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Classic 1970s sitcom created by [[Norman Lear]], focusing on an Indiana woman and her two daughters moving to [[Indianapolis]] to begin life anew after a rocky divorce, and the trials they face adjusting to their new life. Oh, and their [[Casanova Wannabe]] super named Schneider joins in the wacky adventures.
In 2017, [[Netflix]] began broadcasting a Lear-helmed [[Continuity Reboot]] set in the current day, also entitled ''[[One Day at a Time (2017 series)|One Day at a Time]]''.
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* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: Schneider, for Ann.
* [[Acting for Two]]: In a 1983 episode, Pat Harrington played not only Schneider, but also Italian immigrant Guido Panzini, a character he had created for ''[[The Tonight Show|The Jack Paar Show]]'' some thirty years earlier, and [[Intercontinuity Crossover|who also appeared in episodes]] of ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'' and ''[[McHale's Navy]]''.
* [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents]]: Ann's mother.
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]:
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* [[The Bus Came Back]]: Julie, after Mackenzie Phillips' well-documented drug problem and subsequent rehabilitation. Then she got put back on the bus when it didn't take.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Schneider's "Please always remember and don't ever forget..." (or sometimes the other way around) followed by some mangled aphorism or observation.
** Ann's frequent [[Big OMG|"Oh. My. God."]]
* [[Contractual Purity]]: As Valerie Bertinelli put it in the [[Reunion Show]], "I had the pressure of being a virgin."▼
* [[Christmas Episode]]: A regular feature, including among others the episode mentioned in ''Snowed In'', below.
▲* [[Contractual Purity]]: As [[Valerie Bertinelli]] put it in the [[Reunion Show]], "I had the pressure of being a virgin."
* [[The Couch]]
* [[Cousin Oliver]]: Alex, who was added to the show during one of the times Mackenzie Phillips had been fired.
* [[Dawson Casting]]: Notably averted with Valerie Bertinelli and Mackenzie Phillips, who were almost exactly the same ages as their characters.
* [[Delusions of Eloquence]]: Schneider and his "words of wisdom", preceded by his [[Catch Phrase]].
* [[Disguised in Drag]]: Schneider in one Christmas episode, although it's not really intended as that much of a disguise (and of course he kept the mustache).▼
* [[Double Entendre]]: Schneider kept trying to make them...
* [[Drop-In Character]]: Schneider.
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* [[Heartbreak and Ice Cream]]: At least one sequence with Ann and Barbara working their way through a coffee table covered with pint containers of ice cream.
* [[Hey, Let's Put on a Show]]: The first time it was to save their building; later it continued happening for murkier reasons. And as the cast kept gaining singers and dancers, the shows got more elaborate.
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* [[Indianapolis]]: Setting of the show and seen in the opening credits, but very little of it actually appeared in the episodes themselves.
* [[Intercontinuity Crossover]]: See ''Acting for Two'', above -- Pat Harrington's alternate character Guido Panzini, who also had also made appearances in ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'' and ''[[McHale's Navy]]''.
* [[Landlord]]: Although Schneider was technically only the building superintendent, we never heard about ''anyone'' else involved in the building's management.
* [[Mad Libs Catchphrase]]: Schneider -- see ''Catch Phrase'', above.
* [[Older Than They Look]]: Valerie Bertinelli. She and Mackenzie Phillips are the same age; she was cast as the younger sister because she ''looked'' younger.
* [[Off-Screen Breakup]]: So very averted with Ann and David.
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* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Barbara, in the first few seasons, had long, straight hair reaching down to her waist.
* [[Reunion Show]]: In February 2005.
* [[The Rival]]: Francine Webster, initially, for Ann. Eventually they become business partners, and seem to grow to something close to [[Vitriolic Best Buds]].
* [[Role-Ending Misdemeanor]]: Mackenzie Phillips' drug problems.
* [[The Runaway]]: Julie in one episode.
* [[Seventies Hair]]: Fading into early [[Eighties Hair]].
* [[Snowed In]]: One [[Christmas Episode]] has Ann and the girls getting snowed in at a mountain cabin with no heat.
* [[Thigh-High Boots]]: An early episode had Barbara, during a try at being a "bad girl", rocking a pair of these with tight jeans. Oddly, when she reached college age, her usual look involved a nice dress and knee-high suede boots.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: At the show's start, Barbara was the tomboy jockette (the original opening credits show her in gym clothes bouncing a basketball in the apartment), and Julie was the boy-crazy one. They slowly swapped places over the course of the show's run -- helped, no doubt, by the change in focus when Phillips was fired.
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