Line #29 Series/TheWarAtHome


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3	An American DomCom that lasted for two seasons (2005–07) on Creator/{{Fox}}. The premise is that Creator/MichaelRapaport plays father and husband David Gold and has to deal with the chaos that is his family.
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5	One of the big gimmicks of the show was the constant Fourth Wall breaking and having a character go into a white void to confess something to the audience.
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7	The family members were:
8	* David: Father and husband, lazy, loud and obnoxious.
9	* Vicky: Mother and wife, pretty much the [[StraightMan Straight Woman]].
10	* Hillary: The oldest child and typical 17-year-old daughter who dates.
11	* Larry: The middle child at 16, a rather geeky effeminate boy, who Dave thinks is gay, but is actually straight.
12	* Mike: The youngest child at 14; he is the snarker among the children.
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14	Also appearing in the opening credits (and about half the episodes total) was [[Creator/RamiMalek Kenny]], Larry's best friend, who had a crush on Larry and came out in the second season.
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17	!!This show provides examples of:
18	* AManIsAlwaysEager: Subverted! When the Golds leave Kenny alone at home with his boyfriend Dylan, Dave has to have "the talk" with Kenny because, he reasons, men are animals and a man, unlike a woman, is never going to say "no". But when Kenny is finally alone with Dylan, he immediately blurts out he doesn't want to have sex with him and that he's a virgin. Dylan admits the situation is new to him too and also doesn't want to have sex yet. They wind up watching ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' together instead.
19	%%* AllTheGoodMenAreGay: Hilary eventually discovers this about Kenny.
20	%%* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Hilary
21	* CampStraight: Larry, the middle son, alarms his Archie Bunker-like father with his non-macho behavior, such as participating in the school musical and dressing as a woman (although most of his schemes are attempts to get girls), and he suspects that he and his nerdy best friend, Kenny, are more than friends. Turns out Larry's straight... but Kenny ain't.
22	* ComingOutStory: Kenny. Note that this is to the other characters only - we know from his very first inner monologue that he accepts himself as gay and is not "confused" or questioning and doesn't go on a journey of self-discovery.
23	* DCupDistress: Hilary is suffering ACupAngst, wishing that she had larger breasts like her mother. Mom says that having big breasts is a pain in the back, literally.
24	%%* DeadpanSnarker: The whole family, though Dave does it the most.
25	%%* EntendreFailure
26	* FriendOrIdolDecision: Larry has to decide between Kenny or the poem he took from Kenny that he said he made himself.
27	* FreudianExcuse: It was revealed that the reason why Dave acts like a jerk is because [[spoiler: his father badgered him]].
28	%%* GayAesop: About Kenny
29	%%* {{Jerkass}}: Dave
30	%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Again, Dave.
31	* LastHetRomance: While Kenny was living with the Golds, his date Dylan stops by, which leads to hilarity, as Hilary discovers that it's her ex-boyfriend.
32	-->'''Hillary:''' Wait wait wait, you mean my Dylan, is now your Dylan?
33	-->'''David:''' Who knew Hilary? You're the Gaymaker. The last stop on the train to Gay-ville. Sprinkle on a little Hilary, and (waves hand) HELLO!
34	%%* MiddleChildSyndrome: Larry
35	* MistakenForGay: Larry, by his own parents. At first it's just Dave who thinks Larry is gay while Vicky maintains that he's not. Then they see him kiss someone who they think is a boy but is actually a very tomboyish girl. HilarityEnsues.
36	%%* NiceGuy: Larry
37	%%* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Vicky.
38	* PapaWolf: Dave may be a jerkass, but he deeply loves his kids and will do ''anything'' to protect them.
39	** Likewise he lets Kenny stay with them after he's thrown out of his home and later when a boy shows up to take Kenny on a date, Dave immediately tells him to take a hike because he thinks he's not good enough.
40	--> '''Hillary''': Welcome to the family.
41	* PedophilePriest: Played with, one episode has Mike convinced that the local priest was a pedophile, so he attempts to seduce him so he can report him to the cops.
42	* PromIsForStraightKids: Kenny, after [[TransparentCloset finally came out of the closet]], he decided to go to prom with his boyfriend Dylan, but the school wouldn't allow it. This manages to get to the local news, only to lead to him getting taken by Child Services, seeing as the Golds weren't his actual parents.
43	* PromotionToOpeningTitles: One of the fastest on record: Creator/RamiMalek was added to the opening credits starting in the show's second episode, though only for the episodes in which his character appeared. (This ended up being about half of them.)
44	* ShotgunWedding: A flashback reveals this happened to Dave and Vicky when she got pregnant with Hilary; the flashback shows the two crying miserably while staring at a positive pregnancy test and Dave depressedly asking if Vicky wants to marry him.
45	* TheTalk: Kenny has a date, and since he is currently living with the Golds, he gets the Talk from David. It leads to this BreakingTheFourthWall moment:
46	--->'''(both David and Kenny at the same time)''':"This is the most uncomfortable conversation in my entire life."
47	* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: Dave, Larry and Kenny stay in a motel room with only two beds. Dave ends up sleeping on the floor because he doesn't want Kenny sleeping with neither Larry nor himself.
48	* TokenMinority: Kenny, being the token Middle Eastern character, as well as the Token gay character.
49	* TransparentCloset: Kenny. The only one who doesn't know, naturally, is his best friend and crush Larry, though even Larry notices his "gay" mannerisms and will comment on them from time to time.
50	%%* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Dave.
51	* WhiteVoidRoom: All the main characters take a turn at [[BreakingTheFourthWall talking to the audience]] in one of these.
52	* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Once again, Kenny. [[spoiler: Subverted. His mother eventually knocks some sense into his father.]]
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54	[[RunningGag Did you know there was a character named Kenny in this?]]

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