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* PetTheDog: Aside from Mac, the rest of the gang seem genuinely pleased for Carmen completing her transition and getting married.
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* PetTheDog: Aside from Mac, the rest of the gang seem genuinely pleased for Carmen completing her transition and getting married. They also seem (apart from the casual slurs) surprisingly accepting of her identity, with Dennis causally dismissing Mac's gay marriage argument with "one's a guy, one's a girl, how is that gay?"
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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When Mac shows up at the end to “apologize” to Dee, Dee suddenly starts gagging for seemingly no reason. This foreshadows the reveal moments later that she has slept with Bill.
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* MarriageOfConvenience: Charlie suggests that he and Frank get a domestic partnership so that he can get on Frank's health insurance.
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* MarriageOfConvenience: Charlie suggests that he and Frank get a domestic partnership so that he can get on Frank's health insurance.insurance and so that he can prevent Dennis and Dee from pulling his plug and inherit his money the next time he inevitably has a heart attack and has to be put on life support.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The Gang still think of Carmen as "the tranny", even during the above PetTheDog moment.
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* ArmoredClosetGay: Carmen's husband Nick thinks that Mac is this.
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* ArmoredClosetGay: Carmen's husband Nick correctly thinks that Mac is this.this.
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* IncompatibleOrientation: Mac, a ArmouredClosetGay, pining for his ex the complete transwoman Carmen, who identifies as straight and married to a man named Nick.
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* IncompatibleOrientation: Mac, a an ArmouredClosetGay, pining for his ex ex, the complete transwoman trans woman Carmen, who identifies as is straight and married to a man named Nick.
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** Frank was apparently under the impression that in order for him and Charlie to get married, one of them would have to become the "woman" by having their dick cut off and sold to China. Once Carmen sets him [[IncrediblyLamePun straight]], he's more than on board with the idea.
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** Frank was apparently under the impression that in order for him and Charlie to get married, one of them would have to become the "woman" by having their dick cut off and sold to China. Once Carmen sets him [[IncrediblyLamePun straight]], straight, he's more than on board with the idea.
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* BabiesEverAfter: Nick and Carmen reveal their plan to have a baby with Dee as their surrogate.
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* LawOfInverseFertility: It is discovered later that Nick cannot have children and that Dee offered to be a surrogate mother for the couple's son. Carmen had her sperm frozen sometime before her operation and they used an anonymous egg donor and then used Dee as the surrogate. Both parents are thrilled.
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* FlatWhat: Charlie and Dee have this reaction when Dennis randomly mentions he always thought he'd be married at his age.
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* WorstAid: Frank refuses to pay for a doctor, so Charlie and Frank try to crack each other's backs instead of seeking medical care, with predictable results.
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* LawsOfInverseFertility: It is discovered later that Nick cannot have children and that Dee offered to be a surrogate mother for the couple's son. Carmen had her sperm frozen sometime before her operation and they used an anonymous egg donor and then used Dee as the surrogate. Both parents are thrilled.
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* LawsOfInverseFertility: LawOfInverseFertility: It is discovered later that Nick cannot have children and that Dee offered to be a surrogate mother for the couple's son. Carmen had her sperm frozen sometime before her operation and they used an anonymous egg donor and then used Dee as the surrogate. Both parents are thrilled.
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* LawsOfInverseFertility: It is discovered later that Nick cannot have children and that Dee offered to be a surrogate mother for the couple's son. Carmen had her sperm frozen sometime before her operation and they used an anonymous egg donor and then used Dee as the surrogate. Both parents are thrilled.
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* LoveTriangle: Mac/Carmen/Nick.
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[[caption-width-right:350: Nick and Carmen appalled at Mac's HeteronormativeCrusader actions (pictured)]]
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* BabiesEverAfter: Nick and Carmen reveal their plan to have a baby with Dee as their surrogate.
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* HeteronormativeCrusader: Mac spends most of the episode railing againt homosexuality and claiming that Carmen and Nick's marriage is an abomination in the eyes of the Lord.
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* HeteronormativeCrusader: Mac spends most of the episode railing againt against homosexuality and claiming that Carmen and Nick's marriage is an abomination in the eyes of the Lord.Lord.
* IncompatibleOrientation: Mac, a ArmouredClosetGay, pining for his ex the complete transwoman Carmen, who identifies as straight and married to a man named Nick.
* IncompatibleOrientation: Mac, a ArmouredClosetGay, pining for his ex the complete transwoman Carmen, who identifies as straight and married to a man named Nick.
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* UglyGuyHotWife: One of Mac's complaints about Carmen and Nick's relationship is that she's in shape and Nick isn't. Therefore, Carmen and Mac should be together instead because Mac is in shape like her.
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* WhamEpisode: Although the marriage itself [[StatusQuoIsGod gets undone]] in the next episode, Dennis and Maureen's marriage will have important repercussions for Dennis for the next several seasons.
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* AsTheGoodBookSays: Mac tries to convince Carmen and Nick of the wickedness of their relationship by quoting from ''Literature/TheBible.'' Nick, who is black, counters by quoting a verse condoning the beating of slaves and asking Mac if he intends to beat "my black ass."
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* YourCheatingHeart: Bill sleeps with Dee despite the fact that he's married with two kids, and with other women as well offscreen.
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-->'''Dennis:''' I am having -- this is crazy, but I'm having feelings again, like some kind of fourteen year old kid or something. You remember feelings, right?
-->'''Mac:''' ...Yeah. I have feelings every single day of my life.
-->'''Dennis:''' Do you?
-->'''Mac:''' Are you saying you don't have ''feelings?''
-->'''Mac:''' ...Yeah. I have feelings every single day of my life.
-->'''Dennis:''' Do you?
-->'''Mac:''' Are you saying you don't have ''feelings?''
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-->'''Dennis:''' I am having -- this is crazy, but I'm having feelings again, like some kind of fourteen year old kid or something. You remember feelings, right?
-->'''Mac:''' ...right?\\
'''Mac:''' ...Yeah. I have feelings every single day of mylife.
-->'''Dennis:'''life.\\
'''Dennis:''' Doyou?
-->'''Mac:'''you?\\
'''Mac:''' Are you saying you don't have ''feelings?''
-->'''Mac:''' ...
'''Mac:''' ...Yeah. I have feelings every single day of my
-->'''Dennis:'''
'''Dennis:''' Do
-->'''Mac:'''
'''Mac:''' Are you saying you don't have ''feelings?''
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* YourCheatingHeart: Bill sleeps with Dee despite the fact that he's married with two kids.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Bill sleeps with Dee despite the fact that he's married with two kids.kids, and with other women as well offscreen.
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** Mac insists that Carmen's husband must be gay despite the rest of the gang pointing out that if anything, ''Mac'' is the one who's gay as he had sex with her while she was still pre-op.
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** Mac insists that Carmen's husband must be gay despite the rest of the gang pointing out that if anything, ''Mac'' is the one who's gay as he had sex with her while she was still pre-op.
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** Mac insists that Carmen's husband must be gay despite the rest of the gang pointing out that Carmen is a woman and if anything, ''Mac'' is the one who's gay as he had sex with her while she was still pre-op.
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** Mac insists that Carmen's husband must be gay despite the rest of the gang pointing out that Carmen is a woman and if anything, ''Mac'' is the one who's gay as he had sex with her while she was still pre-op.
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Upon hearing that Carmen (the male-to-female transsexual he secretly dated in "Mac Is a Serial Killer" and first met in "Charlie Has Cancer") is finished her sex change operation and is now married to a man, Mac protests against gay marriage (even though everyone else says that it's a heterosexual marriage since Carmen is post-op and that Mac is jealous that Carmen wouldn't marry him). Meanwhile, Dennis marries his high school crush, Dee spends sometime with hers, and Charlie and Frank marry each other to get health benefits.
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->'''-- Mac'''
Mac decides to mount a protest against gay marriage after running into his [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS01E04CharlieHasCancer ex]] [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS03E10MacIsASerialKiller Carmen]] and discovering that she's completed her sex change
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!This episode provides examples of the following tropes:
* AesopAmnesia: By the end of the episode Mac
* ArmoredClosetGay: Carmen's husband Nick thinks that Mac is
-->'''Nick:''' My guess is that
* BlatantLies: Mac claiming to be Dennis in order to get into the gym using his membership, despite the fact that Dennis's picture looks nothing like him.
* ContinuityNod: Dennis claims that nothing in the apartment actually belongs to Mac, which makes sense given that he threw out all of Mac's stuff [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS04E06MacAndCharlieDiePart2 when the latter faked his death]].
* CrackOhMyBack: Charlie throws his back out trying to lift a box of pennies, and then Frank throws ''his'' back out trying to crack Charlie's back into place, [[OverlyLongGag and so on...]]
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Dennis throwing Mac out of their shared apartment -- which Mac never signed the lease on because of his poor credit history -- plays out like they're in a gay relationship without the legal protections of marriage.
* FanDisservice: The overweight Bill Ponderosa is shown mostly naked in Dee's bed.
* FourthDateMarriage: Dennis marries his high school
* FutureLoser: Bill Ponderosa was apparently a popular and attractive jock in high school, but the years that have passed since then have not been kind to him.
* GreenEyedMonster: The rest of the gang suggest that the real reason Mac is so against Carmen's marriage to Nick is that he's jealous Carmen never called him after completing her transition and married someone else. Mac more or less confirms this by the end of the episode, though he refuses to admit it outright.
* GrossUpCloseUp: A close-up shot of Maureen's dead tooth is used to show that Dennis is starting to regret marrying her at the end of the episode.
* HeteronormativeCrusader: Mac spends
* InsaneTrollLogic:
** Mac insists that Carmen's husband must be gay despite the rest of the gang pointing out that Carmen is a woman and if anything, ''Mac'' is the one who's gay as he had sex with
** Frank was apparently under the impression that in order for him and Charlie to get married, one of them would have to become the "woman" by having their dick cut off and sold to China. Once Carmen sets him [[IncrediblyLamePun straight]], he's more than on board with the idea.
-->'''Frank:''' Two dudes getting married, that doesn't seem very gay.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: At one point Dee thinks that Mac is asking to marry her, and they both react with disgust. In real life, their respective actors are HappilyMarried.
* MarriageOfConvenience: Charlie suggests that he and Frank
* NewOldFlame: Maureen Ponderosa is introduced as Dennis's high school girlfriend, despite the fact that she's never been mentioned before now. To a lesser extent, her brother Bill is also this for Dee.
* ParentalIncest: Frank and Charlie decide to get
* PetTheDog: Aside from Mac, the rest of the gang seem genuinely pleased for Carmen completing her transition and getting married.
* ProductPlacement: Dennis and Dee meet the Ponderosas inside a Subway, with the chain's logo prominently displayed behind them throughout the scene.
* QuoteToQuoteCombat: When Mac attempts to convince Carmen and Nick that their marriage is a sin by quoting from the Bible, Nick comes right back at him with another passage that condones slavery.
* ThirdWheel: Lampshaded when Dee bails on her and Dennis's double date with the Ponderosas, leaving Bill awkwardly hanging around Dennis and Maureen until they tell him to leave.
* TinMan: Dennis claims that he's experiencing feelings for the first time since he was fourteen years old after being reunited with Maureen.
-->'''Dennis:''' I am having -- this is crazy, but I'm having feelings again, like some kind of fourteen year old kid or something. You remember feelings, right?
-->'''Mac:''' ...Yeah. I have feelings every single day of my life.
-->'''Dennis:''' Do you?
-->'''Mac:''' Are you saying you don't have ''feelings?''
* VomitChainReaction: Dee merely ''gagging'' is enough to set off Mac's gag reflex in response.
* YouNeedABreathMint: Several characters comment on the fact that Maureen has terrible breath as a result of her dead tooth.
* YourCheatingHeart: Bill sleeps with Dee despite the fact that he's married with two kids.
* YourDoorWasOpen: Commented on when Mac barges into Dee's apartment after she's just had sex with Bill.
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