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* [[Drop-In Character]]: Larry and the Darryls.
* [[Eccentric Townsfolk]]: The show runs on this trope.
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: Larry Darryl and Darryl's first business - "Anything For a Buck". They'll do anything for a buck. If
* [[Grand Finale]]: "The Last Newhart", one of the most memorable sitcom finales among fans and critics, where we learn that the entire scenario of a [[Only Sane Man|mild-mannered, humble and genial innkeeper and TV show host driven to the brink of a nervous breakdown]] by [[Cloudcuckoolander|crazy, loony caricatures of the town's residents]] was but a nightmare of Dr. Robert Hartley (of ''[[The Bob Newhart Show]]''). The plot of this final show magnifies what the show had been doing progressively over its eight years: A Japanese tycoon buys the (unnamed) town where the Stratford Inn (which protagonists Dick and Joanna Loudon owned) was located, and after a farewell party (with Dick pretty much saying "good
** They went to great pains to make sure that the studio audience didn't see the [[Rebuilt Set|bedroom set]] until they had started filming.
* [[Halloween Episode]]: "Take Me to Your Loudon".
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** Or inverted, depending on how you look at it. Stephanie and Leslie were not very alike, as Leslie was too bland to even exist as a sitcom character and Stephanie was actually funny.
* [[Sweater Girl]]: Joanna. Lampshaded in the [[All Just a Dream]] finale noted above, when Bob says to his "real" wife Emily, "You know, you really should wear more sweaters."
* [[Telethon]]: In one episode, Michael convinces Dick into hosting a 72
* [[Time Skip]]/[[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]/[[Distant Finale]]: Employed, subverted, and inverted in the final episode.
* [[Twist Ending]]: Parodied, in one of the all-time great TV moments.
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** Once Dick started hosting ''Vermont Today'', much of the show took place behind the scenes at the TV station.
* [[Ye Goode Olde Days]]: Dick is a great history buff and bought the Inn for nostalgia's sake. The Inn is a very tastefully done building with antiques and paintings on display.
* [[You Look Familiar]]: Thomas Hill (Chester) and Julia Duffy (Stephanie) had played father and daughter in the short
** In the finale, Dr. Hartley fails to notice that his best friend in college is his handyman.
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