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''Two Guys A Girl And A Pizza Place'', [[Officially Shortened Title|eventually renamed]] ''Two Guys And A Girl'', (and not to be confused with [[Two Guys and
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* [[Butt Monkey]]: Pete in the beginning, Berg in later seasons.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: In early seasons, Berg. When Irene (Jillian Bach) showed up, she took on the role.
* [[Crazy Memory]]: The first season had a recurring character of a crazy patron who would tell stories about his life that were all actually plots of popular movies. Then he was [[Put
* [[The Ditz]]: Berg.
* [[Dawson Casting]]: Subverted and played straight. In the beginning of the series the main characters were supposed to be around 24. They were played by 22 year old Ryan Reynolds, 26 year old Richard Ruccolo and 32 year old Traylor Howard, but they made it believable. In the second season however Reynolds was paired off with the 31 year old Suzanne Cryer and it did show.
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{{quote| Pete: (about a rollerblader) I hope he twirls into a bus.<br />
Sharon: God Pete, that's so mean. ''[[[Beat]]]'' I was thinking ''open trench''. }}
** Ashley really takes the cake when it comes to being a [[Jerkass]] though, sometimes she's a [[Jerk
* [[Jimmy Hart Version]]: The intro theme is a variation of the instrumental of "Blister In The Sun" By the Violent Femmes
* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]: Finally averted, with the first season being released on DVD in April 2012, and the remaining three seasons scheduled to follow later in the year. ''Over a decade after the show went off the air'', and long after [[Ryan Reynolds]] & [[Nathan Fillion]] have achieved greater popularity with other roles.
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* [[Open Says Me]]: Subverted. Pete tries to get into Ashley's apartment when there's a leak in it, by throwing himself against the door. He fails miserably but soon realises that the thing that stung him in the side [[We Have the Keys|was the key.]]
* [["On the Next..."]]: Parodied in the Season 2 Halloween episode.
* [[Put
* [[Retirony]]: Played straight in "Two Guys, a Girl and a Psycho Halloween", where an old cop (thinking our trio's claim of a killer is just a silly prank) states it's his last night on the job and then leaves to go to his retirement party.
{{quote| '''Berg:''' [[Lampshade Hanging|Well, he's dead.]]}}
* [[Rich Bitch]]: Ashley can come off as this, due to coming from a very well-off family
* [[Screwed
** Subverted later on in the season, though, as noted above. Unlike the other Friday sitcoms, ABC did move the series back to its previous night as a test for renewal. Didn't work out, though.
* [[Series Fauxnale]]: "The Internet Show," where a brand of condoms is reported to be very faulty and each of the three couples is concerned about a possible pregnancy. Fans were given the choices of Berg/Irene, Pete/Ashley, Johnny/Sharon or no pregnancy at all. A vote online saw {{spoiler|Pete and the departing Ashley winning}} (while the other filmed endings were shown at the end as a bonus). This was all designed to lead into a new season, but ABC cancelled the series - leaving the show with a massive [[Downer Ending]] bordering on a cliffhanger.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Frequently, in season one - Mr Bauer would frequently see films & documentarys, and then tell the events of what he had seen to Pete, as if it was his life.
* [[Screams Like a Little Girl]]: Berg gets a few of them. Most memorable [[Crowning Moment of Funny|when Johnny waits for him in the dark]] [[It Makes Sense in Context|with a popsicle.]]
* [[Stalker
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: After Johnny accidentally suggests that ''The Boys of Fire Island'' was a perfect film for fire fighters like Pete and him, this happens:
{{quote| '''Sharon''': What are you guys going to see?<br />
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* [[Titular Protagonists Place]]
* [[Token Evil Teammate]]: Ashley
* [[Trope Namer]]: [[Two Guys and
* [[Tsundere]]: Marti.
* [[Two Guys and
* [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?]]?
** Pete started working at the titular pizza place, whilst trying to move into architecture; realised he hated the field & inadvertently got a job as a job counselor and later a make-up salesman, before becoming a fireman.
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