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* FriendOrIdolDecision: In the first episode, the insiders must choose between having sex with Jay's ex-girlfriend, or telling her Jay wants he back. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Animal has to be tied down so they can choose the latter.]]
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* FriendOrIdolDecision: In the first episode, the insiders must choose between having sex with Jay's ex-girlfriend, or telling her Jay wants he her back. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Animal has to be tied down so they can choose the latter.]]
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* FriendOrIdolDecision: In the first episode, the insiders must choose between having sex with Jay's ex-girlfriend, or telling her Jay wants he back. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Animal has to betide be tied down so they can choose the latter.]]
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* OfCourseImNotAVirgin: When Louise admits she's still a virgin, she quickly gets annoyed of how everyone treats it as strange.
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* CantHoldHisLiquor: Herman. The people in his psyche are even worse.
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* EarWorm: In-universe; the [[Series/GilligansIsland]] theme song becomes this for Animal in episode 3. When Herman gets drunk, all the insiders start singing it.
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* EarWorm: In-universe; the [[Series/GilligansIsland]] ''Series/GilligansIsland'' theme song becomes this for Animal in episode 3. When Herman gets drunk, all the insiders start singing it.
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* AllThereInTheScript: The four insiders never address each other by name. It's only because of the credits that we know the names listed above in the opening quote. Except for the second episode of season one, where Angel refers to Genius and Animal by name when she tells Genius to stay away from him.
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* ITakeOffenseToThatLastPart: ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: Episode 3 has Animal and Angel recall an incident when Herman was a kid when he had to make a speech, causing him to stutter, wet himself, and throw up. Wimp had only managed to forget the pants-wetting.
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* BrickJoke: OncePerEpisode.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: God takes the form of Leslie Nielson.
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* BadBoss: Mr. Bracken.
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* TheConscious: Angel, literally.
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* EarWorm: In-universe; the [[Series/GilligansIsland]] theme song becomes this for Animal in episode 3. When Herman gets drunk, all the insiders start singing it.
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* NervousWreck: Wimp's whole character.
* NervousWreck: Wimp's whole character.
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* SitComTheSmartGuy: Genius, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin obviously.]]
* TakingAFormYouAreComfortableWith: God takes the form of Leslie Nielson.
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* UnusualEuphemism: Animal has a bunch of these. Many are used by the insiders in episode 2.
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* EvilTwin: Genius' last attempt at a lie in episode 2.
** When Angel suggests using one on [[ItMakesSenseInContext a guy attacking Herman,]] [[HypocriticalHumor the others are appalled.]]
** See GroinAttack.
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* HypocriticalHeartwarming: Mr. Bracken does not approve of random people abusing his employees like he does.
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* ChubbyChaser: Animal was more than happy to go after a fat chick at a bar.
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* CovertPervert: Louise.
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"You mean, we will be so eaten up with remorse that we'll FEEL like hell."
"No, I mean Hell, eternal damnation."
"You mean, it will last so long that it will FEEL like an eternity."
"No, I mean eternity, forever and ever."
"You mean, we will be so eaten up with remorse that we'll FEEL like hell."
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"You'll still go to Hell."
"You mean, we will be so eaten up with remorse that we'll FEEL like hell."
"No, I mean Hell, eternal damnation."
"You mean, it will last so long that it will FEEL like an eternity."
"No, I mean eternity, forever and ever."
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"You mean, we will be so eaten up with remorse that we'll FEEL like hell."
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* AllThereInTheScript: The four insiders never address each other by name. It's only because of the credits that we know the names listed above in the opening quote.
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* AllThereInTheScript: The four insiders never address each other by name. It's only because of the credits that we know the names listed above in the opening quote.
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* ImagineSpot: A standard way to show how each of the four personas viewed a situation. For example, in a case where Herman is debating telling his boss that he made a major mistake:
-->'''Genius:''' Boss gives him a stern, but fair lecture.
-->'''Wimp:''' Boss holding Wimp in a headlock, and then popping his head clean off.
-->'''Angel:''' Boss thanking her for Herman's honesty and integrety.
-->'''Animal:''' Has Wimp in the same headlock as above, trying to duplicate the head popping.
-->'''Genius:''' Boss gives him a stern, but fair lecture.
-->'''Wimp:''' Boss holding Wimp in a headlock, and then popping his head clean off.
-->'''Angel:''' Boss thanking her for Herman's honesty and integrety.
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** Also Animal's general purpose. One episode features Herman staying awake for so long that all the other three aspects pass out... leaving Animal in sole control. HilarityEnsues.
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Outside of the "attic", Herman is a young writer working as a fact-checker for a Manhattan magazine, with a typical assortment of supporting characters: His boss Mr. Bracken, a walking encyclopedia; Louise, a meek-but-sweet plain-jane (played by Yeardley Smith, best known as the voice of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Lisa Simpson]]); and Heddy, a man-hungry social-climbing beauty for whom Herman intermittently longs. Playing counterpoint to the office crew is his best friend Jay (HankAzaria, also better known for his many roles on ''The Simpsons''), a part-time Lothario whose success at writing drives Herman to match him.
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-->''[==]'''Genius:''' I'm Herman's intellect. Without me he couldn't hold his job, pay his rent or tie his shoe laces.\\
'''Angel:''' I'm Herman's sensitivity. Without me he wouldn't feel tenderness, honesty, or love... the good things in life.\\
'''Wimp:''' I'm Herman's anxiety and I keep him out of trouble and believe me, there's trouble everywhere.\\
'''Animal:''' I'm Herman's lust. Without me he'd miss out on all the good stuff. You know, fun, food, babes.\\
'''Narrator:''' Sometimes they agree... Usually they don't. But the struggle is going on inside all of us and it's all going on inside...[[TitleDrop Herman's Head.]]''
-->-- The first season opening titles [[AllThereintheManual explains it all for you.]]
Originally broadcast on Fox (1991-1994), this half-hour SitCom would have been just an ordinary [[WorkCom office-based comedy]] except for its use of one of the most imaginative devices ever tried on broadcast television: the viewers were allowed to see the inner workings of the title character's mind. The inside of Herman Brooks' head was presented as an attic in which dwelt four characters who represented the conflicting forces which drove his personality and his life: Angel (his Sensitivity), Animal (his Lust), Wimp (his Anxiety) and Genius (his Intellect).
Outside of the "attic", Herman is a young writer working as a fact-checker for a Manhattan magazine, with a typical assortment of supporting characters: His boss Mr. Bracken, a walking encyclopedia; Louise, a meek-but-sweet plain-jane (played by Yeardley Smith, best known as the voice of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Lisa Simpson]]); and Heddy, a man-hungry social-climbing beauty for whom Herman intermittently longs. Playing counterpoint to the office crew is his best friend Jay (HankAzaria, also better known for his many roles on ''The Simpsons''), a part-time Lothario whose success at writing drives Herman to match him.
Each episode mated a typical sitcom situation with the unique perspective on Herman's choices and motivations afforded by the "inside" scenes. The conflicts, alliances and negotiations between the four "insiders" made for just as much comedy as the events in the "outside" world -- and sometimes more, as in the episode where the constantly-warring Angel and Animal discovered a woman they ''both'' agreed on.
Sadly, Fox canceled this show after its third season; it had the potential to be a classic, but is today mostly forgotten.
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!!This show provides examples of:
* ActorAllusion: Louise (Yeardley Smith's character) tells off an old friend ([[Series/TheBradyBunch Maureen McCormick]]) of the boss without realizing who it is. When the boss confronts the staff about it, not knowing who spoke to Maureen but knowing that she sounded "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons like a cartoon character]]", Louise gets an OhCrap moment -- only for the boss to turn and start yelling at another woman, who protests in a WesternAnimation/BettyBoop voice.
* AllThereInTheScript: The four insiders never address each other by name. It's only because of the credits that we know the names listed above in the opening quote.
* TheArtifact / DemotedToExtra: Towards the end of the show's run, the "head" characters featured less and less prominently as the show focused more on Herman and his real environment.
* {{Bait and Switch Credits}} : The original opening has a narrator telling us that "sometimes [the insiders] agree... usually they don't," while showing them all arguing loudly. But in most episodes they usually ''do'' agree, except for Angel and Animal, and even then, their discussions are more in the form of sarcastic sniping than loud arguments.
* CasanovaWannabe: Jay
* CelebrityParadox See HeyItsThatVoice below.
* CerebusSyndrome: Any given episode would usually start with Herman doing something wrong, then HilarityEnsues as he runs about trying to resolve the situation, with an {{Aesop}} over not having done it in the first place. Some of the third season episodes would have Herman fail to "fix" things (such as when he cheated on his GirlOfTheWeek) presumably in order to reinforce the Aesop.
* {{Christmas Episode}}; "A Charlie Brown Fitzer".
* {{Completely Missing the Point}} : Herman's boss is a ''very'' serious man who tries to have fun but has no idea how. In one episode, he gets a ventriloquist's dummy and puts together a very convincing show... except that instead of telling jokes, he and the dummy exchange dry historical facts. He is shocked when he is told that's ''not'' how a ventriloquism act is supposed to go.
* ConsolationWorldRecord: in one episode
* {{A Date with Rosie Palms}}: Herman's insiders watch a flashback of when he had sex with Heddy, but the tape breaks. Angel accuses the others of constantly replaying this moment, and demands to know what they've been up to while she's been asleep. Cue guilty look from the three men.
* DifferentForGirls: in one episode
* FreudianTrio Literally: Animal (Id), Angel (Ego), Genius (Superego) It's not surprising Wimp faded into the background in later episodes.
* FriendOrIdolDecision
* GhostInTheMachine
* GoodAngelBadAngel
* GreekChorus
* HalfHourComedy
* IdiotBall:TropeNamer -- HankAzaria coined it when referring to writing the episodes.
* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Jay
* OrphanedPunchline: Louise's [[MisterRoberts "Captain, it is I - Ensign Pulver - and I've just thrown your stinking palm tree overboard!"]]
* ProfessionalsDoItOnDesks: Herman and Heddy have sex on Mr Bracken's desk. A few episodes later, high-powered editor Victoria Stark has sex with Herman on ''her'' desk.
* RecordScratch: In "Herman Au Naturel", Angel does this to the steelpan calypso record Genius and Animal are dancing to.
* ShoutOut: Many for ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
** A RunningGag involved Louise being mistaken for Lisa Simpson every time she talked to someone on the phone.
** Eventually it got shouted out on ''The Simpsons'', as well, with Lisa covering up a sinister laugh by saying she was "thinking of something funny I saw on ''Herman's Head''."
* SlapSlapKiss - Herman and Heddy, starting in the first-season "9 1/2 Hours."
* SitCom
* WhatMightHaveBeen: According to a writer on the show, had it not been canceled at the end of the third season, a second set of Insiders -- for ''Heddy'' -- would have been introduced in the fourth season.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Herman and Heddy, despite Heddy's oft-stated intentions of trapping a rich man to drain dry, start falling for each other by the third season, but resist their attraction with no small amount of angst on both sides over it.
* WorkCom
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-->''[==]'''Genius:''' I'm Herman's intellect. Without me he couldn't hold his job, pay his rent or tie his shoe laces.\\
'''Angel:''' I'm Herman's sensitivity. Without me he wouldn't feel tenderness, honesty, or love... the good things in life.\\
'''Wimp:''' I'm Herman's anxiety and I keep him out of trouble and believe me, there's trouble everywhere.\\
'''Animal:''' I'm Herman's lust. Without me he'd miss out on all the good stuff. You know, fun, food, babes.\\
'''Narrator:''' Sometimes they agree... Usually they don't. But the struggle is going on inside all of us and it's all going on inside...[[TitleDrop Herman's Head.]]''
-->-- The first season opening titles [[AllThereintheManual explains it all for you.]]
Originally broadcast on Fox (1991-1994), this half-hour SitCom would have been just an ordinary [[WorkCom office-based comedy]] except for its use of one of the most imaginative devices ever tried on broadcast television: the viewers were allowed to see the inner workings of the title character's mind. The inside of Herman Brooks' head was presented as an attic in which dwelt four characters who represented the conflicting forces which drove his personality and his life: Angel (his Sensitivity), Animal (his Lust), Wimp (his Anxiety) and Genius (his Intellect).
Outside of the "attic", Herman is a young writer working as a fact-checker for a Manhattan magazine, with a typical assortment of supporting characters: His boss Mr. Bracken, a walking encyclopedia; Louise, a meek-but-sweet plain-jane (played by Yeardley Smith, best known as the voice of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Lisa Simpson]]); and Heddy, a man-hungry social-climbing beauty for whom Herman intermittently longs. Playing counterpoint to the office crew is his best friend Jay (HankAzaria, also better known for his many roles on ''The Simpsons''), a part-time Lothario whose success at writing drives Herman to match him.
Each episode mated a typical sitcom situation with the unique perspective on Herman's choices and motivations afforded by the "inside" scenes. The conflicts, alliances and negotiations between the four "insiders" made for just as much comedy as the events in the "outside" world -- and sometimes more, as in the episode where the constantly-warring Angel and Animal discovered a woman they ''both'' agreed on.
Sadly, Fox canceled this show after its third season; it had the potential to be a classic, but is today mostly forgotten.
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!!This show provides examples of:
* ActorAllusion: Louise (Yeardley Smith's character) tells off an old friend ([[Series/TheBradyBunch Maureen McCormick]]) of the boss without realizing who it is. When the boss confronts the staff about it, not knowing who spoke to Maureen but knowing that she sounded "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons like a cartoon character]]", Louise gets an OhCrap moment -- only for the boss to turn and start yelling at another woman, who protests in a WesternAnimation/BettyBoop voice.
* AllThereInTheScript: The four insiders never address each other by name. It's only because of the credits that we know the names listed above in the opening quote.
* TheArtifact / DemotedToExtra: Towards the end of the show's run, the "head" characters featured less and less prominently as the show focused more on Herman and his real environment.
* {{Bait and Switch Credits}} : The original opening has a narrator telling us that "sometimes [the insiders] agree... usually they don't," while showing them all arguing loudly. But in most episodes they usually ''do'' agree, except for Angel and Animal, and even then, their discussions are more in the form of sarcastic sniping than loud arguments.
* CasanovaWannabe: Jay
* CelebrityParadox See HeyItsThatVoice below.
* CerebusSyndrome: Any given episode would usually start with Herman doing something wrong, then HilarityEnsues as he runs about trying to resolve the situation, with an {{Aesop}} over not having done it in the first place. Some of the third season episodes would have Herman fail to "fix" things (such as when he cheated on his GirlOfTheWeek) presumably in order to reinforce the Aesop.
* {{Christmas Episode}}; "A Charlie Brown Fitzer".
* {{Completely Missing the Point}} : Herman's boss is a ''very'' serious man who tries to have fun but has no idea how. In one episode, he gets a ventriloquist's dummy and puts together a very convincing show... except that instead of telling jokes, he and the dummy exchange dry historical facts. He is shocked when he is told that's ''not'' how a ventriloquism act is supposed to go.
* ConsolationWorldRecord: in one episode
* {{A Date with Rosie Palms}}: Herman's insiders watch a flashback of when he had sex with Heddy, but the tape breaks. Angel accuses the others of constantly replaying this moment, and demands to know what they've been up to while she's been asleep. Cue guilty look from the three men.
* DifferentForGirls: in one episode
* FreudianTrio Literally: Animal (Id), Angel (Ego), Genius (Superego) It's not surprising Wimp faded into the background in later episodes.
* FriendOrIdolDecision
* GhostInTheMachine
* GoodAngelBadAngel
* GreekChorus
* HalfHourComedy
* IdiotBall:TropeNamer -- HankAzaria coined it when referring to writing the episodes.
* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Jay
* OrphanedPunchline: Louise's [[MisterRoberts "Captain, it is I - Ensign Pulver - and I've just thrown your stinking palm tree overboard!"]]
* ProfessionalsDoItOnDesks: Herman and Heddy have sex on Mr Bracken's desk. A few episodes later, high-powered editor Victoria Stark has sex with Herman on ''her'' desk.
* RecordScratch: In "Herman Au Naturel", Angel does this to the steelpan calypso record Genius and Animal are dancing to.
* ShoutOut: Many for ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
** A RunningGag involved Louise being mistaken for Lisa Simpson every time she talked to someone on the phone.
** Eventually it got shouted out on ''The Simpsons'', as well, with Lisa covering up a sinister laugh by saying she was "thinking of something funny I saw on ''Herman's Head''."
* SlapSlapKiss - Herman and Heddy, starting in the first-season "9 1/2 Hours."
* SitCom
* WhatMightHaveBeen: According to a writer on the show, had it not been canceled at the end of the third season, a second set of Insiders -- for ''Heddy'' -- would have been introduced in the fourth season.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Herman and Heddy, despite Heddy's oft-stated intentions of trapping a rich man to drain dry, start falling for each other by the third season, but resist their attraction with no small amount of angst on both sides over it.
* WorkCom
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