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A 1979–80 SpinOff of the popular Creator/{{ABC}} sitcom ''Series/ThreesCompany'', and the [[TransAtlanticEquivalent Americanized version]] of the British series ''Series/GeorgeAndMildred'' (which itself was a spinoff of the show on which ''Three's Company'' was based, ''Series/ManAboutTheHouse''. Confused yet?).

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A 1979–80 SpinOff of the popular Creator/{{ABC}} Creator/{{ABC|US}} sitcom ''Series/ThreesCompany'', and the [[TransAtlanticEquivalent Americanized version]] of the British series ''Series/GeorgeAndMildred'' (which itself was a spinoff of the show on which ''Three's Company'' was based, ''Series/ManAboutTheHouse''. Confused yet?).
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Stanley and Helen Roper (Norman Fell and Audra Lindley) sell their apartment complex and move into a townhouse in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Cheviot Hills, ending up living next to snobbish real estate salesman Jeffrey P. Brookes III (Creator/JeffreyTambor), his wife Ann (Patricia [=McCormack=]), and their young son David (Evan Cohen).

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After selling their apartment complex, Stanley and Helen Roper (Norman Fell (Creator/NormanFell and Audra Lindley) sell their apartment complex and Creator/AudraLindley) move into a luxury townhouse in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Cheviot Hills, ending where they end up living next to snobbish real estate salesman Jeffrey P. Brookes III (Creator/JeffreyTambor), his wife Ann (Patricia [=McCormack=]), and their young son David (Evan Cohen).
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: This was a signature of Mr. Roper; he would deliver a one-liner or zinger and then slowly turn to the camera and smile mischeviously.
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* NotSoDifferent: Neither Stanley nor Jeffrey wanted the Ropers to move in.
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* TransAtlanticEquivalent: An adaptation of the British ''George and Mildred''.

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* TransAtlanticEquivalent: An adaptation of the British ''George and Mildred''.Mildred''.
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* LukeYouAreMyFather: One episode has a 30 year old man announce this to Stanley.

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* LukeYouAreMyFather: One episode has a 30 year old 30-year-old man announce this to Stanley.
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* SexlessMarriage
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* TransAtlanticEquivalent: An adaptation of the British ''George and Mildred''.
* YouLookFamiliar : Jeffrey Tambor played many one-shot guest roles on ''Three's Company'' both before and after ''The Ropers''.

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* TransAtlanticEquivalent: An adaptation of the British ''George and Mildred''.
* YouLookFamiliar : Jeffrey Tambor played many one-shot guest roles on ''Three's Company'' both before and after ''The Ropers''.
Mildred''.
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* TheDanza: Creator/JeffreyTambor as Jeffrey Brookes.
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* TheDanza: Creator/JeffreyTambor as Jeffrey Brookes.
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Stanley and Helen Roper (Norman Fell and Audra Lindley) sell their apartment complex and move into a townhouse in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Cheviot Hills, ending up living next to snobbish real estate salesman Jeffrey P. Brookes III (Jeffrey Tambor), his wife Ann (Patricia [=McCormack=]), and their young son David (Evan Cohen).

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Stanley and Helen Roper (Norman Fell and Audra Lindley) sell their apartment complex and move into a townhouse in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Cheviot Hills, ending up living next to snobbish real estate salesman Jeffrey P. Brookes III (Jeffrey Tambor), (Creator/JeffreyTambor), his wife Ann (Patricia [=McCormack=]), and their young son David (Evan Cohen).
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* CorruptPolitician: In "Friends and Neighbors," a Congressman and his wife visit the the Brookes. Thanks to other complications, Stanley is there and gets drunk--proceeding to constantly badger the Congressman with opinions and questions.

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* CorruptPolitician: In "Friends and Neighbors," a Congressman and his wife visit the the Brookes.Brookeses. Thanks to other complications, Stanley is there and gets drunk--proceeding to constantly badger the Congressman with opinions and questions.
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A 1979–80 SpinOff of the popular Creator/{{ABC}} sitcom ''Series/ThreesCompany'', the [[TransAtlanticEquivalent Americanized version]] of the British series ''Series/GeorgeAndMildred'' (which itself was a spinoff of the show on which ''Three's Company'' was based, ''Series/ManAboutTheHouse''. Confused yet?).

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A 1979–80 SpinOff of the popular Creator/{{ABC}} sitcom ''Series/ThreesCompany'', and the [[TransAtlanticEquivalent Americanized version]] of the British series ''Series/GeorgeAndMildred'' (which itself was a spinoff of the show on which ''Three's Company'' was based, ''Series/ManAboutTheHouse''. Confused yet?).
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A 1979 SpinOff of the popular Creator/{{ABC}} sitcom ''Series/ThreesCompany'', the [[TransAtlanticEquivalent Americanized version]] of the British series ''Series/GeorgeAndMildred'' (which itself was a spinoff of the show on which ''Three's Company'' was based, ''Series/ManAboutTheHouse''. Confused yet?).

Helen and Stanley Roper (Audra Lindley and Norman Fell) sell their apartment complex and move into a townhouse in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Cheviot Hills, ending up living next to snobbish real estate salesman Jeffrey P. Brookes III (Jeffrey Tambor), his wife Ann (Patricia [=McCormack=]), and their young son David (Evan Cohen).

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A 1979 1979–80 SpinOff of the popular Creator/{{ABC}} sitcom ''Series/ThreesCompany'', the [[TransAtlanticEquivalent Americanized version]] of the British series ''Series/GeorgeAndMildred'' (which itself was a spinoff of the show on which ''Three's Company'' was based, ''Series/ManAboutTheHouse''. Confused yet?).

Helen and Stanley and Helen Roper (Audra Lindley (Norman Fell and Norman Fell) Audra Lindley) sell their apartment complex and move into a townhouse in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Cheviot Hills, ending up living next to snobbish real estate salesman Jeffrey P. Brookes III (Jeffrey Tambor), his wife Ann (Patricia [=McCormack=]), and their young son David (Evan Cohen).
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!!! "The Tropers":

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!!! "The !!"The Tropers":
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Helen and Stanley Roper (Audra Lindley and Norman Fell) sell their apartment complex and move into a townhouse in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Cheviot Hills, ending up living next to snobbish real estate salesman Jeffrey P. Brookes III (Jeffrey Tambor), his wife Ann (Patricia [=McCormack=]) and their young son David (Evan Cohen).

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Helen and Stanley Roper (Audra Lindley and Norman Fell) sell their apartment complex and move into a townhouse in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Cheviot Hills, ending up living next to snobbish real estate salesman Jeffrey P. Brookes III (Jeffrey Tambor), his wife Ann (Patricia [=McCormack=]) [=McCormack=]), and their young son David (Evan Cohen).

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* CharacterOverlap: See RequiredSpinoffCrossover.
* CorruptPolitician: In "Friends and Neighbors," a Congressman and his wife visit the the Brookes. Thanks to other complications, Stanley is there and gets drunk--proceeding to constantly badger the Congressman with opinions and questions.
-->'''Stanley:''' Now, last year, I paid... I paid in taxes $2,012.37. What the hell did you do with it?!\\
'''Congressman:''' ''[cracking]'' I spent it on junkets to Hawaii and loose women!
* HopeSpot: In "Friends and Neighbors," the Ropers get locked out of their house; they just want to relax and Jeffrey wants them out of his house. He lets them borrow a ladder so Stanley can climb up to an open window. Stanley makes it and reports his success, only for the door knob to the room he's in to break loose.



* {{Irony}}: Jeffrey didn't want the Ropers to move in on the grounds that they would lower the neighborhood's property values. Stanley didn't want to move in because the house was too expensive.



* NonNudeBathing: In the first regular episode, Stanley thankfully leaves on his bathrobe as he tests his bubble bath water temperature.
* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: The pilot episode (which borrows heavily from the ''George & Mildred'' pilot) is syndicated as a ''Series/ThreesCompany'' episode.

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* NonNudeBathing: In the first regular episode, Stanley thankfully leaves on his bathrobe as he tests his bubble bath water temperature.
temperature. Of course, he's not wearing any shorts underneath, which leads to some awkwardness when he climbs up a ladder.
* NotSoDifferent: Neither Stanley nor Jeffrey wanted the Ropers to move in.
* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: "An Anniversary Surprise" from ''Series/ThreesCompany'' helped set up the basic premise by having Stanley sell the apartment building. The actual pilot episode (which ("Moving On," which borrows heavily from the ''George & Mildred'' pilot) is ended up being syndicated as a ''Series/ThreesCompany'' ''Three's Company'' episode.



* SlobsVersusSnobs

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* SlobsVersusSnobsSlobsVersusSnobs: Mainly Stanley vs. Jeffrey. Ann gets along fine with the Ropers and often chastises Jeffrey for his snobby behavior.
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* SyndicationTitle: Originally syndicated as ''Three's Company's Friends: The Ropers'', the show regained its original title and theme song when aired on Antenna T.V. in 2011.

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* SyndicationTitle: Originally syndicated as ''Three's Company's Friends: The Ropers'', the show regained its original title and theme song when aired on Antenna T.V. Creator/AntennaTV in 2011.
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Helen and Stanley Roper (Audra Lindley and Norman Fell) sell their apartment complex and move into a townhouse in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Cheviot Hills, ending up living next to snobbish real estate salesman Jeffrey P. Brookes III (Jeffrey Tambor), his wife Ann (Patricia [=McCormack=]), and their young son David (Evan Cohen).

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Helen and Stanley Roper (Audra Lindley and Norman Fell) sell their apartment complex and move into a townhouse in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Cheviot Hills, ending up living next to snobbish real estate salesman Jeffrey P. Brookes III (Jeffrey Tambor), his wife Ann (Patricia [=McCormack=]), [=McCormack=]) and their young son David (Evan Cohen).
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Helen and Stanley Roper (Audra Lindley and Norman Fell) sell their apartment complex and move into a townhouse in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Cheviot Hills, ending up living next to snobbish real estate salesman Jeffrey P. Brookes III (Jeffrey Tambor), his wife Ann (Patricia [=McCormack=]) and their young son David (Evan Cohen).

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Helen and Stanley Roper (Audra Lindley and Norman Fell) sell their apartment complex and move into a townhouse in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Cheviot Hills, ending up living next to snobbish real estate salesman Jeffrey P. Brookes III (Jeffrey Tambor), his wife Ann (Patricia [=McCormack=]) [=McCormack=]), and their young son David (Evan Cohen).
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* TheDanza: Jeffrey Tambor as Jeffrey Brooks.

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Helen and Stanley Roper (Audra Lindley and Norman Fell) sell their apartment complex and move into a townhouse in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Cheviot Hills, ending up living next to snobbish real estate salesman Jeffery P. Brookes III (Jeffrey Tambor), his wife Ann (Patricia [=McCormack=]) and their young son David (Evan Cohen).

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Helen and Stanley Roper (Audra Lindley and Norman Fell) sell their apartment complex and move into a townhouse in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Cheviot Hills, ending up living next to snobbish real estate salesman Jeffery Jeffrey P. Brookes III (Jeffrey Tambor), his wife Ann (Patricia [=McCormack=]) and their young son David (Evan Cohen).


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* TheDanza: Jeffrey Tambor as Jeffrey Brooks.
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Helen and Stanley Roper (Audra Lindley and Norman Fell) sell their apartment complex and move into a townhouse in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Cheviot Hills, ending up living next to snobbish real estate salesman Jeffery P. Brookes III (Jeffrey Tambor), his wife Ann (Patty [=McCormack=]) and their young son David (Evan Cohen).

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Helen and Stanley Roper (Audra Lindley and Norman Fell) sell their apartment complex and move into a townhouse in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Cheviot Hills, ending up living next to snobbish real estate salesman Jeffery P. Brookes III (Jeffrey Tambor), his wife Ann (Patty (Patricia [=McCormack=]) and their young son David (Evan Cohen).
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Helen and Stanley Roper (Audra Lindley and Norman Fell) sell their apartment complex and move into a townhouse in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Cheviot Hills, ending up living next to snobbish real estate salesman Jeffery P. Brookes III (Jeffrey Tambor), his wife Ann and young son David.

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Helen and Stanley Roper (Audra Lindley and Norman Fell) sell their apartment complex and move into a townhouse in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Cheviot Hills, ending up living next to snobbish real estate salesman Jeffery P. Brookes III (Jeffrey Tambor), his wife Ann (Patty [=McCormack=]) and their young son David.
David (Evan Cohen).
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* YouLookFamiliar : Jeffery Tambor played many one-shot guest roles on ''Three's Company'' both before and after ''The Ropers''.

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* YouLookFamiliar : Jeffery Jeffrey Tambor played many one-shot guest roles on ''Three's Company'' both before and after ''The Ropers''.
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Helen and Stanley Roper (Audra Lindley and Norman Fell) sell their apartment complex and move into a townhouse in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Cheviot Hills, ending up living next to snobbish real estate salesman Jeffery P. Brookes III, his wife Ann and young son David.

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Helen and Stanley Roper (Audra Lindley and Norman Fell) sell their apartment complex and move into a townhouse in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Cheviot Hills, ending up living next to snobbish real estate salesman Jeffery P. Brookes III, III (Jeffrey Tambor), his wife Ann and young son David.
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* HotMom: Ann Brooks
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A 1979 SpinOff of the popular Creator/{{ABC}} sitcom ''Series/ThreesCompany'', the [[TransAtlanticEquivalent Americanized version]] of the British series ''Series/GeorgeAndMildred'' (which itself was a spinoff of the show on which ''Three's Company'' was based, ''Series/ManAboutTheHouse''. Confused yet?).

Helen and Stanley Roper (Audra Lindley and Norman Fell) sell their apartment complex and move into a townhouse in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Cheviot Hills, ending up living next to snobbish real estate salesman Jeffery P. Brookes III, his wife Ann and young son David.

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* TheAllegedCar: The Rustcovered Ropermobile. In the pilot Stanley has to drive it backwards all the way from the apartment to the condo.
* AwfulWeddedLife: Though with occasional AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther moments.
* HotMom: Ann Brooks
* InstrumentalThemeTune
* LukeYouAreMyFather: One episode has a 30 year old man announce this to Stanley.
* NonNudeBathing: In the first regular episode, Stanley thankfully leaves on his bathrobe as he tests his bubble bath water temperature.
* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: The pilot episode (which borrows heavily from the ''George & Mildred'' pilot) is syndicated as a ''Series/ThreesCompany'' episode.
* [[PuppetShows Puppet Show]]: Stanley and Jeffery plan one for David's birthday party.
* RequiredSpinoffCrossover: Larry from ''Three's Company'' shows up in the season 1 episode "Opportunity Knocks", while Jack, Janet and Chrissy appear in season 2's "The Party".
* SlobsVersusSnobs
* SpinOff
* SyndicationTitle: Originally syndicated as ''Three's Company's Friends: The Ropers'', the show regained its original title and theme song when aired on Antenna T.V. in 2011.
* TransAtlanticEquivalent: An adaptation of the British ''George and Mildred''.
* YouLookFamiliar : Jeffery Tambor played many one-shot guest roles on ''Three's Company'' both before and after ''The Ropers''.

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