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* HomeschooledKids: All the Dubin kids up to the start of the show.
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* OutdatedName: A mild example; due to so many character names being shoutouts the kids' names have a collective elder-millennial slant, particularly with the RunningGag of "so many Kyles" rather than Aidan and its' variations which would be more likely the case with a cohort of kids born around 2010.
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* WorkingTitle: ''One Small Step''
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** Many characters' names, starting with Matt who's named after one of Sundquist's real-life brothers.


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* WorkingTitle: ''One Small Step''
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* TheUnfavorite: It takes an innocent comment by Luisa to make Gary and Maggie realize how Matt and Luisa feel with all their time and attention given to Josh.
--> '''Luisa''': But Josh needs more attention.
--> '''Maggie''': Thank you, Louisa.
--> '''Luisa''': It's not Mommy and Daddy's fault they ignore us a lot.

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Josh Dubin (played by newcomer Logan Marmino) is a 12-year-old MiddleSchool student starting the 7th grade at a public school. Home schooled all his life, Josh is eager to experience everything his new school has to offer. Together, with his best friends Kyle and Gabriella, Josh faces his new challenges head-on, perhaps most importantly how to get everyone to see beyond the fact that he has a prosthetic leg.

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Josh Dubin (played by newcomer Logan Marmino) is a 12-year-old MiddleSchool student starting the 7th grade at a public school. Home schooled all his life, Josh is eager to experience everything his new school has to offer. Together, with his best friends friend Kyle and new friend Gabriella, Josh faces his new challenges head-on, perhaps most importantly how to get everyone to see beyond the fact that he has a prosthetic leg.



** In the episode "Elevator," Matt asks Josh if Franchise/CarmenSanDiego needs her hat back.

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** In the episode "Elevator," Matt asks Josh if Franchise/CarmenSanDiego needs her hat back.



* {{Snacksploitation}}: In "Movie Night," Josh hides a 2-liter bottle of “Liquid Louie” soda by securing it where his prosthetic would have been. A CoolOldLady he befriended helps him when it accidentally slips out, but the resulting SodaCanShakeup causes a soda shower in the middle of the theatre.



* ThoughtTheyKnewAlready: In "Elevator," Josh assumes his dad told his mom about the [[TheBully tripping incident]] on the first day of school. He didn't.

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* ThoughtTheyKnewAlready: In "Elevator," Josh assumes his dad told his mom about the [[TheBully tripping incident]] on the first day of school. He didn't.didn't.
* YouAreGrounded: Josh is grounded after getting detention in "Elevator."
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* PlugNPlayProsthetics: A notable inversion. It takes two visits several weeks apart to replace Josh's broken and outgrown prosthesis, with him using crutches in the interim.
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* CreatorCameo: Sundquist appears as a prosthetist in two episodes.
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* TechnologicallyBlindElders: In "Movie Night," Maggie accidentally orders 20 pizza using the app on her smartphone. The pizza delivery guy tries to make her feel better by saying that it happens a lot to their older customers.

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* TechnologicallyBlindElders: In "Movie Night," Maggie accidentally orders 20 pizza pizzas using the app on her smartphone. The pizza delivery guy tries to make her feel better by saying that it happens a lot to their older customers.
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* MistakenMessage: Kyle thinks he's texting his mom that his friends think his vest is cool. Unfortunately, he sends it to Josh and Gabriella.
* PopUpTexting: Not surprisingly, sprinkled throughout the episodes given that Josh and his friends are middle schoolers with smartphones.


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* RunningGag: After calling Kyle by the wrong name in the second episode, Principal Keifer remarks that there are so many Kyles this year. Throughout the rest of the first season, he frequently calls out to, or yells at, one of the Kyles.


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* TechnologicallyBlindElders: In "Movie Night," Maggie accidentally orders 20 pizza using the app on her smartphone. The pizza delivery guy tries to make her feel better by saying that it happens a lot to their older customers.

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* BittersweetEnding: The first season finale, "School Dance."
** Gabriella is stressed out over balancing school, her extra-curricular activities, and being captain of the volleyball team. [[spoiler: It gets so bad that she admits volleyball is no longer fun and she quits the team.]]
** While Josh learns to not expect everything to be perfect and enjoys himself at the dance, he reveals his reason for his high expectations for everything he does to Gabriella. [[spoiler: He lost his leg to cancer, and has not quite reached the 5-year mark where he'll officially be cancer-free. Until then, he realizes every first might be his last.]]



* HidingTheHandicap: On the first day of school, Josh asks his brother Matthew and best friend Kyle not to tell others about his leg, as he wants people to make friends with him because they want to, not because they feel sorry for him.

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* HidingTheHandicap: On the first day of school, Josh asks his brother Matthew Matt and best friend Kyle not to tell others about his leg, as he wants people to make friends with him because they want to, not because they feel sorry for him.


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* ShoutOut:
** In the episode "Elevator," Matt asks Josh if Franchise/CarmenSanDiego needs her hat back.
** Watching Kyle rehearse with the marching band, Josh remarks that he's no Music/{{Lizzo}}.
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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Josh's precocious little sister Luisa is home-schooled and relishes in the extra attention without the boys.


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* BlandNameProduct: Josh joins Gabriella's [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons B&B]] RPG club.
* EducationMama: Up to this school year, Josh's mom, Maggie, home schooled all three of her children. With Josh and Matthew headed off to a public middle school, only their younger sister Luisa remains at home.

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Josh Dubin (played by newcomer Logan Marmino) is a 12-year-old MiddleSchool student starting the 7th grade at a public school. Home schooled all his life, Josh is eager to experience everything his new school has to offer. Together with his best friends Kyle and Gabriella, Josh faces his new challenges head-on, perhaps most importantly how to get everyone to see beyond the fact that he has a prosthetic leg.

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Josh Dubin (played by newcomer Logan Marmino) is a 12-year-old MiddleSchool student starting the 7th grade at a public school. Home schooled all his life, Josh is eager to experience everything his new school has to offer. Together Together, with his best friends Kyle and Gabriella, Josh faces his new challenges head-on, perhaps most importantly how to get everyone to see beyond the fact that he has a prosthetic leg.


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* ExtracurricularEnthusiast: Not wanting to miss anything, Josh signs up for multiple school clubs.
* GoGetterGirl: Gabriella is popular, a good student, and captain of the volleyball team.
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* DisabledCharacterDisabledActor: Marmino was found in an open casting call specifically seeking a boy with a lower-limb deficiency.

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* ProstheticLimbReveal: A bully intentionally trips Josh, sending him sprawling on the floor, removing his foot in the process and revealing his prosthetic leg.

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* ProstheticLimbReveal: A bully [[TheBully bully]] intentionally trips Josh, sending him sprawling on the floor, removing his foot in the process and revealing his prosthetic leg.leg.
* ThoughtTheyKnewAlready: In "Elevator," Josh assumes his dad told his mom about the [[TheBully tripping incident]] on the first day of school. He didn't.
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* HidingTheHandicap: Josh asks his brother and Kyle to not tell others about his leg, as he wants people to make friends with him because they want to, not because they feel sorry for him.
* HighSchoolDance: Josh is excited to attend his first school dance, which his expectations largely shaped by this trope including the large bowl of punch and a balloon arch.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: The principal proudly shows off his pirate costume to Josh, and almost immediately regrets showing off his HookHand.

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* HidingTheHandicap: On the first day of school, Josh asks his brother Matthew and best friend Kyle to not to tell others about his leg, as he wants people to make friends with him because they want to, not because they feel sorry for him.
* HighSchoolDance: Josh is excited to attend his first school dance, which with his expectations largely shaped by this trope including the large bowl of punch flavorful punch, lots of balloons, and everyone having a balloon arch.good time on the dance floor.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: The principal On Halloween, Principal Keifer proudly shows off his pirate costume to Josh, and almost immediately regrets showing off calling attention to his HookHand.
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* DisabledCharacterDisabledActor: Marmino was found in an open casting call specifically seeking a boy with a lower-limb deficiency.

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Josh Dubin (played by newcomer Logan Marmino) is a 12-year-old middle school student starting the 7th grade at a public school. Home schooled all his life, Josh is eager to experience everything his new school has to offer. Together with his best friends Kyle and Gabriella, Josh faces his new challenges head-on, perhaps most importantly how to get everyone to see beyond the fact that he has a prosthetic leg.

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Josh Dubin (played by newcomer Logan Marmino) is a 12-year-old middle school MiddleSchool student starting the 7th grade at a public school. Home schooled all his life, Josh is eager to experience everything his new school has to offer. Together with his best friends Kyle and Gabriella, Josh faces his new challenges head-on, perhaps most importantly how to get everyone to see beyond the fact that he has a prosthetic leg.


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* InnocentlyInsensitive: The principal proudly shows off his pirate costume to Josh, and almost immediately regrets showing off his HookHand.

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* BasedOnATrueStory: The show is an adaption of Josh Sundquist’s childhood from his memoir.

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* BasedOnATrueStory: The show is an adaption of Josh Sundquist’s childhood from his memoir.memoir.
* HidingTheHandicap: Josh asks his brother and Kyle to not tell others about his leg, as he wants people to make friends with him because they want to, not because they feel sorry for him.
* ProstheticLimbReveal: A bully intentionally trips Josh, sending him sprawling on the floor, removing his foot in the process and revealing his prosthetic leg.
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* BasedOnATrueStory: The show is an adaption of Josh Sundquist’s childhood from his memoir.
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A family comedy produced for Creator/AppleTVPlus, the series is based on the memoir, ''Just Don't Fall: How I Grew Up, Conquered Illness, and Made it Down the Mountain'' by Josh Sundquist, an American author and Paralympian.

Josh Dubin (played by newcomer Logan Marmino) is a 12-year-old middle school student who goes from home schooling to public school and eager to experience everything his new middle school has to offer. Together with his best friends Kyle and Gabriella, Josh faces new challenges head-on, perhaps most importantly how to get everyone to see beyond the fact that he has a prosthetic leg.

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A family comedy produced for Creator/AppleTVPlus, the series is Creator/AppleTVPlus based on the American author and Paralympian Josh Sundquist’s memoir, ''Just Don't Fall: How I Grew Up, Conquered Illness, and Made it Down the Mountain'' by Josh Sundquist, an American author and Paralympian.

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Josh Dubin (played by newcomer Logan Marmino) is a 12-year-old middle school student who goes from home schooling to starting the 7th grade at a public school and school. Home schooled all his life, Josh is eager to experience everything his new middle school has to offer. Together with his best friends Kyle and Gabriella, Josh faces his new challenges head-on, perhaps most importantly how to get everyone to see beyond the fact that he has a prosthetic leg.
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A family comedy produced for Creator/AppleTVPlus, the series is based on the memoir, ''Just Don't Fall: How I Grew Up, Conquered Illness, and Made it Down the Mountain'' by Josh Sundquist, an American author and Paralympian.

Josh Dubin (played by newcomer Logan Marmino) is a 12-year-old middle school student who goes from home schooling to public school and eager to experience everything his new middle school has to offer. Together with his best friends Kyle and Gabriella, Josh faces new challenges head-on, perhaps most importantly how to get everyone to see beyond the fact that he has a prosthetic leg.

The series premiered on July 22, 2022, with all 10 episodes available for streaming.

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