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* [[Author Avatar]] - Seth Cohen is Josh Schwartz.
* [[Author Avatar]] - Seth Cohen is Josh Schwartz.
* [[Bait and Switch]] - In this example from 3.18
* [[Bait and Switch]] - In this example from 3.18
{{quote| '''Jess''': Tell you what, why don't you stay awhile?<br />
{{quote|'''Jess''': Tell you what, why don't you stay awhile?
'''Ryan''': Look, Jess, we were never friends.<br />
'''Ryan''': Look, Jess, we were never friends.
'''Jess''': Got it. (''break'') You can go if you want.<br />
'''Jess''': Got it. (''break'') You can go if you want.
(''Ryan turns to leave'')<br />
(''Ryan turns to leave'')
'''Jess''': Did you know Trey's dealing? (''Ryan turns around'') Blackjack, off the strip. }}
'''Jess''': Did you know Trey's dealing? (''Ryan turns around'') Blackjack, off the strip. }}
* [[Batman Gambit]] - Caleb Nichols almost pulls this off in Season One. This results in Jimmy {{spoiler|punching him in the face and ruining his deal in a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].}}
* [[Batman Gambit]] - Caleb Nichols almost pulls this off in Season One. This results in Jimmy {{spoiler|punching him in the face and ruining his deal in a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].}}
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** Kirsten finds Ryan with Lindsay (2x08, "The Power of Love") in almost the exact same position she found him with Marissa (1x10, "The Perfect Couple").
** Kirsten finds Ryan with Lindsay (2x08, "The Power of Love") in almost the exact same position she found him with Marissa (1x10, "The Perfect Couple").
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09diX06ILqg Seth being stealth](2x07) and tagging along with Ryan (4x02)
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09diX06ILqg Seth being stealth](2x07) and tagging along with Ryan (4x02)
{{quote| '''Seth:''' OK, then take me with you.<br />
{{quote|'''Seth:''' OK, then take me with you.
'''Ryan:''' No.<br />
'''Ryan:''' No.
'''Seth:''' I won't get in the way, you know how stealth I can be. }}
'''Seth:''' I won't get in the way, you know how stealth I can be. }}
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]] - Hardly an episode goes by without the use of this trope.
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]] - Hardly an episode goes by without the use of this trope.
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* [[Cunning Linguist]] - Taylor Townsend is fluent in French, Korean and Spanish and is able to use enough Latin to deliver her valedictorian speech in that language.
* [[Cunning Linguist]] - Taylor Townsend is fluent in French, Korean and Spanish and is able to use enough Latin to deliver her valedictorian speech in that language.
* [[Dawson Casting]] - Lampshaded in "The L.A."
* [[Dawson Casting]] - Lampshaded in "The L.A."
{{quote| '''Ryan''' (speaking of the star from the [[Show Within a Show]]): How does that guy play high school?<br />
{{quote|'''Ryan''' (speaking of the star from the [[Show Within a Show]]): How does that guy play high school?
'''Seth''': It's ''Hollywood'', man. }}
'''Seth''': It's ''Hollywood'', man. }}
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
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* [[Defictionalization]]: Before the series, "OC" was sometimes used in print as shorthand for "Orange County," but very rarely in speech, and never prefixed with a "the." Many Orange County residents scoffed at the show's title, but over the years, some of them really do refer to the region "the OC" without irony.
* [[Defictionalization]]: Before the series, "OC" was sometimes used in print as shorthand for "Orange County," but very rarely in speech, and never prefixed with a "the." Many Orange County residents scoffed at the show's title, but over the years, some of them really do refer to the region "the OC" without irony.
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: Kirsten, before Ryan joined the family and caused her to soften. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|a touching scene]] in the fourth season premiere, "The Avengers", when Seth puts together a comic book illustrating the Cohens' lives before he joined the family.
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: Kirsten, before Ryan joined the family and caused her to soften. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|a touching scene]] in the fourth season premiere, "The Avengers", when Seth puts together a comic book illustrating the Cohens' lives before he joined the family.
{{quote| '''Kirsten''': The ice queen was surrounded by an impenetrable force field and her silver cell phone was her only link to the outside world.}}
{{quote|'''Kirsten''': The ice queen was surrounded by an impenetrable force field and her silver cell phone was her only link to the outside world.}}
* [[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]: {{spoiler|Marissa, in Ryan's, in the Season 3 finale.}}
* [[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]: {{spoiler|Marissa, in Ryan's, in the Season 3 finale.}}
* [[Diegetic Switch]]: Though not as often as [[Sorry I Left the BGM On]].
* [[Diegetic Switch]]: Though not as often as [[Sorry I Left the BGM On]].
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* [[Genki Girl]] - Taylor Townsend
* [[Genki Girl]] - Taylor Townsend
* [[Genre Savvy]] - Seth. Almost to the point of breaking the fourth wall sometimes. At the beginning of one episode he notes that everything has been going so well lately that something is bound to go wrong.
* [[Genre Savvy]] - Seth. Almost to the point of breaking the fourth wall sometimes. At the beginning of one episode he notes that everything has been going so well lately that something is bound to go wrong.
{{quote| '''Seth:''' Ryan, don't ya see? Things are going way too well around here. Marissa got back into Harbor, you guys seemed to resolve your surf-tastic love triangle, my girlfriend got a near perfect score on her [[SATs]] but we've never been happier.<br />
{{quote|'''Seth:''' Ryan, don't ya see? Things are going way too well around here. Marissa got back into Harbor, you guys seemed to resolve your surf-tastic love triangle, my girlfriend got a near perfect score on her [[SATs]] but we've never been happier.
'''Ryan:''' It's senior year, it's meant to be the best one.<br />
'''Ryan:''' It's senior year, it's meant to be the best one.
'''Seth:''' No, you should know better. Every time things are going well around here, that's when doom comes a-knockin'.<br />
'''Seth:''' No, you should know better. Every time things are going well around here, that's when doom comes a-knockin'.
''(doorbell rings)''<br />
''(doorbell rings)''
Or a-ringin'... Don't answer it, it's probably a flaming bag of crap. }}
Or a-ringin'... Don't answer it, it's probably a flaming bag of crap. }}
* [[Gold Digger]] - Julie Cooper
* [[Gold Digger]] - Julie Cooper
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