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* BizarreGamblingWinnings: Harvey wins a failing TV station at poker and, having no better idea what to do with it, hires his nephew George as manager.
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* BizarreAlienPsychology: [[spoiler: Philo apparently spends his entire life inside U-62, and can make radioactive materials out of common household items - which he demonstrates on television, essentially providing a blueprint for nuclear materials to anyone in the area with a television. To top it off, his mission on Earth was apparently to work at a UHF station until it was brought back to life, which is certainly a unique quest.]]
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* StoppedCaring: [[spoiler: George, after he's lost Teri and is about to lose U-62. He even gives his kid's show to his wacky janitor Stanley (who has never been on television before) before walking off to begin DrowningMySorrows. Luckily, that turns out to be the be the best move he's ever made.]]
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* StoppedCaring: [[spoiler: George, after he's lost Teri and is about to lose U-62. He even gives his kid's show to his wacky janitor Stanley (who has never been on television before) before walking off to begin DrowningMySorrows. Luckily, that putting Stanley on-air turns out to be the be the best move he's ever made.]]
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* StoppedCaring: [[spoiler: George, after he's lost Teri and is about to lose U-62. He even gives his kid's show to his wacky janitor Stanley (who has never been on television before) before walking off to begin DrowningMySorrows. Luckily, that turns out to be the be the best move he's ever made.]]
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* RousingSpeech: [[spoiler: Stanley of all people, and twice no less. He gives the first one on his television debut, using his work as a janitor as a metaphor for how you can't ever give up, no matter how rough (or stained) life gets, and you just gotta scrub and scrub until you get it done. The viewers go nuts for it, and even the morose George is visibly inspired. He gives another around the end of the film when he's returned safely to U-62, rallying the troops to see the telethon through to the end to stand up to the evil bullies of Channel 8. For all of his ManChild tendencies, Stanley has some HiddenDepths in there.]]
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* GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity: The janitor Stanley Spadowski got fired from Channel 8 by R.J. Fletcher, who accused him of throwing away some very important files. They were later discovered right where Fletcher had left them, but Stanley wasn't rehired.
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* GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity: The janitor Seemingly everyone at Channel 8. Stanley Spadowski got is fired from Channel 8 by R.J. Fletcher, who accused him on the flimsiest of throwing away some very important files. They were later discovered right where pretexts despite being an excellent (if eccentric) janitor, and when proof of his innocence surfaces mere moments later, nobody cares and he's still tossed out on the street. A few minutes later, Fletcher had left them, but Stanley wasn't rehired.then "fires" George for stealing mail (despite the fact that George is literally there to bring it to him), until George points out the minor detail that he doesn't even work there. The entire office completely freezes up when George addresses Fletcher casually, suggesting this is business as usual.
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** Also George, when he makes his first entrance on Uncle Nutzy's Clubhouse. Sadly, the children don't share his enthusiasm. [[spoiler: It works like a charm when Stanley takes over, thankfully.]]
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* HollywoodEconomics: [[spoiler: While $75,000 isn't chump change, especially in 1989, it's treated as an insurmountable obstacle at first by people who are running what is, by that point, the #1 station in their market. They seem to run non-stop original programming and films at their own expense and have plenty of sponsors and commercials to support them. Basically, if they can afford to get Gorbachev over to do some mud wrestling, they can probably come up with $75,000.]]
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* HollywoodEconomics: [[spoiler: While $75,000 isn't chump change, especially in 1989, it's treated as an insurmountable obstacle at first by people who are running what is, by that point, the #1 station in their market. They seem to run non-stop original programming and films at their own expense and have plenty of sponsors and commercials to support them. Basically, if they can afford to get Gorbachev over to do some mud wrestling, they can probably come up with $75,000. Of course, a dramatic last-minute telethon is much more entertaining than watching a television station manage its assets for an hour, so RuleOfDrama and RuleOfFun rightly win the day.]]
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* BizarreAlienPsychology: [[spoiler: Philo apparently spends his entire life inside U-62, and can make radioactive materials out of common household items. To top it off, his mission on Earth was apparently to work at a UHF station until it was brought back to life, which is certainly a unique quest.]]
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* HeadDesk: George bangs his head against a bar when he's at his lowest.
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* NiceGuy: George, Bob & Stanley, quirky as they are, are all fundamentally good-hearted people and easy to root for.
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** George's show "Uncle Nutzy's Clubhouse" takes its name from a skit in an issue of ''MAD''. Similarly, George's last name, Newman, was chosen as a reference to the magazine's mascot, Alfred E. Newman.
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** George's show "Uncle Nutzy's Clubhouse" takes its name from a skit article in an issue of ''MAD''.''MAD'' called "MAD Looks At A Typical Kiddie TV Show". Similarly, George's last name, Newman, was chosen as a reference to the magazine's mascot, Alfred E. Newman.
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* MobDebt: A light use of the trope: Nobody is in danger of dying or losing body parts, but George and company will lose U62 if they can't raise enough cash to buy the station before George's uncle sells it to Fletcher to cover gambling debts.
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** Also Crazy Eddie, who threatens to club a seal if nobody buys one of his cars soon.
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* TheMagicPokerEquation: Surprisingly averted given this is such a delightfully silly movie. Harvey is shown winning a pot with two pair - a strong enough hand, but not outrageous - and he wins U-62 by shrewdly bluffing with a couple of sevens.
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: [[spoiler: "Friday night. 10 o'clock. $75,000. In cash." Nothing about Big Louie's demeanor or Harvey's reaction suggests this deadline is optional.]]
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** Also Crazy Eddie, who threatens to club a seal if nobody buys one of his cars soon.
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* StoutStrength: Big Edna, who can carry two grown men at once and toss them practically into the atmosphere.
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* NoSocialSkills: Bob, who randomly (and inexplicably) reminds George of his recent break-up when he's already at rock bottom.
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* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Fletcher's goons get completely obliterated by Kuni and his crew.]]
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* TheToothHurts: Teri accidentally hurts one of her patients when she hears George making (theoretically) romantic noises at her live on air.
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** Strangely, they seem to have no problem with U62 running shows about stripping or bestiality.
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* SeriousBusiness: [[spoiler: Being #1 in the market, apparently, as Fletcher literally has hired goons on hand to kidnap Stanley in the hopes of undermining the telethon. Fletcher is a CorruptCorporateExecutive that seems to be on the brink of full-on supervillainy.]]
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* DudeMagnet: Pamela, as both Philo and Bob seem rather sweet on her.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Stanley, who is a world-class {{Cloudcuckoolander}} but also a remarkably diligent janitor and, eventually, the top star in his television market by a country mile. Ditto George, who can't hold down a normal job to save his life but (with a HUGE boost from Stanley) eventually turns a borderline derelict UHF station into a huge success in relatively little time. In both cases, their quirkiness proves to be an asset as their town apparently can't get enough absurd programming.
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* ParentalFavoritism: George is clearly the apple of his aunt Esther's eye. (His actual parents are never seen, for whatever reason.) [[spoiler: Good thing, too, as it not only gets him the job at U-62 to begin with, but Esther's chiding of Harvey buys George just enough extra time to save the station during the telethon.]]
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* ParentalFavoritism: George is clearly the apple of his aunt Esther's eye. (His actual parents are never seen, for whatever reason.) [[spoiler: Good thing, too, as it not only gets him the job at U-62 to begin with, but Esther's chiding of Harvey buys George just enough extra time to save put together the station during telethon that saves the telethon.station.]]
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