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{{quote| Hey Julie....did I ever tell you about my [[End of Episode Silliness|Uncle Fremont Kotter]].....?}}
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Before Jerry [[Seinfeld]] wondered about airline peanuts, before Tim Allen said his first [[Home Improvement|"Arrr arrr arrr!"]], before [[Roseanne]] became a Domestic Goddess, there was Gabriel Kaplan, the first stand-up comedian to successfully turn his comedy routines into a hit sitcom. ''Welcome Back, Kotter'' ran on [[ABC]] from 1975 to 1979.
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* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't say anything bad about Barbarino's mother.
{{quote| '''Barbarino:''' Hey, say whatever you want about my dad or myself, but you don't talk about my mother! That woman's holy.}}
* [[Big Screwed
{{quote| '''Epstein''': I don't have to stay here and be ignored! I have nine brothers and sisters. If I want to be ignored, I'll just go home.}}
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Up your nose with a rubber hose" (everyone), "Hi, there" (Washington), "Heyyyy Misssster Kotttaire!" (Washington),"What?" "Where?" (Barbarino), "I'm so confused!" (Barbarino), "Ohhh ohh ohh ohh!" (Horshack), "Very impressive, Mr Kotter!" (Horshack)
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* [[The Danza]]: Gabriel Kaplan as Gabriel Kotter.
* [[Dean Bitterman]]: Mr. Woodman
* [[End
* [[Five Man Band]]:
** [[The Hero]]: Vinnie, later relegated to The Sixth Ranger when John Travolta's movie career started taking off
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** [[The Big Guy]]: Epstein
** [[The Smart Guy]]: Horshack
** [[The Chick|
** The Mentor: Gabe Kotter
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* [[Furry Fandom]]: In one episode Kotter wears a chicken suit in a restaurant to raise extra money for emergency dental work
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* [[George Carlin]]: Guest starring as radio DJ Wally the Wow, and as Wally the Weasel, a former Kotter-era Sweathog.
* [[Hey
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* [[Lottery Ticket]]: In one episode Kotter chips in a quarter for the Sweathogs weekly lottery ticket when one of them comes up short. When the ticket then wins, the Sweathogs try to just give Kotter back his 25 cents instead of a share of the winnings.
* [[Mad Magazine]]: ''Welcome Back, Klodder''.
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* [[The Pete Best]]: Rosalie "Hotsie" Totsie, the female Sweathog.
* [[Poker]]: Since leaving show business, Kaplan became a world champion professional poker player.
* [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]: One two
* [[Real Song Theme Tune]]
* [[Running Gag]]: Epstein's never ending supply of excuse notes, almost always signed "Epstein's Mother".
** Julie's infamous tuna cassarole.
* [[Signature Laugh]]: Horshack's athsmatic laugh.
* [[Star
* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: Beau De Lebarre as Vinnie's replacement
* [[Translation Matchmaking]]: In Italy it's known as ''I Ragazzi del Sabato Sera'' (''Saturday Night Guys''), after ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]''.
* [[Twofer Token Minority]]: Puerto-Rican Jew Juan Epstein.
* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]: Gabe and Julie, though Gabe is more plain/quirky-looking than ugly
* [[Very Special Episode]]: "What Goes Up," the Season 3 episode where Boom Boom got addicted to painkillers to heal a basketball injury. Boom Boom is in deep denial, and so is a shaken Horshack -– who naively believes Boom Boom's explanation that the pills are "vitamins." The others aren't so fooled and eventually get Boom Boom to realize what he's doing.
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