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* HilarityEnsues: Holly's plans are about as effective as those of [[ILoveLucy Lucy Ricardo]].
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** Holly has her moments, particularly in season 1 when there's no Tina, and ''especially'' in "The Game."
** Holly has her moments, particularly in season 1 when there's no Tina, and ''especially'' in "The Game."
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* OneSteveLimit: Averted. After breaking up with Holly, Henry eventually goes out with another girl also named Holly in college. Unfortunately, when Vince sees Henry making in the dark, he automatically assumes it was the main Holly.
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* OneSteveLimit: Averted. After breaking up with Holly, Henry eventually goes out with another girl also named Holly in college. Unfortunately, when Vince sees Henry making in the dark, he automatically assumes it was the main Holly.
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* TwoSteveLimit: OneSteveLimit: Averted. After breaking up with Holly, Henry eventually goes out with another girl also named Holly in college. Unfortunately, when Vince sees Henry making in the dark, he automatically assumes it was the main Holly.
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* MyGirlIsASlut: Tina, Tina, Lauren and Tina.
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* PutOnABus: Jeff, Peter and Ben, no two of whom ever even met each other.
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* PutOnABus: Jeff, Peter Peter, and Ben, no two of whom ever even met each other.
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* TwoSteveLimit: After breaking up with Holly, Henry eventually goes out with another girl also named Holly in college. Unfortunately, when Vince sees Henry making in the dark, he automatically assumes it was the main Holly.
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** AbigailBreslin is the girl that Holly and Val give their teddy bear to and Holly's friend Sam is AllThat cast member Chelsea Brummet
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* ActorAllusion: Holly's old standup comedy tape in "Dangerous Liasons" is the actual routine that got Bynes hired for ''AllThat'' back in the day.
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* BettyAndVeronica: Henry and Vince are this for a while to Holly's Archie. When she comes back from Europe, she brings [[TakeAThirdOption Ben]] with her.
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Created by DanSchneider[[hottip:*:it, along with ''Guys Like Us'' are the only shows Schneider created/produced shown first-run outside of {{Nickelodeon}}]] and [[{{Friends}} Wil Calhoun]]. Correspondingly, it mixed SlapStick with [[RomanticComedy relationship comedy]].
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Created by DanSchneider[[hottip:*:it, along with ''Guys Like Us'' (produced for {{UPN}}) are the only shows Schneider created/produced shown first-run outside of {{Nickelodeon}}]] and [[{{Friends}} Wil Calhoun]]. Correspondingly, it mixed SlapStick with [[RomanticComedy relationship comedy]].
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''What I Like About You'' is a 2002-2006 [[TheWB Frog network]] sitcom about two sisters living in [[BigApplesauce New York]]. Holly Tyler (Amanda Bynes) is an impulsive, hyperactive teenager; Val Tyler (Jennie Garth) is hyperorganized neat freak nearing 30.
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''What I Like About You'' is a 2002-2006 [[TheWB Frog network]] sitcom about two sisters living in [[BigApplesauce New York]]. Holly Tyler (Amanda Bynes) ([[TheAmandaShow Amanda Bynes]]) is an impulsive, hyperactive teenager; Val Tyler (Jennie Garth) is hyperorganized neat freak nearing 30.
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Created by DanSchneider and [[{{Friends}} Wil Calhoun]]. Correspondingly, it mixed SlapStick with [[RomanticComedy relationship comedy]].
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Created by DanSchneider DanSchneider[[hottip:*:it, along with ''Guys Like Us'' are the only shows Schneider created/produced shown first-run outside of {{Nickelodeon}}]] and [[{{Friends}} Wil Calhoun]]. Correspondingly, it mixed SlapStick with [[RomanticComedy relationship comedy]].
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* SiblingYinYang: Holly and Val start off PolarOppositeTwins, but through 4 years of rubbing off on each other, [[CharacterDevelopment both start to balance out]].
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* SiblingYinYang: Holly and Val start off DifferentAsNightAndDay, PolarOppositeTwins, but through 4 years of rubbing off on each other, [[CharacterDevelopment both start to balance out]].
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* Vince (Nick Zano), either a hunk or a sleaze, [[YourMileageMayVary depending on what gender you ask]] [[spoiler:in-universe example]]
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* Vince (Nick Zano), either a hunk or a sleaze, [[YourMileageMayVary depending on what gender you ask]] sleaze [[spoiler:in-universe example]]
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* BlackBestFriend: Gary.
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** The huge loft the Tylers move to in "The Loft" is offered at the ''same'' rent level by the owner after Holly does him a [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming huge personal favor]], & once Holly's gainfully employed in season 3, she splits the rent with Val.
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** The huge loft the Tylers move to in "The Loft" is offered at the ''same'' rent level by the owner after Holly does him a [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming a huge personal favor]], favor, & once Holly's gainfully employed in season 3, she splits the rent with Val.
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* NoticeableNipples: Gary spent almost an entire episode entirely shirtless for some reason. Everyone is DistractedByTheSexy. At one point, Henry is trying to have a conversation with Gary and stops mid-sentence to say something about his nipples to the effect of, "--they are just ''right'' there."
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--> '''Holly''': ''(To Vic about Val)'' What could be better than giving her in front of all the people she loves? ...and Tina.
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--> '''Holly''': ''(To Vic about on proposing to Val)'' What could be better than giving her in front of all the people she loves? ...and Tina.
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---> '''Vic''': ''(To ''(Proposing to Val)'' So I want to ask you, in front of all the people you love...and Tina...
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--> '''Holly''': ''(To Vic)'' What could be better than giving her in front of all the people she loves? ...and Tina.
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--> '''Holly''': ''(To Vic)'' Vic about Val)'' What could be better than giving her in front of all the people she loves? ...and Tina.
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* MyGirlIsASlut: Tina, Tina, Lauren and Tina.
** [[OverlyLongGag Did we mention Tina]]?
* MyGirlIsNotASlut: Holly. Val tries.
** [[OverlyLongGag Did we mention Tina]]?
* MyGirlIsNotASlut: Holly. Val tries.
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---> '''Vic''': ''(To Val))'' Val)'' So I want to ask you, in front of all the people you love...and Tina...Tina...
* MyGirlIsASlut: Tina, Tina, Lauren and Tina.
** [[OverlyLongGag Did we mention Tina]]?
* MyGirlIsNotASlut: Holly. Val tries.
* MyGirlIsASlut: Tina, Tina, Lauren and Tina.
** [[OverlyLongGag Did we mention Tina]]?
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* [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg My Friends... and Tina]]
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* [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg My Friends... and Tina]]
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--> '''Holly''': ''(To Vic)'' What could be better than giving her in front of all the people she loves? ...and Tina.
--> '''Holly''': ''(To Vic)'' What could be better than giving her in front of all the people she loves? ...and Tina.
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---> '''Vic''': So I want to ask you, in front of all the people you love...and Tina...
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* HoYay: After Vince practices his speech for winning Holly back on Gary:
--> '''Gary''': I guess I was wrong, dude. I am a little attracted to you.
--> '''Gary''': I guess I was wrong, dude. I am a little attracted to you.
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* LesYay: Lauren and Val, with Lauren in one episode being particularly eager to touch Val's breasts.
*** Tina and Holly also do something similar in another episode-Holly asks Tina to feel her heartbeat, and Tina says that she (Holly) has really nice boobs.
** Also in another episode when a lamb nuzzles Val's backside (kinda complicated to explain) and Val(who thinks it's Lauren who's nuzzling her) says "Lauren, we're not in college anymore!" which implies that Val has "experimented" with women before
*** In yet another episode, Val, Lauren and Tina are all crammed into her mom's car, so Lauren offers to spread her legs so Val will have enough room, she does and when Val slides between her legs, Lauren asks "can we do that again?" and rests her head against Val's and sighs contentedly about how nice it feels, which causes Val to get slightly uncomfortable to say the least.
*** Tina and Holly also do something similar in another episode-Holly asks Tina to feel her heartbeat, and Tina says that she (Holly) has really nice boobs.
** Also in another episode when a lamb nuzzles Val's backside (kinda complicated to explain) and Val(who thinks it's Lauren who's nuzzling her) says "Lauren, we're not in college anymore!" which implies that Val has "experimented" with women before
*** In yet another episode, Val, Lauren and Tina are all crammed into her mom's car, so Lauren offers to spread her legs so Val will have enough room, she does and when Val slides between her legs, Lauren asks "can we do that again?" and rests her head against Val's and sighs contentedly about how nice it feels, which causes Val to get slightly uncomfortable to say the least.
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* MyGirlIsASlut: Tina, Tina, Lauren and Tina. [[OverlyLongGag Also Tina]].
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* MyGirlIsASlut: Tina, Tina, Lauren and Tina.
** [[OverlyLongGagAlso Tina]].Did we mention Tina]]?
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''What I Like About You'' is a 2002-2006 [[TheWB Frog network]] sitcom about two sisters living in [[BigApplesauce New York]]. Holly Tyler (Amanda Bynes) is an impulsive, hyperactive teenager; Val Tyler (Jennie Garth) is hyperorganized neat freak nearing 30.
In addition to coping with each other, they also have to deal with their friends (in order of appearance):
* Gary Thorpe (Wesley Jonathan), Holly's longtime best friend
* Jeff (Simon Rex), Val's (eventually ex-) boyfriend
* Henry Gibson (Michael [=McMillan=]), Holly's first love
* Lauren (Leslie Grossman), Val's work-rival-turned-business-partner
* Vic Meladeo (Dan Cortese), Val's (eventually ex-) boss [[spoiler:and eventual husband]]
* Vince (Nick Zano), either a hunk or a sleaze, [[YourMileageMayVary depending on what gender you ask]] [[spoiler:in-universe example]]
* Peter (Stephen Dunham), Vic's chauvinistic replacement
* Tina Haven (Alison Munn), Holly's female confidante & bad influence
* Ben Sheffield ([[LegendOfTheSeeker David de Lautour]]), a musician Holly meets in Europe
(Characters with [[OnlyOneName no last name given]] are [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly that]].)
Created by DanSchneider and [[{{Friends}} Wil Calhoun]]. Correspondingly, it mixed SlapStick with [[RomanticComedy relationship comedy]].
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* ActorAllusion: Holly's old standup comedy tape in "Dangerous Liasons" is the actual routine that got Bynes hired for ''AllThat'' back in the day.
** Val and Todd's backstory in the same episode is a ''90210 plot''; Todd is played by Luke Perry.
** In the Season 4 episode where Holly and Val's father returns [[TheOtherDarrin as Barry Bostwick]], this time [[spoiler: gay]], he and the entire cast sing the {{Grease}} song, ''Summer Nights''. Bostwick was the first Danny Zuko in the original, 1973 Broadway production
* {{Adorkable}}: Gary in the beginning, when he's a virgin who believes in conspiracy theories about pyramids and Stonehenge. Later, Henry.
* AllJustADream: Val's drunken marriage to Todd the plumber at the end of season 3/beginning of season 4. [[spoiler:When she wakes up, though, the drunken marriage to Vic is real.]]
* AnythingThatMoves: Lauren.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Val is afraid of sharks, bears and leaving the house with the flat iron on.
* BigApplesauce: Duh!
* BorrowedCatchphrase
-->[[spoiler: Ben's wife]]: Benji!
-->'''Ben''': Oh my damn!
* BrandX: Holly & Gary's "[=iBop=]" music player. Justified on the "Palm Pirate" and "Rulex" as Jeff being conned into buying knockoffs.
* ButtMonkey: Henry especially but Gary has moments too, particular before Henry was introduced.
* CallBack: "The Talk" has one to Gary's crush on Val in the first few episodes.
* TheCastShowoff: A musician was cast as Ben specifically for this. Allison Munn (Tina) also gets an episode to show off her voice.
** Subverted by Holly several times throughout the series; Bynes is a pro at StylisticSuck singing.
* CatchPhrase: Gary's "Oh my damn!"
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Implied:
-->'''Lauren''': When I don't have a boyfriend, I get to know myself pretty well.
* DawsonCasting: Extremely averted with Holly (who's in-universe birthdays were near Bynes'). Played straight with Henry, Vince and Gary, all of whom were played by actors who were 24/25 at the time of their introductions, and Tina, whose actress was 28 at the time of her introduction.
* DistractedByTheSexy: [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Everyone]] (except Holly) whenever Gary is shirtless.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Henry, when we first meet him. [[spoiler:Vic, when he returns.]]
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Gary Johann Thorpe
* FieryRedhead: Tina
* {{Flanderization}}: Lauren was first introduced as a fellow employee at Val's office who was smart and competent enough to pose as a threat to Val. Yet after she was introduced the second time and became a permanent cast member, her character became a stereotypically dumb blonde who's too dumb to be believable.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Double-]]Subverted. "Loose Lips" is a perfect setup for a developing Val-Vic romance in season 2. Then, over the summer, he leaves the firm. [[spoiler:Two years later, he shows up & marries Val.]]
** Ironically, and perhaps {{Squick}}ily, he had no problem flirting shamelessly with Holly in his first appearance.
* FriendsRentControl: Justified & semi-averted. At the start of the series, Val's been in the same apartment for several years, with a high-paying, upper-executive job & a roommate to split rent with.
** "Tyler v. World" shows a tiny, filthy, unlivable rat trap going for the same rent she's currently paying, at which point Val lampshades the rent control.
** The huge loft the Tylers move to in "The Loft" is offered at the ''same'' rent level by the owner after Holly does him a [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming huge personal favor]], & once Holly's gainfully employed in season 3, she splits the rent with Val.
* GrandFinale: "Finally..."
* GrandparentalObliviousness: Implied, since Nana does not have glaucoma, [[StonersAreFunny but medicates herself as though she did]].
* GuideDangIt: Jeff's last name is seen only in the season 1 DVD cases.
* HeroicSociopath: Lauren. Sometimes Tina as well.
** Holly has her moments, particularly in season 1 when there's no Tina, and ''especially'' in "The Game."
* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey, It's That Girl]]: [[TheOffice Jenna Fischer]] can be seen as an administrative assistant during season one.
* HalloweenEpisode: Two (seasons 3 & 4). Also two Thanksgiving episodes (seasons 1 & 4) and a Valentine's Day episode (season 1). No ChristmasEpisode, though.
* HoYay: After Vince practices his speech for winning Holly back on Gary:
--> '''Gary''': I guess I was wrong, dude. I am a little attracted to you.
* TheInternetIsForPorn: Lauren is very surprised when Holly tells her that there are other things on the Internet besides porn.
* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Val went to Columbia, [[TheScrappy Peter]] went to Yale, Lauren's doctor boyfriend went to Harvard Medical School, and Henry [[PutOnABus attends Princeton.]] One episode revolved around Holly's interview with Columbia and her decision not to apply to Columbia.
* LesYay: Lauren and Val, with Lauren in one episode being particularly eager to touch Val's breasts.
*** Tina and Holly also do something similar in another episode-Holly asks Tina to feel her heartbeat, and Tina says that she (Holly) has really nice boobs.
** Also in another episode when a lamb nuzzles Val's backside (kinda complicated to explain) and Val(who thinks it's Lauren who's nuzzling her) says "Lauren, we're not in college anymore!" which implies that Val has "experimented" with women before
*** In yet another episode, Val, Lauren and Tina are all crammed into her mom's car, so Lauren offers to spread her legs so Val will have enough room, she does and when Val slides between her legs, Lauren asks "can we do that again?" and rests her head against Val's and sighs contentedly about how nice it feels, which causes Val to get slightly uncomfortable to say the least.
* AManIsNotAVirgin: Played with. Gary begins the series a virgin, & Henry's sexual resumé consists solely of his first time, though a fraction of Vince's or Peter's experience dwarfs them both combined.
* TheMatchmaker: Holly and Lauren, for Val and Vic.
* MinorFlawMajorBreakup: After breaking up with Jeff, Val spends a couple episodes being hyper-picky about dating prospects.
* MyGirlIsASlut: Tina, Tina, Lauren and Tina. [[OverlyLongGag Also Tina]].
* MyGirlIsNotASlut: Holly. Val tries.
* NewJobEpisode: Played with. For Val & Lauren, the switch from public relations work to baking was permanent, [[spoiler:as were Vince's shift from bike-messaging to real estate & Vic's transition to firefighting]]. Holly, Gary, & Tina, on the other hand, often found themselves in assorted short-lived employments, though Holly eventually settled in as a music manager.
* NoodleIncident: Numerous. As mentioned above, the show was co-created by [[KenanAndKel Dan Schneider]].
* NoticeableNipples: Gary spent almost an entire episode entirely shirtless for some reason. Everyone is DistractedByTheSexy. At one point, Henry is trying to have a conversation with Gary and stops mid-sentence to say something about his nipples to the effect of, "--they are just ''right'' there."
* TheOtherDarrin: Mr. Tyler was played by Peter Scolari in the pilot; when he came home to visit twice in the last season, he became Barry Bostwick. [[spoiler:[[ComingOutStory And gay]].]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Mrs. Tyler is dead, and Mr. Tyler moves to Japan in the pilot. Gary's and Tina's respective parents are divorced. Vince hates his father.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Holly & Gary
* ProductPlacement: An episode was devoted to Holly and Tina competing to be in an Herbal Essences ad, both getting beat by the girl who was actually in the ad, which aired in the last scene of the episode.
* PromotionToParent: Val
* PutOnABus: Jeff, Peter and Ben, no two of whom ever even met each other.
** Henry as well. [[TheBusCameBack He returned]] for one episode in Season 3, however.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Gary's crutches; Wesley Jonathan had injured himself in an exhibition basketball game.
* ReallyGetsAround: Tina and Vince.
* RealSongThemeTune: And TitledAfterTheSong to boot.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Holly & Vince, but then not, but then yes. [[spoiler:Gary & Tina in the finale.]]
* SexChangesEverything: [[spoiler:Holly went flipping '''''insane''''' after "Halloween".]]
* SiblingYinYang: Holly and Val start off DifferentAsNightAndDay, but through 4 years of rubbing off on each other, [[CharacterDevelopment both start to balance out]].
* SlapSlapKiss: Gary & Tina
* StalkerWithACrush: In the earliest episodes, Gary to Val. In season 3, Vince to Holly.
* TeensAreShort: Averted. Teenage Amanda Bynes was 5'8, making her taller than adult Jennie Garth who was 5'5. Many episodes would actually have Garth wearing high heels and Bynes in sneakers so that they would appear to be the same height (sometimes even making Garth look taller).
* ThreeAmigos: Holly, Tina, and Gary from season 2 onward.
* ThrowItIn: The season 1 gag reel suggests that Bynes does this a lot.
* TimeToMove: Played straight in "Tyler v. World", subverted in "The Loft" & "I Want My Baby Back".
* TokenMinority: Gary
* TokenMinorityCouple: Averted. Gary does have two black girlfriends during the show's run, but one of his first dates is with a white girl, he has a crush on Val for a while, [[spoiler:and he ultimately ends up with Tina]].
* WalkOnTheWildSideEpisode: Jeff says to Val he wishes she was more spontaneous. She goes a bit wild during the episode but reveals at the end the whole experience "nearly killed me".
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: From season 4's "Halloween", does Gary '''''ever''''' get his apple butter!?
** And in one episode Val goes to a speed dating service, meets a very nice guy, who seems really interested. He stands her up. Val goes to look for him, but finds Peter instead. Never addressed: '''''what happened''''' to the mystery man?
* WithAFriendAndAStranger: Holly (main character), Gary (the friend), and Tina (the stranger).
* YouLookFamiliar: A couple former ''BeverlyHills90210'' actors say this to Val.
* YourCheatingHeart: Holly's knowledge of Vince's past makes her paranoid about this.
** They even named an episode "Your Cheatin' Heart."
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In addition to coping with each other, they also have to deal with their friends (in order of appearance):
* Gary Thorpe (Wesley Jonathan), Holly's longtime best friend
* Jeff (Simon Rex), Val's (eventually ex-) boyfriend
* Henry Gibson (Michael [=McMillan=]), Holly's first love
* Lauren (Leslie Grossman), Val's work-rival-turned-business-partner
* Vic Meladeo (Dan Cortese), Val's (eventually ex-) boss [[spoiler:and eventual husband]]
* Vince (Nick Zano), either a hunk or a sleaze, [[YourMileageMayVary depending on what gender you ask]] [[spoiler:in-universe example]]
* Peter (Stephen Dunham), Vic's chauvinistic replacement
* Tina Haven (Alison Munn), Holly's female confidante & bad influence
* Ben Sheffield ([[LegendOfTheSeeker David de Lautour]]), a musician Holly meets in Europe
(Characters with [[OnlyOneName no last name given]] are [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly that]].)
Created by DanSchneider and [[{{Friends}} Wil Calhoun]]. Correspondingly, it mixed SlapStick with [[RomanticComedy relationship comedy]].
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!!Contains examples of:
* ActorAllusion: Holly's old standup comedy tape in "Dangerous Liasons" is the actual routine that got Bynes hired for ''AllThat'' back in the day.
** Val and Todd's backstory in the same episode is a ''90210 plot''; Todd is played by Luke Perry.
** In the Season 4 episode where Holly and Val's father returns [[TheOtherDarrin as Barry Bostwick]], this time [[spoiler: gay]], he and the entire cast sing the {{Grease}} song, ''Summer Nights''. Bostwick was the first Danny Zuko in the original, 1973 Broadway production
* {{Adorkable}}: Gary in the beginning, when he's a virgin who believes in conspiracy theories about pyramids and Stonehenge. Later, Henry.
* AllJustADream: Val's drunken marriage to Todd the plumber at the end of season 3/beginning of season 4. [[spoiler:When she wakes up, though, the drunken marriage to Vic is real.]]
* AnythingThatMoves: Lauren.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Val is afraid of sharks, bears and leaving the house with the flat iron on.
* BigApplesauce: Duh!
* BorrowedCatchphrase
-->[[spoiler: Ben's wife]]: Benji!
-->'''Ben''': Oh my damn!
* BrandX: Holly & Gary's "[=iBop=]" music player. Justified on the "Palm Pirate" and "Rulex" as Jeff being conned into buying knockoffs.
* ButtMonkey: Henry especially but Gary has moments too, particular before Henry was introduced.
* CallBack: "The Talk" has one to Gary's crush on Val in the first few episodes.
* TheCastShowoff: A musician was cast as Ben specifically for this. Allison Munn (Tina) also gets an episode to show off her voice.
** Subverted by Holly several times throughout the series; Bynes is a pro at StylisticSuck singing.
* CatchPhrase: Gary's "Oh my damn!"
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Implied:
-->'''Lauren''': When I don't have a boyfriend, I get to know myself pretty well.
* DawsonCasting: Extremely averted with Holly (who's in-universe birthdays were near Bynes'). Played straight with Henry, Vince and Gary, all of whom were played by actors who were 24/25 at the time of their introductions, and Tina, whose actress was 28 at the time of her introduction.
* DistractedByTheSexy: [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Everyone]] (except Holly) whenever Gary is shirtless.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Henry, when we first meet him. [[spoiler:Vic, when he returns.]]
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Gary Johann Thorpe
* FieryRedhead: Tina
* {{Flanderization}}: Lauren was first introduced as a fellow employee at Val's office who was smart and competent enough to pose as a threat to Val. Yet after she was introduced the second time and became a permanent cast member, her character became a stereotypically dumb blonde who's too dumb to be believable.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Double-]]Subverted. "Loose Lips" is a perfect setup for a developing Val-Vic romance in season 2. Then, over the summer, he leaves the firm. [[spoiler:Two years later, he shows up & marries Val.]]
** Ironically, and perhaps {{Squick}}ily, he had no problem flirting shamelessly with Holly in his first appearance.
* FriendsRentControl: Justified & semi-averted. At the start of the series, Val's been in the same apartment for several years, with a high-paying, upper-executive job & a roommate to split rent with.
** "Tyler v. World" shows a tiny, filthy, unlivable rat trap going for the same rent she's currently paying, at which point Val lampshades the rent control.
** The huge loft the Tylers move to in "The Loft" is offered at the ''same'' rent level by the owner after Holly does him a [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming huge personal favor]], & once Holly's gainfully employed in season 3, she splits the rent with Val.
* GrandFinale: "Finally..."
* GrandparentalObliviousness: Implied, since Nana does not have glaucoma, [[StonersAreFunny but medicates herself as though she did]].
* GuideDangIt: Jeff's last name is seen only in the season 1 DVD cases.
* HeroicSociopath: Lauren. Sometimes Tina as well.
** Holly has her moments, particularly in season 1 when there's no Tina, and ''especially'' in "The Game."
* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey, It's That Girl]]: [[TheOffice Jenna Fischer]] can be seen as an administrative assistant during season one.
* HalloweenEpisode: Two (seasons 3 & 4). Also two Thanksgiving episodes (seasons 1 & 4) and a Valentine's Day episode (season 1). No ChristmasEpisode, though.
* HoYay: After Vince practices his speech for winning Holly back on Gary:
--> '''Gary''': I guess I was wrong, dude. I am a little attracted to you.
* TheInternetIsForPorn: Lauren is very surprised when Holly tells her that there are other things on the Internet besides porn.
* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Val went to Columbia, [[TheScrappy Peter]] went to Yale, Lauren's doctor boyfriend went to Harvard Medical School, and Henry [[PutOnABus attends Princeton.]] One episode revolved around Holly's interview with Columbia and her decision not to apply to Columbia.
* LesYay: Lauren and Val, with Lauren in one episode being particularly eager to touch Val's breasts.
*** Tina and Holly also do something similar in another episode-Holly asks Tina to feel her heartbeat, and Tina says that she (Holly) has really nice boobs.
** Also in another episode when a lamb nuzzles Val's backside (kinda complicated to explain) and Val(who thinks it's Lauren who's nuzzling her) says "Lauren, we're not in college anymore!" which implies that Val has "experimented" with women before
*** In yet another episode, Val, Lauren and Tina are all crammed into her mom's car, so Lauren offers to spread her legs so Val will have enough room, she does and when Val slides between her legs, Lauren asks "can we do that again?" and rests her head against Val's and sighs contentedly about how nice it feels, which causes Val to get slightly uncomfortable to say the least.
* AManIsNotAVirgin: Played with. Gary begins the series a virgin, & Henry's sexual resumé consists solely of his first time, though a fraction of Vince's or Peter's experience dwarfs them both combined.
* TheMatchmaker: Holly and Lauren, for Val and Vic.
* MinorFlawMajorBreakup: After breaking up with Jeff, Val spends a couple episodes being hyper-picky about dating prospects.
* MyGirlIsASlut: Tina, Tina, Lauren and Tina. [[OverlyLongGag Also Tina]].
* MyGirlIsNotASlut: Holly. Val tries.
* NewJobEpisode: Played with. For Val & Lauren, the switch from public relations work to baking was permanent, [[spoiler:as were Vince's shift from bike-messaging to real estate & Vic's transition to firefighting]]. Holly, Gary, & Tina, on the other hand, often found themselves in assorted short-lived employments, though Holly eventually settled in as a music manager.
* NoodleIncident: Numerous. As mentioned above, the show was co-created by [[KenanAndKel Dan Schneider]].
* NoticeableNipples: Gary spent almost an entire episode entirely shirtless for some reason. Everyone is DistractedByTheSexy. At one point, Henry is trying to have a conversation with Gary and stops mid-sentence to say something about his nipples to the effect of, "--they are just ''right'' there."
* TheOtherDarrin: Mr. Tyler was played by Peter Scolari in the pilot; when he came home to visit twice in the last season, he became Barry Bostwick. [[spoiler:[[ComingOutStory And gay]].]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Mrs. Tyler is dead, and Mr. Tyler moves to Japan in the pilot. Gary's and Tina's respective parents are divorced. Vince hates his father.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Holly & Gary
* ProductPlacement: An episode was devoted to Holly and Tina competing to be in an Herbal Essences ad, both getting beat by the girl who was actually in the ad, which aired in the last scene of the episode.
* PromotionToParent: Val
* PutOnABus: Jeff, Peter and Ben, no two of whom ever even met each other.
** Henry as well. [[TheBusCameBack He returned]] for one episode in Season 3, however.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Gary's crutches; Wesley Jonathan had injured himself in an exhibition basketball game.
* ReallyGetsAround: Tina and Vince.
* RealSongThemeTune: And TitledAfterTheSong to boot.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Holly & Vince, but then not, but then yes. [[spoiler:Gary & Tina in the finale.]]
* SexChangesEverything: [[spoiler:Holly went flipping '''''insane''''' after "Halloween".]]
* SiblingYinYang: Holly and Val start off DifferentAsNightAndDay, but through 4 years of rubbing off on each other, [[CharacterDevelopment both start to balance out]].
* SlapSlapKiss: Gary & Tina
* StalkerWithACrush: In the earliest episodes, Gary to Val. In season 3, Vince to Holly.
* TeensAreShort: Averted. Teenage Amanda Bynes was 5'8, making her taller than adult Jennie Garth who was 5'5. Many episodes would actually have Garth wearing high heels and Bynes in sneakers so that they would appear to be the same height (sometimes even making Garth look taller).
* ThreeAmigos: Holly, Tina, and Gary from season 2 onward.
* ThrowItIn: The season 1 gag reel suggests that Bynes does this a lot.
* TimeToMove: Played straight in "Tyler v. World", subverted in "The Loft" & "I Want My Baby Back".
* TokenMinority: Gary
* TokenMinorityCouple: Averted. Gary does have two black girlfriends during the show's run, but one of his first dates is with a white girl, he has a crush on Val for a while, [[spoiler:and he ultimately ends up with Tina]].
* WalkOnTheWildSideEpisode: Jeff says to Val he wishes she was more spontaneous. She goes a bit wild during the episode but reveals at the end the whole experience "nearly killed me".
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: From season 4's "Halloween", does Gary '''''ever''''' get his apple butter!?
** And in one episode Val goes to a speed dating service, meets a very nice guy, who seems really interested. He stands her up. Val goes to look for him, but finds Peter instead. Never addressed: '''''what happened''''' to the mystery man?
* WithAFriendAndAStranger: Holly (main character), Gary (the friend), and Tina (the stranger).
* YouLookFamiliar: A couple former ''BeverlyHills90210'' actors say this to Val.
* YourCheatingHeart: Holly's knowledge of Vince's past makes her paranoid about this.
** They even named an episode "Your Cheatin' Heart."
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