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* AlliterativeFamily: '''J'''ason, '''J'''oshua, and '''J'''eremy, and their deceased father '''Jonathan'''.
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* AlliterativeFamily: '''J'''ason, '''J'''oshua, and '''J'''eremy, and their deceased father '''Jonathan'''.'''J'''onathan.
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* AlliterativeFamily: '''J'''ason, '''J'''oshua, and '''J'''eremy.
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* AlliterativeFamily: '''J'''ason, '''J'''oshua, and '''J'''eremy.'''J'''eremy, and their deceased father '''Jonathan'''.
* AnchoredShip: Jeremy and Candy Pruitt (Bridget Hanley) have been in love since the pilot, but they can't get married for fear that viewers would think Bobby Sherman was also married and lose interest in him. Jeremy tries to propose to Candy a few times, but something always happens to get between them.
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* CockFight: In "A Man's Errand," Jeremy punches Ward, who he thinks was moving in on his LoveInterest Candy Pruitt (Bridget Hanley). The two fight until they crash into Lottie's saloon, when Joshua and Jason separate them.
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* CockFight: In "A Man's Errand," Jeremy punches Ward, who he thinks was moving in on his LoveInterest Candy Pruitt (Bridget Hanley).Candy. The two fight until they crash into Lottie's saloon, when Joshua and Jason separate them.
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* AmoralAttorney: "Loggerheads" has a pair of slimy lawyers [[spoiler:who are secretly brothers]]. They travel around starting lawsuits, making out wills, and collecting bad debts while hiding the fact that they're working together.
* CircuitJudge: William Zuckert appears in a few episodes as [[SuddenNameChange Judge Young or Judge Weems]].
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* CourtroomAntic: In "Loggerheads," Jason, [[AFoolForAClient representing himself]] against Aaron Stempel, stalls for time by reading from a book of poetry. Judge Weems allows it as long as he sticks to American poetry, but finally tells him to stop when he tries to read from ''Theatre/RichardII''.
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* AFoolForAClient: From "Loggerheads":
-->'''Judge Weems''': Mr. Bolt, do you know what they say about a man who represents himself?\\
'''Jason''': Yes sir, that he has a fool for a client. Though I've also heard it said, sir, that the good Lord protects fools.
-->'''Judge Weems''': Mr. Bolt, do you know what they say about a man who represents himself?\\
'''Jason''': Yes sir, that he has a fool for a client. Though I've also heard it said, sir, that the good Lord protects fools.
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* FeudEpisode: In "Loggerheads," Joshua comes up with a profit-sharing idea. Jason won't agree to try it, so he and Joshua argue until Josh leaves to [[StartMyOwn found his own logging camp]].
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* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: In "Loggerheads," Joshua is angry that Jason isn't taking his ideas seriously and starts giving the other lumberjacks instructions without Jason's knowledge. Jason says, "If you were an employee of mine, and you did what you did last night and this morning, I'd fire you." Joshua snaps, "I'll save you the trouble. I quit!" and storms off.
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* CommonalityConnection: Jeremy and his LoveInterest Candy Pruitt (Bridget Hanley) bond over the fact that he stutters and she bites her nails.
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* CommonalityConnection: CockFight: In "A Man's Errand," Jeremy and punches Ward, who he thinks was moving in on his LoveInterest Candy Pruitt (Bridget Hanley) Hanley). The two fight until they crash into Lottie's saloon, when Joshua and Jason separate them.
* CommonalityConnection: Jeremy and Candy bond over the fact that he stutters and she bites her nails.
* CommonalityConnection: Jeremy and Candy bond over the fact that he stutters and she bites her nails.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: In the pilot, a sailor mocks Jeremy by mimicking his stutter. Joshua [[AngryCollarGrab grabs the sailor by the collar]] and says, "Next time I catch you making fun of him stuttering, I'll tear you apart!"
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* CommonalityConnection: Jeremy and his LoveInterest Candy Pruitt (Bridget Hanley) bond over the fact that he stutters and she bites her nails.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: In "A Man's Errand," Candy is crying over Jason's controlling behavior. Ward, a new man in town, leans to wipe the tears from her face. Jeremy wanders into the area, and from his angle, it looks like they're kissing.
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* TeenIdol: All three of the brothers, although Robert Brown was way up at the top end of the teen idol age range. Most teenage girls were enamored of Bobby Sherman, but some preferred David Soul ([[Series/StarskyAndHutch which turned out to be a wise choice]]). Bridget Hanley, as Jeremy's love interest and the unofficial leader of the Brides, was the show's female teen idol.
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* TeenIdol: All three of the brothers, although Robert Brown was way up at the top end of the teen idol age range. Most teenage girls were enamored of Bobby Sherman, but some preferred David Soul ([[Series/StarskyAndHutch which turned out to be a wise choice]]). Bridget Hanley, as Jeremy's love interest and the unofficial leader of the Brides, Hanley was the show's female teen idol.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: When Joshua asks a woman in the pilot if she wants to get married, she says, "I ''am'' married, and I hate men."
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* BusmansHoliday: In "Mr. & Mrs. J. Bolt," the brothers are taking a break from work in a cabin in the woods, but Jason keeps the other two so busy with wood-cutting and repairs that they feel like they're still at the logging camp.
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* VehicularKidnapping: The kidnappers in "The Crimpers" abduct Joshua and Jeremy in a horse-drawn wagon.
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* GrievousBottleyHarm: In "One Good Lie Desreves Another," Lottie tries to throw a bottle at her slimy ex, but he holds up a bag to protect himself.
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* TheEasyWayOrTheHardWay: When Jason is interrogating the crimpers about his brothers' whereabouts, he says, "Either you tell me with your teeth, or without."
* GrievousBottleyHarm: In "One Good LieDesreves Deserves Another," Lottie tries to throw a bottle at her slimy ex, but he holds up a bag to protect himself.
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* MuggedForDisguise: In "The Crimpers," Jason and Stempel chase down two of the kidnappers, interrogate them, then take their coats so they can get into their lair.
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* SelfOffense: In "The Crimpers," Joshua and Jeremy get into a fight in the dark with Jason and Stempel, with each pair thinking the others are kidnappers.
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* CementShoes: In "The Crimpers," the titular kidnappers plan to kill Jason and Stempel by tying bags of rocks to their feet and throwing them off a ship.
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* CuffsOffRubWrists: In "The Crimpers," Jason rubs his wrists after the kidnappers untie him.
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* ImpairmentShot: After Jeremy drinks [[SlippingAMickey drugged whiskey]] in "The Crimpers," shots from his perspective are blurry.
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* PressGanged: In "The Crimpers," Jeremy is kidnapped by men who plan to sell him into service as a sailor. Joshua tries to rescue him and is kidnapped too.
* SlippingAMickey: The kidnappers from "The Crimpers" pour something into Jeremy's drink that makes him feel woozy. He staggers out of the saloon to get some air, and they grab him as he passes out.
* SlippingAMickey: The kidnappers from "The Crimpers" pour something into Jeremy's drink that makes him feel woozy. He staggers out of the saloon to get some air, and they grab him as he passes out.
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* GrievousBottleyHarm: In "One Good Lie Desreves Another," Lottie tries to throw a bottle at her slimy ex, but he holds up a bag to protect himself.
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* ThemeTuneCameo: A band plays the theme song, "Seattle," in the pilot and later in "The Stand-Off."
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* ClearMyName: In "The Firemaker," a series of fires start breaking out near Seattle, and the prime suspect is a logger who was accused of arson when he lived in Olympia. [[spoiler:It turns out the fires were actually started by his romantic rival, who had been promised a promotion by Stempel if he could get married within the week.]]
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* TookALevelInKindness: Stempel in the second season. By then, it is becoming obvious that the women are there to stay and thus Stempel essentially concedes that he lost the bet and so eases off on the antagonism.
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In the small frontier town of UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}}, lonely lumberjacks threaten to leave the area due to the lack of women. To save his business, logging company boss Jason Bolt (Robert Brown) promises to bring 100 marriageable women to the town and get them to stay for a year. Sawmill owner Aaron Stempel (Mark Lenard) pays for the women's journey as a wager - if the women leave Seattle within the year, Stempel wins Bridal Veil Mountain, home of the Bolt logging company. Jason and his brothers Joshua (David Soul) and Jeremy (Bobby Sherman) recruit the women from Massachusetts and work to keep them in Seattle, despite Stempel's efforts to sabotage the deal.
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In the small frontier town of UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}}, lonely lumberjacks threaten to leave the area due to the lack of women. To save his business, logging company boss Jason Bolt (Robert Brown) promises to bring 100 marriageable women to the town and get them to stay for a year. Sawmill owner Aaron Stempel (Mark Lenard) pays for the women's journey as a wager - if the women leave Seattle within the year, Stempel wins Bridal Veil Mountain, home of the Bolt logging company. Jason and his brothers Joshua (David Soul) and Jeremy (Bobby Sherman) (Creator/BobbySherman) recruit the women from Massachusetts and work to keep them in Seattle, despite Stempel's efforts to sabotage the deal.
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* AndStarring: Starring Robert Brown, co-starring Bobby Sherman, David Soul, Bridget Hanley, Mark Lenard, and Creator/JoanBlondell as Lottie.
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* WholeEpisodeFlashback: In "After a Dream, Comes Mourning," Biddie interviews Clancey about the events of the days after the brides arrived in Seattle. Clancey describes how the men had forgotten to prepare housing for the women and had to build a dormitory in a few days.
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* DeathByChildbirth: A dog dies this way shortly after the women arrive. This causes them to worry that the same thing will happen to them, so Jason travels to San Francisco to find a doctor.
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* DeathByChildbirth: ChristmasEpisode: "A Christmas Place," in which a woman gives birth to a son on Christmas Day. Two young girls think that the baby will be killed on Easter, like Jesus, so they kidnap the baby, planning to smuggle him to UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco, where no one will know he's a Christmas baby.
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** A dog dies this way shortly after the women arrive. This causes them to worry that the same thing will happen to them, so Jason travels to San Francisco to find adoctor.doctor.
** The two girls from "A Christmas Place" lost their mother and their baby brother this way a year before the episode takes place.
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** A dog dies this way shortly after the women arrive. This causes them to worry that the same thing will happen to them, so Jason travels to San Francisco to find a
** The two girls from "A Christmas Place" lost their mother and their baby brother this way a year before the episode takes place.
* KarmaHoudini: The girls from "A Christmas Place" cause the town an enormous amount of grief and heartache, with even Jason wondering if the baby's disappearance is a sign to give up on Seattle, and Stempel urging calm despite his stake in seeing the protagonists fail. Yet for all of this, there is no scene or mention of their being punished or chastised or even corrected on their unique interpretation of the Gospels. When the epilogue comes, the girls are standing smiling by the baby's crib, and the mother even asks them to teach her husband how to change a diaper.
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* TeenIdol: All three of the brothers, although Robert Brown was way up at the top end of the teen idol age range. Most teenage girls were enamored of Bobby Sherman, but some preferred David Soul ([[Series/StarskyAndHutch which turned out toPlay" while planning to win Clancey's boat back.be a wise choice]]). Bridget Hanley, as Jeremy's love interest and the unofficial leader of the Brides, was the show's female teen idol.
* TeenIdol: All three of the brothers, although Robert Brown was way up at the top end of the teen idol age range. Most teenage girls were enamored of Bobby Sherman, but some preferred David Soul ([[Series/StarskyAndHutch which turned out to
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* OnlyOneName: Former slave Ox from "The Stand Off." Justified, since he's a former slave."
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* SnakeOilSalesman: A traveling salesman named Merlin comes to Seattle in "A Man and His Magic." He tricks the townspeople into thinking that he stopped the rain and prevented a flood, then swindles them out of their money by selling things like [[SmellsSexy lust-inducing perfume]] and [[{{Panacea}} Elixir Vitae]]. He flees town as soon as it starts raining again.
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* StutterStop: Merlin from "A Man and His Magic" is able to cure Jeremy's stutter because Jeremy believes in his powers more than anyone else. When Merlin is exposed as a fraud, Jeremy's faith is shattered, and his stutter returns in full force.
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* LysistrataGambit: In "The Stand Off," Stempel buys a large plot of land that includes a road the loggers regularly use, complete with hired goons to beat up trespassers. The men keep trying to sneak through the area, and keep getting themselves beaten up. After a few days the women get sick of seeing them injured, so they agree to withhold all affection, from sex to hand-holding.
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* NoSell: In "The Stand Off," the hired goon Ox agrees to let Jason strike the first blow. Jason punches him in the stomach, but Ox barely reacts. Cue OhCrap from Jason as he realizes what's [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown about to happen]].
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* OnlyOneName: Ox from "The Stand Off." Justified, since he's a former slave.
-->'''Jason''': I didn't catch your name.\\
'''Ox''': Ox.\\
'''Jason''': Ox. Is that like Joe Ox, or Ox Jones, or-\\
'''Ox''': It's like Ox. Just Ox.
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'''Ox''': Ox.\\
'''Jason''': Ox. Is that like Joe Ox, or Ox Jones, or-\\
'''Ox''': It's like Ox. Just Ox.
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* BlindDate: In "A Jew named Sullivan," the women find out that one of them is Jewish, so they try to set her up with the only Jewish man in town.
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** Ethan and Betty try to get married in "Letter of the Law"
Law," but their marriage is interrupted by the overly-strict new sheriff, who arrests Ethan for theft committed years ago.
** Big Swede and Essie get married in "Lovers andWanderers"Wanderers."
** Sully and Rachel have a Jewish wedding in "A Jew Named Sullivan." Clancey can't pronounce Hebrew, so he just gives a summary of what he's supposed to say in English.
** Big Swede and Essie get married in "Lovers and
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Big Swede's real name, Olaf Gustavson, is rarely used by anyone except Miss Essie.
* OperationJealousy: After Big Swede and his girlfriend Miss Essie have an argument in "Lovers and Wanderers," Big Swede tries to win her back by flirting with some of the brides. His plan backfires, and Miss Essie stops talking to him. Heartbroken, Big Swede leaves town, and Miss Essie starts flirting with Jason in the hopes of making Big Swede jealous when he returns. This backfires even worse - the other lumberjacks think Jason fired Big Swede to steal his woman, and they all protest by going on strike.
* OperationJealousy: After Big Swede and his girlfriend Miss Essie have an argument in "Lovers and Wanderers," Big Swede tries to win her back by flirting with some of the brides. His plan backfires, and Miss Essie stops talking to him. Heartbroken, Big Swede leaves town, and Miss Essie starts flirting with Jason in the hopes of making Big Swede jealous when he returns. This backfires even worse - the other lumberjacks think Jason fired Big Swede to steal his woman, and they all protest by going on strike.
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** Ethan and Betty in "Letter of the Law"
** Big Swede and Essie in "Lovers and Wanderers"
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* TeamHandStack: The brothers do this in "A Hard Card to Play" while planning to win Clancey's boat back.
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* CasinoEpisode: "A Hard Card to Play," in which a professional gambler and his wife come to Seattle. The town charter forbids gambling, so the two set up shop on Captain Clancey's ship, and all the loggers come to gamble. Clancey ends up betting the ship and losing, and the Bolts have to put themselves even deeper in debt to Stempel to borrow the money to win it back. [[spoiler:It turns out Stempel invited the gamblers to Seattle as part of a ploy to win the mountain. Joshua manages to win enough at poker to pay off their new debt to Stempel.]]
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* AlliterativeFamily: '''J'''ason, '''J'''oshua, and '''J'''eremy.
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* DeathByChildbirth: A dog dies this way shortly after the women arrive. This causes them to worry that the same thing will happen to them, so Jason travels to San Francisco to find a doctor.
* DramaticSlip: In "A Crying Need," Jeremy clears a log jam with dynamite, but trips as he's running away. He makes it far enough that he only gets a concussion.
* TheDrunkenSailor: Recurring character Captain Clancey, who transported the women to Seattle.
* DramaticSlip: In "A Crying Need," Jeremy clears a log jam with dynamite, but trips as he's running away. He makes it far enough that he only gets a concussion.
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[[caption-width-right:284:Clockwise from top [[note]]David Soul as Joshua Bolt, Robert Brown as Jason Bolt, Bobby Sherman as Jeremy Bolt, and Bridget Hanley as Candy Pruitt.[[/note]]]]
[[caption-width-right:284:Clockwise from top [[note]]David Soul as Joshua Bolt, Robert Brown as Jason Bolt, Bobby Sherman as Jeremy Bolt, and Bridget Hanley as Candy Pruitt.[[/note]]]]
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''Here Come the Brides'' is an American {{Western}} that aired for two seasons on Creator/{{ABC}} from 1968 to 1970.
In the small frontier town of UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}}, lonely lumberjacks threaten to leave the area due to the lack of women. To save his business, logging company boss Jason Bolt (Robert Brown) promises to bring 100 marriageable women to the town and get them to stay for a year. Sawmill owner Aaron Stempel (Mark Lenard) pays for the women's journey as a wager - if the women leave Seattle within the year, Stempel wins Bridal Veil Mountain, home of the Bolt logging company. Jason and his brothers Joshua (David Soul) and Jeremy (Bobby Sherman) recruit the women from Massachusetts and work to keep them in Seattle, despite Stempel's efforts to sabotage the deal.
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!!''Here Come the Brides'' contains examples of:
* TheMutiny: The women briefly mutiny early in the voyage because they didn't realize they would be stuck on a mule ship for six months. The Bolts talk them out of it.
* SpeechImpediment: Jeremy's stutter.
* ThroughHisStomach: One woman woos one of the lumberjacks by describing all the dishes she knows how to make.
* TitleDrop: After Jason says grace aboard the ship, he says, "Gangway, Lord, here come the brides!"
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In the small frontier town of UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}}, lonely lumberjacks threaten to leave the area due to the lack of women. To save his business, logging company boss Jason Bolt (Robert Brown) promises to bring 100 marriageable women to the town and get them to stay for a year. Sawmill owner Aaron Stempel (Mark Lenard) pays for the women's journey as a wager - if the women leave Seattle within the year, Stempel wins Bridal Veil Mountain, home of the Bolt logging company. Jason and his brothers Joshua (David Soul) and Jeremy (Bobby Sherman) recruit the women from Massachusetts and work to keep them in Seattle, despite Stempel's efforts to sabotage the deal.
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!!''Here Come the Brides'' contains examples of:
* TheMutiny: The women briefly mutiny early in the voyage because they didn't realize they would be stuck on a mule ship for six months. The Bolts talk them out of it.
* SpeechImpediment: Jeremy's stutter.
* ThroughHisStomach: One woman woos one of the lumberjacks by describing all the dishes she knows how to make.
* TitleDrop: After Jason says grace aboard the ship, he says, "Gangway, Lord, here come the brides!"
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