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* InformedWrongness: Tootie's father in "Overachieving. While opting to tell Tootie to stay away from Mrs. Garrett might have been a little extreme. It wasn't out of line for him to want to understand why Tootie's classmates all dream of having substantial careers, while Tootie is only concerned with going to Beauty School.

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* InformedWrongness: Tootie's father in "Overachieving."Overachieving". While opting to tell Tootie to stay away from Mrs. Garrett might have been a little extreme. It wasn't out of line for him to want to understand why Tootie's classmates all dream of having substantial careers, while Tootie is only concerned with going to Beauty School.
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** Despite providing the message of not succumbing to living life in fear as well as teaching real life self defense techniques, these days the "Fear Strikes Back" episode, where Natalie is almost raped while coming home from a party, has disturbing shades of UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming to it, especially in regards to the attitude of the self-defense instructor.
** In the episode "Starstruck" When Tootie sneaks into Jermaine Jackson's dressing room one of his bodyguards places her in a headlock and twists her arm behind her back, causing her great pain, even Jermaine isn't pleased with the sight and orders the bodyguard to let her go. Granted, she was in his dressing room without permission but given that she is only a 13-year-old girl, there is nothing remotely physically threatening about her that could warrant such usage of force.

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** Despite providing the message of not succumbing to living life in fear as well as teaching real life self defense techniques, these days the episode "Fear Strikes Back" episode, , where Natalie is almost raped while coming home from a party, has disturbing shades of UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming to it, especially in regards to the attitude of the self-defense instructor.
** In the episode "Starstruck" When "Starstruck," when Tootie sneaks into Jermaine Jackson's dressing room room, one of his bodyguards places her in a headlock and twists her arm behind her back, causing her great pain, even Jermaine isn't pleased with the sight and orders the bodyguard to let her go. Granted, she was in his dressing room without permission but given that she is only a 13-year-old girl, there is nothing remotely physically threatening about her that could warrant such usage of force.
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Even if Tootie was being bratty, there is absolutely not a valid justification for a grown man to put a small child in a chokehold.


** As immature and annoying as Tootie was in the episode, "Starstruck" showcases the detrimental side of being a {{Fanboy}} and why you shouldn't let your love for a celebrity and/or their work become an obsession. As harsh as the HumiliationConga was that she went through at the end of the episode, she not only deserved every second of it, but it opened her eyes to how what she thinks it will be like to meet one isn't what it'll be.[[note]]And while some will argue that her, as a 13-year-old, getting physically tackled by Jermaine Jackson's security guards may have been ValuesDissonance, considering the amount of celebrities who have been harassed, [[StalkerWithACrush stalked]] or even ''killed'' by [[LoonyFan loony fans]] over the years, they not only did their jobs, but the right thing.[[/note]]

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** As immature and annoying as Tootie was in the episode, "Starstruck" showcases the detrimental side of being a {{Fanboy}} and why you shouldn't let your love for a celebrity and/or their work become an obsession. As harsh as the HumiliationConga was that she went through at the end of the episode, she not only deserved every second of it, but it opened her eyes to how what she thinks it will be like to meet one isn't what it'll be.[[note]]And while some will argue that her, as a 13-year-old, getting physically tackled by Jermaine Jackson's security guards may have been ValuesDissonance, considering the amount of celebrities who have been harassed, [[StalkerWithACrush stalked]] or even ''killed'' by [[LoonyFan loony fans]] over the years, they not only did their jobs, but the right thing.[[/note]]

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"Idiot Plot" is now Flame Bait. Renamed one trope.


* IdiotPlot:
** The Jo/Blair plot from the ''Down Under'' TV movie. The whole plot involved the girls coming into possession of a MacGuffin being chased by four men including two who are either lying about being con artists or being cops. They literally spend several days flirting with the men, lounging at home, or running around like nitwits when the whole thing could have been resolved by going to the actual authorities which they never once consider doing.
** The catering plot from "Gamma Gamma Or Bust" just goes on and on. Blair hires Edna's Edibles to cater a sorority party, that could help determine if she gets in. Before even discussing the food with Blair, Edna plans a Hawaiian/Mexican fusion diner. When Blair explains that the sorority just had a Mexican-themed party and suggests a Chinese-style menu, Edna gets mortally offended and refuses, leading Blair to fire her. When Blair admits she'll apologize, Tootie offers to talk to Edna for her, doesn't mention the apology and just parrots some insults Blair said, making the situation worse. To save face, Tootie, Natalie, and Jo have to plan a Chinese-style dinner at the last second that goes as well as can be expected, with them making sauce from chocolate powder and repurposing KFC to make Lemon Chicken. Considering they were already going to pass off takeout as their own, why not just buy food from a Chinese restaurant? Added to that, Hawaiian food actually borrows a lot of influence from Asian cuisine. It's not too unlikely they would have already had some ingredients on hand.



* TheScrappy: Any regular character outside of Mrs. Garrett and the four girls due to their CousinOliver tendencies (save for [[MrFanservice George.]]) Though Beverly Ann was the most blatant example. By the time Charlotte Rae left the series, all four girls had graduated high school and no longer needed someone looking out for them thus making a Mrs. Garrett replacement unnecessary, to begin with. Making Beverly Ann a {{cloudcuckoolander}} that even the girls thought was weird to the point of annoyance didn't help.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: One episode had a running gag in which Natalie was stacking boxes of merchandise in the store only to have them fall over any time someone slammed the door but it's very obvious that boxes aren't falling over, they're being punched from below creating something of an exploding effect.

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* TheScrappy: Any regular character outside of Mrs. Garrett and the four girls due to their CousinOliver tendencies (save for [[MrFanservice George.]]) George]]). Though Beverly Ann was the most blatant example. By the time Charlotte Rae left the series, all four girls had graduated high school and no longer needed someone looking out for them thus making a Mrs. Garrett replacement unnecessary, to begin with. Making Beverly Ann a {{cloudcuckoolander}} that even the girls thought was weird to the point of annoyance didn't help.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: SpecialEffectFailure: One episode had a running gag in which Natalie was stacking boxes of merchandise in the store only to have them fall over any time someone slammed the door but it's very obvious that boxes aren't falling over, they're being punched from below creating something of an exploding effect.
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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: In "Seven Little Indians", the entire cast is massacred by [[spoiler:Blair]]. But this is the Facts of Life, so no way were the deaths going to stick, and sure enough [[spoiler: the whole thing turned out to be a nightmare Tootie was having.]]

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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The journalism teacher, Mr. Gideon, from "Front Page". Granted, Jo was wrong and unprofessional to run the story that ruined his teaching career about him being arrested at a cocaine bust (he was at the party, but was clean and was released after an hour) in an act of revenge, yet it doesn't diminish his own accountability. Aside from staying at the party in spite of his knowledge of drug use on the premises, he also spent months being tougher on Jo in class over the "potential" she had in journalism...which consisted of routinely humiliating her, giving her lousy grades[[note]]and keep in mind that as a scholarship student, if her grade point average got low enough, she could have flunked and ''lost'' said scholarship, the only thing keeping her in Eastland[[/note]] and putting her on the spot, which came off as bullying, without letting her know [[ToughLove his true intentions.]] The last straw was him yelling at her and dismissing an assignment that she spent weeks researching. She had to learn a hard lesson, but he was still an asshole and a terrible teacher who forgot he was dealing with a ''student,'' not a professional reporter.
** Andy's grandmother from Write & Wrong. She plagiarizes one of Natalie's stories and wins 500 dollars from it. Then when she admits the truth to Natalie, she shows zero remorse for it. Not helping matters is when Natalie wants to sue her for the plagiarism, Blair, Jo, and Tootie try to talk her out of it on the grounds that she's just a little old lady and Andy's grandmother, while also downplaying her actions.

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The journalism teacher, Mr. Gideon, from "Front Page". Granted, Jo was wrong and unprofessional to run the story that ruined his teaching career about him being arrested at a cocaine bust (he was at the party, but was clean and was released after an hour) in an act of revenge, yet it doesn't diminish his own accountability. Aside from staying at the party in spite of his knowledge of drug use on the premises, he also spent months being tougher on Jo in class over the "potential" she had in journalism...which consisted of routinely humiliating her, giving her lousy grades[[note]]and keep in mind that as a scholarship student, if her grade point average got low enough, she could have flunked and ''lost'' said scholarship, the only thing keeping her in Eastland[[/note]] and putting her on the spot, which came off as bullying, without letting her know [[ToughLove his true intentions.]] The last straw was him yelling at her and dismissing an assignment that she spent weeks researching. She had to learn a hard lesson, but he was still an asshole and a terrible teacher who forgot he was dealing with a ''student,'' not a professional reporter.
** Andy's grandmother from Write "Write & Wrong.Wrong". She plagiarizes one of Natalie's stories and wins 500 dollars from it. Then when she admits the truth to Natalie, she shows zero remorse for it. Not helping matters is when Natalie wants to sue her for the plagiarism, Blair, Jo, and Tootie try to talk her out of it on the grounds that she's just a little old lady and Andy's grandmother, while also downplaying her actions.
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* ValuesDissonance:** Andy's grandmother from Write & Wrong. She plagiarizes one of Natalie's stories and wins 500 dollars from it. Then when she admits the truth to Natalie, she shows zero remorse for it. Not helping matters is when Natalie wants to sue her for the plagiarism, Blair, Jo, and Tootie try to talk her out of it on the grounds that she's just a little old lady and Andy's grandmother, while also downplaying her actions.
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* InformedWrongness: Tootie's father in "Overachieving. While opting to tell Tootie to stay away from Mrs. Garret might have been a little extreme. It wasn't out of line for him to want to understand why Tootie's classmates all dream of having substantial careers, while Tootie is only concerned with going to Beauty School.

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* InformedWrongness: Tootie's father in "Overachieving. While opting to tell Tootie to stay away from Mrs. Garret Garrett might have been a little extreme. It wasn't out of line for him to want to understand why Tootie's classmates all dream of having substantial careers, while Tootie is only concerned with going to Beauty School.
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* InformedWrongness: Tootie's father in "Overachieving. While opting to tell Tootie to stay away from Mrs. Garret might have been a little extreme. It wasn't out of line for him to want to understand why Tootie's classmates all dream of having substantial careers, while Tootie is only concerned with going to Beauty School.
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** In the episode "Starstruck" When Tootie sneaks into Jermaine Jackson's dressing room one of his bodyguards places her in a headlock and twists her arm behind her back, causing her great pain, even Jermaine isn't pleased with the sight and orders the bodyguard to let her go. Granted, she was in his dressing room without permission but given that she is only a 13-year-old girl, there is nothing remotely physically threatening about her that could warrant such usage of force.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The journalism teacher, Mr. Gideon, from "Front Page". Granted, Jo was wrong and unprofessional to run the story that ruined his teaching career about him being arrested at a cocaine bust (he was at the party, but was clean and was released after an hour) in an act of revenge, yet it doesn't diminish his own accountability. Aside from staying at the party in spite of drug use on the premises, he also spent months being tougher on Jo in class over the "potential" she had in journalism...which consisted of routinely humiliating her and putting her on the spot, which came off as bullying, without letting her know [[ToughLove his true intentions.]] The last straw was him yelling at her and dismissing an assignment that she spent weeks researching. She had to learn a hard lesson, but he was still an asshole and a terrible teacher who forgot he was dealing with a ''student,'' not a professional reporter.

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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The journalism teacher, Mr. Gideon, from "Front Page". Granted, Jo was wrong and unprofessional to run the story that ruined his teaching career about him being arrested at a cocaine bust (he was at the party, but was clean and was released after an hour) in an act of revenge, yet it doesn't diminish his own accountability. Aside from staying at the party in spite of his knowledge of drug use on the premises, he also spent months being tougher on Jo in class over the "potential" she had in journalism...which consisted of routinely humiliating her, giving her lousy grades[[note]]and keep in mind that as a scholarship student, if her grade point average got low enough, she could have flunked and ''lost'' said scholarship, the only thing keeping her in Eastland[[/note]] and putting her on the spot, which came off as bullying, without letting her know [[ToughLove his true intentions.]] The last straw was him yelling at her and dismissing an assignment that she spent weeks researching. She had to learn a hard lesson, but he was still an asshole and a terrible teacher who forgot he was dealing with a ''student,'' not a professional reporter.
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* FanPreferredCouple: The second season introduced new girl Jo Polniaczek to the main cast and had her form a rivalry with Blair Warner. This rivalry, as well as their actresses' chemistry, quickly led to Jo/Blair becoming the most popular pairing in the fandom. This only grew as the two became best friends, to the point that Jo's daughter in the reunion calls Blair "Aunt Blair". This continued even after they were each given multiple male love interests, most notably Jo marrying Rick Bonner and Blair marrying Tad Warner by the time of the reunion. Still, even years later, Jo/Blair remains the fandom's most popular ship.

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* FoeYay: A good number of fans see this in Jo and Blair due to the... interesting chemistry that sometimes shows up during their fighting.
** Common opinion seems to be that if [=FoL=] was done in modern times, Jo & Blair would be together and no one would bat an eye.
* GrowingTheBeard: The second season ReTool.

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* FoeYay: FoeYayShipping: A good number of fans see this in Jo and Blair due to the... interesting chemistry that sometimes shows up during their fighting. \n** Common opinion seems to be that if [=FoL=] was done in modern times, Jo & Blair would be together and no one would bat an eye.
* %%* GrowingTheBeard: The second season ReTool.



* HollywoodPudgy: Joan Rivers infamously dubbed the cast members "The '''Fats''' of Life" following an appearance at the Emmys one year. This was attributed to having large amounts of snacks on set during frequently long breaks between video-taping.
** In reality, Creator/LisaWhelchel had gained a bit of weight early in the show, but nothing too out of the ordinary for a teenage girl. Creator/MindyCohn, on the other hand, was, incidentally, losing weight due to an interest in dance and had to be hidden under baggy clothes.
* IdiotPlot: The Jo/Blair plot from the ''Down Under'' TV movie. The whole plot involved the girls coming into possession of a MacGuffin being chased by four men including two who are either lying about being con artists or being cops. They literally spend several days flirting with the men, lounging at home, or running around like nitwits when the whole thing could have been resolved by going to the actual authorities which they never once consider doing.
** The catering plot from "Gamma Gamma Or Bust" just goes on and on. Blair hires Edna's Edibles to cater a sorority party, that could help determine if she gets in. Before even discussing the food with Blair, Edna plans a Hawaiian/Mexican fusion diner. When Blair explains that the sorority just had a Mexican-themed party and suggests a Chinese-style menu, Edna gets mortally offended and refuses, leading Blair to fire her. When Blair admits she'll apologize, Tootie offers to talk to Edna for her, doesn't mention the apology and just parrots some insults Blair said, making the situation worse. To save face, Tootie, Natalie, and Jo have to plan a Chinese-style dinner at the last second that goes as well as can be expected, with them making sauce from chocolate powder and repurposing KFC to make Lemon Chicken. Considering they were already going to pass off takeout as their own, why not just buy food from a Chinese restaurant?
*** Added to that, Hawaiian food actually borrows a lot of influence from Asian cuisine. It's not too unlikely they would have already had some ingredients on hand.

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* HollywoodPudgy: Joan Rivers infamously dubbed the cast members "The '''Fats''' of Life" following an appearance at the Emmys one year. This was attributed to having large amounts of snacks on set during frequently long breaks between video-taping.
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video-taping. In reality, Creator/LisaWhelchel had gained a bit of weight early in the show, but nothing too out of the ordinary for a teenage girl. Creator/MindyCohn, Creator/MindyCohn on the other hand, was, incidentally, was incidentally losing weight due to an interest in dance and had to be hidden under baggy clothes.
* IdiotPlot: IdiotPlot:
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The Jo/Blair plot from the ''Down Under'' TV movie. The whole plot involved the girls coming into possession of a MacGuffin being chased by four men including two who are either lying about being con artists or being cops. They literally spend several days flirting with the men, lounging at home, or running around like nitwits when the whole thing could have been resolved by going to the actual authorities which they never once consider doing.
** The catering plot from "Gamma Gamma Or Bust" just goes on and on. Blair hires Edna's Edibles to cater a sorority party, that could help determine if she gets in. Before even discussing the food with Blair, Edna plans a Hawaiian/Mexican fusion diner. When Blair explains that the sorority just had a Mexican-themed party and suggests a Chinese-style menu, Edna gets mortally offended and refuses, leading Blair to fire her. When Blair admits she'll apologize, Tootie offers to talk to Edna for her, doesn't mention the apology and just parrots some insults Blair said, making the situation worse. To save face, Tootie, Natalie, and Jo have to plan a Chinese-style dinner at the last second that goes as well as can be expected, with them making sauce from chocolate powder and repurposing KFC to make Lemon Chicken. Considering they were already going to pass off takeout as their own, why not just buy food from a Chinese restaurant?
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restaurant? Added to that, Hawaiian food actually borrows a lot of influence from Asian cuisine. It's not too unlikely they would have already had some ingredients on hand.



** As immature and annoying as Tootie was in the episode, "Starstruck" showcases the detrimental side of being a {{Fanboy}} and why you shouldn't let your love for a celebrity and/or their work become an obsession. As harsh as the HumiliationConga was that she went through at the end of the episode, she not only deserved every second of it, but it opened her eyes to how what she thinks it will be like to meet one isn't what it'll be.[[note]]And while some will argue that her, as a 13-year-old, getting physically tackled by Jermaine Jackson's security guards may have been ValuesDissonance, considering the amount of celebrities who have been harassed, [[StalkerWithACrush stalked]] or even ''killed'' by [[LoonyFan loony fans]] over the years, they not only did their jobs, but the right thing[[/note]]

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** As immature and annoying as Tootie was in the episode, "Starstruck" showcases the detrimental side of being a {{Fanboy}} and why you shouldn't let your love for a celebrity and/or their work become an obsession. As harsh as the HumiliationConga was that she went through at the end of the episode, she not only deserved every second of it, but it opened her eyes to how what she thinks it will be like to meet one isn't what it'll be.[[note]]And while some will argue that her, as a 13-year-old, getting physically tackled by Jermaine Jackson's security guards may have been ValuesDissonance, considering the amount of celebrities who have been harassed, [[StalkerWithACrush stalked]] or even ''killed'' by [[LoonyFan loony fans]] over the years, they not only did their jobs, but the right thing[[/note]]thing.[[/note]]

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