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* [[Accidental Marriage]]: In the season two finale, Joy and Victoria wake up to discover that they got married the other night. {{spoiler|It isn't until the end that they discover they married each other}}.

* [[Actor Allusion]]: Lots. Betty White's cellmate in the second season premiere is [[The Mary Tyler Moore Show ~~(TV)~~|Mary Tyler Moore]]. The mother of Melanie's boyfriend is [[One Day At a Time|Bonnie Franklin]]. [[Frasier|Peri Gilpin]] plays a friend of all three of the gals.

* [[Actor Allusion]]: Lots. Betty White's cellmate in the second season premiere is [[The Mary Tyler Moore Show|Mary Tyler Moore]]. The mother of Melanie's boyfriend is [[One Day At a Time|Bonnie Franklin]]. [[Frasier|Peri Gilpin]] plays a friend of all three of the gals.

* [[Adam Westing]]: Susan Lucci seems to be getting a big kick out of playing an exaggerated version of herself as a mean, vindictive, spiteful rival and frenemy to Victoria.

* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]

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* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: In one episode, after Melanie finds out her favorite singer is gay, they begin talking about some other singers they didn't know were gay. They mentioned Elton John, George Michael, and The Village People (all of them). In reality, only two members of The Village People were gay.

* [[Drop in Character]]: Rick was like this, and Artie seems to becoming one, too.

* [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]: A lot of Victoria's Lifetime movies were titled like this.

* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: A lot of Victoria's Lifetime movies were titled like this.

{{quote| Victoria: I once played a lady storm chaser in the Lifetime Original Movie ''Lady Storm Chaser.''}}

* [[Expy]]: Elka is very similar to Sophia from ''[[The Golden Girls]]''.

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* [[Hollywood Homely]]: In-Universe - the entire premise of the show. The main women are seen this way in Los Angeles, but are pretty in Cleveland.

* [[Homage]]: The episode "Indecent Proposals" is basically one to ''[[Sex and ~~The~~ City]]''.

* [[Homage]]: The episode "Indecent Proposals" is basically one to ''[[Sex and the City]]''.

* [[I Ate What?]]: Poor Melanie and her tapeworm...

* [[I Want Grandkids]]: Joy's mother reminds her about never having children every time they speak.

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'''Joy:''' Well can't we try it just once? }}

* [[The Other Darrin]]: Chance the Dog

* [[Parents As People]]: Even though their children are grown & college aged, this is prominent with Victoria's character in her children's childhoods. She has even forgotten how many kids she has on multiple occassions.

* [[Parents as People]]: Even though their children are grown & college aged, this is prominent with Victoria's character in her children's childhoods. She has even forgotten how many kids she has on multiple occassions.

{{quote| '''Victoria:''' - It was like that for both of my pregnancies<br />

'''Melanie:''' Victoria, you have 3 kids....<br />

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{{quote| '''Elka:''' [[Refuge in Audacity|it's funny]] [[Crosses the Line Twice|'cause it's gross]]}}

* [[Stripper Cop Confusion]]:At Elka's bachelorette party.

* [[Take That]]: To [[~~Justin Bieber (Music)|~~Justin Bieber]] of all people. When it's discovered that Elka has him on her iPod:

* [[Take That]]: To [[Justin Bieber]] of all people. When it's discovered that Elka has him on her iPod:

{{quote| "I ''love'' her! They keep saying she's a boy, but I'm not buying it."}}

** And to ''[[Glee]]'', too: