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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Polly's cousin and her husband are wealthy businesspeople from Jamestown. The Pilgrims actually were travelling to Jamestown and the Virginia colony when an Atlantic storm forced the Mayflower severely off course. A few individuals on board the Mayflower actually were distant relatives of people who resided in Jamestown.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Polly's cousin and her husband are wealthy businesspeople from Jamestown. The Pilgrims actually were travelling to Jamestown and the Virginia colony when an Atlantic storm forced the Mayflower severely off course. A few individuals on board the Mayflower actually were distant relatives of people who resided in Jamestown.
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* PlayingGertrude: The actress is plays Polly is only 12 years older than the actress who plays Abigail.
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''Thanks'' is a short lived historical comedy about the Plymouth Colony. The main characters are shopkeeper James Winthrop, his wife Polly, mother Grammy, oldest child Abigail, middle child Elizabeth, and youngest child William.
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''Thanks'' is a short lived short-lived historical comedy about the Plymouth Colony. The main characters are shopkeeper James Winthrop, his wife Polly, mother Grammy, oldest child Abigail, middle child Elizabeth, and youngest child William.
* ConspicuousConsumption: After Cotton makes money by selling tobacco to all the people of Plymouth, he replaces his regular pilgrim clothes with a gaudy red and gold outfit that clearly costs a lot more than the drab clothes everyone else wears.
* ExtremeOmnivore: When Polly criticizes her own cooking and says no one likes her stew, her youngest child William says he likes it. She responds with, "Thank you William, but you eat mud." He then excitedly asks if they're having mud.
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* RichBitch: Polly's cousin and her husband are wealthy businesspeople from Jamestown who look down the Polly and everyone else in Plymouth.
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* RichBitch: Polly's cousin and her husband are wealthy businesspeople from Jamestown who look down the on Polly and everyone else in Plymouth.
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* MiddleChildSyndrome: Elizabeth apparently has this. When she writes a letter to an old friend in England, she inserts a part where James talks about how she's his favorite child.
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* MiddleChildSyndrome: Elizabeth apparently has thinks this. When she writes a letter to an old friend in England, England and describes the first Thanksgiving, she inserts a part where James talks about how she's his favorite child.
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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: The Tungsleys can't think of a name for their 12th child, so the open the Bible, point at a random page, and end up naming their child "Oxen".
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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: The Tungsleys can't think of a name for their 12th child, so the they open the Bible, point at a random page, and end up naming their child "Oxen".
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* DirtyOldWoman: Grammy gets excited when she talking about women being raped by pirates. Later, she refuses to marry Burnaby without first finding out how good he is in bed.
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* DirtyOldWoman: Grammy gets excited when she talking talks about women being raped by pirates. Later, she refuses to marry Burnaby without first finding out how good he is in bed.
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* MailOrderBride: Cotton orders a mail order bride from England to help on his farm, but she turns out to be too skinny to be a good farm wife. The marriage is eventually annuled and she marries John the blacksmith.
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* MailOrderBride: Cotton orders a mail order bride from England to help on his farm, but she turns out to be too skinny to be a good farm wife. The marriage is eventually annuled annulled and she marries John the blacksmith.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Cotton mother dumped him off at a parish when he was thirteen.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Cotton Cotton's mother dumped him off at a parish when he was thirteen.
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* SexlessMarriage: James and Polly love each other, but they have a sexless marrriage because they can never have their tiny house all to themselves.
* SmokingIsNotCool: When relatives from Jamestown introduce Plymouth to tobacco, it's portrayed as a disgusting habit. When their supply runs out, all the smokers suffer from withdrawel and storm the Winthrop house in anger.
* SmokingIsNotCool: When relatives from Jamestown introduce Plymouth to tobacco, it's portrayed as a disgusting habit. When their supply runs out, all the smokers suffer from withdrawel and storm the Winthrop house in anger.
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* SexlessMarriage: James and Polly love each other, but they have a sexless marrriage marriage because they can never have their tiny house all to themselves.
* SmokingIsNotCool: When relatives from Jamestown introduce Plymouth to tobacco, it's portrayed as a disgusting habit. When their supply runs out, all the smokers suffer fromwithdrawel withdrawal and storm the Winthrop house in anger.
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* WhenIWasYourAge: When Cotton asks Grammy about how to have a happy marriage, she insults his generation for always looking for happiness. She says, "When I was your age, happiness hadn't even been invented yet. On a good day, you had dispair, and you were glad to have it."
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* WhenIWasYourAge: When Cotton asks Grammy about how to have a happy marriage, she insults his generation for always looking for happiness. She says, "When I was your age, happiness hadn't even been invented yet. On a good day, you had dispair, despair, and you were glad to have it."
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* MiddleChildSyndrome: Elizabeth apparently has this. When she writes a letter to an old friend in England, she inserts a parent where James talks about how she's his favorite child.
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* MiddleChildSyndrome: Elizabeth apparently has this. When she writes a letter to an old friend in England, she inserts a parent part where James talks about how she's his favorite child.
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''Thanks'' is a short lived historical comedy about the Plymouth Colony. The main characters are shopkeeper James Winthrop, his wife Polly, mother Grammy, oldest child Abigail, middle child Elizabeth, and youngest child William.
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!!''Thanks'' provides examples of:
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Abigail is self-centered and whiny.
* DepravedDentist: Since the show takes place in 1621, Elizabeth's trip to the dentist is guaranteed to be painful.
* DirtyOldWoman: Grammy gets excited when she talking about women being raped by pirates. Later, she refuses to marry Burnaby without first finding out how good he is in bed.
* TheDitz: Cotton is the dumbest person in Plymouth and is called the village idiot by Grammy.
* EpicFail: When Cotton tries to patch a hole in the Wintrops' roof, he burns the house down while heating the tar.
* GettingMyOwnRoomPlot: One episode revolves around Grammy getting sick of never having any privacy and James building her a room.
* GossipyHens: When Grammy gets her own room, she and the other women in the sewing circle use their privacy to gossip about the neighbors.
* HunterTrapper: Marcel and Phillipe are trappers who sell their pelts in Plymouth.
* LadykillerInLove: Burnaby is a world-traveling merchant who's been with countless women. When he meets Grammy, he wants to settle down with her.
* LethalChef: Grammy sees Polly as this, but Polly's tendency to burn food is justified by the difficulty of cooking over an open fire.
* MailOrderBride: Cotton orders a mail order bride from England to help on his farm, but she turns out to be too skinny to be a good farm wife. The marriage is eventually annuled and she marries John the blacksmith.
* MiddleChildSyndrome: Elizabeth apparently has this. When she writes a letter to an old friend in England, she inserts a parent where James talks about how she's his favorite child.
* NemeanSkinning: Marcel the trapper has a crude coonskin hat.
* NeverLearnedToRead: Grammy is the only member of her family who can't read or write. In the final episode, Elizabeth teaches her how to write her name.
* NewEnglandPuritan: This applies to everyone in Plymouth, especially Reverend Goodacre. When James and Polly see him for marriage counseling, he suggests an exorcism.
* ParentWithNewParamour: When Grammy shows a romantic interest in a traveling merchant, James is not happy.
* ParentalAbandonment: Cotton mother dumped him off at a parish when he was thirteen.
* PlayingGertrude: The actress is plays Polly is only 12 years older than the actress who plays Abigail.
* RichBitch: Polly's cousin and her husband are wealthy businesspeople from Jamestown who look down the Polly and everyone else in Plymouth.
* SexlessMarriage: James and Polly love each other, but they have a sexless marrriage because they can never have their tiny house all to themselves.
* SmokingIsNotCool: When relatives from Jamestown introduce Plymouth to tobacco, it's portrayed as a disgusting habit. When their supply runs out, all the smokers suffer from withdrawel and storm the Winthrop house in anger.
* StockPunishment: The Winthrops are put in stocks as punishment for going to a party.
* TalkingInYourSleep: Grammy talks in her sleep, which lets her family know how much they annoy her.
* TastesLikeChicken: When Cotton eats a cricket, he says, "It's kind of like chicken...with six small, spindly legs that I can feel moving inside of me."
* ThanksgivingEpisode: The final episode takes place during the first Thanksgiving.
* WhenIWasYourAge: When Cotton asks Grammy about how to have a happy marriage, she insults his generation for always looking for happiness. She says, "When I was your age, happiness hadn't even been invented yet. On a good day, you had dispair, and you were glad to have it."
*WhoNamesTheirKidDude: The Tungsleys can't think of a name for their 12th child, so the open the Bible, point at a random page, and end up naming their child "Oxen".
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!!''Thanks'' provides examples of:
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Abigail is self-centered and whiny.
* DepravedDentist: Since the show takes place in 1621, Elizabeth's trip to the dentist is guaranteed to be painful.
* DirtyOldWoman: Grammy gets excited when she talking about women being raped by pirates. Later, she refuses to marry Burnaby without first finding out how good he is in bed.
* TheDitz: Cotton is the dumbest person in Plymouth and is called the village idiot by Grammy.
* EpicFail: When Cotton tries to patch a hole in the Wintrops' roof, he burns the house down while heating the tar.
* GettingMyOwnRoomPlot: One episode revolves around Grammy getting sick of never having any privacy and James building her a room.
* GossipyHens: When Grammy gets her own room, she and the other women in the sewing circle use their privacy to gossip about the neighbors.
* HunterTrapper: Marcel and Phillipe are trappers who sell their pelts in Plymouth.
* LadykillerInLove: Burnaby is a world-traveling merchant who's been with countless women. When he meets Grammy, he wants to settle down with her.
* LethalChef: Grammy sees Polly as this, but Polly's tendency to burn food is justified by the difficulty of cooking over an open fire.
* MailOrderBride: Cotton orders a mail order bride from England to help on his farm, but she turns out to be too skinny to be a good farm wife. The marriage is eventually annuled and she marries John the blacksmith.
* MiddleChildSyndrome: Elizabeth apparently has this. When she writes a letter to an old friend in England, she inserts a parent where James talks about how she's his favorite child.
* NemeanSkinning: Marcel the trapper has a crude coonskin hat.
* NeverLearnedToRead: Grammy is the only member of her family who can't read or write. In the final episode, Elizabeth teaches her how to write her name.
* NewEnglandPuritan: This applies to everyone in Plymouth, especially Reverend Goodacre. When James and Polly see him for marriage counseling, he suggests an exorcism.
* ParentWithNewParamour: When Grammy shows a romantic interest in a traveling merchant, James is not happy.
* ParentalAbandonment: Cotton mother dumped him off at a parish when he was thirteen.
* PlayingGertrude: The actress is plays Polly is only 12 years older than the actress who plays Abigail.
* RichBitch: Polly's cousin and her husband are wealthy businesspeople from Jamestown who look down the Polly and everyone else in Plymouth.
* SexlessMarriage: James and Polly love each other, but they have a sexless marrriage because they can never have their tiny house all to themselves.
* SmokingIsNotCool: When relatives from Jamestown introduce Plymouth to tobacco, it's portrayed as a disgusting habit. When their supply runs out, all the smokers suffer from withdrawel and storm the Winthrop house in anger.
* StockPunishment: The Winthrops are put in stocks as punishment for going to a party.
* TalkingInYourSleep: Grammy talks in her sleep, which lets her family know how much they annoy her.
* TastesLikeChicken: When Cotton eats a cricket, he says, "It's kind of like chicken...with six small, spindly legs that I can feel moving inside of me."
* ThanksgivingEpisode: The final episode takes place during the first Thanksgiving.
* WhenIWasYourAge: When Cotton asks Grammy about how to have a happy marriage, she insults his generation for always looking for happiness. She says, "When I was your age, happiness hadn't even been invented yet. On a good day, you had dispair, and you were glad to have it."
*WhoNamesTheirKidDude: The Tungsleys can't think of a name for their 12th child, so the open the Bible, point at a random page, and end up naming their child "Oxen".
