History Series / JustShootMe

* InformedJudaism: Jack Gallo acts, talks, and looks just like a stereotypical New York Jew from the Bronx (this is because his actor, George Segal, ''was'' a New York Jew from the Bronx). To avoid UnfortunateImplications, he's revealed to have a JewishMother, but he wasn't raised religiously and it otherwise doesn't come up. Finch even lampshades this when Maya expresses surprise that he and his father don't talk much.

** When Elliott catches Finch trying to cop a feel on Carmen Electra, he says [[Advertising/MrWhipple "Mister Finch, please don't squeeze the Carmen."]]

* BlackComedySuicide: In "Donnie Reedemed" after Donnie's girlfriend leaves him he tries to kill himself a couple times, which [[BungledSuicide fortunately don't work]]. This is {{played for laughs}}.

** Jill, the gorgeous, very feminine model in "Two Girls For Every Boy". Finch is delighted when he learns she's attracted to Maya and begins trying his best to get them together [[GirlOnGirlIsHot for his pleasure]], despite the fact that [[IncompatibleOrientation Maya is straight]]. They figure this out and play along to screw with him.

** In "Brandi, You're a Fine Girl", Creator/DavidCarradine, whom both Dennis and Brandi/Bert admired from his roles in ''Series/KungFu'' and ''Series/KungFuTheLegendContinues'', appears as a spiritual advisor for Dennis. He finds himself too distracted by Brandi's figure to give any useful advice.

* IThoughtEveryoneCouldDoThat: [[BiggusDickus Finch]].
-->'''Jack:''' So, you've never compared yourself to other guys?
-->'''Finch:''' Only guys in pornos. I just figured I was... a little bigger than average.
-->'''Elliott:''' ...You son of a bitch.

* BookDumb: Nina. Just before a big radio interview, Finch and Elliott give her a "Word of The Day Calendar" full of [[PerfectlyCromulentWord PerfectlyCromulentWords]] and she accepts them as real without hesitation.

* TheBeard: In "Mayas and Tigers and Deans Oh My" Nina's magician boyfriend sure ''seems'' to be gay, and she's happy being his beard because he's very nice, glamorous and rich. [[SubvertedTrope However]], it turns out that [[MistakenForGay he's actually straight]]-it's [[CampStraight just his persona]].

* {{Mondegreen}}: Nina and Elliott get into an argument about whether the lyrics of their favorite blues song are "Stone for my pillow" (because the singer is sleeping in the street) or "Slow, foamy killer" (referring to malt liquor). They call the singer's widow, who tells them that it is "Cold armadillo", but it was actually Finch messing with them.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys:
** In "Sewer!", Dennis hires the actor from Jack's favorite childhood show to attend his birthday party, while Nina brings in an orangutan (the hero in the show had a monkey sidekick). Nina ends up spending the day babysitting the orangutan.
-->'''Dennis''': I've seen this one. [[Film/EveryWhichWayButLoose Every which way but sober.]]
** When Maya anonymously gifts Vicki money, the latter buys a number of frivolous things, including a baby monkey that the whole office admires. After learning that the money she got was from Maya and wasn't a bonus, she hands the monkey off to Maya.
-->'''Dennis''': Hey, when did you and Elliott have a kid?

** In "Brandi, You're a Fine Girl", Creator/DavidCarradine, whom both Dennis and Brandi/Brad admired from his roles in ''Series/KungFu'' and ''Series/KungFuTheLegendContinues'', appears as a spiritual advisor for Dennis. He finds himself too distracted by Brandi's figure to give any useful advice.

-->'''Elliott''' (reading from card): She's gone mad from syphillis!

** In "Brandi, You're a Fine Girl", Creator/DavidCarradine appears as a spiritual advisor for Dennis Finch. He finds himself too distracted by Brandi's figure to give any advice.

** In "Brandi, You're a Fine Girl", David Carradine appears as a spiritual advisor for Dennis Finch. He finds himself too distracted by Brandi/Brandon's figure to give any advice.

* {{Transgender}}:
** Dennis' childhood friend Bert who moved to Colorado when they were 12 came back into Dennis' life as an adult in Season 5 named Brandi and was played by Creator/JennyMcCarthy. Dennis found it difficult at first to accept her but after talking to Maya, it was like old times. Until Dennis tried to make a move and Brandi makes it clear that they're LikeBrotherAndSister. Dennis wasn't sure at first how to handle the attraction, but he accepted how he felt.
** The drag queen Robert in "The Goodbye Girl" mentions planning on having a sex reassignment.

* AmbiguouslyJewish: Jack Gallo acts, talks, and looks just like a stereotypical New York Jew from the Bronx (this is because his actor, George Segal, ''was'' a New York Jew from the Bronx.) Yet to avoid UnfortunateImplications, he's revealed to have a JewishMother, but he wasn't raised religiously. Finch even lampshades this when Maya expresses surprise that he and his father don't talk much.
--> I didn't come from that Italian-Jewish-Catholic background or whatever it is you've got going. I came from a nice [=WASPy=] family where the only emotional thing Dad said at dinner was "Pass the salt."

* ImmuneToDrugs: Nina, seemingly due to her constant dependence and hard-partying past. She does keep enough drugs in her purse to get a racehorse high.

* IncompatibleOrientation: Finch tries to get Maya together with women on two separate occasions, in hopes they'll kiss or maybe more, [[GirlOnGirlIsHot while he watches]]. He also tries tricking Nina and Vicki into kissing. It never works, as all of them are straight (although they allow him to think so as a prank). He once is mistaken for a lesbian woman, and tries to play along in hopes of having sex with the woman who's made this mistake ([[RealityEnsues it doesn't work]]). Also, his transgender friend Brandi tries to pretend she's still male and seduce a straight woman they both want, thinking she might be willing to [[IfItsYouItsOkay make an exception]] (nope).

* AmbiguouslyJewish: Jack Gallo acts, talks, and looks just like a stereotypical New York Jew from the Bronx (this is because his actor, George Segal, ''was'' a New York Jew from the Bronx.) Yet to avoid UnfortunateImplications, he's revealed to have a JewishMother, but he wasn't raised religiously. Finch even lampshades this telling Maya about his [=WASPiness=] (paraphrased):
--> Look, you and Jack may be Jewish, Italian, or whatever you've got going on. But I'm a WASP from Upstate. We didn't talk about these things.

* MassiveMultiplayerScam: When Finch wanted to show Maya how to pull off real pranks.

** After Elliot goes joyriding in the car he sold to Jack after he stole it back from Jack, it's revealed that Jack hid a video recorder in it fr security reasons. The tape shows Elliott driving around town, trying to pick up women. While they aren't seen on the tape, Elliott refers to them as "heavyset honeys" (to himself).

* DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery: In "Blind Ambition", [[Series/TheKidsInTheHall Dave]] [[Series/{{Newsradio}} Foley]] plays a blind man who is not only bitter about his condition, but is just a jerk in general. When he and Maya go to the movies, he asks her to explain everything that's happening on screen, then blows up at the theater patrons who ask the pair to be quiet, unconcerned with how embarrassed Maya is about the situation. He convinces Maya to forgive him for his behavior, and the two decide to watch a movie at home instead. [[spoiler:He brings a porno tape, and impatiently demands that Maya give him all the details she can about the female lead's anatomy. Maya finally dumps him for this.]]

%%* TheGhost

* InflationNegation: "The Kiss" has a landlady who is apparently so far behind the times that she charges ridiculously low prices for her apartments, resulting in her tenants doing all her shopping for her to prevent her from catching on. [[spoiler In the end, it turns out that she is aware of her apartments' true value but goes along with the game because she is more concerned with having good people around than making money.]]

* MasculineGirlFeminineGuy: Female boxer Kelly likes being with Finch thinking he's soft and sensitive. She's unhappy at him sparring with her ex-girlfriend Maria since they're too much alike then, dumping him.

* MistakenForRacist: Elliott mistakes an Asian-American client for the Chinese food delivery guy. Jack's attempt to set things right backfires when the person he thinks is the returning client is actually a Blush employee of several years. To cap it off, Elliott is drinking a Slushie and gets brain freeze. Holding his temples so tightly his eyes slant, he bows back and forth saying "Ah, so cold!" - just as the client returns to be insulted a second time.

** [[DevotedtoYou Ray Liotta for Maya]]

* YokoOhNo: Nina dates the guitarist in Finch's air band, and the ensuing friction causes him to leave the group; Finch even addresses Nina as Yoko at one point. It turns out that [[spoiler:she was doing this intentionally because she was embarrassed about him being in an air band.]]

* ActionGirl: Kelly, a female boxer whom Finch dates, plus her ex-girlfiend Maria along with the others at the gym seen in "Finch and the Fighter".

* TheAllegedBoss: Jack.

** In "Halloween? Halloween!" we have Kelly, a very beautiful, feminine woman who turns out to be a lesbian (she's also a model). She's into Finch, thinking he's a {{butch lesbian}} in costume at a Halloween party, which he rolls with until the inevitable [[UnsettlingGenderReveal reveal]].

* {{Mondegreen}}: Nina and Elliott get into an argument about whether the lyrics of their favourite blues song are "Stone for my pillow" (because the singer is sleeping in the street) or "Slow, foamy killer" (referring to malt liquor). They call the singer's widow, who tells them that it is "Cold armadillo", but it was actually Finch messing with them.

* SexyCoatFlashing: A model does this to Finch when they are dating.

* StalkerWithACrush: [[AbhorrentAdmirer Kevin]] for Nina.