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** Josh is seen quietly performing brain surgery and does a romantic gesture with a simple trick, establishing him as a simple man with simple pleasures.

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** Josh is seen quietly performing brain knee surgery and does a romantic gesture with a simple trick, establishing him as a simple man with simple pleasures.



* ShoutOut: While Melissa calls the town's WelcomingSong charming, Josh calls is "[[Film/TheWickerMan1973 Wicker Man]]".
* TemptingFate: One of the trail managers says that while the trail looks cloudy, it would otherwise by sunny all week. GilliganCut to Josh and Melissa treading through the forest in heavy rain.

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* ShoutOut: While Melissa calls the town's WelcomingSong charming, Josh calls is it "[[Film/TheWickerMan1973 Wicker Man]]".
* TemptingFate: One of the trail managers says that while the trail looks cloudy, it would otherwise by be sunny all week. GilliganCut to Josh and Melissa treading through the forest in heavy rain.

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The first episode can't be a Wham Episode, it's literally establishing the premise of the show, come on, guys


* WhamEpisode: The episode ends with Josh and Melissa realizing that they are unable to leave Schmigadoon, a singing {{Leprechaun}} (played by Creator/MartinShort) telling them that they must find true love or be trapped there forever.
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** Melissa is introduced helping a woman give birth and after starting a relationship with Josh, is constantly egging him for his lack of grand romantic gestures, portraying him as the passionate one who prefers living in the moment.

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** Melissa is introduced helping a woman give birth and after starting a relationship with Josh, is constantly egging him for his lack of grand romantic gestures, portraying him her as the passionate one who prefers living in the moment.
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* WhamEpisode: The episode ends with Josh and Melissa realizing that they are unable to leave Schmigadoon, a singing {{Leprechaun}} (played by Creator/MartinShort) telling them that

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* WhamEpisode: The episode ends with Josh and Melissa realizing that they are unable to leave Schmigadoon, a singing {{Leprechaun}} (played by Creator/MartinShort) telling them thatthat they must find true love or be trapped there forever.
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* NotAGame: It isn't until Josh and Melissa try to leave Schmigadoon and they end up meeting a leprechaun do they realize that Schmigadoon isn't some elaborate tourist trap and that they might be stuck there forever.
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* {{Homage}}:
** The eponymous song "Schmigadoon!" is a tribute to the same from ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}'', beginning with an extended note and ending with the spelling of the title.
** Danny's solo, "You Can't Tame Me", is a send-up of "If I Loved You" from ''Theatre/{{Carousel}}'', where a rake denies his attraction to the heroine but hypothesizes what would happen if they got together. It even begins with same way, with Danny accusing Melissa of trying to get him to fall for her the same way Billy accuses Julie of trying to get him to marry her.
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* DawsonCasting: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] with Betsy, who is a teen girl very obviously played by an actress in her twenties.

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* DawsonCasting: ColorblindCasting: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] with Betsy, who Lampshaded]]; Melissa points out that the musical theater ensemble is a teen girl very obviously played populated by an actress in her twenties.people of color as evidence that Schmigadoon is semi-modern.
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* OldMaid: The village women gossip in the introductory song that Emma is unmarried at 28.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** Melissa is introduced helping a woman give birth and after starting a relationship with Josh, is constantly egging him for his lack of grand romantic gestures, portraying him as the passionate one who prefers living in the moment.
** Josh is seen quietly performing brain surgery and does a romantic gesture with a simple trick, establishing him as a simple man with simple pleasures.
** Mrs. Layton bumps the mayor out of the way of the pedestal, her contribution to the WelcomingSong expressing her desire to keeping the town "pure" with the values of the Bible, not smiling the entire time, establishing her as a miserable old moral guardian who acts like the ''true'' leader of the town.
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* ShoutOut: While Melissa calls the town's WelcomingSong charming, Josh calls is "Film/WickerMan".

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* ShoutOut: While Melissa calls the town's WelcomingSong charming, Josh calls is "Film/WickerMan"."[[Film/TheWickerMan1973 Wicker Man]]".
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* OdeToFood: "Corn Puddin'" is a CallAndResponseSong where the town's men and women sing about corn pudding.
* ShoutOut: While Melissa calls the town's WelcomingSong charming, Josh calls is "Film/WickerMan".
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* ChocolateOfRomance: Melissa first meets Josh when he helps her get chocolate from a vending machine, he has various candy bars served at a restaurant as a romantic gesture on their anniversary and she is indulging in a candy bar when their relationship starts to burn out.


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* TemptingFate: One of the trail managers says that while the trail looks cloudy, it would otherwise by sunny all week. GilliganCut to Josh and Melissa treading through the forest in heavy rain.
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Melissa Gimble and Josh Skinner are doctors in New York City[9] who meet when kicking a vending machine gives them all the candy in the machine. As the years go by, their relationship becomes strained. One day, they go on a backpacking trip, which becomes disastrous when they get lost. Suddenly, they see a stone bridge, which they cross into to find a seemingly idyllic town called Schmigadoon, where everyone acts like they are in a musical from the 1940s and 1950s. Melissa plays along, since she is a fan of musicals, but Josh does not like it. Melissa also takes a liking to Danny Bailey, the local carnie. The next morning, Melissa and Josh attempt to leave, but discover they cannot. A leprechaun tells them, in song, that they cannot leave Schmigadoon until they find "true love".

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Melissa Gimble and Josh Skinner are doctors in New York City[9] City who meet when kicking a vending machine gives them all the candy in the machine. As the years go by, their relationship becomes strained. One day, they go on a backpacking trip, which becomes disastrous when they get lost. Suddenly, they see a stone bridge, which they cross into to find a seemingly idyllic town called Schmigadoon, where everyone acts like they are in a musical from the 1940s and 1950s. Melissa plays along, since she is a fan of musicals, but Josh does not like it. Melissa also takes a liking to Danny Bailey, the local carnie. The next morning, Melissa and Josh attempt to leave, but discover they cannot. A leprechaun tells them, in song, that they cannot leave Schmigadoon until they find "true love".
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* WelcomeSong: "Schmigadoon" has the townspeople of the titular town welcome outsiders Josh and Melissa to their little town.

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* WelcomeSong: WelcomingSong: "Schmigadoon" has the townspeople of the titular town welcome outsiders Josh and Melissa to their little town.
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Melissa Gimble and Josh Skinner are doctors in New York City[9] who meet when kicking a vending machine gives them all the candy in the machine. As the years go by, their relationship becomes strained. One day, they go on a backpacking trip, which becomes disastrous when they get lost. Suddenly, they see a stone bridge, which they cross into to find a seemingly idyllic town called Schmigadoon, where everyone acts like they are in a musical from the 1940s and 1950s. Melissa plays along, since she is a fan of musicals, but Josh does not like it. Melissa also takes a liking to Danny Bailey, the local carnie. The next morning, Melissa and Josh attempt to leave, but discover they cannot. A leprechaun tells them, in song, that they cannot leave Schmigadoon until they find "true love".
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!!Tropes That Appear In This Chapter:
* DawsonCasting: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] with Betsy, who is a teen girl very obviously played by an actress in her twenties.
* WelcomeSong: "Schmigadoon" has the townspeople of the titular town welcome outsiders Josh and Melissa to their little town.
* WhamEpisode: The episode ends with Josh and Melissa realizing that they are unable to leave Schmigadoon, a singing {{Leprechaun}} (played by Creator/MartinShort) telling them that
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