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* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Done pretty often, and probably necessary, given that this was a family show airing at 8PM.
** After rescuing Mike from the gang of dog soldiers who kidnapped her, Sully gently asks if they "hurt" her. She tells him "no". His relief indicates that he was actually asking if they had ''raped'' her.
** Horace complains about "losing the mood" when his and Myra's romantic evening is interrupted. The Reverend assures him that "all men lose their moods sometimes". Three guesses what they're really talking about
** In the first episode, Myra asks to see Dr. Mike about a "female problem". After treating her, Mike advises Hank that Myra needs to be "chaste" for several weeks. When Hank complains about the loss of revenue, Mike warns him that he'll lose a lot more if she has to end up treating his customers as well.
** Hank points out Mike that her sister Marjorie is ill, citing her fevers and headaches. "I've seen it in my girls plenty of times. That husband left her with more than a broken heart
* [[She Cleans Up Nicely|He Cleans Up Nicely]]: Sully whenever he ditches the buckskins for a nice suit, particularly when he's in Boston. Not that there's anything wrong with the buckskins, of course.
** Crosses over into [[Good-Looking Privates]] when they show him in his military uniform in flashbacks.
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'''Jake:''' How many fingers?
'''Horace:''' Chocolate.
'''Dr. Quinn:''' I think he's finished for the day.
* [[Humans Are White]]: Subverted; the blacksmith and local restauranteur are both black and have to deal with the expected racism. There is also a Mexican schoolteacher in the later seasons. Black cowboys come through town with the cattle drives, too, as well as Asian men with the building of the railroad.
* [[Insatiable Newlyweds]]: Horace and Myra, once they get over their anxiety. Dr. Mike and Sully too.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Hank, arguably. He's the local purveyor of whores and booze, a racist, and a bigot, but he occasionally goes out of his way to help someone or show that he cares; i.e. when he comes to
** Loren definitely fits into this category.
** Jake starts as this but softens a bit with [[Character Development]]. Though he still shows his [[Jerkass]] side from time to time.
* [[Last-Name Basis]]: ''Everyone'' calls Sully by his last name--even his love interest, (and later wife) and their ''children''! His full name is Byron Sully, but he appears to have abandoned his given name around the time he deserted the army.
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: Besides Dr. Mike, Sully, and the Cooper children, the show featured well over 20 townsfolk, relatives, and recurring guest characters. Most of these characters had [[A Day in the Limelight]] at least once.
* [[A Man Is Not a Virgin]]: Averted. Horace is nervous on his wedding night as it is his first time. Especially so, since
** When Matthew starts coming of age and goes into the Saloon for his first official drink of whiskey, the various patrons decide he needs to get laid to be a man. He's whisked off to Myra's room, but just so she can help him climb out the window.
** Subverted with several of the other male characters. While not virgins, it's strongly implied that despite the presence of prostitutes who could have tended to their needs, they've been celibate for an extended time.
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* [[Old Maid]]: Dr. Mike refers to herself as this, with her 35th birthday looming and no husband in sight.
* [[Put on a Bus]]: Myra. [[The Bus Came Back]] in the final season, though.
* [[Special Guest]]: In his only television performance as a fictional character, [[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood|Fred Rogers]], a fan of the show, guest starred as "Reverend Thomas
* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: Loren's sister Olive [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome|abruptly disappears between seasons without any explanation]] (although several years later, we learn she moved even further out west). In her place, Loren's sister-in-law (whom he had a romance with before marrying her sister) comes to town, fleeing an abusive husband and assumes the same role as Olive had as Mike's friend and confidante--though she's much more friendly than Olive ever was.
* [[The Talk]]: Sully awkwardly tries to give one to Matthew when he begins courting immigrant girl Ingrid, Dr. Mike attempts to give her son Brian the talk by reading him an anatomy textbook, and with her wedding night looming, the virginal Dr. Mike needs one herself from the more experienced Dorothy.
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** [[The Gunslinger]]: Played in a recurring guest role by [[Johnny Cash]], no less!
** [[Magical Native American]]: Cloud Dancing, Sully's best friend, often portrays this trope.
** [[Mountain Man]]: Sully.
** [[Noble Savage]]: Cloud Dancing is the embodiment of this.
** [[Preacher Man]]: [[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood|Mr. Rogers]]!
** [[Rancher]]: Olive.
** [[Saloon Owner]]: Hank is the bastard variety of this.
** [[Shop Keeper]]: Loren Bray.
** [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold|Soiled Dove]]: Myra.
** [[White Man Gone Native]]: Sully, especially in the beginning of the series. Lessens somewhat in later seasons, but not by a whole lot.
* [[The Wild West]]
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