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* InformedJudaism: Completely averted. Erica's father is a rabbi, Erica and her family are seen being religious on screen, and Erica is frequently the one to explain various points of Jewish tradition to other characters.
** Unlike some shows which undoubtedly just call a character Jewish to sidestep the "diversity" thing but have no intention of seriously exploring religion, in this case the series creator and showrunner, Jana Sinyor, is actually Jewish.
** It also represents several different sects of Judaism, with Erica's family being relatively Reform (or possibly Conservative) and one episode involving the Ultra-Orthodox community (with Erica, having been sent back with the person doing the regret, saying that at least she'll "blend," only to be bewildered by the Hebrew and Yiddish terminology an Ultra-Orthodox woman throws at her).
** Unlike some shows which undoubtedly just call a character Jewish to sidestep the "diversity" thing but have no intention of seriously exploring religion, in this case the series creator and showrunner, Jana Sinyor, is actually Jewish.
** It also represents several different sects of Judaism, with Erica's family being relatively Reform (or possibly Conservative) and one episode involving the Ultra-Orthodox community (with Erica, having been sent back with the person doing the regret, saying that at least she'll "blend," only to be bewildered by the Hebrew and Yiddish terminology an Ultra-Orthodox woman throws at her).
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* [[LikeASonToMe Like A Daughter To Me]]: This is Dr. Naadiah's main concern about the relationship between Dr. Tom and Erica, that he essentially is substituting her in for his own daughter. At least once he actually calls Erica "Sarah" by mistake
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* [[LikeASonToMe Like A Daughter To Me]]: This is Dr. Naadiah's main concern about the relationship between Dr. Tom and Erica, that he essentially is substituting her in for his own daughter. Given his issues with Sarah's disappearance, this is a legitimate problem, and on several occasions it leads him to not treat Erica professionally. At least once he actually calls Erica "Sarah" by mistakemistake.
* MagicalNativeAmerican: Downplayed with Dr. Arthur, whose actor is Oneida and who is the highest-up authority in the Doctor hierarchy, but who never really does anything stereotypically Native American.
* MagicalNativeAmerican: Downplayed with Dr. Arthur, whose actor is Oneida and who is the highest-up authority in the Doctor hierarchy, but who never really does anything stereotypically Native American.
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* FightingIrish: Adam, though the violence is mostly in his past.
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* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Played with. Ethan has a habit of falling for impulsive, creative girls who bring him out of his shell (Claire, Erica), but ends up trying to control them instead out of fear, driving them away.
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* SassyBlackWoman: Thoroughly averted with Erica's friend Judith, a lawyer who plays TheSpock to Erica's TheKirk and Jenny's TheMcCoy. Played straight with a few minor characters.
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* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: Heavily subverted. When [[spoiler:Leo]] is sexually assaulted while at university, his [[spoiler:fraternity brothers]] find it hilarious. The show does not agree with them.
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* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: Heavily subverted.Subverted. When [[spoiler:Leo]] is sexually assaulted while at university, his [[spoiler:fraternity brothers]] find it hilarious. The show does not agree with them.
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** The very next episode, "Erica's Adventures in Wonderland" has this trope being name-checked by Doctor Tom when he sends her to an alternate universe where she's dating her perfect man (an educated, self-confident, handsome, muscled, educated, and successful photographer named Milo), she's still friends with Jenny, [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment and Doctor Tom is a huge Star Trek fan]]
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** The very next episode, "Erica's Adventures in Wonderland" has this trope being name-checked by Doctor Tom when he sends her to an alternate universe where she's dating her perfect man (an educated, self-confident, handsome, muscled, educated, and successful photographer named Milo), she's still friends with Jenny, [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and Doctor Tom is a huge Star Trek fan]]
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** The very next episode, "Erica's Adventures in Wonderland" has this trope being name-checked by Doctor Tom when he sends her to an alternate universe where she's dating her perfect man (an educated, self-confident, handsome, muscled, educated, and successful photographer named Milo), she's still friends with Jenny, [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment and Doctor Tom is a huge Star Trek fan]]
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* ReallyGetsAround: Adam has apparently had sex with more than 40 women
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* AbusiveParents: Adam's father is physically and emotionally abusive to both his sons and his wife. With Adam's mother...it's a lot more complicated, and even more traumatizing
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* BiTheWay: in an inversion of how this trope is usually evoked (with an otherwise straight-appearing character revealing same sex attraction), previously-established as gay [[spoiler: Ivan]] reveals that he is "10% straight" when it comes to slender blonde women.
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* BigGood: Dr. Tom has a boss (his own therapist, Dr. Naadiah), who in turn has her own boss, Dr. Arthur
* BiTheWay: in an inversion of how this trope is usually evoked (with an otherwise straight-appearing character revealing same sex attraction), previously-established as gay [[spoiler: Ivan]] reveals that he is "10% straight" when it comes to slender blondewomen.women (like Julianne).
* BiTheWay: in an inversion of how this trope is usually evoked (with an otherwise straight-appearing character revealing same sex attraction), previously-established as gay [[spoiler: Ivan]] reveals that he is "10% straight" when it comes to slender blonde
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* [[LikeASonToMe Like A Daughter To Me]]: This is Dr. Naadiah's main concern about the relationship between Dr. Tom and Erica, that he essentially is substituting her in for his own daughter. At least once he actually calls Erica "Sarah" by mistake
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* JerkAss: AntigoneAntigone, Josh, Thomas Friedkin
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** It also represents several different sects of Judaism, with Erica's family being relatively Reform (or possibly Conservative) and one episode involving the Ultra-Orthodox community (with Erica, having been sent back with the person doing the regret, saying that at least she'll "blend," only to be bewildered by the Hebrew and Yiddish terminology an Ultra-Orthodox woman throws at her).
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* InSeriesNickname: Julianne starts calling Erica "Chicken" as a sign of affection
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* InSeriesNickname: Julianne starts calling Erica "Chicken" as a sign of affectionaffection. Sam, Erica's younger sister, gets called "Chicken Little" once. Julianne's slightly less affectionate nickname for Jenny is "Owlshed," because of an incident where Jenny had sex in one
* InterClassRomance: Sam's relationship with Lenin revolves around her struggling with having this not be the case with her being a doctor and him being a janitor
* InterClassRomance: Sam's relationship with Lenin revolves around her struggling with having this not be the case with her being a doctor and him being a janitor
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* BiTheWay: in an inversion of how this trope is usually evoked (with an otherwise straight-appearing character revealing same sex attraction), previously-established as gay [[spoiler: Ivan]] reveals that he is "10% straight" when it comes to slender blonde women.
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** In an inversion, in "Bear Breasts" Julianne discovers that she finds Boy on Boy to be hot.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: in the first episode of the third season, Erica is sent back with Adam on one of his regrets, that he ignored a call from the hospital because he was at work and so missed the death of his mother. What Adam's work is kept vague, but a shot of Adam looking at a fancy watch makes it seem like something distinguished. As soon as they're sent back, Erica and Adam have to run from the cops [[spoiler: because Adam, who it turns out was an enforcer for the local mob, had just beaten a guy up and taken some watches off him]]
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: in the first episode of the third season, Erica is sent back with Adam on one of his regrets, that he ignored a call from the hospital because he was at work and so missed the death of his mother. What Adam's work is kept vague, but a shot of Adam looking at a fancy watch makes it seem like something distinguished. As soon as they're sent back, Erica and Adam have to run from the cops [[spoiler: because Adam, who it turns out was an enforcer for the a local mob, loanshark, had just beaten a guy up and taken some watches off him]]
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: in the first episode of the third season, Erica is sent back with Adam on one of his regrets, that he ignored a call from the hospital because he was at work and so missed the death of his mother. What Adam's work is kept vague, but a shot of Adam looking at a fancy watch makes it seem like something distinguished. As soon as they're sent back, Erica and Adam have to run from the cops [[spoiler: because Adam, who it turns out was an enforcer for the local mob, had just beaten a guy up and taken some watches off him]]
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* BerserkButton: After figuring out that Leo's fraternity brothers [[spoiler: sodomized him with a broom handle]], Erica confronts the ringleader. When it becomes clear he is totally unrepentant, [[spoiler: she grabs a trophy and breaks the guy's nose]]
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** This is twisted in an interesting way in "Two Wrongs" as Erica initially denies that Leo's fraternity brothers are bullying him, because he was "the coolest guy I knew." However, she changes her mind pretty quickly.
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* InSeriesNickname: Julianne starts calling Erica "Chicken" as a sign of affection
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* BigBrotherWorship: Due to him having died several years previously, Erica's memories of Leo are extremely rosy. The point of several of her trips is to demonstrate to her that Leo was a flawed, temperamental, and irresponsible teenager/twenty something, not the perfect big brother she remembered.
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* BlatantLies: To get out of an expensive bar tab in Taipei, Erica claims to be CelineDion, having been told earlier in the day she looks like her somewhat. The bar owner tells her to prove it by singing.
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* BlatantLies: To get out of an expensive bar tab in Taipei, Erica claims to be CelineDion, having been told earlier in the day she looks like her somewhat. The bar owner tells her to prove it by singing. [[HollywoodToneDeaf Given that she's a terrible singer...]]
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* MulticoloredHair: Erica's standard college-age hairstyle features stripes of various colors.
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* ValuesDissonance: One episode features a friend of Erica's [[spoiler: coming out as gay to her]]. While she (having the mindset of someone from the mid-2000s [[spoiler: not to mention someone who had her own flirtation with same-sex attraction in her future/past]]) doesn't think it's a big deal, he, having the mindset of a teenager from the late Eighties, thinks it's the worst thing ever.
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* BlatantLies: To get out of an expensive bar tab in Taipei, Erica claims to be CelineDion, having been told earlier in the day she looks like her somewhat. The bar owner tells her to prove it by singing.
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* [[DeadLittleSister Dead Big Brother]]: Leo. His death traumatized the entire Strange family for years, and Erica is always overjoyed to see him when she goes back to before he died.
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* HollywoodNerd: If, a weird LARP tech geek who Erica dated for 10 days.
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* HollywoodNerd: If, a weird LARP LARP-loving tech geek who Erica dated for 10 days.
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