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It was [[Un Cancelled]] 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]]''.

It generated the unsuccessful [[Spin-Off]] ''[[Time of Your Life]]''.

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=== Tropes used by the series: ===

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* [[Fail Polish]]: Sarah was initially shown as a little mousy and awkward but eventually shown as attractive and fashionable.

* [[Fake Brit]]: Alison the gay English girl is played by Aussie Poppy Montgomery.

* [[~~Finagles~~ Law]]: Everything that can possibly go wrong does. And hilarity ''doesn't'' ensue.

* [[Finagle's Law]]: Everything that can possibly go wrong does. And hilarity ''doesn't'' ensue.

* [[Five Man Band]]: [[The Hero]]: Charlie

* [[Five-Man Band]]: [[The Hero]]: Charlie

** [[The Lancer]]: Bailey

** [[The Chick]]: Julia

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* [[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.

* [[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) {{spoiler|unplanned pregnancy and miscarriage}}, Griffin (started while still seeing Justin) {{spoiler|failed marriage among a lot of other things}}, Ned (stolen from Maggie) {{spoiler|he ends up hitting her}}.

* [[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) {{spoiler|unplanned pregnancy and miscarriage}}, Griffin (started while still seeing Justin) {{spoiler|failed marriage among a lot of other things}}, Ned (stolen from Maggie) {{spoiler|he ends up hitting her}}.

* [[Lovable Jock]]: Will.

* [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]]: Nina in season 1 and Alexa in season 6

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** 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 season 5, promptly vanishes after the Halloween episode so that the Julia and Ned storyline can progress. No explanation is given.

* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]?: Josh, a guy Julia had a flirting thing going on with at the start of season 5, promptly vanishes after the Halloween episode so that the Julia and Ned storyline can progress. No explanation is given.

* [[What If]]: The show's 133th episode shows an alternate reality where the parents never died.