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%%* ThreeAmigos: Claude, Ramona and Owen.
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%%* HasTwoMommies: Owen.
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%%* {{Nerd}}: Owen.

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* AmbiguouslyJewish: Kipp.
* BaldOfAwesome: Carl.

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* %%* AmbiguouslyJewish: Kipp.
* BaldOfAwesome: Carl.
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* BigGuy: Carl.
* ButtMonkey: Kipp and Owen.

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* %%* BigGuy: Carl.
* %%* ButtMonkey: Kipp and Owen.



* CloudCuckoolander: Owen. Practically a requirement by Andy Dick to play this role

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* %%* CloudCuckoolander: Owen. Practically a requirement by Andy Dick to play this role



* DeadpanSnarker: Ramona and Kipp.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Claude (sanguine), Ramona (choleric), Owen (melancholic), Carl (phlegmatic).
* HasTwoMommies: Owen.

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* %%* DeadpanSnarker: Ramona and Kipp.
* %%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Claude (sanguine), Ramona (choleric), Owen (melancholic), Carl (phlegmatic).
* %%* HasTwoMommies: Owen.



* TheLancer: Ramona.
* {{Nerd}}: Owen.

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* %%* TheLancer: Ramona.
* %%* {{Nerd}}: Owen.



* PluckyGirl / PluckyOfficeGirl: Claude.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Carl, in season 2.

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* %%* PluckyGirl / PluckyOfficeGirl: Claude.
* %%* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Carl, in season 2.



* SassyBlackWoman: Ramona.
* SitcomArchnemesis: Both Kipp and Lydia are this to Claude.
* ThreeAmigos: Claude, Ramona and Owen.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Kipp and Lydia.

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* %%* SassyBlackWoman: Ramona.
* %%* SitcomArchnemesis: Both Kipp and Lydia are this to Claude.
* %%* ThreeAmigos: Claude, Ramona and Owen.
* %%* VitriolicBestBuds: Kipp and Lydia.
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* WrongSongGag: In the episode "Claude the Terminator", Owen reveals that he has a romantic fantasy about running into Lydia at the bar jukebox, providing a quarter and suggesting "[[Music/REOSpeedwagon Can't Fight This Feeling]]", asking her to dance... Later it looks like the scenario is actually happening, only for him to mishear her and select J5 instead of A5. Cue the jukebox blasting "Feliz Navidad".
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* CloudCuckoolander: Owen. Practically a requirement by Andy Dick to play this role



* WackyGuy: Owen.

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* WackyGuy: Owen.
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''Less Than Perfect'' was a WorkCom that ran from 2002 to 2006. Its main focus was Claudia "Claude" Casey (Sara Rue), a full-figured young woman who tried to navigate the perils of making a career at a fictional broadcasting company. Her friends were dorky Owen, no-nonsense Ramona and BigGuy Carl; her superior was a famous news anchor, and her enemies were jealous coworkers Kipp and Lydia.

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''Less Than Perfect'' was a WorkCom that ran from 2002 to 2006. Its main focus was Claudia "Claude" Casey (Sara Rue), (Creator/SaraRue), a full-figured young woman who tried to navigate the perils of making a career at a fictional broadcasting company. Her friends were dorky Owen, no-nonsense Ramona and BigGuy Carl; her superior was a famous news anchor, and her enemies were jealous coworkers Kipp and Lydia.

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* CelebrityParadox: Owen can't remember a certain combination because it's equal to the year of Eric Roberts's birthday, but he always lies about his age. Will Butler's played by Eric Roberts.

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* CelebrityParadox: CelebrityParadox:
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Owen can't remember a certain combination because it's equal to the year of Eric Roberts's birthday, but he always lies about his age. Will Butler's played by Eric Roberts.Roberts.
** In one episode, Owen tells Claude that a suggestion of hers he didn't like was "a little ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''"[[labelnote:*]] [[TakeThat Derivative, ineffectual and poorly cast.]][[/labelnote]] -- a show Andy Dick himself [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E13MessageInABottle guest-starred in]].
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* BlackBestFriend: Ramona. Partially subverted because she's much less nice than the protagonist and has much more of a love life.
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* MissingEpisode: As mentioned below, 8 out of 13 peisodes of season 4 were not aired on ABC due to them abruptly cancelling the show, though the missing episodes did later air on Lifetime.



* ScrewedByTheNetwork: ABC downsized it's season 4 order from 22 to 13 episodes, only 5 of those episodes aired before the show was cancelled without any sort of explanation, to make matters worse, two more episodes were scheduled to air, but both were pre-empted by NBA games.
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* BigBeautifulWoman: Claude and Ramona.
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* ButtMonkey: Kipp and Owen.
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* BaldOfAwesome: Carl

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* BaldOfAwesome: CarlCarl.



* BigGuy: Carl

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* BigGuy: CarlCarl.

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* SitcomArchnemesis: Both Kipp and Lydia are this to Claude.



* SitcomArchnemesis: Both Kipp and Lydia are this to Claude.

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* SitcomArchnemesis: Both Kipp and Lydia are this to Claude. WackyGuy: Owen.
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* PluckyGirl/PluckyOfficeGirl: Claude.

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* PluckyGirl/PluckyOfficeGirl: PluckyGirl / PluckyOfficeGirl: Claude.

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* AmbiguouslyJewish: Kipp

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* AmbiguouslyJewish: KippKipp.
* BaldOfAwesome: Carl



* PluckyGirl: Claude.

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* PluckyGirl: PluckyGirl/PluckyOfficeGirl: Claude.



* SassyBlackWoman: Ramona

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* SassyBlackWoman: RamonaRamona.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Ramona

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* DeadpanSnarker: RamonaRamona and Kipp.
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* PluckyGirl: Claude.
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* PatrickWarburton: played Jeb.
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* BigBeautifulWoman: Claude and Ramona.
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* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Carl.

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* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Carl.Carl, in season 2.
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* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Carl.

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* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: Jeb only ever referred to Kipp as "Secretary".

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* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Jeb only ever referred to Kipp as "Secretary".



* RetroactiveRecognition: Zachary Levi went onto greater fame as the title character in ''{{Chuck}}''.

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* AmbiguouslyJewish (Kipp)

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* AmbiguouslyJewish (Kipp)AmbiguouslyJewish: Kipp



* BigGuy (Carl)

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* BigGuy (Carl)BigGuy: Carl



* DeadpanSnarker (Ramona)

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* DeadpanSnarker (Ramona)DeadpanSnarker: Ramona



* HasTwoMommies (Owen)
* HollywoodHomely: The main cast. To the show's credit, the homeliness was almost believable, as Ramona and Claude were [[HollywoodPudgy full-figured]], Carl was big and bald, and Owen looked...well...like Andy Dick.

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* HasTwoMommies (Owen)
* HollywoodHomely: The main cast. To the show's credit, the homeliness was almost believable, as Ramona and Claude were [[HollywoodPudgy full-figured]], Carl was big and bald, and Owen looked...well...like Andy Dick.
HasTwoMommies: Owen.



* TheLancer (Ramona)

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* TheLancer (Ramona)TheLancer: Ramona.



* {{Nerd}} (Owen)

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* {{Nerd}} (Owen){{Nerd}}: Owen.



* VitriolicBestBuds (Kipp and Lydia)

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* VitriolicBestBuds (Kipp ThreeAmigos: Claude, Ramona and Lydia) Owen.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Kipp and Lydia.
* SitcomArchnemesis: Both Kipp and Lydia are this to Claude.
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* RelationshipUpgrade: Claude and Carl sleep together in season 4 and become FriendsWithBenefits, then they develop feelings for one another and have a loving relationship for the rest of the series.
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''Less Than Perfect'' was a WorkCom that ran from 2002 to 2006. Its main focus was Claudia "Claude" Casey (Sara Rue), a full-figured young woman who tried to navigate the perils of making a career at a fictional broadcasting company. Her friends were dorky Owen, no-nonsense Ramona and BigGuy Carl; her superior was a famous news anchor, and her enemies were jealous coworkers Kipp and Lydia.
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Tropes used:
* AmbiguouslyJewish (Kipp)
* BenevolentBoss: Will Butler, though he's nice only to his direct assistants.
* BigGuy (Carl)
* BlackBestFriend: Ramona. Partially subverted because she's much less nice than the protagonist and has much more of a love life.
* CelebrityParadox: Owen can't remember a certain combination because it's equal to the year of Eric Roberts's birthday, but he always lies about his age. Will Butler's played by Eric Roberts.
* ComingOutStory: inverted. Owen has to tell his lesbian moms that he's straight.
* DeadpanSnarker (Ramona)
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Claude (sanguine), Ramona (choleric), Owen (melancholic), Carl (phlegmatic).
* HasTwoMommies (Owen)
* HollywoodHomely: The main cast. To the show's credit, the homeliness was almost believable, as Ramona and Claude were [[HollywoodPudgy full-figured]], Carl was big and bald, and Owen looked...well...like Andy Dick.
* HomeschooledKids: It's brought up numerous times that Owen was homeschooled by his parents, usually as a joke, such as Claude and Ramona being astonished that he had an actual graduation ceremony.
* TheLancer (Ramona)
* MissingEpisode: As mentioned below, 8 out of 13 peisodes of season 4 were not aired on ABC due to them abruptly cancelling the show, though the missing episodes did later air on Lifetime.
* {{Nerd}} (Owen)
* NerdGlasses: Owen, as his stereotype implies, and, strangely enough, "metrosexual" Kipp. He wears contact lenses most of the time, but he still has a pair of thick round glasses.
* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: Jeb only ever referred to Kipp as "Secretary".
* PatrickWarburton: played Jeb.
* RetroactiveRecognition: Zachary Levi went onto greater fame as the title character in ''{{Chuck}}''.
* RichBitch: Lydia, with the exception that, while she spends a lot of money to support her lifestyle, she is not rich, but actually in debt.
* SassyBlackWoman: Ramona
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: ABC downsized it's season 4 order from 22 to 13 episodes, only 5 of those episodes aired before the show was cancelled without any sort of explanation, to make matters worse, two more episodes were scheduled to air, but both were pre-empted by NBA games.
* VitriolicBestBuds (Kipp and Lydia)
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