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* [[Babies Make Everything Better]]: Karen convinces Marshall to stay in Hawaii by revealing she's pregnant.
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* [[Godwin's Law]]: After a [[Rant-Inducing Slight]] (a parking ticket), Marshall compares parking laws to Nazi Germany.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: a threeway. In the [[Backstory]] Marshall brought Dave & Richie along when he proposed to Karen - in bed.
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Jack Lord<ref> a beach bum who legally changed his name to Jack Lord after having been cast as an extra in an episode of ''[[Hawaii Five -O]]''</ref> criticizes the group for being white men who moved to Hawaii without any knowlege about Hawaii, which is exactly what he did 25 years previously.
* [[May-December Romance]]: Dave has a short one with a 19-year-old to try to get over his divorce.
* [[Name's the Same]]: [[Invoked]] by Jack Lord, who changed his name in honor of the actor from ''[[Hawaii Five -O]]''
* [[Never Lend to Aa Friend]]: Marshall loans Dave the money he needs for his third of the store. They argue about it in a later episode.
* [[Non Indicative Title]]: You'd think that Dave would be the central character of a show called ''Big Wave Dave's''; but no, it's Marshall.
* [[Non Interactivity]]: Richie gets an audio course on learning how to speak Hawaiian in order to score points (and score) with his girlfriend. The tape gives a phrase to say, pauses for the learner to repeat, then gives some generic supportive words. "Very good!"
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* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Periodically the three guys have a big blowup, then get together for dinner to make up.
* [[Women Are Wiser]]: The only one of the four who is competent to do anything with the store besides hang out there is Karen. She appoints herself manager.
* [[Yiddish Asas a Second Language]]: After being railed at by Marshall for a parking ticket, a native Hawaiian cop says, "This is what we in Hawaii call a Big Megillah."
 
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