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* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: Ricky has never actually entered a scene with, "LU-CYYYY, I'M HO-OOOME!"
** "Lucy... you got some splanin' to do!" was created by parodies long after the end of the show, although Ricky does say "Lucy! Splain!" in the episode "Charm School".
* [[The Danza]]: Lucille Ball as Lucy Ricardo. She did the exact same thing in her two new shows, despite being different characters. Vivian Vance (who played Ethel) was so sick of being called "Ethel" on the street that when she appeared on either of the spin-offs her character was always named Viv, Vi, or Vivian.
** Cousin Ernie.
* [[Funny Character, Boring Actor]]: While Lucille Ball is known as one of the funniest women on television, she actually didn't think she was that good at improvisation, and would often rehearse a scene endlessly until she thought she had it just right.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[Gilligan's Island|Mrs Howell]] is a "Charm School" teacher.
** Lucy suspects new neighbor [[I Dream of Jeannie|Dr Bellows]] is a terrorist.
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* [[Real Life Relative]]: As mentioned, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz really were married for more or less the entire length of the series.
* [[Rerun]]: As mentioned, the show's creators invented this trope.
** And made a damn ''fortune'' off it. The network didn't know how much money could be made off of the reruns, and so they gave all the rights to Lucy and Desi. Enough for them to run their own major studio empire and be the executives in charge of shows like ''[[Gunsmoke]]'', ''[[Mission: Impossible]]'', ''[[The Untouchables]]'', and ''[[Star Trek]]''. Lucille and Desi's family still makes royalties off the show, and considering it's never been out of syndication, well...
** Lucy has been quoted to say "We figured we couldn't lose. We'd ether make money off the deal, or at least we'd have the best set of home movies in the world."
* [[Throw It In]]: The 1952 episode "Cuban Pals" features Ricky attempting to translate Lucy's questions for his Cuban friends. Desi Arnaz mistakenly translates one question in English, resulting in him almost doubling over in laughter onscreen for almost a minute.
** Another is the scene in Hollywood when Lucy's fake nose catches on fire and she dunks it in a glass of water to extinguish it. It's notable because Lucille Ball was a very strict perfectionist who rehearsed scenes tirelessly, and that was one of the few times where a [[Throw It In]] moment wasn't thrown out.
*** It probably didn't hurt that reportedly Lucy was very concerned about the safety of a lit wick so close to her face, and figured better not push her luck with a second take.
* [[Unintentional Period Piece]]: Some unintentional examples really ''really'' scream "[[The Fifties]]":
** The candy factory showing Lucy and Ethel working, handling food, ''without'' gloves. That would ''not'' happen today.
** Almost any mention of money. Occasionally a joke simply doesn't work anymore thanks to inflation completely ruining the frame of reference. It's hard to understand Ricky getting angry at Lucy for spending so much money on something since, at this point, everything on the show sounds incredibly cheap.
* [[What Could Have Been]]:
** "Lucy Goes to Scotland" would have aired in full color, if not for CBS' inability to afford color film. The episode was later colorized in 2007, as a bonus feature for a complete series DVD set of ''I Love Lucy'' and ''[[The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour]]''.
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