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Bed Trick is about impersonating another real character


* BedTrick: Maddie completely deceived Jules, Richie and Ezra into relationships with her, which of course included sex. She then does the same with Patrick, though it turns out he did it too as he's an undercover FBIAgent.
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* RightThroughTheWall: Twice Jules is stuck next to Richard as he's [[TheImmodestOrgasm loudly having sex]] with a woman (in the second case, this is her sister, making her doubly unhappy).

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* RightThroughTheWall: Twice Jules is stuck next in a room close to Richard as he's [[TheImmodestOrgasm loudly having sex]] with a woman (in the second case, this is her sister, making her doubly unhappy).unhappy) so she hears everything.



* ScatterbrainedSenior: Maddie's father is suffering from dementia, and can't remember that she's left home, even her name once, nor a conversation which they just had. He also has an unprotected phone as he'd never remember a password for it.

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* ScatterbrainedSenior: Maddie's father is suffering from dementia, and can't remember that she's left home, even her name once, nor a conversation which they just had. He also has an unprotected phone as he'd never be able to remember a password for it.
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** In Season 2, Max and Sally impersonate two police detective, bluffing a photographer into turning over photos he took which can reveal the Doctor's identity this way. Ezra and Richie later pretend to be FBI agents while they're investigating the Doctor too.

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** In Season 2, Max and Sally impersonate two police detective, detectives, bluffing a photographer into turning over photos he took which can reveal the Doctor's identity this way. Ezra and Richie later pretend to be FBI agents while they're investigating the Doctor too.
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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Jules has long been the screw up in her family, needing to get bailed out multiple times as a rebellious, artsy type. Her older sister Poppy is rule-abiding, conventional and far more successful in her life.

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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Jules has long been the screw up screwup in her family, needing to get bailed out multiple times as a rebellious, artsy type. Her older sister Poppy is rule-abiding, conventional and far more successful in her life.
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* {{Catchphrase}}: "Always forward, never back." A phrase Maddie likes to say a lot, that Ezra, Richie and Jules each remember her saying to them. The three of them later appropriate it for themselves.

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* {{Catchphrase}}: CharacterCatchphrase: "Always forward, never back." A phrase Maddie likes to say a lot, that Ezra, Richie and Jules each remember her saying to them. The three of them later appropriate it for themselves.

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* AffectionateNickname: Jules and her sister Poppy call each other "Jujube" and "Poops".

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Jules and her sister Poppy call each other "Jujube" and "Poops"."Poops".
** Richard is called Richie by his family, friends or girlfriends.
** Maddie calls Ezra Ez affectionately.



* BedTrick: Maddie completely deceived Jules, Richie and Ezra into relationships with her, which of course included sex. She then does the same with Patrick, though it turns out he did it too as he's an undercover FBIAgent.



* BorrowedBiometricBypass: Jules gets the Doctor's fingerprints off a glass and with Max she makes casts of them he uses when impersonating the Doctor to empty his safety deposit box by getting past the handprint required this way.



* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Jules has long been the screw up in her family, needing to get bailed out multiple times as a rebellious, artsy type. Her older sister Poppy is rule-abiding, conventional and far more successful in her life.



* FourthDateMarriage: Seems to be Maddie's MO.

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* FourthDateMarriage: Seems This seems to be Maddie's MO.MO, as she married all her past spouses within six months.
* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Richie tells Hull's father, who tries to speculate on why he became a crime boss and seems like he blames himself, that this wasn't his fault, because Hull chose his path.



* GenderBlenderName: Lenny and Shelly Cohen.

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* GenderBlenderName: Lenny and Shelly Cohen. The former is actually a woman (it's not said if that's a nickname for something, such as Lenora), the latter a man (full name Sheldon).



* GiveMeBackMyWallet: In Mexico, Ezra meets a lovely Colombian lady and they chat over the city as she expertly picks his wallet. She heads to an alley to get out the cash and slips the wallet into a purse packed with several. She frowns and starts rummaging just as Ezra calls from behind her, revealing he has her cell phone. Instead of being upset, Ezra gives her tips on "don't flirt so quickly" the next time she pulls this. He also points out that he'd appreciate having the money ''in'' the wallet returned as well.

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In Mexico, Ezra meets a lovely Colombian lady and they chat over the city as she expertly picks his wallet. She heads to an alley to get out the cash and slips the wallet into a purse packed with several. She frowns and starts rummaging just as Ezra calls from behind her, revealing he has her cell phone. Instead of being upset, Ezra gives her tips on "don't flirt so quickly" the next time she pulls this. He also points out that he'd appreciate having the money ''in'' the wallet returned as well.



* GreyAndGrayMorality: Maddie is a con artist who bilked all of her past spouses. When three team up to track her down however they use cons for money, with the question about how different the trio are from her being repeatedly raised. Maddie is not entirely bad either and feels obvious guilt at her crimes, while her past spouses start to enjoy their cons. Her associates Max and Sally aren't entirely bad either. The Doctor is the worst. Even he [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes takes cares of his father though]].



* HollywoodGenetics: Patrick, a light-skinned black man, turns out to have three kids with his ex-wife (who seems white, but with tan skin), who are darker-skinned than them both. While not impossible, it's unlikely, particularly that they both would have this skin tone (the kids are twins, a boy and a girl).



* IHaveManyNames: Maddie goes by a different name with every mark, being also known as Ava, Alice, [=CeCe=] and Saffron.

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Maddie goes by a different name with every mark, being also known as Ava, Alice, [=CeCe=] and Saffron.



* IJustWantToBeNormal: One of the things that attracts Maddie towards Patrick is the fact that he is not a mark and she could lead a perfectly normal life with him. [[spoiler:It turns out Patrick is an FBI agent going after The Doctor and using her to track him down, and she has her moment of heartbreak when she learns this]].

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One of the things that attracts Maddie towards Patrick is the fact that he is not a mark and she could lead a perfectly normal life with him. [[spoiler:It turns out Patrick is an FBI agent going after The Doctor and using her to track him down, and she has her moment of heartbreak when she learns this]].



* TheImmodestOrgasm: Richard and the women who he's having sex with both get very loud.
* ImpersonatingAnOfficer:
** Richie first meets Ezra while he's faking being an FBI agent to track down the woman who'd conned both of them. Ezra quickly sees through it however.
** In Season 2, Max and Sally impersonate two police detective, bluffing a photographer into turning over photos he took which can reveal the Doctor's identity this way. Ezra and Richie later pretend to be FBI agents while they're investigating the Doctor too.



* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Maddie decides to kill the Doctor rather than just turn him over to the FBI, as even from prison she thinks he can get to them. She's foiled by the others in trying to kill him. [[spoiler:Later though Sally does kill him in concert with her.]]



* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Maddie and Jules rarely get called Madeleine or Julia.



* QueerEstablishingMoment: Ezra and Richard find the last known address Maddie had. On arriving, they're greeted by Jules... who'd been her wife. Both are surprised, as Maddie was previously married to them, while neither knew she'd also been with a woman.
* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:Sally, in the series finale, kills the Doctor by injecting him with poison. This is clearly something that she relished, since he had brutally tortured her offscreen.]]
* RightThroughTheWall: Twice Jules is stuck next to Richard as he's [[TheImmodestOrgasm loudly having sex]] with a woman (in the second case, this is her sister, making her doubly unhappy).



* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: Jules.

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* ScatterbrainedSenior: Maddie's father is suffering from dementia, and can't remember that she's left home, even her name once, nor a conversation which they just had. He also has an unprotected phone as he'd never remember a password for it.
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SecondEpisodeIntroduction: Jules.



* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: After discovering [[spoiler: Patrick is an FBI agent, Maddie is basically kicking herself that she fell for exactly the same sort of tricks (from a fake family to playing hard to get) that she's used countless times on her own marks. Naturally, the Bumblers take some pleasure out of Maddie getting a dose of what she did to them.]]

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* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine:
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After discovering [[spoiler: Patrick is an FBI agent, Maddie is basically kicking herself that she fell for exactly the same sort of tricks (from a fake family to playing hard to get) that she's used countless times on her own marks. Naturally, the Bumblers take some pleasure out of Maddie getting a dose of what she did to them.]]



* TookALevelInBadass: Ezra grows more assertive and confident, as a grifter and just as a person in general, the further along he goes in trying to find Maddie. By the season finale, [[spoiler:he manages to fool not only the FBI, but both Maddie and Max, and is the only one among them who gets away with anything valuable in the end]].

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Ezra grows more assertive and confident, as a grifter and just as a person in general, the further along he goes in trying to find Maddie. By the season finale, [[spoiler:he manages to fool not only the FBI, but both Maddie and Max, and is the only one among them who gets away with anything valuable in the end]].



* WhamShot: Richard following Patrick into [[spoiler: the Seattle headquarters of the FBI where Patrick and his "family" are all wearing suits and agent badges.]]

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Richard following Patrick into [[spoiler: the Seattle headquarters of the FBI where Patrick and his "family" are all wearing suits and agent badges.]]

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* PowerWalk: Played for laughs in the first scene of the second season as the Bumblers stride in slo-motion at a bus depot. They start to seperate with Ezra calling out as it turns out each had a different idea what bus to take.


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* TeamPowerWalk: Played for laughs in the first scene of the second season as the Bumblers stride in slo-motion at a bus depot. They start to seperate with Ezra calling out as it turns out each had a different idea what bus to take.

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