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* SexyStewardess: Reuben's girlfriend, Bonnie Kleinschmidt.
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* SexyStewardess: Reuben's girlfriend, girlfriend Bonnie Kleinschmidt.Kleinschmidt, who wears her short-skirted uniform even when off duty.
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* EmbarrassingRescue: In "I Left My Heart in Cincinnati," Keith tries doing a one-and-a-half gainer with a twist off a diving board to impress a girl, but ends up bellyflopping and needing to be pulled out of the water by Danny.
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* AmusementPark: "I Left My Heart in Cincinnati" has the family going to King's Island amusement park, where Keith and Danny both develop crushes on the same 30-year-old PR agent.
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* TakingTheHeat: In "Trial of the Partridge One," Laurie is caught with a copy of a test that her friend Cindy Brown stole. She maintains her innocence, but won't tell who actually did it because Cindy's dad is the principal and the consequences of failure will be much worse for her than they will for Laurie.
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* PlayingGertrude: In "Aspirin at 7, Dinner at 8," Shirley dates a doctor (Gerald Hiken, age 45) and meets his mother (Nancy Walker, age 50).
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* TimeToMove: "For Sale by Owner" starts out as an inversion - the kids want to move, while Shirley wants to stay. Eventually the kids come around to Shirley's point of view, but by that point Reuben has already made a deal to sell the house. The kids spend the rest of the episode trying to get out of the contract.
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* ChildHater: Reuben pretends to be one, without much success.
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* ChildHater: Reuben pretends to be one, without much success.although it's clear he cares for the Partridge kids.
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* VacationEpisode: "Swiss Family Partridge," in which the family arranges to spend a weekend in a mountain cabin; unfortunately for them, it rains for days on end, sinking the bus into the mud and causing some of them to worry that they'll starve to death.
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* WeddingDay: "A Penny for His Thoughts" has the Partridges' biker friend Snake getting married in the family's backyard.
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* ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere: In "Each Dawn I Diet," Reuben is trying to kick his cigarette addiction. He tells the family, "I was doing okay until I saw that movie on television last night. Then I just had to have a cigarette." Keith asks, "How could watching ''Literature/{{Heidi}}'' remind you of a cigarette?" Reuben replies, "''Everything'' reminds me of a cigarette."
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* IReadItForTheArticles: When Keith is caught reading Playpen Magazine, he says, "These magazines have some great short stories!"
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* IReadItForTheArticles: IReadItForTheArticles:
** When Keith is caught reading Playpen Magazine, he says, "These magazines have some great shortstories!"stories!"
** When Reuben catches Danny looking at one of his Playpens, Danny tells Reuben, "I was in the middle of an article about oil wells in Northern Peru." Reuben says, "Look, kid, if you're old enough to look at an oil well, you're old enough to put it back the way you found it."
** When Keith is caught reading Playpen Magazine, he says, "These magazines have some great short
** When Reuben catches Danny looking at one of his Playpens, Danny tells Reuben, "I was in the middle of an article about oil wells in Northern Peru." Reuben says, "Look, kid, if you're old enough to look at an oil well, you're old enough to put it back the way you found it."
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* TabloidMelodrama: In "I Am a Curious Partridge," Danny publishes a two-part article full of made-up lurid details about Keith and Shirley's sex lives, causing both of them to be incessantly harassed by people taking advice from the article. Keith gets revenge by publishing an article that claims the miserly Danny loves giving away money, causing him to be harassed by charitable organizations.
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* TabloidMelodrama: In "I Am a Curious Curious... Partridge," Danny publishes a two-part article full of made-up lurid details about Keith and Shirley's sex lives, causing both of them to be incessantly harassed by people taking advice from the article. Keith gets revenge by publishing an article that claims the miserly Danny loves giving away money, causing him to be harassed by charitable organizations.
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* ADayInHerApron: In "This Male Chauvinist Piggy Went to Market," the students at Keith and Laurie's high school are required to take the opposite gender's classes so they can learn how other people live. The two have a contest to see whether Keith can do better at cooking than Laurie can at car maintenance. Naturally, Laurie wins easily.
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* ADayInHerApron: In "This Male Chauvinist Piggy Went to Market," the students at Keith and Laurie's high school are required to take the opposite gender's classes so they can learn how other people live. The two have a contest to see whether Keith can do better at cooking than Laurie can at car maintenance. Naturally, Laurie wins easily.does everything perfectly, while Keith's spinach soufflé turns out so inedible, he uses it as a planter.
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* ADayInHerApron: In "This Male Chauvinist Piggy Went to Market," the students at Keith and Laurie's high school are required to take the opposite gender's classes so they can learn how other people live. The two have a contest to see whether Keith can do better at cooking than Laurie can at car maintenance. Naturally, Laurie wins easily.
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* PhonyPsychic: In "Who Is Max Ledbetter, And Why Is He Saying All Those Horrible Things?" a retired psychic who needs $156 to keep his bakery open predicts disaster during the family's next concert and tells Danny and Keith that he needs that amount of money to help them avoid tragedy.
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* AirVentPassageway: Laurie tries to crawl through one in "[[TheCaper The Partridge Papers]]" to get into the room where her SecretDiary is being held. She ends up kicking out the wrong grate and climbing down into the same room she started from.
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* TheCaper: In "The Partridge Papers," Laurie's SecretDiary falls into the hands of a boy at school, who threatens to publish it in the school newspaper. She, Danny, and Keith hatch a ''Series/MissionImpossible'' style plan to break into the school and steal it back.
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* CarRideGames: To keep the kids entertained in the tour bus, Shirley comes up with a game called Highway Bingo. She gives them bingo cards with the names of car manufacturers on them, then calls out the name of every car she sees.
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* DartboardOfHate: In "Promise Her Anything but Give Her a Punch," Danny throws darts at a publicity photo of David Cassidy because he's upset that [[LoveTriangle his crush has a crush on Keith]].
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* IronicEchoCut: In "Helllllp," Shirley hears a funny sound and says, "I haven't heard a noise like that since Tracy bit Reuben on the toe!" Cut to Reuben doing a HurtFootHop, saying, "I haven't felt pain like this since Tracy bit me on the toe!"
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* CampingEpisode: "Helllllp" combines this with MachoDisasterExpedition.
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* GoingInCircles: When the guys get lost during the CampingEpisode, Danny starts hanging his socks and underwear on the branches to mark his path. Eventually Reuben finds some of his clothes and realizes they've been walking in a big circle. They start screaming for help and are rescued by Laurie and Shirley, followed by a troop of girl scouts, who inform them that they were only a few dozen yards away from their lodge.
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* InterruptedBath: In one episode, Danny calls Reuben while he's in the shower.
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* TrickDialogue: "Waiting for Bolero" opens with Keith giving a speech to Shirley, trying to explain why he should move out. The camera then pans over to Laurie, who's helping him rehearse his arguments.
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* ItsNotPornItsArt: In "My Heart Belongs to a Two-Car Garage," a traveling Russian handyman who claims to be a celebrated artist paints a huge, mostly-naked woman on family's garage, causing an uproar in the neighborhood. In the end a man from the local art museum sees the painting, declares it a masterpiece, and has the front of the garage transported to the museum.
-->'''Chris''': Mom, how come I can look at the garage here and I couldn't at home?\\
'''Shirley''': Well, because now it's a work of art.\\
'''Tracy''': Why wasn't it a work of art at home?\\
'''Shirley''': Well, then we didn't know it was a work of art.\\
'''Laurie''': And sometimes we don't know if something's good until someone tells us.
-->'''Chris''': Mom, how come I can look at the garage here and I couldn't at home?\\
'''Shirley''': Well, because now it's a work of art.\\
'''Tracy''': Why wasn't it a work of art at home?\\
'''Shirley''': Well, then we didn't know it was a work of art.\\
'''Laurie''': And sometimes we don't know if something's good until someone tells us.
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* TabloidMelodrama: In "I Am a Curious Partridge," Danny publishes a two-part article full of made-up lurid details about Keith and Shirley's sex lives, causing both of them to be incessantly harassed by people taking advice from the article. Keith gets revenge by publishing an article that claims the miserly Danny loves giving away money, causing him to be harassed by charitable organizations.
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* ClosetShuffle: In "Waiting for Bolero," Shirley knocks on Keith's door in the middle of a date when he was supposed to be working on a song. Keith shoves the girl into a closet and hides as much evidence as he can before letting Shirley in. She still immediately realizes what's going on because of the smell of perfume in the air and the pom-pom he left on the sofa.
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* MenCantKeepHouse: When Keith briefly moves out in "Waiting for Bolero," he can't iron his shirts without burning them and needs to pay Danny to bring him food.
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* TitleDrop: In "Waiting for Bolero," Danny uses binoculars to spy on Keith and his girlfriend, whom he plans on wooing with the song "Bolero." When Laurie asks Danny what he's doing, Danny says, "Waiting for Bolero."
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* AmateurFilmMakingPlot: "Fellini, Bergman, and Partridge," in which Keith makes a movie called "[[NonIndicativeTitle 16 1/2]]" starring himself and his family. Keith manages to get it shown at a local theater, but the others make him edit out all the embarrassing footage first, and there's almost nothing left. Keith edits the remaining footage to last as long as possible, and the family gives a live performance while it plays.
* LeFilmArtistique: Reuben takes the kids to an experimental film in "[[Creator/FedericoFellini Fellini]], [[Creator/IngmarBergman Bergman]], and Partridge." All we learn about the plot is that it features exploding flowers and an asparagus patch covered in shaving cream. Laurie likes it, but the others all think it's nonsense, including Reuben.
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* MakeOutPoint: Muldoon's Point, mentioned in several episodes. At one point Danny asks Keith where he intends to go on a date. "If I'm unlucky, the pizza place. If I'm lucky... Muldoon's Point."
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* MakeOutPoint: Muldoon's Point, mentioned featured in several episodes. At one point Danny asks Keith where he intends to go on a date. "If episodes.
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'''Keith''': If I'm unlucky, the pizza place. If I'm lucky... Muldoon's Point."
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'''Keith''': If I'm unlucky, the pizza place. If I'm lucky... Muldoon's Point.
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* TheRunaway: Chris and Tracy both run away to Reuben's apartment in "Home Is Where the Heart Was" because they're angry about being sent to bed early.
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* SexyStewardess: Reuben's girlfriend, Bonnie Kleinschmidt.
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* TheTonsillitisEpisode: Danny comes down with tonsillitis in "Anatomy of a Tonsil." At first he's almost excited, but when his best friend Punky Lazaar tells him how horrible it was, he worries he won't survive the operation. Afterwards, he finds that his voice is raspy, and he becomes so convinced that he's lost his singing voice that he can't sing even days later when he's fully recovered.
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* IHaveThisFriend: In "Where Do Mermaids Go?" a cop asks Shirley for an autograph for his son. When Shirley asks what the son's name is, the cop says, "Officer Bodie."
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* IHaveThisFriend: In "Where Do Mermaids Go?" a cop asks Shirley for an autograph for his son.son, who he says listens to the Partridge Family all the time. When Shirley asks what the son's name is, the cop says, "Officer Bodie."
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* AGlassInTheHand: When Shirley withdraws a large sum of money from the bank, the president is so enraged that a pencil he's holding snaps in half.
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* IHaveThisFriend: In "Where Do Mermaids Go?" a cop asks Shirley for an autograph for his son. When Shirley asks what the son's name is, the cop says, "Officer Bodie."
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* {{MacGyvering}}: When the bus's engine blows a gasket, Keith creates a new one out of an old inner tube.
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* {{MacGyvering}}: When the bus's engine blows a gasket, Keith creates a new one out of an old inner tube.
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* SeventiesHair: Keith's long, feathered hair.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: At the end of "Don't Bring Your Guns To Town, Santa," the characters all [[HuddlePower form a huddle]], then turn to the camera and sing "Merry Christmas!"
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* ChristmasEpisode: In "Don't Bring Your Guns To Town, Santa," the bus breaks down in a ghost town on Christmas Eve. While Keith and Reuben try to fix the bus, the others listen to the town's one inhabitant tell a story about the town's past, with all the main characters played by the show's cast.
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* MirrorMonologue: The ChristmasEpisode has the lone inhabitant of a GhostTown wishing his reflection Merry Christmas.
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* ChildHater: Reuben pretends to be one, without much success.
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* ChildProdigy: Ten-year-old Danny already owns stocks.
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: In "Guess Who's Coming to Drive," Shirley decides to hire another driver for the family bus. One of the applicants swerves all the way down the street, hops a curb, and pops one of the tires.
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* InsistentTerminology: Danny prefers to call the bulletin board in the kitchen the "communications center."
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* OnePhoneCall: When Reuben is locked up as a suspected bank robber, he uses his one phone call to call the family's hotel room. Unfortunately, the only person there is Tracy, who's too busy watching ''Series/SesameStreet'' to relay his message to the rest of the family.
* PaperThinDisguise: In "Guess Who's Coming to Drive," Danny suspects that the family's new driver is a criminal. He follows the man wearing a plastic nose and glasses, [[NewspaperThinDisguise holding a newspaper over his face]]. He later manages to convince Reuben to wear the same disguise.
* ParentalSubstitute: Reuben is one to the Partridge kids, especially Danny.
* PaperThinDisguise: In "Guess Who's Coming to Drive," Danny suspects that the family's new driver is a criminal. He follows the man wearing a plastic nose and glasses, [[NewspaperThinDisguise holding a newspaper over his face]]. He later manages to convince Reuben to wear the same disguise.
* ParentalSubstitute: Reuben is one to the Partridge kids, especially Danny.
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* BirthdayEpisode: Shirley celebrates her birthday in "I Can Get It For You Retail." Danny wants to buy Shirley a mink coat, so he starts stealing Keith's possessions and selling them to his GroupieBrigade, including his toothbrush, his bedboard, and even some of his hair.
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* {{Gaslighting}}: An unintentional example. When Danny starts stealing and auctioning off Keith's things in "I Can Get It For You Retail," the rest of the family thinks he's just being forgetful. When Danny tries to apologize, Keith says, "I felt like I was in the middle of ''Film/{{Gaslight}}''!
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* YourTomcatIsPregnant: In "Tale of Two Hamsters," Danny buys one hamster of each sex in the hopes that he can make money breeding them. He names them Creator/DeanMartin and Sonia. Naturally, Dean Martin ends up giving birth.
