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* [[After the End]]: The series starts a couple months after hurricane Katrina.
* [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents]]: Davis comes from an extremely upper crust family descended from Jefferson Davis and at least his mother is still quite racist.
* [[Armor -Piercing Question]]: {{spoiler|"What do you ''do''?"}}
* [[As Himself]] / [[Special Guest]]: Many New Orleans musicians guest star as themselves.
** Former New Orleans city councilman Oliver Thomas plays himself, all the way up to the part where {{spoiler|he's indicted of corruption and resigns.}}
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* [[Bad Cop Incompetent Cop]]: The NOPD does not look very good in this series, though given the creators' pervious work, the subject was bound to come up. Offenses include brutality, stealing property, and attempted bribery. Even before Katrina, this sort of behavior was far from out-of-character for the NOPD. Several characters say as much throughout the series. New Orleans natives might say this is [[Truth in Television]].
** David Morse's character, an 8th District watch commander, seems to be set up as the exception that proves the rule. (Although this being a [[David Simon]] production, something terrible could always happen.) This is also [[Truth in Television]], as the 8th District covers the French Quarter and NOPD makes an effort to staff it with competent, honest cops.
* [[Based Onon a True Story]]: In addition to the [[Real Life]] musicians, at least one character (John Goodman's professor Bernette) is based on a real person. Also subverted; fans speculated that Sonny and Annie were based on a real musician couple who broke up a few months after the hurricane, followed by the man murdering the woman and then jumping off a hotel roof a few days later. The producers have thoroughly denied it, and the real event is mentioned in season two.
** Davis is based partly on Davis Rogan, a neer-do-well DJ who, as one of the commentaries points out, has been explicitly banned from at least one bar with a sign saying "If you are Davis Rogan, please leave." It was Rogan who actually wrote many of Davis' songs as well.
* [[Berserk Button]]: The British TV reporter pushes Creighton's when he insults New Orleans by calling it a provincial city with outdated musical tastes. His microphone ends up in the river (and his camera almost does too).
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* [[The Cast Showoff]]: Wendell Pierce mimed his trombone playing in season one, but learned to play for real starting in season two.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Davis' "Right? RIGHT?"
* [[Cluster F -Bomb]]: Creighton's first Youtube video. Sofia later takes inspiration from him.
* [[Cool Loser]]: Davis thinks he is this, when he's probably the latter.
* [[Death Glare]]: Ladonna turns this into an art form.
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* [[Driven to Suicide]]: {{spoiler|Creighton}}. Especially brutal as we're given a tour of all the warning signs that none of the other characters notice before it actually happens.
* [[Embarrassing First Name]]: Davis was named after his ancestor Jefferson Davis; he tells people it was actually for various celebrities like Sammy or Ossie.
* [[Four Lines, All Waiting]]: By season two, the show's scope is so wide that most characters only get two or three scenes an episode.
* [[Friends With Benefits]]
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Davis speaks out against the gentrification of his neighborhood, but quickly changes his tune when it results in a pair of strippers moving in across the street.
* [[ItsIt's Always Mardi Gras in New Orleans]]: Not always, obviously, but music is a central theme.
** And much of the first season leads up to Mardi Gras 2006 near the end, then continues to St. Joseph's Day. The show is realistic, though, as festivities and preparations begin (and are shown) in January.
* [[It Is Pronounced Tro PAY]]: The title and the neighborhood it comes from is pronounced "Tre-MAY", "TRE-May", or "Tremmy" (in the documentary ''Cutting Loose'')
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* [[Locked Out of the Loop]]: In season two, it bizarrely seems like everyone in town except Sophia knows about {{spoiler|her father's suicide.}}
* [[Motor Mouth]]: Davis
* [[N -Word Privileges]]: Again, Davis. Or so he thinks, until he ends up getting the crap kicked out of him by someone who overheard him. Ironically, in the scene where he gets punched out for this he was quoting Antoine word for word rather than throw it around casually.
** Delmond is offended by New Yorkers saying the same negative things about New Orleans that he always does. "I get to say that. They don't!"
* [[Not What It Looks Like]]: Davis says this when Annie walks in on him sitting in a room with a shirtless Sophia passed out in front of him the morning after Mardi Gras. Seriously, it's not.
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* [[Wham Episode]]: "Wish Someone Would Care"
** "What Is New Orleans?" is season two's.
* [[What Exactly Is His Job|What, Exactly, Is Your Job?]]: {{spoiler|Asked by Nelson's cousin to him in the season 2 finale. See [[Armor -Piercing Question]].}}
 
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