History Series / JoePeraTalksWithYou

* BigEater: Joe gets very excited about food in multiple episodes, especially breakfast, whether it's at a diner or his Nan's egg bake. Gene also shares this trait, as seen when he gets overly excited about "butter burgers" in "Joe Pera Shows You How to Do Good Fashion."

* BigFun: Gene is a portly but jovial guy, and is mostly seen as this, especially to Joe.

* BigEater: Joe gets very excited about food in multiple episodes, especially breakfast, whether it's at a diner or his Nan's egg bake.

* OncePerEpisode: Near the beginning of each episode, Joe will wave to the camera and say "Hello. My name is Joe Pera."

''Joe Pera Talks With You'' is a series airing on Creator/AdultSwim. It stars soft-spoken comedian Joe Pera, who previously appeared on the network with his specials ''Joe Pera Talks You to Sleep'' and ''Joe Pera Helps You Find the Perfect Christmas Tree'', set in the same universe. Joe is best described as a man in his thirties with the demeanor and behavior of someone much older. He's very quiet, humble, polite and gentle, and loves living in his small town of Marquette, Michigan, where he works as a middle school choir teacher. Each episode covers a different subject of interest to Joe, such as breakfast, iron, grocery shopping or lighthouses. the first season of nine episodes began on May 20, 2018, and the second season began December 6, 2019. a third special entitled ''Relaxing Old Footage with Joe Pera'' was released May 20, 2020, and third and final season began on November 7, 2021, before the series was officially canceled on July 7th, 2022.

* AmbiguousDisorder:
** It's vaguely implied that Joe has Asperger's - ''very high functioning'' Asperger's. He's deeply interested in obscure trivia and hobbies, frequently makes long lists of topics, speaks in a monotone, and is a bit socially awkward. That said, he's reasonably aware of general social cues and very polite and gentle to other people. He goes on long and rambling philosophical tangents pondering things about everyday life, many of which do end up being kind of thought-provoking and insightful. He's also generally presented to be good at his job as the school's choir teacher.
** Sarah's various paranoias and increasingly frequent need to hide in her bunker or flee town to camp out in the woods might point to her having some undiagnosed anxiety disorder. She narrates in "Joe Pera Takes You on a Hike" that she's conscious of how unwarranted some of her fears are, and that she dislikes this about herself.

* FriendToAllChildren: Downplayed with Joe. His conversations with kids can be as awkward as those with adults, but he at least is shown to be an effective choir teacher, and he turns out to be a reasonably good babysitter for Kelsey Melsky.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: As awkward as he can be, Joe is shown to be a skilled and well-liked choir teacher. He writes an entire musical by himself and is seen conducting the children and teaching piano successfully. Outside of work, he clearly has an impressive knowledge of various subjects, even if it does come off as random.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Joe is usually a sensitive, polite and respectful person, which puts him in stark contrast to guys like Dave and Johnny. However, Joe shows off his mischievous side too, especially once he and Sarah start dating.

** Similarly, "Joe Pera Shows You How to Do Good Fashion" is largely about Gene patching up his relationship with his sons.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Joe is usually a sensitive, polite and respectful person, which puts him in stark contrast to some of the more macho guys seen on the show. However, he shows off his mischievous side too, especially once he and Sarah start dating.

** CloudCuckoolander: Joe has an undeniably unique way of looking at the world: he sees the grocery store as a "theater experience" and would have loved to have been a ratcatcher in Canada during the 1950s.

* CoolOldGuy: Gene is definitely this to Joe, though not so much with others. Gene's "artsy-fartsy" twin brother Glass, on the other hand, absolutely qualifies.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: As quirky and awkward as he can be, Joe is shown to be a skilled and well-liked choir teacher. He writes an entire musical by himself and is seen conducting the children successfully. Outside of work, he clearly has an impressive knowledge of various subjects, even if it does come off as random.

* RefrainFromAssuming: The DJ who Joe calls brings this up about "Baba O'Riley" in "Joe Pera Reads You the Church Announcements".

** The episode name "Joe Pera Helps You Write," which was advertised with that title in previews and TV listings, is only part of the full title. the full title of the episode is "Joe Pera Helps You Write [[spoiler:an Obituary]]."

** Sarah's various paranoias and increasingly frequent need to hide in her bunker or flee town to camp out in the woods might point to her having some undiagnosed anxiety disorder.

''Joe Pera Talks With You'' is a series airing on Creator/AdultSwim. It stars soft-spoken comedian Joe Pera, who previously appeared on the network with his specials ''Joe Pera Talks You to Sleep'' and ''Joe Pera Helps You Find the Perfect Christmas Tree'', set in the same universe. Joe is best described as a man in his thirties with the demeanor and behavior of someone much older. He's very quiet, humble, polite and gentle, and loves living in his small town of Marquette, Michigan, where he works as a middle school choir teacher. Each episode covers a different subject of interest to Joe, such as breakfast, iron, grocery shopping or lighthouses. the first season of nine episodes began on May 20, 2018, and the second season began December 6, 2019. a third special entitled ''Relaxing Old Footage with Joe Pera'' was released May 20, 2020, and third season began on November 7, 2021.

* AbsurdPhobia: Joe is apparently afraid of jack-o-lanterns. Gene theorizes it's because whenever you carve a jack-o-lantern, you give it 1/16th of your soul. Joe takes a drive every year on the Saturday following Halloween to reflect on why they unnerve him and to "grow his soul back".

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When Gene's friend Timrick, described as a Creator/JoePesci type ball-buster, asks Joe what it was like growing up in an Amish community, Joe laughs and says he actually likes that one.

* AmbiguousDisorder: It's vaguely implied that Joe has Asperger's - ''very high functioning'' Asperger's. He's deeply interested in obscure trivia and hobbies, frequently makes long lists of topics, speaks in a monotone, and is a bit socially awkward. That said, he's reasonably aware of general social cues and very polite and gentle to other people. He goes on long and rambling philosophical tangents pondering things about everyday life, many of which do end up being kind of thought-provoking and insightful. He's also generally presented to be good at his job as the school's choir teacher.

* CallBack: In "Joe Pera Lights Up the Night with You," Joe presents his theory on why people don't cheer after every firework. This is one of the mildly interesting subjects he mentions in his original special, ''Joe Pera Talks You to Sleep''.

* DiscoDan: Joe, despite being a music teacher, doesn't seem to know much about current music. When he hears "Baba O'Riley" for the first time, he asks if anybody's heard of Music/TheWho, calls it a new song and doesn't seem to realize that he can easily search for the song on Youtube, rather than call every radio station and ask them to play the song. He also has a collection of sheet music from the early 20th century.

* HalfwayPlotSwitch: "Joe Pera Shows You Iron" starts with Joe beginning a presentation on iron, but getting interrupted by the Melsky family, who thinks his house is for sale. the rest of the episode is about Joe contemplating whether he should sell them his house, but still manages to throw in some facts about rock formation and geology.

* RefrainFromAssuming: the DJ who Joe calls brings this up about "Baba O'Riley" in "Joe Pera Reads You the Church Announcements".