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''Fightin' the system like a-two modern day Robin Hoods.''}}
An American action/comedy series running on [[CBS]] from 1979 to 1985
The series is remembered for its wild car chases, campy Southern setting, and [[Catherine Bach]]'s near-criminally short shorts, which subsequently acquired her character's name as a generic term: "daisy dukes".
As further evidence of the accelerated erosion of Hollywood's creative abilities, a theatrical [[The Film of the Series|motion picture]] version of the series was made in 2005, with a 2007 made-for-TV prequel. Two made-for-TV [[Reunion Show|reunion movies]] with the original cast were also made, in 1997 and 2000. (What's often forgotten these days is that the original series was itself a loose adaptation of a 1975 theatrical film called ''[[wikipedia:Moonrunners|Moonrunners]]'', which featured essentially the same premise and the same characters under different names... or, in the case of Uncle Jesse and Sheriff Rosco Coltrane, the ''same'' names!)
Besides adding to the desirability of 1968-69 Dodge Chargers the show is also a major contributor to their rarity, having used up over three hundred over the course of the series (reportedly
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* [[Morality Pet]]: Later in the series, the Sheriff's Office gets a K-9 unit which consists entirely of [[Ironic Name|Flash]], a Basset Hound whose main purpose is for Rosco to be a googly-eyed, sweet talking daddy to.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Bo and Luke, on ''both'' sides of the [[Fourth Wall]].
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Daisy. And a truly iconic example too - due to her, denim hot pants have been immortalized as "daisy dukes" even among people who've never watched the show.
* [[Mukokuseki]]: Parodied in [[The Movie]].
* [[Multiple Demographic Appeal]]: The show features two hunky guys as its main characters as well as a half-naked hot chick. The [[Deep South]] setting is constructed to appeals to Northerners and Southerners alike. The characters are all unapologetic about their way of life, including Confederate sympathies and illegal moonshining, but everything is taken to such cartoonish levels that Northerners can laugh at the silly rednecks. And once they realized that even kids were getting attracted to the car chase scenes, they worked themselves just a little softer to keep parents from complaining.
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* [[Who Wears Short Shorts?]]: Daisy wears short Shorts. And even today, cut-off shorts are still called "daisy dukes".
** In the TV version, she wears flesh-colored tights underneath due to TV censorship rules; in the film adaptation, where she could freely show her legs, she does just that (of course, she wouldn't have worn tights if the TV version was made today, since today bare legs would usually get away with a TV-14 rating, which happens to be commonplace on TV shows broadcast today, particularly in [[Prime Time]]).
** The tights were not so much about the bare legs as much as not wanting any accidental cheek or "camel toe" to show (Catherine Bach has noted that the shorts were so tiny and snug that she had to "go commando" to be able to squeeze into them). Ironically enough, cheeky shorts (daisy dukes that ''intentionally'' show off some cheek) are just as popular, if not moreso than the original full-booty version, so that wouldn't have been a problem whatsoever in any modern version.
* [[Written-In Absence]]: Both in Season 2. Sonny Shroyer (Enos) was missing for two episodes due to appendicitis (they gave Enos appendicitis as well) while James Best (Rosco) left for a while due to a contract dispute (so they shipped Rosco off to the academy for re-certification). Also, John Schneider was absent for an episode because he was filming a TV movie (this was before the great merchandising dispute in season five) so Bo spent a weekend with the Marine Corps.
* [[Wrongful Accusation Insurance]]: All those car chases, and the Duke Boys are never arrested for resisting arrest. Of course, by the end of the episode they usually have evidence of some sort of wrong-doing that could nail Boss Hogg, so perhaps a more literal example of this trope.
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