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* DoggedNiceGuy: Christy's boyfriend and Marjorie's nephew is a sympathetic modernized version of this trope. Christy is interested, and he is a nice guy; he's just unhealthily attached to her, and Christy can't get rid of him. Marjorie explains that his behavior is due to a mental illness for which he's been getting treatment for most of his life. She promises Christy he's not dangerous, and she just needs to be clear it's over and be patient while he figures it out.
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* InsistentTerminology: Christy did not gamble away the rent money because that would imply that at some point they had enough to pay rent.
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* WalkAndTalk: Bonnie [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this in "Pure Evil and a Free Piece of Cheesecake" during her ImagineSpot when she asks her staffer why they always do that, so they briefly stop to talk and realize that it's boring.
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* FakingTheDead: PlayedForDrama: [[spoiler:In order to prevent Violet from locating her father, Christy takes her to a graveyard and claims he was a guy by the name of "James Sudcliff" and that he had died several years prior.]]
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* FakingTheDead: PlayedForDrama: [[spoiler:In order to prevent Violet from locating her father, Christy takes her to a graveyard and claims he was a guy by the name of "James Sudcliff" Sutcliffe" and that he had died several years prior.]]
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* ForTheWantOfANail: If Victor's sister had simply accepted Marjorie in spite of her shaky past, Christy would've had the time to take Jodi's call. If she had taken Jodi's call, she would've known Jodi was considering breaking her sobriety under her boyfriend's suggestion and told her not to, which would've saved her life.
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* ExpositionAlreadyCovered: A recurring element in the show is starting episodes at an AA meeting and having Christy, Bonnie, and/or someone else explain something that happened offscreen that serves as the catalyst for the episode's plot.
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* InsaneEqualsViolent: Defied by Marjorie. Christy starts dating her nephew Nick against her wishes. When Marjorie explains his increasingly erratic behavior to the fact he's been in a mental hospital most of his life, Bonnie worries Christy might be in danger. Marjorie assures her he's safe; he just doesn't have the best understanding of healthy boundaries.
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* DumbassHasAPoint: In "Hot Soup and Shingles," Baxter's claim that you're less likely to get hurt if you're not sober is scientifically accurate. He even points out the reason for that: you don't tense up, so you're less likely to get injured.
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* SympatheticAdulterer: The reason Christy and Baxter broke up was that Baxter cheated on Christy with her best friend. She eventually forgives him, claiming she treated him horribly during her stint with drugs and alcohol.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Bonnie and Marjorie will inevitably start sniping at one another, but they find enjoyment in the mutual snarking and Bonnie does provide genuine, though hilariously inappropriate, support during Marjorie's cancer fight.
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** Bonnie and Marjorie will inevitably start sniping at one another, but they find enjoyment in the mutual snarking and Bonnie does provide genuine, though hilariously inappropriate, support during Marjorie's cancer fight.
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* WeddingDeathJuxtaposition: Marjorie and Victor get married and the others notice that Jodi, the newest member of the support group, is nowhere to be seen. Christy calls her, but reaches a police officer instead. It turns out that Jodi relapsed and died from an overdose.
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* EmbarrassingVoicemail: In one episode, Christy leaves a particularly awkward voicemail for Violet.
-->'''Christy:''' It's me, your mom. Uh... so, doot-dah-doo... That's the weird thing. So, heard your podcast. Would love to chitty-chat about that. Or anything. I haven't talked to you in such a long time. Of course, I'm not the one who changed her number. But not pointing fingers. Doot-dah-doo. Hey, good news. I'm in law school now. Yep. Learnin' about torts. Turns out they're not just dessert. Okay, well, uh... it's me, your mom, Christy.
-->'''Christy:''' It's me, your mom. Uh... so, doot-dah-doo... That's the weird thing. So, heard your podcast. Would love to chitty-chat about that. Or anything. I haven't talked to you in such a long time. Of course, I'm not the one who changed her number. But not pointing fingers. Doot-dah-doo. Hey, good news. I'm in law school now. Yep. Learnin' about torts. Turns out they're not just dessert. Okay, well, uh... it's me, your mom, Christy.
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* FakingTheDead: PlayedForDrama: [[spoiler:In order to prevent Violet from locating her father, Christy takes her to a graveyard and claims he was a guy by the name of "James Sudcliff" and that he had died several years prior.]]
* FlushTheEvidence: When Bonnie and Christy find Ray's drugs in his car, they flush them down the toilet, causing it to back up.
--> '''Bonnie:''' How about that, after all these years the toilet is throwing up on us.
* FlushTheEvidence: When Bonnie and Christy find Ray's drugs in his car, they flush them down the toilet, causing it to back up.
--> '''Bonnie:''' How about that, after all these years the toilet is throwing up on us.
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* FakingTheDead: PlayedForDrama: [[spoiler:In order to prevent Violet from locating her father, Christy takes her to a graveyard and claims he was a guy by the name of "James Sudcliff" and that he had died several years prior.]]
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes : Bonnie is barely tolerated because of her insufferable personality and lack of self-awareness (bordering on narcisssism). Wendy is also often the ButtMonkey, due to her tendency to cry. A lot.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: An episode involved Christy, being home alone, doing this.
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* VisualInnuendo: Bonnie, while visiting Marjorie and her many cats, holds a fuzzy white cat between her legs to depict how a much older member of their [=AA=] meetings looks while wearing a miniskirt sans underwear.
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* DoubleEntendre: Bonnie and Chef Rudy go on a date an proceed to have an incredibly thinly-veiled innuendo-laced conversation about flavor combinations.
--->'''Bonnie''': Cherry? Squirt? Fleshy? You can't help yourself, can you?
--->'''Chef Rudy''': It's very hard.
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--->'''Bonnie''': Mmm... it's not sweet like a tomato or sour like vinegar...
--->'''Chef Rudy''': Exactly. It's a third thing that didn't exist until one was driven deep inside the other. [[LampshadeHanging And yes, I know what I just said.]]
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--->'''Chef Rudy''': It's very hard.
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--->'''Bonnie''': Mmm... it's not sweet like a tomato or sour like vinegar...
--->'''Chef Rudy''': Exactly. It's a third thing that didn't exist until one was driven deep inside the other. [[LampshadeHanging And yes, I know what I just said.]]
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* CassandraTruth: When Christy reveals that she hadn't paid their first house's mortgage to the landlord for three months because of excessive gambling, she once again gambles and manages to gather enough money to save the house [[spoiler:until a black thief robs her]], and when she tries to tell Bonnie about what happened, she doesn't believe her even if she guessed things right.
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* CassandraTruth: When Christy reveals that she hadn't paid their first house's mortgage to the landlord for three months because of excessive gambling, she once again gambles and manages to gather wins enough money through gambling to save the house [[spoiler:until a black thief robs her]], pay off her and when Bonnie's mortgage [[spoiler:and then is robbed]]. When she tries to tell Bonnie about what happened, she Bonnie doesn't believe her even if she guessed things right.her.
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* BulletDancing: Bonnie reveals in one episode that she tried this on Alvin during a fight, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome the end result was that she accidentally shot off his pinky toe.]]
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* ThemeNaming: All of Marjorie's cats are named after famous musicians from TheSixties.
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* ChristmasCake: In "Horny-Goggles and a Catered Intervention", the women all tell stories about how they all have gone far in their lives without a boyfriend. Then they go to the usual restaurant and hesitate in eating a ''literal'' Christmas cake, with Bonnie saying eating from it means they all give up.
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: In-universe, Chef Rudy has a working-class Boston background but uses a generic accent to hide his humble origins. He reverts to his Boston accent[[note]]Which French Stewart actually has a hard time maintaining[[/note]] when Bonnie tortures him and he's too distraught to maintain the facade.
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* OldMaid: In "Horny-Goggles and a Catered Intervention", the women all tell stories about how they all have gone far in their lives without a boyfriend. Then they go to the usual restaurant and hesitate in eating a ''literal'' Christmas cake (the previous name for the trope), with Bonnie saying eating from it means they all give up.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: In-universe, Chef Rudy has a working-class Boston background but uses a generic accent to hide his humble origins. He reverts to his Boston accent[[note]]Which French Stewart actually has a hard time maintaining[[/note]] when Bonnie tortures him and he's too distraught to maintain thefacade.façade.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: In-universe, Chef Rudy has a working-class Boston background but uses a generic accent to hide his humble origins. He reverts to his Boston accent[[note]]Which French Stewart actually has a hard time maintaining[[/note]] when Bonnie tortures him and he's too distraught to maintain the
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* NoodleIncident: The many unlawful things Bonnie did while raising (or not) Christy.
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* NoodleIncident: The many unlawful things Hoo boy... due to the main plot of the show consisting of a handful of characters who all struggle with addiction and therefore have to endure some rather wild situations before hitting Rock Bottom and entering recovery, this show has them in spades, to the extent it might surpass ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'' for most Noodle Incidents per capita. For one example, Bonnie did while raising (or not) Christy.apparently has a rap sheet in California, Arizona, West Virginia and somehow Micronesia.
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* PetTheDog: Violet reads Christy the riot act after losing their house and forcing them to squat Marjorie's home. Before she leaves them, however, Violet does genuinely thank Marjorie for her hospitably and gives Boonie a heartfelt goodbye.
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* PetTheDog: Violet reads Christy the riot act after losing their house and forcing them to squat Marjorie's home. Before she leaves them, however, Violet does genuinely thank Marjorie for her hospitably and gives Boonie Bonnie a heartfelt goodbye. goodbye.
* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: Bonnie's half-brother Ray is fifteen years younger than her. Since Bonnie was a teen mom, this means that her brother is approximately the same age as her daughter.
* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: Bonnie's half-brother Ray is fifteen years younger than her. Since Bonnie was a teen mom, this means that her brother is approximately the same age as her daughter.
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes : Bonnie is barely tolerated because of her insufferable personality and lack of self-awareness (bordering on narcisssism). Wendy is also often the ButtMonkey , due to her tendency to cry. A lot.
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes : Bonnie is barely tolerated because of her insufferable personality and lack of self-awareness (bordering on narcisssism). Wendy is also often the ButtMonkey , ButtMonkey, due to her tendency to cry. A lot.
* GagHaircut: In "A Safe Word and a Rib Eye", Christy tries to cut her own bangs, forcing her to hide the result with a cap. She's back to normal by the next episode.
* GagHaircut: In "A Safe Word and a Rib Eye", Christy tries to cut her own bangs, forcing her to hide the result with a cap. She's back to normal by the next episode.
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* InelegantBlubbering:
** This is Christie's EstablishingCharacterMoment in the pilot. A restaurant goer tells her she's a good waitress, and she begins crying uncontrollably with the realization of how dead-end her life is.
** Christie does this again in "Atticus Finch and the Downtrodden" two seasons later, when she learns how much it's going to cost to go to law school.
** This is Christie's EstablishingCharacterMoment in the pilot. A restaurant goer tells her she's a good waitress, and she begins crying uncontrollably with the realization of how dead-end her life is.
** Christie does this again in "Atticus Finch and the Downtrodden" two seasons later, when she learns how much it's going to cost to go to law school.
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* PetTheDog: Violet rightfully reads Christy the riot act after losing their house and forcing them to squat Marjorie's home. Before she leaves them, however, Violet does genuinely thank Marjorie for her hospitably and gives Boonie a heartfelt goodbye.
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* PetTheDog: Violet rightfully reads Christy the riot act after losing their house and forcing them to squat Marjorie's home. Before she leaves them, however, Violet does genuinely thank Marjorie for her hospitably and gives Boonie a heartfelt goodbye.
* RealismInducedHorror: A rare InUniverse example happens in the Season 2 premiere. Christy is bussing a table and sees someone didn't finish their wine. Without thinking, she downs the remainder breaching her sobriety. Figuring she can't unbreach it now, she gets absolutely plastered and tries to have sex with her coworkers and outs several to ICE agents having dinner. Luckily, it turns out to be AllJustADream, but Christy is haunted at the thought of all her hard work the past year amounting to nothing.
* RecoveredAddict: The show begins with protagonist Christy and her mother Bonnie, two heavy substance abusers, deciding to attend Alcoholics Anonymous. Though they face temptation along the way, their sobriety largely sticks. Eventually, the show comes to also focus on the struggles of friends they make in AA, including Marjorie, Wendy and Jill.
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* RecoveredAddict: The show begins with protagonist Christy and her mother Bonnie, two heavy substance abusers, deciding to attend Alcoholics Anonymous. Though they face temptation along the way, their sobriety largely sticks. Eventually, the show comes to also focus on the struggles of friends they make in AA, including Marjorie, Wendy and Jill.
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* GoodAngelBadAngel: Bonnie gets visited by her bad self (dressed as a BikerBabe) and her good self (dressed as [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Glinda the Good Witch of the North]]) while [[spoiler:recovering from her second relapse]]. After their arguing upsets Bonnie, they are shooed away by Jesus.
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* GoodAngelBadAngel: Bonnie gets visited by her bad self (dressed as a BikerBabe) biker) and her good self (dressed as [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Glinda the Good Witch of the North]]) while [[spoiler:recovering from her second relapse]]. After their arguing upsets Bonnie, they are shooed away by Jesus.
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* OutOfCharacterMoment: In "Figgy Pudding and the Rapture" when a police raid takes place in the motel the Pucketts are staying, the normally self-centered Bonnie immediately ushers Roscoe and Violet to the floor while shots are fired; even shielding them with her own body!
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* PetTheDog: Violet rightfully reads Christy the riot act after losing their house and forcing them to squat Marjorie's home. Before she leaves them, however, Violet does genuinely thank Marjorie for her hospitably and gives Boonie a heartfelt goodbye.
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** The show ends without Christie and Violet ever making up. Despite trying her best to salvage their relationship Christie doesn’t succeed. Instead Violet doesn’t want to be involved with Christie anymore, and ultimately finds herself happier and more successful without Christie.
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* HopeSpot: Christy manages to turn around Jodi [[note]](a recovering addict played by Creator/EmilyOsment)[[/note]]'s life (and the latter becomes friends with the gang and joins in on their little get-togethers. She also manages to get a job as a barista and gets into a relationship with another recovering addict who had been clean for six weeks, though that was the only worrying point Christy had for her about her new decisions. [[spoiler:To the absolutely crushing blow to everyone who knew Jodi, she died offscreen from drug overdose [[MoodWhiplash while the women were attending Marjorie's wedding]].]]
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** Everything seems to be going right for the Plunketts when Bonnie and Christy's father Alvin rekindle their romance. He has moved into an apartment in their complex, started to form a relationship with Violet and Roscoe, and plans to add them to his will. Before the episode is half over, [[spoiler:Alvin has a heart attack and passes away]].
** Christy manages to turn around Jodi [[note]](a recovering addict played by Creator/EmilyOsment)[[/note]]'s life (and the latter becomes friends with the gang and joins in on their little get-togethers. She also manages to get a job as a barista and gets into a relationship with another recovering addict who had been clean for six weeks, though that was the only worrying point Christy had for her about her new decisions. [[spoiler:To the absolutely crushing blow to everyone who knew Jodi, she died offscreen from drug overdose [[MoodWhiplash while the women were attending Marjorie's wedding]].]]
** Everything seems to be going right for the Plunketts when Bonnie and Christy's father Alvin rekindle their romance. He has moved into an apartment in their complex, started to form a relationship with Violet and Roscoe, and plans to add them to his will. Before the episode is half over, [[spoiler:Alvin has a heart attack and passes away]].
** Christy manages to turn around Jodi [[note]](a recovering addict played by Creator/EmilyOsment)[[/note]]'s life (and the latter becomes friends with the gang and joins in on their little get-togethers. She also manages to get a job as a barista and gets into a relationship with another recovering addict who had been clean for six weeks, though that was the only worrying point Christy had for her about her new decisions. [[spoiler:To the absolutely crushing blow to everyone who knew Jodi, she died offscreen from drug overdose [[MoodWhiplash while the women were attending Marjorie's wedding]].]]
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The show goes to great lengths to show that life can be unfair, and that there are people who can relapse or showing that forgiveness never comes easy. That no matter how hard you try or how much you love a person that sometimes they will disappoint you. For as many happy endings that occur in the series there are often just as many sad endings for Christy and Co. For example:
** Ray Stabler, Bonnie’s half brother ends up falling into a Cocaine addiction. Despite knowing the tools to help him, Bonnie can’t force him into accepting help for his problem. Ray never acknowledges he has a problem and leaves the show with his fate unknown but showing him leaving Bonnie seemingly for good.
** The show ends without Christie and Violet ever making up. Despite trying her best to salvage their relationship Christie doesn’t succeed. Instead Violet doesn’t want to be involved with Christie anymore, and ultimately finds herself happier and more successful without Christie.
** Ray Stabler, Bonnie’s half brother ends up falling into a Cocaine addiction. Despite knowing the tools to help him, Bonnie can’t force him into accepting help for his problem. Ray never acknowledges he has a problem and leaves the show with his fate unknown but showing him leaving Bonnie seemingly for good.
** The show ends without Christie and Violet ever making up. Despite trying her best to salvage their relationship Christie doesn’t succeed. Instead Violet doesn’t want to be involved with Christie anymore, and ultimately finds herself happier and more successful without Christie.
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