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⚫ | * ''[[Green Card]]'': Guy and girl have to pretend to be in a relationship so she can get her dream-condo (which is couples-only), and in return he gets the titular Green Card. Somebody suspects that they're faking it, and [[Hilarity Ensues]] as they have to keep the tangled web of lies from collapsing. Needless to say, they wind up ''actually'' falling in love. |
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==Stage Plays== |
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==Live Action TV== |
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⚫ | * In ''[[Spaced]]'', the two main characters are pretending to be in a relationship in order to rent a flat for a couple, {{spoiler|although late in the series it is revealed that "professional couple only" never was a requirement to rent the flat but a mistake from someone working at the newspaper the ad was published in.}} |
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* The [[Trope Maker]] is ''[[Three's Company]]''. Its reputation as being a fountain for [[Idiot Plot|Idiot Plots]] is largely based on the only part of the show anyone remembers -- that Jack has to pretend to be gay so the landlord doesn't realize the apartment is a den of sin. You'd think Janet and Chrissy would just avert this entire conflict by getting a female roommate, but it would seem that Jack's cooking really is that good. |
* The [[Trope Maker]] is ''[[Three's Company]]''. Its reputation as being a fountain for [[Idiot Plot|Idiot Plots]] is largely based on the only part of the show anyone remembers -- that Jack has to pretend to be gay so the landlord doesn't realize the apartment is a den of sin. You'd think Janet and Chrissy would just avert this entire conflict by getting a female roommate, but it would seem that Jack's cooking really is that good. |
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* Parodied in ''[[The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police|Sam and Max Freelance Police]]'' Season 1, where the heroes are forced to audition for "Midtown Cowboys", a show where the titular cowboys must hide their herd (of one cow) from a landlord who constantly suspects that they're hiding a cow in their apartment. Featherly's [[Tagline]] is the page quote. |
* Parodied in ''[[The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police|Sam and Max Freelance Police]]'' Season 1, where the heroes are forced to audition for "Midtown Cowboys", a show where the titular cowboys must hide their herd (of one cow) from a landlord who constantly suspects that they're hiding a cow in their apartment. Featherly's [[Tagline]] is the page quote. |
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** The [[Tagline]] of the sitcom itself deserves recognition, both for being an [[Expository Theme Tune]] and stupidly catchy. You wouldn't think the single line "They're probably hiding a cow!" could even be MADE into an [[Ear Worm]], but the evidence suggests otherwise. |
** The [[Tagline]] of the sitcom itself deserves recognition, both for being an [[Expository Theme Tune]] and stupidly catchy. You wouldn't think the single line "They're probably hiding a cow!" could even be MADE into an [[Ear Worm]], but the evidence suggests otherwise. |
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* Parodied in a strip of ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' with "[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/11/8/ That's So Locust]", a show about a ''[[Gears of War]]'' alien that must pretend to be a human woman for the purposes of this trope. |
* Parodied in a strip of ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' with "[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/11/8/ That's So Locust]", a show about a ''[[Gears of War]]'' alien that must pretend to be a human woman for the purposes of this trope. |
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* On one ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short, Tweety and Sylvester are being hidden by their respective owners in a hotel that doesn't allow pets. At the end, the manager asks all tenants to get rid of any animals in the premises... and is trampled by a whole zoo's worth. |
* On one ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short, Tweety and Sylvester are being hidden by their respective owners in a hotel that doesn't allow pets. At the end, the manager asks all tenants to get rid of any animals in the premises... and is trampled by a whole zoo's worth. |
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* On ''[[The Roman Holidays]]'', Mr. Evictus was determined to prove that Gus Holiday had a lion in his family's apartment. |
* On ''[[The Roman Holidays]]'', Mr. Evictus was determined to prove that Gus Holiday had a lion in his family's apartment. |
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