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* [[Fan Service]]: The first season was made at the height of the [[Jiggle Show|"Jiggle TV"]] era codified by then NBC president and CEO Fred Silverman during his previous tenure as president of ABC Entertainment, so the older girls ran around in skimpy shorts for large portions of every episode. When new producers Linda Marsh and Margie Peters arrived to do the second season [[Retool]], they insisted on less exploitative wardrobes.
* [[Fan Service]]: The first season was made at the height of the [[Jiggle Show|"Jiggle TV"]] era codified by then NBC president and CEO Fred Silverman during his previous tenure as president of ABC Entertainment, so the older girls ran around in skimpy shorts for large portions of every episode. When new producers Linda Marsh and Margie Peters arrived to do the second season [[Retool]], they insisted on less exploitative wardrobes.
* [[Fat Girl]]: Natalie, the "happy Magic Marker."
* [[Fat Girl]]: Natalie, the "happy Magic Marker."
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* [[French Jerk]]: Chef Antoine from the ''Facts of Life Goes to Paris'' special; he makes a return appearance with his jerky family the following season.
* [[Four-Girl Ensemble]]: Of course.
* [[Four-Girl Ensemble]]: Of course.
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* [[French Jerk]]: Chef Antoine from the ''Facts of Life Goes to Paris'' special; he makes a return appearance with his jerky family the following season.
* [[Good Girls Avoid Abortion]]: Blair's mother visits and tells Blair that she's pregnant but not going to go through with it, but Blair convinces her to keep the baby.
* [[Good Girls Avoid Abortion]]: Blair's mother visits and tells Blair that she's pregnant but not going to go through with it, but Blair convinces her to keep the baby.
** Averted in an earlier episode, where Natalie fabricates an article for the Eastland paper, saying that one of the students at Eastland had secretly had an abortion; she later finds out that such an event did in fact occur.
** Averted in an earlier episode, where Natalie fabricates an article for the Eastland paper, saying that one of the students at Eastland had secretly had an abortion; she later finds out that such an event did in fact occur.
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