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* PlanetEris: Blake made a show of a family of zombies. ''The Dee Show'' once put on an operation of a woman giving her last kidney to another woman with a mild kidney infection on live and the pained shouting implied they weren't sedated or it (granted, behind a curtain). No one gives these a second thought, though Massimo says in the first episode the fact he can talk is unique and he can't go out shopping due to being a dog.


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* WorldOfWeirdness: Blake made a show of a family of zombies. ''The Dee Show'' once put on an operation of a woman giving her last kidney to another woman with a mild kidney infection on live and the pained shouting implied they weren't sedated or it (granted, behind a curtain). Another time, they had a doctor turn a woman's legs into a large fish tail like a mermaid for a makeover. There isn't much in the way of giving these a second thought, though Massimo says in the first episode the fact he can talk is unique and he can't go out shopping due to being a dog.
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* PlanetEris: Blake made a show of a family of zombies. ''The Dee Show'' once put on an operation of a woman giving her last kidney to another woman with a mild kidney infection on live and the pained shouting implied they weren't sedated or it (granted, behind a curtain). No one gives these a second thought, though Massimo says in the first episode the fact he can talk is unique and he can't go out shopping due to being a dog.
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* MoodDissonance: PlayedForLaughs, the voice announcing the topic for today's ''The Dee Show'' says it enthusiastically and ends with a "Yeah!" even if the topic is, say, "Missing Children".
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Got away with showing bare breasts before the watershed in the very first episode. ''With a PG rating on Global.''
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* {{Expy}}: Victoria looks like QueenLatifah.

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* {{Expy}}: Victoria looks like QueenLatifah.Music/QueenLatifah.

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* DumbBlonde: Chicago again.

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* DumbBlonde: Chicago again.Chicago.


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* FunWithAcronyms: In "Mentoring Parker", Dee discusses a women's empowerment organization called the '''T'''he '''W'''omen's '''A'''ssistance '''T'''rust and later starts her own organization called '''T'''oday's '''I'''nvalid '''T'''rust.

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* AttentionWhore / ItsAllAboutMe: Dee, in spades.



* BrokenAesop: "A Bully for Parker" seems to constantly promote the message that it is wrong to hold grudges, especially when Parker's attempt to get back at a bully at a school reunion goes horribly for her. However, Parker really was not looking for revenge as much as self-defense, since she thought the bully was setting up a prank to humilate her.

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* BrokenAesop: "A Bully for Parker" seems to constantly promote the message that it is wrong to hold grudges, especially when Parker's attempt to get back at a bully at a school reunion goes horribly for her. However, Parker really was not looking for revenge as much as self-defense, since she thought the bully was setting up a prank to humilate humiliate her.


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* FieryRedhead: Even though she wears a wig, Dee is this literally.
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* BrokenAesop: "A Bully for Parker" seems to constantly promote the message that it is wrong to hold grudges, especially when Parker's attempt to get back at a bully at a school reunion goes horribly for her. However, Parker really was not looking for revenge as much as self-defense, since she thought the bully was setting up a prank to humilate her.
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* VitriolicBestFriends: Despite their contrasting personalities, Parker and Chicago are on friendly terms with each other more often than not, to the point that Chicago even becomes Parker's personal confidant on occasion.
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* CampGay: Russell.


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* LargeHam: Dee.
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* ObliviousToLove: Parker is crushing on her boss Blake Bellamy who seems to be going out with a skinny French model.

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* ObliviousToLove: Parker is crushing on her boss Blake Bellamy Bellamy, who seems alternates between somewhat returning her feelings without acting on them to be going out with a skinny French model.being completely unaware of Parker's crush.
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* TheAlcoholic: Dee.
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* TheAhnold: Günther Fürst, an action hero-turned Republican senator-turned fitness guru who dates Parker during episode "The Skinny on Parker".
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* EventheGirlsWantHer: Happens to Parker in the episode "in Dee Club."

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* EventheGirlsWantHer: EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Happens to Parker in the episode "in Dee Club."
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* EventheGirlsWantHer: Happens to Parker in the episode "in Dee Club."
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: The finale sets up that Simon [[spoiler: will end up in a happy marriage with Chicago and a succesful movie producer.]]

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* EarnYourHappyEnding: The season 2 finale sets up that Simon [[spoiler: will end up in a happy marriage with Chicago and a succesful movie producer.]]

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* DumbBlonde: Chicago again.



* HairOfGold: Chicago Hyatt.
** DumbBlonde: Chicago again.
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* LesYay: Parker and the blonde Latino lesbian.
** Chicago getting kissed and touched by a group of lesbians!

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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Simon and Russell. Simon once complains about how brown people are stereotyped, implying he is Arabic, though one of his grandfathers was white.



** One episode implies Simon is Arabic. One of his grandfathers was white, as well.
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* EaglelandOsmosis: The characters randomly discuss the Bible belt, the War on Terror, illegal immigration, and Dee once tried to obtain a pardon from the President, despite being a Canadian show. Of course, it is possible the show is set in the U.S.
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** One episode implies Simon is Arabic. One of his grandfathers was white, as well.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: The finale sets up that Simon [[spoiler: will end up in a happy marriage with Chicago and a succesful movie producer.]]
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** The show seems to adore this trope. One episode features Simon losing weight thanks to a testosterone pill. Another episode feature Hal being made over into a muscular hunk. And arguably, Parker's backstory of being overweight.
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* NegativeContinuity: In the pilot, Chicago is Blake's cousin and lives with her parents. In "Giving Up Dee Ghost," she is his niece and his sole living relative (which would mean her parents are no longer alive).
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: The show does not seem to settle on whether Victoria's saint-like image is genuine or a facade.
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** Even so, she's like an evil version of either of them.
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* ReunionRevenge: In "Bully For Parker", Parker plans an elaborate revenge for her high school reunion, but has second thoughts when she spends some time with her most vicious tormentor.
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* CitizenshipMarriage: In "The Parker Prophecies", Parker agrees to marry her boss so he can stay in the country.


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* GoingCommando: Both Chicago and Dee have mentioned they sometimes go commando.
* GoofyPrintUnderwear: In "Man Trap", Simon dances in a pair of space themed underwear.
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''Producing Parker'' is a 2009 Canadian animated series about Parker Kovak, a late-20s single woman stressfully working as a producer of the most high-rated daytime TalkShow ''The Dee Show''.
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!!This series contains examples of:
* BlackBestFriend: Simon Nolan.
* ButtMonkey
* CompressedVice: Parker's anorexia in "The Skinny On Parker".
* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Victoria Lafayette.
** A blonde Latino lesbian in "In Dee Club".
* DeadpanSnarker: Simon.
* {{Expy}}: Victoria looks like QueenLatifah.
** She is pretty much [[TheOprahWinfreyShow Oprah]].
* FormerlyFat: Parker.
* GenkiGirl: Mimi Chiu in "A Recipe for Dee-saster".
* HartmanHips: Parker and Chicago.
* HairOfGold: Chicago Hyatt.
** DumbBlonde: Chicago again.
* HotPursuit
* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: Dee
* IntellectualAnimal: Massimo. Though its never stated whether the [[TalkingAnimal animals can talk]] or if only she can [[SpeaksFluentAnimal understand]] [[AnimalTalk them]].
** "How Green is my Parker" reveals that Massimo can speak to Parker because he can speak to all animals in their language INCLUDING HUMANS.
* {{Jerkass}}: Victoria.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Dee
* KickTheDog: Dee, literally.
* LesYay: Parker and the blonde Latino lesbian.
** Chicago getting kissed and touched by a group of lesbians!
* MistakenForGay: Parker in "In Dee Club". She believes that must be the reason why she doesn't have a steady boyfriend.
* MsFanservice: Chicago.
* MyBiologicalClockIsTicking: Parker.
* NaughtyNuns / NunsAreFunny: In "In Dee Club", Victoria neither confirms nor denies she had sexual relations with a nun at a Catholic school she attended. The nun in question is briefly seen in the news, with her eyes covered by a censor bar to remain anonymous.
* NonHumanSidekick: Parker's dog Massimo.
* NotSoDifferent: Dee and Victoria are both self-absorbed {{Jerkass}}es. Victoria just does a better job at hiding it, which makes her more of a jerkass.
* ObliviousToLove: Parker is crushing on her boss Blake Bellamy who seems to be going out with a skinny French model.
* PantyShot: Chicago, oh yeah!
* ThePoorMansSubstitute: The voice actress of Mimi Chiu seemed to be putting on her best LaurenTom impression.
* RaisedByWolves: Dee was raised by cougars.
* ReusedCharacterDesign: The show's designer is really really keen on reusing character designs - and does so with actually named characters, including the show's antagonist (or #1 talk show host and Nobel Prize recipient really does moonlight as a waitress).
* ShipTease: Parker and Simon.
* ShowWithinAShow: ''The Dee Show''.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Parker, oh so much.
* TemporaryBulkChange: In "The Skinny on Parker" Dee becomes morbidly obese and [[StatusQuoIsGod in the end gets liposuction]].
* TheUnreveal: Dee's age.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Victoria.
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