History Series / DharmaAndGreg

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* {{Garfunkel}}: Thomas Gibson. The show's draw is HilarityEnsues, which leaves little room for TheStraightMan to get much focus. Though Greg was not without his quirks, most episodes centering on his problems were overshadowed either by Dharma's reaction, a demonstration of how his parents messed him up in this particular instance, and sometimes even the B-plot of an episode. Ouch.

* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: One episode focuses on Dharma and Greg trying to win a contest by having sex on the steps of the courthouse during the last episode of Seinfeld.

-->'''Greg:''' The car's gone!
-->'''Dharma:''' But we've got the duck!

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Opposites attract, and even though the free-spirited Dharma and tight-laced Greg butt heads throughout the series, they still care for each other.

* ButICantBePregnant: While cooking Thanksgiving dinner, Dharma thinks she might be pregnant after talking with her mother. Feeling unprepared, she sends Jane for a pregnancy test and tries to keep it a secret, only for her mother to tell it to everyone except Greg. [[spoiler: She isn't. The test comes up negative.]]

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther

* BourgeoisBohemian: Dharma's parents.
* ButICantBePregnant: Abby (Dharma's mother) thinks she's entering menopause and turns out to be pregnant.

** The episode in which [[spoiler: after reconciling their marriage, both Dharma and Greg get into a horrific car crash at the end. Greg is okay, and helps Dharma slowly recover from a broken hip over the next season]].

** The episode in which [[spoiler: after reconciling their marriage, both Dharma and Greg get into a horrific car crash at the end]].

** Exemplified in Judy and Greg. Dharma continuously goes on about how The Universe put her in the path of the people Judy Ballard hurt in highschool to try to help them all heal and move on. The ending consensus is that The Universe did put her there but it was to teach her a lesson. There are, in fact, some things that are simply none of her business.

* TheCameo
** Bob Dylan
** And K.D. Lang
** Dick Clark
** Lyle Lovett

* CloudCuckooLander: Larry usually.
** Edward has his moments too.
* CommonLawMarriage: Abby and Larry, thanks to their free love beliefs.

* DeadpanSnarker: Pete
** Also Marlene
** And Edward, usually to Larry

* FreezeFrameBonus: Every episode. Watch carefully during the end credits.
* TheFunInFuneral

* GranolaGirl: Dharma and Abby

* InvisiblePresident

* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Dharma to Greg.

* NaughtyByNight: Greg
* NewAgeRetroHippie

* ObnoxiousInLaws

* {{Mondegreen}}: Greg's interpretation of virtually every popular song.

* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl

** Over the course of the evening, Kitty and Edward have the same idea. RealityEnsues and both couples meet up at the police station after being arrested for public indecency. The duck gets a new owner.

* RealityEnsues: Unlike most sitcoms, a lot of episodes don't end with a resolution of the episode's central conflict. As in reality, many of the issues that come up on a day-to-day basis don't always get resolved for good or ill. The people involved simply have to live with the consequences.
** Neither American High Society nor the Crunchy Granola Hippy upbringings are healthy ways for kids to grow up. Dharma and Greg both have some very serious issues that seriously hinder their ability to live in the world and relate healthily to other people and each other, all of which stem from that fact.
** A match between people from such disparate upbringings, no matter how much they love each other, is NOT easy. Not just from their families constantly butting heads, but from their own opinions and traditions and ways of seeing the world. It's a lot of hard work and compromises, even more so than more traditional couples have to do to make a marriage work.

* FullyAbsorbedFinale: Also doubles as a DistantFinale. Dharma and Greg turn up in ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' (another Chuck Lorre production) as potential buyers of [[spoiler:the recently-deceased]] Charlie Harper's house. Their marriage...isn't doing so well.
** Which creates a CelebrityParadox on that show since in a previous episode Charlie happenend upon an episode of ''D&G'' on late night tv.

* MistakenForGay: Greg's mom and his then fiancee are mistaken for a lesbian couple by Abby, during a flashback episode.

* RealityEnsues: Unlike most sitcoms, a lot of episodes don't end with a resolution of the episode's central conflict. As in reality, many of the issues that come up on a day to day basis don't always get resolved for good or ill. The people involved simply have to live with the consequences.

* RunningGag: Larry's short term memory, especially when calling or answering the phone. Also, when someone steps out in the Filkenstein's yard, they are warned to watch out because their goat's been sick.