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** Dave Williams/ {{spoiler|Dash}} is this. Despite what he's trying to do, he does come across as a genuinely nice guy.
** Dave Williams/ {{spoiler|Dash}} is this. Despite what he's trying to do, he does come across as a genuinely nice guy.
* [[Alphabetical Theme Naming]] / [[Letter Motif]]: Lynette's kids; Porter, Parker, Preston,Penny, and Paige. Paige's twin, a baby Tom and Lynette lost, was to be named Patrick.
* [[Alphabetical Theme Naming]] / [[Letter Motif]]: Lynette's kids; Porter, Parker, Preston,Penny, and Paige. Paige's twin, a baby Tom and Lynette lost, was to be named Patrick.
* [[Aluminum Christmas Trees]]: Gabrielle once tries to convince Carlos that she has "sexsomnia". Probably fewer than ten percent watching the show know [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_sex it's a real condition].
* [[Aluminum Christmas Trees]]: Gabrielle once tries to convince Carlos that she has "sexsomnia". Probably fewer than ten percent watching the show know [[wikipedia:Sleep sex|it's a real condition]].
* [[Amicably Divorced]]: Susan and Karl during the third season. And after the first season their relationship went from toxic to a snarky competitiveness than anything.
* [[Amicably Divorced]]: Susan and Karl during the third season. And after the first season their relationship went from toxic to a snarky competitiveness than anything.
* [[Asshole Victim]]: {{spoiler|Irina, Preston's Russian fiancee}}.
* [[Asshole Victim]]: {{spoiler|Irina, Preston's Russian fiancee}}.
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* [[Fag Hag]]: When Bob and Lee move in, Susan is excited to become this. Though this only irritates them and cause them to seriously dislike her. By season five though, she and Lee become decent friends.
* [[Fag Hag]]: When Bob and Lee move in, Susan is excited to become this. Though this only irritates them and cause them to seriously dislike her. By season five though, she and Lee become decent friends.
* [[Floorboard Failure]]: Susan managed to suspend herself between two floors when it happened to her in her house.
* [[Floorboard Failure]]: Susan managed to suspend herself between two floors when it happened to her in her house.
* [[Four Girl Ensemble]]: The original housewives, Bree, Susan, Lynette and Gabby.
* [[Four-Girl Ensemble]]: The original housewives, Bree, Susan, Lynette and Gabby.
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]]: Susan is sanguine, Bree is melancholic, Lynette is phlegmatic and Gabrielle is choleric.
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]]: Susan is sanguine, Bree is melancholic, Lynette is phlegmatic and Gabrielle is choleric.
** The husbands qualifies as well: Orson is melancholic, Carlos is choleric, Tom is sanguine and Mike is phlegmatic.
** The husbands qualifies as well: Orson is melancholic, Carlos is choleric, Tom is sanguine and Mike is phlegmatic.
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** Subverted with Bob who legitimately cares about his clients.
** Subverted with Bob who legitimately cares about his clients.
* [[And I Must Scream]]: Orson's mother, who suffered a stroke and no longer is able to move or speak, but still has a fully functioning mind.
* [[And I Must Scream]]: Orson's mother, who suffered a stroke and no longer is able to move or speak, but still has a fully functioning mind.
* [[Birth Death Juxtaposition]]: The series finale spliced scenes of Julie's baby being born with Mrs. McKlusky succumbing to cancer.
* [[Birth-Death Juxtaposition]]: The series finale spliced scenes of Julie's baby being born with Mrs. McKlusky succumbing to cancer.
* [[Brief Accent Imitation]]: Gabrielle's hilarious imitation of Angie in the hospital {{spoiler|to get past the nurse}}.
* [[Brief Accent Imitation]]: Gabrielle's hilarious imitation of Angie in the hospital {{spoiler|to get past the nurse}}.
** Also in Season Seven after {{spoiler|Gabby calls the imigration cops then changes her mind and pretends to be Carmen and Carman pretends to be Gabby}}
** Also in Season Seven after {{spoiler|Gabby calls the imigration cops then changes her mind and pretends to be Carmen and Carman pretends to be Gabby}}
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* [[Comically Small Bribe]]: Gabrielle tries to bribe a nurse into letting her into a patient's room... with twelve dollars. But then remembers she needs to pay for parking and brings the bribe down to two dollars.
* [[Comically Small Bribe]]: Gabrielle tries to bribe a nurse into letting her into a patient's room... with twelve dollars. But then remembers she needs to pay for parking and brings the bribe down to two dollars.
* [[Courtroom Antic]]: Carlos' trial.
* [[Courtroom Antic]]: Carlos' trial.
* [[Dead Mans Chest]]
* [[Dead Man's Chest]]
* [[Death of the Hypotenuse]] / [[Murder the Hypotenuse]]: Often.
* [[Death of the Hypotenuse]] / [[Murder the Hypotenuse]]: Often.
* [[Dropped a Bridge On Him]]: {{spoiler|Karl}}.
* [[Dropped a Bridge On Him]]: {{spoiler|Karl}}.
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* [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: Nora, when trying to seduce Tom by supporting his idea of enterprise, from Lynette, who was critical about it.
* [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: Nora, when trying to seduce Tom by supporting his idea of enterprise, from Lynette, who was critical about it.
* [[Room Full of Crazy]]: The episode "If..." features Gabby having a nightmare where she becomes [[My Beloved Smother]] to Celia, causing Carlos to leave her, slowly loose her [[Sanity Slippage|grip on reality]] and living off ''food-stamps'' in her house with the walls covered in newspaper clippings.
* [[Room Full of Crazy]]: The episode "If..." features Gabby having a nightmare where she becomes [[My Beloved Smother]] to Celia, causing Carlos to leave her, slowly loose her [[Sanity Slippage|grip on reality]] and living off ''food-stamps'' in her house with the walls covered in newspaper clippings.
* [[Season Finale]] / [[Wham Episode]]: Usually involving a death and/or disaster.
* [[Season Finale]] / [[Wham! Episode]]: Usually involving a death and/or disaster.
* [[Teen Pregnancy]]: Danielle in Season 3/4.
* [[Teen Pregnancy]]: Danielle in Season 3/4.
* [[Treehouse of Fun]]: Lynette's kids briefly have a tree house in their yard for them to hang out in, though its destroyed in a tornado a few episodes later.
* [[Treehouse of Fun]]: Lynette's kids briefly have a tree house in their yard for them to hang out in, though its destroyed in a tornado a few episodes later.
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* [[Obnoxious In-Laws]] - Every single mother-in-law on the show, without exception.
* [[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 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.
* [[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|recurring dreams]] of Mary Alice.
** 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|recurring dreams]] of Mary Alice.
** Season 4 has the episode ''Something's Coming'' has a storm coming to Wisteria Lane. This episode provides an example of [[Necro Non Sequitur]]
** Season 4 has the episode ''Something's Coming'' has a storm coming to Wisteria Lane. This episode provides an example of [[Necro Non Sequitur]]
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