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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Despite the premise of the show being Earl making up for the bad he has done in his life, there are some list items he simply cannot make up for and cross off. Earl decides to check up on a brain-damaged man every day because his inability to make new memories means Earl cannot make it up to him. A recurring character is a woman Earl scorned who is too angry at him to let him make amends. It is also revealed that Earl would have run into a list item he couldn't cross off in the GrandFinale.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Despite the premise of the show being Earl making up for the bad he has done in his life, there are some list items he simply cannot make up for and cross off. Earl decides to check up on a brain-damaged man every day because his inability to make new memories means Earl cannot make it up to him. A recurring character is a woman Earl scorned who is too angry at him to let him make amends. It is also revealed that Earl would have run into a list item he couldn't cross off in the GrandFinale.
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* HeelFaithTurn[=/=]FaithHeelTurn: A ScaryBlackMan gangster who went by "Hash Brown" and eventually became a minister ends up being on Earl's list at least five times, with each new list item revealed making him angrier and angrier until he snaps and decides to return to his gangster life. Then Earl recognizes his car and reveals that he broke the taillight on it (another list item). The broken taillight caused Hash Brown to get pulled over and be late for a deal which ended up turning into a brutal shootout, meaning that Earl had indirectly saved his life. Since this event was what had caused him to take up religion in the first place (he originally attributed it to divine intervention), he thanks Earl and goes back to being a minister.
** Another person on Earl's list was Donny, a former violent criminal lunatic who found religion while serving two years in prison for a crime Earl committed. Donny forgave Earl almost immediately, reasoning that if he hadn't gone to jail he wouldn't have cleaned up his act (and that he'd have likely gone to jail anyway at the rate he was going).
** Another person on Earl's list was Donny, a former violent criminal lunatic who found religion while serving two years in prison for a crime Earl committed. Donny forgave Earl almost immediately, reasoning that if he hadn't gone to jail he wouldn't have cleaned up his act (and that he'd have likely gone to jail anyway at the rate he was going).
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* HeelFaithTurn[=/=]FaithHeelTurn: A ScaryBlackMan gangster who went by "Hash Brown" and eventually became a minister ends up being on Earl's list at least five three times, with each new list item revealed making him angrier and angrier until he snaps and decides to return to his gangster life. Then Earl recognizes his car and reveals that he broke the taillight on it (another list item). The broken taillight caused Hash Brown to get pulled over and be late for a deal which ended up turning into a brutal shootout, meaning that Earl had indirectly saved his life. Since this event was what had caused him to take up religion in the first place (he originally attributed it to divine intervention), he thanks Earl and goes back to being a minister.
** Another person on Earl's list was Donny, a former violent criminal lunatic who found religion while serving two years in prison for a crime Earl committed. Donny forgave Earl almost immediately, reasoning that if he hadn't gone to jail he wouldn't have cleaned up his act (and figuring that he'd have likely gone to jail anyway at the rate he was going).
** Another person on Earl's list was Donny, a former violent criminal lunatic who found religion while serving two years in prison for a crime Earl committed. Donny forgave Earl almost immediately, reasoning that if he hadn't gone to jail he wouldn't have cleaned up his act (and figuring that he'd have likely gone to jail anyway at the rate he was going).
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* PowerWalk: "The Gang" has one when they get together to scratch the hot dog cart off the list.
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* ForWantOfANail: The Season 1 extra "Bad Karma", where instead of Earl finding out about karma from Carson Daily, he watches ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' where Stewie preaches the importane of getting {{Revenge}}. Earl goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, making a hit list of people who wronged him, which eventually results in Earl getting hit by a car ''again'', and a vengeful Joy and Darnell finishing him off. Earl dies, making Randy the new protagonist.
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* ForWantOfANail: The Season 1 extra "Bad Karma", where instead of Earl finding out about karma from Carson Daily, he watches an episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' where Stewie preaches the importane importance of getting {{Revenge}}. Earl goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, making a hit list of people who wronged him, which eventually results in Earl getting hit by a car ''again'', and a vengeful Joy and Darnell finishing him off. Earl dies, making Randy becomes the new protagonist.
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* ForWantOfANail: The Season 1 extra "Bad Karma", where instead of Earl finding out about karma from Carson Daily, he watches ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' where Stewie preaches the importane of getting {{Revenge}}. Earl goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, making a hit list of people who wronged him, which eventually results in Earl getting hit by a car ''again'', and a vengeful Joy and Darnell finishing him off. Earl dies, making Randy the new protagonist.
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* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: Earl once stole a cop's badge and used it to get free food and other stuff. Then someone stole it from him.
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* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: Earl once stole a [[GenericCopBadges cop's badge badge]] and used it to get free food and other stuff. Then someone stole it from him.
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* PovertyPorn: Earl recalls that back when he and Joy were still married (before he began working on [[ListOfTransgressions The List]]), they watched a commercial like this for some organization helping children in Africa, which inspired them to start a FakeCharity. Earl gave up on it after a while, but Joy kept it up, even long after she divorced Earl and married Darnell. She sent a picture to her primary "donor" of a boy named "Mbungo," which was really just a picture of Earl Jr. and a fly. She also got some of the other trailer park women in on her scam, with each of them invoking this trope in their own ways for their fake charity scams. [[spoiler: After a series of disasters ensues, these women are left in dire straits for real, [[LaserGuidedKarma in ways very similar to what they had faked photos of and lied about]]. The old man that they were scamming wrote them checks anyway, saying how it felt good to give, and to forgive.]]
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** And its not just applied to Earl. In some episodes Randy and Joy also feel the sting of Karma. As does Mr. Picket (Jon Favreau), the jerk-ass boss Earl has to put up with when he goes to work at a burger joint.
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** And its not just applied to Earl. In some episodes Randy and Joy also feel the sting of Karma. As does Mr. Picket Patrick (Jon Favreau), the jerk-ass boss Earl has to put up with when he goes to work at a burger joint.
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* RansomDrop: The list item was stealing some antique silverware from the local library. Having been unable to melt it down for the silver content they try to ransom it back to the library, but a bum picks up the bagful of cash from the garbage can where it was to be dropped -- and just as well too since he gets a faceful of blue dye for his troubles.
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** Little Chubby turns out to be one. After Earl kicked him in the nuts, the pain made him take a walk to take his mind off of it. Since LC was a RichIdiotWithNoDayJob, that "walk" was implied to go around the world. His walk made him realize GoodFeelsGood, and came back to take over the family business with this philosophy. Then when he and Earl went to the doctors, it turned out the HeelFaceTurn was because Earl's kick caused his body to stop producing testosterone. When this was fixed, Little Chubby instantly went back to being a {{Jerkass}}. Before Little Chubby could get revenge for the GroinAttack, Earl reminded him that he didn't want to die being hated, so he gave ''himself'' a GroinAttack so he could go back to being nice. [[spoiler: [[AesopAmnesia But in Little Chubby's next appearance, an elderly stripper he hired breaking her back made him realize he couldn't run the business being a pushover, so he had a transplant to receive new male parts so he could go back to being a jerk]] [[RuleOfFunny (the donor being a bull).]] ]]
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** Little Chubby turns out to be one. After Earl kicked him in the nuts, the pain made him take a walk to take his mind off of it. Since LC was a RichIdiotWithNoDayJob, an IdleRich, that "walk" was implied to go around the world. His walk made him realize GoodFeelsGood, and came back to take over the family business with this philosophy. Then when he and Earl went to the doctors, it turned out the HeelFaceTurn was because Earl's kick caused his body to stop producing testosterone. When this was fixed, Little Chubby instantly went back to being a {{Jerkass}}. Before Little Chubby could get revenge for the GroinAttack, Earl reminded him that he didn't want to die being hated, so he gave ''himself'' a GroinAttack so he could go back to being nice. [[spoiler: [[AesopAmnesia But in Little Chubby's next appearance, an elderly stripper he hired breaking her back made him realize he couldn't run the business being a pushover, so he had a transplant to receive new male parts so he could go back to being a jerk]] [[RuleOfFunny (the donor being a bull).]] ]]
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* {{Gainaxing}}: When Randy's tripping on herbal ointment (see ArtShift above), he sees claymation-Joy whose breasts never stop moving.
--> "Are you looking at my boobs, dummy?!"
** Catalina's entire stripper act is just jumping up and down. [[MsFanservice She once sent a guy into cardiac arrest]] doing this.
--> "Are you looking at my boobs, dummy?!"
** Catalina's entire stripper act is just jumping up and down. [[MsFanservice She once sent a guy into cardiac arrest]] doing this.
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** In "Look Who's Coming Out Of Joy," Earl learns that he is [[ChocolateBaby not the father of Earl Jr]] and is ready to abandon Joy because he didn't want to take care of two kids that weren't his and a cheating wife. His father Carl, [[BasementDweller also looking to keep him from moving back in]], coerces him to stay with her because when kids are in the picture a reluctant but decent father is better than no father, and his anger with her shouldn't be taken out on them. Looking back, Earl [[WhatYouAreInTheDark considered it the one good thing he did before he found karma]].
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** In "Look Who's Coming Out Of Joy," Earl learns that he is [[ChocolateBaby not the father of Earl Jr]] and is ready to abandon Joy because he didn't want to take care of two kids that weren't his and a cheating wife. His father Carl, [[BasementDweller also looking to keep him from moving back in]], coerces him to stay with her because when kids are in the picture picture, a reluctant but decent father is better than no father, and his anger with her shouldn't be taken out on them. Looking back, Earl [[WhatYouAreInTheDark considered it the one good thing he did before he found karma]].
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* AngerIsHealthyAesop: One season involved Joy going to trial because she stole a semi-truck. At one point, she's put on medication for her anger issues. Unfortunately, this happens when she and Darnell's neighbors move their trailer next to theirs. Because Joy has mellowed out and Darnell hates confrontation, neither of them complains. This changes when one of the neighbors hurts one of Joy's sons. She proceeds to inform them that she will stop taking her medication and will return after it wears off if they don't move their trailer.
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** One season involved Joy going to trial because she stole a semi-truck. At one point, she's put on medication for her anger issues. Unfortunately, this happens when she and Darnell's neighbors move their trailer next to theirs. Because Joy has mellowed out and Darnell hates confrontation, neither of them complains. This changes when one of the neighbors hurts one of Joy's sons. She proceeds to inform them that she will stop taking her medication and will return after it wears off if they don't move theirtrailer.trailer.
** In "O Karma, Where Art Thou?", Earl decides to help Jeff Muskin have some time off work to go on his honeymoon because Earl stole his wallet and inadvertently stopped them from going on that honeymoon in the first place. Earl does this by filling in for Jeff at work while Jeff is away and he quickly learns that Jeff's boss, Mr. Patrick, is a horrible man who doesn't deserve any of the good things in his life and decides to restrain his anger out of fear of costing Jeff his job. After being humiliated too many times, Earl hospitalized Mr. Patrick by punching him out of anger, which resulted in his affair being exposed, his now ex-wife, Charmaine, finding the money Mr. Patrick stole from the business, and Mr. Patrick going to prison. Immediately feeling guilty for indirectly ruining his life, Earl nearly puts him on the list but Randy (in his own poor phrasing) assures Earl that he has nothing to apologize for because karma may have just used Earl as an agent to punish Mr. Patrick and balance everyone's karma. Mr. Patrick was finally punished for all his wrongdoings, Charmaine took ownership of the restaurant, and Jeff was promoted to a manager position which allowed him to give everyone a raise and provide health insurance to the other employees.
** One season involved Joy going to trial because she stole a semi-truck. At one point, she's put on medication for her anger issues. Unfortunately, this happens when she and Darnell's neighbors move their trailer next to theirs. Because Joy has mellowed out and Darnell hates confrontation, neither of them complains. This changes when one of the neighbors hurts one of Joy's sons. She proceeds to inform them that she will stop taking her medication and will return after it wears off if they don't move their
** In "O Karma, Where Art Thou?", Earl decides to help Jeff Muskin have some time off work to go on his honeymoon because Earl stole his wallet and inadvertently stopped them from going on that honeymoon in the first place. Earl does this by filling in for Jeff at work while Jeff is away and he quickly learns that Jeff's boss, Mr. Patrick, is a horrible man who doesn't deserve any of the good things in his life and decides to restrain his anger out of fear of costing Jeff his job. After being humiliated too many times, Earl hospitalized Mr. Patrick by punching him out of anger, which resulted in his affair being exposed, his now ex-wife, Charmaine, finding the money Mr. Patrick stole from the business, and Mr. Patrick going to prison. Immediately feeling guilty for indirectly ruining his life, Earl nearly puts him on the list but Randy (in his own poor phrasing) assures Earl that he has nothing to apologize for because karma may have just used Earl as an agent to punish Mr. Patrick and balance everyone's karma. Mr. Patrick was finally punished for all his wrongdoings, Charmaine took ownership of the restaurant, and Jeff was promoted to a manager position which allowed him to give everyone a raise and provide health insurance to the other employees.
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* LousyLoversAreLosers: Season 2 has a plot where Catalina gets into a CitizenshipMarriage with Randy, and when he gives her a public LoveConfession and says he wants to make their marriage real, she doesn't have the heart to humiliate him by rejecting him in public, even though she doesn't like him romantically. Joy convinces Catalina that the best way to "let him down gently" is to sleep with him, but give him sex so terrible that he'll never want her again. So Catalina makes herself as unattractive as possible by [[HairyGirl adding hair to her lips and armpits]] and rubbing fish, cheese, and onions over her arms and legs. It works and she manages to "wipe out two years of love with two hours of torture", but what she didn't expect is that he [[SexGod gave her the best sex of her life]], leading to a UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo.
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** And its not just applied to Earl. In some episodes Randy and Joy also feel the sting of Karma. As does Mr. Picket (Jon Favreau), the jerk-ass boss Earl has to put up with when he goes to work at a burger joint.
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* LatinLand: Catalina's undisclosed South-American home country contains [[UpToEleven every possible stereotype associated with this trope]]. Her home village is called "Guadela-tucky."
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* TechnicalEuphemism: In the first episode, Earl calls a gay man "gay" and then decides to call him a "Homosexual-American" to avoid upsetting him.
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A Creator/{{NBC}} sitcom created by Greg Garcia and starring Creator/JasonLee as Earl Hickey, a petty criminal, drunken vandal and all-around piece of obnoxious white trash.
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* BilingualBackfire: When Joy asks Catalina how to say something in "Mexican", Catalina obliges by giving her a very wrong, insult-filled translation that would only get Joy into trouble. Joy immediately knows Catalina is trying to pull a fast one, because the Spanish word for "bitch" was used, and Joy has been called a bitch in every language on Earth.
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* BilingualBackfire: When Joy asks Catalina how to say something in "Mexican", Catalina obliges by giving her a very wrong, insult-filled wrong translation that would only get Joy into trouble.trouble[[note]]''"Estoy aqui para ser tu perra"''/"[[BlackComedyRape I'm here to be your bitch]]"[[/note]]. Joy immediately knows Catalina is trying to pull a fast one, because the Spanish word for "bitch" was used, and Joy has been called a bitch in every language on Earth.
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* ObviousStuntDouble: The fight between Randy and Wally in "Bullies" is very obviously done with stunt doubles. There are even a few instances of the doubles' faces being shown on full display and they don't even have a passing resemblance to the actors they are doubling for.
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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Not every episode, but the vast majority of them read like an item from the list: "Made A Lady Think I Was God," "Made a Kid Scared of the Boogeyman," etc. Most of the ones that don't read like this are the SomethingCompletelyDifferent episodes like "Our ''Series/{{Cops}}'' is on!" and the first half of season three.
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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Not every episode, but the vast majority of them read like an item from the list: "Made A Lady Think I Was God," "Made a Kid Scared of the Boogeyman," etc. Most of the ones that don't read like this are the SomethingCompletelyDifferent episodes {{Formula Breaking Episode}}s like "Our ''Series/{{Cops}}'' is on!" and the first half of season three.
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* BoringButPractical: Part of the GoodFeelsGood element is all the mundane ways it is rewarding to be a good person. Earl himself is back on good terms with his parents and has a lot more friends than he's ever had that he can rely on. One episode has him teach karma to a bunch of rich women, who feel rewarded by the fact they can finally sleep at night.
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* OddlySpecificGreetingCard: Discussed. When Earl tries to help a former fitness trainer get together with his old crush, Earl starts falling for her himself. Catalina tries to talk him out of pursuing her.
--> '''Catalina''': You're going to feel terrible about this. And when you try to find a card to apologize, you won't be able to find one because it is too specific.
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* GoodBehaviorPoints: In the prison arc that comprises the first 12 episodes of Season 3, Earl (who took the blame for a crime his ex-wife Joy committed) acts like a model prisoner and does many things to turn the prison into [[HellholePrison less of a hellhole]]. For each act, the incompetent warden gifts Earl a certificate that takes some time off from his two-year sentence. The arc climaxes when the warden, out of fear of losing the benefits he reaped from taking credit for Earl's actions, [[WardensAreEvil shreds all of the certificates]], forcing Earl to seek a different way to [[ClearMyName clear his name]].
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** When Earl steals a police car to go joyriding with Joy, they drive around heckling the residents of Canmore before pulling over Earl's ex-girlfriend. After she is stopped, Joy calls her a "slut" over the PA system and orders her to get out of the car and spread her legs.
** [[DefiedTrope Defied]] in an episode where a police officer attempts to negotiate with a kidnapper who is holding a young boy hostage in a motel room using a megaphone. The boy's father shows up and grabs the megaphone, but he never gets a chance to speak with it as the negotiator immediately grabs it back and admonishes him.
--> '''Police Officer:''' When we want to use the megaphone, we ''ask'' to use the megaphone. We do not ''snatch'' the megaphone.
** In another episode, Earl's ex-wife mounts a megaphone to the roof of her car and drives around undoing the positive accomplishments he has achieved thus far in the series. At one point, she abuses a troupe of circus freaks that Earl had previously helped overcome their insecurities.
** When Earl steals a police car to go joyriding with Joy, they drive around heckling the residents of Canmore before pulling over Earl's ex-girlfriend. After she is stopped, Joy calls her a "slut" over the PA system and orders her to get out of the car and spread her legs.
** [[DefiedTrope Defied]] in an episode where a police officer attempts to negotiate with a kidnapper who is holding a young boy hostage in a motel room using a megaphone. The boy's father shows up and grabs the megaphone, but he never gets a chance to speak with it as the negotiator immediately grabs it back and admonishes him.
--> '''Police Officer:''' When we want to use the megaphone, we ''ask'' to use the megaphone. We do not ''snatch'' the megaphone.
** In another episode, Earl's ex-wife mounts a megaphone to the roof of her car and drives around undoing the positive accomplishments he has achieved thus far in the series. At one point, she abuses a troupe of circus freaks that Earl had previously helped overcome their insecurities.
