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* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: Matt tried to work on making some reality show alliances and voting strategies, but given that everyone else was an actor working from a shared script...
* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: Matt tried to work on making some reality show alliances and voting strategies, but given that everyone else was an actor working from a shared script...
* [[Fan Disservice]]: In a game early in the first season, the guests are split along the gender line and are asked questions about members of the other team. A wrong answer results in having to wear a penalty outfit. Unfortunately for the audience, all of the outfits are intended for women. This results in Earl wearing a Bo Peep outfit, Matt wearing a schoolgirl outfit, Hutch dressed as a [[French Maid]], and Brian in a [[Playboy Bunny]] costume. To make things worse, the penalty outfits come with a penalty action. This entails Earl pole-dancing, Brian giving Matt a spanking, and Hutch giving Earl an oily foot massage.
* [[Fan Disservice]]: In a game early in the first season, the guests are split along the gender line and are asked questions about members of the other team. A wrong answer results in having to wear a penalty outfit. Unfortunately for the audience, all of the outfits are intended for women. This results in Earl wearing a Bo Peep outfit, Matt wearing a schoolgirl outfit, Hutch dressed as a [[French Maid]], and Brian in a [[Playboy Bunny]] costume. To make things worse, the penalty outfits come with a penalty action. This entails Earl pole-dancing, Brian giving Matt a spanking, and Hutch giving Earl an oily foot massage.
* [[The Frog Prince (Literature)|The Frog Prince]]: The Bryce character believed that the frog Everett was a real person, trapped in the form of a frog.
* [[The Frog Prince]]: The Bryce character believed that the frog Everett was a real person, trapped in the form of a frog.
* [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot]]: Lampshaded, as with so many other tropes on this show, when the Network Executive demands that Molly and Ashleigh kiss to boost the ratings.
* [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot]]: Lampshaded, as with so many other tropes on this show, when the Network Executive demands that Molly and Ashleigh kiss to boost the ratings.
* [[Gone Horribly Right]]: The intention of the first season was to seek out the nicest guy they could find for their experiment, once it became obvious that Matt was every bit as decent and honest as he presented himself in his audition video the morality of lying to him became a central part of the show's drama.
* [[Gone Horribly Right]]: The intention of the first season was to seek out the nicest guy they could find for their experiment, once it became obvious that Matt was every bit as decent and honest as he presented himself in his audition video the morality of lying to him became a central part of the show's drama.
* [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]]: Molly.
* [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]]: Molly.
* [[Is That What They're Calling It Now?]]: The Hutch - "Yeah, I have respect. I respected all over Dr. Pat's back."
* [[Is That What They're Calling It Now?]]: The Hutch - "Yeah, I have respect. I respected all over Dr. Pat's back."
* [[It Is Pronounced Tro PAY]]: Gerald's name is pronounced with a hard G.
* [[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"]]: Gerald's name is pronounced with a hard G.
* [[Manipulative Editing]]: While reality show contestants often complain of being portrayed in the worst possible light, the editors on this show seemed to go out of their way to portray Matt Kennedy Gould in the best possible light. Matt himself tried to downplay it a bit, basically saying that he wasn't quite the saint that they were trying to make him out to be. Not quite as true of the second season, though they did basically seem to make the Schmoes seem like good people.
* [[Manipulative Editing]]: While reality show contestants often complain of being portrayed in the worst possible light, the editors on this show seemed to go out of their way to portray Matt Kennedy Gould in the best possible light. Matt himself tried to downplay it a bit, basically saying that he wasn't quite the saint that they were trying to make him out to be. Not quite as true of the second season, though they did basically seem to make the Schmoes seem like good people.
* [[Never Work With Children or Animals]]: The falcon in the second season was said to be a nightmare to work with. During rehearsals, he crashed into the doors to the mansion, so they decided to leave them open, only for the thing to end up getting into the house and flying all over the place.
* [[Never Work with Children or Animals]]: The falcon in the second season was said to be a nightmare to work with. During rehearsals, he crashed into the doors to the mansion, so they decided to leave them open, only for the thing to end up getting into the house and flying all over the place.
* [[Non Gameplay Elimination]]: A number of these were created for plot purposes. In the first season, Dr. Pat was offered $25,000 to "voluntarily exit" the program. The votes revealed that The Hutch would have been eliminated had she not left. The Hutch was later ejected from the program for making threats against another contestant, but returned on a legal technicality and went on to "win." In the second season, Bryce the Stalker was eliminated via the normal elimination, but invited back to the show. He was then ejected later on for supposedly killing the falcon, Montecore.
* [[Non Gameplay Elimination]]: A number of these were created for plot purposes. In the first season, Dr. Pat was offered $25,000 to "voluntarily exit" the program. The votes revealed that The Hutch would have been eliminated had she not left. The Hutch was later ejected from the program for making threats against another contestant, but returned on a legal technicality and went on to "win." In the second season, Bryce the Stalker was eliminated via the normal elimination, but invited back to the show. He was then ejected later on for supposedly killing the falcon, Montecore.
* [[Old Soldier]]: Earl.
* [[Old Soldier]]: Earl.
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* [[Running Gag]]: Towards the end of one of the episodes of ''Joe Schmo 2'' one the producers revealed that Everett the frog had been killed by Montecore the falcon. Ingrid suggested a moment of a silence and a memorial was shown on-screen to Everett. In the next episode, Bryce, the owner of the frog returned, but before a certain point, everyone kept avoiding the issue of Everett's death. However, the characters kept working in subtle references to Everett and, whenever they did, the memorial was shown again.
* [[Running Gag]]: Towards the end of one of the episodes of ''Joe Schmo 2'' one the producers revealed that Everett the frog had been killed by Montecore the falcon. Ingrid suggested a moment of a silence and a memorial was shown on-screen to Everett. In the next episode, Bryce, the owner of the frog returned, but before a certain point, everyone kept avoiding the issue of Everett's death. However, the characters kept working in subtle references to Everett and, whenever they did, the memorial was shown again.
* [[Sassy Black Woman]]: Ambrosia.
* [[Sassy Black Woman]]: Ambrosia.
* [[Screwed By the Network]]: True to at least some degree of ''Joe Schmo 2''. Once Spike TV decided it wasn't getting the ratings that they wanted, they moved it to a scheduled time of 11:05 P.M., but with the caveat that it didn't air until after ''[[WWE Raw]]'' had finished. ''Raw'' often ran late and in one instance ran so late that the original broadcast of one of the episodes of ''Joe Schmo 2'' didn't air until after midnight. Additionally, an episode that was originally scheduled to last an hour-and-a-half was edited to fit within an hour timeslot. The full length version of the episode wasn't seen until the program came out on DVD, several years later.
* [[Screwed by the Network]]: True to at least some degree of ''Joe Schmo 2''. Once Spike TV decided it wasn't getting the ratings that they wanted, they moved it to a scheduled time of 11:05 P.M., but with the caveat that it didn't air until after ''[[WWE Raw]]'' had finished. ''Raw'' often ran late and in one instance ran so late that the original broadcast of one of the episodes of ''Joe Schmo 2'' didn't air until after midnight. Additionally, an episode that was originally scheduled to last an hour-and-a-half was edited to fit within an hour timeslot. The full length version of the episode wasn't seen until the program came out on DVD, several years later.
* [[Shocking Elimination]]: [[Running Gag|Poked fun at]] by including the phrase "the most shocking elimination yet" in several of the promos either going to break or at the end of the episode.
* [[Shocking Elimination]]: [[Running Gag|Poked fun at]] by including the phrase "the most shocking elimination yet" in several of the promos either going to break or at the end of the episode.
* [[Smarmy Host]]: The hosts' being that of "smarmy host".
* [[Smarmy Host]]: The hosts' being that of "smarmy host".
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* [[Tonight Someone Dies]]: One of the promos for ''Joe Schmo 2'' promised "We've laughed with them. Cried with them. And on the next episode, one of them is going to die." The "death" was that of Everett the frog, who had supposedly been killed by the falcon Montecore. Later, Montecore was supposedly killed off as well. Both were brought out at the finale and [[Disney Death|revealed to be just fine.]]
* [[Tonight Someone Dies]]: One of the promos for ''Joe Schmo 2'' promised "We've laughed with them. Cried with them. And on the next episode, one of them is going to die." The "death" was that of Everett the frog, who had supposedly been killed by the falcon Montecore. Later, Montecore was supposedly killed off as well. Both were brought out at the finale and [[Disney Death|revealed to be just fine.]]
* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: After The Hutch was kicked off the program in the first season, the promos for the next episode clearly gave away the fact that he was coming back.
* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: After The Hutch was kicked off the program in the first season, the promos for the next episode clearly gave away the fact that he was coming back.
* [[Truman Show Plot]]: [[Lampshaded]] in at least a couple of instances. In the first season of the show, Ashleigh stated that if she won the money, she would go to Fiji. In ''[[The Truman Show (Film)|The Truman Show]]'', Truman Burbank's dream destination was Fiji, because it was where he believed his first love to be. Later, when he is eliminated from the show in ''Joe Schmo 2'', Tim tells everyone "if I don't see you guys, good morning, good afternoon, good evening and good night," a play on one of Truman Burbank's [[Catch Phrase|Catch Phrases]].
* [[Truman Show Plot]]: [[Lampshaded]] in at least a couple of instances. In the first season of the show, Ashleigh stated that if she won the money, she would go to Fiji. In ''[[The Truman Show]]'', Truman Burbank's dream destination was Fiji, because it was where he believed his first love to be. Later, when he is eliminated from the show in ''Joe Schmo 2'', Tim tells everyone "if I don't see you guys, good morning, good afternoon, good evening and good night," a play on one of Truman Burbank's [[Catch Phrase|Catch Phrases]].


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