudicial towards them, and if the writers did their homework, they would know that there are numerous ''female'' rappers and tons of ''women'' who listen to rap music themselves. As a result, the writers come off as both ignorant ''and'' prejudicial towards both women and rap listeners.
** In most episodes, Annie and Eric attempt to teach their kids that they can't get their way because they want to, and have to work towards it. However, at the same time, in numerous instances, both are granted their wishes without much work or in RealLife, wouldn't happen. For example, in "Red Tape", when Annie attempts to return her daughter Mary's (wrecked) sweater to the store, the cashier states the store doesn't offer returns, but after Annie gets angry and tells the woman off for the said policy, the cashier gives a CharacterFilibuster about the decline in American department stores (because of shoplifting and the like). After, Annie realizes her mistake but still asks the cashier for a refund, which she graciously gives her, completely disregarding the store's policy.
** What about how frequently Eric, a ''reverend'', gets involved in police business with their consent, though in RealLife, this would be a big no-no (especially in domestic matters). Really? And the show still promotes that you can't get everything even if you ask for it? Or maybe the {{Aesop}} is that ''kids'' cannot always get what they want, but ''adults'' can.
** A season 9 episode involving poverty and hunger tried to convey the message that "hunger can happen to anyone". However, as a recapper on TelevisionWithoutPity pointed out that the message seems to be that "it's poor people's fault that they are hungry; [[InformedPoverty that despite being well-groomed and owning expensive clothes, hair and skin products, and jewelry, people can still be so poor that they can't afford to eat for days at a time]]; and people only want food because it will improve their social standing or get them good grades." [[http://www.brilliantbutcancelled.com/show/7th-heaven/hungry/14/ This is part of the review]].
* ButtMonkey: Mary went through a period of making bad choices and having lots of bad things happen to her, mostly during Season 4 and 5 but arguably up to the end of the series. Apparently, it was not enough that [[spoiler: she gets hit by a car in the first season's two-part finale, injuring her knee]], but every time her basketball ambitions seem to be taking off, something happens to throw a wrench in the works. She's also portrayed as though basketball is the only thing holding her together, to the point that [[spoiler: when the girls' team vandalizes the gym, Mary is apparently so unable to cope with the aftermath that she ends up hanging out with a wild crowd, bouncing from one dead-end job to the next, and eventually being sent to Buffalo.]] Her relationships have a habit of going down the tubes, too, right up to [[spoiler: her husband Carlos, from whom she almost immediately separates. She gets back with him and they have twin girls, but her family is next to ignored for the rest of the PostScriptSeason.]] In general, Mary Camden seemed never to be allowed to be happy or successful at anything, possibly because of Creator/JessicaBiel rebelling against the show's clean image when posing topless for Gear Magazine.* CriticalDissonance: Mixed with CriticProof. The show was often met with scorn by critics, but many viewers and more faith-based critics enjoyed the show, propelling it to being the WB's number-one show for many years.
** Season 3's "Johnny Get Your Gun", where Eric and Annie tell 7-year-old Ruthie ''she's not allowed to play pretend anymore''...because it might lead to her confusing fantasy with reality, [[InsaneTrollLogic and then killing someone]]. Really.
** Another example would be "Tunes". In the episode, the show attempts to have an equality message about women, though in the process, the message itself becomes muddled because the show also intermixes a "rap music causes misogyny" message in the same episode. In short, ''7th Heaven'' states that women should be equal to men, which in itself is a great message, and that hip hop shouldn't be listened because of the message it conveys about how to treat women. However, while an equality message would work if the episode were written better, the message becomes broken ''twice'' over because of the way female characters were written in the past, as well as its rap message. In earlier seasons, Lucy and Mary were depicted as boy crazy, and later became shrill stereotypes of female characters in later seasons (though both were exalted because they were great mothers and wives), while many career women were frequently depicted as selfish, rude, uncaring, and often in the wrong. Additionally, John Hamilton (Matt's then-roommate/friend) calls out a doctor after the latter asked him to simply put rap music on during a surgery, calling it "prejudicial" that the doctor would assume him, being black, would be all for it; Matt also states that people shouldn't listen to hip hop because it causes more ignorance about the plights of women (to be specific, he says "Ignorance is the enemy"). However, that statement becomes cracked because the whole episode is basically an excuse to rip on rap listeners and the hip-hop genre, thus the show becoming prejudicial towards them, and if the writers did their homework, they would know that there are numerous ''female'' rappers and tons of ''women'' who listen to rap music themselves. As a result, the writers come off as both ignorant ''and'' prejudicial towards both women and rap listeners.
** In most episodes, Annie and Eric attempt to teach their kids that they can't get their way because they want to, and have to work towards it. However, at the same time, in numerous instances, both are granted their wishes without much work or in RealLife, wouldn't happen. For example, in "Red Tape", when Annie attempts to return her daughter Mary's (wrecked) sweater to the store, the cashier states the store doesn't offer returns, but after Annie gets angry and tells the woman off for the said policy, the cashier gives a CharacterFilibuster about the decline in American department stores (because of shoplifting and the like). After, Annie realizes her mistake but still asks the cashier for a refund, which she graciously gives her, completely disregarding the store's policy.
** What about how frequently Eric, a ''reverend'', gets involved in police business with their consent, though in RealLife, this would be a big no-no (especially in domestic matters). Really? And the show still promotes that you can't get everything even if you ask for it? Or maybe the {{Aesop}} is that ''kids'' cannot always get what they want, but ''adults'' can.
** A season 9 episode involving poverty and hunger tried to convey the message that "hunger can happen to anyone". However, as a recapper on TelevisionWithoutPity pointed out that the message seems to be that "it's poor people's fault that they are hungry; [[InformedPoverty that despite being well-groomed and owning expensive clothes, hair and skin products, and jewelry, people can still be so poor that they can't afford to eat for days at a time]]; and people only want food because it will improve their social standing or get them good grades." [[http://www.brilliantbutcancelled.com/show/7th-heaven/hungry/14/ This is part of the review]].
* ButtMonkey: Mary went through a period of making bad choices and having lots of bad things happen to her, mostly during Season 4 and 5 but arguably up to the end of the series. Apparently, it was not enough that [[spoiler: she gets hit by a car in the first season's two-part finale, injuring her knee]], but every time her basketball ambitions seem to be taking off, something happens to throw a wrench in the works. She's also portrayed as though basketball is the only thing holding her together, to the point that [[spoiler: when the girls' team vandalizes the gym, Mary is apparently so unable to cope with the aftermath that she ends up hanging out with a wild crowd, bouncing from one dead-end job to the next, and eventually being sent to Buffalo.]] Her relationships have a habit of going down the tubes, too, right up to [[spoiler: her husband Carlos, from whom she almost immediately separates. She gets back with him and they have twin girls, but her family is next to ignored for the rest of the PostScriptSeason.]] In general, Mary Camden seemed never to be allowed to be happy or successful at anything, possibly because of Creator/JessicaBiel rebelling against the show's clean image when posing topless for Gear Magazine.* CriticalDissonance: Mixed with CriticProof. The show was often met with scorn by critics, but many viewers and more faith-based critics enjoyed the show, propelling it to being the WB's number-one show for many years.
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** Both [[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture Stephen Collins]] and [[Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome Catherine Hicks]] starred in a Star Trek film, sharing screen time with William Shatner.
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** The Season 2 episode "I Hate You" opens up with Simon asking Eric where he was when he heard UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy had been assassinated, because he considers this the world's greatest 'Where were you when...' question. This comes back to bite him in the butt when 9/11 came around only a couple of years later...
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** The (1997) Season 2 episode "I Hate You" opens up with Simon asking Eric where he was when he heard UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy had been assassinated, because he considers this the world's greatest 'Where were you when...' question. This comes back to bite him in the butt when 9/11 came around only a couple of years later...
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** The Season 2 episode "I Hate You" opens up with Simon asking Eric where he was at the Kennedy assassination, which when he heard UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy had been assassinated, because he considers this the "world's world's greatest 'Where were you when...' question" which question. This comes back to bite him in the butt when 9/11 came around only a couple of years later.later...
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** In the Season 6 episode "Losers," while her parents are asking Mary why she isn't at work, one of Eric's sarcastic suggestions is, "Business closed down for an epidemic?" Fast forward to the COVID-19 epidemic of 2020, and that's a perfectly logical question.
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** In the Season 6 5 episode "Losers," while her parents are asking Mary why she isn't at work, one of Eric's sarcastic suggestions is, "Business closed down for an epidemic?" Fast forward to the COVID-19 epidemic of 2020, and that's a perfectly logical question.
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** In the Season 6 episode "Losers," while her parents are asking Mary why she isn't at work, one of Eric's sarcastic suggestions is, "Business closed down for an epidemic?" Fast forward to the COVID-19 epidemic of 2020, and that's a perfectly logical question.
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** Technically Creator/AshleeSimpson, before her career fully kicked off.
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** Technically Creator/AshleeSimpson, Music/AshleeSimpson, before her career fully kicked off.
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-->'''Mary:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKJpXri0zwQ&t=36s So what's "best for everyone" is to ship me off '''to Siberia''' to live with old people???]]
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-->'''Mary:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKJpXri0zwQ&t=36s So what's "best for everyone" is to ship me off off]] '''to Siberia''' to live with old people???]]people?!
