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* TheMistress: SpoofedSpoofed in an episode aptly titled, "The Mistress." Sugarbaker's is hired to decorate both the home of a wealthy married man, and the condo where he keeps his mistress. The women are eventually so disgusted by the mistress that they tell her off in an attempt to defend the wife, but [[TwistEnding it turns out they have the situation entirely wrong]], and so HilarityEnsues.
** The way the truth unfolds [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBlvRMx9tvM is pretty masterfully done.]]
** The way the truth unfolds [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBlvRMx9tvM is pretty masterfully done.]]
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* [[HotMom Mary Jo Shively]] (Annie Potts): A single divorced mother who performs unspecified duties (actually, she's a designer, and frequently speaks of things like sketches and clients) at ''Sugarbaker's''. She spends much of her time [[OneHourWorkWeek sitting around the office/living room]] [[DeadpanSnarker tossing out one-liners]].
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* [[HotMom Mary Jo Shively]] Shively (Annie Potts): A single divorced mother who performs unspecified duties (actually, she's a designer, and frequently speaks of things like sketches and clients) at ''Sugarbaker's''. She spends much of her time [[OneHourWorkWeek sitting around the office/living room]] [[DeadpanSnarker tossing out one-liners]].
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* TheScrappy: Allison Sugarbaker, one of the most notorious examples. Critics, audiences, the producers, even Julia Duffy all grew to dislike the character, and few bemoaned her being written out.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Carlene Dobber for Charlene Frazier-Stillfield. Their similar first names are even lampshaded by Mary Jo in the season 6 premiere.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Allison Sugarbaker. As Anthony put it, Leona Helmsley in Tinkerbell's body.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: BitchAlert: Allison Sugarbaker. As Anthony put it, Leona Helmsley in Tinkerbell's body.
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* BattleOfTheSexes: Another of Julia's memorable [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHW1GS8ZxS8&feature=related rants]] is on this very subject.
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* BattleOfTheSexes: Another of Julia's memorable [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHW1GS8ZxS8&feature=related rants]] is on this very subject.subject.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Allison Sugarbaker. As Anthony put it, Leona Helmsley in Tinkerbell's body.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Allison Sugarbaker. As Anthony put it, Leona Helmsley in Tinkerbell's body.
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* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: The episode in which Julia's son gets married, she's feeling her age. In response, she gets drunk and sings a very sexy "Sweet Georgia Brown." [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crv1pgHF2Ns Seen here.] Then she wakes up with his college roommate.
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* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: The episode in which Julia's son gets married, she's feeling her age. In response, she gets drunk and sings a very sexy "Sweet Georgia Brown." [http://www.Brown" [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crv1pgHF2Ns Seen as seen here.] ]] Then she wakes up with his college roommate.
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* AnAesop: Frequently.
* BadSanta: In one episode, Suzanne hires a mall Santa to slip into Mary Jo's house and make her son believe that Santa is real. Santa proceeds to rob Mary Jo blind.
* BigFancyHouse: Julia's stately home, which doubled as the company's office.
* TheCameo: The show had a smattering of celebrity appearances over the years, although possibly the most memorable is DollyParton as Charlene's "guardian movie star" when she's in the hospital to give birth.
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* HideYourPregnancy: Averted with Jean Smart (See RealLifeWritesThePlot below) but played straight with Annie Potts later on.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Charlene's taste in men to date.
* HideYourPregnancy: Averted with Jean Smart (See RealLifeWritesThePlot below) but played straight with Annie Potts later on.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Charlene's taste in men to date.
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* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: The episode when in which Julia's son gets married, she's feeling her age. In response, she gets drunk and sings a very sexy "Sweet Georgia Brown." http://www.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crv1pgHF2Ns.com/watch?v=crv1pgHF2Ns Seen here.] Then she wakes up with his college roommate.
* HideYourPregnancy: Averted with Jean Smart(See (see RealLifeWritesThePlot below) but played straight with Annie Potts later on.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Charlene's taste in men todate.date, until she met her husband.
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* MiscarriageOfJustice: Naturally, Anthony was completely innocent of the crime that caused his [[CatchPhrase "unfortunate incarceration"]] and spent the entire run of the series getting his life back in order (earning his GED, going to college, becoming a partner in ''Sugarbaker's'', etc.) and trying to put his past behind him. This fact did not stop Suzanne from constantly [[CrossingTheLineTwice expressing her displeasure with having a black ex-con around the office.]]
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* MiscarriageOfJustice: Naturally, Anthony was completely innocent of the crime that caused his [[CatchPhrase "unfortunate incarceration"]] and spent the entire run of the series getting his life back in order (earning his GED, going to college, becoming a partner in ''Sugarbaker's'', etc.) and trying to put his past behind him. This fact did not stop Suzanne from constantly [[CrossingTheLineTwice expressing her displeasure with having a black ex-con around the office.]]]] She did get better about it as the series progressed.
* NoodleIncident: The reason for Anthony's prison term is never clarified.
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* PutOnABus: Suzanne moved to Japan and Charlene moved with her husband to England at the start of season 6, due to Delta Burke's firing and Jean Smart's decision to leave the show. Suzanne's departure was only mentioned, while Charlene stuck around for just one more episode to unceremoniously drop the news of her leaving.
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* PutOnABus: Suzanne moved to Japan and Charlene moved with her husband to England at the start of season 6, due to Delta Burke's firing Burke being fired and Jean Smart's decision Smart deciding to leave the show. Suzanne's departure was only mentioned, while Charlene stuck around for just one more episode to unceremoniously drop the news of her leaving.
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* RealLifeRelative: Dixie Carter's husband in RealLife Hal Holbrook and Delta Burke's RealLife husband Gerald Mcraney played the same roles on the show.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Jean Smart discovered she was pregnant the day that Charlene and Bill's wedding episode was filmed. [[HideYourPregnancy Rather than stick her in a bunch of baggy clothes]], Charlene was written to have gotten pregnant on the honeymoon and Baby Olivia was born the following New Year's.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Jean Smart discovered she was pregnant the day that Charlene and Bill's wedding episode was filmed. [[HideYourPregnancy Rather than stick her in a bunch of baggy clothes]], Charlene was written to have gotten pregnant on the honeymoon and Baby Olivia was born the following New Year's.
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* RealLifeRelative: Dixie Carter's husband in RealLife Hal Holbrook and Delta Burke's RealLife husband Gerald Mcraney [=McRaney=] played one of Suzanne's ex-husbands; Dixie Carter's RealLife husband Hal Holbrook played Julia's longtime sweetheart, Reese Watson, until the same roles on the show.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Jean Smart discovered she was pregnant the day that Charlene and Bill's wedding episode was filmed. [[HideYourPregnancy Rather than stick her in a bunch of baggy clothes]], Charlene was written to have gotten pregnant on thehoneymoon honeymoon, and Baby baby Olivia was born the following New Year's.
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* SoapboxSadie: Julia Sugarbaker's soapbox tendencies have continued well past her teenage years. Also subverted with [[{{Foil}} Suzanne's]] monologues about such things as beauty and proper Southern values.
* SouthernBelle: Suzanne and Allison Sugarbaker. But really, the main characters all fit the bill one way or another.
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* SoapboxSadie: Julia Sugarbaker's soapbox tendencies have continued well past her teenage years. Also subverted with [[{{Foil}} Suzanne's]] monologues about such things as beauty and proper Southern values.
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* NoBisexuals: In one episode, Suzanne mentions that she told some guy's parents that he was bisexual because, "I always tell the parents. [[RefugeInAudacity And I'm not sorry.]] I don't believe in bisexuals. I figure the rest of us have to choose, so why shouldn't they?"
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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Mary Jo once caused the company to lose a lucrative client when she suggested to the woman that maybe the chairs she picked out would be better suited for someone with about 50 pounds less bulk. When she's trying to justify this to Julia, she says the chairs the woman picked out were dainty little things made with peacock feathers and when the client picked them out, all she could picture was the newspaper headline: "'''F'''at '''F'''eathered '''F'''anny '''F'''alls Through '''F'''loor."
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* ShooOutTheNewGuy: Julia Duffy replaced Delta Burke at the start of the 6th season as the Sugarbaker's prissy cousin, Allison. The character was very poorly received and was gone by the 7th season premiere. Creator Susan Bloodworth-Thomason blamed herself and the writers for not creating a more multi-dimensional character for Duffy to play. Jan Hooks was more successful as Jean Smart's replacement and was kept around for the final season.
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: [[TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry Julia and Suzanne]] rarely saw eye-to-eye on ''anything'' and argued frequently, but [[http://www.designingwomenonline.com/Episodes/Summaries/002.php one of the show's most memorable moments]] proved just how much Julia loved her baby sister. Video of the speech here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz_ZpoYBzaw
* BattleOfTheSexes: Another of Julia's memorable [[rants http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHW1GS8ZxS8&feature=related ]] is on this very subject.
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: [[TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry Julia and Suzanne]] rarely saw eye-to-eye on ''anything'' and argued frequently, but [[http://www.designingwomenonline.com/Episodes/Summaries/002.php one of the show's most memorable moments]] proved just how much Julia loved her baby sister. Video of the speech here: http://www.[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz_ZpoYBzaw
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[[caption-width-right:236:Southern-Fried Golden Girls]]
A {{Work Com}} by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason about four Southern women who operate an interior design company in [[{{Atlanta}} Atlanta, Georgia]]. The cast included:
* [[MamaBear Julia Sugarbaker]] (Dixie Carter): The head of ''Sugarbaker Designs'' (which operates out of her living room) and [[WriterOnBoard an unapologetically feminist Democrat]] whose frequent tirades are a trademark of the series.
* [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist Suzanne Sugarbaker]] (Delta Burke): Julia's younger sister, [[SouthernBelle a former beauty queen]] who supports herself through alimony payments from her many ex-husbands and is the main financial backer of the company.
* [[HotMom Mary Jo Shively]] (Annie Potts): A single divorced mother who performs unspecified duties (actually, she's a designer, and frequently speaks of things like sketches and clients) at ''Sugarbaker's''. She spends much of her time [[OneHourWorkWeek sitting around the office/living room]] [[DeadpanSnarker tossing out one-liners]].
* [[CountryMouse Charlene Frazier]] (Jean Smart): The office receptionist whose [[DumbBlonde rural background and naïveté]] are frequent sources of humor.
The cast was rounded out by [[MiscarriageOfJustice ex-con Anthony Bouvier]] (Meshach Taylor) and [[CloudCuckoolander Bernice Clifton]] (Alice Ghostley) and a steady parade of children, boyfriends, ex-husbands and assorted oddballs. After half the cast left in 1991, some [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute new characters appeared]] to replace them, but they were not as well-received. The series ran on CBS from September 29 ,1986 until May 24, 1993 and spawned an unsuccessful spin-off ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_of_the_House Women Of The House]]).
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!!This Show Contains Examples Of:
* ArchEnemy: It was pretty much Allison vs. Everyone during her brief tenure on the show.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: [[TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry Julia and Suzanne]] rarely saw eye-to-eye on ''anything'' and argued frequently, but [[http://www.designingwomenonline.com/Episodes/Summaries/002.php one of the show's most memorable moments]] proved just how much Julia loved her baby sister. Video of the speech here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz_ZpoYBzaw
* BigBeautifulWoman: Suzanne, as played by Delta Burke, is quite the looker, the only thing that actually detracts it is the horrible eighties clothing and hair that most of the cast suffered from time to time. Unfortunately in real life, Burke had been a favorite target of the tabloids because of her putting on weight as the show progressed. Worse, she had always struggled with her weight, and the depression and eating disorders that came with it; all of which that stretched as far back as her pageant days in the early 1970s. The press treatment of her was so terrible that it led Burke into asking the show to have an episode addressing her weight and the discrimination fat people have to go through. The episode in question has Suzanne go to her high school reunion and ending up hurt by the way everyone treats her because of her appearance now.
* BrainlessBeauty: Suzanne Sugarbaker
* TheCastShowoff: In exchange for performing Julia's decidedly left-wing rants, Dixie Carter (a Republican) requested that the character be allowed to sing in a number of episodes.
** Jean Smart also sang on the show. Pretty much everybody performed at one point or other, [[CrossingTheLineTwice once even in blackface (Suzanne)]].
* CharacterFilibuster: When Julia begins her "Terminator" rants, the show stops so ''everyone'' can listen.
* ChristmasCake: This was a rare show showcasing single women over 30 [[TheGoldenGirls but below 65]].
* CloudCuckoolander: While [[TheDitz the Frazier sisters]] had their moments, Bernice Clifton takes the prize here. The only thing keeping her from being truly dim are her [[HiddenDepths rare profound moments]].
* CoincidenceMagnet: Charlene and Anthony tended to have all kinds of weirdness happen to them.
* DeepSouth: The Frazier sisters hailed from Poplar Bluff, Missouri. This is a case of WriteWhatYouKnow , as Linda Bloodworth-Thomason is also from Poplar Bluff. And the ''Sugarbaker's'' staff have several ''Deliverance''-like encounters with the hillbilly Jones clan. Stereotypes of Southerners are frequently discussed and examined on the show.
* DropInCharacter: Bernice did not work at ''Sugarbaker's'' nor did she have a financial stake in the company, yet she spent much of her time there (much to the annoyance of the others, particularly Anthony).
** She was Julia and Suzanne's deceased mother's friend. Keeping her around reminded them of their mother.
* EightiesHair: Thankfully toned down by the end of the series.
* [[FiveManBand Five Woman Band]]: For the first five seasons...
** [[TheHero The Heroine]]: Julia
** TheLancer: Suzanne
** [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]: Mary Jo
** [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]]: Charlene
** ThatOneGuy: Anthony
* FurAndLoathing: Spoofed in an episode.
* GayAesop: Combined with AIDS to boot, and Julia chewing out a client.
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[{{Bewitched}} Aunt Esmerelda]] plays Bernice.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Charlene's taste in men to date.
* IronyAsSheIsCast: As mentioned above, the very Conservative Dixie Carter played the very Liberal Julia Sugarbaker.
* MiscarriageOfJustice: Naturally, Anthony was completely innocent of the crime that caused his [[CatchPhrase "unfortunate incarceration"]] and spent the entire run of the series getting his life back in order (earning his GED, going to college, becoming a partner in ''Sugarbaker's'', etc.) and trying to put his past behind him. This fact did not stop Suzanne from constantly [[CrossingTheLineTwice expressing her displeasure with having a black ex-con around the office.]]
* TheMistress: Spoofed
* OddCouple: For a time, Allison and Anthony reluctantly shared Suzanne's home after [[PutOnABus her departure]] and attempted to force each other out. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity ensued.]]
* OddFriendship: Despite their many differences and occasional unpleasant encounters (including [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace an accidental shooting]]), Suzanne and Anthony became close friends during the series and reunited on the {{spinoff}}.
* PimpedOutDress
* PrepositionsAreNotToEndSentencesWith: If someone calls on you for this, correct the sentence with calling the GrammarNazi a fitting name.
* PrettyInMink: Except for the instance of the other trope, Suzanne wore furs with no comment. And, on rare occasions, so did the others.
* RealLifeRelative: Dixie Carter's husband in RealLife Hal Holbrook and Delta Burke's RealLife husband Gerald Mcraney played the same roles on the show.
* SoapboxSadie: Julia Sugarbaker's soapbox tendencies have continued well past her teenage years. Also subverted with [[Foil Suzanne's]] monologues about such things as beauty and proper Southern values.
* SouthernBelle: Suzanne and Allison Sugarbaker. But really, the main characters all fit the bill one way or another.
* StoodUp: Happened often during the ladies' dates.
* SweaterGirl
* ThemeTune: "Georgia", by Music/RayCharles, and done as an instrumental in some versions.
* WidowWoman: Julia Sugarbaker.
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[[caption-width-right:236:Southern-Fried Golden Girls]]
A {{Work Com}} by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason about four Southern women who operate an interior design company in [[{{Atlanta}} Atlanta, Georgia]]. The cast included:
* [[MamaBear Julia Sugarbaker]] (Dixie Carter): The head of ''Sugarbaker Designs'' (which operates out of her living room) and [[WriterOnBoard an unapologetically feminist Democrat]] whose frequent tirades are a trademark of the series.
* [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist Suzanne Sugarbaker]] (Delta Burke): Julia's younger sister, [[SouthernBelle a former beauty queen]] who supports herself through alimony payments from her many ex-husbands and is the main financial backer of the company.
* [[HotMom Mary Jo Shively]] (Annie Potts): A single divorced mother who performs unspecified duties (actually, she's a designer, and frequently speaks of things like sketches and clients) at ''Sugarbaker's''. She spends much of her time [[OneHourWorkWeek sitting around the office/living room]] [[DeadpanSnarker tossing out one-liners]].
* [[CountryMouse Charlene Frazier]] (Jean Smart): The office receptionist whose [[DumbBlonde rural background and naïveté]] are frequent sources of humor.
The cast was rounded out by [[MiscarriageOfJustice ex-con Anthony Bouvier]] (Meshach Taylor) and [[CloudCuckoolander Bernice Clifton]] (Alice Ghostley) and a steady parade of children, boyfriends, ex-husbands and assorted oddballs. After half the cast left in 1991, some [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute new characters appeared]] to replace them, but they were not as well-received. The series ran on CBS from September 29 ,1986 until May 24, 1993 and spawned an unsuccessful spin-off ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_of_the_House Women Of The House]]).
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!!This Show Contains Examples Of:
* ArchEnemy: It was pretty much Allison vs. Everyone during her brief tenure on the show.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: [[TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry Julia and Suzanne]] rarely saw eye-to-eye on ''anything'' and argued frequently, but [[http://www.designingwomenonline.com/Episodes/Summaries/002.php one of the show's most memorable moments]] proved just how much Julia loved her baby sister. Video of the speech here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz_ZpoYBzaw
* BigBeautifulWoman: Suzanne, as played by Delta Burke, is quite the looker, the only thing that actually detracts it is the horrible eighties clothing and hair that most of the cast suffered from time to time. Unfortunately in real life, Burke had been a favorite target of the tabloids because of her putting on weight as the show progressed. Worse, she had always struggled with her weight, and the depression and eating disorders that came with it; all of which that stretched as far back as her pageant days in the early 1970s. The press treatment of her was so terrible that it led Burke into asking the show to have an episode addressing her weight and the discrimination fat people have to go through. The episode in question has Suzanne go to her high school reunion and ending up hurt by the way everyone treats her because of her appearance now.
* BrainlessBeauty: Suzanne Sugarbaker
* TheCastShowoff: In exchange for performing Julia's decidedly left-wing rants, Dixie Carter (a Republican) requested that the character be allowed to sing in a number of episodes.
** Jean Smart also sang on the show. Pretty much everybody performed at one point or other, [[CrossingTheLineTwice once even in blackface (Suzanne)]].
* CharacterFilibuster: When Julia begins her "Terminator" rants, the show stops so ''everyone'' can listen.
* ChristmasCake: This was a rare show showcasing single women over 30 [[TheGoldenGirls but below 65]].
* CloudCuckoolander: While [[TheDitz the Frazier sisters]] had their moments, Bernice Clifton takes the prize here. The only thing keeping her from being truly dim are her [[HiddenDepths rare profound moments]].
* CoincidenceMagnet: Charlene and Anthony tended to have all kinds of weirdness happen to them.
* DeepSouth: The Frazier sisters hailed from Poplar Bluff, Missouri. This is a case of WriteWhatYouKnow , as Linda Bloodworth-Thomason is also from Poplar Bluff. And the ''Sugarbaker's'' staff have several ''Deliverance''-like encounters with the hillbilly Jones clan. Stereotypes of Southerners are frequently discussed and examined on the show.
* DropInCharacter: Bernice did not work at ''Sugarbaker's'' nor did she have a financial stake in the company, yet she spent much of her time there (much to the annoyance of the others, particularly Anthony).
** She was Julia and Suzanne's deceased mother's friend. Keeping her around reminded them of their mother.
* EightiesHair: Thankfully toned down by the end of the series.
* [[FiveManBand Five Woman Band]]: For the first five seasons...
** [[TheHero The Heroine]]: Julia
** TheLancer: Suzanne
** [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]: Mary Jo
** [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]]: Charlene
** ThatOneGuy: Anthony
* FurAndLoathing: Spoofed in an episode.
* GayAesop: Combined with AIDS to boot, and Julia chewing out a client.
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[{{Bewitched}} Aunt Esmerelda]] plays Bernice.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Charlene's taste in men to date.
* IronyAsSheIsCast: As mentioned above, the very Conservative Dixie Carter played the very Liberal Julia Sugarbaker.
* MiscarriageOfJustice: Naturally, Anthony was completely innocent of the crime that caused his [[CatchPhrase "unfortunate incarceration"]] and spent the entire run of the series getting his life back in order (earning his GED, going to college, becoming a partner in ''Sugarbaker's'', etc.) and trying to put his past behind him. This fact did not stop Suzanne from constantly [[CrossingTheLineTwice expressing her displeasure with having a black ex-con around the office.]]
* TheMistress: Spoofed
* OddCouple: For a time, Allison and Anthony reluctantly shared Suzanne's home after [[PutOnABus her departure]] and attempted to force each other out. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity ensued.]]
* OddFriendship: Despite their many differences and occasional unpleasant encounters (including [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace an accidental shooting]]), Suzanne and Anthony became close friends during the series and reunited on the {{spinoff}}.
* PimpedOutDress
* PrepositionsAreNotToEndSentencesWith: If someone calls on you for this, correct the sentence with calling the GrammarNazi a fitting name.
* PrettyInMink: Except for the instance of the other trope, Suzanne wore furs with no comment. And, on rare occasions, so did the others.
* RealLifeRelative: Dixie Carter's husband in RealLife Hal Holbrook and Delta Burke's RealLife husband Gerald Mcraney played the same roles on the show.
* SoapboxSadie: Julia Sugarbaker's soapbox tendencies have continued well past her teenage years. Also subverted with [[Foil Suzanne's]] monologues about such things as beauty and proper Southern values.
* SouthernBelle: Suzanne and Allison Sugarbaker. But really, the main characters all fit the bill one way or another.
* StoodUp: Happened often during the ladies' dates.
* SweaterGirl
* ThemeTune: "Georgia", by Music/RayCharles, and done as an instrumental in some versions.
* WidowWoman: Julia Sugarbaker.
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