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[[File:myyyypiiiccnewwww_6678.png|frame|Who's that girl? ''It's Jess!'']]
{{quote|''"So, you know in [[Horror Films|horror movies]], where the girl's like 'oh my god, there's something in the basement... let me just [[Too Dumb to Live|run down there in my underwear and see what's going on in the dark]].' And you're like 'what is your problem? Call the police!' And she's like 'okay!' But it's too late, because she's already getting murdered -- well, my story's kinda like that."''
|'''Jess Day'''}}
''New Girl'' is an [[American Series|American-made]] [[
Jessica Day is a socially awkward young woman, fresh out of a recent break-up with her ex-boyfriend, in search of a new place to stay. When she persuades a trio of men to let her move in with them (mostly through the knowledge that she's friends with a model who's friends with yet more models), they find themselves completely unprepared to deal with Jess's quirky behavior, but still rally around their new roommate.
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* [[Abuse Is Okay When It Is Female On Male]]: Averted. Being the only male at his workplace, Schmidt is often on the receiving end of verbal abuse and harassment and it is shown to be very unacceptable.
* [[Adorkable]]:
** Jess. She's even called this in promotional material for the show. [http://www.avclub.com/articles/fox-makes-new-girl-even-more-adorkable-by-adding-j,61323/ No, really].
** In fact, everyone has their moments of this; Schmidt freaking out about holding Cece's hand is pretty damn adorkable, for instance. And then there's Winston singing along to the ''[[Wicked]]'' soundtrack.
* [[Affectionate Nickname]]: Jess's ex called her "Jess-Jess
** Precisely two people (including Jess) have called Nick "Nicholas", and the other one got snapped at for it.
** "Schmitty".
* [[All Men Are Perverts]]: Averted with Paul. Played straight with Schmidt. Also played straight whenever Cece is involved.
** Played straight while self-completing, as far as Jess is concerned.
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* [[The Alleged Car]]: Winston's truck, professionally deemed as "not officially a car anymore." After it breaks down for good, he reluctantly abandons it and acquires a [[Cool Car|vintage Chevelle SS convertible]] (though it's possible the latter is his boss' car and his boss just isn't allowed to drive it anymore because of all his DUIs).
** Potentially Jess' station wagon, which apparently used to be her parents' station wagon, and which she has a long tradition of pushing places when it stalls. Unlike Winston's, it hasn't dropped dead yet, though.
* [[Almost Kiss]]: Jess and Nick in "The Landlord
** Specifically, when about to engage in an accidental threesome with their landlord. Yeah.
* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: Cece, although she states in Episode 5 that her parents are Indian. Hannah Simone, who plays her, is a mixture of Indian, German, Italian, Cypriot, and Greek. Lampshaded by Schmidt when explaining to Cece the ingredients he put in a perfume he made for her for Christmas.
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* [[Appeal to Vanity]]: How Nick, Winston, and Jess get Schmidt to get back to his old self in "Control". In fact, it's a good way to get him to do stuff in general.
* [[Artifact Title]]: Could possibly become this if the show goes on for years and years, because Jess wouldn't ''quite'' be a new girl anymore.
* [[Bad Bad Acting]]: Jess, during "Wedding" especially.
** WHOOOOOOO AAAAAAAAAAAARE YOUUUUUUUUUUU?
** All four roommates trying to convince the landlord that there were only three of them.
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Jess and Nick in "The Landlord". Not to mention their fight in "Tomatoes
* [[Berserk Button]]:
** "I told you to water the plants..."
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** Possibly reflective of their old friendship, Nick and Winston both have sensible, level-headed exteriors overlying childish and neurotic extremes.
* [[Black Best Friend]]: In the pilot, Coach. Currently, Winston.
* [[Blatant Lies]]: The look on Jess' face when she promised not to talk to the landlord, and later her claim to have found her keys lying on the cliff off of which she was meant to have thrown them.
* [[Bowel-Breaking Bricks]]: In the pilot, Jess discovers Spencer has been cheating on her. We cut to a shot between her legs of a bow hitting the floor.
* [[Bridal Carry]]: It's usually around the waist, but Nick has a habit of picking Jess up.
* [[Brief Accent Imitation]]:
** Jess frequently slips in and out of a variety of accents, usually when trying to defuse a tense situation.
** Nick's cockney impression when drunk dialing his ex.
** Paul impersonating Jimmy Stewart. During sex. It [[Makes Sense in Context]].
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Nick. The writers seem to have decided to make him the show's designated punching bag. And it actually fits his characterization quite well.
* [[Calvin Ball]]: True American (from the episode "Normal"
* [[Cavemen vs. Astronauts Debate]]: Nick and Schmidt start off fighting about money and related social norms. They end up fighting about whether or not Midori Sours are trendy. Then they keep fighting about whether or not Midori Sours are trendy.
* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]: Schmidt.
* [[Christmas Episode]]: "The 23rd
* [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]]: Both Nick and Jess at different times.
* [[Closer to Earth]]:
** Averted. All the guys are fairly normal; Jess is not. Played straight with Cece though.
*** Jess is at least as close to earth as Schmidt (which, admittedly, isn't saying a whole lot for either of them).
* [[Closet Geek]]: Pretty much everyone, except Jess who is an uncloseted geek. Schmidt and Cece bond over children's books, Winston wants to live on the moon, Nick expounds on his theories about zombies in writing. There's more.
** "This is President Miller of Earth, I'd like to speak with the Galactic Emperor."
* [[Clothing Switch]]: It's convenient that all of Nick's stuff was in a moving van accompanying them when the gang stranded themselves in the desert, because they all layered on Nick's clothing to get through the night. The next day, Nick gave Winston some more of his clothing to change into because he'd gotten lost in the desert over night and there was "pee everywhere
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Jess, of course. She's played by Zooey Deschanel.
** As the show progresses, however, it's become clear that ''all'' the characters have at least a trace of this in them.
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* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]: Jess deals with a [[Bully]] in her classroom by making the kid accompany her on one of her songs.
* [[Cool Old Lady]]: Cece's grandmother.
* [[Cringe Comedy]]:
** Everyone but Jess knows she should be embarrassed.
** Schmidt hitting on Cece can be fairly painful to watch.
** Jess and Paul in the bedroom. [[Cringe Comedy]], personified.
** A drunk Schmidt pushing his very pregnant boss into a pool. Granted, she turned out fine and liked it, but with that large a belly, you can't help but cringe.
** "The Landlord
* [[The Cynic]]: Nick. {{spoiler|Turns out, he's right about the landlord. Sort of
* [[Dance Party Ending]]: The roommate chicken dance at the end of "Wedding", and all dancing to the same song in their various rooms in collective joy in the
* [[Discontinuity]]: In the pilot, Jess says the word "penis
* [[Do Not Try This At Home]]: As demonstrated in one episode, defrosting your turkey in a dryer? ''Bad idea!''▼
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Jess and Schmidt attempting to shove a very large turkey into a very small oven. Immediately lampshaded by Schmidt.
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'''Nick and Winston:''' Jar.
* [[Do-It-Yourself Theme Tune]]:
** Co-written<ref>with [[Donnie Darko|Michael]] [[Freaks and Geeks|Andrews]], show creator [[No Strings Attached|Elizabeth Meriwether]] and executive producers Dave Finkel and Brett Baer</ref> and performed by Deschanel.
** Jess creates one in-universe, as seen below in [[Pep Talk Song]].
** Schmidt also has one in universe, but it's not exactly a pep talk.
▲* [[Do Not Try This At Home]]: As demonstrated in one episode, defrosting your turkey in a dryer? ''Bad idea!''
* [[Dysfunction Junction]]: Everyone in the apartment to some extent.
* [[Erotic Dream]]: In Winston's dream, Jess had raccoon hands and was "digging through his garbage
* [[Everyone Can See It]]: Within a few months of knowing each other, Nick and Jess have got each of their significant others and Cece expressing their suspicions that the two are into each other.
* [[Extreme Doormat]]: Jess with Spencer, not just during her emotional state post-breakup but implied during their relationship too. Odd, because she's usually quite able to stand up for herself.
* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: Nick's missed the plane home for Christmas every year.
* [[Fan Service]]: Cece in "Cece Crashes
* [[Fauxreigner]]: Schmidt, in an attempt to fool the landlord.
* [[Five-Man Band]]:
** [[The Hero]] and [[The Chick]]: Jess.
** [[The Lancer]]: Cece.
** [[The Big Guy]]: Winston.
** [[The Smart Guy]]: Schmidt.
** [[The Heart]]: Nick.
* [[Formerly Fat]]: Both Jess and Schmidt.
* [[Friend to All Children]]: Winston, seemingly.
* [[Friends
* [[Funny Foreigner]]: Nadia, Cece's Russian model roommate.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Part of the reason why Julia doesn't like Jess is because she can see that she is the "mean lawyer girl" while Jess is the "nice teacher girl
* [[Go Mad
** "Is that a stop sign? Maybe
* [[Girl of the Week|Guy/Girl of the Week]]: Paul and then Russell for Jess and Julia for Nick, though technically each hung around for more than one episode.
** Chloe, and to a lesser extent Nick's many other college girls. And some of Schmidt's conquests.
▲* [[Go Mad From the Revelation]]: This is basically what happens when people find out Schmidt and Cece are sleeping together. Winston, especially.
▲** "Is that a stop sign? Maybe its a go sign. Because if somebody like you is sleeping with somebody like her, then maybe the whole damn world is upside down."
* [[Hello, Attorney!]]: Nick's girlfriend, Julia.
* [[Hello, Nurse!]]: Cece. Even Nick goes a little crazy for her.
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Winston's bell skills.
** Schmidt's cooking skills.
** Cece's dad died when she was a kid.
* [[Hollywood Nerd]]: Jess, a Type 2 example, as is Paul
* [[Hollywood Sex]]: Inverted completely by Jess and Paul. [[Cringe Comedy|It's actually a little hard to watch]].
* [[Hooker
** Jess attempted to invoke this as part of a sex fantasy. It doesn't work.
** When trying to hire a stripper for Schmidt's birthday, she asks for one with a heart of gold "and a crotch of gold, too."
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* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: Jess resolves on doing this for Nick in the finale, inspired by Schmidt's more delusional version of "''[[White Fang]]''-ing" (as he calls it) in relation to Cece.
* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: The majority of the episodes thus far have consisted of a single-word title.
* [[Inelegant Blubbering]]: Both Paul
* [[Ironic Echo]]: "Dip your toe in the pool of possibilities
* [[Its Pronounced Tropay]]: Schmidt's pronunciation of the word chutney. He pronounces it ''chuh-te-nay''. [[Running Gag|In several episodes.]]
* [[Jiggle Show]]: The girl dressed as a Native American in the pilot.
* [[Large Ham]]: Winston's strategy for getting a girl out of the apartment involves a dramatic monologue about his love affair with Nick.
* [[Laughing Mad]]: "My shoes are filled with blood!" And then she cackles insanely before having to be carried away.
* [[Like an Old Married Couple]]: Jess and Nick, especially as of "The Landlord
* [[Living Emotional Crutch]]: Nick's worried he's become this for Jess.
* [[Local Hangout]]: That unnamed bar where Nick works.
* [[Long List]]: On a date with Schmidt, Cece's Russian roommate Nadia starts rattling off things she likes about America:
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* [[Los Angeles]]: It's revealed in the Thanksgiving episode that the show is set in L.A.
* [[Man Child]]: Paul acts like this sometimes, being an elementary school teacher.
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** They're all a mess. They all try to help each other. Sometimes they actually succeed.
* [[May-December Romance]]: Jess/Russell.
* [[Metaphorgotten]]:
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* [[Modesty Bedsheet]]: Justified in one memorable case when Cece wrapped up in Schmidt's blankets before walking out into a living room full of his roommates. Of course, why she didn't just put on her own clothes, or even his, before wandering around in front of his friends is another question.
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: When doing Nick the favor of pretending to be his girlfriend to make his ex jealous, Jess adopts a ditzy personality that involves persistently getting the ex's name wrong.
* [[Nerd Nanny]]: They take turns. Even Jess!
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]
** It's more that
* [[Noble Male, Roguish Male]]: Nick and Schmidt. The former is emotional, unused to casual flings, and dislikes "throwing a woman out like a piece of meat;" the latter identifies that as exactly his problem and coaches him on how to be a douchebag.▼
* [[Noisy Shut Up]]: [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Poor, poor Winston]] in "Secrets".▼
* [[No Name Given]]:
** Schmidt, as that is obviously a last name and not his first.
** Coach is an example of the [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]] subtrope.
* [[No Sparks]]: In "Tomatoes", Jess breaks up with Russell when she realizes she'll never have the passion she wants with him.
▲* [[Noble Male, Roguish Male]]: Nick and Schmidt. The former is emotional, unused to casual flings, and dislikes "throwing a woman out like a piece of meat
▲* [[Noisy Shut Up]]: [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Poor, poor Winston]] in "Secrets".
* [[Not So Different]]: A big theme of the show is how however they may seem, everybody is a big weirdo on the inside. The guys are initially unsettled by Jess' quirks, but their own quirks become rapidly apparent.
** Jess and Nick have are apparently opposites in temperament, but they're both sentimental, generally cautious, instinctive caretakers, and laugh at a lot of the same things.
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** Miserable, people-hating cynic Nick and adorkable optimist Jess seem to be very close too.
* [[Once an Episode]]: In each of the first four episodes, the roommates do something embarrassing or un-manly in support of Jess: singing songs from ''[[Dirty Dancing]]'' in public, wearing her hats, dancing in slow-motion, and using the feeling stick.
** Inverted in "Bully", where Winston insulting one of her students on her behalf to the kid's parents and Nick tearfully protesting a threat to have her face disciplinary action just make Jess' situation worse.
* [[The One Guy]]: Schmidt is this at his work place. Interestingly, however, his status at his work place is typically shown using typical one-female-among-many-males workplace tropes such as co-workers dismissing his work due to being a different gender, superiors sexually harassing him, and so forth rather than shown as some sort of dream job. In addition, these situations are also subverted in that they are typically shown as the truly harmful behaviors they are in order to bring light of the [[Double Standard]] - Schmidt doesn't like being told to dress like a slutty Santa at the office holiday party, for instance, as he feels it belittles him even if it does give him a chance to socialize and network.▼
* [[One Steve Limit]]: She isn't seen, but it's averted when Cece and Jess discuss a "Jessica freaking P." they went to school with as kids.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Alternates between Winston and Nick, but usually it's Nick.
** As of "Fancyman"
** It could be argued that Nick is crazy, but is able to avoid letting get in the way of his life too much and is much better at hiding it than Schmidt or Jess. Nick can observe the madness, but doesn't necessarily take part.
▲* [[The One Guy]]: Schmidt is this at his work place. Interestingly, however, his status at his work place is typically shown using typical one-female-among-many-males workplace tropes such as co-workers dismissing his work due to being a different gender, superiors sexually harassing him, and so forth rather than shown as some sort of dream job. In addition, these situations are also subverted in that they are typically shown as the truly harmful behaviors they are in order to bring light of the [[Double Standard]] - Schmidt doesn't like being told to dress like a slutty Santa at the office holiday party, for instance, as he feels it belittles him even if it does give him a chance to socialize and network.
* [[OOC Is Serious Business]]: Jess is generally pretty gentle, so on those occasions where she does raise her voice or throw her weight around, the others are taken aback and stop offering resistance because this is obviously a big deal.
* [[Operation: Jealousy]]: Two episodes in a row, Schmidt did this to Cece.
* [[Over-the-Shoulder Carry]]: Schmidt drags Cece away from a fight with another woman this way.
* [[Pep Talk Song]]: One of Jess' quirks is her tendency to give ''herself'' songs meant to boost her own confidence.
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'''Nick:''' [[Lampshade Hanging|Wait, did you make up a theme song for yourself?]]
** "Nick Miller, Nick Miller, from the streets of Chicago..."
* [[Put
▲* [[Power Trio]]: Schmidt is the Id, Winston is the Ego, and Nick is the Superego.
▲* [[Put On a Bus]]: Due to the unexpected renewal of Damon Wayans Jr.'s series ''[[Happy Endings]]'', his character Coach was sent away after the pilot and replaced with Winston.
* [[Random Events Plot]]: A lot of the episodes are a sequence of thrown-together character scenes that don't prioritize punchlines.
* [[Rant-Inducing Slight]]: After Nick spends all day disapproving of Paul, Jess gives us this gem:
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* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: For all that they have some typically male tendencies and insecurities, the three guys have never exhibited any trouble hugging each other, telling each other or other people they love them, or crying. Schmidt in particular is also not averse to kissing his male friends (although Nick tells him multiple times to stop "Fredo-kissing" him when they think
** Winston's a nanny for awhile, and he and the kid Elvin are total buddies.
* [[Really Gets Around]]: Schmidt, and possibly Cece.
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* [[Running Gag]]:
** "Douchebag jar!"
*** Twice in "The Story of the 50", we get montages of him walking in and saying things that force him to put money in the jar. And in one case, he doesn't even have to say anything at all.
*** When
** Schmidt and an apparent love/preference for anything Asian.
* [[Sarcasm Mode]]
* [[Second Episode Introduction]]: Winston.
* [[Secret Relationship]]: Schmidt and Cece initially, at Cece's insistence. However, in "Fancyman
* [[Security Cling]]: That's how Nick and Jess deal with coyotes.
* [[Sex for Solace]]: In the pilot, Jess's new roommates decide to help her find a man to use for a rebound, for which they give her extensive coaching.
* [[Sexy Shirt Switch]]: Jess sees Caroline come out of Nick's room wearing one of his plaid shirts and explodes.
* [[Shaggy Dog Story]]: "Control". Efforts to get Schmidt to loosen up are abandoned and he's back to being the dominant force in the house. No one learns how to pick up the slack and take care of themselves in his absence, and anything Schmidt might've learned is unlearned. Also, Nick never does pay Winston back his hundreds of dollars, but Winston stops pressuring him about it.
* [[She Cleans Up Nicely]]: Schmidt and Coach's reaction when they see Jess in the [[Little Black Dress]] her friend Cece helps her pick out... a reaction which is killed soon after, when Jess breaks into a celebratory dance. This happens again in Episode 3, when Jess is wearing her "Who let the dirty slut out of the slut house?" dress, but promptly kills the reaction again when she dons a pair of false buck teeth and puts on a [[Fauxreigner|fake Cockney accent]].
* [[Shipper On Deck]]: Cece for Nick/Jess and Jess for Schmidt/Cece.▼
* [[Ship Tease]]:
** The half-dozen per episode lingering looks between Jess and Nick can't be coincidence surely.
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** "The Landlord" is made of this trope with Jess and Nick.
** Jess almost wanting to have a one night stand with Schmidt... which ends up happening between Schmidt and Cece.
** Nick and Jess, as well as Schmidt "Fredo kissing" Nick twice, in "Injury
** *Nick and Schmidt while doing an "exercise" in how to get rid of one night stands, when Jess walks in on them (shortly after finding out about Cece/Schmidt) and [[Mistaken for Gay|is understandably confused]].
* [[Shout-Out]]:
** To ''[[Dirty Dancing]]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' in the pilot.
** To ''[[Footloose]]'' in "Cece Crashes":
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** Schmidt [[The Godfather
** It appears that the [[Shout-Out]] to a movie may be a [[Once an Episode]] occurrence, as to date there has been one in virtually every episode.
* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: Even after they start hooking up and realizing she likes him, Cece treats Schmidt with a lot of impatience and snappishness. He's nicer to her, though -- unless it involves cooking. And she likes it when he gets angry.
* [[Sleep Cute]]: Nick and Jess, and Schmidt and Cece on two occasions.
* [[Songs of Solace]]: "The River" by Joni Mitchell.
* [[Status Quo Is God]]: The season finale opens on Nick about the move out of the apartment, but
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Nick, very transparently, for the first few hours after getting dumped by Julia. And in the same episode, one of Jess' students throws her relationship troubles in her face and suggests that her happiness is a mask.
* [[Stood Up]]: Happens to Jess near the end of the pilot, and becomes the basis of her bonding with her roommates when they show up to be reverse-Mormons who sing to her in public.
* [[Straight Man]]: Most of the insanity seems to happen around Nick.
* [[Super OCD]]: Possibly Schmidt, at least while he's cooking.
** Somewhat justified when he figures out that he and Nick have been using the same towel.... {{spoiler|and that Nick has NEVER washed it. And that Nick sometimes wears his underwear
*** Somewhat?! Most people would had done a lot worse than simple about to puke when hearing that disgusting factoid.
* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: Winston, for Coach. Though, perhaps because he's had a lot more time to get used to living with her, Winston's a lot more relaxed and has a much easier time talking to Jess (Coach inadvertently made her cry; in contrast, Winston comforted her when she was upset with the others).
** Lampshaded in "The Landlord" by Remy, who refers to Winston as Coach.
*** And Nick as Brad, possibly in reference to [[Happy Endings
** In universe, Jess believes that Jenn, Paul's girlfriend after her, is "Asian me" due to the two women's obvious similarities. Ultimately, she decides she was something Paul happened upon on his way to Jenn, his true love.
* [[Take That, Critics!]]: When Nick's new girlfriend Julia makes dismissive comments about Jess's "whole thing" (meaning her sweet/cute/feminine style and demeanor), Jess mounts a defense that can be clearly seen as one of these toward those who have criticized the character (and Zooey Deschanel herself) as excessively twee.
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* [[Team Mom]]:
** Schmidt, hilariously enough.
** Jess to her students, or when her friends are in trouble/being idiots. Nick remarks on her tendency to take care of everybody.
* [[That Makes Me Feel Angry]]: "This makes me hate things."▼
* [[The Tell]]: Everyone knows when Nick is hiding something.
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▲* [[That Makes Me Feel Angry]]: "This makes me hate things."
* [[Theme Tune Cameo]]: Jess has performed the show's theme song in-universe a lot. ♪ A Lot! ♪ Starting with ''the pilot''.
* [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch]]: On several occasions.
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* [[This Is Sparta]]: "SPENCER. WORE. JELLIES."
* [[This Loser Is You]]: Nick is a bartender who dropped out of law school shortly before getting his degree, who comes off as rather bitter. Winston is currently unemployed and clueless about what he wants to do.
* [[Those Two Guys]]: Jess and Winston seem to be the most likely to pair up to geek out or snark on their roommates. Or, you know, have a Sophisticated Man Dance-Off. And at one point Jess created a theme song for their hang-out time.
* [[The Three Faces of Eve]]: Jess (child), Cece (seductress), Sadie (mother).▼
* [[A Threesome Is Hot]]: Completely and irrevocably averted in "The Landlord
** [[A Threesome Is Manly]]: Also averted in the same scene. To top it off, Remy is okay with one other guy, but not two.▼
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Julia and Jess' conflict seems to be based around this.
▲* [[The Three Faces of Eve]]: Jess (child), Cece (seductress), Sadie (mother)
▲* [[A Threesome Is Hot]]: Completely and irrevocably averted in "The Landlord." It's somewhere in between [[Cringe Comedy]] and [[Nightmare Fuel]], [[Your Mileage May Vary|depending on who's watching]].
▲** [[A Threesome Is Manly]]: Also averted in the same scene. To top it off Remy is okay with one other guy, but not two.
* [[True Companions]]: As an example, two of Jess' roommates show up to her students' science fair -- Winston to help her fix a project for one student, and Nick in turn because Winston is also in the middle of baby-sitting him through a meltdown. There are also the many occasions where they all come together as a group in defense of one of them, and stuff like Jess' ease with telling all of them she loves them, or Schmidt and Nick's comfort with showing affection for each other in public.
* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: Nick and Jess, occasionally [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|belligerently so]], like when she goes home from breaking up with a boyfriend over their lack of passion and immediately gets into a fight with Nick about his horrible life decisions, but usually of the variety where they get along well.
* [[The Un-Smile]]: When Nick smiles disingenuously... he suddenly has an awful lot of teeth.
* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: Hector J, Harold & Kumar, White Castle, and most of Jess' alternative words for penis.
* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: Jess has seen male nudity so often since moving in with the guys that she doesn't even blink anymore (she used to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3E1t1rVwYc gigglescream]). In "Jess
* [[Very Special Episode]]: Episode 15 when Nick was [[Mistaken for Dying]].
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Nick and Schmidt seem to spend a lot of time yelling at each other. They're very different and probably not meant to live in close quarters.
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** Schmidt usually finds a way to employ this trope. [[Fan Service|Not that anyone's complaining.]]
** This seems to be the primary reason for Schmidt's contributions to the Douchebag Jar.
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'''Winston:''' You know, [[Once an Episode|we ask ourselves that every single day.]]
* [[We Want Our Jerk Back]]: Becomes the plot of "Control
* [[Welcome Episode]]
▲* [[We Want Our Jerk Back]]: Becomes the plot of "Control." Jess gets Schmidt to finally stop being so uptight and nitpicky and to finally relax. Unfortunately, he becomes a little ''too'' relaxed, and joins some sort of hippie commune on the beach, stops going to work, and spends the whole day playing a bongo drum. And it turns out that without Schmidt there to nag the other roommates, the apartment falls into chaos, as Winston and Nick have no idea how to shop on a budget (they are in awe at the fact that Schmidt, thanks to his finickiness and obsession with detail, is able to get the groceries with less than $100), all three of them apparently can't dress without Schmidt's fashion advice, and the apartment starts becoming dirty. At the end of the episode, they coax him back to the apartment, partially by offering him Calvin Klein slacks. By the end, he's obsessively cleaning the apartment, tells Nick "Your hair is doing that thing that I just HATE," and in general is back to his usual self...and the roomies couldn't be happier about it.
* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Horrific]]: Jess' Kermit impression scares the crap out of Cece.
* [[What Does She See in Him?]]: Seems to be ''everybody's'' opinion about any woman who dates [[Cool Loser|Schmidt]], but turned [[Up to Eleven]] when the group finds out about him and Cece.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: Schmidt is terrified of the birdcat (cat raised by birds) which lives on the roof.
** Winston is deathly afraid of the dark.
* [[Will They or Won't They?]]: Schmidt and Cece. {{spoiler|[[They Do]] in the Valentine's Day episode, but only after we're teased with the possibility of Schmidt and Jess doing it instead
* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: "You know what happens? Schmidt Happens!" Later in the same scene:
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* [[Your Cheating Heart]]: Jess returns home early in hope of surprising her live-in boyfriend with some [[Sexy Coat Flashing]], but he's cheating with another woman. This leads to her breakup and search for a new apartment.
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