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'''Paul:''' No, no, no, this is the beauty--this is the beauty of the thing. See, I know it's gonna suck. I know there's some disaster coming and still I continue to have birthdays.
'''Jamie:''' Maybe this one will be better.
'''Paul:''' Oh, no, no, it will suck. It's just that I just don't know what form the disaster will take and therein lies the fascination.
* [[Bottle Episode]]
* [[Brother Chuck]]: Selby.
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** It also turns out that Paul used to live in the apartment now inhabited by ''[[Seinfeld]]'''s Cosmo Kramer, which becomes weird when a later season finds that program's George and Susan in bed watching an episode of ''[[Mad About You]]''!
*** Likewise, in one episode, Paul runs into real-life Jerry Seinfeld, and tells him that Jaime "loves your show".
** NBC also liked to do cross over stunt nights when all the sitcoms in that night's line up would be self contained stories related to a larger arc (
** Also with the classic ''[[Dick Van Dyke Show]]'', when Carl Reiner guest stars as his DVDS character Alan Brady.
* [[Disability as an Excuse For Jerkassery]]: Paul and Jamie were once harassed by a man in a wheelchair who used this. After punching Paul in the gut and subsequently receiving a black eye, [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit|he exaggerated the amount of pain he was in while others chastised Paul.]]
* [[Doppelganger]]: In one episode, Lisa
{{quote|'''Jamie''': Lisa, this is not Murray! It looks like Murray, but it isn't Murray. Murray has a white spot and vacant eyes. This dog KNOWS THINGS!}}
* [[Dream Sequence]]: A whole episode of it after they eat Ostrich.
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* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: Usually in [[The Tag]], which either [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|breaks]] or [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall|leans on]] the fourth wall.
* [[Last-Minute Baby-Naming]]: Paul and Jamie name the baby Mabel, after a remark by Jamie's mom: "[[Fun with Acronyms|Mothers always bring extra love.]]"
* [[Local Hangout]]: Riff's restaurant.
* [[Make Up or Break Up]]: The series finale shows Paul and Jamie separating for a while. They reconcile at the screening of Mabel's [[True Art Is Incomprehensible|Dada-esque]] indie film.
* [[Meaningful Echo]]: In a flashback to Paul and Jamie's introduction to each other, Jamie's [[Forceful Kiss]] is followed by this non sequitur:
{{quote|'''Paul''': Did you just kiss me?
'''Jamie:''' ''(beat)'' No.
'''Paul:''' I didn't think so.
** In the series finale, Paul and Jamie (now middle-aged and separated) have the exact same exchange. As Mabel's voiceover states, Paul then escorted Jamie back home, bought a pie, "and never left".
* [[Meddling Parents]]
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* [[The Perry Mason Method]]: Uncle Phil is brought up on charges for illegally collecting old newspapers from the neighbors in his building, then amassing a fortune's worth of coupons. Phil calls the prosecutor to the stand, then proceeds to absolutely ''decimate'' his case by guilt-tripping the attorney about his parents, clipping coupons to pay for his law courses.
{{quote|'''Phil:''' Judge, lemmie hear those magic words!
'''Judge:''' Case dismissed!
* [[Precision F-Strike]]
* [[Put on a Bus]]: Mark, but [[The Bus Came Back]].
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** ''Mad About You'' had quite a few [[Thanksgiving Episode|Thanksgiving Episodes]]. The first season showed Paul and Jamie (and Lisa and [[Brother Chuck|Selby]]) heading to Jamie's family home for Thanksgiving (with Fran and Mark on the same train to ''their'' family's home), and then on the way home after their respective Thanksgiving experiences. A later T-Day episode dealt with how Paul and Jamie tried (with hilarious failure) to control the dissemination of their pregnancy to their relatives.
* [[Theme Tune Cameo]]
* [[Time Skip]]: The series finale jumps around a lot. These scenes range from funny (teenage Mabel and
* [[Timmy in a Well]]: Murray's very good at this. After he communicates that the toilet is overflowing, Paul quotes the trope.
** Murray acts this out during the final credits of a Valentine's Day show as he gets Mark and Fran to rescue Paul and Jamie who have spent the entire episode [[Bottle Episode|trapped in the locked bathroom]].
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