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The live-action TV series '''''Cory in the House''''' (2007-2008) is a spin-off of ''[[That's So |
The live-action TV series '''''Cory in the House''''' (2007-2008) is a spin-off of ''[[That's So Rave[[Category:TV Series]]]'', featuring teenager Cory Baxter and his dad living in the White House after his father is hired to work there as a chef. Cory gains two new friends called Meena and Newt, a foreigner as well as a daughter to an ambassador and a guitar player with varying intelligence. It was chronologically the fourth series in the [[Disney Channel Univers[[Category:TV Series]]]. |
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* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Tanisha to Sophie |
* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Tanisha to Sophie |
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** [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]]: {{spoiler|Tanisha is Sophie's friend.}} |
** [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]]: {{spoiler|Tanisha is Sophie's friend.}} |
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* [[And |
* [[And Starrin[[Category:TV Series]]]: Rondell Sheridan |
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* [[Asian Airhead]]: Haley (Sophie's friend) (Type Two) |
* [[Asian Airhead]]: Haley (Sophie's friend) (Type Two) |
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* [[Ass in |
* [[Ass in Ambassado[[Category:TV Series]]]: Meena's father Raum Paroom, the [[Ruritania|Bahavia[[Category:TV Series]]] ambassador to the United States, smugly asserts the superiority of his own culture. He also forces his daughter to stand out like a sore thumb and restricts her relationships in the name of maintaining her cultural identity and [[Eagleland Osmosis|not getting too assimilated in American cultur[[Category:TV Series]]]. He mellows out somewhat, but still has his moments. |
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* [[ |
* [[Cloudcuckoolande[[Category:TV Series]]]: Newt |
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* [[ |
* [[Crossove[[Category:TV Series]]]: [[That's So Raven|The Juicer (Cory's old bully), and Rave[[Category:TV Series]]] make appearances. |
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** The President and his daughter also appeared in ''[[Hannah |
** The President and his daughter also appeared in ''[[Hannah Montan[[Category:TV Series]]]''. |
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* [[Cut |
* [[Cut Shor[[Category:TV Series]]]: The show would've gone further if not for the Writer's Strike. At 2 seasons and 34 episodes, it had the shortest run of any Disney Channel Original Series until 2010, when ''[[Jona[[Category:TV Series]]]'' tied its record. |
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* [[The Ditz]]: Newt |
* [[The Ditz]]: Newt |
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* [[Dropped a Bridget On |
* [[Dropped a Bridget On Hi[[Category:TV Series]]]: In one episode, Newt falls in love with Cory in drag. |
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* [[ |
* [[Exp[[Category:TV Series]]]: A lot of recycled characters from TSR. Newt's an expy to Chelsea. Meena's an expy to Eddie. Hell, even Cory gets his own expy named Sophie. |
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* [[The Fool]]: ''Everyone''. Except for characters [[The Ditz| |
* [[The Fool]]: ''Everyone''. Except for characters [[The Ditz|eve[[Category:TV Series]]] [[Cloudcuckoolander|dumbe[[Category:TV Series]]] than that, of course. |
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* [[Five-Man Band|Four Man Band]]: In a few episodes. |
* [[Five-Man Band|Four Man Band]]: In a few episodes. |
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** [[The |
** [[The Her[[Category:TV Series]]]: Cory |
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** [[The |
** [[The Lance[[Category:TV Series]]]/[[The Smart Gu[[Category:TV Series]]]: Stickler |
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** [[The Big |
** [[The Big Gu[[Category:TV Series]]]: Newt |
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** [[The Chick]]: Meena |
** [[The Chick]]: Meena |
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** [[Sixth Ranger|Fifth |
** [[Sixth Ranger|Fifth Range[[Category:TV Series]]]: Candy |
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** [[Tagalong Kid]]: Sophie |
** [[Tagalong Kid]]: Sophie |
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* [[Freudian |
* [[Freudian Tri[[Category:TV Series]]]: Cory (Id), Newt (Ego), and Meena (Superego). |
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* [[Funny |
* [[Funny Foreigne[[Category:TV Series]]]: Subverted with Meena. She seems well-assimilated in American culture, and her foreignness is only occasionally played for laughs. |
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** Her father seems to be more of a straight example, and forced Meena into most (if not all) of her [[Funny |
** Her father seems to be more of a straight example, and forced Meena into most (if not all) of her [[Funny Foreigne[[Category:TV Series]]] situations with his insistence on tradition. |
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* [[Jack Bauer Interrogation |
* [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Techniqu[[Category:TV Series]]]: One scene, in which Candy Smiles straps Cory to a gurney and uses her knowledge of pressure points to exact from him whether [[Woman Scorned|he had manipulated her into dating him to make Meena jealou[[Category:TV Series]]]. |
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* [[Karma |
* [[Karma Houdin[[Category:TV Series]]]: Sophie sometimes falls under this category. |
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* [[Kid |
* [[Kid Co[[Category:TV Series]]] |
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* [[No Party |
* [[No Party Give[[Category:TV Series]]]: Not only is President Martinez's party affiliation never mentioned, but he rarely does anything vaguely political from which one could hazard a guess. |
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* [[Our Presidents Are |
* [[Our Presidents Are Differen[[Category:TV Series]]]: The President Buffoon to be exact. |
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** Also qualifies as President Minority, as he's a Latino. |
** Also qualifies as President Minority, as he's a Latino. |
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* [[Replacement Flat |
* [[Replacement Flat Characte[[Category:TV Series]]]: Sophie to Corey |
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* [[ |
* [[Ruritani[[Category:TV Series]]]: Meena apparently comes from a country named Bahavia. Bahavia seems to be a mixture of India and Russia. |
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* [[Special Effects |
* [[Special Effects Failur[[Category:TV Series]]]: About as often as could be expected from a low-budget [[Disney Channel]] [[Sitco[[Category:TV Series]]] with zany situations, but Super-Speed DDR stood out well above the rest. There were also absolutely ''silly'' costumes, though some of them were intentionally unimpressive. |
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* [[Spin-Off]] |
* [[Spin-Off]] |
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* [[Spontaneous Reverb]]: Parodied in one episode, where it happens whenever somebody yells. |
* [[Spontaneous Reverb]]: Parodied in one episode, where it happens whenever somebody yells. |
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* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Jason Stickler, who (mis)uses high-tech gagdets provided by his CIA Director father to spy on Meena. |
* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Jason Stickler, who (mis)uses high-tech gagdets provided by his CIA Director father to spy on Meena. |
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* [[Stupid Sexy |
* [[Stupid Sexy Flander[[Category:TV Series]]]: Cory finds himself lusting after a pair of chiseled legs in a pair of Daisy Dukes, only to find, to his eternal [[Squick]], that they belong to one Jason Stickler. |
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* [[The Theme Park |
* [[The Theme Park Versio[[Category:TV Series]]]: The White House and the President |
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* [[Three |
* [[Three Amigo[[Category:TV Series]]]: Meena, Cory, and Newt. |
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* [[Totally Radical]]: The show's title. Cory's [[Gosh Dang It to Heck|excessive usage of the word "dang"]], but that's not the only factor... |
* [[Totally Radical]]: The show's title. Cory's [[Gosh Dang It to Heck|excessive usage of the word "dang"]], but that's not the only factor... |
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* [[Woman Scorned]]: Candy's reason for the aforementioned [[Jack Bauer Interrogation |
* [[Woman Scorned]]: Candy's reason for the aforementioned [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Techniqu[[Category:TV Series]]]. |
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* [[Young |
* [[Young Entrepreneu[[Category:TV Series]]]: Cory plays this trope straight. He is always coming up with some scheme to earn some extra bucks, which often get him in a lot of trouble. |
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[[Category:Memetic |
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[[Category:Western |
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Revision as of 00:54, 2 October 2020
"You know how I do."
—Cory Baxter
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The live-action TV series Cory in the House (2007-2008) is a spin-off of [[That's So Rave], featuring teenager Cory Baxter and his dad living in the White House after his father is hired to work there as a chef. Cory gains two new friends called Meena and Newt, a foreigner as well as a daughter to an ambassador and a guitar player with varying intelligence. It was chronologically the fourth series in the [[Disney Channel Univers].
Tropes used in Cory in the House include:
- Alpha Bitch: Tanisha to Sophie
- Lovable Alpha Bitch: Tanisha is Sophie's friend.
- [[And Starrin]: Rondell Sheridan
- Asian Airhead: Haley (Sophie's friend) (Type Two)
- [[Ass in Ambassado]: Meena's father Raum Paroom, the [[Ruritania|Bahavia] ambassador to the United States, smugly asserts the superiority of his own culture. He also forces his daughter to stand out like a sore thumb and restricts her relationships in the name of maintaining her cultural identity and [[Eagleland Osmosis|not getting too assimilated in American cultur]. He mellows out somewhat, but still has his moments.
- [[Cloudcuckoolande]: Newt
- [[Crossove]: [[That's So Raven|The Juicer (Cory's old bully), and Rave] make appearances.
- The President and his daughter also appeared in [[Hannah Montan].
- [[Cut Shor]: The show would've gone further if not for the Writer's Strike. At 2 seasons and 34 episodes, it had the shortest run of any Disney Channel Original Series until 2010, when [[Jona] tied its record.
- The Ditz: Newt
- [[Dropped a Bridget On Hi]: In one episode, Newt falls in love with Cory in drag.
- [[Exp]: A lot of recycled characters from TSR. Newt's an expy to Chelsea. Meena's an expy to Eddie. Hell, even Cory gets his own expy named Sophie.
- The Fool: Everyone. Except for characters [[The Ditz|eve] [[Cloudcuckoolander|dumbe] than that, of course.
- Four Man Band: In a few episodes.
- [[The Her]: Cory
- [[The Lance]/[[The Smart Gu]: Stickler
- [[The Big Gu]: Newt
- The Chick: Meena
- [[Sixth Ranger|Fifth Range]: Candy
- Tagalong Kid: Sophie
- [[Freudian Tri]: Cory (Id), Newt (Ego), and Meena (Superego).
- [[Funny Foreigne]: Subverted with Meena. She seems well-assimilated in American culture, and her foreignness is only occasionally played for laughs.
- Her father seems to be more of a straight example, and forced Meena into most (if not all) of her [[Funny Foreigne] situations with his insistence on tradition.
- [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Techniqu]: One scene, in which Candy Smiles straps Cory to a gurney and uses her knowledge of pressure points to exact from him whether [[Woman Scorned|he had manipulated her into dating him to make Meena jealou].
- [[Karma Houdin]: Sophie sometimes falls under this category.
- [[Kid Co]
- [[No Party Give]: Not only is President Martinez's party affiliation never mentioned, but he rarely does anything vaguely political from which one could hazard a guess.
- [[Our Presidents Are Differen]: The President Buffoon to be exact.
- Also qualifies as President Minority, as he's a Latino.
- [[Replacement Flat Characte]: Sophie to Corey
- [[Ruritani]: Meena apparently comes from a country named Bahavia. Bahavia seems to be a mixture of India and Russia.
- [[Special Effects Failur]: About as often as could be expected from a low-budget Disney Channel [[Sitco] with zany situations, but Super-Speed DDR stood out well above the rest. There were also absolutely silly costumes, though some of them were intentionally unimpressive.
- Spin-Off
- Spontaneous Reverb: Parodied in one episode, where it happens whenever somebody yells.
- Stalker with a Crush: Jason Stickler, who (mis)uses high-tech gagdets provided by his CIA Director father to spy on Meena.
- [[Stupid Sexy Flander]: Cory finds himself lusting after a pair of chiseled legs in a pair of Daisy Dukes, only to find, to his eternal Squick, that they belong to one Jason Stickler.
- [[The Theme Park Versio]: The White House and the President
- [[Three Amigo]: Meena, Cory, and Newt.
- Totally Radical: The show's title. Cory's excessive usage of the word "dang", but that's not the only factor...
- Woman Scorned: Candy's reason for the aforementioned [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Techniqu].
- [[Young Entrepreneu]: Cory plays this trope straight. He is always coming up with some scheme to earn some extra bucks, which often get him in a lot of trouble.
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