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{{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'''}}

 

 

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.

* [[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.

* [[Actor Allusion]]:

** Jess would know a lot about ''[[Bridge to Terabithia]]'' making kids cry.

* [[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].

* [[Formerly Fat]]: Both Jess and Schmidt.

* [[Friend to All Children]]: Winston, seemingly.

* [[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."

* [[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]].

** 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."

* [[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:

* [[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.

** "Nick Miller, Nick Miller, from the streets of Chicago..."

* [[Power Trio]]: Schmidt is the Id, Winston is the Ego, and Nick is the Superego.

* [[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:

* [[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]].

* [[Ship Tease]]:

** The half-dozen per episode lingering looks between Jess and Nick can't be coincidence surely.

** To ''[[Footloose]]'' in "Cece Crashes":

{{quote| '''Nick:''' I don't dance. I'm from the town in ''[[Footloose]]''.}}

** 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.

* [[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.

** 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.