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* HalfArcSeason: Throughout season 2, Katie's plans for organizing the Westport Spring Gala inform the plots of several episodes, starting with the premiere and concluding with the finale.
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** Throughout season 2, Katie's plans for organizing the Westport Spring Gala inform the plots of several episodes, starting with the premiere and concluding with the finale.
** In the premiere of season 4, Taylor is given a list of tasks she must complete in order to prove she can function as an adult. Many of her subplots throughout the season feature her attempting to complete one or more of those tasks. The last - teach Greg to throw a three-pointer in basketball - features in the season finale.
** Throughout season 2, Katie's plans for organizing the Westport Spring Gala inform the plots of several episodes, starting with the premiere and concluding with the finale.
** In the premiere of season 4, Taylor is given a list of tasks she must complete in order to prove she can function as an adult. Many of her subplots throughout the season feature her attempting to complete one or more of those tasks. The last - teach Greg to throw a three-pointer in basketball - features in the season finale.
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* Fiction500: The Bradfords. ''Everybody'' (except the Ottos of course) in Westport is filthy rich, but the Bradfords are to them what everybody else is to the Ottos.
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** Greg's skill with elaborate romantic gestures comes in handy when Oliver's first date with Gina Tuscadero bombs. The Ottos (and Taylor's dim-witted boyfriend) recreate the lantern scene from ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'', her favorite movie.
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** Greg's skill with elaborate romantic gestures comes in handy when Oliver's first date with Gina Tuscadero bombs. The Ottos (and Taylor's dim-witted boyfriend) recreate the lantern scene from ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', her favorite movie.
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After receiving a full 22-episode season order on November 4, 2016, ABC ordered an additional episode a month later for a total of 23 episodes. The show was renewed for a second season on May 11, 2017. A third season order was announced on May 11, 2018. The fourth season premiered in its new Friday night time slot on September 27, 2019. Mid-season, the show was announced to be moving to Wednesdays and the timeslot vacated by ''Series/ModernFamily'', airing immediately after it for several weeks starting on March 18, 2020; the 21-episode order was pared down to 20 with the industry-wide cancellation of filming due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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After receiving a full 22-episode season order on November 4, 2016, ABC ordered an additional episode a month later for a total of 23 episodes. The show was renewed for a second season on May 11, 2017. A third season order was announced on May 11, 2018. The fourth season premiered in its new Friday night time slot on September 27, 2019. Mid-season, the show was announced to be moving to Wednesdays and the timeslot vacated by ''Series/ModernFamily'', airing immediately after it for several weeks starting on March 18, 2020; the 21-episode order was pared down to 20 with the industry-wide cancellation of filming due to the coronavirus outbreak.
outbreak. A fifth season order was announced on May 21, 2020.
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* HighSchoolDance: The season finale of Season 4, appropriately titled "Prom."
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* FriendVersusLover: In "All Coupled Up", Oliver's best friend Cooper and his new girlfriend Gina clash instantly (because of their very different backgrounds) and Cooper forces Oliver to choose between them. Oliver chooses Gina, leading a despondent Cooper to approach Katie (who ''was'' thrilled that she wouldn't have to deal with him anymore) to help him change his ways. At episode's end, Cooper approaches Oliver and Gina attempting to put the lessons he learned into practice, and though he isn't entirely successful, Oliver is so moved by the gesture that he goes to bat for him and asks Gina if she'll accept him. She does. Amusingly, Oliver and Gina would eventually break up and Cooper would continue to strengthen his [[HeterosexualLifePartners bromance]] with Oliver as the years went on, meaning that although he may have lost the battle, he won the war in the end.
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After receiving a full 22-episode season order on November 4, 2016, ABC ordered an additional episode a month later for a total of 23 episodes. The show was renewed for a second season on May 11, 2017. A third season order was announced on May 11, 2018. The fourth season premiered in its new Friday night time slot on September 27, 2019. Mid-season, the show was announced to be moving to Wednesdays and the timeslot vacated by ''Series/ModernFamily'', airing immediately after it for several weeks starting on March 18, 2020.
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After receiving a full 22-episode season order on November 4, 2016, ABC ordered an additional episode a month later for a total of 23 episodes. The show was renewed for a second season on May 11, 2017. A third season order was announced on May 11, 2018. The fourth season premiered in its new Friday night time slot on September 27, 2019. Mid-season, the show was announced to be moving to Wednesdays and the timeslot vacated by ''Series/ModernFamily'', airing immediately after it for several weeks starting on March 18, 2020.
2020; the 21-episode order was pared down to 20 with the industry-wide cancellation of filming due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Taylor's character changed significantly between the pilot and the second episode. In the pilot, as played by Johnny Sequoyah, she was on her way to becoming an entitled brat, much like her friends. Since then, as played by [[TheOtherDarrin Meg Donnelly]], she's a tomboy athlete.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Taylor's character changed significantly between the pilot and the second episode. In the pilot, as played by Johnny Sequoyah, she was on her way to becoming an entitled brat, much like her friends. Since then, For most of the first season, as played by [[TheOtherDarrin Meg Donnelly]], she's she was a tomboy athlete.athlete. From the second season on, she lost interest in athletics and gravitated toward music.
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* FakePregnancy: Katie does this to get out of mandatory volunteer work at school. She's exposed by Anna-Kat, who was intentionally trying to fall out of [[ParentalFavoritism favor with Katy]].
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* FakePregnancy: Katie does this to get out of mandatory volunteer work at school. She's exposed by Anna-Kat, who was intentionally trying to fall out of [[ParentalFavoritism favor with Katy]].Katie]].
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** In Season 3’s "The Code", Gina gets into the prestigious ballet school when Oliver did not and this is after they made the agreement that if one of them did not go, the other one would not either. Rather than be happy for her anyway, Oliver insists she honor their deal (which neither of them should not have made in the first place), but Gina knowing it is a big opportunity for her that she cannot pass up, goes anyway.
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** In Season 3’s "The Code", Gina gets into the prestigious ballet school when Oliver did not and this is after they made the agreement that if one of them did not go, the other one would not either. Rather than be happy for her anyway, Oliver insists she honor their deal (which neither of them should not have made in the first place), but Gina knowing it is a big opportunity for her that she cannot pass up, goes anyway.
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: In "All Coupled Up" from Season 2, Oliver changes his ways in order to not scare Gina off for seeing him as the usual selfish jerk and ends up ending his friendship with Cooper for acting the exact same way. However, the lesson is instead being learned by Cooper for learning to be better himself rather than Oliver for pushing his friend away just for being himself when that was not really what he himself was doing.
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: RightForTheWrongReasons:
** In "All Coupled Up" from Season 2, Oliver changes his ways in order to not scare Gina off for seeing him as the usual selfish jerk and ends up ending his friendship with Cooper for acting the exact same way. However, the lesson is instead being learned by Cooper for learning to be better himself rather than Oliver for pushing his friend away just for being himself when that was not really what he himself wasdoing.doing.
** In Season 3’s "The Code", Gina gets into the prestigious ballet school when Oliver did not and this is after they made the agreement that if one of them did not go, the other one would not either. Rather than be happy for her anyway, Oliver insists she honor their deal (which neither of them should not have made in the first place), but Gina knowing it is a big opportunity for her that she cannot pass up, goes anyway.
** In "All Coupled Up" from Season 2, Oliver changes his ways in order to not scare Gina off for seeing him as the usual selfish jerk and ends up ending his friendship with Cooper for acting the exact same way. However, the lesson is instead being learned by Cooper for learning to be better himself rather than Oliver for pushing his friend away just for being himself when that was not really what he himself was
** In Season 3’s "The Code", Gina gets into the prestigious ballet school when Oliver did not and this is after they made the agreement that if one of them did not go, the other one would not either. Rather than be happy for her anyway, Oliver insists she honor their deal (which neither of them should not have made in the first place), but Gina knowing it is a big opportunity for her that she cannot pass up, goes anyway.
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: In "All Coupled Up" from Season 2, Oliver changes his ways in order to not scare Gina off for seeing him as the usual selfish jerk and ends up ending his friendship with Cooper for acting the exact same way. However, the lesson is instead being learned by Cooper for learning to be better himself rather than Oliver for pushing his friend away just for being himself when that was not really what he himself was doing.
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** Angela turns the "nesting lesbian" stereotype on its head by being the only female character who ''isn't'' married for a good chunk of the show's run, and indeed she is shown to dislike relationships in general, preferring casual hookups.
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** Angela turns the "nesting lesbian" stereotype on its head by being the only adult female character who ''isn't'' married for a good chunk of the show's run, and indeed she is shown to dislike relationships in general, preferring casual hookups.
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* StereotypeFlip: A common conceit, consistent with the show's pattern of deconstructing tropes:
** This being a DomCom, you'd expect the married couple to consist of an overweight, opinionated, politically-incorrect, quick-to-anger sports fanatic and an intelligent, studious, sensitive, and progressive bookworm. And you'd be right, except the former is the ''wife'' and the latter is the ''husband'', instead of the other way round.
** Angela turns the "nesting lesbian" stereotype on its head by being the only female character who ''isn't'' married for a good chunk of the show's run, and indeed she is shown to dislike relationships in general, preferring casual hookups.
** In a town where all of the rich people are obsessed with their (and everyone else's) status and fortunes, the wealthiest character of all (Cooper Bradford) is also the one who cares ''least'' about how much money everyone else has.
** This being a DomCom, you'd expect the married couple to consist of an overweight, opinionated, politically-incorrect, quick-to-anger sports fanatic and an intelligent, studious, sensitive, and progressive bookworm. And you'd be right, except the former is the ''wife'' and the latter is the ''husband'', instead of the other way round.
** Angela turns the "nesting lesbian" stereotype on its head by being the only female character who ''isn't'' married for a good chunk of the show's run, and indeed she is shown to dislike relationships in general, preferring casual hookups.
** In a town where all of the rich people are obsessed with their (and everyone else's) status and fortunes, the wealthiest character of all (Cooper Bradford) is also the one who cares ''least'' about how much money everyone else has.
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* ABoyAGirlAndABabyFamily: A variant where the "baby" is older (but still a little girl). When the series begins, Taylor is 14, Oliver is 12, and Anna-Kat is seven.
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* ParentalFavoritism: Katie has a clear pecking order: Anna-Kat > Taylor > Oliver. She's blatant and unapologetic in favoring Anna-Kat over her other two children.
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After receiving a full 22-episode season order on November 4, 2016, ABC ordered an additional episode a month later for a total of 23 episodes. The show was renewed for a second season on May 11, 2017. A third season order was announced on May 11, 2018. The fourth season premiered in its new Friday night time slot on September 27, 2019. Mid-season, the show was announced to be moving to Wednesdays and the timeslot vacated by ''Series/ModernFamily'', airing immediately after it for several weeks starting on March 18, 2020.
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* OnceAnEpisode: Katie has second breakfast with Doris and Angela and discusses her problems with them. Generally the only scene in which Doris or Angela appear in the episode, but occasionally either or both will have a larger role.
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* OnceAnEpisode: Katie has second breakfast with Doris and Angela and discusses her problems with them. Generally the only scene in which Doris or Angela appear in the episode, but occasionally either or both will have a larger role. On more than one occasion the characters have gone to the restaurant only to not be served breakfast - once when they went on a Saturday and they were stuck in a long line, and again when they had an emergency meeting on Thanksgiving and sat outside as the place was closed.
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* HalfArcSeason: Throughout season 2, Katie's plans for organizing the Westport Spring Gala inform the plots of several episodes, starting with the premiere and concluding with the finale.
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* ChristmasEpisode:
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** "Saving Christmas" (Season 3): Katie's beloved father Marty makes a surprise visit for the holidays, even though he knows his ex-wife has been staying with the Ottos. They reconcile, surprisingly enough, when Katie's mom admits she's been envious of the happy relationship Katie and Greg have.
** "The Bromance Before Christmas" (Season 4): Greg's long-lost half-brother from his father's secret family in England is invited to visit the Ottos by Katie, much to Greg's dismay.
** "The Bromance Before Christmas" (Season 4): Greg's long-lost half-brother from his father's secret family in England is invited to visit the Ottos by Katie, much to Greg's dismay.
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** "Trust Me" (Season 3): Katie has planned a Halloween party which is attended by Oliver and Cooper, who plan on playing Seven Minutes in Heaven with Gina and her cousin. However, Viv is also in attendance, and any makeout plans are kiboshed when she goes into labor. Meanwhile, Taylor lies that a party ''she'll'' be attending will have adult supervision, and Greg decides to let this play out and see what happens.
** "The Maze" (Season 4): For one reason or another, all of the Ottos wind up going through the haunted Halloween maze - except for Taylor, who finds herself being pursued by a relentless driver.
** "The Maze" (Season 4): For one reason or another, all of the Ottos wind up going through the haunted Halloween maze - except for Taylor, who finds herself being pursued by a relentless driver.
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* TheGhost: Cooper Bradford's parents, the richest couple in Westport, have never been seen in person, to emphasize Cooper's isolation from them.
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* TheGhost: Several.
** Greg's oft-mentioned friend on the Recycling Committee at Westport Unified, Bill Doty. Finally seen in season four, played by none other than Diedrich Bader's old ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' castmate, Creator/RyanStiles.
** Cooper Bradford's parents, the richest couple in Westport, have never been seen in person, to emphasize Cooper's isolation from them.
** Greg's oft-mentioned friend on the Recycling Committee at Westport Unified, Bill Doty. Finally seen in season four, played by none other than Diedrich Bader's old ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' castmate, Creator/RyanStiles.
** Cooper Bradford's parents, the richest couple in Westport, have never been seen in person, to emphasize Cooper's isolation from them.
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* LocalHangout: Stewart & Kingston's, where the Second Breakfast Club meets every morning.
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* SayMyName: Katie's CatchPhrase is a short, sharp shriek of "GREG!". Both of her daughters have been known to imitate her doing this.
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* FreudianTrio: The Second Breakfast clique, with Katie as TheKirk, Doris as TheSpock, and Angela as TheMcCoy.
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* {{Narrator}}: Katy Mixon narrates in-character as Katie Otto. However, she's not an omniscient narrator and only narrates over her own scenes, so it functions more as an inner monologue.
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* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: The subplot in "Bigger Kids, Bigger Problems" reunites Diedrich Bader with castmates from ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow''. Kathy Kinney plays a cantankerous lunch lady that Greg is at odds with on recycling, while Drew Carey and Ryan Stiles play Greg's environmentally-minded friends. The episode premiered during ABC's Cast From the Past Week, which was built on this trope.
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** Milo Manheim, Meg Donnelly's co-star in ''Film/Zombies2018'', gets a recurring role in the third season as Pierce, the actor who plays Seymour in the school's production of ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'', who frequently rehearses with her even though she's only playing Plant Bud #3.
** The subplot in "Bigger Kids, Bigger Problems" reunites Diedrich Bader with castmates from ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow''. Kathy Kinney plays a cantankerous lunch lady that Greg is at odds with on recycling, while Drew Carey and Ryan Stiles play Greg's environmentally-minded friends. The episode premiered during ABC's Cast From the Past Week, which was built on this trope.
** Milo Manheim, Meg Donnelly's co-star in ''Film/Zombies2018'', gets a recurring role in the third season as Pierce, the actor who plays Seymour in the school's production of ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'', who frequently rehearses with her even though she's only playing Plant Bud #3.
** The subplot in "Bigger Kids, Bigger Problems" reunites Diedrich Bader with castmates from ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow''. Kathy Kinney plays a cantankerous lunch lady that Greg is at odds with on recycling, while Drew Carey and Ryan Stiles play Greg's environmentally-minded friends. The episode premiered during ABC's Cast From the Past Week, which was built on this trope.
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** Fittingly averted by Katie, who attended Duke University (a fine school, but not an Ivy), where she got a bachelor's degree in marketing. This is where she met Greg, at the time a graduate student who was working as a TA in one of the classes she was taking.
** Greg is a tenured college history professor, though the name of the college he teaches at isn't stated. But it's near Westport, and it isn't Yale, so it's not an Ivy.
** Greg is a tenured college history professor, though the name of the college he teaches at isn't stated. But it's near Westport, and it isn't Yale, so it's not an Ivy.
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* TheGhost: Cooper Bradford's parents, the richest couple in Westport, have never been seen in person, to emphasize Cooper's isolation from them.
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* UglyGuyHotWife: Subverted, Katie is consistently described as the "second-fattest housewife in Westport" and her husband Greg is a tall, fairly strapping man who is fawned over by many of the women in town (particularly Doris). In reality, Katy Mixon and Diedrich Bader are about evenly matched looks-wise, a rarity for DomCom couples.
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* UglyGuyHotWife: Subverted, Inverted, Katie is consistently described as the "second-fattest housewife in Westport" and her husband Greg is a tall, fairly strapping man who is fawned over by many of the women in town (particularly Doris). In reality, Katy Mixon and Diedrich Bader are about evenly matched looks-wise, a rarity for DomCom couples.
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* UglyGuyHotWife: Subverted, Katie is consistently described as the "second-fattest housewife in Westport" and her husband Greg is a tall, fairly strapping man who is fawned over by many of the women in town (particularly Doris). In reality, Katy Mixon and Diedrich Bader are about evenly matched looks-wise, a rarity for DomCom couples.
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* FreudianTrio: The Second Breakfast clique, with Katie as TheKirk, Doris as TheSpock, and Angela as TheMcCoy.
