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A fairly standard [[Dom Com]] series, starring [[The Danza|Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen as Mary-Kate & Ashley Burke]], who live their ordinary pre-teen life -- except for the fact that their widowed working father, Kevin, can't be at home all the time and therefore needs a sitter to be with them... and he's (at first) not impressed with Carrie, a student in his class whom his daughters picked as their nanny.

 

This show has parallels with ''[[Full House]]'', the most obvious examples being both the prominent roles the Olsen twins take up and Miller-Boyette as production company. It ran for one season only and was the last sitcom produced by Miller-Boyette.

* [[Actor Allusion]]: During the pilot Mary-Kate says of poker "I thought a [[Full House]] beat everything".

* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Jennifer in her first episode. This gets dropped pretty soon and she is shown hanging around with Ashley all the time.

* [[Attractive Bent Gender]]: This happens to Brian during the [[Halloween Episode]] after some costume swapping, something of which he is not fond.

'''Max:''' You didn't have to say yes. }}

* [[Back to School]]: When Kevin & Carrie first meet in one of his classes, he notes that she's older than the average college student, and she notes that she's decided to return to school.

* [[Bottle Fairy]]: Carrie is a fairly mild example.

* [[Brick Joke]]: The twins discuss Carrie having a tattoo that says "Jean Luc" in the pilot. In a later episode after Kevin walks in on Carrie in the shower, he asks who Jean Luc is.

'''Ashley:''' I think we can make this work. }}

** This also occurs in an episode where Carrie convinces [[Straight Man|Kevin]] to call in sick at work and go to a ballgame instead, which is the first time he's ever played hookey. He wins a car because of this- and ends up on the big screen and the evening news. When his boss calls, {{spoiler|the trope is revealed to be [[Subverted]]; he was just asking to test drive the car}}.

* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]: The twins sneaked their way around to a college party without Kevin's approval, so Carrie decided to have them stay... as clean-up crew.

* [[Cosmetic Catastrophe]]: Ashley gets an ink stain on her face and Carrie tries to cover it up with a '''lot''' of makeup.

* [[The Danza]]

* [[Even Nerds Have Standards]]

* [[Geek Physiques]]: Paul.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: A female next-door neighbor tells Carrie of a female relative of her love interest. She isn't fond of said relative and lets Carrie know it, and then this takes place:

'''Neighbor''': You're just one letter off. }}

** A not-so subtle example in another episode where the twins lie to their father's date that Carrie is another one of his girlfriends:

'''Kevin:''' There's not much to tell. I needed someone, I took out an ad and Carrie showed up. It's just a coincidence that she happened to be a student of mine. And whenever she's too busy with her studies I just call Mrs Baker. She's my neighbour. Of course she's 72 so she's not as much fun as Carrie but she still gets the job done". }}

** "Peeping Twins" literally implies that Mrs Baker and Mr Filmore are going to have sex.

* [[Noodle Incident]]: The twins make one up to scare their father's date. For some reason Ashley has so many germs they can't keep cats anymore.

* [[Sarcastic Confession]]: The twins hold a party that escalates out of control later before Paul manages to make the guests leave, and together they tidy up before Kevin gets home. Then this occurs:

'''Kevin''': Very funny. }}

* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: Kevin and his brother, Matt.

* [[Twin Switch]]: So very often, to the point of not only fooling the father but getting a tutor suspicious when the girl he tutors shows drastic academic improvement. Carrie is able to tell the difference immediately however.

* [[Wild Teen Party]]: All right, so the twins aren't teen yet, but the party they hold still turn into this. They aren't punished for it, however, because they clean up well after it before Kevin returns and [[Sarcastic Confession|the truth Kevin gets about it is not quite full-fledged]].

 

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