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* AirQuotes: Creator/KellyRipa makes these with one hand in "Coat Check" when she says, "A lot of people think that because I'm on the 'Morning Show' that I have to be, like, America's 'good girl.'"

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Creator/KellyRipa makes these with one hand in "Coat Check" when she says, "A lot of people think that because I'm on the 'Morning Show' that I have to be, like, America's 'good girl.'"'"
** In "Twaining Day":
--> '''Trey''': But before I knew it, you [[spoiler:quit 'cause you "won Powerball."]]\\
'''Abbi''': I didn't [[spoiler:win Powerball]].\\
'''Trey''': Yeah, I know, that's why I did "this." They're called "air quotes."\\
'''Abbi''': Does everybody know?\\
'''Trey''': I think so. Air quotes are pretty big now.


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* GroinAttack: In "Twaining Day," [[spoiler:Trey]] suffers a penile fracture when he's startled while having sex with [[spoiler:Abbi]].
* HandshakeRefusal: In "Twaining Day," Abbi reaches out her hand to Music/ShaniaTwain, who is too absorbed in her phone to notice.


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* SpecialGuest: "Twaining Day" has Music/ShaniaTwain, who finally shows up at Soulstice after years of Abbi falsely claiming she's training there.
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* LameComeback: In "Sliding Doors," a man shoots Abbi with a bubble gun and says, "Whoops! Now you're all wet! Even though I know you were already!" In the timeline where Abbi is without Ilana, she says awkwardly, "No, sir, 'cause I... I ''never'' get wet!"


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* LookBothWays: At the end of the second timeline in "Sliding Doors," Abbi and Ilana are both hit by a bus while running away from the police.
* MaamShock: In "Sliding Doors," Ilana calls Abbi "ma'am" shortly after their first meeting, which Abbi finds offputting enough that they end up spending the day apart.


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* ModestyTowel: Bevers is wearing one when Abbi first meets him. He's considerably slimmer and more muscular than he is in every other episode.


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* SdrawkcabSpeech: During the first rewind in "Sliding Doors," a homeless man slurring unintelligibly is revealed to be saying, "UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump will be president!"
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* FourthDateMarriage: In "Jews on a Plane," everyone is seated on the Birthmarc flight according to match potential. One guy proposes to the girl next to him partway through the flight.


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* MistakenForMurderer: In "Jews on a Plane," Abbi gets her period during a flight and is unable to get tampons from any of the other passengers. She tells Ilana, "Everyone is gonna be sorry they turned their backs on their sisters. Time is of the essence. Any second, there's gonna be an explosion and then there's gonna be blood, like, everywhere." Two flight attendants overhear their conversation and set about trying to foil the impending "terrorist attack."
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* EpisodeOnAPlane: "Jews on a Plane," in which Abbi and Ilana take a Birthmarc trip to Israel, and Abbi gets her period mid-flight without access to tampons.

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** In "Jews on a Plane, Abbi and Ilana take a Birthmarc trip, a parody of Birthright Israel.



* MileHighClub: In "Jews on a Plane," turbulence is caused by the pilots giving each other blowjobs.



* PutOffTheirFood: In "Hashtag FOMO," Ilana tells Lincoln that his cornichons look like micropenises, "all lumpy and shit." Lincoln says, "Come on, don't ruin cornichons for me." Ilana says, "Okay, don't ruin micropenises for me."

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* PutOffTheirFood: PutOffTheirFood:
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In "Hashtag FOMO," Ilana tells Lincoln that his cornichons look like micropenises, "all lumpy and shit." Lincoln says, "Come on, don't ruin cornichons for me." Ilana says, "Okay, don't ruin micropenises for me.""
** In "Jews on a Plane," Ilana asks a man for his pita so Abbi can use it as a makeshift tampon. He's so disgusted by Ilana's description that he gives her the pita.

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* OnOneCondition: "Jews on a Plane" has a proudly and openly gay man who's looking for a nice Jewish girl to marry so he can have access to his trust fund.



* VictoriasSecretCompartment: A more disgusting example where the girls hide their pot up their vaginas to avoid getting caught.

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A more disgusting example where the girls hide their pot up their vaginas to avoid getting caught.caught.
** In "Getting There," Ilana stores a hundred dollar bill in her bra.

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* PreviouslyOn: "Jews on a Plane" opens with a recap of "Getting There."



* ToBeContinued: "Getting There" ends with Abbi and Ilana whispering, "To be continued."



* TrainEscape: In "Getting There," Abbi and Ilana hop a turnstile at the subway and are chased by a security guard. They run onto a train right before the doors close.



** In "What a Wonderful World," a creepy guy who tricks Abbi and Ilana into clean his apartment in their underwear stores his cell phone in his diaper.

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** In "What a Wonderful World," a creepy guy who tricks Abbi and Ilana into clean cleaning his apartment in their underwear stores his cell phone in his diaper.
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** A yoga instructor uses a Sabian gong, based on Zildjian.
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* FakeOutMakeOut: In "Burning Bridges," Ilana walks past Abbi's table during her date with [[spoiler:Trey]]. She grabs him and starts making out with him to stop Ilana from recognizing them.


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* RightBehindMe: In "Burning Bridges," Ilana asks Abbi why she kept her relationship with [[spoiler:Trey]] a secret. Abbi says, "I don't know, I was embarrassed, and dude, he does not mean anything to me. He is a guilty pleasure. He's like a joke." [[spoiler:Trey]] walks up behind Abbi in time to hear her and says, "I'm not a joke, Abbi. I thought we were having fun."
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* ProstheticLimbReveal: In "Burning Bridges," Abbi sees a man who's seemingly hogging two chairs in the park by resting his leg on one of them. Abbi tries to take the second chair, only for his prosthetic leg to come off when she pulls on it.


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* TwoTimerDate: In "Burning Bridges," Abbi's date with [[spoiler:Trey]] turns out to be in the same restaurant as Ilana's parents' anniversary celebration. Ilana recognizes Abbi, who is trying to keep her relationship with [[spoiler:Trey]] a secret, as she's going to the bathroom. She spends much of the evening rushing back and forth between their tables.
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* TwinSwitch: Trey's younger twin sisters are middle school teachers who pretend to be each other.

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* SecurityCling: Bevers grabs onto Marla in a panic when the power goes out in "Hurricane Wanda."



* SecurityBlanket: Abbi's stuffed toy, Bingo Bronson, which she and Ilana both use for comfort during unpleasant medical procedures.
* SecurityCling: Bevers grabs onto Marla in a panic when the power goes out in "Hurricane Wanda."



* ShowerOfLove: In "Fattest Asses," two hot-but-douchey [=DJs=] both get Abbi and Ilana to take one, without mentioning that they'll all be using the same bathroom because the [=DJs=] want a foursome.

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In "Fattest Asses," two hot-but-douchey [=DJs=] both get Abbi and Ilana to take one, without mentioning that they'll all be using the same bathroom because the [=DJs=] want a foursome.foursome.
** In "Burning Bridges," Abbi takes one with [[spoiler:Trey]].



* SleepMask: In "Burning Bridges," Bevers advises Abbi on what to wear during a date. She has him wear a sleep mask while she changes.
* SleepsWithBothEyesOpen: In "Working Girls," Ilana falls asleep at her desk with her eyes open.



* SleepsWithBothEyesOpen: In "Working Girls," Ilana falls asleep at her desk with her eyes open.



* TheTonsillitisEpisode: "Wisdom Teeth," in which a combination of Vicodin and [[MarijuanaIsLSD pot]] causes Abbi to hallucinate a giant version of her stuffed toy, Bingo Bronson. With Bingo's encouragement, she leaves the apartment and spends $1,487.56 at Whole Foods.

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* TheTonsillitisEpisode: "Wisdom Teeth," in which a combination of Vicodin and [[MarijuanaIsLSD pot]] causes Abbi to hallucinate a giant version of her stuffed toy, Bingo Bronson. With Bingo's encouragement, she leaves the apartment and spends $1,487.56 at Whole Foods.
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* BatterUp: In "B&B-NYC," Trey brings a baseball bat to Abbi's apartment after she's robbed.


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* IAlwaysWantedToSayThat: In "B&B-NYC," Trey checks Abbi's apartment for intruders and says "Clear!" after he finishes each room. Afterwards he says, "I always wanted to do that. You know, 'Clear!'?"
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* BeeAfraid: As a child, Abbi discovered a beehive under a tree and was stung over 300 times.


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** Abbi does one with her dad in "Philadelphia."


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* SpitTake: In "Philadelphia," Ilana spits orange juice on Abbi's dad when he tells them that [[spoiler:Alice Ackerman bought her mansion from Creator/WillSmith's mom]].

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the first episode of season 2 a random old lady calls Abbi 'Val'.[[spoiler: Then, in episode 5 we find out that Abbi has a secret jazz-singing alternate persona, Val.]]


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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the first episode of season 2 a random old lady calls Abbi 'Val'.[[spoiler: Then, in episode 5 we find out that Abbi has a secret jazz-singing alternate persona, Val.]]


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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In the opening of "2016," Abbi and Ilana brainstorm invention ideas, completely oblivious to a woman behind them who falls down two flights of stairs and is rushed away on a gurney by paramedics.


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* ZippingUpTheBodybag: Happens to someone who drops dead while waiting in line at the DMV in "2016."

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** In "2016," Ilana goes back to the temp agency.
-->'''Linda''': Every time I try to help you, it turns into a disaster. The Chinese food?\\
'''Ilana''': I was hungry.\\
'''Linda''': The plane tickets?\\
'''Ilana''': I was thirsty.\\
'''Linda''': The door?\\
'''Ilana''': I did not know it was a door. That shape.



* StreetPerformer: In "What a Wonderful World," Abbi and Ilana drum on buckets and rap in the hopes of making enough money to buy Music/LilWayne tickets. They don't make any money, but a woman who starts breakdancing to their drumming makes lots of money. When Abbi and Ilana quit in frustration, everyone boos.

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In "What a Wonderful World," Abbi and Ilana drum on buckets and rap in the hopes of making enough money to buy Music/LilWayne tickets. They don't make any money, but a woman who starts breakdancing to their drumming makes lots of money. When Abbi and Ilana quit in frustration, everyone boos.boos.
** In "2016," Ilana takes up tap dancing on the train [[spoiler:after she's fired from Deals Deals Deals]].
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* DatingServiceDisaster: In "Rat Pack," Abbi uses Tinder to find men to invite to Ilana's party, but she doesn't realize she can swipe left on people she isn't interested in. Guests include several unattractive men with flattering profile pictures, an old man using a black-and-white photo of himself at age 26, a neo-Nazi, and a man whose profile picture is of Creator/DenzelWashington.
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* ThatsWhatSheSaid: Twice in "Rat Pack." First Trey says it in response to "It's kind of spunky, right?" Then the deliveryman says it in response to Ilana describing some baby rats as "wrinkly, but soft and firm too."
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* LIsForDyslexia: In "Rat Pack," a dyslexic delivery man delivers a gift basket to Ilana at 215 10th Street when he was supposed to deliver it to 210 15th street.
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* FingerForcedSmile: In one episode, Abbi and Ilana both do this when a stranger on the street tells them to smile.

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* FingerForcedSmile: In one episode, Abbi and Ilana both do this with middle fingers when a stranger on the street tells them to smile.
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* KneeHighPerspective: The opening of "Rat Pack" is shot from a rat's perspective as it goes about its day, stealing food and scaring the humans.


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* StaringContest: In "Rat Pack," Jaimé and Ilana get in one with the exterminator over his $400 fee. The exterminator wins.
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* INeverSaidItWasPoison: In "Kirk Steele," Abbi addresses Trey as "Kirk." He takes her aside and says, "Abbi, when you said 'Kirk Steele: A Man on a Mission, A Cum Mission,' what did you mean?" Abbi replies, "Well, I just said 'Kirk,' but you have now confirmed that you are a porn star."

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* CardboardBoxOfUnemployment: In "Game Over," [[spoiler:Ilana uses one after Todd finally fires her.]]



* DirtyOldMan: In "Game Over," an old man in Abbi's exercise class pretends to pass out in the water so she'll pull him out and give him CPR. When she yells at him, he says, "I know how to do it without popping your cherry. Your husband will never suspect on your wedding night."



* MistakenForJunkie: In "Game Over," Abbi becomes so aggressively competitive during Soulstice Games Day that Trey takes her aside and tells her she doesn't need to take steroids to be cool.



* ShowerOfLove: In "Fattest Asses," two hot-but-douchey [=DJs=] both get Abbi and Ilana to take one, without mentioning that they'll be using the same bathroom because the [=DJs=] want a foursome.

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* ShowerOfLove: In "Fattest Asses," two hot-but-douchey [=DJs=] both get Abbi and Ilana to take one, without mentioning that they'll all be using the same bathroom because the [=DJs=] want a foursome.foursome.
* ShowerShy: Abbi changes in the locker room with a towel wrapped around herself, even while everyone else casually gets naked.
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* EasyImpersonation: In "Co-op," Abbi manages to impersonate Ilana to cover her shift at the co-op even though they look and act nothing alike.

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* AdamWesting: Kelly Ripa does this in "Coat Check."

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* AdamWesting: Kelly Ripa Creator/KellyRipa does this in "Coat Check.""
* AfraidOfNeedles: Ilana. In "Co-op," her doctor has to distract her by saying her parents are getting divorced in order to give her a shot.
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* ButHeSoundsHandsome: In "Co-op," Abbi meets a handsome artist at the co-op while [[EasyImpersonation pretending to be Ilana]] and spends their whole conversation talking about how great Abbi is.
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* PostTreatmentLollipop: In "Co-op," Ilana's doctor gives her one after giving her three shots. Ilana asks for a red lollipop instead of a green one.
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* SawItInAMovieOnce: Lincoln took up trapeze flying because he saw it in an episode of ''Film/SexAndTheCity''.
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* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: The thieving BasementDweller from "St. Marks" is the son of a psychiatrist.
-->'''Mom''': Timothy! What is wrong with you?\\
'''Timothy''': I don't know, Mom. Why don't you tell me? You're the psychiatrist. Or do I need to make an appointment?\\
'''Mom''': Maybe you should. But you can't afford me because [[{{NEET}} you don't work]].


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* ManHug: In "St. Marks," two men hug over a breakup one of them had. Ilana gets so distracted watching them that she forgets to buy a wig, like she meant to.

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* CardboardBoxes: The thief in "St. Marks" runs through a store and knocks over displays to delay Abbi and Ilana.



* FreeRangeChildren: A young boy in "St. Marks" shouts "I'm alone!" as he scooters past Abbi and Ilana.



* LeParkour: In "The Lockout," Abbi has red eyes from being maced, but tells Trey it was a parkour injury. He makes her go outside and practice while he watches, ruining her opportunity to shower in the locker room.

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** The purse thief in "St. Marks" effortlessly climbs between two walls to avoid Abbi and Ilana.
* ParrotPetPosition: In "St. Marks," Abbi and Ilana see a man who walks around with a small parrot tethered to his shoulder.

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