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* MistakenForDestitute: The second time Joe and Brian follow clues their father left them, thinking they'll find a fortune, they end up sitting in a doorway on the street in Boston with an open suitcase between them. A man tosses some change into it as he hurries past.



** In "Honey, We Broke the Kid", Antonio unknowingly dates his favorite actor. Antonio thinks they're just buddies, but the TV star is actually gay and thinks they're boyfriends. At the end of the episode, the actor kisses Antonio goodbye. Antonio is confused by the gesture, but chalks it up to being a Hollywood thing.

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** In "Honey, We Broke the Kid", Antonio unknowingly dates his favorite actor. Antonio thinks they're just buddies, but the TV star is actually gay and thinks they're boyfriends. At the end of the episode, the actor kisses Antonio goodbye.goodbye on the nose. Antonio is confused by the gesture, but chalks it up to being a Hollywood thing.



* MondegreenGag: Antonio misheard the lyrics of a song to be "My goat knows the bowling score", when it's actually "Michael row the boat ashore." And then the next line ("Sister, help to mend the sail") as "Sid's new hair is in the mail."
** Lowell was prone to this also. In "A Terminal Christmas", the group sings "Walking in a Winter Wonderland", but Lowell sings the title phrase as "walking in my winter underwear". When Brian corrects him, Lowell disagrees, stating that Wonderland is a dog track and would be closed in the winter.

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Antonio misheard the lyrics of a song to be "My goat knows the bowling score", when it's actually "Michael row the boat ashore." And then the next line ("Sister, help to mend the sail") as "Sid's new hair is in the mail."
** Lowell was prone to this also. In "A Terminal Christmas", the group sings "Walking in a Winter Wonderland", but Lowell sings the title phrase as "walking in my winter underwear". When Brian corrects him, Lowell disagrees, stating that Wonderland is a dog track and would be closed in the winter.
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* ButtMonkey: Helen regarding her music career. Even Music/CrystalBernard said in an interview that she always liked that Helen is a 'loser' character. Antonio is implied to be a butt monkey several times, but it's mostly just Roy who abuses him. Lowell too, though Joe occasionally gives him a hard time, it's usually work related, not personal.

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* ButtMonkey: Helen regarding her music career. Even Music/CrystalBernard Creator/CrystalBernard said in an interview that she always liked that Helen is a 'loser' character. Antonio is implied to be a butt monkey several times, but it's mostly just Roy who abuses him. Lowell too, though Joe occasionally gives him a hard time, it's usually work related, not personal.



* TitleOnlyOpening: Third season and later

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* TitleOnlyOpening: Third season and laterAfter the third season, the show's minute-long montage of aerial shots was cut down to this format.



* TomboyishName: Alex

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* TomboyishName: AlexAlex.



* WorkCom

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* WorkComWorkCom: The main action takes place most of the time within Tom Nevers Field.



* WrenchWench: Alex

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* WrenchWench: AlexAlex is a helicopter pilot who stuck around in Nantucket and who has tons of experience working on planes and guys coming onto her. She has dealt with both easily.
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** There's an even stronger case of cast derivation from ''Wings'' [[SpiritualSuccessor Spiritual Predecessor]], ''{{Series/Taxi}}'': Joe/Alex is the StraightMan to {{Schemer}} Brian/Bobby, JerkAss Roy/Louie messes with the others, FunnyForeigner Antonio/Latka and CloudCuckoolander Lowell/Reverend Jim each serve as an EnsembleDarkhorse, Helen/Elaine is the GirlyGirl, and Fay/Tony is the affable {{Ditz}}.

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** There's an even stronger case of cast derivation from ''Wings'' [[SpiritualSuccessor Spiritual Predecessor]], ''{{Series/Taxi}}'': Joe/Alex is the StraightMan to {{Schemer}} Brian/Bobby, JerkAss Roy/Louie messes with the others, FunnyForeigner Antonio/Latka and CloudCuckoolander Lowell/Reverend Jim each serve as an EnsembleDarkhorse, Helen/Elaine is the GirlyGirl, and Fay/Tony is the affable {{Ditz}}.[[TheDitz Ditz]].

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