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* The real estate agent [[MistakenForGay thinks Cameron and Donna are a couple]].

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* The real estate agent [[MistakenForGay thinks Cameron and Donna are a couple]]. Donna wants to roll with it in the hope of getting a better deal, but Cameron demurs that Donna is not her type.
* [[OrphanedPunchline "And that, gentlemen, is how you jerk off a dinosaur!"]]



* At Gordon's lavish 40th birthday party, he hired the Music/BlueManGroup to perform, and birthday boy Gordon participates in a "human painting".

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* At Gordon's lavish 40th birthday party, he hired the Music/BlueManGroup to perform, and birthday boy Gordon he participates in a "human painting".



* In episode 4 "Tonya and Nancy", Tanya tells Bos that her name has been permanently ruined because of Jeff Gillooly.

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* In episode 4 order to apologize to the Rover team for driving them so hard, Donna invites them to her place for dinner. As she's greeting the team, she insists on trying to kiss the team's sole woman on the cheek. The latter looks utterly horrified.
* In "Tonya and Nancy", Katie Herman describes in detail how she organizes her brother's heavy metal CD collection based on genre, sub-genre, and the degree to which the album or band in question fits in its genre.
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"Tonya and Nancy", Tanya tells Bos that her name has been permanently ruined because of Jeff Gillooly. Gillooly.
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* This exchange between Donna and Lev from Episode 5 "Extract and Defend":
-->'''Lev:''' So, what's going on with Cameron?
-->'''Donna:''' Do you remember Joe MacMillan?
-->'''Lev:''' Sure, Admiral Eyebrows.
-->'''Donna:''' What?
-->'''Lev:''' That's what we called him. You didn't call him that?
-->'''Donna:''' No, but I will now.
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* At Gordon's lavish 40th birthday party, he hired the Music/BlueManGroup to perform, and birthday boy Gordon participates in a "human painting".
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* In episode 4 "Tonya and Nancy", Tanya tells Bos that her name has been permanently ruined because of Jeff Gillooly.
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* During Joe and Cameron's phone call, they discuss the premise of ''Series/FreshPrinceOfBelAir'' in detail.

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* During Joe and Cameron's phone call, they discuss the premise of ''Series/FreshPrinceOfBelAir'' ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' in detail.
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* During Joe and Cameron's phone call, they discuss the premise of ''Series/FreshPrinceOfBelAir'' in detail.
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* At COMDEX '90, Joe and Cameron find the same two guys who tried to sell their [=OccasionMaster=] printer in 1983 basically doing the same thing. Joe and Cameron basically {{troll}} the two guys during their presentation, particularly ridiculing the name of their new printer, the [=SPrinter=].

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* At COMDEX '90, Joe and Cameron find the same two guys who tried to sell their [=OccasionMaster=] printer in 1983 basically doing 1983, using the same thing. inept sales pitch to market their new printer, the [=SPrinter=]. Joe and Cameron basically {{troll}} the two guys during their presentation, particularly ridiculing the name name, and Cameron swipes a bunch of their new printer, the [=SPrinter=].promotional lighters.
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* Gordon's dating video.
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* At COMDEX '90, Joe and Cameron find the same two guys who tried to sell their [=OccasionMaster=] printer in 1983 basically doing the same thing. Joe and Cameron basically {{troll}} the two guys during their presentation, particularly ridiculing the name of their new printer, the [=SPrinter=].
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* Gordon awkwardly asking Joe if [[HoYay he and Ryan were a couple]].
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* When Joe comes by Cameron's house during Halloween:
-->'''Cameron:''' It’s a very tall child, dressed as Joe [=MacMillan=]. \\
'''Joe:''' Franchise/{{Batman}} was sold out.
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* In "And She Was", Cameron and Gordon team up to beat ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros''. The real kicker is the surprised and delighted expressions on their faces when they discover the warp pipes.
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* Gordon gets frustrated on how to handle the tension between the Mutiny coders and the [=SwapMeet=] coders, and Cameron facetiously tells him to take them out back and shoot them. Gordon takes the two groups of coders to an arcade to play laser tag. Gordon acts like a LargeHam during the game, which results in him getting banned from playing again.

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* Gordon gets frustrated on over how to handle the tension between the Mutiny coders and the [=SwapMeet=] coders, and Cameron facetiously tells him to take them out back and shoot them. Gordon takes the two groups of coders to an arcade to play laser tag. Gordon acts like a LargeHam during the game, which results in him getting banned from playing again.
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* Gordon takes the Mutiny coders and the [=SwapMeet=] coders to an arcade to play laser tag in hopes of easing tensions between them. Gordon acts like a LargeHam during the outing, which results in him getting banned.

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* Gordon takes gets frustrated on how to handle the tension between the Mutiny coders and the [=SwapMeet=] coders, and Cameron facetiously tells him to take them out back and shoot them. Gordon takes the two groups of coders to an arcade to play laser tag in hopes of easing tensions between them. tag. Gordon acts like a LargeHam during the outing, game, which results in him getting banned.banned from playing again.
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* Gordon takes the Mutiny coders and the [=SwapMeet=] coders to an arcade to play laser tag in hopes of easing tensions between them. Gordon acts like a LargeHam during the outing, which results in him getting banned.
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* The real estate agent [[MistakenForGay thinks Cameron and Donna are a couple]].
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* Cameron is looking at renting a small house:
-->'''Agent:''' ''[props up window with brick, brushes hands off]'' You see? It is just so charming. It has all the original molding.\\
'''Cameron:''' [[SarcasmMode And all the original mold.]]
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* After getting the funding to buy out Swap Meet, Donna accidentally kicks open a bathroom stall in excitement, revealing that there's another woman in there.
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* At Mutiny's "Independence Day" party, Bosworth is singing Music/FrankSinatra to entertain the crowd.
* At school, Joanie gets into trouble for getting into a fight with another girl. Cameron asks if she won, which Donna doesn't take lightly.
* At Joanie's birthday party, Bosworth brings a robot butler as a gift. [[EpicFail It fails rather spectacularly.]]
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* When Cardiff Electric gets its first shipment of Giants, Gordon is singing "Ride Of The Valkyries" while walking into the main work area. Eventually, the entire office staff sings along with Gordon until he opens the first shipment. When Gordon opens the big box, he tosses packing peanuts everywhere and triumphantly hoists a boxed Giant over his head.
-->'''Gordon:''' The Giant awakens!!!
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* While posing for Mutiny's group picture, Bodie slides in drunk and half-naked. Even the bickering Donna and Cameron can't resist cracking a smile. Bosworth then suggests that particular picture be used for Mutiny's magazine ad.

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* While posing for Mutiny's group picture, Bodie slides in drunk and half-naked. Even the bickering Donna and Cameron [[ActuallyPrettyFunny can't resist cracking a smile.smile]]. Bosworth then suggests that particular picture be used for Mutiny's magazine ad.
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** On the terminal's screen: "IF YOU CAN READ THIS, THE BITCH FELL OFF."

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** On * After Cameron abandons Joe's "clean room", she has on the terminal's screen: "IF YOU CAN READ THIS, THE BITCH FELL OFF."
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* While posing for Mutiny's group picture, Bodie slides in drunk and half-naked. Even the bickering Donna and Cameron can't help but crack a smile.

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* While posing for Mutiny's group picture, Bodie slides in drunk and half-naked. Even the bickering Donna and Cameron can't help but crack resist cracking a smile.smile. Bosworth then suggests that particular picture be used for Mutiny's magazine ad.



* The FPS-like scenes with Cameron playing the nerf gun game at Mutiny.

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* The FPS-like scenes with Cameron playing the nerf gun game dart tag at Mutiny.
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* While posing for Mutiny's group picture, Bodie slides in drunk and half-naked. Even the bickering Donna and Cameron can't help but crack a smile.
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* At the barbecue, one teenaged user comes up to Donna and tells her that he'd expected her to be "really fat" in person.
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* At the barbecue, one teenaged user comes up to Donna and tells her that he'd expected her to be "really fat" in person.
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* Mutiny has decided to host a meet and greet for their users:
-->'''Donna:''' This is gonna be so much fun.
-->'''Cameron:''' Ugh, it's gonna be like a hundred awkward first dates at once. God, who are these people? We don't even know.
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* At a mall department store, Cameron tries on several ladies' business outfits. Her attempts at putting on the clothes and "I don't want to be seen in this" reactions are just priceless.

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* At a mall department store, Cameron tries on several ladies' business outfits. Her attempts at putting on She struggles to get the clothes on, and when she does, she has several "I don't want to be seen in this" reactions are just priceless.reactions.



* In "High Plains Hardware", Donna's mother Susan shows her a novelty headstone from her father's latest catalog.
-->'''Donna:''' "Bowser"? It's not exactly a bird's name. \\

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* In "High Plains Hardware", Donna's mother Susan shows her a novelty pet headstone from her father's latest catalog.
-->'''Donna:''' ''(after unboxing the headstone)'' "Bowser"? It's not exactly a bird's name. \\
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* Lev flirts with another user on Community; however, it turns out to be a guy. This is subverted as Lev is fully aware of this. The humor comes from the others coming to the realization that he is gay and their awkward acceptance of it. [[HilariousInHindsight Made even funnier]] by a RealLife Supreme Court ruling a couple of days before the episode aired that legalized gay marriage across the U.S.

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* Lev flirts with another user on Community; however, it turns out to be a guy. This is subverted as Lev is fully aware of this. The humor comes from the others coming to the realization that he is gay and their awkward acceptance of it. [[HilariousInHindsight Made even funnier]] by a RealLife Supreme Court ruling a couple of days before the episode aired that legalized gay marriage across the U.S. On the other hand, it turns into a FunnyAneurysmMoment a few episodes later when [[spoiler: the guy turns out to be a group of homophobes who beat him up.]]

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