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* BadBadActing: Carlos is given an acting class to teach in the second season, and most of the student cast end up working to perform ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''. No one was expecting anything from the students and most of them do a passable job of playing inexperienced actors with flat delivery... except for Lorenzo, who is laughing during his lines and can be seen smiling and waving at his friends in the audience.



* DoggedNiceGuy: Mikey has a very obvious crush on Marisol, which she is aware of but sees him as harmless. On occasion it does lean into being creepily obsessive, but he does have immense respect and admiration for her. [[spoiler: His sensitivity while making the Romeo and Juliet play leads her to kiss him for real during the performance, and [[DistractedByTheSexy he immediately forgets his lines]]]].



* LimitedWardrobe: Most teachers have a flexible wardrobe, but Gabe consistently wears a school polo shirt and shorts to work. It's a running gag that he refuses to wear pants.



* StatuesqueStunner: Besides being one of the tallest characters in the show at 5' 10'', Abby is gorgeous enough to drive students to distraction.

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* StatuesqueStunner: Besides being one of the tallest characters in the show at 5' 10'', making her taller than Gabe, Abby is gorgeous enough to drive students to distraction. distraction.
* TokenWhite: Being set in a poor southern California neighborhood, the focus is mostly on a Hispanic and black cast. Among the main cast of teachers, Abby is the only white character. Among the main cast of students, Walt is the only white character. Both are redheads.

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* ActorAllusion: Mr. Iglesias uses a lot of jokes and voices lifted from Creator/GabrielIglesias' stand-up act.

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Mr. Iglesias uses a lot of jokes and voices lifted from Creator/GabrielIglesias' stand-up act.act.
** When Carlos gets students signing up for his drama class he exclaims "Finally, a life outside the office!" Actor Oscar Nunez played Oscar on ''Series/TheOffice''.



* BrilliantButLazy: Subverted with Marisol, she would normally be a straight A student but works several jobs that prevents her from doing schoolwork and attending classes she would otherwise crush. This makes her the uniformly smartest person in Gabe's remedial class, but she is far from BookDumb.



* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Abby's ex boyfriend Danny (played by Creator/JoelMcHale) comes to town to win her back, and even though they are concerned for what is best for Abby just about everyone is enamored with him.

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* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Abby's ex boyfriend Danny (played by Creator/JoelMcHale) comes to town to win her back, and even though they are concerned for what is best for Abby just about everyone is enamored with him.him because of his rugged, masculine looks and joyful attitude winning everyone over.

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* EnthusiasticNewbieTeacher: Abby still has her idealism intact.



* EvilTeacher: Assistant Principal Carlos Hernandez, a weaselly bureaucrat who wants nothing more than to “counsel out” (i.e. expel) many of the under-performing kids and make the lives of the students miserable. It's suggested he turned cynical after the theater program was cut, which he headed.

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* EvilTeacher: Assistant Principal Carlos Hernandez, a weaselly bureaucrat who wants nothing more than to “counsel out” (i.e. expel) many of the under-performing kids and make the lives of the students miserable. It's suggested he turned cynical after the theater program was cut, program, which he headed.headed, was cut.
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* GoshdangItToHeck: Abby gets a lot of mileage out of this trope, as she technically doesn't swear, but between her body language and inflection she might as well.
--> '''MOTHER'''... flowers!!
--> Oh... suck a '''DIC'''TIONARY!!!
--> Don't you DARE... you mother-plucking son of a '''bi'''scuit!!!
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* WorkCom: Centered entirely around the teachers at a high school. They have a LocalHangout but it shows almost nothing of their own homes.

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* WorkCom: Centered entirely around the teachers at a high school. They have a LocalHangout but it shows almost nothing of their own homes. We've only seen Gabe's home once.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: In the season finale, Gabe holds up a Netflix mug (with the old logo), and looks at the camera.
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* AsianAndNerdy: Subverted with Grace, she was so shy at first she could only communicate with [[RobotMonotone her computer]]. But she's actually a moderate student and a big fan of football. Coach Dixon once made a comment that he didn't think "her people" would like football, by which he meant "nerds."

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* AsianAndNerdy: Subverted with Grace, she was so shy at first she could only communicate with [[RobotMonotone [[MachineMonotone her computer]]. But she's actually a moderate student and a big fan of football. Coach Dixon once made a comment that he didn't think "her people" would like football, by which he meant "nerds."

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* AsianAndNerdy: Subverted with Grace, she was so shy at first she could only communicate with [[RobotMonotone her computer]]. But she's actually a moderate student and a big fan of football. Coach Dixon once made a comment that he didn't think "her people" would like football, by which he meant "nerds."
* AsideGlance: Principal Madison mentions a time when she would sell things for a band. Gabe says there is nothing wrong with hawking merchandise as he looks at the camera and takes a sip out of a Netflix-branded mug.



* TheCastShowOff: Mr. Iglesias is a popular teacher because he makes the classroom fun, making a lot of jokes and doing impressions. It lets Gabriel Iglesias channel his stand up act.



* EvilTeacher: Assistant Principal Carlos Hernandez, a weaselly bureaucrat who wants nothing more than to “counsel out” (i.e. expel) many of the under-performing kids and make the lives of the students miserable.

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* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Abby's ex boyfriend Danny (played by Creator/JoelMcHale) comes to town to win her back, and even though they are concerned for what is best for Abby just about everyone is enamored with him.
* EvilTeacher: Assistant Principal Carlos Hernandez, a weaselly bureaucrat who wants nothing more than to “counsel out” (i.e. expel) many of the under-performing kids and make the lives of the students miserable. It's suggested he turned cynical after the theater program was cut, which he headed.



* HotTeacher: Abby is so hot that when she stretches before an oral exam, Mikey is completely discombobulated.

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* HotForTeacher: Mikey had to give an oral report to Abby while she was letting her hair down and stretching out her back. Gabe had to defend Mikey's performance by explaining this trope.
* HotTeacher: Abby is so hot quite pretty but didn't realize that when she stretches before was distracting the students with the way she was stretching, doing it during an oral exam, exam Mikey is completely discombobulated. discombobulated.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Of the kid-friendly kind. Abby had to judge student oral reports immediately after learning her boyfriend was cheating on her, she's normally not flirty but being distracted she was emphasizing her figure and letting down her hair in an accidentally seductive way to high school students.



* MistakenForRacist: Coach Dixon often makes comments that appear very racist but are not.

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* MistakenForRacist: Coach Dixon often makes comments that appear very racist but are not. They aren't necessary nice or subtle, but at least not racist.


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* YourCheatingHeart: Abby's boyfriend still in South Dakota turns out to have been sleeping around. She had no idea but everyone else could see the signs.
* WorkCom: Centered entirely around the teachers at a high school. They have a LocalHangout but it shows almost nothing of their own homes.

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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Among the students, Marisol regards Mikey this way. Abby also drops hints that she's less than enthused about Tony's interest in her, but Tony fails (or pretends to fail) to comprehend them.



** His drink is actually non- alcoholic. He explains that he doesn’t drink, so it’s likely that he was sober and just joined in with his drunk friends at the end of the episode.

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** His drink is actually non- alcoholic.non-alcoholic. He explains that he doesn’t drink, so it’s likely that he was sober and just joined in with his drunk friends at the end of the episode.



* HeelRealization: Gabe gets Carlos to back down on the clear backback issue by making him realize that he is acting the same way as the tyrannical regime in Carlos' native Cuba.

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* HeelRealization: Gabe gets Carlos to back down on the clear backback backpack issue by making him realize that he is acting the same way as the tyrannical regime in Carlos' native Cuba.
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* OddlySmallOrganization: Woodrow Wilson High School is shown to occupy a sizeable campus but only two administrators and four teachers are regularly seen (occasionally boosted by two recurring extras and a football coach) while the student body consists of only a couple hundred students.

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* OddlySmallOrganization: Woodrow Wilson High School is shown to occupy a sizeable campus but only two administrators and four teachers are regularly seen (occasionally boosted by two recurring extras and a football coach) while the student body consists of only a couple hundred students.students who can all fit in a moderately sized auditorium.
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* OddlyWmallOrganization: Woodrow Wilson High School is shown to occupy a sizeable campus but only two administrators and four teachers are regularly seen (occasionally boosted by two recurring extras and a football coach) while the student body consists of only a couple hundred students.

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* OddlyWmallOrganization: OddlySmallOrganization: Woodrow Wilson High School is shown to occupy a sizeable campus but only two administrators and four teachers are regularly seen (occasionally boosted by two recurring extras and a football coach) while the student body consists of only a couple hundred students.
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* OddlyWmallOrganization: Woodrow Wilson High School is shown to occupy a sizeable campus but only two administrators and four teachers are regularly seen (occasionally boosted by two recurring extras and a football coach) while the student body consists of only a couple hundred students.
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* MinesottaNice: Abby is from South Dakota, but is otherwise every bit as chipper and friendly as you would expect.

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* MinesottaNice: MinnesotaNice: Abby is from South Dakota, but is otherwise every bit as chipper and friendly as you would expect.
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* DumbJock: Coach Dixon is a grown up version. He doesn't even know what the academic decathlon is.


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* MinesottaNice: Abby is from South Dakota, but is otherwise every bit as chipper and friendly as you would expect.
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* ProductPlacement: Characters are shown using Microsoft Surface products.
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* ObliviouslyEvil: Abby has no idea she was a bully in high-school.

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* ObliviouslyEvil: Abby has no idea she was a bully in high-school. Even after Gabe and Tony try to explain this to her, she still doesn't get it.



* SoapBoxSadie: Marisol is so committed to so many causes that she sometimes gets even on Mr. Iglesias' nerves.

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* SoapBoxSadie: Marisol is so committed to so many causes that she sometimes gets even on Mr. Iglesias' nerves. Taken UpToEleven when she uses sociopolitical nagging as her talent for the school talent show.
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\\His drink is actually non-alcoholic. He explains that he doesn’t drink, so it’s likely that he was sober and just joined in with his drunk friends at the end of the episode.

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\\His **His drink is actually non-alcoholic.non- alcoholic. He explains that he doesn’t drink, so it’s likely that he was sober and just joined in with his drunk friends at the end of the episode.
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His drink is actually non-alcoholic. He explains that he doesn’t drink, so it’s likely that he was sober and just joined in with his drunk friends at the end of the episode.

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His \\His drink is actually non-alcoholic. He explains that he doesn’t drink, so it’s likely that he was sober and just joined in with his drunk friends at the end of the episode.
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* ActorAllusion: Mr. Iglesias uses a lot of jokes and voices lifted from Creator/GabrielIglesias' stand-up act.
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* SitcomArchnemesis: Mr. Hernandez, for the entire school it seems.

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* DisappearedDad: Walt's dad

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* DisappearedDad: Walt's dad abandoned the family long ago.



* EvilTeacher: Assistant Principal Carlos Hernandez, a weaselly bureaucrat who wants nothing more than to “counsel out” (i.e. expel) many of the underperforming kids and make the lives of the students miserable.

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* EvilTeacher: Assistant Principal Carlos Hernandez, a weaselly bureaucrat who wants nothing more than to “counsel out” (i.e. expel) many of the underperforming under-performing kids and make the lives of the students miserable.


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* GenkiGirl: Abby is always bursting with energy and excitement, no matter the situation.
* HeelRealization: Gabe gets Carlos to back down on the clear backback issue by making him realize that he is acting the same way as the tyrannical regime in Carlos' native Cuba.
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* SoapBoxSadie: Marisol is so committed to so many courses that she sometimes gets even on Mr. Iglesias' nerves.

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* SoapBoxSadie: Marisol is so committed to so many courses causes that she sometimes gets even on Mr. Iglesias' nerves.
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* ObliviouslyEvil: Abby has no idea she was a bully in high-school.
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* HotTeacher: Abby I so hot that when she stretches before an oral exam, Mikey is completely discombobulated.

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* HotTeacher: Abby I is so hot that when she stretches before an oral exam, Mikey is completely discombobulated.
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* TheAlcoholic: Coach Dixon is never seen without a massive travel mug full of booze.
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* SoapBoxSadie: Marisol is so committed to so many courses that she sometimes gets even on Mr. Iglesias' nerves.
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''Mr. Iglesias'' is an American comedy web television series that premiered on ''Creator/{{Netflix}}'' on June 21, 2019. The series stars Creator/GabrielIglesias, who executive produces alongside Kevin Hench, Joe Meloche, and Ron DeBlasio.

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''Mr. Iglesias'' is an American comedy web television series that premiered on ''Creator/{{Netflix}}'' on June 21, 2019. The series stars Creator/GabrielIglesias, who executive produces alongside Kevin Hench, Joe Meloche, and Ron DeBlasio.
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''Mr. Iglesias'' is an American comedy web television series that premiered on ''Creator/{{Netflix}}'' on June 21, 2019. The series stars Creator/GabrielIglesias, who executive produces alongside Kevin Hench, Joe Meloche, and Ron DeBlasio.

It follows the life of high school teacher [[TheDanza Gabriel 'Gabe' Iglesias]] as he tries to make a difference in the lives of some smart but underperforming students at his alma mater Woodrow Wilson High School, who are in danger of being "counseled out" by a bully bureaucrat Assistant Principal, but also to help them unlock their full potential.

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!!''Mr. Iglesias'' contains examples of:
* ApatheticTeacher: Gabe's friend Tony is a lazy bum who puts the minimal possible effort into teaching history.
* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Abby's cheating boyfriend Danny is apparently so well-endowed that even Principal Paula is impressed.
* CasanovaWannabe: Tony is convinced he is a bona fide LatinLover. He is anything but.
* ConspiracyTheorist: There isn't a conspiracy theory that Lorenzo doesn't seem to believe in.
* CoolTeacher: The titular Mr. Iglesias is the kids' friend and mentor.
* DisappearedDad: Walt's dad
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first episode ends with all the teachers getting drunk at the end of the school year. But episode 4 establishes that Gabe is a recovering alcoholic who hasn't had a drink in 8 months.
* EvilTeacher: Assistant Principal Carlos Hernandez, a weaselly bureaucrat who wants nothing more than to “counsel out” (i.e. expel) many of the underperforming kids and make the lives of the students miserable.
* TheGamblingAddict: Tony is constantly in money problems because he has a gambling problem.
* HotTeacher: Abby I so hot that when she stretches before an oral exam, Mikey is completely discombobulated.
* MistakenForRacist: Coach Dixon often makes comments that appear very racist but are not.
* NewMeat: Abby is the newest and most naïve teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School.
* RecoveredAddict: Gabe is a recovering alcoholic who regularly attends AA meetings.
* StatuesqueStunner: Besides being one of the tallest characters in the show at 5' 10'', Abby is gorgeous enough to drive students to distraction.
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