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{{quote|'''Bob:''' Well, I was an innkeeper in this crazy little town in Vermont! [[Lampshade Hanging|Nothing made sense in this place.]] I mean, the maid was an heiress. Her husband talked in alliteration. The handyman kept missing the point of things. And then there were these three woodsmen, but only one of them talked!<br />
'''Emily:''' That settles it. [[Acid Reflux Nightmare|No more Japanese food before you go to bed.]]
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* [[Arcadia]]
* [[As Himself]]: [[The Tonight Show|Johnny Carson]], [[The Carol Burnett Show|Tim Conway]], Edwin Newman.
* [[Away in a Manger]]: Used in the
* [[Big "Shut Up!"]]: The Darryls to their wives in the finale (also their only line in the entire series; see [[The Voiceless]], below).
* [[Breakout Character|Breakout Characters]]: Larry, Darryl, and Darryl, to the point where their first appearance in a given episode would provoke a near-[[Happy Days|Fonzie]]-like reaction from the [[Studio Audience]].
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* [[Eccentric Townsfolk]]: The show runs on this trope.
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: Larry Darryl and Darryl's first business - "Anything For a Buck". They'll do anything for a buck. If its something cool like digging up an old <s> witch</s> woman's body from the cellar, they might even pay YOU the buck.
* [[Grand Finale]]: "The Last Newhart
** They went to great pains to make sure that the studio audience didn't see the [[Rebuilt Set|bedroom set]] until they had started filming.
* [[Halloween Episode]]: "Take Me to Your Loudon".
* [[Hollywood New England]]
* [[Instrumental Theme Tune]]: Composed by [[Henry Mancini]].
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* [[Logo Joke]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz8ewq8mxRI "Meow."]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A27GG9ApBiM "QUIET!!"]
* [[Mad Magazine]]: ''Not So New-Heart''.
* [[Missing the Good Stuff]]
* [[Mistaken for Dying]]: Subversion.
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* [[Mr. Fixit]]: George.
* [[Newhart Phonecall]]: [[Trope Namer]]. A common gag on the show.
** Interestingly in one episode, Dick has a phone conversation with one of the Darryls before it was established that they never spoke, even off screen.
* [[One Steve Limit]]: Averted ''hard'' with Larry's brothers.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Dick.
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* [[Rich Bitch]]: Stephanie, with a little [[Servile Snarker]] thrown in.
* [[Running Gag]]: "Hi, I'm Larry. This is my brother Darryl. And this is my other brother Darryl."
* [[Show Within a Show]]:
* [[The Smart Guy]]: Dick, somewhat.
* [[Strange Syntax Speaker]]: Michael Harris speaks in alliteration.
* [[Stylistic Suck]]: Michael develops a truly awful sitcom called
* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: Stephanie, for Leslie.
** Or inverted, depending on how you look at it. Stephanie and Leslie were not very alike, as Leslie was too bland to even exist as a sitcom character and Stephanie was actually funny.
* [[Sweater Girl]]: Joanna. Lampshaded in the [[All Just a Dream]] finale noted above, when Bob says to his "real" wife Emily, "You know, you really should wear more sweaters."
* [[Telethon]]: In one episode, Michael convinces Dick into hosting a 72 hour telethon for the station
* [[Time Skip]]
* [[Twist Ending]]: Parodied, in one of the all-time great TV moments.
* [[The Voiceless]]: Larry's brothers Darryl and Darryl, at least until the [[Suddenly Voiced|grand finale]].
* [[Work Com]]: With the twist that the Loudons' place of business also happened to be their home.
** Once Dick started hosting
* [[Ye Goode Olde Days]]: Dick is a great history buff and bought the Inn for nostalgia's sake. The Inn is a very tastefully done building with antiques and paintings on display.
* [[You Look Familiar]]: Thomas Hill (Chester) and Julia Duffy (Stephanie) had played father and daughter in the short lived 1983 CBS show ''[[Wizards and Warriors]]''.
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