Just Shoot Me: Difference between revisions

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* [[Benevolent Boss]] / [[Pointy-Haired Boss]]: Jack vacillates between the two. A flashback episode reveals that each of the main characters were hitting [[Rock Bottom]] before Jack discovered their talents.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Eliot doesn't react well when you criticize his work

* [[Big Breasts Big Deal]]: Laura San Giacomo is ''at least'' a natural Double-D in [[Real Life]]. Maya often wore baggy clothes, and was often teased by Finch for this.

* [[Big Breasts, Big Deal]]: Laura San Giacomo is ''at least'' a natural Double-D in [[Real Life]]. Maya often wore baggy clothes, and was often teased by Finch for this.

* [[Bigger Is Better in Bed]]: Subverted with Finch, who happens to be unusually well-endowed, but is such a sicko that no woman will give him the time of day (to the immense relief of his male co-workers).

{{quote| '''Jack:''' It's a story as old as time. Great product, bad sales department.}}

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* [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!]]: Nina often sleeps with men half her age. She ''is'' a former supermodel, after all.

** [[Truth in Television]]: Many men half her age want to sleep with Wendy Malick.

* [[Hair Today Gone Tomorrow]]: Elliot, in a flashback to his fateful meeting with Jack.

* [[Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow]]: Elliot, in a flashback to his fateful meeting with Jack.

{{quote| '''Jack:''' '''I''' know hair, and [[Dramatic Irony|that flock of yours isn't going anywhere!]]}}

* [[Hollywood Homely]]: In-universe, Maya in the first season. Afterwards, the writers realized how foolish an idea this was.

** Even so, they were still able to get mileage out of the general idea, since Maya is the [[Hot Librarian|Wrong Kind Of Pretty]] in the world of fashion.

* [[Hot Librarian]]: Maya. ''[[Hello Nurse|Schwing!]]''

* [[Hot Librarian]]: Maya. ''[[Hello, Nurse!|Schwing!]]''

* [[How the Character Stole Christmas]]: Finch, of course.

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Jack waxes poetic about how people are like snow cones - we're all made of the same stuff, but underneath the syrup, "we're all ''equally'' delicious!"

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* [[Inflation Negation]]: An episode had a landlady who was apparently so far behind the times that she charged ridiculously low prices for her apartments, resulting in her tenants doing all her shopping for her to prevent her from catching on. At the end, it turned out that she was secretly in on it.

* [[Intoxication Ensues]]: Lemon Wacky Hello was the former [[Trope Namer]].

* [[I Thought Everyone Could Do That]]: [[Biggus Dickus|Finch]].

* [[I Thought Everyone Could Do That!]]: [[Biggus Dickus|Finch]].

* [[~~Its~~ a Costume Party I Swear]]: Maya is tricked into dressing up for Halloween, when no one else was.

* [[It's a Costume Party, I Swear]]: Maya is tricked into dressing up for Halloween, when no one else was.

* [[Kavorka Man]]: Finch. Elliot, depending on how attractive you consider him to be.

* [[Lady Drunk]]: Nina

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* [[Paintball Episode]]

* [[Pet the Dog]]

* [[Pimped-Out Dress]]: Maya wears one, wearing a [[Princesses Prefer Pink|pink fairy princess dress]], when she thinks everyone else is [[~~Its~~ a Costume Party I Swear|dressing up for Halloween]].

* [[Pimped-Out Dress]]: Maya wears one, wearing a [[Princesses Prefer Pink|pink fairy princess dress]], when she thinks everyone else is [[It's a Costume Party, I Swear|dressing up for Halloween]].

* [[Puppy Dog Eyes]]: Maya attempts to do this to Finch, but it doesn't work.

{{quote| ''[Maya makes the Puss-In-Boots eyes]''<br />

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* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: Jack uses his vast influence to blacklist Eliot, rendering him unable to order a drink at the bar or even hail a cab - all because Eliot wouldn't give up his last éclair. Eliot at last agrees to fork over the dessert, but not before [[I Ate What?|scrubbing it with his tongue]].

* [[Sexy Coat Flashing]]: A model does this to Finch when they are dating.

* [[Shout Out]]: Jack comments on firing his previous limo driver, who kept mumbling "[[Taxi Driver|Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets.]]"

* [[Shout-Out]]: Jack comments on firing his previous limo driver, who kept mumbling "[[Taxi Driver|Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets.]]"

* [[Soapbox Sadie]]: Maya. Often leading to [[Hypocritical Humor]] on her part.

* [[Something's Different About You Now]]