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* TakeThat: When Rose claims Jake the rescue dog can find anything:
-->'''Sophia''': Anything? (points away) A viable Democrat for president. Go!
-->*Jake runs to the lanai, with Rose running after him*
-->'''Sophia''': Anything? (points away) A viable Democrat for president. Go!
-->*Jake runs to the lanai, with Rose running after him*
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* TakeThat: TakeThat:
** When Rose claims Jake the rescue dog can find anything:
-->'''Sophia''': --->'''Sophia''': Anything? (points away) A viable Democrat for president. Go!
-->*Jake --->*Jake runs to the lanai, with Rose running after him*
** When Rose claims Jake the rescue dog can find anything:
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* HypocriticalHumor: When Dorothy tries to kiss up to Merv Griffin after losing the Fonal Jeopardy round, Alex Trebek informs her that he really hates being sucked up to...right before he calls him "His Excellency" and curtsies to him.
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* HypocriticalHumor: When Dorothy tries to kiss up to Merv Griffin after losing the Fonal Final Jeopardy round, Alex Trebek informs her that he really hates being sucked up to...right before he calls him "His Excellency" and curtsies to him.
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* BaitAndSwitch: After Dorothy and Blanche take exams to become ''Jeopardy'' contestants, they call the house and Dorothy picks up. She is told their results and reacts in the same, excited tone: she was approved for the show, but Blanche ''flunked''.
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* HypocriticalHumor: When Dorothy tries to kiss up to Merv Griffin after losing the Fonal Jeopardy round, Alex Trebek informs her that he really hates being sucked up to...right before he calls him "His Excellency" and curtsies to him.
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* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: When learning in her dream sequence that ''Rose'' is the returning champion of ''Jeopardy'':
-->'''Dorothy:''' "Champion"?! This woman is an idiot!\\
'''Johnny Gilbert:''' ''(announcing) Oh, really?'' She ''didn't get knocked up in high school!''[[note]]This is made even better by the smug look on Rose's face after he said this[[/note]]
-->'''Dorothy:''' "Champion"?! This woman is an idiot!\\
'''Johnny Gilbert:''' ''(announcing) Oh, really?'' She ''didn't get knocked up in high school!''[[note]]This is made even better by the smug look on Rose's face after he said this[[/note]]
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** When Dorothy tries to appeal to Merv Griffin after losing the final round, she says how smart and beloved he is by America and even goes on to call him "the anti-[[Creator/DonaldTrump Trump."]]
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* BlackComedyPetDeath: Rose's account with Rusty the dachshund that she and Charlie used to have as a pet ends with Rusty [[TooDumbToLive dying... after running back into the burning house that everyone escaped from in an attempt to fetch the TV]].
-->'''Rose''': I mean, he was a dachshund, for God's sake. What makes him think he could carry a TV?\\
'''Sophia''': You know how pigheaded the Germans are.
-->'''Rose''': I mean, he was a dachshund, for God's sake. What makes him think he could carry a TV?\\
'''Sophia''': You know how pigheaded the Germans are.
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* DogsAreDumb: Played with regarding Rusty the dachshund that Rose and her late husband Charlie used to have, as, according to Rose, Rusty was the one that managed to get everyone in the house out alive when their house was on fire one night, though she recounts that Rusty would have survived the house fire had he not gone back inside the house to fetch the TV.
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* DogsAreDumb: Played with regarding Rusty the dachshund that Rose and her late husband Charlie used to have, as, according to Rose, Rusty was the one that managed to get everyone in the house out alive when their house was on fire one night, though she recounts that [[BlackComedyPetDeath Rusty would have survived the house fire had he not gone back inside the house to fetch the TV.TV]].
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* DogsAreDumb: Played with regarding Rusty the dachshund that Rose and her ex-husband Charlie used to have, as, according to Rose, Rusty was the one that managed to get everyone in the house out alive when their house was on fire one night, though she recounts that Rusty would have survived the house fire had he not gone back inside the house to fetch the TV.
* HopeSpot: PlayedForLaughs. Dorothy enthusiastically voices her intention to be the first person to audition for ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', only for Blanche to tell her to "make that second" because she fancies being with a "Canadian who wasn't on skates". Unfortunately for Blanche, the pre-audition preliminary written test proves rather challenging for her. When the girls receive the phone call from the audition judge, Dorothy takes the call, [[NewhartPhonecall expresses joy at being accepted for the simulation audition, confides that Blanche is her roommate, and claims to have received another wonderful news]]... before telling Blanche that she flunked.
* HopeSpot: PlayedForLaughs. Dorothy enthusiastically voices her intention to be the first person to audition for ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', only for Blanche to tell her to "make that second" because she fancies being with a "Canadian who wasn't on skates". Unfortunately for Blanche, the pre-audition preliminary written test proves rather challenging for her. When the girls receive the phone call from the audition judge, Dorothy takes the call, [[NewhartPhonecall expresses joy at being accepted for the simulation audition, confides that Blanche is her roommate, and claims to have received another wonderful news]]... before telling Blanche that she flunked.
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* DogsAreDumb: Played with regarding Rusty the dachshund that Rose and her ex-husband late husband Charlie used to have, as, according to Rose, Rusty was the one that managed to get everyone in the house out alive when their house was on fire one night, though she recounts that Rusty would have survived the house fire had he not gone back inside the house to fetch the TV.
* HopeSpot: PlayedForLaughs. Dorothy enthusiastically voices her intention to be the first person to audition for ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', only for Blanche to tell her to "make that second" because she fancies being with a "Canadian who wasn't on skates". Unfortunately for Blanche, the pre-audition preliminary written test proves rather challenging for her. When the girls receive the phone call from the audition judge, Dorothy takes the call, [[NewhartPhonecall expresses joy at being accepted for the simulation audition,confides confirms that Blanche is her roommate, and claims to have received another wonderful news]]... before telling Blanche that she flunked.
* HopeSpot: PlayedForLaughs. Dorothy enthusiastically voices her intention to be the first person to audition for ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', only for Blanche to tell her to "make that second" because she fancies being with a "Canadian who wasn't on skates". Unfortunately for Blanche, the pre-audition preliminary written test proves rather challenging for her. When the girls receive the phone call from the audition judge, Dorothy takes the call, [[NewhartPhonecall expresses joy at being accepted for the simulation audition,
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* TakeThat: When Rose claims Jake can find anything:
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* TakeThat: When Rose claims Jake the rescue dog can find anything:
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* HopeSpot: PlayedForLaughs. Dorothy enthusiastically voices her intention to be the first person to audition for ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', only for Blanche to tell her to "make that second" because she fancies being with a "Canadian who wasn't on skates". Unfortunately for Blanche, the pre-audition preliminary written test proves rather challenging for her. When the girls receive the phone call from the audition judge, Dorothy takes the call, [[NewhartPhonecall expresses joy at being accepted for the simulation audition, confides that Blanche is her roommate, and claims to have received another wonderful news]]... before telling Blanche that she flunked.
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* BaitAndSwitchComment: Not long after Jake is introduced to Rose, he takes off with Blanche's slippers, prompting Blanche to chase him. Cue Dorothy's remark:
-->'''Dorothy''': Will you look at that? Man's best friend... chasing man's best friend.
-->'''Dorothy''': Will you look at that? Man's best friend... chasing man's best friend.
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-->'''Sophia''': Anything? (points away) A viable Democrat for president. Go!\\
* Jake runs to the lanai, with Rose running after him*
* Jake runs to the lanai, with Rose running after him*
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-->'''Sophia''': Anything? (points away) A viable Democrat for president. Go!\\
* JakeGo!
-->*Jake runs to the lanai, with Rose running after him*
* Jake
-->*Jake runs to the lanai, with Rose running after him*
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** Dorothy doesn't fare much better even in her own DreamSequence, as she wagers everything in Final Jeopardy!, only to end up losing it all when the answer she gives is considered wrong, and Creator/MervGriffin insists on upholding the ruling that goes against her.
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* AllForNothing:
** Dorothy prepares for the ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' audition and actually manages to answer every question correctly, only to end up rejected as a contestant because of her InsufferableGenius attitude.
** Mrs. Hubbard's hospitalization is looking better as the episode goes on, only for her to end up dead late in the episode, prompting Rose to give Jake the rescue dog away to Mr. Hubbard for company.
** Dorothy prepares for the ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' audition and actually manages to answer every question correctly, only to end up rejected as a contestant because of her InsufferableGenius attitude.
** Mrs. Hubbard's hospitalization is looking better as the episode goes on, only for her to end up dead late in the episode, prompting Rose to give Jake the rescue dog away to Mr. Hubbard for company.
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* TemptingFate: As the ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' audition is drawing to the end, Dorothy, fully expecting to be selected to be a contestant, tells the fellow audition participant next to her to watch her on TV. Unfortunately for her, her InsufferableGenius attitude ends up causing the audition judge to reject her instead, which comes as a serious blow to her.
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* AsHimself: Creator/AlexTrebek, Johnny Gilbert, and Creator/MervGriffin all make an appearance in this episode, in the DreamSequence Dorothy has with herself being in ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}''.
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* AsHimself: Creator/AlexTrebek, Johnny Gilbert, Gilbert[[note]] (voice only)[[/note]], and Creator/MervGriffin all make an appearance in this episode, in the DreamSequence Dorothy has with herself being in ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}''.''Series/{{Jeopardy}}''.
* DreamSequence: Dorothy has one, in which she's a contestant in ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' and Rose is the returning champion.
* DreamSequence: Dorothy has one, in which she's a contestant in ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' and Rose is the returning champion.
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-->'''Dorothy''': [[LampshadeHanging Oh, God, not the Rusty story again!]]
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: PlayedForLaughs. Rose hands Dorothy her high school yearbook with the intention of helping Dorothy prepare for the ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' audition, but Dorothy dismisses Rose by saying that she doesn't need it. Feeling affronted, Rose leaves and tells her not to complain should Creator/AlexTrebek ask about something relating to St. Olaf, only for Dorothy, who normally treats Rose's St. Olaf stories with indifference or disdain, to recite some correct trivia regarding St. Olaf, which impresses Rose.
-->'''Dorothy''': I intend to win this.
-->'''Dorothy''': I intend to win this.
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* Jake runs to the lanai, with Rose running after him*
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Upon discovering that an audition for ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' contestants is about to take place in Miami, Dorothy eagerly signs up for it. Rose takes a rescue dog named "Jake" that the other girls got for her to the local hospital in which she volunteers, where an elderly couple take a liking to said dog.
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Upon discovering that an audition for ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' contestants is about to take place in Miami, Dorothy eagerly signs up for it. Rose takes a rescue dog named "Jake" that the other girls got for her to the local hospital in which she volunteers, where an elderly couple couple, Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard, take a liking to said dog.
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* LethalChef: Mr. Hubbard's remark upon meeting Jake for the first time has this trope in mind.
-->'''Mr. Hubbard''': I see you've brought along the hospital chef.
-->'''Mr. Hubbard''': I see you've brought along the hospital chef.
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* OhNoNotAgain: The other girls, as well as the elderly couple Rose meets at the local hospital where she volunteers, all react to Rose beginning to tell the St. Olaf story of Rusty the dachshund with this trope in mind.
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* OhNoNotAgain: The other girls, as well as the elderly couple Rose meets at the local hospital where she volunteers, all react to Rose beginning to tell the St. Olaf story of Rusty the dachshund with this trope in mind.mind.
* TakeThat: When Rose claims Jake can find anything:
-->'''Sophia''': Anything? (points away) A viable Democrat for president. Go!\\
*Jake runs to the lanai, with Rose running after him*
* TakeThat: When Rose claims Jake can find anything:
-->'''Sophia''': Anything? (points away) A viable Democrat for president. Go!\\
*Jake runs to the lanai, with Rose running after him*
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* DogsAreDumb: Played with regarding Rusty the dachshund that Rose and her ex-husband Charlie used to have, as, according to Rose, Rusty was the one that managed to get everyone in the house out alive when their house was on fire one night, though she recounts that Rusty would have survived the house fire had he not gone back inside the house to fetch the TV.
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Upon discovering that an audition for ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' contestants is about to take place in Miami, Dorothy eagerly signs up for it. Rose takes a rescue dog Blanche got for her and named "Jake" to the local hospital in which she volunteers, where an elderly couple take a liking to said dog.
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Upon discovering that an audition for ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' contestants is about to take place in Miami, Dorothy eagerly signs up for it. Rose takes a rescue dog Blanche got for her and named "Jake" that the other girls got for her to the local hospital in which she volunteers, where an elderly couple take a liking to said dog.
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* AsHimself: Creator/AlexTrebek, Johnny Gilbert, and Creator/MervGriffin all make an appearance in this episode, in the DreamSequence Dorothy has with herself being in ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}''.
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* AsHimself: Creator/AlexTrebek, Johnny Gilbert, and Creator/MervGriffin all make an appearance in this episode, in the DreamSequence Dorothy has with herself being in ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}''.''Series/{{Jeopardy}}''.
* OhNoNotAgain: The other girls, as well as the elderly couple Rose meets at the local hospital where she volunteers, all react to Rose beginning to tell the St. Olaf story of Rusty the dachshund with this trope in mind.
* OhNoNotAgain: The other girls, as well as the elderly couple Rose meets at the local hospital where she volunteers, all react to Rose beginning to tell the St. Olaf story of Rusty the dachshund with this trope in mind.
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"Questions And Answers" is an episode in the seventh season of ''Series/TheGoldenGirls''.
Upon discovering that an audition for ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' contestants is about to take place in Miami, Dorothy eagerly signs up for it. Rose takes a rescue dog Blanche got for her and named "Jake" to the local hospital in which she volunteers, where an elderly couple take a liking to said dog.
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!!Tropes in this episode include:
* AsHimself: Creator/AlexTrebek, Johnny Gilbert, and Creator/MervGriffin all make an appearance in this episode, in the DreamSequence Dorothy has with herself being in ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}''.
Upon discovering that an audition for ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' contestants is about to take place in Miami, Dorothy eagerly signs up for it. Rose takes a rescue dog Blanche got for her and named "Jake" to the local hospital in which she volunteers, where an elderly couple take a liking to said dog.
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!!Tropes in this episode include:
* AsHimself: Creator/AlexTrebek, Johnny Gilbert, and Creator/MervGriffin all make an appearance in this episode, in the DreamSequence Dorothy has with herself being in ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}''.
