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* KissingCousins: Michael nurses a crush on Abi, his second cousin, and the two do kiss on one occasion [[ OperationJealousy (though only to make another girl jealous).]]
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* KissingCousins: Michael nurses a crush on Abi, his second cousin, and the two do kiss on one occasion [[ OperationJealousy [[OperationJealousy (though only to make another girl jealous).]]
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** In a less close example Michael is attracted to Abi, his second cousin.
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* KissingCousins: Michael nurses a crush on Abi, his second cousin, and the two do kiss on one occasion [[ OperationJealousy (though only to make another girl jealous).]]
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* OperationJealousy: Susan's friend Megan finds out her husband has a young lover. She and Susan scheme that Ben will play Megan's lover at the same restaurant where the husband and his girl-friend are having dinner. It looks hopeless, but it turns out it worked and he returns to Megan.
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* OperationJealousy: OperationJealousy:
** Susan's friend Megan finds out her husband has a young lover. She and Susan scheme that Ben will play Megan's lover at the same restaurant where the husband and his girl-friend are having dinner. It looks hopeless, but it turns out it worked and he returns toMegan.Megan.
** Abi briefly pretends to be Michael's recently dumped girlfriend in a surprisingly successful attempt to attract a girl he's interested in.
** Susan's friend Megan finds out her husband has a young lover. She and Susan scheme that Ben will play Megan's lover at the same restaurant where the husband and his girl-friend are having dinner. It looks hopeless, but it turns out it worked and he returns to
** Abi briefly pretends to be Michael's recently dumped girlfriend in a surprisingly successful attempt to attract a girl he's interested in.
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* BullyHunter: Ben got this reputation at school by accident. He saw a fellow student getting beaten up, was actually rushing in to join in the bullying and hit one of the bullies by accident. The group dispersed and the victim was so thankful Ben just went with it.
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* BullyHunter: Ben got this reputation at school by accident. He saw a fellow student getting beaten up, was actually rushing in to join in the bullying and hit one of the bullies by accident. The group dispersed and the victim was so thankful Ben just went with it.decided SureLetsGoWithThat.
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* BullyHunter: Ben got this reputation at school by accident. He saw a fellow student getting beaten up, was actually rushing in to join in the bullying and hit one of the bullies by accident. The group dispersed and the victim was so thankful Ben just went with it.
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* OnlineAlias: In one episode, Ben gets advice from a forum. A joke is made about the wisdom in getting investment advice from someone going by the name "Yoda212". Another member of the chatroom goes by "[=ProfessorFrankenBanker=]."
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* OnlineAlias: In one episode, Ben gets advice from a forum. A joke is made about the wisdom in getting investment advice from someone going by the name "Yoda212"."[=Yoda212=]". Another member of the chatroom goes by "[=ProfessorFrankenBanker=]."
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* TheKlutz: Abi to a dangerous degree. Ben notes that since she moved in they've had to visit the hospital so often he's being asked to chip in for staff birthdays.
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* OnlineAlias: In one episode, Ben gets advice from a forum. A joke is made about the wisdom in getting investment advice from someone going by the name "Yoda212". Another member of the chatroom goes by "ProfessorFrankenBanker."
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* OnlineAlias: In one episode, Ben gets advice from a forum. A joke is made about the wisdom in getting investment advice from someone going by the name "Yoda212". Another member of the chatroom goes by "ProfessorFrankenBanker."[=ProfessorFrankenBanker=]."
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* OnlineAlias: In one episode, Ben gets advice from a forum. A joke is made about the wisdom in getting investment advice from someone going by the name "Yoda212"."Yoda212". Another member of the chatroom goes by "ProfessorFrankenBanker."
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* SiblingTeam: Michael and Janey (sort of) in the later series.
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* SiblingTeam: SiblingTeam:
** Michael and Janey (sort of) in the laterseries.series.
** Nick and Michael when Nick manages to rope his younger brother into his strange schemes.
** Michael and Janey (sort of) in the later
** Nick and Michael when Nick manages to rope his younger brother into his strange schemes.
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* SexIsGood: Ben and Susan might squabble constantly but they maintain an impressively healthy sex life for a couple in the 40s with three children, with their only interruption being the occasional LysistrataGambit from Susan (which she can rarely hold for long, as she enjoys sex too much).
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* ItsAWonderfulPlot: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in ""It's A Window Filled Life"" with Ben falling into the river and saved by a man named ''Clarence''.
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* ItsAWonderfulPlot: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in ""It's A Window Filled Life"" with Ben falling into the river and saved by a man named ''Clarence''. [[spoiler: In a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]] finding out he ''didn't'' make much of an impact on those around him is what cheers up Ben, since that means his family being screwed up isn't his fault.]]
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'''Ben''': It didn't ''mean'' anything?!... What was he like?
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'''Ben''': It didn't ''mean'' anything?!... What was he like?like?\\
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'''Susan''': Well...he took a lot more time over it...
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** JaneyJaney, sometimes.
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** Very, ''very'' occasionally between Ben and his children, such as him getting violently protective when one of Janey's dates goes too far.
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* AndADietCoke: In one episode, Janey takes a waitress job at a restaurant in Soho (hoping to be spotted by a movie producer), but doesn't bother keeping her bad attitude in check. She gets fired after snarking at a customer over this.
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** Series 8's ''Let's Not Be Heisty'' features Pauline Quirke and her on-screen husband as bank robbers who take Ben and Janey as well as the bank staff as hostages.
* AndADietCoke: Inone episode, the Series 2 finale ''Breakable'', Janey takes a waitress job at a restaurant in Soho (hoping to be spotted by a movie producer), but doesn't bother keeping her bad attitude in check. She gets fired after snarking at a customer over this.
* AndADietCoke: In
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* BasementDweller: Nick, Janey and Michael all live at home well into their twenties and maintain much the same kind of lifestyle as when they were teenagers, although Nick does eventually move out. Janey briefly went to university but dropped out and returned home. Michael supposedly goes to university and then lives with a boyfriend, but spends as much time hanging around the family home as he ever did.
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* BasementDweller: Nick, Janey and Michael all live at home well into their twenties and maintain much the same kind of lifestyle as when they were teenagers, although Nick does eventually move out. Janey briefly went to university but dropped out and returned home. Michael supposedly goes to university (or College, according to at least one Series 7 episode) and then lives with a boyfriend, but spends as much time hanging around the family home as he ever did.
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* ButtMonkey: Ben, especially in the show's past three seasons or so.
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* ButtMonkey: Ben, especially in the show's past last three seasons or so.
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* ChristmasEpisode: There's one every year.
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* ChristmasEpisode: There's one every year.year from Series 3 to Series 10.
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* ClipShow: For the show's 100th episode.
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* ClipShow: ClipShow:
** Series 3's ''Shrink Rap''.
** The Series 5 ''Reloaded'' Special.
** For the show's 100thepisode.episode, ''Kenzo's Project''.
** The 2009 Christmas Special.
** Series 3's ''Shrink Rap''.
** The Series 5 ''Reloaded'' Special.
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* ControlFreak: Susan.
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* ControlFreak: Susan.Susan, though she won't hesitate to deny it.
* CoversAlwaysLie: The title sequence, in its various forms, usually depicts the main characters smiling. They are seldom like that in the show itself.
* CoversAlwaysLie: The title sequence, in its various forms, usually depicts the main characters smiling. They are seldom like that in the show itself.
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* BigOMG: When Abi [[spoiler:runs away to become a nun]], she leaves a letter explaining her actions for Ben and Susan, but words it as something like "I'm leaving to work for the boss. Yes, the boss, the big guy." After a moment's confusion, Susan realises what she means and lets out a shocked "Oh my God!"
-->'''Ben:''' Yes, that's who she's referring to.
-->'''Ben:''' Yes, that's who she's referring to.
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** It's implied that Susan's mother Grace was one
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* LivingInAFurnitureStore: Averted: Janey's room, at least in ''Death Takes a Policy'' is as messy as a teenager's room should be.
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* LivingInAFurnitureStore: Averted: Janey's room, at least in ''Death "Death Takes a Policy'' Policy", is as messy as a teenager's room should be.
* LowCountGag: In one episode, Susan runs for the local council and is shocked when someone else is declared the winner. She immediately demands a recount, which the adjudicator performs right then and there to reveal that Susan got all of ''one'' vote (presumably her own).
* MistakenForCheating: In one episode, Susan and a business partner book a hotel together while on a business trip, only to learn at the front desk that [[ThereIsOnlyOneBed they've been booked in the same room]] despite having apparently asked for separate rooms. Ben, who already suspected they might be cheating, is even more suspicious when he learns this and starts spying on them, eventually becoming so convinced that he bursts into the room to try and attack the man. Which leads to...
* MistakenForProstitute: In the same episode, after Susan and the business partner disappear into the elevator, the concierge and receptionist turn to each other and agree that Susan must be a prostitute. Shortly after Ben bursts in, the concierge also walks in to find [[NotWhatItLooksLike Ben wrestling with the business partner]], and the three of them are immediately kicked out with the admonishment that "this isn't that kind of hotel".
* MistakenForCheating: In one episode, Susan and a business partner book a hotel together while on a business trip, only to learn at the front desk that [[ThereIsOnlyOneBed they've been booked in the same room]] despite having apparently asked for separate rooms. Ben, who already suspected they might be cheating, is even more suspicious when he learns this and starts spying on them, eventually becoming so convinced that he bursts into the room to try and attack the man. Which leads to...
* MistakenForProstitute: In the same episode, after Susan and the business partner disappear into the elevator, the concierge and receptionist turn to each other and agree that Susan must be a prostitute. Shortly after Ben bursts in, the concierge also walks in to find [[NotWhatItLooksLike Ben wrestling with the business partner]], and the three of them are immediately kicked out with the admonishment that "this isn't that kind of hotel".
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* RomanticSpoonfeeding: During one dinner, an older man feeds his young girl-friend. Megan, the older guy's wife who tries to top him and make him jealous, asks Ben (who plays her lover) to spoon feed her as well. Ben is a bit clumsy, though, and it's very awkward.
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* RomanticSpoonfeeding: During one dinner, an older man feeds his young girl-friend. girlfriend. Megan, the older guy's wife who tries to top him and make him jealous, asks Ben (who plays her lover) to spoon feed spoon-feed her as well. Ben is a bit clumsy, though, and it's very awkward.
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* Nick, who is one part {{Schemer}} and one part LazyBum. While old enough to move out, he hasn't yet (Ben wishes he would, Susan can't stand the idea). He does eventually.
* Janey, the standard BrattyTeenageDaughter obsessed with manipulating her family to get her own way. Not a DaddysGirl, however, as Ben doesn't trust her as far as he can throw her.
* Michael, the TeenGenius, easily the [[OnlySaneMan smartest and most responsible member of the family.]] Not that this is particularly hard.
Janey eventually moves out to go to university (she later drops out) and then becomes a single mother. She is replaced by Abi, Ben's [[Series/{{Friends}} Phoebe]]-ish [[TheDitz Ditz]]''/''CloudCuckoolander (it varies) cousin. Later seasons see the appearance of ButtMonkey Roger (Ben's fellow dentist and later husband of Abi) and Alfie, Nick's Welsh CloudCuckoolander friend who comes to live with the family. In later years, Ben becomes the prominent ButtMonkey to the point of DeusAngstMachina and sometimes even KafkaKomedy.
* Janey, the standard BrattyTeenageDaughter obsessed with manipulating her family to get her own way. Not a DaddysGirl, however, as Ben doesn't trust her as far as he can throw her.
* Michael, the TeenGenius, easily the [[OnlySaneMan smartest and most responsible member of the family.]] Not that this is particularly hard.
Janey eventually moves out to go to university (she later drops out) and then becomes a single mother. She is replaced by Abi, Ben's [[Series/{{Friends}} Phoebe]]-ish [[TheDitz Ditz]]''/''CloudCuckoolander (it varies) cousin. Later seasons see the appearance of ButtMonkey Roger (Ben's fellow dentist and later husband of Abi) and Alfie, Nick's Welsh CloudCuckoolander friend who comes to live with the family. In later years, Ben becomes the prominent ButtMonkey to the point of DeusAngstMachina and sometimes even KafkaKomedy.
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* Nick, Nick (Kris Marshall), who is one part {{Schemer}} and one part LazyBum. While old enough to move out, he hasn't yet (Ben wishes he would, Susan can't stand the idea). He does eventually.
*Janey, Janey (Deniela Denby-Ashe), the standard BrattyTeenageDaughter obsessed with manipulating her family to get her own way. Not a DaddysGirl, however, as Ben doesn't trust her as far as he can throw her.
*Michael, Michael (Michael Thomson), the TeenGenius, easily the [[OnlySaneMan smartest and most responsible member of the family.]] Not that this is particularly hard.
Janey eventually moves out to go to university (she later drops out) and then becomes a single mother. She is replaced byAbi, Abi (Siobhan Hayes), Ben's [[Series/{{Friends}} Phoebe]]-ish [[TheDitz Ditz]]''/''CloudCuckoolander (it varies) cousin. Later seasons see the appearance of ButtMonkey Roger (Ben's (Keiron Self), Ben's fellow dentist and later husband of Abi) Abi, and Alfie, Alfie (Rhodri Meilir), Nick's Welsh CloudCuckoolander friend who comes to live with the family. In later years, Ben becomes the prominent ButtMonkey to the point of DeusAngstMachina and sometimes even KafkaKomedy.
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* TheyDo: Roger and Abi.
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* AndADietCoke: In one episode, Janey takes a waitress job at a restaurant in Soho (hoping to be spotted by a movie producer), but doesn't bother keeping her bad attitude in check. She gets fired after snarking at a customer over this.
-->'''Janey''': Right, so that's a slimline tonic to go with your slimline foie gras, slimline steak and kidney pie and slimline chips. Oh, and may I recommend the slimline sticky toffee pudding?
-->'''Janey''': Right, so that's a slimline tonic to go with your slimline foie gras, slimline steak and kidney pie and slimline chips. Oh, and may I recommend the slimline sticky toffee pudding?
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* HiddenDepths: There are occasional hints that Nick isn't quite as stupid as he usually comes across; for example, in "Droit de Seigneur Ben", he claims that he has decided to become a painter because UsefulNotes/LeonardoDaVinci appeared to him and said "Nick, mate, two words: nude models." Ben scoffs at the idea, then Nick adds that it was actually "Caro Nico, due parole: modelle nude."
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* HiddenDepths: There are occasional hints that Nick isn't quite as stupid as he usually comes across; for example, in "Droit de Seigneur Ben", he claims that he has decided to become a painter because UsefulNotes/LeonardoDaVinci Creator/LeonardoDaVinci appeared to him and said "Nick, mate, two words: nude models." Ben scoffs at the idea, then Nick adds that it was actually "Caro Nico, due parole: modelle nude."
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* UnfortunateSearchResults: In the first episode, Ben is looking for a dentist online, hoping to locate them using the phrase “oral contacts”. Although the audience doesn’t see what he locates, it does cause him and Roger to reel back and [[HeadTiltinglyKinky tilt their heads in shock]].
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* UnfortunateSearchResults: In the first episode, Ben is looking for a dentist online, hoping to locate them using the phrase “oral contacts”. Although the audience doesn’t see what he locates, it does cause him and Roger Nick to reel back and [[HeadTiltinglyKinky tilt their heads in shock]].
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* UnfortunateSearchResults: In the first episode, Ben is looking for a dentist online, hoping to locate them using the word “oral contacts”. Although the audience doesn’t see what he locates, it does cause him and Roger to reel back and [[HeadTiltinglyKinky tilt their head in shock]].
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* UnfortunateSearchResults: In the first episode, Ben is looking for a dentist online, hoping to locate them using the word phrase “oral contacts”. Although the audience doesn’t see what he locates, it does cause him and Roger to reel back and [[HeadTiltinglyKinky tilt their head heads in shock]].
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In the first series, the layout of the house has some key differences, such as an extra fireplace in the living room next to the kitchen. Ben and Susan's bedroom also has their window and en suite on the other sides of the room from where they are later.
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* {{Flashforward}}: The episode "2039: A Christmas Oddity" takes place 30 years after the airing of the episode (in 2009) and gives us a glimpse at what the family has been up to since then.
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The plot is centered around the (of course) [[DysfunctionalFamily dysfunctional]] Harper clan. Ben (Creator/RobertLindsay), the Dad, is an [[JadedWashout Al Bundy-esque]] dentist (only less of an intentional jerk, more of a man of many misunderstandings). His wife is the ControlFreak tour guide Susan. They love each other but express their love through sarcasm most of the time. Their kids are:
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The plot is centered around the (of course) [[DysfunctionalFamily dysfunctional]] Harper clan. Ben (Creator/RobertLindsay), the Dad, is an [[JadedWashout Al Bundy-esque]] dentist (only less of an intentional jerk, more of a man of many misunderstandings). His wife is the ControlFreak tour guide Susan.Susan (Creator/ZoeWanamaker). They love each other but express their love through sarcasm most of the time. Their kids are:
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** Also, the 2005 UsefulNotes/ComicRelief short, which guest stars: [[Series/TopOfThePops Jamie Theakston]], [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Anthony Head]], TV presenter Myleene Klass, historian Adam Hart Davis, athlete Nell [=McAndrew=], newsreader Dermot Murnaghan, and [[Series/RipperStreet Clive Russell]] as themselves.
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** Also, the 2005 UsefulNotes/ComicRelief short, which guest stars: [[Series/TopOfThePops Jamie Theakston]], [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Anthony Head]], Creator/AnthonyHead, TV presenter Myleene Klass, historian Adam Hart Davis, athlete Nell [=McAndrew=], newsreader Dermot Murnaghan, and [[Series/RipperStreet Clive Russell]] as themselves.
* BottleEpisode: "Sixty Feet Under" sees Ben, Susan, Nick and Michael stuck on a subway train due to signalling problems.
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* TheBusCameBack: Nick has made two return appearances since his departure from the show, and is reported to feature in the final Christmas special for 2011.
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* CelebrityParadox: [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Anthony Head]] appears in the Series 4 episode "May The Best Man Win" as Ben's cousin Richard, and later guest stars AsHimself in the 2005 UsefulNotes/ComicRelief short.
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* CelebrityParadox: [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Anthony Head]] Creator/AnthonyHead appears in the Series 4 episode "May The Best Man Win" as Ben's cousin Richard, and later guest stars AsHimself in the 2005 UsefulNotes/ComicRelief short.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In one episode Nick gets a job as an extra and spends several scenes practicing by appearing in the background of Ben and Susan's conversations. It gets weird when he brings home several fellow extras to form a co-operative, including a traffic warden, an old lady and a city gent.
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* ItsAWonderfulPlot: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] with Ben falling into the river and saved by a man named ''Clarence''.
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* ItsAWonderfulPlot: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in ""It's A Window Filled Life"" with Ben falling into the river and saved by a man named ''Clarence''.
