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* HeartbreakAndIceCream: Siouxsie brings ice cream to comfort Shay after her most recent breakup with Ike. Arlo brings it up as a cliché.
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* OopsIForgotIWasMarried: [[spoiler: Woody, who has just gotten engaged to Tracey]] suddenly realizes that he is still married to [[spoiler: Mary]] back in Australia!

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* OopsIForgotIWasMarried: [[spoiler: Woody, who has just gotten engaged to Tracey]] suddenly realizes that he is still married to [[spoiler: Mary]] Mary back in Australia!Australia]]!
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* MeaningfulEcho: "Don't be like that bug on the windowsill." Said once by Laura to Shay when she was younger when she got in trouble at school. She tells Ike at one point without the context. It comes up again when Ike tells the quote to George after breaking up with Shay.

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* MeaningfulEcho: "Don't be like that bug on the windowsill." Said once by Laura to Shay when she was younger when she got in trouble at school. She tells Ike at one point without the context. It comes up again when Ike tells the quote to George after breaking up with Shay.Shay for perhaps the final time.
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* DaddysGirl: Siouxsie [=McNamara=], Monty's daughter and secretary.

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* DaddysGirl: Siouxsie [=McNamara=], Monty's daughter and secretary. Also, [[spoiler: Poppy, Woody's daughter, who shares his talent for building and woodworking even though they've only met recently.]]
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* LeavingYouToFindMyself: Ike's final breakup with Shay following his near-death experience and apparent communication with the spirits of the deceased, [[spoiler: including Shay's late mother Laura]].
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* OddFriendship: Shay and Siouxsie become friends following her latest breakup with Ike.
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* PlotPants: On the search for Ike, Zack, and Steve, George and Shay bump into Siouxsie. They don't recognize her because she's without her usual makeup and dress.

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* PlotPants: On the search for Ike, Zack, and Steve, George and Shay bump into Siouxsie. They don't recognize her because she's without her usual makeup and dress.dress, wearing a sweater and cargo pants.
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* MeaningfulEcho: "Don't be like that bug on the windowsill." Said once by Laura to Shay when she was younger, who tells Ike at one point without the context. It comes up again when Ike tells the quote to George after breaking up with Shay.

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* MeaningfulEcho: "Don't be like that bug on the windowsill." Said once by Laura to Shay when she was younger, who younger when she got in trouble at school. She tells Ike at one point without the context. It comes up again when Ike tells the quote to George after breaking up with Shay.
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* DaddysGirl: Siouxsie McNamara, Monty's daughter and secretary.

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* DaddysGirl: Siouxsie McNamara, [=McNamara=], Monty's daughter and secretary.
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* DaddysGirl: Siouxsie McNamara, Monty's daughter and secretary.

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* BreakUpToMakeUp: After Ike [[spoiler: nearly drowns at sea]], he and Shay momentarily rekindle their romance.


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* MeaningfulEcho: "Don't be like that bug on the windowsill." Said once by Laura to Shay when she was younger, who tells Ike at one point without the context. It comes up again when Ike tells the quote to George after breaking up with Shay.
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* PlotPants: On the search for Ike, Zack, and Steve, George and Shay bump into Siouxsie. They don't recognize her because she's without her usual makeup and dress.
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* PapaWolf: Woody's Papa Wolf instincts kick in when he sees [[spoiler: his daughter Poppy get groped in her butt]] by a customer of [[spoilers:Rosemary's/Mary's bar.]]
* PerkyGoth: Siouxsie fits this to a tee. (It helps that she's played by the adorable Olivia Tennet.)

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* PapaWolf: Woody's Papa Wolf instincts kick in when he sees [[spoiler: his daughter Poppy get groped in her butt]] by a customer of [[spoilers:Rosemary's/Mary's [[spoiler:Rosemary's/Mary's bar.]]
* PerkyGoth: Siouxsie fits this to a tee. (It helps that she's played by the adorable Olivia Tennet.)
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* PapaWolf: Woody's Papa Wolf instincts kick in when he sees [[spoiler: his daughter Poppy get groped in her butt]] by a customer of [[spoilers:Rosemary's/Mary's bar.]]
* PerkyGoth: Siouxsie fits this to a tee. (It helps that she's played by the adorable Olivia Tennet.)

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* AmicableExes: Aside from a few hiccups during their initial reunion, [[spoiler: Woody and Mary/Rosemary sign their divorce papers without any fuss.]] In fact, [[spoiler: she lets her daughter Poppy travel across the ditch with Woody!]]

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* AmicableExes: AmicablyDivorced: Aside from a few hiccups during their initial reunion, [[spoiler: Woody and Mary/Rosemary sign their divorce papers without any fuss.]] In fact, [[spoiler: she lets her daughter Poppy travel across the ditch with Woody!]]


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* LukeYouAreMyFather: When [[spoiler: Woody]] shows up to [[spoiler: get his divorce from Rosemary/Mary]], she gets a young girl to serve him drinks along with George and Smiler. That young girl? [[spoiler: His daughter Poppy, whom he never knew he had fathered!]]

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* BreakUpToMakeUp: After Ike [[spoiler: nearly drowns at sea]], he and Shay momentarily rekindle their romance.



* BreakUpToMakeUp: After Ike [[spoiler: nearly drowns at sea]], he and Shay momentarily rekindle their romance.
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* AmicableExes: Aside from a few hiccups, [[spoiler: Woody and Mary/Rosemary sign their divorce papers without any fuss.]] In fact, [[spoiler: Mary lets her daughter Poppy travel across the ditch with Woody!]]

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* AmicableExes: Aside from a few hiccups, hiccups during their initial reunion, [[spoiler: Woody and Mary/Rosemary sign their divorce papers without any fuss.]] In fact, [[spoiler: Mary she lets her daughter Poppy travel across the ditch with Woody!]]
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* AmicableExes: Aside from a few hiccups, [[spoiler: Woody and Mary/Rosemary sign their divorce papers without any fuss.]] In fact, [[spoiler: Mary lets her daughter Poppy travel across the ditch with Woody!]].

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* AmicableExes: Aside from a few hiccups, [[spoiler: Woody and Mary/Rosemary sign their divorce papers without any fuss.]] In fact, [[spoiler: Mary lets her daughter Poppy travel across the ditch with Woody!]].Woody!]]
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* AmicableExes: Aside from a few hiccups, [[spoiler: Woody and Mary/Rosemary sign their divorce papers without any fuss.]] In fact, [[spoiler: Mary lets her daughter Poppy travel across the ditch with Woody!]].

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* ButtMonkey: Monty tends to be this, especially among the [=McNamara=] clan.
* BreakUpToMakeUp: After Ike [[spoiler: nearly drowns at sea]], he and Shay momentarily rekindle their romance.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: Season 2 ends with Ike (who had earlier broken up with Shay), Zack, [[spoiler: and Steve (who came from Australia because of Jan's pregnancy), missing at sea.]]
* CloudCuckoolander: Most of the Weld locals have their quirks, but Woody takes the cake.



* MissingMom: Shay and Arlo Turner, obviously.

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* LongDistanceRelationship: Arlo and his FirstLove Emma try this after she leaves Weld at the end of the summer season, but she later on breaks up with him.
* MissingMom: Shay and Arlo Turner, obviously.obviously.
* OfficialCouple: Woody and Tracey, though the new revelations about Woody's past in Season 3 have put their relationship on the rocks, to say the least.
* OopsIForgotIWasMarried: [[spoiler: Woody, who has just gotten engaged to Tracey]] suddenly realizes that he is still married to [[spoiler: Mary]] back in Australia!
* OppositesAttract: Arlo and Lindsay.
* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: Throughout the series, Shay and Ike go from having a relationship to breaking up immediately after, to making up a while later and then breaking up again, to having another short fling before they mutually call it quits for good.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Woody goes from being Tracey's best male friend to her boyfriend and later on fiancée in the span of one season.
* ReturningTheWeddingRing: [[spoiler: Mary/Rosemary]] returns the wedding ring to [[spoiler: Woody]] after signing the divorce papers.
* StalkerWithACrush: Ollie, even following Shay around with a drone at one point.
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* IdenticalGrandson: Lindsay McNamara's promiscuous great-great-aunt Celia is strikingly identical to Lindsay. Unfortunately when Arlo comments to Lindsay about the two's similarities, she takes it the wrong way and slaps him.

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* IdenticalGrandson: Lindsay McNamara's [=McNamara's=] promiscuous great-great-aunt Celia is strikingly identical to Lindsay. Unfortunately when Arlo comments to Lindsay about the two's similarities, she takes it the wrong way and slaps him.
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* IdenticalGrandson: Lindsay McNamara's promiscuous great-great-aunt Celia is strikingly identical to Lindsay. Unfortunately when Arlo comments to Lindsay about the two's similarities, she takes it the wrong way and slaps him.
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* HandsGoDown: Inverted. When the Gateway class is asked for if anyone wanted to works a minimum wage job at [[spoiler:Terry Turner's new restaurant]], everyone's hands stay down. When Tracey adds they would get course credits for it, everyone's hands go up.

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* HandsGoDown: Inverted. When the Gateway class is asked for if anyone wanted to works work a minimum wage job at [[spoiler:Terry [[spoiler:at Terry Turner's new restaurant]], everyone's hands stay down. When Tracey adds they would get course credits for it, everyone's hands go up.
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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling [[spoiler:Terry Turner is the foolish one; George Turner is the responsible one.]]

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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: [[spoiler:Terry Turner is the foolish one; George Turner is the responsible one.]]
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* HandsGoDown: Inverted. When the Gateway class is asked for if anyone wanted to works a minimum wage job at [[spoiler:Terry Turner's new restaurant]], everyone's hands stay down. When Tracey adds they would get course credits for it, everyone's hands go up.

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* HandsGoDown: Inverted. When the Gateway class is asked for if anyone wanted to works a minimum wage job at [[spoiler:Terry Turner's new restaurant]], everyone's hands stay down. When Tracey adds they would get course credits for it, everyone's hands go up.up.
* MissingMom: Shay and Arlo Turner, obviously.
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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling [[spoiler:Terry Turner is the foolish one; George Turner is the responsible one.]]
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* AsideComment: When George is writing his columns, he often turns to the audience and reads part of his column out loud.

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* AsideComment: When George is writing his columns, he often turns to the audience and reads part of his column out loud.loud.
* HandsGoDown: Inverted. When the Gateway class is asked for if anyone wanted to works a minimum wage job at [[spoiler:Terry Turner's new restaurant]], everyone's hands stay down. When Tracey adds they would get course credits for it, everyone's hands go up.

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''800 Words'' (stylized as ''800 words'') is an Australian show about a widower who moves across the Tasman to a small town in New Zealand along with his two teenage children.

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''800 Words'' (stylized as ''800 words'') is an Australian-New Zealand comedy-drama series about an Australian show about a widower who moves across the Tasman to a small town in New Zealand UsefulNotes/NewZealand along with his two teenage children.



Each episode has George writing a newspaper column 800 words long for his boss Jan (played by Bridie Carter) in Sydney.

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Each episode has George writing a newspaper column 800 words long for his boss Jan (played by Bridie Carter) in Sydney.Sydney.

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*AsideComment: When George is writing his columns, he often turns to the audience and reads part of his column out loud.

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''800 Words'' (stylized as ''800 words'')

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''800 Words'' (stylized as ''800 words'')words'') is an Australian show about a widower who moves across the Tasman to a small town in New Zealand along with his two teenage children.

After the death of his wife Laura, newspaper columnist George Turner (played by Erik Thompson) uproots his family and moves to the idyllic small town of Weld in New Zealand. However, their time in Weld starts off on the wrong foot when George realizes that he has been sold the wrong home. Tensions between the Turners and the quirky locals flare up at first, but they eventually become part of Weld society, finding acceptance and love along the way, helping them cope with their loss.

Each episode has George writing a newspaper column 800 words long for his boss Jan (played by Bridie Carter) in Sydney.
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''800 Words'' (stylized as ''800 words'')

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