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* AdaptationDisplacement: Of Creator/CandaceBushnell's book.



** Any time Carrie mocks Samantha or the two have a falling out falls into this when you consider how Creator/KimCattrall has made it clear the rumors of an ongoing feud between her and Creator/SarahJessicaParker were ''not'' fake and because of this, she has refused to return for a third movie while Creator/KristinDavis and Creator/CynthiaNixon are on-board. Likewise when ''Series/AndJustLikeThat'' came out Creator/KimCattrall wanted nothing to do with it. Many fans of Samantha Jones made up their own reasons of why she left New York because the reason ''And Just Like That...'' gave was extremely out of character for her.

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** Any time Carrie mocks Samantha or the two have a falling out falls into this when you consider how Creator/KimCattrall has made it clear the rumors of an ongoing feud between her and Creator/SarahJessicaParker were ''not'' fake and because of this, she has refused to return for a third movie while Creator/KristinDavis and Creator/CynthiaNixon are on-board. Likewise when ''Series/AndJustLikeThat'' came out Creator/KimCattrall wanted nothing to do with it. Many fans of Samantha Jones made up their own reasons of why she left New York because the reason ''And Just Like That...'' gave was extremely out of character for her.



*** An even better example of this is a first season episode where Miranda is assumed to be gay by a co-worker, who sets Miranda up with a female date for a company event. At the end of the episode, she considers how life would be much easier if she were a lesbian, testing this by kissing her same-sex date.

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*** An even better example of this is a first season first-season episode where Miranda is assumed to be gay by a co-worker, who sets Miranda up with a female date for a company event. At the end of the episode, she considers how life would be much easier if she were a lesbian, testing this by kissing her same-sex date.
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*** Charlotte later gives Carrie her wedding ring, which allows Carrie to make a down payment on her apartment. However we ''never'' see Carrie paying Charlotte's loan back. (Which is something Carrie agreed to do).

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*** Charlotte later gives Carrie her wedding ring, which allows Carrie to make a down payment on her apartment. However we ''never'' see Carrie paying Charlotte's loan back. (Which is something Carrie agreed to do).13



** [[Creator/KatDennings Maxine "Max" Black]] was the 13-year-old Jewish girl who hired Samantha to perform a Bar Mitzvah.

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** [[Creator/KatDennings Maxine "Max" Black]] was the 13-year-old Jewish girl who hired Samantha to perform a Bar Mitzvah.arrange her Bat Mitzvah party.
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** [[Creator/KatDennings Maxine "Max" Black]] was the 13 year old Jewish girl who hired Samantha to perform a Bar Mitzvah.

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** [[Creator/KatDennings Maxine "Max" Black]] was the 13 year old 13-year-old Jewish girl who hired Samantha to perform a Bar Mitzvah.



* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Charlotte regarding hers and Trey's disastrous marriage. First, she rushes into it within five minutes of meeting him and it inevitably falls apart just as quickly. Then, after they've reconciled, they get all of another five minutes of happiness before she rushes into baby-making. And when that doesn't work out, she goes completely overboard in her efforts to procure a child--infertility treatments, support groups, adoption lists, etc, all without stopping to ask Trey how he feels about any of this, leading him to confide in his overbearing mother, which she blasts him for even though she blabbed about their problems to ''complete strangers'', ultimately driving him away. Lastly, she foolishly quit her job before she even got pregnant and following her divorce, not only can she not get it back, but she's overqualified for everything else. This all sucks, but she's the victim of her own stupidity.

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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Charlotte regarding hers and Trey's disastrous marriage. First, she rushes into it within five minutes of meeting him and it inevitably falls apart just as quickly. Then, after they've reconciled, they get all of another five minutes of happiness before she rushes into baby-making. And when that doesn't work out, she goes completely overboard in her efforts to procure a child--infertility treatments, support groups, adoption lists, etc, etc., all without stopping to ask Trey how he feels about any of this, leading him to confide in his overbearing mother, which she blasts him for even though she blabbed about their problems to ''complete strangers'', ultimately driving him away. Lastly, she foolishly quit her job before she even got pregnant and following her divorce, not only can she not get it back, but she's overqualified for everything else. This all sucks, but she's the victim of her own stupidity.



** Similarly to Big's behavior mentioned above, there's Steve's behavior at the beginning of his and Miranda's relationship. Miranda makes it abundantly clear that she wants nothing more than their one-night-stand, and he responds by refusing to accept it and hounding her until she gives in. This is obsessive and stalkerish behavior portrayed as sweet and cute, something that wouldn't fly today.

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** Similarly to Big's behavior mentioned above, there's Steve's behavior at the beginning of his and Miranda's relationship. Miranda makes it abundantly clear that she wants nothing more than their one-night-stand, one-night stand, and he responds by refusing to accept it and hounding her until she gives in. This is obsessive and stalkerish behavior portrayed as sweet and cute, something that wouldn't fly today.



** Carrie whining about Natasha and her friend giving her "the look" when accidentally bumping into them, especially because she and the audience knows she deserves it (she ''slept with Natasha's husband''), but she spend an entire episode bitching, complaining and practically stalking Natasha until Natasha [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech epically tells her off.]]

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** Carrie whining about Natasha and her friend giving her "the look" when accidentally bumping into them, especially because she and the audience knows she deserves it (she ''slept with Natasha's husband''), but she spend spent an entire episode bitching, complaining and practically stalking Natasha until Natasha [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech epically tells her off.]]



** A few examples, but most notably with Carrie and Aidan after she had an affair with Big. He was still deeply hurt by it, could no longer trust her, and in the end they realized the damage was done and there [[AvertedTrope was no saving the relationship]].

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** A few examples, but most notably with Carrie and Aidan after she had an affair with Big. He was still deeply hurt by it, could no longer trust her, and in the end end, they realized the damage was done and there [[AvertedTrope was no saving the relationship]].



** And, as Big himself lampshades, she bitches him out in the second movie ''for buying a television'' and having the audacity to wanting to stay at home and watch it instead of going to parties all the time. Her treatment of Big overall is ridiculously petty and she comes off like ControlFreak, whining about him not wanting to go to the party with her, then going off to Abu Dhabi for two weeks without him.

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** And, as Big himself lampshades, she bitches him out in the second movie ''for buying a television'' and having the audacity to wanting want to stay at home and watch it instead of going to parties all the time. Her treatment of Big overall is ridiculously petty and she comes off like ControlFreak, whining about him not wanting to go to the party with her, then going off to Abu Dhabi for two weeks without him.



* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The whole wedding fiasco in the first movie was nearly entirely Carrie's fault because she refused to listen to any input from Big and allowed the entire thing to turn into a publicity stunt, then refuses to let him explain himself when he gets cold feet for a few minutes. She spends the rest of the movie acting like she's been traumatised by what he did, even if it all could have been avoided if she'd just less of a selfish {{Bridezilla}}. It's even worse considering that Steve cheats on Miranda, but she manages to keep a StiffUpperLip and carry on as normal because she wants to make the separation as painless as possible for Brady, but the girls barely give her any sympathy over being cheated on by the father of her child.

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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The whole wedding fiasco in the first movie was nearly entirely Carrie's fault because she refused to listen to any input from Big and allowed the entire thing to turn into a publicity stunt, then refuses to let him explain himself when he gets cold feet for a few minutes. She spends the rest of the movie acting like she's been traumatised traumatized by what he did, even if it all could have been avoided if she'd just less of a selfish {{Bridezilla}}. It's even worse considering that Steve cheats on Miranda, but she manages to keep a StiffUpperLip and carry on as normal because she wants to make the separation as painless as possible for Brady, but the girls barely give her any sympathy over being cheated on by the father of her child.
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** Trey during his and Charlotte's disastrous marriage. While he was certainly far from perfect, Charlotte conveniently overlooked the fact that she rushed into marrying him, rushed into having a baby two seconds after they reconciled, and went completely overboard with her efforts to procure a child once it was learned that she had fertility problems--infertility treatments, support groups, adoption lists, etc., nearly all of which she did without even discussing it with him. When an exhausted Trey asks if they can simply take a break from all the baby-making efforts, his completely understandable request is treated like a horrible betrayal and it's pretty much the beginning of the end for them. She dumps the blame for the failure of their marriage squarely on his shoulders and never once sees where she contributed to it. The closest Trey actually gets to being "the bad guy" in all this is when he gives Charlotte a cardboard cutout of a baby after finding out she can't conceive (which, despite being a joke, [[DudeNotFunny wasn't funny to her in the slightest]]).

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** Trey during his and Charlotte's disastrous marriage. While he was certainly far from perfect, Charlotte conveniently overlooked the fact that she rushed into marrying him, rushed into having trying to have a baby two seconds after they reconciled, and went completely overboard with her efforts to procure a child once it was learned that she had fertility problems--infertility treatments, support groups, adoption lists, etc., nearly all of which she did without even discussing it with him. When an exhausted Trey asks if they can simply take a break from all the baby-making efforts, his completely understandable request is treated like a horrible betrayal and it's pretty much the beginning of the end for them. She dumps the blame for the failure of their marriage squarely on his shoulders and never once sees where she contributed to it. The closest Trey actually gets to being "the bad guy" in all this is when he gives Charlotte a cardboard cutout of a baby after finding out she can't conceive (which, despite being a joke, [[DudeNotFunny wasn't funny to her in the slightest]]).
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* BrokenBase: Fierce debate still goes on to this day over whether Carrie or Charlotte was in the wrong in "Ring a Ding Ding". Was Charlotte a bad friend for not offering to help Carrie out, and a hypocrite for telling her she needed to "learn to stand on [her] own" while living in an inherited apartment? Or was Carrie [[EntitledBastard entitled]] for expecting Charlotte to bail her out of her self-induced money problems, disrespecting boundaries, and accepting Charlotte's wedding ring to sell as a down payment when the latter gave in?

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* BrokenBase: Fierce debate still goes on to this day over whether Carrie or Charlotte was in the wrong in "Ring a Ding Ding". Was Charlotte a bad friend for not offering to help Carrie out, and a hypocrite for telling her she needed to "learn to stand on [her] own" while living in an inherited apartment? apartment received as a divorce settlement? Or was Carrie [[EntitledBastard entitled]] for expecting Charlotte to bail her out of her self-induced money problems, disrespecting boundaries, and accepting Charlotte's wedding ring to sell as a down payment when the latter gave in?
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* BrokenBase: Fierce debate still goes on to this day over whether Carrie or Charlotte was in the wrong in the "Ring a Ding Ding" episode. Was Charlotte a bad friend for not offering to help Carrie out, and a hypocrite for telling her she needed to "learn to stand on [her] own" while living on inherited money? Or was Carrie [[EntitledBastard entitled]] for expecting Charlotte to bail her out of her self-induced money problems, disrespecting boundaries, and accepting Charlotte's wedding ring to sell as a down payment when the latter gave in?

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* BrokenBase: Fierce debate still goes on to this day over whether Carrie or Charlotte was in the wrong in the "Ring a Ding Ding" episode. Ding". Was Charlotte a bad friend for not offering to help Carrie out, and a hypocrite for telling her she needed to "learn to stand on [her] own" while living on in an inherited money? apartment? Or was Carrie [[EntitledBastard entitled]] for expecting Charlotte to bail her out of her self-induced money problems, disrespecting boundaries, and accepting Charlotte's wedding ring to sell as a down payment when the latter gave in?

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* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/CynthiaNixon coming out as bisexual puts several incidents in the show in a new light:
** Miranda's rather brash reaction to Samantha's (admittedly sudden) coming out ("Oh, I forgot to tell you, I'm a fire hydrant!"), especially considering that the way Nixon accepted it would end up being [[IronicEcho not too dissimilar to the way Samantha did, in fact.]]
** An even better example of this is a first season episode where Miranda is assumed to be gay by a co-worker, who sets Miranda up with a female date for a company event. At the end of the episode, she considers how life would be much easier if she were a lesbian, testing this by kissing her same-sex date.
** Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte once reacted to Carrie's GuyOfTheWeek being bisexual with reactions that nowadays would be considered extremely biphobic, complete with Carrie ultimately stating in a rather {{Anvilicious}} manner that she did not believe bisexuality to be "a real thing".
** Perhaps most ironically given the aforementioned incidents, the sequel series ''Series/AndJustLikeThat'' actually [[QueerCharacterQueerActor makes Miranda bisexual like her actress]], where she has an affair with an assigned-female-at-birth non-binary person behind Steve's back.

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Creator/CynthiaNixon coming out as bisexual puts several incidents in the show in a new light:
** *** Miranda's rather brash reaction to Samantha's (admittedly sudden) coming out ("Oh, I forgot to tell you, I'm a fire hydrant!"), especially considering that the way Nixon accepted it would end up being [[IronicEcho not too dissimilar to the way Samantha did, in fact.]]
** *** An even better example of this is a first season episode where Miranda is assumed to be gay by a co-worker, who sets Miranda up with a female date for a company event. At the end of the episode, she considers how life would be much easier if she were a lesbian, testing this by kissing her same-sex date.
** *** Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte once reacted to Carrie's GuyOfTheWeek being bisexual with reactions that nowadays would be considered extremely biphobic, complete with Carrie ultimately stating in a rather {{Anvilicious}} manner that she did not believe bisexuality to be "a real thing".
** *** Perhaps most ironically given the aforementioned incidents, the sequel series ''Series/AndJustLikeThat'' actually [[QueerCharacterQueerActor makes Miranda bisexual like her actress]], where she has an affair with an assigned-female-at-birth non-binary person behind Steve's back.back.
** Berger's entire courtship of Carrie is shockingly reminiscent of [[Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia The D.E.N.N.I.S. System]],[[note]]Demonstrate value, Engage physically, Nurture dependence, Neglect emotionally, Inspire hope, Separate entirely[[/note]] to the point that you almost have to wonder if the creators were inspired by Jack Berger when they were creating Dennis Reynolds.
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* OneSceneWonder: Lexie Featherstone, an aging HardDrinkingPartyGirl played by Kristen Johnston who appeared in the show's third-to-last episode "Splat!", in which she complains about how boring life has become to her before falling to her death from an open window. It went to the point that ''Vulture'' [[http://www.vulture.com/2013/12/sex-and-the-city-oral-history-splat-episode.html published an article about that episode.]]

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* OneSceneWonder: Lexie Featherstone, an aging HardDrinkingPartyGirl played by Kristen Johnston Creator/KristenJohnston who appeared in the show's third-to-last episode "Splat!", in which she complains about how boring life has become to her before falling to her death from an open window. It went to the point that ''Vulture'' [[http://www.vulture.com/2013/12/sex-and-the-city-oral-history-splat-episode.html published an article about that episode.]]]][[note]]That's a pay-per-view site.[[/note]]
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* IfItsYouItsOkay: Is Samantha really bisexual, or is Maria the one exception to her heterosexuality?
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* RonTheDeathEater: Charlotte often gets lambasted for her ItsAllAboutMe attitude after learning Miranda was not only unexpectedly pregnant but also considering terminating the pregnancy. Though she reacted irrationally, the show had made it clear, and portrayed realistically, that she was in a difficult place mentally due to her stress over getting pregnant and blaming herself for her failure to conceive; but some viewers treat it as her simply throwing a petty tantrum.
** In a similar vein, some criticize Charlotte for putting herself in the place of Natasha while upbraiding Carrie for having an affair with Big when she wasn't involved. However, that was the only way for her to get the typically selfish and narcissistic Carrie to think about someone beside herself during the affair and understand how badly she was hurting and humiliating another woman and helping desecrate a sacred bond.
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** Carrie's ''endless'' whining about Big and how he doesn't do X for her can get very annoying.

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** Carrie's ''endless'' whining about Big and how he doesn't do X for her can get very annoying. Also applies in-universe, as even her friends call her out on it after their second break-up in "Games People Play".

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* {{Squick}}: Charlotte walks in on Trey talking to his mother while taking a bath.

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** Samantha's subplot of one episode is the fact that her boyfriend's cum tastes like shit, but she doesn't want to stop giving him head. In the end, they reach an agreement that involves Samantha agreeing to only give him head if he's okay with eating his own cum.
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: A lot of fans were disappointed that, despite ostensibly celebrating single women, the series ended with all of the main characters (including Samantha) getting a traditional "happily ever after" in the form of monogamous relationships with men. The movie has Samantha acknowledge that while she does love Smith, she isn't suited to long-term relationships, and gently breaks up with him.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: In the second film, Miranda blithely informs the girls that 'Han ji' is how you say 'Yes', apparently after reading umpteen travel guides on the UAE. It's actually Hindi, and while there is a large Indian expat population in the Middle East, any decent guidebook would tell you that in Arabic one says 'Nam'. However, considering the Arabic in the rest of the film is accurate, it seems more likely the writers picked that word so Samantha could make a joke about liking a [[DoubleEntendre "hanji"]] herself.
** In the same scene, Miranda says "Toosbeeh ala khair" means "good night", when she's really butchering the pronunciation of the phrase for "good morning", "Sabah al-khair." "Masa al-khair" is what she's looking for. [[BellisariosMaxim But it's not crazy for her to have gotten that wrong...]]
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** In the second film, Charlotte is incredibly stressed out with having to raise her two children...except that she's a stay-at-home mother, ''and'' has a full-time live-in nanny to help her! Well, fair enough, we all deal with stress differently...but the big breaking point, where she has to hide from her children in a closet? Happens because her elder daughter gets paint on her skirt while they were baking cupcakes. [[WhatAnIdiot A cream vintage Valentino skirt, which she decided to wear whilst baking cupcakes and finger-painting with her children]]. Not to mention, Charlotte was desperate for a baby in the series, but then when she finally has a child in the second movie that proves to be demanding, she seems to just shove her off on a nanny, which comes off as a little ungrateful.

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** In the second film, Charlotte is incredibly stressed out with having to raise her two children...except that she's a stay-at-home mother, ''and'' has a full-time live-in nanny to help her! Well, fair enough, we all deal with stress differently...but the big breaking point, where she has to hide from her children in a closet? Happens because her elder daughter gets paint on her skirt while they were baking cupcakes. [[WhatAnIdiot A cream vintage Valentino skirt, which she decided to wear whilst baking cupcakes and finger-painting with her children]].children. Not to mention, Charlotte was desperate for a baby in the series, but then when she finally has a child in the second movie that proves to be demanding, she seems to just shove her off on a nanny, which comes off as a little ungrateful.
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** Big practically forcing himself on Carrie--grabbing and kissing her even while she pushes him away and says "Fuck you" (in other words, "'''''NO'''''")--didn't look right even then and it sure as hell doesn't now, in light of the sexual assault allegations made against Creator/ChrisNoth in late 2021.

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** Big practically forcing himself on Carrie--grabbing and kissing her even while she pushes him away and says "Fuck you" (in other words, "'''''NO'''''")--didn't look right even then then, and it sure as hell doesn't now, now in light of the sexual assault allegations made against Creator/ChrisNoth in late 2021.
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** Big practically forcing himself on Carrie--grabbing and kissing her even while she pushes him away and says "Fuck you" (in other words, "'''''NO'''''")--didn't look right even then and it sure as hell doesn't now, in light of the sexual assault allegations made against Chris Noth.

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** Big practically forcing himself on Carrie--grabbing and kissing her even while she pushes him away and says "Fuck you" (in other words, "'''''NO'''''")--didn't look right even then and it sure as hell doesn't now, in light of the sexual assault allegations made against Chris Noth.Creator/ChrisNoth in late 2021.

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* CriticalResearchFailure: In the second film, Miranda blithely informs the girls that 'Han ji' is how you say 'Yes', apparently after reading umpteen travel guides on the UAE. It's actually Hindi, and while there is a large Indian expat population in the Middle East, any decent guidebook would tell you that in Arabic one says 'Aywa'.

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* CriticalResearchFailure: In the second film, Miranda blithely informs the girls that 'Han ji' is how you say 'Yes', apparently after reading umpteen travel guides on the UAE. It's actually Hindi, and while there is a large Indian expat population in the Middle East, any decent guidebook would tell you that in Arabic one says 'Aywa'.'Nam'. However, considering the Arabic in the rest of the film is accurate, it seems more likely the writers picked that word so Samantha could make a joke about liking a [[DoubleEntendre "hanji"]] herself.
**In the same scene, Miranda says "Toosbeeh ala khair" means "good night", when she's really butchering the pronunciation of the phrase for "good morning", "Sabah al-khair." "Masa al-khair" is what she's looking for. [[BellisariosMaxim But it's not crazy for her to have gotten that wrong...]]
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** Miranda's rather brash reaction to Samantha's (admittedly sudden) coming out ("Oh, I forgot to tell you, I'm a fire hydrant!"), especially considering that the way Nixon accepted it would end up being [[IronicEcho not too dissimilar to the way Samantha did, in fact.]])

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** Miranda's rather brash reaction to Samantha's (admittedly sudden) coming out ("Oh, I forgot to tell you, I'm a fire hydrant!"), especially considering that the way Nixon accepted it would end up being [[IronicEcho not too dissimilar to the way Samantha did, in fact.]]) ]]

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