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* [[Close-Knit Community]] |
* [[Close-Knit Community]] |
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* [[Closer to Earth]]: Toula's mother, compared to her father. When Toula announces she's getting married, her father has a [[Heroic BSOD]] while her mother tries to convince him nothing's wrong with it. |
* [[Closer to Earth]]: Toula's mother, compared to her father. When Toula announces she's getting married, her father has a [[Heroic BSOD]] while her mother tries to convince him nothing's wrong with it. |
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* [[Converting for Love]]: Ian, to Greek Orthodoxy. Since the Church isn't used to adults converting, he is |
* [[Converting for Love]]: Ian, to Greek Orthodoxy. Since the Church isn't used to adults converting, he is baptized in a kiddie-pool. |
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** Actually, there are plenty of adult conversions. You wear a white gown, not bathing trunks, then dress in a special outfit afterwards. There are special tubs for adult baptisms. |
** Actually, there are plenty of adult conversions. You wear a white gown, not bathing trunks, then dress in a special outfit afterwards. There are special tubs for adult baptisms. |
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* [[Cultural Posturing]]: There is nothing that Mr. Portokalos can't trace back to Greece. Even ''[[Up to Eleven|kimonos]]''. |
* [[Cultural Posturing]]: There is nothing that Mr. Portokalos can't trace back to Greece. Even ''[[Up to Eleven|kimonos]]''. |
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* [[Fourth Date Marriage]] |
* [[Fourth Date Marriage]] |
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* [[Fun with Foreign Languages]] |
* [[Fun with Foreign Languages]] |
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* [[Glad You Thought of It]] |
* [[Glad You Thought of It]]: The best way to get Gus's consent is to let him think it was his idea. |
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* [[The Glasses Gotta Go]] |
* [[The Glasses Gotta Go]] |
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* [[Greasy Spoon]]: The Portokalos establishment is an excellent example of a Greek-American diner in the city. |
* [[Greasy Spoon]]: The Portokalos establishment is an excellent example of a Greek-American diner in the city. |
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* [[Odd Name Out]]: Almost all of the young family members have the name (or variation) of Anita (including Athena and Angelo), Diane or Nick (including Nikki). The outsider? Toula. |
* [[Odd Name Out]]: Almost all of the young family members have the name (or variation) of Anita (including Athena and Angelo), Diane or Nick (including Nikki). The outsider? Toula. |
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{{quote|"Costas, Nick, Nick, Nick, Costas..." |
{{quote|"Costas, Nick, Nick, Nick, Costas..." |
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"And I am GUS!" |
"And I am GUS!"}} |
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* [[Old Maid]]: Toula is only 30, but her parents seem to think she needs to get married ''right away''. |
* [[Old Maid]]: Toula is only 30, but her parents seem to think she needs to get married ''right away''. |
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** Her father started calling her old at FOURTEEN! |
** Her father started calling her old at FOURTEEN! |