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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Sasha Mitchell was accused of domestic violence by his wife and the network forced the show to write Cody out, bringing in Franks' hyperactive employee Flash as a [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute replacement character]] for the remainder of the season, and then Lean-Luc for the next season. Mitchell was able to resolve his legal troubles and Cody came back for an episode in the last season.

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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Sasha Mitchell was accused of domestic violence by his wife and the network forced the show to write Cody out, bringing in Franks' Frank's hyperactive employee Flash as a [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute replacement character]] for the remainder of the season, and then Lean-Luc Jean-Luc for the next season. Mitchell was able to resolve his legal troubles and Cody came back for an episode in the last season.
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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Sasha Mitchell was accused of domestic violence by his wife and the network forced the show to write Cody out, bringing in Franks' hyperactive employee Flash as a [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute replacement character]] for the remainder of the season, and then Lean-Luc for the next season. Mitchell was able to resolve his legal troubles and Cody came back for an episode in the last season.
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* TheDanza: A rare non-character example; Al Lambert is basically '''Christine''' Lakin playing as '''Christopher''' Knight's Peter Brady.
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** The second-to-last aired episode of season 6, "The Kissing Game", features J.T. dating a different girl named Gessica.[[note]]That's ''not'' a typo, her name is actually spelled this way in the credits.[[/note]] It's clearly supposed to take place somewhere between "Crazy Love" (the aired season premiere) and the aforementioned "She's the One" (as Dana and Rich are already dating by this episode). Watching the episodes in broadcast order makes it look like J.T. spent an entire episode cheating on Sam [[KarmaHoudini without her ever finding out about the supposed affair.]] [[LaserGuidedKarma Not that he or anyone else involved escaped being caught for their other misdeeds in that episode.]]

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** The second-to-last aired episode of season 6, "The Kissing Game", features J.T. dating a different girl named Gessica.[[note]]That's ''not'' a typo, her name is actually spelled this way in the credits.[[/note]] It's clearly supposed to take place somewhere between "Crazy Love" (the aired season premiere) and the aforementioned "She's the One" (as Dana and Rich are already dating by this episode). Watching the episodes in broadcast order makes it look like J.T. spent an entire episode cheating on Sam [[KarmaHoudini without her ever even finding out about the supposed affair.]] [[LaserGuidedKarma Not that he or anyone else involved escaped being caught for their other misdeeds in that episode.]]
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** The second-to-last aired episode of season 6, "The Kissing Game", features J.T. dating a different girl named Gessica.[[note]]That's ''not'' a typo, her name is actually spelled this way in the credits.[[/note]] It's clearly supposed to take place somewhere between "Crazy Love" (the aired season premiere) and the aforementioned "She's the One" (as Dana and Rich are already dating by this episode). Watching the episodes in broadcast order makes it look like J.T. spent an entire episode cheating on Sam [[KarmaHoudini without her ever finding out about the supposed affair.]] [[LaserGuidedKarma Not that he or anyone else involved escaped being caught for their other misdeeds in that episode.]]

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* OutOfOrder: The season 6 premiere was aired as the ''last'' episode of that season, leading to inadvertent ChuckCunninghamSyndrome and RememberTheNewGuy situations, as Cody's absence and Jean-Luc's presence went unexplained for the entire year.

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The season 6 premiere was aired as the ''last'' episode of that season, leading to inadvertent ChuckCunninghamSyndrome and RememberTheNewGuy situations, as Cody's absence and Jean-Luc's presence went unexplained for the entire year.year.
** "The "L" Word" features an appearance by Sam at the house during the end credits scene. The very next episode to premiere is "She's the One" (her actual introduction).
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* TheDanza: A rare non-character example; Al Lambert is basically '''Christine''' Lakin playing as '''Christopher''' Knight's Peter Brady.

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* DirectedByCastMember: Patrick Duffy directed 49 episodes.

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* CreatorBacklash: ''Brady'' creator Sherwood Schwartz was so incensed when he learned about the show that [[https://books.google.com/books?id=4VQbS28ilvsC&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23&dq=Brady+Bunch+Step+By+Step+Lawsuit&source=bl&ots=71WiOqOKN6&sig=ACfU3U0fXX9fQ88KMaICBztSAoG7hCBDJA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi0vKrdpZH2AhXLk4kEHZ53Bxo4ChDoAXoECCcQAw#v=onepage&q=Brady%20Bunch%20Step%20By%20Step%20Lawsuit&f=false he considered suing the producers]]. Fortunately, his legal team decided that any such suit would have been unsustainable in court.
** ''Brady'' matriarch Florence Henderson [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7A600ze-YY also had some choice words to say about it, particularly regarding Somers' explanation of the two series' differences.]]
* DirectedByCastMember: Patrick Duffy directed 49 episodes.
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* TheOtherMarty: Mark Foster was played by Jarrett Lennon (rather than Christopher Castile) in the unaired pilot, full episode [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x409ohs here]].

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* TheOtherMarty: Mark Foster was played by Jarrett Lennon (rather than Christopher Castile) in the [[https://youtu.be/D88OjAMxrgY unaired pilot, full episode [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x409ohs here]].pilot]]; he remained in parts of the original intro used in season 1 and afterwards.
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* CareerResurrection: The series was this for Suzanne Somers after spending most of UsefulNotes/TheEighties in a career slump following her being fired from ''Series/ThreesCompany'' in a salary dispute.

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* CareerResurrection: The series was this for Suzanne Somers Creator/SuzanneSomers after spending most of UsefulNotes/TheEighties in a career slump following her being fired from ''Series/ThreesCompany'' in a salary dispute.
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* ContractualObligationProject: When Patrick Duffy returned to ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' in 1986, he stipulated in his contract that once the series ended, series producer Lorimar would be obligated to cast him in another show. ''Dallas'' ended in 1991, and Lorimar fulfilled the contract by casting Duffy on this show.

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* ContractualObligationProject: When Patrick Duffy Creator/PatrickDuffy returned to ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' in 1986, he stipulated in his contract that once the series ended, series producer Lorimar would be obligated to cast him in another show. ''Dallas'' ended in 1991, and Lorimar fulfilled the contract by casting Duffy on this show.
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* CareerResurrection: The series was this for Suzanne Somers after spending most of UsefulNotes/TheEighties in a career slump following her being fired from ''Series/ThreesCompany'' in a salary dispute.
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* OutOfOrder: The season 6 premiere was aired as the ''last'' episode of that season, leading to inadvertent ChuckCunninghamSyndrome and RememberTheNewGuy situations, as Cody's absence and Jean-Luc's presence went unexplained for the entire year.

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* OutOfOrder: The season 6 premiere was aired as the ''last'' episode of that season, leading to inadvertent ChuckCunninghamSyndrome and RememberTheNewGuy situations, as Cody's absence and Jean-Luc's presence went unexplained for the entire year.year.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to Tony Goldmark in his commentary on his review of WebVideo/SomeJerkWithACamera that talks about the Disney World two parter, the crew of the show asked both him and his grandmother if they wanted to be extras during the Flash running scene. But they rejected it as that would've required waiting for two hours, and they had other plans at the time. Goldmark somewhat regretted it as he would've pointed out in the review.

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* ActorAllusion: Both Patrick Duffy and Suzanne Somers have had lines relating to their former TV series (''Series/{{Dallas}}'' and ''Series/ThreesCompany'', respectively) in various episodes. (No such luck with Staci Keenan, ex- of ''Series/MyTwoDads''.)
** When Don Knotts [[IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine guest stars]] in a ChristmasEpisode, he plays a [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow deputy sheriff]].
** Likewise, in the season 2 episode, "The Boss", in which Dana gets a job as an assistant manager at a diner while Karen and J.T. also get jobs there as waitstaff and Cody gets a job there as a disc jockey, the diner owner and manager, Joe Passarelli, is played by Al Molinaro, a.k.a., Al Delvecchio on ''Series/HappyDays''.
** In one episode, Cody walks into a bar fight and proceeds to annihilate all comers, a reference to Sasha Mitchell's role in the Kickboxer sequels as well as the actor's martial arts abilities.
** This isn't the only time that Patrick Duffy (Frank) and Sasha Mitchell (Cody) portrayed uncle and nephew; the first time was on ''Dallas''.
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* ContractualObligationProject: When Patrick Duffy returned to ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' in 1986, he stipulated in his contract that once the series ended, series producer Lorimar would be obligated to cast him in another show. ''Dallas'' ended in 1991, and Lorimar fulfilled the contract by casting Duffy on this show.

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* TheOtherMarty: Mark Foster was played by Jarrett Lennon in the unaired pilot, full episode [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x409ohs here]].

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* TheOtherMarty: Mark Foster was played by Jarrett Lennon (rather than Christopher Castile) in the unaired pilot, full episode [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x409ohs here]].here]].
** Funnily enough, [[HereWeGoAgain history repeated itself]] (though in reverse) half a decade later when Lennon replaced Castile as the voice of Eugene halfway through the first season of ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold''.
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** This isn't the only time that Patrick Duffy (Frank) and Sasha Mitchell (Cody) portrayed uncle and nephew; the first time was on ''Dallas''.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Up until 2018, the only DVD release of the series was [[https://www.amazon.com/Step-Television-Favorites-Compilation/dp/B000EU1QC2 a six-episode set in 2006.]] The last time it aired in America was years ago on The Hub (now Discovery Family), though Hulu acquired streaming rights for the show. In June 2018, the Warner Archive Collection released season One on DVD, and is expected to release the remaining six in the future.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Up until 2018, the only DVD release of the series was [[https://www.amazon.com/Step-Television-Favorites-Compilation/dp/B000EU1QC2 a six-episode set in 2006.]] The last time it aired in America was years ago on The Hub (now Discovery Family), though Hulu acquired streaming rights for the show. In June 2018, the Warner Archive Collection released season One on DVD, and is expected to release the remaining six in the future.future.
* TheOtherMarty: Mark Foster was played by Jarrett Lennon in the unaired pilot, full episode [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x409ohs here]].
* OutOfOrder: The season 6 premiere was aired as the ''last'' episode of that season, leading to inadvertent ChuckCunninghamSyndrome and RememberTheNewGuy situations, as Cody's absence and Jean-Luc's presence went unexplained for the entire year.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: [[https://www.amazon.com/Step-Television-Favorites-Compilation/dp/B000EU1QC2 The show only spawned one DVD release]], and that's out of stock. The last time it aired in America was years ago on The Hub (now Discovery Family). Luckily, Hulu acquired streaming rights for the show, unless its contract with Warner Bros. expires.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Up until 2018, the only DVD release of the series was [[https://www.amazon.com/Step-Television-Favorites-Compilation/dp/B000EU1QC2 The show only spawned one DVD release]], and that's out of stock. a six-episode set in 2006.]] The last time it aired in America was years ago on The Hub (now Discovery Family). Luckily, Family), though Hulu acquired streaming rights for the show, unless its contract with show. In June 2018, the Warner Bros. expires.Archive Collection released season One on DVD, and is expected to release the remaining six in the future.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Good luck. [[https://www.amazon.com/Step-Television-Favorites-Compilation/dp/B000EU1QC2 The show only spawned one DVD release]], and that's out of stock. The last time it aired in America was years ago on The Hub (now Discovery Family). Luckily, Hulu acquired streaming rights for the show, unless its contract with Warner Bros. expires.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Good luck. [[https://www.amazon.com/Step-Television-Favorites-Compilation/dp/B000EU1QC2 The show only spawned one DVD release]], and that's out of stock. The last time it aired in America was years ago on The Hub (now Discovery Family). Luckily, Hulu acquired streaming rights for the show, unless its contract with Warner Bros. expires.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Good luck. The last time it aired was on The Hub (now Discovery Family). [[https://www.amazon.com/Step-Television-Favorites-Compilation/dp/B000EU1QC2 The show only spawned one DVD release]], and that's out of stock. Luckily, Hulu acquired streaming rights for the show, unless its contract with Warner Bros. expires.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Good luck. The last time it aired was on The Hub (now Discovery Family). [[https://www.amazon.com/Step-Television-Favorites-Compilation/dp/B000EU1QC2 The show only spawned one DVD release]], and that's out of stock. The last time it aired in America was years ago on The Hub (now Discovery Family). Luckily, Hulu acquired streaming rights for the show, unless its contract with Warner Bros. expires.
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* DirectedByCastMember: Patrick Duffy directed 49 episodes.

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* DirectedByCastMember: Patrick Duffy directed 49 episodes.episodes.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Good luck. The last time it aired was on The Hub (now Discovery Family). [[https://www.amazon.com/Step-Television-Favorites-Compilation/dp/B000EU1QC2 The show only spawned one DVD release]], and that's out of stock. Luckily, Hulu acquired streaming rights for the show, unless its contract with Warner Bros. expires.
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* ChannelHop: Along with ''Series/FamilyMatters'', the show moved from ABC to CBS in 1997, to anchor a new TGIF-type programming block called "CBS Block Party." Both sitcoms lasted only a year on their new network.

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* ChannelHop: Along with ''Series/FamilyMatters'', the show moved from ABC to CBS in 1997, to anchor a new TGIF-type programming block called "CBS Block Party." Both sitcoms lasted only a year on their new network.network.
* DirectedByCastMember: Patrick Duffy directed 49 episodes.
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** Likewise, in the season 2 episode, "The Boss", in which Dana gets a job as a diner manager while Karen and J.T. also get jobs there as waitstaff and Cody gets a job there as a disc jockey, the diner owner, Joe Passarelli, is played by Al Molinaro, a.k.a., Al Delvecchio on ''Series/HappyDays''.

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** Likewise, in the season 2 episode, "The Boss", in which Dana gets a job as an assistant manager at a diner manager while Karen and J.T. also get jobs there as waitstaff and Cody gets a job there as a disc jockey, the diner owner, owner and manager, Joe Passarelli, is played by Al Molinaro, a.k.a., Al Delvecchio on ''Series/HappyDays''.
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** Likewise, in the season 2 episode, "The Boss", in which Dana gets a job as a diner manager while Karen and J.T. also get jobs there as waitstaff and Cody gets a job there as a disc jockey, the diner owner, Joe Passarelli, is played by Al Molinaro, a.k.a., Al Delvecchio on ''Series/HappyDays''.
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** When Don Knotts [[IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine guest stars]] in a ChristmasEpisode, he plays a [[TheAndyGriffithShow deputy sheriff]].

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** When Don Knotts [[IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine guest stars]] in a ChristmasEpisode, he plays a [[TheAndyGriffithShow [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow deputy sheriff]].



* ChannelHop: Along with ''FamilyMatters'', the show moved from ABC to CBS in 1997, to anchor a new TGIF-type programming block called "CBS Block Party." Both sitcoms lasted only a year on their new network.

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* ChannelHop: Along with ''FamilyMatters'', ''Series/FamilyMatters'', the show moved from ABC to CBS in 1997, to anchor a new TGIF-type programming block called "CBS Block Party." Both sitcoms lasted only a year on their new network.
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* ActorAllusion: Both Patrick Duffy and Suzanne Somers have had lines relating to their former TV series (''Series/{{Dallas}}'' and ''Series/ThreesCompany'', respectively) in various episodes. (No such luck with Staci Keenan, ex- of ''Series/MyTwoDads''.)
** When Don Knotts [[IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine guest stars]] in a ChristmasEpisode, he plays a [[TheAndyGriffithShow deputy sheriff]].
** In one episode, Cody walks into a bar fight and proceeds to annihilate all comers, a reference to Sasha Mitchell's role in the Kickboxer sequels as well as the actor's martial arts abilities.
* ChannelHop: Along with ''FamilyMatters'', the show moved from ABC to CBS in 1997, to anchor a new TGIF-type programming block called "CBS Block Party." Both sitcoms lasted only a year on their new network.

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