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* [[Alliterative Name]]: Jimmy James, Johnny Johnson
* [[Almighty Janitor]]: Joe is a world class engineer, which is played entirely for laughs. He makes all of his own equipment (even duct tape) and can read binary code.
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'''Joe:''' I made it.
'''Catherine:''' I mean, where'd you get the parts?
'''Joe:''' I made em! }}
* [[April Fool's Plot]]: "The Song Remains the Same" has Jimmy pulling April Fools' pranks on the staff...''in February''.
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* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Jimmy's nemesis Johnny Johnson.
* [[Crazy Prepared]]: Bill, in "Presence", always has his contract in an inside pocket of his suit, just in case.
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'''Bill:''' At a time like this it doesn't seem so crazy, does it? }}
** While in his radio booth, Bill has a pre-recorded sound effect for any occasion.
** Also, in the episode "Security Door", Dave gets fed-up with everyone not following proper security door protocol. Calling a staff meeting, he has an easel and a huge pad of paper with drawings of what to do and not to do while he gives his speech, covering fires, thieving burglars, propping open the door, earthquakes (even explaining that they mainly happen in the 'ring of fire' in the pacific rim) and... ''Matthew's'' questions. They fit EXACTLY what he is saying, and even predicts what the staff will ask him. To wit:
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'''Matthew:''' Yeah, I have a very serious question.
'''Dave:''' Of course, Matthew. [Flips paper over, revealing a picture of a man riding a flying ''Unicorn''.] In the event that a ''wizard'' casts a spell on us... }}
* [[Cross Referenced Titles]]: Bored with coming up with titles for their episodes, the writers resorted at one point to naming all the episodes after [[Led Zeppelin]] albums. See also [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]].
** "Catherine Moves On" in Season Four and "Bill Moves On" in Season Five.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Jimmy James is deceptively spry. When an ex-employee denounces him on-air, James dives across Dave's desk to hit the kill-switch button (done off-screen).
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'''Jimmy:''' I save energy [[Crazy Prepared|for times like this]]. }}
* [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: In universe example, possibly. Mr. James justifies his decision to keep the station in exchange for Beth's $200 by saying that million dollar business deals happen every day, but getting a secretary to volunteer to brown bag her lunch for a month? Now that's something you write home about. It's up for interpretation how much this was really true, or if it was just enough for him to justify keeping the station (Which he really wanted to do all along).
* [[Curse Cut Short]]: From "The Trainer".
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'''Catherine:''' Shut up.
'''Matthew:''' No, seriously! Say something in African.
'''Catherine:''' Shut the f- (''show cuts to the next scene'') }}
** Also happens in "Kids" when the teacher that Jimmy's dating insists he set a good example for a student to whom she's trying to teach good manners.
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'''Jimmy:''' Oh. What the hell.
'''Teacher:''' And don't say "hell".
'''Jimmy:''' Damn.
'''Teacher:''' And don't say "damn".
'''Jimmy:''' All right, but what the f- (''show cuts to the next scene'') }}
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Dave
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* [["Friend or Idol?" Decision]]: Not quite a straight example, as Mr. James is already a billionaire, but when an excellent offer for the new station is made (It's at least ten times what Dave thought was a fair price), James is caught between how much he enjoys the station and it's people, and his business principles.
* [[A God Am I]]: Played for laughs. Mr. James bets Bill in a poker game with another radio station. Bill pulls out his contract and says there is no way he has the right to do that. Mr. James then tells him to check the extraordinary circumstances section, saying that the contract does not cover instances of sudden illness, acts of God, etc. Again, Bill protests. Mr. James finally tells him to read his Act of God clause.
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* [[Gratuitous English]]: Mr. James' book {{spoiler|Macho Business Donkey Wrestler}}
* [[The Great Whodini]]: Dave was both the great Throwgalli and the Great Ventriloquodini.
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* [[Indulgent Fantasy Segue]]
* [[In Space]]: The episode "Space" is explictly introduced as "[[News Radio]] IN SPACE!"
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* [[I Take Offense to That Last One]]: In "Mistake", Dave in a magazine interview refers to Joe as "a so-called electrician who knows more about imaginary flying saucer technology than he does about a simple light switch". Joe is far less offended by the personal insult than by Dave referring to alien technology as "imaginary".
* [[I Want You to Meet An Old Friend of Mine]]: In "Stupid Holiday Charity Talent Show", Dave's knife-throwing nemesis Throwdini is played by Dave Foley's former ''[[Kids in The Hall]]'' colleague Kevin McDonald. And in "Goofy Ball", Bill's stalker is played by Phil Hartman's former ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' colleague Dennis Miller. Hartman was replaced by Jon Lovitz who was another former SNL acquaintace and who had interacted with Hartman playing guest spots on early shows of the series.
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* [[The Main Characters Do Everything]]: WNYX is supposed to be a busy New York City radio station, but the eight main characters seem to do every job. The electrician sits in on story meetings and sometimes goes on the air. The show originally had [[Ghost Extras]] in the background to suggest that there were other employees, but eventually gave up on that.
** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] and [[Handwaved]] in "Kids", when Dave calls Joe, Matthew, and Bill into his office to make them confess which one of them has been leaving porn magazines in the break room.
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'''Joe:''' Dave, did you ever stop to consider it might be one of the 15 or 20 other guys who work at this station?
'''Bill:''' Joe's right. How come every time there's a problem, you assume that it's one of us? What about them? What if it was... that guy whose name I don't know? Or the guy who sits by him? Or-
'''Dave:''' Because ''somebody'' gave those people the impression they're not allowed ''in'' the break room.
'''Bill:''' Well, Dave, I consider that room to be a private sanctuary where I can escape from all those horrid little people whose names I don't know! }}
* [[Magic Feather]]: An interesting variation: When Matthew becomes smart enough to realize the drug he took was a placebo, the effect immediately wears off and he becomes a spaz again.
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* [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]: After Hartman was murdered, his character Bill was made to suffer a fatal heart attack.
* [[Recursive Translation]]: Mr. James' biography sold so well in Japan, he had it translated ''back'' into English ''from'' the Japanese. The result? "Jimmy James, Capitalist Lion Tamer" became "Jimmy James, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler":
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''(later)''
...Glorious sunset of my heart was fading. Soon the super karate monkey death car would park in my space. But Jimmy has fancy plans... and pants to match. The monkey clown horrible karate round and yummy like cute small baby chick would beat the donkey. }}
* [[Repetitive Name]]: James James: the man so nice, they named him twice.
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* [[Suck E. Cheese's]]: Dave and Bill take Matthew to one in "The Secret of Management".
* [[Surrounded by Idiots]]: Dave being the sane man has this reaction a lot. Nicely summed up in "Lucky Burger":
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* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: Max Louis for Bill McNeal.
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* [[Team Mom]]: Dave, oddly enough.
* [[That's What She Said]]: in "Led Zeppelin" when the rest don't know Dave and Lisa have broken up
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'''Lisa''': Give it to me, Dave. I'll take it.
'''Joe''': That's not the first time Dave's heard Lisa say that.
'''Dave''': Give it a rest.
'''Bill''': I'll bet that's not the first time Lisa's heard Dave say that.
'''Lisa''': Look you really don't want to get into this.
'''Catherine''': I bet Dave's never heard that one before.
'''Dave''': Seriously, this is a very sensitive area.
'''Beth''': That's what she said.
'''Lisa''': Okay, I'm telling them.
'''Bill''': And I'll bet that's not... Actually that doesn't really work, does it? }}
* [[Totally Radical]] (parodied, ''Gazizza, my dilznoofus!'')
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