Line #18 FanFic/HappyDaze


1	''Happy Daze'' is a [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7767522/1/Happy-Daze fanfiction]] of ''Series/HappyDays''.
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3	It focuses on Fonzie winning a fight (or, as they call it, a "hollitacker"), with an alien known as [[Series/MorkAndMindy Mork from Ork]]. Mork decides that someone who can win against him cannot live on Earth, so he "neutralizes" him by turning him into a girl.
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5	Fonzie doesn't want to admit to anyone but the Cunninghams and Chachi that she's Fonzie, so she goes by Francine, or "Francie" and claims to be Fonzie's cousin from Chicago (and that Fonzie is in Chicago). She also has to deal with the things that come with being a girl, like being flirted with by guys and having breasts.
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7	Unfortunately, there's a bit of sexist stereotyping in this fanfiction, with Mork thinking that turning Fonzie into a girl will make him incompetent and believing that she now "belongs" to Richie. There's also several characters who think that women can't be mechanics or that they have to be "ladylike".
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9	!!''Happy Daze'' provides examples of:
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11	* AlienEpisode: Downplayed. The alien is a major plot point but doesn't take up most of the fanfic.
12	* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Mork mainly speaks English, with a few nonsense words thrown in.
13	* AlliterativeName: Potsie's real name is ''W''arren ''W''eber and Fonzie's alias is ''F''rancine ''F''onzarelli. There's also a ''P''aula ''P''etrolunga mentioned.
14	* BaffledByOwnBiology: When Fonzie [[GenderBender turns into a woman named Francie]], she's confused when she gets physically aroused for the first time in a female body and says, "My body's going crazy!".
15	* FantasticRacism: Mork seems to view humans as "inferior".
16	* FirstLawOfGenderBending: [[spoiler: Fonzie stays as Francie.]]
17	* GadgeteerGenius: Fonzie is very good with technology.
18	* GaggingOnYourWords: Fonzie has trouble saying, "You win".
19	* GenderBender: The main plot revolves around Fonzie becoming a woman.
20	* HumanAliens: Mork looks like a human.
21	* InSeriesNickname: Arthur Fonzarelli gets called "Fonzie" or "The Fonz". As Francine Fonzarelli, she gets called "Francie". Richard Cunningham also gets called "Richie" or "Rich", Joanie gets called "Shortcake", and Bill Wallenska gets called "The Wall".
22	* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: Fonzie. Also Potsie.
23	--> '''Francie''': "You're the only one who calls me Arthur, even Father Delvicchio calls me Fonzie."
24	* LastNameBasis: Fonzie (including as Francie) calls Richie "Cunningham".
25	* LimitedWardrobe: Fonzie is described as being "dressed, as always, in jeans, a white T-shirt, and his precious leather jacket".
26	* MatingDance: When Richie and Francie dance, it makes them feel "tingly" and they find it sensual.
27	* MrFixit: Fonzie is good at fixing cars and bikes just like in the series.
28	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Fonzie turns female, she starts neglecting her hair, which Mrs C thinks must mean that Fonzie is sick to do that.
29	* PretendingToBeOnesOwnRelative: Fonzie is turned into a woman by an alien, so s/he pretends she's his cousin Francine.
30	* ShoutOut:
31	** Someone mentions a movie called ''Film/{{The Day the Earth Stood Still\|1951}}''.
32	** Mork references ''Franchise/StarTrek'' by saying "live long and prosper" and claiming he'll teach it to the Vulcans.
33	** Francie mentions ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' when Marion suggests she take a secret identity.
34	* SoupIsMedicine: Marion serves Fonzie chicken soup, because she believes he has a cold.
35	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Marion is referred to as "Marian", Potsie as "Potzie" and Ralph Malph as Ralph "Malf".
36	* SpellMyNameWithAThe: Fonzie calls himself "The Fonz".
37	* {{Teleportation}}: Mork teleports across a room around the beginning.
38	* ThirdLawOfGenderBending: Downplayed. Even though Francie doesn't have to wear dresses, heels or skirts and she can still be a mechanic, Marion does say that she needs to wear "feminine" tops and pants, make-up and jewelry.
39	* WrenchWench: "Francie" is still a mechanic and is met with prejudice.

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