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Directed by Creator/RobertBerlinger

Written by Creator/AaronSorkin & Creator/JoanBinderWeiss (uncredited)

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* TheExitIsThatWay: Dana storms off to buy a camera after yelling at Casey... and then has to storm back past him again because she went the wrong way.



* TheExitIsThatWay: Dana storms off to buy a camera after yelling at Casey... and then has to storm back past him again because she went the wrong way.

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Dan says that Napoleon died in exile on Elba; Casey smugly says that actually he was murdered on Elba. While it's not entirely clear whether Napoleon was murdered or died of natural causes,[[note]]the current consensus is that he died of natural causes, but the idea that he was murdered was much more respectable at the time the show aired[[/note]] he did whichever of them not on Elba -- the location of his first, pre-Waterloo exile -- but on St. Helena.

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Dan says that Napoleon died in exile on Elba; Casey smugly says that actually he was murdered on Elba. While it's not entirely clear whether Napoleon was murdered or died of natural causes,[[note]]the current consensus is that he died of natural causes, but the idea that he was murdered was much more respectable at the time the show aired[[/note]] he did whichever of them not on Elba -- the location of his first, pre-Waterloo pre-Waterloo, exile -- but on St. Helena.


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* TheExitIsThatWay: Dana storms off to buy a camera after yelling at Casey... and then has to storm back past him again because she went the wrong way.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Dan says that Napoleon died in exile on Elba; Casey smugly says that actually he was murdered on Elba. While it's not entirely clear whether Napoleon was murdered or died of natural causes,[[hottip:*:the current consensus is that he died of natural causes, but the idea that he was murdered was much more respectable at the time the show aired]] he did whichever of them not on Elba -- the location of his first, pre-Waterloo exile -- but on St. Helena.

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Dan says that Napoleon died in exile on Elba; Casey smugly says that actually he was murdered on Elba. While it's not entirely clear whether Napoleon was murdered or died of natural causes,[[hottip:*:the causes,[[note]]the current consensus is that he died of natural causes, but the idea that he was murdered was much more respectable at the time the show aired]] aired[[/note]] he did whichever of them not on Elba -- the location of his first, pre-Waterloo exile -- but on St. Helena.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Dan says that Napoleon died in exile on Elba; Casey smugly says that actually he was murdered on Elba. While it's not entirely clear whether Napoleon was murdered or died of natural causes,[[note:*:the current consensus is that he died of natural causes, but the idea that he was murdered was much more respectable at the time the show aired]] he did whichever of them not on Elba -- the location of his first, pre-Waterloo exile -- but on St. Helena.

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Dan says that Napoleon died in exile on Elba; Casey smugly says that actually he was murdered on Elba. While it's not entirely clear whether Napoleon was murdered or died of natural causes,[[note:*:the causes,[[hottip:*:the current consensus is that he died of natural causes, but the idea that he was murdered was much more respectable at the time the show aired]] he did whichever of them not on Elba -- the location of his first, pre-Waterloo exile -- but on St. Helena.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Napoleon may or may not have been murdered, but either way he certainly didn't die on Elba, as both Dan and Casey claim.

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Dan says that Napoleon may or may not have been murdered, but either way he certainly didn't die died in exile on Elba, as both Dan and Elba; Casey claim.smugly says that actually he was murdered on Elba. While it's not entirely clear whether Napoleon was murdered or died of natural causes,[[note:*:the current consensus is that he died of natural causes, but the idea that he was murdered was much more respectable at the time the show aired]] he did whichever of them not on Elba -- the location of his first, pre-Waterloo exile -- but on St. Helena.
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-->'''Casey:''' It's [[NapoleonBonaparte Napoleon's]] plan...He had a two-part plan.

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-->'''Casey:''' It's [[NapoleonBonaparte [[UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte Napoleon's]] plan...He had a two-part plan.
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Sure Why Not is now Ascended Fanon. It\'s also Trivia. Bad examples and ZCE are being removed - If you disagree, feel free to restore with proper context.


-->'''Kim:''' [[SureWhyNot I was gonna say.]]

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-->'''Kim:''' [[SureWhyNot I was gonna say.]]

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* ContinuityNod
* CovertPervert

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* ContinuityNod
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CovertPervert:
-->'''Dana:''' (''[[WalkAndTalk as she and Casey are walking through the newsroom]]'') Please lower your voice. I do not want your tawdry tales of office lust infecting my newsroom.
-->'''Kim:''' Casey?
-->'''Casey:''' Yeah.
-->'''Elliot:''' We'd like to hear them.



* GetOut

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* GetOutGetOut:
-->'''Dana:''' (''[[WalkInChimeIn walking into Dan and Casey's office]]'') You... are a sleazy, slimy, adolescent, oversexed, overpaid blowhole!
-->'''Dan:''' ({{Beat}}) Which one of us are you talking to?
-->'''Dana:''' Get out!
-->'''Dan:''' (''turns to Casey'') The high road, my friend-
-->'''Casey:''' [[TranquilFury Get out]].



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* ShoutOutShoutOut: Dana tells Sally, "This isn't a Creator/NoelCoward play!"
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* AfraidOfNeedles: This is ultimately why Jeremy doesn't want to participate in the blood drive.

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* BookEnds

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* BookEndsBookEnds: The show begins and ends with Casey and Dan having to start out the broadcast without their pants; the first time because wardrobe hasn't finished pressing them, the second because Natalie is getting even with Dan for not telling her earlier about Gordon and Sally.
** RunningGag: Casey and Dan mildly obsessing over other people's reactions to them without pants, including the people in the apartment building across the street.
-->'''Casey:''' I'll tell you, what really makes this outfit work are the socks.
-->'''Kim:''' [[SureWhyNot I was gonna say.]]



* {{Foreshadowing}}

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* {{Foreshadowing}}{{Foreshadowing}}: The Soshi/Suntac camera Dana talks about buying comes into play in the following episode.



* IndyPloy / TitleDrop
* RunningGag

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* IndyPloy / TitleDrop
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-->'''Casey:''' Technically, I have a plan.
-->'''Dan:''' What's the plan?
-->'''Casey:''' It's [[NapoleonBonaparte Napoleon's]] plan...He had a two-part plan.
-->'''Dan:''' What was it?
-->'''Casey:''' First we show up, then we see what happens.
-->'''Dan:''' That was his plan?...Against the Russian Army?
-->'''Casey:''' Yeah.
-->'''Dan:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Almost hard to believe he lost]].
* RunningGagRunningGag: Jeremy trying to explain why he can't participate in the blood drive.



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* TooMuchInformationTooMuchInformation: After Casey tells Allison (the make-up artist) his calves have been called "shapely":
-->'''Dan:''' Who's been calling your calves shapely?
-->'''Casey:''' My mom.
-->'''Dan:''' Okay. Don't talk to me for the rest of the show.
* TranquilFury: Dana when she finds out about Gordon and Sally...[[SanitySlippage at first.]]
-->'''Waiter:''' Can I tell you about some of our dessert specials?
-->'''Dana:''' No, thank you.
-->'''Gordon:''' No thanks.
-->'''Waiter:''' The chef has made a pecan pie.
-->'''Dana:''' Thanks anyway.
-->'''Waiter:''' One plate with two forks-
-->'''Dana:''' (''evenly'') Seriously, I'll kill you.
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->'''Dan:''' Of course, Sally already knew-

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->'''Dan:''' Of course, [[AsYouKnow Sally already knew-
knew]]-

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->'''Casey:''' You told Dana?
->'''Dan:''' I told Natalie. Natalie told Dana.
->'''Casey:''' Oh boy! [[SarcasmMode Who woulda thought?]]
->'''Dan:''' Dana told Gordon. Dana told Sally.
->'''Casey:''' Yes.
->'''Dan:''' Of course, Sally already knew-



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* IndyPloy
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* TitleDropCovertPervert
* {{Foreshadowing}}
* GetOut
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* RunningGag
* ShoutOut
* TooMuchInformation
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Tired of the fact Casey won't tell Dana about Gordon sleeping with Sally, Dan tells Natalie about it, and all hell breaks loose.

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* BookEnds
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