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* '''Exaggerated''': In the same episode, Faye gets pregnant after a one-night stand and contemplates abortion, Ethan deals with the fact that he NeverLearnedToRead, Danny's previously unknown brother Gregory dies of cancer, and after Charles makes an insensitive remark to his best friend (and TokenMinority) Hazel, and has to apologize to her. After the episode, a plethora of hotlines are shown in UnreadablyFastText. By the end of the episode, Faye gets the abortion, Bob and Gregory are never mentioned again, Ethan's illiteracy is never brought up again, and Hazel forgets the remark, and everyone gets a hefty dose of AngstWhatAngst. The episode wins an Emmy.
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* '''Exaggerated''': In the same episode, Faye gets pregnant after a one-night stand and contemplates abortion, Ethan deals with the fact that he NeverLearnedToRead, Danny's [[LongLostUncleAesop previously unknown brother Gregory Gregory]] dies of cancer, and after Charles makes an insensitive remark to his best friend (and TokenMinority) Hazel, and has to apologize to her. After the episode, a plethora of hotlines are shown in UnreadablyFastText. By the end of the episode, Faye gets the abortion, Bob and Gregory are never mentioned again, Ethan's illiteracy is never brought up again, and Hazel forgets the remark, and everyone gets a hefty dose of AngstWhatAngst. The episode wins an Emmy.
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice's plot line is about helping Bob overcome his addiction, but it is interwoven with a subplot about Ethan getting a job at a coffee shop where HilarityEnsues. However, the episode also includes another sub-plot where Charles must help a LittlestCancerPatient to make his wish come true; meeting the President. Sadly, he dies before he can, and the episode ends with the LittlestCancerPatient's funeral where everyone who is attending, including the President himself, burst into InelegantBlubbering and begging him to [[PleaseWakeUp wake up from his deep sleep.]]
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice's plot line is about helping Bob overcome his addiction, but it is interwoven with a subplot about Ethan getting a job at a coffee shop where HilarityEnsues. However, the episode also includes another sub-plot where Charles must help a LittlestCancerPatient to make his wish come true; meeting the President. Sadly, he dies before he can, and the episode ends with the LittlestCancerPatient's funeral where everyone who is attending, including the President himself, burst into InelegantBlubbering and begging beg him to [[PleaseWakeUp wake up from his deep sleep.]]
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice's plot line is about helping Bob overcome his addiction, but it is interwoven with a subplot about Ethan getting a job at a coffee shop where HilarityEnsues. However, the episode also includes another sub-plot where Charles must help a LittlestCancerPatient to make his wish come true; meeting the President. Sadly, he dies before he can, and the episode ends with the LittlestCancerPatient's funeral where [[TearJerker everyone who is attending, including the President himself, burst into InelegantBlubbering and begging him to]] [[PleaseWakeUp wake up from his deep sleep.]]
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice's plot line is about helping Bob overcome his addiction, but it is interwoven with a subplot about Ethan getting a job at a coffee shop where HilarityEnsues. However, the episode also includes another sub-plot where Charles must help a LittlestCancerPatient to make his wish come true; meeting the President. Sadly, he dies before he can, and the episode ends with the LittlestCancerPatient's funeral where [[TearJerker everyone who is attending, including the President himself, burst into InelegantBlubbering and begging him to]] to [[PleaseWakeUp wake up from his deep sleep.]]
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* '''Straight''': In an episode of ''Tropetown'', Alice meets Bob, a homeless Vietnam Vet with a drug problem, and gets him a job and on the road to recovery. At the end, a number for a drug abuse hotline is displayed. This is in stark contrast with the rest of the show, which is about [[TheLeader Alice]] and her FiveManBand [[TheLancer Charles,]] [[TheSmartGuy Danny,]] [[TheBigGuy Ethan,]] and [[TheHeart Faye]] going on wacky adventures in their funny town.
* '''Exaggerated''': In the same episode, Faye gets pregnant after a one night stand and contemplates abortion, Ethan deals with the fact that he NeverLearnedToRead, Danny's previously unknown brother Gregory dies of cancer, and after Charles makes an insensitive remark to his best friend (and TokenMinority) Hazel, and has to apologize to her. After the episode, a plethora of hotlines are shown in UnreadablyFastText. By the end of the episode, Faye gets the abortion, Bob and Gregory are never mentioned again, Ethan's illiteracy is never brought up again, and Hazel forgets the remark, and everyone gets a hefty dose of AngstWhatAngst. The episode wins an Emmy.
* '''Exaggerated''': In the same episode, Faye gets pregnant after a one night stand and contemplates abortion, Ethan deals with the fact that he NeverLearnedToRead, Danny's previously unknown brother Gregory dies of cancer, and after Charles makes an insensitive remark to his best friend (and TokenMinority) Hazel, and has to apologize to her. After the episode, a plethora of hotlines are shown in UnreadablyFastText. By the end of the episode, Faye gets the abortion, Bob and Gregory are never mentioned again, Ethan's illiteracy is never brought up again, and Hazel forgets the remark, and everyone gets a hefty dose of AngstWhatAngst. The episode wins an Emmy.
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* '''Straight''': In an episode of the series ''Tropetown'', Alice meets Bob, a homeless Vietnam Vet with a drug problem, and gets him a job and on the road to recovery. At the end, a number for a drug abuse hotline is displayed. This is in stark contrast with the rest of the show, which is about [[TheLeader Alice]] and her FiveManBand [[TheLancer Charles,]] [[TheSmartGuy Danny,]] [[TheBigGuy Ethan,]] and [[TheHeart Faye]] going on wacky adventures in their funny town.
* '''Exaggerated''': In the same episode, Faye gets pregnant after aone night one-night stand and contemplates abortion, Ethan deals with the fact that he NeverLearnedToRead, Danny's previously unknown brother Gregory dies of cancer, and after Charles makes an insensitive remark to his best friend (and TokenMinority) Hazel, and has to apologize to her. After the episode, a plethora of hotlines are shown in UnreadablyFastText. By the end of the episode, Faye gets the abortion, Bob and Gregory are never mentioned again, Ethan's illiteracy is never brought up again, and Hazel forgets the remark, and everyone gets a hefty dose of AngstWhatAngst. The episode wins an Emmy.
* '''Exaggerated''': In the same episode, Faye gets pregnant after a
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** [[MakeAWishContribution Make-A-Wish]] commissioned the episode and provided the [[LittlestCancerPatient guest star]]
* '''Inverted''': An episode of a drama series where touchy and edgy topics are commonplace has an episode that feels like a sitcom.
** The writer of the episode has an uncle who had drug problems after Vietnam, so they wanted to address the issue to prevent people from becoming like that uncle.
** [[MakeAWishContribution Make-A-Wish]] commissioned the episode and provided the [[LittlestCancerPatient guest star]]
* '''Inverted''': An episode of a drama series where touchy and edgy topics are commonplace has an episode that feels like a sitcom.
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* '''Justified''':
** The writer of'''Justified''': Just because the episode town of Tropetown is pretty wacky doesn't mean it has an uncle who had drug problems after Vietnam, so they wanted to address the issue to prevent people from becoming like that uncle.
** [[MakeAWishContribution Make-A-Wish]] commissioned the episode and provided the [[LittlestCancerPatient guest star]]
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* '''Inverted''':An episode of ''Tropetown'', a drama series where touchy and edgy topics are commonplace series, has an episode that feels like where the FiveManBand work at a sitcom.retail store and have all kinds of mischievous antics;
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** [[MakeAWishContribution Make-A-Wish]] commissioned the episode and provided the [[LittlestCancerPatient guest star]]
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* '''Zigzagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice's plot line is about helping Bob overcome his addiction, but it is interwoven with a B Plot subplot about Ethan getting a job at a coffee shop where HilarityEnsues.HilarityEnsues. However, the episode also includes another sub-plot where Charles must help a LittlestCancerPatient to make his wish come true; meeting the President. Sadly, he dies before he can, and the episode ends with the LittlestCancerPatient's funeral where [[TearJerker everyone who is attending, including the President himself, burst into InelegantBlubbering and begging him to]] [[PleaseWakeUp wake up from his deep sleep.]]
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* '''Enforced''': An anti-drug group sponsors the episode.
* '''Lampshaded''': ''Bob'': I'm so glad I taught you a lesson about taking care of your elders, helping the homeless, and [[DrugsAreBad saying no to drugs]]. [[MediumAwareness But now I must go]], [[GenreSavvy because]] StatusQuoIsGod.
* '''Lampshaded''': ''Bob'': I'm so glad I taught you a lesson about taking care of your elders, helping the homeless, and [[DrugsAreBad saying no to drugs]]. [[MediumAwareness But now I must go]], [[GenreSavvy because]] StatusQuoIsGod.
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** The writer of the episode has an uncle who had drug problems after Vietnam, so they wanted to address the issue to prevent people from becoming like that uncle.
** The executives noticed a homeless veteran begging to be in an episode and demanded the creators include him.
* '''Lampshaded''':''Bob'': I'm "I'm so glad I taught you a lesson about taking care of your elders, helping the homeless, and [[DrugsAreBad saying no to drugs]]. [[MediumAwareness But now I must go]], [[GenreSavvy because]] StatusQuoIsGod."
** An anti-drug group
** The writer of the episode has an uncle who had drug problems after Vietnam, so they wanted to address the issue to prevent people from becoming like that uncle.
** The executives noticed a homeless veteran begging to be in an episode and demanded the creators include him.
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* '''Straight''': In an episode of ''Tropetown'', Alice meets Bob, a homeless Vietnam Vet with a drug problem, and gets him a job and on the road to recovery. At the end, a number for a drug abuse hotline is displayed. This is in stark contrast with the rest of the show, which is about [[TheLeader Alice]] and her FiveManBand [[TheLancer Charles,]] [[TheSmartGuy Danny,]] [[TheBigGuy Ethan,]] and [[TheChick [[TheHeart Faye]] going on wacky adventures in their funny town.
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* '''Parodied''': An episode is about Charles getting a paper cut, and the rest of the episode is about the gang coming to his aid, and Faye comes out as a "paper cut survivor". The episode ends with a FiveFiveFiveNumber for a "paper cut trauma" support group.
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* '''Parodied''': An episode is about Charles getting a paper cut, and the rest of the episode is about the gang coming to his aid, and Faye comes out as a "paper cut survivor". The episode ends with a FiveFiveFiveNumber FiveFiveFive number for a "paper cut trauma" support group.
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* '''Parodied''': An episode is about Charles getting a paper cut, and the rest of the episode is about the gang coming to his aid, and Faye comes out as a "paper cut survivor". The episode ends with a 555Number for a "paper cut trauma" support group.
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* '''Parodied''': An episode is about Charles getting a paper cut, and the rest of the episode is about the gang coming to his aid, and Faye comes out as a "paper cut survivor". The episode ends with a 555Number FiveFiveFiveNumber for a "paper cut trauma" support group.
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* '''Deconstructed''': The episode is panned by critics and general audiences alike [[TooBleakStoppedCaring for being too dark dark]] for ''Tropetown'']].''Tropetown''.
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* '''Justified''': The writer of the episode has an uncle who had drug problems after Vietnam, so they wanted to address the issue to prevent people from becoming like that uncle.
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** The writer of the episode has an uncle who had drug problems after Vietnam, so they wanted to address the issue to prevent people from becoming like thatuncle.uncle.
** [[MakeAWishContribution Make-A-Wish]] commissioned the episode and provided the [[LittlestCancerPatient guest star]]
** The writer of the episode has an uncle who had drug problems after Vietnam, so they wanted to address the issue to prevent people from becoming like that
** [[MakeAWishContribution Make-A-Wish]] commissioned the episode and provided the [[LittlestCancerPatient guest star]]
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* '''Justified''': The writer of the episode has an uncle who had drug problems after Vietnam, so the episode to them is a case of SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped.
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* '''Justified''': The writer of the episode has an uncle who had drug problems after Vietnam, so they wanted to address the episode issue to them is a case of SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped.prevent people from becoming like that uncle.
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* '''Deconstructed''': The episode is panned by critics and general audiences alike [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy [[TooBleakStoppedCaring for being too dark for ''Tropetown'']].
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* '''Deconstructed''': The episode is panned by critics and general audiences alike [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy for being too dark for ''Tropetown''.''Tropetown'']].
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* '''Lampshaded''': ''Bob'': I'm so glad I taught you a lesson about taking care of your elders, helping the homeless, and saying no to drugs. But now I must go, because StatusQuoIsGod.
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* '''Lampshaded''': ''Bob'': I'm so glad I taught you a lesson about taking care of your elders, helping the homeless, and [[DrugsAreBad saying no to drugs. drugs]]. [[MediumAwareness But now I must go, because go]], [[GenreSavvy because]] StatusQuoIsGod.
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Basic Trope: An episode of a sitcom focuses on a trendy, edgy issue, or has a much darker tone than the rest of the series.
* '''Straight Trope''': In an episode of ''Tropetown'', Alice meets Bob, a homeless Vietnam Vet with a drug problem, and gets him a job and on the road to recovery. At the end, a number for a drug abuse hotline is displayed. This is in stark contrast with the rest of the show, which is about [[TheLeader Alice]] and her FiveManBand [[TheLancer Charles,]] [[TheSmartGuy Danny,]] [[TheBigGuy Ethan,]] and [[TheChick Faye]] going on wacky adventures in their funny town.
* '''Exaggerated''': In the same episode, Faye gets pregnant after a one night stand and contemplates abortion, Ethan deals with the fact that he NeverLearnedToRead, Danny's previously unknown brother Gregory dies of cancer, and after Charles makes an insensitive remark to his best friend (and TokenMinority) Hazel, and has to apologize to her. After the episode, a plethora of hotlines are shown in UnreadablyFastText. By the end of the episode, Faye gets the abortion, [[UncleAesop Bob and Gregory are never mentioned again]], Ethan's illiteracy is never brought up again, and Hazel forgets the remark, and everyone gets a hefty dose of AngstWhatAngst. The episode wins an Emmy.
* '''Straight Trope''': In an episode of ''Tropetown'', Alice meets Bob, a homeless Vietnam Vet with a drug problem, and gets him a job and on the road to recovery. At the end, a number for a drug abuse hotline is displayed. This is in stark contrast with the rest of the show, which is about [[TheLeader Alice]] and her FiveManBand [[TheLancer Charles,]] [[TheSmartGuy Danny,]] [[TheBigGuy Ethan,]] and [[TheChick Faye]] going on wacky adventures in their funny town.
* '''Exaggerated''': In the same episode, Faye gets pregnant after a one night stand and contemplates abortion, Ethan deals with the fact that he NeverLearnedToRead, Danny's previously unknown brother Gregory dies of cancer, and after Charles makes an insensitive remark to his best friend (and TokenMinority) Hazel, and has to apologize to her. After the episode, a plethora of hotlines are shown in UnreadablyFastText. By the end of the episode, Faye gets the abortion, [[UncleAesop Bob and Gregory are never mentioned again]], Ethan's illiteracy is never brought up again, and Hazel forgets the remark, and everyone gets a hefty dose of AngstWhatAngst. The episode wins an Emmy.
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* '''Exaggerated''': In the same episode, Faye gets pregnant after a one night stand and contemplates abortion, Ethan deals with the fact that he NeverLearnedToRead, Danny's previously unknown brother Gregory dies of cancer, and after Charles makes an insensitive remark to his best friend (and TokenMinority) Hazel, and has to apologize to her. After the episode, a plethora of hotlines are shown in UnreadablyFastText. By the end of the episode, Faye gets the abortion,
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* '''Exaggerated''': In the same episode, Faye gets pregnant after a one night stand and contemplates abortion, Ethan deals with the fact that he NeverLearnedToRead, Danny's previously unknown brother Gregory dies of cancer, and after Charles makes an insensitive remark to his best friend (and TokenMinority) Hazel, and has to apologize to her. After the episode, a plethora of hotlines are shown in UnreadablyFastText. By the end of the episode, Faye gets the abortion, Bob and Gregory are never mentioned again, Ethan's illiteracy is never brought up again, and Hazel forgets the remark, and everyone gets a hefty dose of AngstWhatAngst. The episode wins an Emmy.
* '''Downplayed''': There is an episode where TagalongKid Irene gets head lice, and the episode contains some tips for kids with head lice and their parents. That said, there's a comedic subplot about Ethan getting a job at a coffee shop, and the episode is only mildly more serious than usual.
* '''Downplayed''': There is an episode where TagalongKid Irene gets head lice, and the episode contains some tips for kids with head lice and their parents. That said, there's a comedic subplot about Ethan getting a job at a coffee shop, and the episode is only mildly more serious than usual.
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* '''Exaggerated''': In the same episode, Faye gets pregnant after a one night stand and contemplates abortion, Ethan deals with the fact that he NeverLearnedToRead, Danny's previously unknown brother Gregory dies of cancer, and after Charles makes an insensitive remark to his best friend (and TokenMinority) Hazel, and has to apologize to her. After the episode, a plethora of hotlines are shown in UnreadablyFastText. By the end of the episode, Faye gets the abortion, [[UncleAesop Bob and Gregory are never mentioned again, again]], Ethan's illiteracy is never brought up again, and Hazel forgets the remark, and everyone gets a hefty dose of AngstWhatAngst. The episode wins an Emmy.
* '''Downplayed''': There is an episode where TagalongKid Irene gets head lice, and the episode contains some tips for kids with head lice and their parents. That said, there's a comedic subplot about Ethan getting a job at a coffee shop, and the episode is only mildly more serious than usual. Irene's head lice is never brought up again, but it's not a major plot point or source of trauma.
* '''Downplayed''': There is an episode where TagalongKid Irene gets head lice, and the episode contains some tips for kids with head lice and their parents. That said, there's a comedic subplot about Ethan getting a job at a coffee shop, and the episode is only mildly more serious than usual. Irene's head lice is never brought up again, but it's not a major plot point or source of trauma.
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* '''Enforced''': An anti-drug group sponsors the episode.
* '''Lampshaded''': ''Bob'': I'm so glad I taught you a lesson about taking care of your elders, helping the homeless, and saying no to drugs. But now I must go, because StatusQuoIsGod.
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* '''Deconstructed''': The episode is panned by critics and general audiences alike [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy for being too dark for ''Tropetown''.
* '''Reconstructed''': It is, however, held in incredibly high regard by former drug addicts and Vietnam vets who are fans of the show.
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* '''Downplayed''': There is an episode where TagalongKid Irene gets head lice, and the episode contains some tips for kids with head lice and their parents. That said, there's a comedic subplot about Ethan getting a job at a coffee shop, and the episode is only mildly more serious than usual.
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* '''Downplayed''': There is an episode where TagalongKid Irene gets head lice, and the episode contains some tips for kids with head lice and their parents. That said, there's a comedic subplot about Ethan getting a job at a coffee shop, and the episode is only mildly more serious than usual.usual.
* '''Justified''': The writer of the episode has an uncle who had drug problems after Vietnam, so the episode to them is a case of SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped.
* '''Inverted''': An episode of a drama series where touchy and edgy topics are commonplace has an episode that feels like a sitcom.
* '''Subverted''': Bob shows up begging for change, and it looks like he's about to tell Alice his whole life story when Alice gets a call from Hazel, causing Alice to leave and Bob isn't seen again for the rest of the episode.
* '''Double Subverted''': Hazel wants Alice to volunteer at a soup kitchen with her, where Bob goes for food. The rest of the episode is about Alice trying to help Bob.
* '''Parodied''': An episode is about Charles getting a paper cut, and the rest of the episode is about the gang coming to his aid, and Faye comes out as a "paper cut survivor". The episode ends with a 555Number for a "paper cut trauma" support group.
* '''Zigzagged''': Alice's plot line is about helping Bob overcome his addiction, but it is interwoven with a B Plot about Ethan getting a job at a coffee shop where HilarityEnsues.
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* '''Justified''': The writer of the episode has an uncle who had drug problems after Vietnam, so the episode to them is a case of SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped.
* '''Inverted''': An episode of a drama series where touchy and edgy topics are commonplace has an episode that feels like a sitcom.
* '''Subverted''': Bob shows up begging for change, and it looks like he's about to tell Alice his whole life story when Alice gets a call from Hazel, causing Alice to leave and Bob isn't seen again for the rest of the episode.
* '''Double Subverted''': Hazel wants Alice to volunteer at a soup kitchen with her, where Bob goes for food. The rest of the episode is about Alice trying to help Bob.
* '''Parodied''': An episode is about Charles getting a paper cut, and the rest of the episode is about the gang coming to his aid, and Faye comes out as a "paper cut survivor". The episode ends with a 555Number for a "paper cut trauma" support group.
* '''Zigzagged''': Alice's plot line is about helping Bob overcome his addiction, but it is interwoven with a B Plot about Ethan getting a job at a coffee shop where HilarityEnsues.
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Basic Trope: An episode of a sitcom focuses on a trendy, edgy issue, or has a much darker tone than the rest of the series.
* '''Straight Trope''': In an episode of ''Tropetown'', Alice meets Bob, a homeless Vietnam Vet with a drug problem, and gets him a job and on the road to recovery. At the end, a number for a drug abuse hotline is displayed. This is in stark contrast with the rest of the show, which is about [[TheLeader Alice]] and her FiveManBand [[TheLancer Charles,]] [[TheSmartGuy Danny,]] [[TheBigGuy Ethan,]] and [[TheChick Faye]] going on wacky adventures in their funny town.
* '''Exaggerated''': In the same episode, Faye gets pregnant after a one night stand and contemplates abortion, Ethan deals with the fact that he NeverLearnedToRead, Danny's previously unknown brother Gregory dies of cancer, and after Charles makes an insensitive remark to his best friend (and TokenMinority) Hazel, and has to apologize to her. After the episode, a plethora of hotlines are shown in UnreadablyFastText. By the end of the episode, Faye gets the abortion, Bob and Gregory are never mentioned again, Ethan's illiteracy is never brought up again, and Hazel forgets the remark, and everyone gets a hefty dose of AngstWhatAngst. The episode wins an Emmy.
* '''Downplayed''': There is an episode where TagalongKid Irene gets head lice, and the episode contains some tips for kids with head lice and their parents. That said, there's a comedic subplot about Ethan getting a job at a coffee shop, and the episode is only mildly more serious than usual.
* '''Straight Trope''': In an episode of ''Tropetown'', Alice meets Bob, a homeless Vietnam Vet with a drug problem, and gets him a job and on the road to recovery. At the end, a number for a drug abuse hotline is displayed. This is in stark contrast with the rest of the show, which is about [[TheLeader Alice]] and her FiveManBand [[TheLancer Charles,]] [[TheSmartGuy Danny,]] [[TheBigGuy Ethan,]] and [[TheChick Faye]] going on wacky adventures in their funny town.
* '''Exaggerated''': In the same episode, Faye gets pregnant after a one night stand and contemplates abortion, Ethan deals with the fact that he NeverLearnedToRead, Danny's previously unknown brother Gregory dies of cancer, and after Charles makes an insensitive remark to his best friend (and TokenMinority) Hazel, and has to apologize to her. After the episode, a plethora of hotlines are shown in UnreadablyFastText. By the end of the episode, Faye gets the abortion, Bob and Gregory are never mentioned again, Ethan's illiteracy is never brought up again, and Hazel forgets the remark, and everyone gets a hefty dose of AngstWhatAngst. The episode wins an Emmy.
* '''Downplayed''': There is an episode where TagalongKid Irene gets head lice, and the episode contains some tips for kids with head lice and their parents. That said, there's a comedic subplot about Ethan getting a job at a coffee shop, and the episode is only mildly more serious than usual.
