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* PlayingAgainstType: A retroactive example; in later Creator/TimAndEric productions, Tim Heidecker would generally portray the more corrupt halves of the duo's characters while Eric Warheim's characters would be more moral, if only by comparison. Here, Tim plays the OnlySaneMan and put-upon NiceGuy Tom while Eric plays the sociopathic and megalomaniacal Mayor.
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* PlayingAgainstType: A retroactive example; in later Creator/TimAndEric productions, Tim Heidecker would generally portray the more corrupt halves of the duo's characters while Eric Warheim's characters would be more moral, if only by comparison. Here, Tim plays the OnlySaneMan and put-upon NiceGuy Tom while Eric plays the sociopathic and megalomaniacal Mayor.Mayor.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to the 2002 pilot, Tom's last name was originally Bradley instead of Peters
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to the 2002 pilot, Tom's last name was originally Bradley instead of Peters
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* HostilityOnTheSet: According to their DVD commentary for the episode "Wrestling", guest star Creator/GaryBusey was by far the worst they had worked with at that time. Gary kept getting angry at Tim for some reason, to the point where Eric had to pretend to fire him in front of Gary just to get the recording finished (and he didn't even do all the lines he was supposed to). They've gone as far as to claim that when he dies, they'll release unseen footage of him being an asshole backstage.
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* HostilityOnTheSet: According to their DVD commentary for the episode "Wrestling", guest star Creator/GaryBusey was by far the worst they had worked with at that time. Gary kept getting angry at Tim for some reason, to the point where Eric had to pretend to fire him in front of Gary just to get the recording finished (and he didn't even do all the lines he was supposed to). They've gone as far as to claim that when he dies, they'll release unseen footage of him being an asshole backstage. It's pretty telling that his character, a high-strung wrestling coach, has a stroke not even two minutes into the episode and spends the rest of his screentime hooked up to an oxygen tank.
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* PlayingAgainstType: A retroactive example; in later Creator/TimAndEric productions, Tim Heidecker would generally portray the more corrupt halves of the duo's characters while Eric Warheim's characters would be more moral, if only by comparison. Here, Tim plays the OnlySaneMan and put-upon NiceGuy Tom while Eric plays the sociopathic and megalomaniacal Mayor.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The constant mention of CD-Rs, the employment of hipstery, cheerful muted horns with big, blocky, colorful text in the end credits, and Tom's use of both a [=BlackBerry=]-esque device and Website/MySpace-like social network all point to this show taking place in a very specific timeframe, around [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2004 to 2006]].
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The constant mention of CD-Rs, the employment of hipstery, cheerful muted horns with big, blocky, colorful text in the end credits, and Tom's use of both a [=BlackBerry=]-esque device and Website/MySpace-like social network all point to this show taking place in a very specific timeframe, around [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2004 to 2006]].
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* PlayingAgainstType: A retroactive example; in later Creator/TimAndEric productions, Tim Heidecker would generally portray the more corrupt halves of the duo's characters while Eric Warheim's characters would be more moral, if only by comparison. Here, Tim plays the OnlySaneMan and put-upon NiceGuy Tom while Eric plays the sociopathic and megalomaniacal Mayor.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The constant mention of CD-Rs, the employment of hipstery, cheerful muted horns with big, blocky, colorful text in the end credits, and Tom's use of both a [=BlackBerry=]-esque device and Website/MySpace-like social network all point to this show taking place in a very specific timeframe, around [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2004 to 2006]].Mayor.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The constant mention of CD-Rs, the employment of hipstery, cheerful muted horns with big, blocky, colorful text in the end credits, and Tom's use of both a [=BlackBerry=]-esque device and Website/MySpace-like social network all point to this show taking place in a very specific timeframe, around [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2004 to 2006]].
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* PlayingAgainstType: A retroactive example; in later Creator/TimAndEric productions, Tim Heidecker would generally portray the more corrupt halves of the duos characters while Eric Warheim's characters would be more moral, if only by comparison. Here, Tim plays the OnlySaneMan and put-upon NiceGuy Tom while Eric plays the sociopathic and megalomaniacal Mayor.
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* PlayingAgainstType: A retroactive example; in later Creator/TimAndEric productions, Tim Heidecker would generally portray the more corrupt halves of the duos duo's characters while Eric Warheim's characters would be more moral, if only by comparison. Here, Tim plays the OnlySaneMan and put-upon NiceGuy Tom while Eric plays the sociopathic and megalomaniacal Mayor.
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* PlayingAgainstType: A retroactive example; in later Creator/TimAndEric productions, Tim Heidecker would generally portray the more corrupt halves of the duos characters while Eric Warheim's characters would be more moral, if only by comparison. Here, Tim plays the OnlySaneMan and put-upon NiceGuy Tom while Eric plays the sociopathic and megalomaniacal Mayor.
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* DawsonCasting: An inverted example: Tim Heidecker was still in his 20's while portraying Tom, who's in his mid-30's.
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* FollowTheLeader: While Creator/AdultSwim shows weren't exactly normal, ''Tom Goes To the Mayor'' truly pushed the boundaries of ironic anti-humor at that time and, more importantly, had significant doses of live-action in it. A lot of productions on Adult Swim that premiered after it seemed to keep taking the same [[BlackComedy darkly comedic]], bitingly ironic approach to humor to more and more logical extremes and were also done in live-action, rather than animation: ''Series/SaulOfTheMoleMen,'' ''Series/FatGuyStuckInInternet,'' and even later additions like ''Loiter Squad.'' It's not altogether far-fetched to see ''Tom Goes To the Mayor'' as a major early symptom of Adult Swim's NetworkDecay: for context only a few months after the show was cancelled came the infamous [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_Mooninite_panic publicity stunt]] for ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce,'' which many have pointed to as ''the'' moment Adult Swim began a long and almost fatal decline.
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* FollowTheLeader: While Creator/AdultSwim shows weren't exactly normal, ''Tom Goes To the Mayor'' truly pushed the boundaries of ironic anti-humor at that time and, more importantly, had significant doses of live-action in it. A lot of productions on Adult Swim that premiered after it seemed to keep taking the same [[BlackComedy darkly comedic]], bitingly ironic approach to humor to more and more logical extremes and were also done in live-action, rather than animation: ''Series/SaulOfTheMoleMen,'' ''Series/FatGuyStuckInInternet,'' and even later additions like ''Loiter Squad.'' It's not altogether far-fetched to see ''Tom Goes To the Mayor'' as a major early symptom of Adult Swim's NetworkDecay: for context only a few months after the show was cancelled came the infamous [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_Mooninite_panic publicity stunt]] for ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce,'' which many have pointed to as ''the'' moment Adult Swim began a long and almost fatal decline.
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* FollowTheLeader: While Creator/AdultSwim shows weren't exactly normal, ''Tom Goes To the Mayor'' truly pushed the boundaries of ironic anti-humor at that time and, more importantly, had significant doses of live-action in it. A lot of productions on Adult Swim that premiered after it seemed to keep taking the same [[BlackComedy darkly comedic]], bitingly ironic approach to humor to more and more logical extremes and were also done in live-action, rather than animation: ''Series/SaulOfTheMoleMen,'' ''Series/FatGuyStuckInInternet,'' and even later additions like ''Loiter Squad.'' It's not altogether far-fetched to see ''Tom Goes To the Mayor'' as a major early symptom of Adult Swim's NetworkDecay: for context only a few months after the show was cancelled came the infamous [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_Mooninite_panic publicity stunt]] for ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce,'' which many have pointed to as ''the'' moment Adult Swim began a long and almost fatal decline.
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* HostilityOnTheSet: According to their DVD commentary for the episode "Wrestling", guest star Creator/GaryBusey was by far the worst they had worked with at that time. Gary kept getting angry at Tim for some reason, to the point where Eric had to pretend to fire him in front of Gary just to get the recording finished (and he didn't even do all the lines he was supposed to). They've gone as far as to claim that when he dies, they'll release unseen footage of him being an asshole backstage.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The constant mention of CD-Rs, the employment of hipstery, cheerful muted horns with big, blocky, colorful text in the end credits, and Tom's use of both a [=BlackBerry=]-esque device and Website/MySpace-like social network all point to this show being from a very specific timeframe, around [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2004 to 2006]].
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* TheDanza: Michael Ian Black as Dr. Ian Black.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The constant mention of CD-Rs, the employment of hipstery, cheerful muted horns with big, blocky, colorful text in the end credits, and Tom's use of both a [=BlackBerry=]-esque device and Website/MySpace-like social network all point to this showbeing from taking place in a very specific timeframe, around [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2004 to 2006]].
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The constant mention of CD-Rs, the employment of hipstery, cheerful muted horns with big, blocky, colorful text in the end credits, and Tom's use of both a [=BlackBerry=]-esque device and Website/MySpace-like social network all point to this show
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*UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The constant mention of CD-Rs, the employment of hipstery, cheerful muted horns with big, blocky, colorful text in the end credits, and Tom's use of both a [=BlackBerry=]-esque device and Website/MySpace-like social network all point to this show being from a very specific timeframe, around [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2004 to 2006]].
