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''[[Party of Five]]'' is a [[Teen Drama]] that aired on [[
The main plot focuses on the five kids of the Salinger family who have been orphaned after their parents are killed in a car accident. Charlie, an irresponsible 24-year-old worker of odd jobs has to step up and be the new man of the house. The second oldest is Bailey, a 16-year-old responsible team mom (at least for the first few seasons), despite not being the oldest. 15-year old [[Neve Campbell|Julia]] is sensitive, and 11-year-old [[Lacey Chabert|Claudia]] is a child prodigy. The fifth is Owen, barely a year old. The siblings all have to take over the restaurant. During the series, they deal with issues like alcoholism, cancer, abuse, and death.
It was [[Uncancelled]] after having a poor run with audiences and a favorable reception with critics the first season due to a small pool of loyal fans protesting cancellation.
It generated the unsuccessful [[Spin-Off]] ''[[Time of Your Life (television)|Time of Your Life]]''.
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* [[A-Cup Angst]]: Claudia, an episode even involved her buying a special padded bra for this very reason.
* [[The Alcoholic]]: Bailey.
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Played straight with Julia and Griffin.
* [[Back for the Dead]]: Julia's friend Libby makes two appearances in
* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]: Claudia (brown), Julia (black) and Kirsten (blonde) fill these roles. Sarah also counts. There's also an episode in which three different women ask Charlie out for a date and they all meet up at his house. One is a blonde, one a brunette and the other a redhead.
* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]: Ned.
* [[Bottle Fairy]]: Bailey seems to have a thing for these girls. His
* [[Brainy Brunette]]: Julia and Sarah.
* [[Brother Chuck]]: Nina, Julia's BFF from the first season makes one appearance in season 2 and is never seen again and is only mentioned a few times offscreen before disappearing completely in season 3.▼
* [[Breakout Character]]: Sarah Reeves, Jennifer Love Hewitt's character. Enough so that she got her own spinoff.
* [[Brick Joke]]: The episode before Charlie and Kirsten were to be married in Season 2, Claudia rented what she thought was [[An Affair to Remember]] for her and Kirsten, but it turned out they had been given a porn movie by mistake. Near the end of the episode, at Charlie's bachelor party, we see the guys are watching that copy of [[An Affair to Remember]].
▲* [[Brother Chuck]]: Nina, Julia's BFF from the first season makes one appearance in
* [[Cerebus Callback]]: The Halloween Episode has a funny opening of Sarah trying to convince Bailey to buy a pair of Snow White and Prince Charming costumes.
* [[Child Prodigy]]: Claudia.
* [[Coming Out Story]]: Claudia tries to set her violin teacher Ross up with a waitress at the restaurant but he reveals he is gay. Claudia gets over the shock however.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: Justin makes a couple of appearances after his and Julia's breakup. Also the mother's old co-worker Avery from
* [[Convenient Miscarriage]]: Julia's.
* [[Drunk Driver]]
* [[Dysfunction Junction]]: The whole Salinger family.
* [[Fail Polish]]: Sarah was initially shown as a little mousy and awkward but eventually shown as attractive and fashionable.
* [[Finagle's Law]]: Everything that can possibly go wrong does. And hilarity ''doesn't'' ensue.
* [[Five-Man Band]]: [[The Hero]]: Charlie.
** [[The Lancer]]: Bailey.
** [[The Chick]]: Julia.
** [[The Heart]]: Claudia.
** [[Tagalong Kid]]: Owen.
* [[Good Girls Avoid Abortion]]: Subverted with Julia, who intends to get an abortion but ends up having a [[Convenient Miscarriage|miscarriage]]
* [[Halloween Episode]]: In the third season.
* [[Head-Tiltingly Kinky]]: Kirsten's reaction to the porn tape Claudia accidentally rents for her. See [[Brick Joke]] above.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Bailey and Will.
* [[Important Haircut]]: After recovering from cancer, Charlie decides to get blond highlights.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Charlie and Bailey, though in Bailey's case the Jerk part usually cancels out the Heart of Gold part.
* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: Coupled with a bit of [[Fridge Brilliance]]. Julia has a habit of stealing other people's boyfriends or entering relationships through cheating. Guess how they all turned out? Justin (stolen from Libby)
* [[Lovable Jock]]: Will.
▲* [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]]: Nina in season 1 and Alexa in season 6
* [[My Fist Forgives You]]: Will when he finds out Bailey wants to get back with Sarah.
* [[Once a Season]]: After both leaving the main cast after
▲* [[Once a Season]]: After both leaving the main cast after season 2, Justin and Will each appear in at least one episode (sometimes more) the following seasons.
* [[Promotion to Parent]]
* [[Put on a Bus]]: Sarah in
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: The mother Diana is said to have had long hair down her back which her husband wouldn't let her cut.
* [[Real Song Theme Tune]]: "Closer to Free" by the [[Bo Deans]].
* [[Relationship Upgrade]]: Julia and Justin.
* [[She's All Grown Up]]: Compare Claudia
* [[Shout-Out]]: The name of the Salinger family is a shout out to the author of ''[[The Catcher in The Rye]]'' J.D. Salinger.
** In one episode, Bailey and Julia are arguing about who gets to move into a spare bedroom, and Justin and Sarah are reminded of an episode of [[The Brady Bunch]].
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* [[Title Drop]]: Joe says it at the end of the first episode when the kids sit down for dinner at Salingers.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Claudia is the tomboy and Julia is the girly girl. Changes once Claudia becomes a teenager.
* [[Very Special Episode]]: Though the show was a drama there were two that could qualify, since the show's opening credits weren't shown in either. The first was a
* [[Walk On the Wild Side Episode]]:
** In the third episode, straight-A student and bookworm Julia convinces her friend to start going to parties during the week. The friend eventually has enough and [[Brother Chuck|disappears from the show]] but Julia keeps on with this new lifestyle and her grades start slipping. Her brothers try to convince her to go back to her goodie-two-shoes persona but she eventually finds a balance.
** Pops up as a joke in the second season where Charlie tells Kirsten she's a lot like her mother, prompting her to fret that she doesn't always make plans.
{{quote|'''Kirsten:''' You know what, I was supposed to call the man about the invitations today. And you know what? I didn't. (''claps hands'') What the hell!
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]?: Josh, a guy Julia had a flirting thing going on with at the start of
* [[What If]]: The show's 133th episode shows an alternate reality where the parents never died.
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