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''Family Ties'' is a rather straightforward [[Dom Com]] from [[The Eighties]].
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As stated, it was rather straightforward, though a lot of the humor came from the conflict between the Republican Alex and the very Democratic parents. In a rare example, there was no [[Strawman Political]] sequence to be found here: both ideologies were given equal time in the spotlight, and there was no [[Idiot of the Week]] episode either.
The aforementioned straightforwardness was actually notable in itself. Not many [[Dom Com
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* [[Absentee Actor]]: Meredith Baxter is absent from some of the season three episodes. Sometimes it is explained, often nobody bothers with an excuse.
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* [[The Cast Showoff]]: In later seasons, Jennifer. In earlier episodes, Elyse.
* [[Clip Show]]: several. Two sees the Keatons share stories with Alex's girlfriends Ellen and later Lauren, another has the men and women of the family rehashing past incidents.
** Parodied on ''[[SNL]]'' when Justine Bateman hosted. They did a ''
* [[Cool Uncle]]: Uncle Ned (played by [[Tom Hanks]]) is really cool, but has a drinking problem.
* [[Costumer]]: In the episode "Philadelphia Story" Alex has a dream where he must convince Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence and the cast wears clothing from that time period.
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* [[Lamaze Class]]
* [[Locked in a Room]]
* [[Long-Lost Uncle Aesop]]: The alcoholic uncle, Elyse's brother Ned ([[Tom Hanks]]), and Elyse's sister
** Ned was in a two-part episode the previous season fleeing the FBI for stealing money from his company.
* [[Mysterious Middle Initial]]: Both actor Michael J. Fox and character Alex P. Keaton.
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