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=== This show contains examples of the following tropes: ===
* [[Blondes Are Evil]]: Subverted. The initial impression from the pilot and from what Deb!Jane says is that she'd pretty much brush off Jane in her past life. From what we meet of her past friends, they're also fairly shallow and not exactly great people. The subversion is that Stacy, her closest friend, is entirely sweet and well meaning. And it's brought up in one episode that Jane (a brunette) pre-Debization was fairly distant and reclusive, going as far as buying off her mother versus Deb being incredibly close to her parents.▼
** Played straight in second season: Kim dyed her hair platinum blonde.▼
* [[Betty and Veronica]]: Jane and Vanessa halfway through Season 2. Shown in a dream sequence in Episode 12.
* [[Big Beautiful Woman]]: Jane, though she doesn't always see herself this way, especially in Season 1.
▲* [[Blondes Are Evil]]: Subverted. The initial impression from the pilot and from what Deb!Jane says is that she'd pretty much brush off Jane in her past life. From what we meet of her past friends, they're also fairly shallow and not exactly great people. The subversion is that Stacy, her closest friend, is entirely sweet and well meaning. And it's brought up in one episode that Jane (a brunette) pre-Debization was fairly distant and reclusive, going as far as buying off her mother versus Deb being incredibly close to her parents.
▲** Played straight in second season: Kim dyed her hair platinum blonde.
* [[Brainless Beauty]]: Deb was one, and Stacy can fall under it, though both have started picking up lawyer terms due to Jane's brains.
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Even literally.]]
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** It becomes much more subverted in the second season where Stacy starts to get a lot more savvy and smart, even using her image as a dumb blonde to her advantage.
** Also, the more Deb learns and experiences Jane's life and hears about Jane's life before Debbization, the more the viewers start to see how Deb as an outside observer makes rather insightful observations on her life. Indeed, there are signs that ditzy but well meaning Deb may actually be making a better life for Jane than Jane ever was. {{spoiler|Such as re-connecting with Jane's absent dad and getting Jane's mom to go into therapy for bi-polar disorder.}}
* [[Flash Back]]: Used to flesh out Deb and her relationship with Grayson before her death. Also used with stories or phrases Deb told Grayson and that Jane repeats; this confuses Grayson immensely.▼
* [[Feigning Intelligence]]: Stacy.
▲* [[Flash Back]]: Used to flesh out Deb and her relationship with Grayson before her death. Also used with stories or phrases Deb told Grayson and that Jane repeats; this confuses Grayson immensely.
* [[Genius Ditz]]: The ditz part comes from Deb, the genius part from Jane. Though as with [[Dumb Blonde]], Deb isn't necessarily as ditzy or dumb as usual per the trope. She's just that way compared to Jane and in fact can be pretty insightful.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Fred, upon seeing Stacy, talks about how he'd like to do her groceries, shingle the roof of her house, hunt wild animals and bring her meat. Deb!Jane chastises him and tells him to keep his meat to himself.
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