Becker: Difference between revisions

 

It will come as no surprise, even to anyone who's never seen the show, that Becker [[Pet the Dog|Pets The Dog]] frequently.

* [[Accentuate the Negative]]: Becker's personality.

* [[Actor Allusion]]: In one episode, George Wendt stars as a bartender at an airport bar patronized by Becker.

* [[Breakfast Club]]

* [[Brick Joke]]: In one episode, everyone questions Becker why he's carrying around an air horn. After the joke is abandoned for the rest of the episode, he uses it at the very end to blare it into the phone after a telemarketer calls.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Becker, oh ''yes.''

{{quote| '''Becker''': The world is full of idiots, and someone needs to point it out to them or they will never know. }}

* [[The Ditz]]: Linda.

* [[Dr. Jerk]]: Guess who.

* [[Flanderization]]: After a while, Becker was either an unbelievable jerk or a kind but ridiculously put-upon chap, never a balance of both.

* [[Friends Rent Control]]: Averted. Despite being a private practice Doctor, Becker still lives in a modest apartment. He also mentions that his car is "Held together with duct tape".

* [[I Want You to Meet An Old Friend of Mine]]: Many of Danson's old ''[[Cheers]]'' co-stars.

* [[The Internet Is for Porn]]: After Bob said that he was looking up something online, guess who replied, "Yeah, it must have been shocking to discover the internet wasn't just porn."

* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: As much of a jerk as Becker is to Linda et al., he truly seems to care for most of his patients. That is, the ones that aren't stupid.

** He's got a surprising amount of patience even with some of the stupid ones. Such as the woman who asked--after being told to only drink clear fluids until she got better--whether orange juice and milk would be okay. And then asked if vodka would be good for her, being a clear fluid.

** He also frequently accepts gifts such as baked goods and Sports tickets instead of money as many people usually don't have much.

** ''Subway Story'' has his patience tested where he guides an old lady to where she wants to go, before he starts to figure out that she was going to Ground Zero. When she explains the reason why she can't the realization hits Becker hard, and he stays with her as she talks about her son on September 11.

* [[Local Hangout]]: Reggie's Diner.

* [[Long Bus Trip]]: At the start of Season 5, Reggie left a note saying she was leaving town for Europe. Worse, at the start of Season 6, Bob was said to be on vacation. Apparently, he never came back, as that was the last we ever heard of him.

* [[No Name Given]]: Linda and Bob's last names were never revealed.

* [[Pet the Dog]]

* [[Scrabble Babble]]: Subverted.

{{quote| '''Bob:''' ''Xebec?''<br />

* [[Smoking Hot Sex]]: Referenced when Becker tries to quit smoking by having sex every time he gets the urge:

{{quote| '''Becker:''' I just remembered another cigarette I miss.}}

* [[Subways Suck]]: Averted; the subway did not break down.

* [[Such a Phony]]: Reggie.

* [[Ultimate Job Security]]: Linda.

* [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]]: Becker.

 

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