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1	Similar to ''Series/{{Louie}}'', ''Maron'' is a semi-autobiographical television series created by and starring comedian Creator/MarcMaron. It also features a fictionalized version of Maron making his (real-life) podcast ''[[http://www.wtfpod.com WTF with Marc Maron]]''
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3	The show premiered May 2013 on Creator/{{IFC}} and ended July of 2016.
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5	Tropes related to the podcast itself can be found here: ''Podcast/WTFWithMarcMaron''.
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7	!!''Maron'' provides examples of:
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9	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking:
10	** "You pick on me in front of the guests, you talk down to me all the time, you don't even follow me on Website/{{Twitter}}!
11	** " ... in one day I've been in a literal Mexican standoff, harassed by ten year olds, made an accomplice, and I even ate chocolate chip ice cream!"
12	* BabiesEverAfter: The finale.
13	* AsHimself: Maron, Andy Kindler and a guest star about OnceAnEpisode
14	* BadBadActing: The "Monster Roommate" Viral Video that Kyle gets Maron and Jen to make.
15	* CringeComedy: It happens here and there, but most notably in the "A Real Woman" episode [[spoiler:in which Maron finds out the woman he's seeing is married, after he finds it out from her son]]
16	-->"Did you[[spoiler: have sex with my mom?]]"
17	* ForcedMeme: Possibly "[[NoIndoorVoice I DON'T KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS!]]" at least in-universe.
18	* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: Creator/IlleanaDouglas notes that Maron is lucky that this particular woman is interested in him, considering he's a "48-year-old twice-divorced recovering drug-addict who drives a Camry." His response is "don't knock the Camry."
19	* ImagineSpot: Maron has about 5 of these in "Projections" (the title of the episode being said Imagine Spots). [[spoiler: When he appears to have accepted Danny's movie offer, it turns out it was a projection by Danny himself.]]
20	* IncompatibleOrientation: [[spoiler:The woman Maron flirts with when his cat goes missing after he breaks up with Jen turns out to be engaged to another woman.]]
21	* IntergenerationalFriendship: Maron and Kyle are starting to have one of these.
22	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Maron Ventures into this in "Dead Possum."
23	** He also befriends a 14-year old kid after seeing how terrible his parents are and he apologizes and makes up with his roommate when he goes to rehab. Plus, when he accidentally steals a joke, he legitimately feels bad about it.
24	* KavorkaMan: Maron, natch.
25	* KindheartedCatLover: One of the clues that Maron isn't actually as heartless as he presents himself is how much he cares about his cats.
26	* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: A song appears to be playing when Maron tries to reconcile with Kyle. As he tries to talk to him, Kyle doesn't notice him, until he pulls out his headphone and the song goes with it.
27	* LifeEmbellished
28	* MayDecemberRomance: Most of Maron's flings.
29	* MyNaymeIs: Maron's fling in "Dominatrix" tries to find a meaning in peoples' names, using the supposed M-A-R-K, using a word with each letter to describe him. He points out his name ends in a C, not a K.
30	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Kyle does this to Maron in "Jen moves to LA."
31	** Marc delivers one to a couple of morning radio hosts after they poke fun of his podcasting one too many times, pointing out the juvenility and increasing irrelevance of morning radio.
32	* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Joey Diaz' character in "The Joke."
33	* {{Troll}}: The first episode is about Maron tracking down one.
34	* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist
35	* {{Yandere}}: Jen. Maron keeps seeing her anyway.

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