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--->'''Jim''': There must be at least fifteen people waiting out there.
--->'''Ricky''': It's the bus stop Jim.

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--->'''Jim''': --->'''Jim:''' There must be at least fifteen people waiting out there.
--->'''Ricky''': --->'''Ricky:''' It's the bus stop Jim.



--> '''Effie''': How embarrassment.

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--> '''Effie''': '''Effie:''' How embarrassment.
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* CatchPhrase: CharacterCatchphrase:
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Memo tells Liz that Jim isn't allowed masturbate during Easter in "Easter Greek Style", as he is a good Greek Orthodox boy.

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* AlliterativeName: '''Lars''' '''Lars'''on.



-->'''Jim''': There must be at least fifteen people waiting out there.
-->'''Ricky''': It's the bus stop Jim.

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-->'''Jim''': --->'''Jim''': There must be at least fifteen people waiting out there.
-->'''Ricky''': --->'''Ricky''': It's the bus stop Jim.



* CatchPhrase: Effie gets a few:
** "Hi, has anyone seen my cousin Jim here?".
** "How embarrassment.".
** "Hello, good thanks.".

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* CatchPhrase: CatchPhrase:
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Effie gets a few:
** *** "Hi, has anyone seen my cousin Jim here?".
** *** "How embarrassment.".
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embarrassment".
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"Hello, good thanks.".thanks".


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* RepetitiveName: '''Lars Lars'''on.
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* AbsenteeActor: Skip was missing from several Series 2 episodes.
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* OrMyNameIsnt: Effie vowing that she and Sophie'll find work in "Jobs for the Girls".
-->'''Effie:''' All right, we'll do it. Sophie and me will get a job or my name isn't...
-->'''Sophie:''' Effie Stephanidis.
-->'''Effie:''' Exactly!
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* WeddingFinale: The aforementioned "Here Come the Brides" two-parter, although it only became the finale after the series was unceremoniously cancelled and ends on a cliffhanger.
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-->'''Jim''': There must be at least fifteen people waiting out there.
-->'''Ricky''': It's the bus stop Jim.


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** Manolis also had a weepy "Why did she leave me?".
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* BottleEpisode: Several episodes never leave the Acropolis.


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* WeddingEpisode: "Here Come the Brides", the two-part series finale about Jim being scheduled to marry both Suzanna and Julia at the same time and venue.
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* CourtroomEpisode: "Acropolis Law" was about Effie taking legal action against her best friend Sophie after she messed up her hair.

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* DumbBlond: Skip is .

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* DumbBlond: Skip is .is rather vapid and clueless and goes along with the others' ideas without a second of thought beforehand.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Back when they went to school together, Jim and Effie would call Suzanna "Pooey Suey".



* IdiotHero: Jim at the best of times.

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* IdiotHero: Jim at the best of times.is an absolute idiot, although he always means well and will do anything for his friends.



* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Jim is short for Dimitrius, Memo is short for Agamemnon, Ricky is short for Ricardo, Liz is short for Elizabeth, Effie is short for Efthimia, Skip's real name is Gavin.
* PutOnABus: Ricky leaves at the end of Series 2 to join a band, Skip leaves halfway through Series 3 to go on his annual pilgrimage to the Big Banana, Alfredo leaves between Series 4 and 5 to join the Church.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Despina shows up in Series 5 as the love of Memo's life, despite Memo having another love of his life a few series ago and never once mentioning her.
* SoapboxSadie: Liz. "Midnight Espresso" has her get arrested during a protest.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Alfredo to Ricky, Suzanna to Liz.
* TookALevelInKindness: Memo after Series 1, Suzanna throughout Series 4.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Between Jim and Liz.
* WelcomeEpisode: Liz and Skip in "Old Bar, New Bar", Alfredo in "A Fistful of Cabana", Suzanna in "Oh Suzanna!", Lars in "Hair Razors".
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After Skip goes on his pilgrimage, he is never referred to again.

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: OnlyKnownByTheirNickname:
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Jim is short for Dimitrius, Dimitrius.
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Memo is short for Agamemnon, Agamemnon.
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Ricky is short for Ricardo, Ricardo.
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Liz is short for Elizabeth, Elizabeth
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Effie is short for Efthimia, Efthimia.
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Skip's real name is Gavin.
* PutOnABus: PutOnABus:
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Ricky leaves at in "Ricky Sings the end of Series 2 Blues" to join a band, band.
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Skip leaves halfway through Series 3 in "The Best of Enemies" to go on his annual pilgrimage to the Big Banana, Banana.
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Alfredo leaves between Series 4 "The Last Temptation" and 5 "Dream Baby" to join the Church.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Despina shows up in Series 5 as the love of Memo's life, despite Memo having another [[OneShotCharacter Haroula]] being the love of his Memo's life a few series ago and never once mentioning her.
back in Series 3.
* SoapboxSadie: Liz. When Liz feels deeply about something, she isn't afraid to make her voice heard. "Midnight Espresso" has revolves around her get getting arrested during a protest.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute:
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Alfredo took Ricky's role as the the one who would have to Ricky, bring Jim and Memo down from their idiotic behavior and suffering from Effie's advances.
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Suzanna to Liz.
took Liz's role as the token skip female with a romantic plotline with Jim.
* TookALevelInKindness: TookALevelInKindness:
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Memo calms down a lot after Series 1, 1 and becomes more like one of the guys.
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Suzanna gradually becomes more chill throughout Series 4.
4 with Jim's help.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Between Jim and Liz.
Liz. Jim made no secret about his love for Liz, but she was a lot more mixed with her feelings. [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome Then Liz disappeared and no one acknowledged her existence ever again...]]
* WelcomeEpisode: WelcomeEpisode:
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Liz and Skip join the Acropolis staff in "Old Bar, New Bar", Bar" when Jim takes over the business from his father.
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Alfredo joins the Acropolis staff in "A Fistful of Cabana", Cabana" when his uncle takes over.
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Suzanna joins the Acropolis staff in "Oh Suzanna!", Suzanna!" after she loses her job and Jim takes pity on his old classmate.
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Lars meets the others in "Hair Razors".
Razors" after he falls desperately in love with Effie.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After Skip goes on his pilgrimage, pilgrimage in "The Best of Enemies", he is never referred to mentioned again.

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* AlphaBitch: Suzanna was this throughout most of Series 4, although Jim helps cool her down by Series 5.



* BookDumb: Jim, Memo, Effie and Skip all spring to mind.

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* BookDumb: Jim, Memo, BookDumb:
** Jim is the leading example, progressively getting more and more dense every passing series.
** Memo is very blunt and stubborn which constantly leads to bad decisions and spectacular blunders.
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Effie is smarter than Jim and Memo combined, although that isn't saying much considering how ditzy she is.
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Skip all spring to mind.doesn't often have an expression on his face other than gormless agreement.



* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Manolis after Series 1, Liz and Mike after Series 3.

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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Manolis disappears after Series 1, while Liz and Mike are nowhere to be seen after Series 3.



* DefrostingIceQueen: Suzanna after she joins the Acropolis staff.
* DumbBlond: Skip is a male example.

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* DefrostingIceQueen: Suzanna starts off as an AlphaBitch, although she calms down after she joins the Acropolis staff.
staff and starts to date Jim.
* DumbBlond: Skip is a male example.is .



* {{Malaproper}}: It's rare for Effie to go more than a few sentences without making a mistake:

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* {{Malaproper}}: It's rare for Effie to go more than a few sentences without making a mistake:mistake.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Effie is this to Ricky and later Alfredo.
** Lars is this to Effie.

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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Effie is this to Ricky and later Alfredo.Alfredo with her unrelenting advances and constant flirtation.
** Lars is this to Effie.later gives Effie a taste of her own medicine in Series 5.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Memo tells Liz that Jim isn't allowed masturbate during Easter in "Easter Greek Style", as he is a good Greek Orthodox boy.
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** Lars is this to Effie.


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* AlliterativeName: '''Lars''' '''Lars'''on.
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* SoapboxSadie: Liz.

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* SoapboxSadie: Liz. "Midnight Espresso" has her get arrested during a protest.
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* InSeriesNickname: Memo affectionately calls Jim 'Jimako'.

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* InSeriesNickname: Memo affectionately calls Jim 'Jimako'."Jimako".



* WelcomeEpisode: Liz and Skip in 'Old Bar, New Bar', Alfredo in 'A Fistful of Cabana', Suzanna in 'Oh Suzanna!', Lars in 'Hair Razors'.

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* WelcomeEpisode: Liz and Skip in 'Old "Old Bar, New Bar', Bar", Alfredo in 'A "A Fistful of Cabana', Cabana", Suzanna in 'Oh Suzanna!', "Oh Suzanna!", Lars in 'Hair Razors'."Hair Razors".
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Liz is short for Elizabeth, Skip's real name is Gavin.

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Jim is short for Dimitrius, Memo is short for Agamemnon, Ricky is short for Ricardo, Liz is short for Elizabeth, Effie is short for Efthimia, Skip's real name is Gavin.

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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Manolis after Series 1, Liz after Series 3.

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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Manolis after Series 1, Liz and Mike after Series 3.



* GagNose: Jim's nose was the target of many a joke throughout the series.



* IdiotHero: Jim at the best of times.



* TheOtherDarrin: Vinny of rival caf&eacute, Vinny's Bistro was played by Tony Poli in Series 3 and Joe Perrone in Series 4.
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* TheOtherDarrin: Vinny of rival caf&eacute, Vinny's Bistro was played by Tony Poli in Series 3 and Joe Perrone in Series 4.


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* RememberTheNewGuy: Despina shows up in Series 5 as the love of Memo's life, despite Memo having another love of his life a few series ago and never once mentioning her.

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* GenderBlenderName: Mike the cook from Series 3 was female. It's short for Michael.



* ScrewedByTheNetwork: After a change in management, Channel Seven dropped the show at the height of it's popularity because the channel wanted to ''take a different direction''.

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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: After a change in management, Channel Seven dropped the show at the height of it's popularity because the channel wanted to ''take a different direction''.SoapboxSadie: Liz.


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* TookALevelInKindness: Memo after Series 1, Suzanna throughout Series 4.


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* WelcomeEpisode: Liz and Skip in 'Old Bar, New Bar', Alfredo in 'A Fistful of Cabana', Suzanna in 'Oh Suzanna!', Lars in 'Hair Razors'.
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* DumbBlond: Skip is a male example.


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* InSeriesNickname: Memo affectionately calls Jim 'Jimako'.


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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Liz is short for Elizabeth, Skip's real name is Gavin.
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* PutOnABus: Simon leaves at the end of Series 2 to join a band, Skip leaves halfway through Series 3 to go on his annual pilgrimage to the Big Banana, Alfredo leaves between Series 4 and 5 to join the Church.

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* PutOnABus: Simon Ricky leaves at the end of Series 2 to join a band, Skip leaves halfway through Series 3 to go on his annual pilgrimage to the Big Banana, Alfredo leaves between Series 4 and 5 to join the Church.
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* {{Flanderization}}: Jim was never the smartest in Series 1, but by Series 5, his IQ had dropped around 50 points.

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In the first episode, Jim Stefanidis' (Nick Giannopoulos) father asks him to run the family business, the Acropolis café, when he suddenly leaves Australia to return to his homeland Greece. Jim is joined by his best friend, Ricky Martinez (Simon Palomares), waiter, Memo Hatzidimitropoulos (George Kapiniaris), waitress, Liz Wilson (Tracey Callander), and cooks, Skip (Simon Thorpe) and Manolis (George Vidalis). Joining in later series are his cousin, Effie Stefanidis (Creator/MaryCoustas), Italian Alfredo (Creator/NickCarrafa), Jim's new love interest, Suzanna Martin (Creator/NickiWendt) Memo's love interest, Despina Hatzipapadopoulos (Creator/GeorgieParker) and Effie's new love interest, Lars Larson (Creator/SimonWilton). The show's humour arises from the clash of cultures and beliefs.

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In the first episode, Jim Stefanidis' (Nick Giannopoulos) father asks him to run the family business, the Acropolis café, when he suddenly leaves Australia to return to his homeland Greece. Jim is joined by his best friend, Ricky Martinez (Simon Palomares), waiter, Memo Hatzidimitropoulos (George Kapiniaris), waitress, Liz Wilson (Tracey Callander), and cooks, Skip (Simon Thorpe) and Manolis (George Vidalis).

Joining in later series are his cousin, Effie Stefanidis (Creator/MaryCoustas), (Mary Coustas), Italian Alfredo (Creator/NickCarrafa), (Nick Carrafa), Jim's new love interest, Suzanna Martin (Creator/NickiWendt) (Nicki Wendt) Memo's love interest, Despina Hatzipapadopoulos (Creator/GeorgieParker) (Georgie Parker) and Effie's new love interest, Lars Larson (Creator/SimonWilton). (Simon Wilton).

The show's humour arises from the clash of cultures and beliefs.beliefs and it ran for five series from 1989-1992.

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!!This series provides examples of:
* EightiesHair: Effie had a hair gel mountain on her head.
* AbhorrentAdmirer: Effie is this to Ricky and later Alfredo.
* AbsenteeActor: Skip was missing from several Series 2 episodes.
* AscendedExtra: Effie was only in a few episodes of Series 1, but had a starring role by Series 4.
* BookDumb: Jim, Memo, Effie and Skip all spring to mind.
* BreakoutCharacter: Effie was so popular that Mary Coustas got several talkshow spin-offs about her after Acropolis Now.
* CatchPhrase: Effie gets a few:
** "Hi, has anyone seen my cousin Jim here?".
** "How embarrassment.".
** "Hello, good thanks.".
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Manolis after Series 1, Liz after Series 3.
* CoolCar: Jim's beloved orange Monaro.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Suzanna after she joins the Acropolis staff.
* {{Malaproper}}: It's rare for Effie to go more than a few sentences without making a mistake:
--> '''Effie''': How embarrassment.
* PutOnABus: Simon leaves at the end of Series 2 to join a band, Skip leaves halfway through Series 3 to go on his annual pilgrimage to the Big Banana, Alfredo leaves between Series 4 and 5 to join the Church.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: After a change in management, Channel Seven dropped the show at the height of it's popularity because the channel wanted to ''take a different direction''.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Alfredo to Ricky, Suzanna to Liz.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Between Jim and Liz.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After Skip goes on his pilgrimage, he is never referred to again.
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->''If you've got problems on your mind,''\\
''You can leave them all behind,''\\
''Oh, it's a sweet life.''

''Acropolis Now'' is an Australian sitcom set in the fictional Acropolis Café in Melbourne and centred around the café staff and their relationships with eachother, created by Nick Giannopoulos, George Kapiniaris and Simon Palomares, who also starred in the series.

In the first episode, Jim Stefanidis' (Nick Giannopoulos) father asks him to run the family business, the Acropolis café, when he suddenly leaves Australia to return to his homeland Greece. Jim is joined by his best friend, Ricky Martinez (Simon Palomares), waiter, Memo Hatzidimitropoulos (George Kapiniaris), waitress, Liz Wilson (Tracey Callander), and cooks, Skip (Simon Thorpe) and Manolis (George Vidalis). Joining in later series are his cousin, Effie Stefanidis (Creator/MaryCoustas), Italian Alfredo (Creator/NickCarrafa), Jim's new love interest, Suzanna Martin (Creator/NickiWendt) Memo's love interest, Despina Hatzipapadopoulos (Creator/GeorgieParker) and Effie's new love interest, Lars Larson (Creator/SimonWilton). The show's humour arises from the clash of cultures and beliefs.

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