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* [[Canada, Eh?]]

* [[The Cassandra]]: Dave is a terrific news director. He's tough, has foresight, good instincts and a lot of common sense, and is a BS detector. Despite this, nobody at the office ever believes his warnings and his authority is roundly dismissed, as much of the staff see him as just a [[Stop Having Fun Guy|killjoy]].

** It's highly debatable of course, but this could be considered a fitting reaction if the [[Hidden Depths]] displayed in "Bitch Session" are taken into account: The entire staff mocks Dave behind his back and turn on him completely when they find out he was spying on them. But when Jimmy tells the staff he'll make it right by firing Dave, they all abandon their grievances and stand up for him. Joe explains that in-fighting doesn't mean anything by comparing it to something insanely violent his brother did to him, saying, "It doesn't mean he didn't love me." When being called out for showing compassion and sincerity, Bill himself says, "Those dimensions are there, they're just unexplored."

* [[Christmas Episode]]

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Most of the cast. But especially Matthew.

* [[Conspiracy Theorist]]: Joe, full stop.

* [[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.

'''Matthew:''' Yeah, I have a very serious question.<br />

'''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... }}

** "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).

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: In "The Real Deal", Bill and Lisa try desperately to get Jerry Seinfeld to appear on their show so it won't get cancelled... which bears a suspicious resemblance to the real life situation that ''[[News Radio]]'' was in at the time.

* [[Dream Sequence]]: "Daydream"

* [[Eccentric Millionaire]]: Bllionaire, actually: Mr. James

* [[Embarrassing First Name]]: Evelyn William McNeal

* [[Kawaisa]]: Dave is an in-universe example of [[Moe|cuteness]], much to his frustration and chagrin. He's rarely taken seriously as an authority figure because of his [[Naive Newcomer|inexperience]], [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness|idealism]] and [[Fun Size|boyishness]] -- the others largely agree that he looks like a fourteen-year-old in a business suit. A child visiting the station once calls him "the little boy in the blue suit".

** In episode 57, Dave tries to fool Andrea's polygraph test to make her think he's got a criminal record, but the test reveals he's never even thought about shoplifting, and Andrea calls him the cutest thing. He snaps back, "I am '''not''' the cutest thing!" and the polygraph goes off. Jimmy enters as Dave storms out, then Jimmy says to Andrea, "Ain't he the cutest thing?"

* [[Knife-Throwing Act]]: Dave Nelson was once a knifethrower named The Great Throwgalli.

* [[Lampshaded Double Entendre]]: Oysters...

* [[Lampshade Hanging]]

* [[Large Ham]]: Oh dear god, Bill.

* [[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.

* [[Plucky Office Girl]]: Matthew Brock, played by Andy Dick. A very, very, ''very'' rare male example.

* [[Popular Saying, But...]]: When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, and then throw it in the face of the person who gave you the lemons until they give you the oranges you originally asked for.

** [[The Bus Came Back]]: Khandi Alexander returned for "Bill Moves On", the Phil Hartman tribute episode.

* [[The Rashomon]]: "Catherine Moves On"

...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.

* [[Risky Business Dance]]: Jimmy James does it at Dave's parent's house, where he is hiding from the police.

* [[Running Gag]]: Whenever Joe's last name is mentioned, someone (usually Bill) looks perplexed and says "Your last name is Garrelli?"

** The phrase "Super Karate Monkey Death Car" comes up a few times in different contexts.

* [[Sassy Secretary]]: Beth

** Network head Warren Littlefield actually ''admits this was a mistake'' on a DVD commentary.

* [[Secret Relationship]]: Dave and Lisa

* [[Strange Minds Think Alike]]: ''Bitchcakes''

* [[Suck E. Cheese's]]: Dave and Bill take Matthew to one in "The Secret of Management".

{{quote| "I want you to look around. Here we have Lisa, who today very nearly gave up a career in journalism for a life in the fast food industry. Over here we have Beth, who dresses like a barmaid from ''[[Blade Runner]]''. Mr. James, a millionaire who has spent the entire day eating food he knows for a fact to be spoiled. Joe, who has earned upwards of eleven dollars working as an amateur surveillance expert - albeit half of that is Monopoly money." ''(Matthew peeks out from behind his desk)'' "And of course, Matthew, who appears to have taken the surveillance into his own hands."}}