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* CueTheFlyingPigs: In "Rashomon", Harriet asks lightning to strike her if her version of the burglary wasn't the truth. Lightning doesn't strike Harriet, but Vicki quickly steps to the side.
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* CaughtUpInARobbery: In the third-season episode "Bank Hostages", while Ted and Brandon are laid up with measles, Joan sends Jamie, Vicki and Harriet on an errand at the bank. While the kids are at the bank, two clumsy robbers arrive and hold them hostage.
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* DreamEpisode: In the episode "My Robot Family", Jamie dreams that his parents have become robots like Vicki, and that he is the head of the household. Of course, [[RealityEnsues he isn't quite ready to handle being the head of the house...]]
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* DreamEpisode: In the episode "My Robot Family", Jamie dreams that his parents have become robots like Vicki, and that he is the head of the household. Of course, [[RealityEnsues he isn't quite ready to handle being the head of the house...]]
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This FantasticComedy aired in FirstRunSyndication from 1985 to 1989. Ted Lawson, a robotic engineer, had a family like any other in California, except that his daughter, Vicki (or rather "VICI"[[note]][[FunWithAcronyms "Voice Input Child Identicant"]][[/note]]), was a robot he designed and built. Ted, as well as his wife, Joan, and their son, Jamie, continually tried to keep Vicki's identity a secret. This was no easy task, since Ted lived next door to his gloryhound boss, whose daughter, Harriet, wanted to be Mrs. Jamie Lawson.
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This FantasticComedy aired in FirstRunSyndication from 1985 to 1989. 1989.
Ted Lawson, a robotic engineer, had a family like any other in California, except that his daughter, Vicki (or rather "VICI"[[note]][[FunWithAcronyms "Voice Input Child Identicant"]][[/note]]), was a robot he designed and built. Ted, as well as his wife, Joan, and their son, Jamie, continually tried to keep Vicki's identity a secret. This was no easy task, since Ted lived next door to his gloryhound boss, whose daughter, Harriet, wanted to be Mrs. Jamie Lawson.
Ted Lawson, a robotic engineer, had a family like any other in California, except that his daughter, Vicki (or rather "VICI"[[note]][[FunWithAcronyms "Voice Input Child Identicant"]][[/note]]), was a robot he designed and built. Ted, as well as his wife, Joan, and their son, Jamie, continually tried to keep Vicki's identity a secret. This was no easy task, since Ted lived next door to his gloryhound boss, whose daughter, Harriet, wanted to be Mrs. Jamie Lawson.
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* MoebiusNeighborhood: Aside from the Brindles, none of the Lawson's neighbors are ever shown.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A lot of Harriet's attempts to (unsuccessfully) flirt with Jamie. For instance, in one mid-season 3 episode:
-->'''Harriet:''' (acting like Jamie's cheerleader when he says he and the boys are going to play basketball) Jamie, Jamie, he's divine! He can slam-dunk me anytime!
-->'''Harriet:''' (acting like Jamie's cheerleader when he says he and the boys are going to play basketball) Jamie, Jamie, he's divine! He can slam-dunk me anytime!
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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A lot of Harriet's attempts GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to (unsuccessfully) flirt with Jamie. For instance, in one mid-season 3 episode:
-->'''Harriet:''' (acting like Jamie's cheerleader when he says heoverwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the boys are going future, please check the trope page to play basketball) Jamie, Jamie, he's divine! He can slam-dunk me anytime!make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Harriet Brindlemakes it clear that she loves Jamie. Jamie does not love her back.
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* [[AmusingAlien Amusing Nonhuman]]AndStarring: "and Tiffany Brisette as Vicki the Robot"
* CampingEpisode: "Babes in the Woods" combines this with GirlsVsBoysPlot, with Joan and Vicki competing with Ted and Jamie for the better camping trip. Naturally, everything goes right for the girls, while the boys get disaster after disaster.
* CigaretteOfAnxiety: At the start of the episode "Smoker's Delight", Ted tells Joan that an efficiency expert at work has made him nervous enough to start smoking.
* CoatFullOfContraband: In the episode "The Hustle", a street vendor calling himself Discount Eddie tricks Jamie into buying a portable TV set that doesn't work properly. Later, Ted confronts Eddie and is sold what appears to be a fur stole.
* ConvenientlyUnverifiableCoverStory: In "Vicki's Adoption", Ted and Joan had Vicki write two letters, in different styles of handwriting, claiming that Vicki was born in the Seychelles (hence her being named Victoria), her birth parents had died while traveling, and she was raised in a convent before being brought to the United States.
* CoatFullOfContraband: In the episode "The Hustle", a street vendor calling himself Discount Eddie tricks Jamie into buying a portable TV set that doesn't work properly. Later, Ted confronts Eddie and is sold what appears to be a fur stole.
* ConvenientlyUnverifiableCoverStory: In "Vicki's Adoption", Ted and Joan had Vicki write two letters, in different styles of handwriting, claiming that Vicki was born in the Seychelles (hence her being named Victoria), her birth parents had died while traveling, and she was raised in a convent before being brought to the United States.
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* DarkHorseVictory: It occurs in "Little Miss Shopping Mall."
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* CrackDefeat: Vicky and Harriet vie for the title of "Little Miss Shopping Mall", and the other competitor doesn't seem to be of much trouble since she keeps dropping her baton. Vicky seems to have the advantage over her neighbor. But in the end, the baton girl wins simply by being the daughter of the shopping mall owners.
* DarkHorseVictory: It occurs in "Little Miss Shopping Mall."" The winner of the titular pageant was not Vicki or Harriet, but a girl with a baton, who just so happened to be the daughter of the mall's owners.
* DarkHorseVictory: It occurs in "Little Miss Shopping Mall.
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* DelusionsOfDoghood: One episode has Vicki hypnotizing people into acting strangely, including making one guy think he's a dog.
* DivineRaceLift: "Babes In the Woods" has Joan and Vicki competing against Ted and Jamie on a camping trip, with [[FlawlessToken everything going swell for the mother and daughter and rotten for the father and son]]. When Jamie asks his father why men always have bad luck when they compete against women, Ted can only suggest that God must be female.
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* DivineRaceLift: "Babes In the Woods" has Joan and Vicki competing against Ted and Jamie on a camping trip, with [[FlawlessToken everything going swell for the mother and daughter and rotten for the father and son]]. When Jamie asks his father why men always have bad luck when they compete against women, Ted can only suggest that God must be female.
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* DoubleVision: In the episodes revolving around [[EvilTwin Vanessa]], Tiffany Brisette plays her as well as Vicki. They get a body double for when the two of them have to interact in the same scene.
* DreamEpisode: In the episode "My Robot Family", Jamie dreams that his parents have become robots like Vicki, and that he is the head of the household. Of course, [[RealityEnsues he isn't quite ready to handle being the head of the house...]]
* DropInCharacter: Harriet''and'' and her parentsparents frequently visit the Lawsons.
* DrugsAreBad: In "Vicki and the Pusher", a schoolyard bully tries to get Vicki addicted to narcotics. Vicki takes the drugs home, but she just hides them in a flowerpot. Later, the Lawson family help the police conduct a sting at the school.
* DreamEpisode: In the episode "My Robot Family", Jamie dreams that his parents have become robots like Vicki, and that he is the head of the household. Of course, [[RealityEnsues he isn't quite ready to handle being the head of the house...]]
* DropInCharacter: Harriet
* DrugsAreBad: In "Vicki and the Pusher", a schoolyard bully tries to get Vicki addicted to narcotics. Vicki takes the drugs home, but she just hides them in a flowerpot. Later, the Lawson family help the police conduct a sting at the school.
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* FantasticComedyExiledToTheCouch: A discussion between Ted and Joan about their flaws ended with Ted sleeping on the couch.
* FaceOnAMilkCarton: The episode "Girl on the Milk Carton" fits the spirit of the trope, as Vicki learns that Chrissy, the new girl in class, was previously reported missing.
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* FawltyTowersPlot: The episode "Latchkey Dreams" has Jamie claim that Ted and Joan have separated, hoping to get him and Vicki on a ski trip for Thanksgiving.
* {{Feghoot}}: One of the later episodes pits two robotic children against one another- the protagonist Vicki, and Russian rival Vladimir Godunov. At the very end, Vladimir's robotic nature is exposed, and his creator is left to protest [[spoiler:"You couldn't leave Godunov alone?"]] That one was so bad, even the ''{{studio audience}}'' [[CollectiveGroan could only moan at it.]]
* FaceOnAMilkCarton: The episode "Girl on the Milk Carton" fits the spirit of the trope, as Vicki learns that Chrissy, the new girl in class, was previously reported missing.
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* FawltyTowersPlot: The episode "Latchkey Dreams" has Jamie claim that Ted and Joan have separated, hoping to get him and Vicki on a ski trip for Thanksgiving.
* {{Feghoot}}: One of the later episodes pits two robotic children against one another- the protagonist Vicki, and Russian rival Vladimir Godunov. At the very end, Vladimir's robotic nature is exposed, and his creator is left to protest [[spoiler:"You couldn't leave Godunov alone?"]] That one was so bad, even the ''{{studio audience}}'' [[CollectiveGroan could only moan at it.]]
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: In "Smoker's Delight", Jamie and Reggie experiment with tobacco in hope of becoming more popular in junior high school.
* HalloweenEpisode: In "Haunted House", the Lawsons think a ghost has invaded their house after the electricity goes out, so they call a pair of bungling ghost hunters named Dickens and Fenster. No one seems to be aware that an electrified Vicki is responsible.
* HalloweenEpisode: In "Haunted House", the Lawsons think a ghost has invaded their house after the electricity goes out, so they call a pair of bungling ghost hunters named Dickens and Fenster. No one seems to be aware that an electrified Vicki is responsible.
* HappilyMarried: Ted and Joan never have any marital problems on the show.
* MaintainTheLie: Throughout the series, the Lawsons have to pretend that Vicki is a member of the family and not a robot, and they sometimes go to great lengths to do this.
* MoebiusNeighborhood: Aside from the Brindles, none of the Lawson's neighbors are ever shown.
* MoebiusNeighborhood: Aside from the Brindles, none of the Lawson's neighbors are ever shown.
* MotherlyScientist: Ted invented VICI, and also has to pretend that she's his daughter to prevent her from getting into the wrong hands.
* NoEnding: In "Big 'J', Private Eye", Jamie has to do a book report, and ends up doing his report in the form of a short film. The book is a murder mystery, but Jamie decides to end the movie right before the culprit is announced, telling the class that if they want to know who did it, they should read the book themselves.
* NosyNeighbor: The Brindles, full stop. They proved to be so obnoxious that the Lawsons once [[ZanyScheme come up with a plan to force the Brindles to move away.]] It didn't work.
* NotSoStoic: One episode has Vicki become attached to a home computer that loved her. When the computer was deactivated, Vicki sheds a SingleTear.
* NowYouTellMe: A phrase Vicki often uses after she does another command [[LiteralMinded in her own way.]]
* OfCourseISmoke: In "Smoker's Delight", Jamie tries to become popular at school by becoming a smoker. [[VerySpecialEpisode Cue the anti-smoking message.]]
* PercussiveMaintenance: In the pilot, Jamie fixes a malfunctioning Vicki by slapping her, remarking that it's how Ted fixes the stereo. In the third-season episode "Bank Hostages", Vicki herself performs this on an errant ATM: "That's how my father fixes me."
* PickYourHumanHalf: Vicki looks just like a human and acts 100% mechanical.
* NotSoStoic: One episode has Vicki become attached to a home computer that loved her. When the computer was deactivated, Vicki sheds a SingleTear.
* NowYouTellMe: A phrase Vicki often uses after she does another command [[LiteralMinded in her own way.]]
* OfCourseISmoke: In "Smoker's Delight", Jamie tries to become popular at school by becoming a smoker. [[VerySpecialEpisode Cue the anti-smoking message.]]
* PercussiveMaintenance: In the pilot, Jamie fixes a malfunctioning Vicki by slapping her, remarking that it's how Ted fixes the stereo. In the third-season episode "Bank Hostages", Vicki herself performs this on an errant ATM: "That's how my father fixes me."
* PickYourHumanHalf: Vicki looks just like a human and acts 100% mechanical.
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* QuicksandSucks: In "Babes in the Woods", Ted walks into quicksand on a camping trip, and Vicki can't save him due to being ordered not to use her powers for the rest of the trip. [[SubvertedTrope It then turns out that the quicksand is only three feet deep.]]
* RashomonStyle: The episode "Ripped Off" had Brandon, Harriet, and Jamie telling different versions of a foiled robbery. Although she can no longer talk, Vicki provides the real story when Ted connects her to the hotel TV set.
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* QuicksandSucks: In "Babes in the Woods", Ted walks into quicksand on a camping trip, and Vicki can't save him due to being ordered not to use her powers for the rest of the trip. [[SubvertedTrope It then turns out that the quicksand is only three feet deep.]]
* RashomonStyle: The episode "Ripped Off" had Brandon, Harriet, and Jamie telling different versions of a foiled robbery. Although she can no longer talk, Vicki provides the real story when Ted connects her to the hotel TV set.
* RearrangeTheSong: The first two seasons had a bouncy pop tune as the theme song. The last two seasons has a more techo-style theme with the same lyrics.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Ted and one of his co-workers are vying for a promotion. Co-worker's daughter secretly makes suggestions to Vicky to make his competitor look bad. Vicky takes the suggestions quite literally, and the co-worker wins the promotion. And then it turns out to be a transfer to Iceland.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Ted and one of his co-workers are vying for a promotion. Co-worker's daughter secretly makes suggestions to Vicky to make his competitor look bad. Vicky takes the suggestions quite literally, and the co-worker wins the promotion. And then it turns out to be a transfer to Iceland.
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* TeasingTheSubstituteTeacher: In "My Mom, the Teacher", Jamie does all he can to humiliate his own mother when she's a substitute teacher for his class.
* TokenBlackFriend: Reggie, Jamie's best friend. In the earlier seasons, he's written as a normal kid. In some later episodes, Reggie picks up some stereotypical Token Black Friend behavior. He's sassier, and one episode has him rapping for a school project.
* TheTroubleWithTickets: Subverted in the episode "Vicki for the Defense": Ted parks illegally in hope of teaching Jamie a lesson about not perverting justice, and doesn't resist arrest. Unfortunately, [[SpringtimeForHitler he has a little trouble actually getting a ticket.]]
* TryingNotToCry: One episode had Vicki falling for a computer that had to be deactivated due to a faulty program. When asked if she's okay, Vicki says that she isn't programmed to cry, but the final shot is a close of her face with a tear running down her cheek.
* TryingNotToCry: One episode had Vicki falling for a computer that had to be deactivated due to a faulty program. When asked if she's okay, Vicki says that she isn't programmed to cry, but the final shot is a close of her face with a tear running down her cheek.
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* YouGoGirl: "Babes in the Woods", where Joanie, Harriet and Vicki go camping with the guys and prove superior in pitching tents, fishing and cooking - even at the end, it rains on the guys' camp and not the ladies who are ''five feet away.''
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* TheCelebrityLie: Ida Mae is a subversion. With the sheer amount of celebrities she claims to know, and that she supposedly gave them all the advice that made their careers, she almost ''had'' to be lying... but then Lyle Alzado shows up (see below) and validates her entire story (about him, at least).
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* TheCelebrityLie: CelebrityLie: Ida Mae is a subversion. With the sheer amount of celebrities she claims to know, and that she supposedly gave them all the advice that made their careers, she almost ''had'' to be lying... but then Lyle Alzado shows up (see below) and validates her entire story (about him, at least).
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* TomatoInTheMirror: A late season four episode reveals Vicki doesn't know she's a robot, due Ted wanting to see how human she can become.
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* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: PlayedForLaughs in the pilot when Jamie first meets Vicki:
-->'''Jamie''': She looks just like a real girl, Dad! [sniffs] and she SMELLS like a girl!
-->'''Ted''': Yeah, I used some of Mom's perfume.
-->'''Jamie''': She looks just like a real girl, Dad! [sniffs] and she SMELLS like a girl!
-->'''Ted''': Yeah, I used some of Mom's perfume.
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* BlackBestFriend: Reggie, Jamie's best friend.
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* EmbarrassingRelativeTeacher: In "My Mom the Teacher", Joan becomes the substitute teacher for Jamie's class. In this and later episodes, Jamie wreaks all the havoc he can at school when his mother is teaching, but she's just as strict in the classroom as she is at home.
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Tends to be confused with ''Series/OutOfThisWorld'', which involves an alien girl who could freeze time and aired around the same time. The premise might sound familiar to fans of obscure 1960s sitcoms as ''Small Wonder'' was actually a remake of ''Series/MyLivingDoll'', a series produced in the 1960s by ''Small Wonder'' {{showrunner}} Howard Leeds. The big difference between the two shows is that whereas Vicki is a cute little girl, the titular Living Doll was played by StatuesqueStunner Julie Newmar.
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Tends to be confused with ''Series/OutOfThisWorld'', ''Series/OutOfThisWorld1987'', which involves an alien girl who could freeze time and aired around the same time. The premise might sound familiar to fans of obscure 1960s sitcoms as ''Small Wonder'' was actually a remake of ''Series/MyLivingDoll'', a series produced in the 1960s by ''Small Wonder'' {{showrunner}} Howard Leeds. The big difference between the two shows is that whereas Vicki is a cute little girl, the titular Living Doll was played by StatuesqueStunner Julie Newmar.
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This FantasticComedy aired in FirstRunSyndication from 1985 to 1989. Ted Lawson, a robotic engineer, had a family like any other in California, except that his daughter, Vicki (or rather "VICI"[[note]][[FunWithAcronyms "Voice Input Child Identicant"]][[/note]]), was a robot he designed and built. Ted, his wife, Joan, and their son, Jamie, continually tried to keep Vicki's identity a secret. This was no easy task, since Ted lived next door to his gloryhound boss, whose daughter, Harriet, wanted to be Mrs. Jamie Lawson.
The series is derided by some for its silly premise and uneven episode plots, some of which some felt were downright uninspired. Due to popular demand, however, Shout! Factory released the first two seasons of ''Small Wonder'' on DVD in the first half of 2010. The series' star, Tiffany Brissette, has retired from acting to avoid typecasting. More information about the show is at the [[http://members.surfbest.net/smallwonder@surfbest.net/COC.html Semi-Official Small Wonder "Cabinet of Contents" Home Page]].
The series is derided by some for its silly premise and uneven episode plots, some of which some felt were downright uninspired. Due to popular demand, however, Shout! Factory released the first two seasons of ''Small Wonder'' on DVD in the first half of 2010. The series' star, Tiffany Brissette, has retired from acting to avoid typecasting. More information about the show is at the [[http://members.surfbest.net/smallwonder@surfbest.net/COC.html Semi-Official Small Wonder "Cabinet of Contents" Home Page]].
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This FantasticComedy aired in FirstRunSyndication from 1985 to 1989. Ted Lawson, a robotic engineer, had a family like any other in California, except that his daughter, Vicki (or rather "VICI"[[note]][[FunWithAcronyms "Voice Input Child Identicant"]][[/note]]), was a robot he designed and built. Ted, as well as his wife, Joan, and their son, Jamie, continually tried to keep Vicki's identity a secret. This was no easy task, since Ted lived next door to his gloryhound boss, whose daughter, Harriet, wanted to be Mrs. Jamie Lawson.
The series is derided by some for its silly premise and uneven episode plots, some of which some felt were downright uninspired. Due to popular demand, however, Shout! Factory released the first two seasons of ''Small Wonder'' on DVD in the first half of 2010. The series' star, Tiffany Brissette, has retired from acting to avoid typecasting. More information about the show is at the[[http://members.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20131117205403/http://members.surfbest.net/smallwonder@surfbest.net/COC.html Semi-Official Small Wonder "Cabinet of Contents" Home Page]].
The series is derided by some for its silly premise and uneven episode plots, some of which some felt were downright uninspired. Due to popular demand, however, Shout! Factory released the first two seasons of ''Small Wonder'' on DVD in the first half of 2010. The series' star, Tiffany Brissette, has retired from acting to avoid typecasting. More information about the show is at the
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Tends to be confused with ''Series/OutOfThisWorld'', which involves an alien girl who could freeze time and aired around the same time. The premise might sound familiar to fans of obscure 1960s sitcoms as ''Small Wonder'' was actually a remake of ''Series/MyLivingDoll'', a series produced in the 1960s by ''Small Wonder'' creator and executive producer Howard Leeds. The big difference between the two shows is that whereas Vicki is a cute little girl, the titular Living Doll was played by StatuesqueStunner Julie Newmar.
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* LamePunReaction: Vicky competes against a Russian wiz-kid named Vladimir Godunov. At the end of the episode, the family discovers that Vladimir is actually a robot like Vicky. His creator complains, "[[{{Feghoot}} You couldn't leave Godunov alone.]]" [[CollectiveGroan The studio audience groaned.]]
* LimitedWardrobe: Averted in later seasons when she wore more normal clothing.
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* LamePunReaction: Vicky Vicki competes against a Russian wiz-kid whiz-kid named Vladimir Godunov. At the end of the episode, the family discovers that Vladimir is actually a robot like Vicky.Vicki. His creator complains, "[[{{Feghoot}} You couldn't leave Godunov alone.]]" [[CollectiveGroan The studio audience groaned.]]
* LimitedWardrobe: Averted in later seasons whenshe Vicki wore more normal clothing.
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* MoodDissonance: "Woodward and Bernstein" features a plot about Jamie and Reggie writing a class paper about the new girl in class who has apparently been kidnapped by her father. When the teachers follow up on this, the father is spooked and once again runs off with the daughter. Even ''before'' the plot is solved, Ted and Joan act ''oddly'' cavalier about the whole thing.
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* MoodDissonance: "Woodward and Bernstein" "Girl on the Milk Carton" features a plot about Jamie and Reggie writing a class paper about the new girl in class who has apparently been kidnapped by her father. When the teachers follow up on this, the father is spooked and once again runs off with the daughter. Even ''before'' the plot is solved, Ted and Joan act ''oddly'' cavalier about the whole thing.
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The first season was produced by Metromedia Producers Corporation. After Metromedia was bought out by UsefulNotes/RupertMurdoch in 1986, Seasons 2–4 were produced by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, who now owns the rights to the show. Creator/AntennaTV began rerunning ''Small Wonder'' in January 2015.
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* ProductPlacement: Actually, sort of a reversal. There were posters in Pizza Hut restaurants that tied the series into its "Book It!" school fund-raising program. What the connection was between robots and books is anyone's guess.
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* ProductPlacement: ProductPlacement:
** Actually, sort of a reversal. There were posters in Pizza Hut restaurants that tied the series into its "Book It!" school fund-raising program. What the connection was between robots and books is anyone's guess.
** Actually, sort of a reversal. There were posters in Pizza Hut restaurants that tied the series into its "Book It!" school fund-raising program. What the connection was between robots and books is anyone's guess.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A lot of Harriet's attempts to (unsuccessfully) flirt with Jamie.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A lot of Harriet's attempts to (unsuccessfully) flirt with Jamie. For instance, in one mid-season 3 episode:
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A lot of Harriet's attempts to (unsuccessfully) flirt with Jamie.
-->'''Harriet:''' (acting like Jamie's cheerleader when he says he and the boys are going to play basketball) Jamie, Jamie, he's divine! He can slam-dunk me anytime!
-->'''Harriet:''' (acting like Jamie's cheerleader when he says he and the boys are going to play basketball) Jamie, Jamie, he's divine! He can slam-dunk me anytime!
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*** It can be inferred that Ted must have been working alone on the VICI project, and that said project got canned before he ever revealed it to his bosses. Otherwise, someone else in the company would have to know about Vicki.
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* ArtificialFamilyMember: Vicki who is a robot built by Ted and who his family pass off as part of their family.
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* LamePunReaction: Vicky competes against a Russian wiz-kid named Vladimir Godunov. At the end of the episode, the family discovers that Vladimir is actually a robot like Vicky. His creator complains, "You couldn't leave Godunov alone." [[CollectiveGroan The studio audience groaned.]]
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* LamePunReaction: Vicky competes against a Russian wiz-kid named Vladimir Godunov. At the end of the episode, the family discovers that Vladimir is actually a robot like Vicky. His creator complains, "You "[[{{Feghoot}} You couldn't leave Godunov alone." ]]" [[CollectiveGroan The studio audience groaned.]]
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* MoodDissonance: "Woodward and Bernstein" features a plot about Jamie and Reggie writing a class paper about the new girl in class who has apparently been kidnapped by her father. When the teachers follow up on this, the father is spooked and once again runs off with the daughter. Even ''before'' the plot is solved, Ted and Joan act ''oddly'' cavalier about the whole thing.
-->'''Jamie:''' I feel so bad about Chrissy...
-->'''Ted:''' Well, you guys are gonna feel a lot better when you bury your faces in a piece of that cake, eh?
-->'''Jamie:''' I feel so bad about Chrissy...
-->'''Ted:''' Well, you guys are gonna feel a lot better when you bury your faces in a piece of that cake, eh?
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Harriet Brindle
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Harriet Brindle
