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1	''SMILF''[[note]][[FunWithAcronyms Single/Southie Mother I'd Like to Fuck]][[/note]] is a Showtime comedy series starring Frankie Shaw as a young woman struggling with the hassle of single motherhood. It's based on Shaw's Sundance award-winning short of the same name.
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5	!!Tropes included in ''SMILF'':
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7	* AmicableExes: Brigitte and Rafi get along very well despite not being together anymore.
8	* DatingServiceDisaster: Brigitte runs across her own father on Tinder.
9	* DeadpanSnarker: Brigitte.
10	* EmbarrassingNickname: After a nipple-slip photo goes viral, Nelson is stuck with the sobriquet "Hard-Nipples Nelson."
11	* FunWithAcronyms: The series title, of course, and every season 2 episode title can use SMILF as an acronym.
12	* GenderBlenderName: Rafi's girlfriend Nelson Rose.
13	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Nelson Rose.
14	* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: In the first season, every episode is named after two items of food eaten during the episode. In the second, every episode is a different acronym of the show title.
15	* ImagineSpot: A dark one where she imagines a temp agency suggesting prostitution for her as a career.
16	* LandDownUnder: Creator/SamaraWeaving keeps her natural Australian accent to play Nelson Rose.
17	* MeaningfulName: Brigitte's son Larry is named after Boston basketball legend Larry Bird.
18	** Similarly, Nelson Rose got her first name in honor of Nelson Mandella.
19	* NiceGirl: Nelson Rose is incredibly sweet and good-natured and gets along really well with Brigitte and Larry. She even enjoys waiting in line.
20	* OffTheWagon: Her ex Rafi is a recovering addict; he slips and takes some pain pills after a stressful day.
21	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Nelson Rose is pretty clearly based on Creator/TeresaPalmer who is also blonde, Australian, a GranolaGirl and is married to Frankie Shaw's ex-boyfriend Mark Webber.
22	* RapeAsBackstory: Brigitte was molested as a child.

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