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* YouMeddlingKids: Beverly quotes this in "Big Orange" when confronted with the fact she ruined Barry's favorite shirt.
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* BuffySpeak: According to Murray in the episode "The Tasty Boys", Beverly calls a hammer "the poundy thingy".

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''The Goldbergs'' is an American period sitcom on Creator/{{ABC}}. The first episode premiered on September 24, 2013 to a viewing audience of 8.94 million viewers. The show revolves around the life of 12-year-old Adam Goldberg (Creator/SeanGiambrone) and his family during [[TheEighties the 1980s]]. He regularly has to deal with his older sister Erica (Hayley Orrantia), older brother and middle child Barry (Troy Gentile), and parents Beverly (Creator/WendiMcLendonCovey) and Murray (Creator/JeffGarlin). His maternal grandfather "Pops" (Creator/GeorgeSegal) is also a member of the main cast. The show features a mix of traditional camerawork and "home video" footage taken from Adam's camera.

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''The Goldbergs'' is an American period sitcom on Creator/{{ABC}}.[[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]]. The first episode premiered on September 24, 2013 to a viewing audience of 8.94 million viewers. The show revolves around the life of 12-year-old Adam Goldberg (Creator/SeanGiambrone) and his family during [[TheEighties the 1980s]]. He regularly has to deal with his older sister Erica (Hayley Orrantia), older brother and middle child Barry (Troy Gentile), and parents Beverly (Creator/WendiMcLendonCovey) and Murray (Creator/JeffGarlin). His maternal grandfather "Pops" (Creator/GeorgeSegal) is also a member of the main cast. The show features a mix of traditional camerawork and "home video" footage taken from Adam's camera.
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** Adam's girlfriend in the final season is played by Isabel Gomez, who worked with Giambrone on ''WesternAnimation/BigHeroSixTheSeries.''

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** Adam's girlfriend in the final season is played by Isabel Gomez, who worked with Giambrone on ''WesternAnimation/BigHeroSixTheSeries.''WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries.''
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** Adam's girlfriend in the final season is played by Isabel Gomez, who worked with Giambrone on ''WesternAnimation/BigHeroSixTheSeries.''
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* AbortedArc: The last few episodes of season four have Uncle Marvin moving in with the family and starting work at Murray's furniture store. When the next season starts, he seems to no longer be living with the Goldbergs, and his job at the furniture store is only shown once after. Possibly justified as a result of unreliable narrator.

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The last few episodes of season four have Uncle Marvin moving in with the family and starting work at Murray's furniture store. When the next season starts, he seems to no longer be living with the Goldbergs, and his job at the furniture store is only shown once after. Possibly justified as a result of unreliable narrator. narrator.
** The same season has Murray promise Erica that he'll finish his last year of college when she leaves for it. This is never brought up again the following season.
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* SodaCandySplosion: In "[[Recap/TheGoldbergsS2E5FamilyTakesCareOfBeverly Family Takes Care Of Beverly]]", Barry stops Erica from consuming Diet Coke and Pop Rocks. Citing the urban legend, he claims that Erica owes him a life debt and makes her help him in his quest to win Lainey's affections. Later, after she rejects him, he tries to commit suicide by mixing the two. This doesn't work, but he has stomach trouble the next day.
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* GroupCostumeFail: In "Oates and Oates", Adam and Barry are supposed to be disguised as Music/DarylHallAndJohnOates, but because Barry couldn't tell which was which, they both end up dressed as Oates.
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* BirthdayEpisode: Adam in "You're Not Invited".
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** The Thanksgiving episode features Uncle Marvin buying a [=DeLorean=]. Early on, Adam asks Marvin if it can travel through time, an obvious nod to ''Film/BackToTheFuture,'' but later on Pops hears news reports on the arrest of John [=DeLorean=] for drug trafficking. That happened in October 1982, three years before ''Back to the Future'' premiered.

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** The Thanksgiving episode features Uncle Marvin buying a [=DeLorean=]. Early on, Adam asks Marvin if it can travel through time, an obvious nod to ''Film/BackToTheFuture,'' ''Film/BackToTheFuture1,'' but later on Pops hears news reports on the arrest of John [=DeLorean=] for drug trafficking. That happened in October 1982, three years before ''Back to the Future'' premiered.



* VanityLicensePlate: Uncle Marvin's [[Film/BackToTheFuture DeLorean]] has one reading "CHX DIGIT."

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* VanityLicensePlate: Uncle Marvin's [[Film/BackToTheFuture [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture DeLorean]] has one reading "CHX DIGIT."
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* OneSteveLimit: Adam occasionally calls himself Adam F. Goldberg and says he has to include his middle initial because the older unrelated Adam Goldberg in school doesn't like sharing his name.
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* HappyBirthdayToYou: In "Han Ukkah Solo", the fact that old ladies get paid every time "Happy Birthday To You" is sung gets mentioned in the plot.
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** Virginia "Ginzy" Kremp, as the series goes on.

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