History Series / TheMillers

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* ExtravertedNerd: Ray explains this trope: Since schools have stronger anti-bullying rules, the nerdy kids have a lot more self-confidence.

* BrainBleach : When his parents split up, Nate listens to them argue about his dad's ADateWithRosiePalms. He's hiding behind the couch by the end of the argument. Gets a great CallBack when Carol's parents have an argument during the first season Christmas episode.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Observe the following exchange as Nate and Ray pretend to be Carol on an internet dating site:
-->'''Ray''': "Why did you ask him out so soon, man? We had him nibblin' on the bait and you just yanked your worm right out of his mouth!"
-->'''Nate''': "C'mon! What was I supposed to do? I can't just sit here with my worm in his mouth all night! At some point I have to yank my rod!"

* MartyStu: In-Universe, Tom maintains a make-believe world called Tomlandia inside his head. There, he's a superhero named Tom Tom and Tomlandia's residents, expys of his family, all look up to him, except for the expy of Carol, whom he defeats in battle. This is because he spent years being ignored and dominated by his family and he wanted at least one place where he'd be taken seriously. [[ExecutiveMeddling The concept is bastardized]] into a generic kid's show that never goes past the pilot stage. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Mikayla loves the original version of her grandfather's stories.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350: He thought he left the nest.]]

''The Millers'' is a CBS sitcom created by [[Series/MyNameIsEarl Greg]] [[Series/RaisingHope Garcia]] and starring [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment Will Arnett]] as Nathan Miller.

* SecretDiary : Carol and Nate regularly read Debbie's diary, as we find out in [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Dear Diary."]]

* ThrownDownAWell : Discussed. Debbie figures they can't afford to pay for Tom to live in a nursing home, so she tells him "We're going to have to throw you down a well."
* TheUnfavorite: Debbie feels (justifiably so) that her parents always favored Nate. It's mitigated somewhat by the fact that Nate dearly cares for her and uses his own ManipulativeBastard tendencies to help her.

''The Millers'' is a CBS sitcom created by [[MyNameIsEarl Greg]] [[RaisingHope Garcia]] and starring [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment Will Arnett]] as Nathan Miller.

** The title sequence is also a FreezeFrameBonus, because it's made up of collages of old photos of the cast that zoom out to become Miller family portraits. Freeze framing the sequence reveals some [[RealLife real life]] [[EmbarrassingOldPhoto embarrassing old photos]] from the cast's past.