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* [[Asshole Victim]]: {{spoiler|Irina, Preston's Russian fiancee}}.
** {{spoiler|Martha Huber}}.
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* [[Badass Bystander]]: No one seemed to expect that the psychopathic gun toting hostage holder in season 3 to be taken down and shot by {{spoiler|a nameless extra who commented earlier that the woman with the gun taught her daughter's Sunday school class.}}
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: {{spoiler|Dave Williams from season 5, Eddie from season 6}}.
* [[Big Bad]]: One for every season.
** Season 1:
** Season 2:
** Season 3:
** Season 4: Wayne Davis, Katherine's bitter [[Corrupt Cop]] ex-husband.
** Season 5: Dave Williams
** Season 6: Patrick Logan, Angie's ex-husband.
** Season 7:
** The Final Season notably averts this, using [[Big Bad Ensemble|several different characters]] during different arcs of the last season.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: The finale has Mary Alice funnily explain the peaceful destinies of the housewives, {{spoiler|Lynette remarrying Tom and finally landing her dream job as a CEO in New York, Gabrielle moving to California and becoming the host of a home-shopping TV show; Bree marrying Trip and becoming a legislator in Kentucky while Susan's destiny is left a bit on the dark, but with her children and granddaughter by her side.}} Then we understand that {{spoiler|they never meet again}}.
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* [[Victim Falls For Rapist]]/[[Black Comedy Rape]]: If you want to have a baby with your ex-husband (and thereby force him back into marriage with you), just drug him and rape him! And make sure you do the reveal with the wife realizing what was done to her husband by his ex by having her use the "R" word in an over the top fashion.
* [[Visit by Divorced Dad]]
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* [[Whole Costume Reference]]: One episode opens with Gabrielle wearing [[The Sims|Bella Goth's dress]].
* [[Why Did You Make Me Hit You?]]
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== Show-Wide Tropes ==
* [[Acceptable Feminine Roles]]: Underlying the whole show is this.
* [[The Adventure Continues]]: The last scene and ending narration indicate that although the main characters will all eventually leave Wisteria Lane and never really meet again, life there will go on its merry way without them. ▼
* [[Anyone Can Die]] - Reserved for plot twist moments. While most of the time they only kill off villains and B-characters no one really cares about, every once in a while they'll surprise you by killing off someone important.
* [[Arc Words]]: As of season 8, the note saying {{spoiler|I know what you did, it makes me sick, I'm going to tell}}.
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*** The suicide may have played a role in this : Mary Alice regretted her acts, while Paul never did, as far as we know. Also, season seven has made him cross the [[Moral Event Horizon]] ''much'' deeper than Mary Alice ever had.
* [[Ephebophile]]: Gabrielle had an on-again-off-again tryst with her gardener since he was about 17 years old. Thanks to being played by a visibly grown man, it's easy to forget he's supposed to be a teenager.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Most of the guys, but [[Handsome Lech|Karl]], [[Hot Dad|Carlos]], [[Badass|Mike]] and Danny (for the younger girls) stand out the most.▼
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]
* [[Family Business]]: The Scavo pizzeria which {{spoiler|may finally be dead}}.
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** With almost every episode ending on a dramatic note, the ending music never fails to be perky. Also see [[Book Ends]].
** The show often juxtaposes scenes of differing moods (serious, comical, dramatic, emotional, contemplative, surreal, etc.). Many storylines in a single episode start off as one mood and end up in another. It is not uncommon to see one of the housewives get into some sort of extremely [[Hilarity Ensues|humorous]] [[Zany Scheme|antic]] (sometimes while playing [[Mystery Fiction|detective]]), only to reveal [[Beneath the Mask|deep trauma]] or a [[Nightmare Fuel|disturbing fact]] with another character. It is also not uncommon for a sequence of dramatic scenes serving as a set-up for a disastrous...
▲* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Most of the guys, but [[Handsome Lech|Karl]], [[Hot Dad|Carlos]], [[Badass|Mike]] and Danny (for the younger girls) stand out the most.
* [[Necro Non Sequitur]]: Many characters' deaths or injuries are like this, where previous scenes set-up the death of the characters. These tend to occur in the middle and the end of a season, and oftentimes storylines intersect with each other to provide the proper circumstances. ▼
* [[Narrator]]: Mary Alice.
** Edie narrates the episode following {{spoiler|her own death.}}
** {{spoiler|Rex Van de Kamp did it first after his own death.}}
▲* [[Necro Non Sequitur]]: Many characters' deaths or injuries are like this, where previous scenes set-up the death of the characters. These tend to occur in the middle and the end of a season, and oftentimes storylines intersect with each other to provide the proper circumstances.
* [[No Bisexuals]]: According to the characters on the show, if Katherine admits she's attracted to women, it means she must forsake her attraction to men entirely. It's impossible to like both, apparently.
* [[Obnoxious In-Laws]] - Every single mother-in-law on the show, without exception.
* [[Out of Focus]]: Bree spends virtually half of season3 on a freakishly long honeymoon.▼
* [[Out-of-Genre Experience]]: The [[Disaster Movie|disaster]] episodes are often quite of a different tone from the rest of the show.
** In the episode ''Bang!'' in Season 3, {{spoiler|Carolyn Bigsby}} snaps and takes the people in a local supermarket [[Hostage Situation|hostage]]. The episode is also peppered with Lynette having [[Recurring Dreams]] of Mary Alice.
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** Season 6 has ''Boom Crunch'', which details how a series of events [[Necro Non Sequitur|lead up]] to a [[Trainwreck Episode|plane crash]] in Wisteria Lane.
** Season 7 has ''Down the Block There's a Riot'', where a protest in Wisteria Lane erupts into a riot.
▲* [[Out of Focus]]: Bree spends virtually half of season3 on a freakishly long honeymoon.
* [[Pretty in Mink]]: A few furs show up, notably the sable coat Bree wore to try to get Rex back. [[Hilarity Ensues]]
* [[Prison]]: Three of the four main husbands have done time there.
* [[Stepford Suburbia]]
* [[Story Arc]]: Investigation of Mary Alice's past... among other things. The number of ''subplot'' arcs in this show can make your head spin.
▲* [[The Adventure Continues]]: The last scene and ending narration indicate that although the main characters will all eventually leave Wisteria Lane and never really meet again, life there will go on its merry way without them.
* [[Time Skip]]: The fourth season finale.
* [[True Love Is Boring]]: Mike and Susan run afoul of this trope multiple times. Tom and Lynette as well.
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