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* TheGrimReaper: Mark [=McKinney=]'s Death, from ''Death Comes to Town'', is a humorous-yet-effectively-terrifying ([[spoiler:at least [[ManChild until the end]]]]) version.

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* TheGrimReaper: Mark [=McKinney=]'s Death, from ''Death Comes to Town'', is a humorous-yet-effectively-terrifying ([[spoiler:at least [[ManChild until the end]]]]) version.



* TheSpock: The executor of Larry's will apologizes for his lack of emotion, saying that in law school called him [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Mr. Spock]].

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* TheSpock: The executor of Larry's will apologizes for his lack of emotion, saying that in law school people called him [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Mr. Spock]].
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%%* LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles
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-->'''Mark''': Officer, tell us about the leads in this case. What's developing?\\
'''Bruce''': Well we're following our leads and we're gonna find some breaks in this case.\\
'''Mark''': ...could you be more specific?\\
'''Bruce''': [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Well things are going forward in a forwardly direction.]]\\
'''Mark''': ...you don't have anything, do you.\\
'''Bruce''': ''[hangs head in shame]'' ...no.

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-->'''Mark''': -->'''Corrinda''': Officer, tell us about the leads in this case. What's developing?\\
'''Bruce''': '''Cop''': Well we're following our leads and we're gonna find some breaks in this case.\\
'''Mark''': ...'''Corrinda''': ...could you be more specific?\\
'''Bruce''': '''Cop''': [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Well things are going forward in a forwardly direction.]]\\
'''Mark''': ...'''Corrinda''': ...you don't have anything, do you.\\
'''Bruce''': '''Cop''': ''[hangs head in shame]'' ...no.
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Wiki/TheOtherWiki has a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kids_in_the_Hall:_Death_Comes_to_Town page, too.]]

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Wiki/TheOtherWiki Website/TheOtherWiki has a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kids_in_the_Hall:_Death_Comes_to_Town page, too.]]
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%%* CourtroomAntics
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: Appearance-wise, [[spoiler:Ricky Jarvis is basically a much fatter version of Larry Bowman with long, blond hair. Both characters were, of course, played by Bruce [=McCulloch=].]]

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* StrongFamilyResemblance: Appearance-wise, [[spoiler:Ricky Jarvis is basically a much fatter version of his dad, Larry Bowman Bowman, with long, blond hair. Both characters were, of course, played by Bruce [=McCulloch=].]]
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* TheDitz: Marnie is an ''extreme'' version, coupled with {{Cloudcuckoolander}}. Her introductory scene has her run off to deliver a pizza... only for her to instantly re-enter the pizza parlor, thinking the parlor's address is the address that ''called'' for the pizza.
-->'''Marnie:''' Sometimes I forget things. [[{{Catchphrase}} I call it 'the fuzzies'.]]

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* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey - Subverted, one night while shopping for liquor Marilyn Bowman (played by Dave Foley) finds she's left the house without her purse, and offers to make up for it by showing the checkout clerk "these beauties," and she does -- prompting the clerk to beg her to put them back in hiding.

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* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey - Subverted, IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Subverted -- one night while shopping for liquor Marilyn Bowman (played by Dave Foley) finds she's left the house without her purse, and offers to make up for it by showing the checkout clerk "these beauties," and she does -- prompting the clerk to beg her to put them back in hiding.



* LadyDrunk: Marilyn Bowman, the mayor's wife in ''Death Comes to Town'', to the point where a breathalyzer is installed in her car as part of the ignition.

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* LadyDrunk: Marilyn Bowman, the mayor's wife in ''Death Comes to Town'', wife, is a (happily) hopeless alcoholic, to the point where a breathalyzer is installed in her car as part of the ignition.



* QuirkyTown: Shuckton.
** Buttonhole the cat was inspired by Kevin [=McDonald's=] 20-year-old cat that required very, very costly vet bills to keep alive. The cat is also doing fine, [[WhoWantsToLiveForever if you take nature's side.]]

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* %%* QuirkyTown: Shuckton.
** Buttonhole the cat was inspired by Kevin [=McDonald's=] 20-year-old cat that required very, very costly vet bills to keep alive. The cat is also doing fine, [[WhoWantsToLiveForever if you take nature's side.]]
Shuckton.
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:Ricky Jarvis is basically a much fatter version of Larry Bowman with long, blond hair. Both characters were, of course, played by Bruce [=McCulloch=].]]

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* StrongFamilyResemblance: Appearance-wise, [[spoiler:Ricky Jarvis is basically a much fatter version of Larry Bowman with long, blond hair. Both characters were, of course, played by Bruce [=McCulloch=].]]
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:Ricky Jarvis is basically a much fatter version of Larry Bowman with long, blond hair. Both characters were, of course, played by Bruce [=McCulloch=].]]

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A Series/TheKidsInTheHall miniseries. Lasted from January to March, 2010. A total of 8 episodes.

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A Series/TheKidsInTheHall miniseries. Lasted reunion miniseries written by, produced by, and starring the Canadian comedy troupe Series/TheKidsInTheHall. It aired on the Creator/{{CBC}} in Canada from January to March, 2010. A March 2010, and on Creator/{{IFC}} in the United States from August to October of that year, for total of 8 episodes.



* TheSpock: The executor of Larry's will apologizes for his lack of emotion, saying that in law school they called him [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Mr. Spock]].
-->'''Attorney:''' Which is ironic, because I sat next to guy named Scotty.

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* TheSpock: The executor of Larry's will apologizes for his lack of emotion, saying that in law school they called him [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Mr. Spock]].
-->'''Attorney:''' Which is ironic, funny, because I sat next to guy named Scotty.


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* {{Tuckerization}}: Long-suffering news cameraman Levon Blanchard (Dave Foley) got his surname from longtime original series director John Blanchard.
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A Series/TheKidsInTheHall miniseries. Lasted from January to March, 2010. A total of 8 episodes.\\
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In the tiny town of Shuckton, a failed Olympics bid ends with the murder of the town mayor. [[TheGrimReaper Death]], who is burnt-out and tired of being stuck on his lousy route, [[TitleDrop comes to town]] to settle an old score he has with the EccentricTownsfolk.\\
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A Series/TheKidsInTheHall miniseries. Lasted from January to March, 2010. A total of 8 episodes.\\
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episodes.

In the tiny town of Shuckton, a failed Olympics bid ends with the murder of the town mayor. [[TheGrimReaper Death]], who is burnt-out and tired of being stuck on his lousy route, [[TitleDrop comes to town]] to settle an old score he has with the EccentricTownsfolk.\\
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EccentricTownsfolk.



%%* AfterlifeExpress: The bus.

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%%* * AfterlifeExpress: The bus.bus which comes to take Death[[spoiler:, Larry Bowman, and Heather Weather]] back to the afterlife at the end. (Literally. The destination board reads "AFTERLIFE" on the front.) It ends up running over [[spoiler:Dusty]], who in turn boards the bus as well.



%%* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Dusty.]]

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%%* * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Dusty.[[spoiler:Dusty, who is in such agony and despair over losing Larry he stands right in front of the AfterlifeExpress at the end, which runs him over.]]
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* MyBiologicalClockIsTicking: When Corrinda gets pregnant, she struggles with whether or not to have the baby or get an abortion, especially when Doc Porterhouse tells her that this is her last chance at having a baby.
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TheOtherWiki has a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kids_in_the_Hall:_Death_Comes_to_Town page, too.]]

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TheOtherWiki Wiki/TheOtherWiki has a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kids_in_the_Hall:_Death_Comes_to_Town page, too.]]
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* AfterlifeExpress: The bus.
* TheAlcoholic: Marilyn.
* AlmostKiss: Between Sam and Hester.

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* %%* AfterlifeExpress: The bus.
* %%* TheAlcoholic: Marilyn.
* %%* AlmostKiss: Between Sam and Hester.



* CourtroomAntics

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* %%* CourtroomAntics



* DrivenToSuicide:[[spoiler: Dusty.]]
* EccentricTownsfolk

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* DrivenToSuicide:[[spoiler: Dusty.%%* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Dusty.]]
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Averted.

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* %%* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Averted.



* GroinAttack: Death gets one.

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* %%* GroinAttack: Death gets one.



* LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles
* NeverOneMurder

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* %%* LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles
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* WhamEpisode: The last two episodes.

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* %%* WhamEpisode: The last two episodes.
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A KidsInTheHall miniseries. Lasted from January to March, 2010. A total of 8 episodes.\\

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A KidsInTheHall Series/TheKidsInTheHall miniseries. Lasted from January to March, 2010. A total of 8 episodes.\\



* TheCameo: ''TheKidsInTheHall'' regular characters Chicken Lady and Paul Bellini.

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* TheCameo: ''TheKidsInTheHall'' ''Series/TheKidsInTheHall'' regular characters Chicken Lady and Paul Bellini.
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* OverlyLongGag: Marilyn trying to start her car, which has a breathalyzer. She orders her bodyguard police to do it for her, only to find they're drunk, too, before asking random passersby. Turns out most of the town has been drinking.
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* CastingGag: [=McKinney=] played {{Death}} in a sketch decades prior in the original show.
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A KidsInTheHall miniseries. Lasted from January to March, 2010. A total of 8 episodes.\\
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In the tiny town of Shuckton, a failed Olympics bid ends with the murder of the town mayor. [[TheGrimReaper Death]], who is burnt-out and tired of being stuck on his lousy route, [[TitleDrop comes to town]] to settle an old score he has with the EccentricTownsfolk.\\
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TheOtherWiki has a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kids_in_the_Hall:_Death_Comes_to_Town page, too.]]
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!!This series provides examples of:
* AfterlifeExpress: The bus.
* TheAlcoholic: Marilyn.
* AlmostKiss: Between Sam and Hester.
* BadLiar: This bit between news anchorwoman Corrinda Gablechuck (played by Mark) and a policeman (played by Bruce):
-->'''Mark''': Officer, tell us about the leads in this case. What's developing?\\
'''Bruce''': Well we're following our leads and we're gonna find some breaks in this case.\\
'''Mark''': ...could you be more specific?\\
'''Bruce''': [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Well things are going forward in a forwardly direction.]]\\
'''Mark''': ...you don't have anything, do you.\\
'''Bruce''': ''[hangs head in shame]'' ...no.
* TheCameo: ''TheKidsInTheHall'' regular characters Chicken Lady and Paul Bellini.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Everyone, especially Rampop.
* CourtroomAntics
* DeathTakesAHoliday: A major plot point is that on Death's previous visit to Shuckton, he slept in and missed [[spoiler: Ricky's abortion]]. When he returns to Shuckton, Death hopes [[spoiler: Ricky]] will die, even if he has to do the job himself.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Here and there.
-->'''Ricky:''' We have the proof to prove it!\\
...\\
'''Marilyn:''' That is not true! In fact, it is a lie!
* DontFearTheReaper: Buttonhole the cat is praying for the sweet release of death.
-->[[spoiler:'''Buttonhole:''' Do it! I've been alive so long I've learnt to talk...]]
* DrivenToSuicide:[[spoiler: Dusty.]]
* EccentricTownsfolk
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Most of the townsfolk see Death as The Drifter.
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Averted.
* TheGrimReaper: Mark [=McKinney=]'s Death, from ''Death Comes to Town'', is a humorous-yet-effectively-terrifying ([[spoiler:at least [[ManChild until the end]]]]) version.
* GroinAttack: Death gets one.
* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey - Subverted, one night while shopping for liquor Marilyn Bowman (played by Dave Foley) finds she's left the house without her purse, and offers to make up for it by showing the checkout clerk "these beauties," and she does -- prompting the clerk to beg her to put them back in hiding.
--> '''Marilyn''': Fine. [[IWasQuiteALooker Should've seen them when I was 40]], you little [[PrecisionFStrike shit]].
* IHaveThisFriend: When Death is bored, he uses this line to scout a place with plus-sized redheads.
* LadyDrunk: Marilyn Bowman, the mayor's wife in ''Death Comes to Town'', to the point where a breathalyzer is installed in her car as part of the ignition.
--> '''Marilyn''': I gotta go, I can... hear the blender crying...
* LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles
* NeverOneMurder
* NonAnswer: Dusty did not complete the autopsy on the mayor, so when he is asked how the mayor died, Dusty gives a generic answer on what happens to a body when it dies.
* QuirkyTown: Shuckton.
** Buttonhole the cat was inspired by Kevin [=McDonald's=] 20-year-old cat that required very, very costly vet bills to keep alive. The cat is also doing fine, [[WhoWantsToLiveForever if you take nature's side.]]
* TheSpock: The executor of Larry's will apologizes for his lack of emotion, saying that in law school they called him [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Mr. Spock]].
-->'''Attorney:''' Which is ironic, because I sat next to guy named Scotty.
* TorchesAndPitchforks: Lampshaded.
-->'''Death:''' Pitchforks, right. In 2010. Torches? In broad daylight!
* WhamEpisode: The last two episodes.
* WhamLine: Two.
-->[[spoiler:'''Marilyn:''' I don't care if my husband did father that fat bastard!]]\\
...\\
[[spoiler:'''Marnie:''']] And then I murdered him.
* WonderChild: Rampop, the [[strike:retarded]] special adopted son of Larry and Marilyn Bowman. He's the only one in the Bowman household who knows which of the 13 remotes works on the TV, he sees butterflies in place of people and people in place of butterflies, and [[DevilInPlainSight he's the only one who can see Death in his true form]].
* YouNoTakeCandle: Nurse Hester speaks with unnecessary verb tenses. Ironically, she is also a case of WomenAreWiser:
-->'''Hester:''' Why is are you not letting nice cat die?
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