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* FraternalTwins: Hillary and Warren.
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* HasTwoMommies: Diane and Jackie parent their own children equally with Peter and Kate.

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* HowWeGotHere: The first shot of the pilot shows Kate drunk out of her mind and Kate's narration wondering she wound up like this. [[spoiler: Hillary was attempting to sneak vodka into school, Kate found out and in order to keep Peter and Diane from finding out, drank the whole handle.]]

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* HowWeGotHere: The first shot of the pilot shows Kate drunk out of her mind and Kate's narration wondering she wound up like this. [[spoiler: Hillary [[spoiler:Hillary was attempting to sneak vodka into school, Kate found out and in order to keep Peter and Diane from finding out, drank the whole handle.]]



* InternetStalking: Diane creates a fake profile on Facebook so she can keep an eye out on her children. She uses this profile to find the party Hillary has snuck off to.



* [[NoRespectGuy No Respect Girl]]: Kate gets this from both Diane and Jackie, especially Diane who keeps thinking she's a barista.

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* [[NoRespectGuy No Respect Girl]]: NoRespectGuy: Kate gets this from both Diane and Jackie, especially Diane who keeps thinking she's a barista.
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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Kate, especially when she's drunk.

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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: %%* {{Slapstick}}: Kate, especially when she's drunk.
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''Trophy Wife'' is a sitcom from Creator/{{ABC}} starring Creator/MalinAkerman as the titular trophy wife Kate, who marries her husband Peter (Creator/BradleyWhitford) after a year of dating. What Kate didn't expect was that she would also have to deal with Peter's two ex-wives, Diane (Creator/MarciaGayHarden) and Jackie (Michaela Watkins), and his three children.

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''Trophy Wife'' is a sitcom from Creator/{{ABC}} starring Creator/MalinAkerman as the titular trophy wife Kate, who marries her husband Peter (Creator/BradleyWhitford) after a year of dating. What Kate didn't expect was that she would also have to deal with Peter's two ex-wives, Diane (Creator/MarciaGayHarden) and Jackie (Michaela Watkins), (Creator/MichaelaWatkins), and his three children.
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* LiteralMinded: In the Halloween episode, Jackie gives Bert an ironing board and a shirt with an iron on it when he wanted to be IronMan.

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* LiteralMinded: In the Halloween episode, Jackie gives Bert an ironing board and a shirt with an iron on it when he wanted to be IronMan.ComicBook/IronMan.
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* CitizenshipMarriage: Kate didn't do this, but due to the timing of when married Peter, she has to prove in "The Wedding, Part One" that it's all legit or she'll be deported to Canada. During an interview with an agent at the house, the other characters come in to bother Kate and Pete about various problems and issues. After witnessing this spectacle, the agent concludes that there is no way this could be considered a marriage of convenience.


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* DidntSeeThatComing: Kate meets Russ Bradley Morrison in the eponymous episode and thinks he'd be a perfect fit for Diane. Then he finds out they've been in a SecretRelationship for some time now.


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* SecretRelationship: Between Diane and Russ Bradley Morrison, which Kate stumbles onto. Diane is irritated by that, but it turns out Russ is irritated that he's never gotten to meet the family or be open about their relationship. She eventually reveals the relationship to the larger family.
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''Trophy Wife'' is a sitcom from Creator/{{ABC}} starring Creator/MalinAkerman as the titular trophy wife Kate, who marries her husband Peter (Bradley Whitford) after a year of dating. What Kate didn't expect was that she would also have to deal with Peter's two ex-wives, Diane (Creator/MarciaGayHarden) and Jackie (Michaela Watkins), and his three children.

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''Trophy Wife'' is a sitcom from Creator/{{ABC}} starring Creator/MalinAkerman as the titular trophy wife Kate, who marries her husband Peter (Bradley Whitford) (Creator/BradleyWhitford) after a year of dating. What Kate didn't expect was that she would also have to deal with Peter's two ex-wives, Diane (Creator/MarciaGayHarden) and Jackie (Michaela Watkins), and his three children.
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* MayDecemberRomance: Kate and Peter.
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** [[spoiler: Note that the party wasn't really wild and pretty wholesome. She still get grounded for lying]]
* XMeetsY: It's basically ''Series/BigLove'' meets ''Series/ModernFamily'' meets ''Series/CougarTown''.

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** [[spoiler: Note that the party wasn't really wild and pretty wholesome. She still get grounded for lying]]
* XMeetsY: It's basically ''Series/BigLove'' meets ''Series/ModernFamily'' meets ''Series/CougarTown''.
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''Trophy Wife'' is a sitcom from Creator/{{ABC}} starring Creator/MalinAkerman as the titular trophy wife Kate, who marries her husband Peter after a year of dating. What Kate didn't expect was that she would also have to deal with Peter's three children and two ex-wives.

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''Trophy Wife'' is a sitcom from Creator/{{ABC}} starring Creator/MalinAkerman as the titular trophy wife Kate, who marries her husband Peter (Bradley Whitford) after a year of dating. What Kate didn't expect was that she would also have to deal with Peter's two ex-wives, Diane (Creator/MarciaGayHarden) and Jackie (Michaela Watkins), and his three children and two ex-wives.
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''Series/TrophyWife'' is a sitcom from Creator/{{ABC}} starring Creator/MalinAkerman as the titular trophy wife Kate, who marries her husband Peter after a year of dating. What Kate didn't expect was that she would also have to deal with Peter's three children and two ex-wives. The pilot has garnered positive reviews and comparisons to ''Series/ModernFamily'' and ''Series/CougarTown''.

Sadly, despite critical raves, it was TooGoodToLast and was cancelled after one season.

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\n''Series/TrophyWife'' ''Trophy Wife'' is a sitcom from Creator/{{ABC}} starring Creator/MalinAkerman as the titular trophy wife Kate, who marries her husband Peter after a year of dating. What Kate didn't expect was that she would also have to deal with Peter's three children and two ex-wives. The pilot has garnered positive reviews and comparisons to ''Series/ModernFamily'' and ''Series/CougarTown''.\n\nSadly, despite critical raves, it was TooGoodToLast and

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* AndStarring: Marcia Gay Harden (Diane).

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* AndStarring: Marcia Gay Harden Creator/MarciaGayHarden (Diane).

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''Series/TrophyWife'' is a sitcom from ABC starring Malin Akerman as the titular trophy wife Kate, who marries her husband Peter after a year of dating. What Kate didn't expect was that she would also have to deal with Peter's three children and two ex-wives. The pilot has garnered positive reviews and comparisons to ''Series/ModernFamily'' and ''Series/CougarTown''.

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''Series/TrophyWife'' is a sitcom from ABC Creator/{{ABC}} starring Malin Akerman Creator/MalinAkerman as the titular trophy wife Kate, who marries her husband Peter after a year of dating. What Kate didn't expect was that she would also have to deal with Peter's three children and two ex-wives. The pilot has garnered positive reviews and comparisons to ''Series/ModernFamily'' and ''Series/CougarTown''.



* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Diane is dreaded by her children and is quite frosty compared to Jackie.



* AndStarring: Marcia Gay Harden (Diane).



* TheEighties: One episode features an [=80=]s themed charity event.



* GranolaGirl: Jackie

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* GranolaGirl: JackieJackie.



* MayDecemberRomance: Kate and Peter.



* MsFanservice: Kate

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* MsFanservice: KateKate.



* ProtagonistTitle: Despite it being a SarcasticTitle.
* SarcasticTitle: Kate is so not as the title suggests.



** [[spoiler: Note that the party wasn't really wild and pretty wholesome. She still get grounded for lying]]

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** [[spoiler: Note that the party wasn't really wild and pretty wholesome. She still get grounded for lying]]lying]]
* XMeetsY: It's basically ''Series/BigLove'' meets ''Series/ModernFamily'' meets ''Series/CougarTown''.
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Sadly, despite critical raves, it was TooGoodToLast and was cancelled after one season.
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* TheChessmaster: Diane. Hillary's kind of a Chessmaster-in-training.
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* ActorSharedBackground: Kate is a Canadian of Swedish descent. Malin Akerman was born in Sweden and grew up in Canada



* TheOtherDarrin: Bailee Madison replaces Gianna [=LePera=] as Hillary starting with the second episode.
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* InsistentTerminology: "it is not ''legal porn''; it is ''judicial erotica''.

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* InsistentTerminology: "it "It is not ''legal porn''; it is ''judicial erotica''."
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* InsistentTerminology: "it is not ''legal porn''; it is ''judicial erotica''.
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Not to be confused with the trope TrophyWife.

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