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* TransCharacterCisActor: Trans woman Maura Pfefferman - the titular transparent, is played by cis actor Creator/JeffreyTambor. After the show became a hit, other trans characters were played by trans actresses. Tambor stated he'd be glad to end up being the last cisgender man to play a trans woman character.
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* QueerCharacterQueerActor: Creator/AliaShawkat is openly bisexual and plays Lila, who ends up in a [[{{Polyamorous}} polyamorous]] relationship with Sarah.
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* McLeaned: The ''Musicale Finale'' movie that serves as the conclusion to the series has Maura Pfefferman killed off and deals with the rest of the family reacting to her death due to her actor Creator/JeffreyTambor leaving the show in the wake of his sexual harassment allegations.

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* McLeaned: ActorLeavesCharacterDies: The ''Musicale Finale'' movie that serves as the conclusion to the series has Maura Pfefferman killed off and deals with the rest of the family reacting to her death due to her actor Creator/JeffreyTambor leaving the show in the wake of his sexual harassment allegations.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: While the show was well-received initially, there were some complaints from trans activists about [[QueerCharacterQueerActor yet another cis man taking a role of a trans woman]]. However, that paled in comparison to when Creator/JeffreyTambor was accused of sexual harassment by multiple trans women working on the show.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: While the show was well-received initially, there were some complaints from trans activists about [[QueerCharacterQueerActor yet another cis man taking a role of a trans woman]]. However, that paled in comparison to when Creator/JeffreyTambor was accused of sexual harassment by multiple trans women working on the show.
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** Bradley Whitford plays Mark/Marcy in the 1990s and Magnus Hirschfield in the 1930s.

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** Bradley Whitford Creator/BradleyWhitford plays Mark/Marcy in the 1990s and Magnus Hirschfield in the 1930s.

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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Creator/JeffreyTambor quit the series in November 2017 after multiple sexual harassment allegations.

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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Creator/JeffreyTambor quit the series in November 2017 after multiple sexual harassment allegations.allegations, leading to the series being wrapped up with a FinaleMovie revolving around the aftermath of Maura Pfefferman's death rather than a fifth season as originally intended.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The show was originally intended to conclude with a fifth season, but Jeffrey Tambor's forced removal from the series caused by his sexual harassment allegations instead had the production team produce ''[[FinaleMovie Musicale Finale]]'' to wrap up the show and established Maura Pfefferman as being killed off in order to work around the absence of Jeffrey Tambor.
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* McLeaned: The ''Musicale Finale'' movie that serves as the conclusion to the series has Maura Pfefferman killed off and deals with the rest of the family reacting to her death due to Creator/JeffreyTambor leaving the show in the wake of his sexual harassment allegations.

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* McLeaned: The ''Musicale Finale'' movie that serves as the conclusion to the series has Maura Pfefferman killed off and deals with the rest of the family reacting to her death due to her actor Creator/JeffreyTambor leaving the show in the wake of his sexual harassment allegations.
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* McLeaned: The ''Musicale Finale'' movie that serves as the conclusion to the series has Maura Pfefferman killed off and deals with the rest of the family reacting to her death due to Creator/JeffreyTambor leaving the show in the wake of his sexual harassment allegations.
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** In the musical series finale, Rainn Wilson appears as funeral director Arthur, a callback to a completely different series; he had originally played Arthur as an intern for the family-run funeral home in ''Series/SixFeetUnder'' (for which Transparent creator and showrunner Jill Soloway wrote many scripts).

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** In the musical series finale, Rainn Wilson Creator/RainnWilson appears as funeral director Arthur, a callback to a completely different series; he had originally played Arthur as an intern for the family-run funeral home in ''Series/SixFeetUnder'' (for which Transparent creator and showrunner Jill Soloway wrote many scripts).
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** In the musical series finale, Rainn Wilson appears as funeral director Arthur, a callback to a completely different series; he had originally played Arthur as an intern for the family-run funeral home in''Series/SixFeetUnder'' (for which Transparent creator and showrunner Jill Soloway wrote many scripts).

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** In the musical series finale, Rainn Wilson appears as funeral director Arthur, a callback to a completely different series; he had originally played Arthur as an intern for the family-run funeral home in''Series/SixFeetUnder'' in ''Series/SixFeetUnder'' (for which Transparent creator and showrunner Jill Soloway wrote many scripts).
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** In the musical series finale, Rainn Wilson appears as funeral director Arthur, a callback to a completely different series; he had originally played Arthur as an intern for the family-run funeral home in Six Feet Under (for which Transparent creator and showrunner Jill Soloway wrote many scripts).

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** In the musical series finale, Rainn Wilson appears as funeral director Arthur, a callback to a completely different series; he had originally played Arthur as an intern for the family-run funeral home in Six Feet Under in''Series/SixFeetUnder'' (for which Transparent creator and showrunner Jill Soloway wrote many scripts).
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** In the musical series finale, Rainn Wilson appears as funeral director Arthur, a callback to a completely different series; he had originally played Arthur as an intern for the family-run funeral home in Six Feet Under (for which Transparent creator and showrunner Jill Soloway wrote many scripts).
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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Jeffrey Tambor quit the series in November 2017 after multiple sexual harassment allegations.

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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Jeffrey Tambor Creator/JeffreyTambor quit the series in November 2017 after multiple sexual harassment allegations.



** Michaela Watkins plays Connie, the sympathetic wife of a transvestite, and then Maura's grandmother Yetta.

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** Michaela Watkins plays Connie, the sympathetic wife of a transvestite, and then Maura's grandmother Yetta.Yetta.
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Just calling this phenomenon the "Great Hollywood Sex Scandal of 2017" sounds like it's trivializing it, but maybe that's just me.


* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Jeffrey Tambor quit the series after his name came up in the Great Hollywood Sex Scandal of 2017.

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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Jeffrey Tambor quit the series in November 2017 after his name came up in the Great Hollywood Sex Scandal of 2017.multiple sexual harassment allegations.



** [[Series/TheWestWing Bradley Whitford]] plays Mark/Marcy in the 1990s and Magnus Hirschfield in the 1930s.

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** [[Series/TheWestWing Bradley Whitford]] Whitford plays Mark/Marcy in the 1990s and Magnus Hirschfield in the 1930s.
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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Jeffrey Tambor quit the series after his name came up in the Great Hollywood Sex Scandal of 2017.
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* YouLookFamiliar: Several actors who appeared in the flashbacks to 1994 during Season 1 appear as different characters in the flashbacks to 1933 during Season 2.
** [[Series/TheWestWing Bradley Whitford]] plays Mark/Marcy in the 1990s and Magnus Hirschfield in the 1930s.
** Emily Robinson plays 12-year-old Ali in the 1990s and a young version of Maura's mother Rose in the 1930s.
** Mel Shimkovitz plays Jules, a bartender hired for Ali's Bat Mitzvah, then Jude, one of the residents of the Institute for Sexual Research.
** Michaela Watkins plays Connie, the sympathetic wife of a transvestite, and then Maura's grandmother Yetta.

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