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A drama/comedy/fantasy series on Lifetime.
Deb (Brooke D'Orsay) is an attractive, ditzy blonde who is auditioning for a job as a game show hostess. She is engaged to be married to her lawyer fiancé Grayson (Jackson Hurst). She goes off to her audition to be a model on ''[[The Price Is Right]]'', talking to her friend Stacy (April Bowlby) on her mobile and [[Filing Their Nails|filing her nails]], all at the same time. Poor Deb. If she had looked up for only a minute, maybe she would have noticed the grapefruit delivery truck parked in the middle of the intersection up ahead...
Meanwhile, at a law firm (the exact one Grayson got a job at, we learn later) in the same city, a literal 'Plain' Jane (Brooke Elliott), is preparing for her day. She is mousy, overweight, has many self help books, has a witty assistant Terri ([[Margaret Cho]]), and a business rival Kim (Kate Levering) who is busy showing off her new purse. Jane steps out of her office just in time to see an armed gun man come in. Apparently, Jane's boss was dating the gun man's wife. She tries to calm down the situation, but trips over a purse (Kim's, no less), and the paranoid gun man shoots her dead.
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P.S. Because of what Deb/Jane did, Fred was sent to Earth as her guardian angel, or as he calls it, her babysitter. Along the way, he gets a crush on Stacy, whom Jane lets in on the big secret...
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* [[Betty and Veronica]]: Jane and Vanessa halfway through Season 2. Shown in a dream sequence in Episode 12.
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** Also, the more Deb learns and experiences Jane's life and hears about Jane's life before Debization, the more the viewers start to see how Deb as an outside observer makes rather insightful observations on her life. Indeed, there are signs that ditzy but well meaning Deb may actually be making a better life for Jane than Jane ever was. {{spoiler|Such as re-connecting with Jane's absent dad and getting Jane's mom to go into therapy for bi-polar disorder}}.
* [[Feigning Intelligence]]: Stacy.
* [[Filing Their Nails]]: Used as part of a character-defining moment during the first-episode setup: ditzy blonde Deb goes off to her audition to be a model on ''[[The Price Is Right]]'', while talking to a friend on her cellphone and filing her nails — and ends up in a car crash ''because'' of her inattention.
* [[Flash Back]]: Used to flesh out Deb and her relationship with Grayson before her death. Also used with stories or phrases Deb told Grayson and that Jane repeats; this confuses Grayson immensely.
* [[Genius Ditz]]: The ditz part comes from Deb, the genius part from Jane. Though as with [[Dumb Blonde]], Deb isn't necessarily as ditzy or dumb as usual per the trope. She's just that way compared to Jane and in fact can be pretty insightful.
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