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** Almost all of the Salingers spend the series dealing with this in some way, shape or form, with the exception of Owen and Claudia. Bailey and Sarah are constantly on and off, [[spoiler: until she finally leaves for good]], and while Julia has a tendency to [[Main/SerialRomeo jump from major relationship to major relationship]], she always ends up torn between Griffin or Justin. [[spoiler: Justin wins out eventually]].
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The main plot focuses on the five kids of the Salinger family who have been orphaned after their parents are killed in a car accident. Charlie (Creator/MatthewFox), an irresponsible 24-year-old worker of odd jobs has to step up and be the new man of the house. The second oldest is Bailey (Scott Wolf), a 16-year-old responsible team mom (at least for the first few seasons), despite not being the oldest...or a woman. 15-year old Julia (Neve Campbell) (Creator/NeveCampbell) is sensitive, and 11-year-old Claudia (Creator/LaceyChabert) is a child prodigy. The fifth is Owen, barely a year old. During the series, they deal with issues like alcoholism, cancer, abuse, and death.
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** In one episode, Bailey and Julia are arguing about who gets to move into a spare bedroom, and Justin and Sarah are reminded of an episode of TheBradyBunch.
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** In one episode, Bailey and Julia are arguing about who gets to move into a spare bedroom, and Justin and Sarah are reminded of an episode of TheBradyBunch.''Series/TheBradyBunch''.
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* BlondGuysAreEvil: Ned.
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''Party of Five'' is a {{teen drama}} that aired on {{FOX}} from September 1994 to May 2000.
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It was UnCancelled after having a poor run with audiences and a favorable reception with critics the first season due to a small pool of loyal fans protesting cancellation.
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It was UnCancelled after having a poor run with audiences and a favorable reception with critics the first season due to a small pool of loyal fans protesting cancellation.
cancellation. The series produced another breakout star in Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt, who played Bailey's sometime girlfriend Sarah.
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* TheCastShowoff: Lacey Chabert admitted in a Girls Life interview in 1995 that she was taking violin lessons for the show and that the violin music heard in the show was actually her playing.
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* TheCastShowoff: Lacey Chabert admitted in a Girls Life interview in 1995 that she was taking violin lessons for the show and that the violin music heard in the show was actually her playing.
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* ShoutOut:
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* [[BigBrotherBully Big Sister Bully]]: While Charlie and Bailey are both prone to their fair share of JerkWithAHeartOfGold tendencies throughout the entire series, Julia has a tendency to flip-flop rather frenetically in earlier seasons between TheBully and [[CoolBigSis the Cool Big Sis]], namely in regards to Claudia. Whereas Charlie and Bailey have more of a SiblingRivalry in Season 1, Julia has a tendency to see Claudia as more of an AnnoyingYoungerSibling with NoSenseOfPersonalSpace from time-to-time. Nevertheless, Claud gives as good as she gets, and the two end up being two of the closest siblings out of the bunch when all is said and done (and that's even with Claudia's BigBrotherWorship of Bailey).
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The main plot focuses on the five kids of the Salinger family who have been orphaned after their parents are killed in a car accident. Charlie (Matthew Fox), (Creator/MatthewFox), an irresponsible 24-year-old worker of odd jobs has to step up and be the new man of the house. The second oldest is Bailey (Scott Wolf), a 16-year-old responsible team mom (at least for the first few seasons), despite not being the oldest...or a woman. 15-year old Julia (Neve Campbell) is sensitive, and 11-year-old Claudia (Creator/LaceyChabert) is a child prodigy. The fifth is Owen, barely a year old. During the series, they deal with issues like alcoholism, cancer, abuse, and death.
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* InTheBlood: "Intervention" is the episode when Joe reveals to Bailey that his father was an alcoholic (which Bailey thinks is a ploy until he sees how shocked Charlie, Julia and especially Claudia are at the news). As if that wasn't heartbreaking enough, this convinces Bailey that he should keep on being an alcoholic (though he eventually gets better).
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* BrickJoke: The episode before Charlie and Kirsten were to be married in Season 2, Claudia rented what she thought was AnAffairToRemember for her and Kirsten, but it turned out they had been given a porn movie by mistake. Near the end of the episode, at Charlie's bachelor party, we see the guys are watching that copy of AnAffairToRemember.
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* BrickJoke: The episode before Charlie and Kirsten were to be married in Season 2, Claudia rented what she thought was AnAffairToRemember ''Film/AnAffairToRemember'' for her and Kirsten, but it turned out they had been given a porn movie by mistake. Near the end of the episode, at Charlie's bachelor party, we see the guys are watching that copy of AnAffairToRemember.''Film/AnAffairToRemember''.
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* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Played with. Although Julia does eventually get caught, she manages to get by with a fake ID for months working in a bar.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Kathleen overdoses on pills after Charlie breaks up with her. She gets better - and then tries to seize the family restaurant.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Kathleen overdoses on pills after Charlie breaks up with her. She gets better - and then tries to seize the family restaurant. Julia's friend Libby in Season 3, when she's unable to deal with the pressure of post-high school life.
* GayAesop:
** Claudia learns that her violin teacher is gay midway through season 1. Charlie delivers the Aesop to her and she's gotten over it by the end of the episode.
** In season 2 Julia makes friends with a closeted lesbian, who tries to cover up by getting off with a random guy. The end implies she's going to come out to her parents.
** Claudia learns that her violin teacher is gay midway through season 1. Charlie delivers the Aesop to her and she's gotten over it by the end of the episode.
** In season 2 Julia makes friends with a closeted lesbian, who tries to cover up by getting off with a random guy. The end implies she's going to come out to her parents.
* LastMinuteHookUp: Inverted. [[spoiler: Bailey had been in a relationship with Holly for Season 6 but they split up before the finale. And Bailey is the only one of the siblings to be single by the end]]. Played straight however with Julia and [[spoiler: Justin]] who hook up at the end up the penultimate episode.
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* RomanticFalseLead: Will acts as this for Bailey and Sarah in Season 2.
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* RomanticFalseLead: Will acts as this for Bailey and Sarah in Season 2. Callie and Annie play this role for Bailey and Sarah in seasons 3 and 4 respectively.
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* ShoutOut: The name of the Salinger family is a shout out to the author of ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye'' J.D. Salinger.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** The name of the Salinger family is a shout out to the author of ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye'' J.D. Salinger.
** The name of the Salinger family is a shout out to the author of ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye'' J.D. Salinger.
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* TeensAreShort: At the height of 5'1 (at that time), Lacey Chabert was shorter than all of the adult cast members.
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* SuddenDownerEnding: The first season suddenly has Jill killed off midway through the finale, without any warning at all.
* TeensAreShort: At the height of 5'1 (at that time), Lacey Chabert was shorter than all of the adult castmembers.
members. Neve Campbell was 5'7 and Scott Wolf was 5'8. Though in a subversion of this trope, a plot point in the first season is Julia being able to pass for an adult with a fake ID.
*ThereAreNoAdultsThereAreNoAdults: PlayedForDrama as the parents have died and the 24-year-old Charlie has to step up and be the adult in the household.
* TeensAreShort: At the height of 5'1 (at that time), Lacey Chabert was shorter than all of the adult cast
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They don\'t HAVE to run the restaurant. Charlie chooses to work at the restaurant at first to make money and then chooses to run it because he is good at it (not as good as Bailey) who takes over when Charlie get\'s sick. But it is not a show of kids running a restaurant.
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The main plot focuses on the five kids of the Salinger family who have been orphaned after their parents are killed in a car accident. Charlie (Matthew Fox), an irresponsible 24-year-old worker of odd jobs has to step up and be the new man of the house. The second oldest is Bailey (Scott Wolf), a 16-year-old responsible team mom (at least for the first few seasons), despite not being the oldest...or a woman. 15-year old Julia (Neve Campbell) is sensitive, and 11-year-old Claudia (Creator/LaceyChabert) is a child prodigy. The fifth is Owen, barely a year old. The siblings all have to take over the restaurant. During the series, they deal with issues like alcoholism, cancer, abuse, and death.
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* CitizenshipMarriage: Will has to marry Holly in Season 6 to prevent her from being deported. It's doubly awkward because she's dating his best friend.
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* TheFellowshipHasEnded: [[spoiler: The finale has each of the siblings going their separate ways. Julia takes a job in DC, moving in with Justin. Bailey goes to business school in Boston, relinquishing custody of Owen to Charlie. Claudia decides to go to Juilliard in New York. Charlie meanwhile sells the house to pay for all of this]].
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* TheFellowshipHasEnded: [[spoiler: The finale has each of the siblings going their separate ways. Julia takes a job in DC, moving in with Justin. Bailey goes to business school in Boston, relinquishing custody of Owen to Charlie. Claudia decides to go to Juilliard in New York. Charlie meanwhile sells the house to pay for all of this]].this. With Will moving back out to the East Coast and Sarah in New York searching for her father, the series effectively ends with most of the main cast scattered around the world]].
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* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Played with. Sarah's mother says she's considering attending Brown but she decides not to. Likewise since the show is set in San Francisco, there are a couple of episodes involving characters considering going there. However Julia's college is not named and she later transfers to a fictional writing school. When Claudia applies for colleges, we don't hear the names. She does get accepted to Juilliard but since she's presented as a ChildProdigy, that's at least believable.
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* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Played with. Sarah's mother says she's considering attending Brown but she decides not to. Likewise since the show is set in San Francisco, there are a couple of episodes involving characters considering going there. However Julia's college is not named and she later transfers to a fictional writing school. When Claudia applies for colleges, we don't hear the names. She does get accepted to Juilliard but since she's presented as a ChildProdigy, that's at least believable. Holly is also attempting to get a degree at Stanford.
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* LovableAlphaBitch: Nina in season 1 and Alexa in season 6
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* LovableAlphaBitch: Nina in season 1 and Alexa in season 66.
* ManHug: All the time. Those boys aren't afraid of getting affectionate.
* ManHug: All the time. Those boys aren't afraid of getting affectionate.
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* RomanticFalseLead: Will acts as this for Bailey and Sarah in Season 2. Ironically years later [[spoiler: Bailey is this for Will's future wife Holly]].
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* RomanticFalseLead: Will acts as this for Bailey and Sarah in Season 2. Ironically years later [[spoiler: Bailey is this for Will's future wife Holly]].
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Played straight with Julia and Griffin.
* AmicableExes: [[spoiler: Julia and Justin]] after season 2. Charlie and Kirsten [[spoiler: for a while]].
* AmicableExes: [[spoiler: Julia and Justin]] after season 2. Charlie and Kirsten [[spoiler: for a while]].
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Played straight with Julia and Griffin.
seemed to gravitate towards these sorts of boys. Her first beau on the show was a guy from a troubled home called PK. One of her long time flames Griffin fell into this category but eventually moved past it. After Ned, Julia seemed to learn. [[spoiler: She ends up with NiceGuy Justin in the end]].
* AmicableExes:[[spoiler: Julia and Justin]] after season 2. Justin, and Charlie and Kirsten [[spoiler: for a while]].while. Both couples end up back together by the end of the series. Julia and Griffin eventually become this]].
* AscendedExtra: Owen of course wasn't really featured in early seasons, due to being a toddler. In the last two seasons he gets more attention.
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: Kirsten learns in Season 1 that she can't conceive children. Her arc in Season 6 has her and Charlie eventually conceiving]].
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* AscendedExtra: Owen of course wasn't really featured in early seasons, due to being a toddler. In the last two seasons he gets more attention.
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: Kirsten learns in Season 1 that she can't conceive children. Her arc in Season 6 has her and Charlie eventually conceiving]].
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* BettyAndVeronica: Present with Bailey's two Season 1 girlfriends. Kate is the Betty while Jill is the Veronica. He ultimately chooses Jill [[spoiler: until she dies]].
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* BettyAndVeronica: BettyAndVeronica:
** Present with Bailey's two Season 1 girlfriends. Kate is the Betty while Jill is the Veronica. He ultimately chooses Jill [[spoiler: until shedies]].dies]].
** In season 2 Julia has Justin (Betty) and Griffin (Veronica).
** Season 3 gives Bailey Sarah (Betty) and Callie (Veronica).
** Season 5 sets Julia up to have Josh as the Betty and Ned as the Veronica but subverts it by just going with Ned, Josh not really getting a chance.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The series ends with the four siblings parting and going off to live their own lives, realising that they won't be as close as they were before. Nonetheless they resolve to stay in touch and always visit]].
** Present with Bailey's two Season 1 girlfriends. Kate is the Betty while Jill is the Veronica. He ultimately chooses Jill [[spoiler: until she
** In season 2 Julia has Justin (Betty) and Griffin (Veronica).
** Season 3 gives Bailey Sarah (Betty) and Callie (Veronica).
** Season 5 sets Julia up to have Josh as the Betty and Ned as the Veronica but subverts it by just going with Ned, Josh not really getting a chance.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The series ends with the four siblings parting and going off to live their own lives, realising that they won't be as close as they were before. Nonetheless they resolve to stay in touch and always visit]].
* TheBusCameBack: Although Will is PutOnABus after Season 2, he returns for a few guest appearances before becoming a regular again in Season 6.
* DeadGuyJunior: Charlie and Daphne's baby is named after Charlie's mother Diana.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Griffin goes off to military school and when he next appears, his normally long hair has been cut short. By Season 3 when he's no longer at the school, his hair is back to its original length.
* TheFellowshipHasEnded: [[spoiler: The finale has each of the siblings going their separate ways. Julia takes a job in DC, moving in with Justin. Bailey goes to business school in Boston, relinquishing custody of Owen to Charlie. Claudia decides to go to Juilliard in New York. Charlie meanwhile sells the house to pay for all of this]].
* FirstGirlWins:
** Although Charlie is a notorious womaniser when the series starts and he and his first major love interest Kirsten have their problems [[spoiler: they are HappilyMarried and expecting a baby by the end]].
** Julia's SerialRomeo tendencies don't stop her from ending up with [[spoiler: Justin, her VictoriousChildhoodFriend]].
** Averted with Bailey whose first girl Kate does not appear past the first season. And his major love interest is actually his third in the series.
** Although Charlie is a notorious womaniser when the series starts and he and his first major love interest Kirsten have their problems [[spoiler: they are HappilyMarried and expecting a baby by the end]].
** Julia's SerialRomeo tendencies don't stop her from ending up with [[spoiler: Justin, her VictoriousChildhoodFriend]].
** Averted with Bailey whose first girl Kate does not appear past the first season. And his major love interest is actually his third in the series.
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* TheGhost: Nina gets demoted to this in Season 2, only being referenced offscreen.
* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: It's revealed that their mother Diana may have had an affair with a fellow musician Avery. It's later revealed that their father was an alcoholic around this time, so she's treated sympathetically. Of course since the character is dead, we never hear her defend herself and it's mostly the children trying to work it out. However the parents did ultimately stay together.
* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: It's revealed that their mother Diana may have had an affair with a fellow musician Avery. It's later revealed that their father was an alcoholic around this time, so she's treated sympathetically. Of course since the character is dead, we never hear her defend herself and it's mostly the children trying to work it out. However the parents did ultimately stay together.
* HappilyMarried: It's what we initially think about the parents. However as the series progresses, we find out that things weren't completely harmonious - namely the father's alcoholism and the mother's affair with a fellow musician.
* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Played with. Sarah's mother says she's considering attending Brown but she decides not to. Likewise since the show is set in San Francisco, there are a couple of episodes involving characters considering going there. However Julia's college is not named and she later transfers to a fictional writing school. When Claudia applies for colleges, we don't hear the names. She does get accepted to Juilliard but since she's presented as a ChildProdigy, that's at least believable.
* PluckyComicRelief: Claudia fell into this role in early seasons, mostly due to ChildrenAreInnocent. Will filled this role whenever Claudia needed to get dramatic.
* PromotedToOpeningTitles:
** Season 2 promotes Michael Gorjian (Justin).
** Season 3 drops Scott Grimes (Will). Alexondra Lee (Callie) is promoted midway through and dropped after the season is over.
** Season 6 promotes Jennifer Aspen (Daphne) and reinserts Scott Grimes.
** Paula Devicq (Kirsten) is a regular for most of the series, but does not appear in the credits for Season 2 and 3 episodes when her character is PutOnABus. She's promoted back to regular in Season 5 and remains that way for the rest of the series.
** Jeremy London (Griffin) is part of the credits in Season 2 but listed as a guest star after Griffin goes to military school. He alternates between regular and guest star for the rest of the series.
** Jennifer Love Hewitt (Sarah) is in the credits entirely from Seasons 2-5, and for the first three episodes of Season 6. She's removed from the credits when her character is PutOnABus to star in her own spin-off.
** Season 2 promotes Michael Gorjian (Justin).
** Season 3 drops Scott Grimes (Will). Alexondra Lee (Callie) is promoted midway through and dropped after the season is over.
** Season 6 promotes Jennifer Aspen (Daphne) and reinserts Scott Grimes.
** Paula Devicq (Kirsten) is a regular for most of the series, but does not appear in the credits for Season 2 and 3 episodes when her character is PutOnABus. She's promoted back to regular in Season 5 and remains that way for the rest of the series.
** Jeremy London (Griffin) is part of the credits in Season 2 but listed as a guest star after Griffin goes to military school. He alternates between regular and guest star for the rest of the series.
** Jennifer Love Hewitt (Sarah) is in the credits entirely from Seasons 2-5, and for the first three episodes of Season 6. She's removed from the credits when her character is PutOnABus to star in her own spin-off.
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* RelationshipUpgrade: Julia and Justin. [[spoiler: They still remain on good terms after a break-up]].
* RunawayBride: When Charlie and Kirsten are to get married in season 2 [[spoiler: Charlie freaks out before the wedding and gets cold feet. He eventually decides to go through with it - but then ''Kirsten'' calls off the wedding]]. The season 2 finale also has [[spoiler: Charlie convincing Kirsten to run out on her wedding to another man]]. Since she was marrying the guy only a couple of months after [[spoiler: the break up]] it was probably for the best.
* RunawayBride: When Charlie and Kirsten are to get married in season 2 [[spoiler: Charlie freaks out before the wedding and gets cold feet. He eventually decides to go through with it - but then ''Kirsten'' calls off the wedding]]. The season 2 finale also has [[spoiler: Charlie convincing Kirsten to run out on her wedding to another man]]. Since she was marrying the guy only a couple of months after [[spoiler: the break up]] it was probably for the best.
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* RelationshipUpgrade: Julia and Justin. [[spoiler: They still remain on good terms after a break-up]].
break-up and TheyDo by the end of the series]].
*RunawayBride: RomanticFalseLead: Will acts as this for Bailey and Sarah in Season 2. Ironically years later [[spoiler: Bailey is this for Will's future wife Holly]].
* RunawayBride:
** When Charlie and Kirsten are to get married in season 2 [[spoiler: Charlie freaks out before the wedding and gets cold feet. He eventually decides to go through with it - but then ''Kirsten'' calls off the wedding]]. The season 2 finale also has [[spoiler: Charlie convincing Kirsten to run out on her wedding to another man]]. Since she was marrying the guy only a couple of months after [[spoiler: the break up]] it was probably for the best.
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** When Charlie and Kirsten are to get married in season 2 [[spoiler: Charlie freaks out before the wedding and gets cold feet. He eventually decides to go through with it - but then ''Kirsten'' calls off the wedding]]. The season 2 finale also has [[spoiler: Charlie convincing Kirsten to run out on her wedding to another man]]. Since she was marrying the guy only a couple of months after [[spoiler: the break up]] it was probably for the best.
* {{SORAS}}: Owen who is a toddler when the series begins and gets aged up faster than he realistically should. He should be about six or seven when the series ends but his third actor Jacob Smith was ten by the end.
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* TheUnfairSex: Justin calls Bailey out for using this trope when Julia gets pregnant. Specifically Bailey is acting as if Julia is the only victim in the situation.
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** Justin calls Bailey out for using this trope when Julia gets pregnant. Specifically Bailey is acting as if Julia is the only victim in the situation.
** Justin calls Bailey out for using this trope when Julia gets pregnant. Specifically Bailey is acting as if Julia is the only victim in the situation.
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The main plot focuses on the five kids of the Salinger family who have been orphaned after their parents are killed in a car accident. Charlie (Matthew Fox), an irresponsible 24-year-old worker of odd jobs has to step up and be the new man of the house. The second oldest is Bailey (Scott Wolf), a 16-year-old responsible team mom (at least for the first few seasons), despite not being the oldest...or a woman. 15-year old Julia (Neve Campbell) is sensitive, and 11-year-old Claudia (LaceyChabert) (Creator/LaceyChabert) is a child prodigy. The fifth is Owen, barely a year old. The siblings all have to take over the restaurant. During the series, they deal with issues like alcoholism, cancer, abuse, and death.
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* BettyAndVeronica: Present with Bailey's two Season 1 girlfriends. Kate is the Betty while Jill is the Veronica. He ultimately chooses Jill [[spoiler: until she dies]].
* CharacterisationMarchesOn: Kirsten develops a slightly wacky side in season 2 (particularly when her parents are around) - and gets a lot of NotSoAboveItAll moments. Season 1 presented her as a straight up NiceGirl.
* DrivenToSuicide: Kathleen overdoses on pills after Charlie breaks up with her. She gets better - and then tries to seize the family restaurant.
* GenerationXerox: Claudia is a prodigy on the violin like her mother.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: A mutual occasion in season 1. Bailey and Kate are a couple but he starts dating Jill after she goes away to college. When she visits, their last conversation has her talking about a guy she thinks fancies her. She asks Bailey if he thinks she should date him and he replies yes, mutually agreeing that their relationship is over and they're free to pursue other people.
* NotSoDifferent: Charlie points this out about Kirsten and her mother. She is not amused.
* ObliviousToLove: Bailey towards Sarah's affections in season 2. He thinks she's helping him with class president elections because she's really passionate about school spirit.
* ObliviousToLove: Bailey towards Sarah's affections in season 2. He thinks she's helping him with class president elections because she's really passionate about school spirit.
* PosthumousCharacter: The parents. We find out lots more about them as the show goes on - namely that the father was an alcoholic and the mother had an affair with a fellow violinist.
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* RelationshipUpgrade: Julia and Justin. [[spoiler: They still remain on good terms after a break-up]].
* RunawayBride: When Charlie and Kirsten are to get married in season 2 [[spoiler: Charlie freaks out before the wedding and gets cold feet. He eventually decides to go through with it - but then ''Kirsten'' calls off the wedding]]. The season 2 finale also has [[spoiler: Charlie convincing Kirsten to run out on her wedding to another man]]. Since she was marrying the guy only a couple of months after [[spoiler: the break up]] it was probably for the best.
** Averted with the characters as [[spoiler: Kirsten marries Paul in season 4]] and they stay together for about a year. [[spoiler: Charlie and Kirsten get married for good in season 6]].
* RunawayBride: When Charlie and Kirsten are to get married in season 2 [[spoiler: Charlie freaks out before the wedding and gets cold feet. He eventually decides to go through with it - but then ''Kirsten'' calls off the wedding]]. The season 2 finale also has [[spoiler: Charlie convincing Kirsten to run out on her wedding to another man]]. Since she was marrying the guy only a couple of months after [[spoiler: the break up]] it was probably for the best.
** Averted with the characters as [[spoiler: Kirsten marries Paul in season 4]] and they stay together for about a year. [[spoiler: Charlie and Kirsten get married for good in season 6]].
* {{Stripperiffic}}/ SexSells/ FanServicePack: In-universe. The new manager at the bar Julia works at changes the uniforms to be even skimpier - more like Xena's costume. The fun starts when Julia arrives home from work (still wearing the outfit) to find their social worker there.
* TheUnfairSex: Justin calls Bailey out for using this trope when Julia gets pregnant. Specifically Bailey is acting as if Julia is the only victim in the situation.
--> '''Justin:''' Just once it would be nice if someone asked if I was okay. This is my kid we're talking about too.
--> '''Justin:''' Just once it would be nice if someone asked if I was okay. This is my kid we're talking about too.
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* AmicableExes: [[spoiler: Julia and Justin]] after season 2. Charlie and Kirsten [[spoiler: for a while]].
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* {{Irony}}: A rather sad example. Justin writes a story about a happy couple whose lives get disrupted by a weed that grows in their house - that causes all sorts of problems in their relationship. It serves as a metaphor for the trouble he and Julia are going through. His first draft ends with the couple finding a magic potion that gets rid of the weed forever. When he shows this story to Julia, she calls that ending a cop-out - oblivious to the fact that it's really about her.
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* SerialRomeo: Julia. Every season is guaranteed to have a plot where Julia has relationship trouble.
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* LastHetRomance: Sarah's relationship with Elliot in Season 4 turns out to be this for Elliot.
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* BrotherChuck: Nina, Julia's BFF from the first season makes one appearance in season 2 and is never seen again and is only mentioned a few times offscreen before disappearing completely in season 3.
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[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/party-of-five.jpg]]
''Party of Five'' is a {{teen drama}} that aired on {{FOX}} from September 1994 to May 2000.
The main plot focuses on the five kids of the Salinger family who have been orphaned after their parents are killed in a car accident. Charlie (Matthew Fox), an irresponsible 24-year-old worker of odd jobs has to step up and be the new man of the house. The second oldest is Bailey (Scott Wolf), a 16-year-old responsible team mom (at least for the first few seasons), despite not being the oldest...or a woman. 15-year old Julia (Neve Campbell) is sensitive, and 11-year-old Claudia (LaceyChabert) is a child prodigy. The fifth is Owen, barely a year old. The siblings all have to take over the restaurant. During the series, they deal with issues like alcoholism, cancer, abuse, and death.
It was UnCancelled after having a poor run with audiences and a favorable reception with critics the first season due to a small pool of loyal fans protesting cancellation.
It generated the unsuccessful SpinOff ''TimeOfYourLife''.
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!!Tropes used by the series:
* ACupAngst: Claudia, an episode even involved her buying a special padded bra for this very reason.
* TheAlcoholic: Bailey
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Played straight with Julia and Griffin.
* BackForTheDead: Julia's friend Libby makes two appearances in season 1 and then reappears in a season 3 episode where she ends up killing herself.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Claudia (brown), Julia (black) and Kirsten (blonde) fill these roles. Sarah also counts. There's also an episode in which three different women ask Charlie out for a date and they all meet up at his house. One is a blonde, one a brunette and the other a redhead.
* BlondGuysAreEvil: Ned.
* BottleFairy: Bailey seems to have a thing for these girls. His season 1 girlfriend Jill and his season 3 fling Callie. Daphne from the last two seasons starts out as this.
* BrainyBrunette: Julia and Sarah.
* BrotherChuck: Nina, Julia's BFF from the first season makes one appearance in season 2 and is never seen again and is only mentioned a few times offscreen before disappearing completely in season 3.
* BreakoutCharacter: Sarah Reeves, Jennifer Love Hewitt's character. Enough so that she got her own spinoff.
* BrickJoke: The episode before Charlie and Kirsten were to be married in Season 2, Claudia rented what she thought was AnAffairToRemember for her and Kirsten, but it turned out they had been given a porn movie by mistake. Near the end of the episode, at Charlie's bachelor party, we see the guys are watching that copy of AnAffairToRemember.
* CerebusCallBack: The Halloween Episode has a funny opening of Sarah trying to convince Bailey to buy a pair of Snow White and Prince Charming costumes. [[spoiler: After he cheats on her with Callie in that episode]] he buys the costumes as an attempt to make things up to her.
* ChildProdigy: Claudia.
* ComingOutStory: Claudia tries to set her violin teacher Ross up with a waitress at the restaurant but he reveals he is gay. Claudia gets over the shock however.
* ContinuityNod: Justin makes a couple of appearances after his and Julia's breakup. Also the mother's old co-worker Avery from season 1 shows up in a few season 3 episodes.
* ConvenientMiscarriage: Julia's.
* DrunkDriver
* DysfunctionJunction: The whole Salinger family.
* FailPolish: Sarah was initially shown as a little mousy and awkward but eventually shown as attractive and fashionable.
* FakeBrit: Alison the gay English girl is played by Aussie Poppy Montgomery.
* FinaglesLaw: Everything that can possibly go wrong does. And hilarity ''doesn't'' ensue.
* FiveManBand: TheHero: Charlie
** TheLancer: Bailey
** TheChick: Julia
** TheHeart: Claudia
** TagalongKid: Owen
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Subverted with Julia, who intends to get an abortion but ends up having a [[ConvenientMiscarriage miscarriage]]
* HalloweenEpisode: In the third season.
* HeadTiltinglyKinky: Kirsten's reaction to the porn tape Claudia accidentally rents for her. See BrickJoke above.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Bailey and Will.
* ImportantHaircut: After recovering from cancer, Charlie decides to get blond highlights.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Charlie and Bailey, though in Bailey's case the Jerk part usually cancels out the Heart of Gold part.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Coupled with a bit of FridgeBrilliance. Julia has a habit of stealing other people's boyfriends or entering relationships through cheating. Guess how they all turned out? Justin (stolen from Libby) [[spoiler: unplanned pregnancy and miscarriage]], Griffin (started while still seeing Justin) [[spoiler: failed marriage among a lot of other things]], Ned (stolen from Maggie) [[spoiler: he ends up hitting her]].
* LovableJock: Will.
* LovableAlphaBitch: Nina in season 1 and Alexa in season 6
* MyFistForgivesYou: Will when he finds out Bailey wants to get back with Sarah.
* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Averted. The kids grew over the 5 years.
* OnceASeason: After both leaving the main cast after season 2, Justin and Will each appear in at least one episode (sometimes more) the following seasons.
* PromotionToParent
* PutOnABus: Sarah in season 6, so she could star in the spin-off.
* RapunzelHair: The mother Diana is said to have had long hair down her back which her husband wouldn't let her cut.
* RealSongThemeTune: "Closer to Free" by the BoDeans
* RelationshipUpgrade: Julia and Justin.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Compare Claudia season 1 to Claudia season 6.
* ShoutOut: The name of the Salinger family is a shout out to the author of ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye'' J.D. Salinger.
** In one episode, Bailey and Julia are arguing about who gets to move into a spare bedroom, and Justin and Sarah are reminded of an episode of TheBradyBunch.
* TeensAreShort: At the height of 5'1 (at that time), Lacey Chabert was shorter than all of the adult cast members.
* ThereAreNoAdults
* TitleDrop: Joe says it at the end of the first episode when the kids sit down for dinner at Salingers.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Claudia is the tomboy and Julia is the girly girl. Changes once Claudia becomes a teenager.
* VerySpecialEpisode: Though the show was a drama there were two that could qualify, since the show's opening credits weren't shown in either. The first was a season 2 episode where Julia discovers she is pregnant and spends the episode debating what to do with the baby. The second was a season 3 episode where the family try to get Bailey around for an intervention.
* WalkOnTheWildSideEpisode:
** In the third episode, straight-A student and bookworm Julia convinces her friend to start going to parties during the week. The friend eventually has enough and [[BrotherChuck disappears from the show]] but Julia keeps on with this new lifestyle and her grades start slipping. Her brothers try to convince her to go back to her goodie-two-shoes persona but she eventually finds a balance.
** Pops up as a joke in the second season where Charlie tells Kirsten she's a lot like her mother, prompting her to fret that she doesn't always make plans.
---> '''Kirsten:''' You know what, I was supposed to call the man about the invitations today. And you know what? I didn't. (''claps hands'') What the hell!
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Josh, a guy Julia had a flirting thing going on with at the start of season 5, promptly vanishes after the Halloween episode so that the Julia and Ned storyline can progress. No explanation is given.
* WhatIf: The show's 133th episode shows an alternate reality where the parents never died.
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''Party of Five'' is a {{teen drama}} that aired on {{FOX}} from September 1994 to May 2000.
The main plot focuses on the five kids of the Salinger family who have been orphaned after their parents are killed in a car accident. Charlie (Matthew Fox), an irresponsible 24-year-old worker of odd jobs has to step up and be the new man of the house. The second oldest is Bailey (Scott Wolf), a 16-year-old responsible team mom (at least for the first few seasons), despite not being the oldest...or a woman. 15-year old Julia (Neve Campbell) is sensitive, and 11-year-old Claudia (LaceyChabert) is a child prodigy. The fifth is Owen, barely a year old. The siblings all have to take over the restaurant. During the series, they deal with issues like alcoholism, cancer, abuse, and death.
It was UnCancelled after having a poor run with audiences and a favorable reception with critics the first season due to a small pool of loyal fans protesting cancellation.
It generated the unsuccessful SpinOff ''TimeOfYourLife''.
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!!Tropes used by the series:
* ACupAngst: Claudia, an episode even involved her buying a special padded bra for this very reason.
* TheAlcoholic: Bailey
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Played straight with Julia and Griffin.
* BackForTheDead: Julia's friend Libby makes two appearances in season 1 and then reappears in a season 3 episode where she ends up killing herself.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Claudia (brown), Julia (black) and Kirsten (blonde) fill these roles. Sarah also counts. There's also an episode in which three different women ask Charlie out for a date and they all meet up at his house. One is a blonde, one a brunette and the other a redhead.
* BlondGuysAreEvil: Ned.
* BottleFairy: Bailey seems to have a thing for these girls. His season 1 girlfriend Jill and his season 3 fling Callie. Daphne from the last two seasons starts out as this.
* BrainyBrunette: Julia and Sarah.
* BrotherChuck: Nina, Julia's BFF from the first season makes one appearance in season 2 and is never seen again and is only mentioned a few times offscreen before disappearing completely in season 3.
* BreakoutCharacter: Sarah Reeves, Jennifer Love Hewitt's character. Enough so that she got her own spinoff.
* BrickJoke: The episode before Charlie and Kirsten were to be married in Season 2, Claudia rented what she thought was AnAffairToRemember for her and Kirsten, but it turned out they had been given a porn movie by mistake. Near the end of the episode, at Charlie's bachelor party, we see the guys are watching that copy of AnAffairToRemember.
* CerebusCallBack: The Halloween Episode has a funny opening of Sarah trying to convince Bailey to buy a pair of Snow White and Prince Charming costumes. [[spoiler: After he cheats on her with Callie in that episode]] he buys the costumes as an attempt to make things up to her.
* ChildProdigy: Claudia.
* ComingOutStory: Claudia tries to set her violin teacher Ross up with a waitress at the restaurant but he reveals he is gay. Claudia gets over the shock however.
* ContinuityNod: Justin makes a couple of appearances after his and Julia's breakup. Also the mother's old co-worker Avery from season 1 shows up in a few season 3 episodes.
* ConvenientMiscarriage: Julia's.
* DrunkDriver
* DysfunctionJunction: The whole Salinger family.
* FailPolish: Sarah was initially shown as a little mousy and awkward but eventually shown as attractive and fashionable.
* FakeBrit: Alison the gay English girl is played by Aussie Poppy Montgomery.
* FinaglesLaw: Everything that can possibly go wrong does. And hilarity ''doesn't'' ensue.
* FiveManBand: TheHero: Charlie
** TheLancer: Bailey
** TheChick: Julia
** TheHeart: Claudia
** TagalongKid: Owen
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Subverted with Julia, who intends to get an abortion but ends up having a [[ConvenientMiscarriage miscarriage]]
* HalloweenEpisode: In the third season.
* HeadTiltinglyKinky: Kirsten's reaction to the porn tape Claudia accidentally rents for her. See BrickJoke above.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Bailey and Will.
* ImportantHaircut: After recovering from cancer, Charlie decides to get blond highlights.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Charlie and Bailey, though in Bailey's case the Jerk part usually cancels out the Heart of Gold part.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Coupled with a bit of FridgeBrilliance. Julia has a habit of stealing other people's boyfriends or entering relationships through cheating. Guess how they all turned out? Justin (stolen from Libby) [[spoiler: unplanned pregnancy and miscarriage]], Griffin (started while still seeing Justin) [[spoiler: failed marriage among a lot of other things]], Ned (stolen from Maggie) [[spoiler: he ends up hitting her]].
* LovableJock: Will.
* LovableAlphaBitch: Nina in season 1 and Alexa in season 6
* MyFistForgivesYou: Will when he finds out Bailey wants to get back with Sarah.
* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Averted. The kids grew over the 5 years.
* OnceASeason: After both leaving the main cast after season 2, Justin and Will each appear in at least one episode (sometimes more) the following seasons.
* PromotionToParent
* PutOnABus: Sarah in season 6, so she could star in the spin-off.
* RapunzelHair: The mother Diana is said to have had long hair down her back which her husband wouldn't let her cut.
* RealSongThemeTune: "Closer to Free" by the BoDeans
* RelationshipUpgrade: Julia and Justin.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Compare Claudia season 1 to Claudia season 6.
* ShoutOut: The name of the Salinger family is a shout out to the author of ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye'' J.D. Salinger.
** In one episode, Bailey and Julia are arguing about who gets to move into a spare bedroom, and Justin and Sarah are reminded of an episode of TheBradyBunch.
* TeensAreShort: At the height of 5'1 (at that time), Lacey Chabert was shorter than all of the adult cast members.
* ThereAreNoAdults
* TitleDrop: Joe says it at the end of the first episode when the kids sit down for dinner at Salingers.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Claudia is the tomboy and Julia is the girly girl. Changes once Claudia becomes a teenager.
* VerySpecialEpisode: Though the show was a drama there were two that could qualify, since the show's opening credits weren't shown in either. The first was a season 2 episode where Julia discovers she is pregnant and spends the episode debating what to do with the baby. The second was a season 3 episode where the family try to get Bailey around for an intervention.
* WalkOnTheWildSideEpisode:
** In the third episode, straight-A student and bookworm Julia convinces her friend to start going to parties during the week. The friend eventually has enough and [[BrotherChuck disappears from the show]] but Julia keeps on with this new lifestyle and her grades start slipping. Her brothers try to convince her to go back to her goodie-two-shoes persona but she eventually finds a balance.
** Pops up as a joke in the second season where Charlie tells Kirsten she's a lot like her mother, prompting her to fret that she doesn't always make plans.
---> '''Kirsten:''' You know what, I was supposed to call the man about the invitations today. And you know what? I didn't. (''claps hands'') What the hell!
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Josh, a guy Julia had a flirting thing going on with at the start of season 5, promptly vanishes after the Halloween episode so that the Julia and Ned storyline can progress. No explanation is given.
* WhatIf: The show's 133th episode shows an alternate reality where the parents never died.
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