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* ShoutOut: [[MeaningfulName Mrs. Robbins]], a friend of RJ's parents and middle-aged woman, lures RJ into her bedroom in an attempt to seduce him. [[TheGraduate This sounds strangely familiar]]...
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* DawsonCasting: Everyone. Kudos to Jenny being played by a ''30-year-old''. Miles is being played by a '''32 year-old.'''
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* GayGuySeeksPopularJock: Guillermo and [[spoiler: Max]]. The last episode implied that their feelings for each other were genuine, what with the mutual eye contact while RJ was giving his speech about love.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Claire, the NewTransferStudent who becomes RJ's first real girlfriend, is never seen or mentioned again after she breaks up with RJ, even though she still presumably goes to Pinkerton High, and would probably want to hang out with the other nerds there.
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** The season 2 finale is also an example. At the end of episode, things are looking pretty good for most of the main characters, and since ''The Hard Times of RJ Berger'' was cancelled and this was the last episode, it would've served as a decent enough conclusion for the whole series... But then, literally at the last minute, Lily walks in and [[spoiler:announces that she's pregnant, and that RJ is the father]], so the series [[CutShort ends abruptly]] with a {{cliffhanger}}.
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** While rehearsing for the school musical, the director mentions that [[PrideAndPrejudiceAndZombies students don't like reading Jane Austen unless it has zombies in it]].
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* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Millicent from TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody.
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** Kevin Arnold's dad from TheWonderYears plays as RJ's principal.
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* SchoolPlay: [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Vamp]] [[WestSideStory Side Story]]
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*AnalogyBackfire: When RJ and Jenny are running for Mr. and Mrs. Pinkleton, RJ at once appeals to the student body by speaking to those those who don't have "perfect teeth and perfect skin". Throughout the whole series only one of the main characters gets acne and she's one of the popular kids. The whole cast has perfect teeth.
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Oh, you want more info? Alright then. RJ Berger is your typical HollywoodNerd. Nature made him scrawny and weird looking, awkward and pale. He's horrible at sports, and even worse at talking to girls. His parents are embarrassing, and he's got more pairs of glasses than friends. Except for one thing: [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome His sexual organ is huge.]] HilarityEnsues.
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** Miles' shirt in the lunch scene in The Berger Cometh is from [[{{Adventureland}} a particular Pittsburgh amusement park]].
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* {{Butterface}}: Lily. Miles [[LampshadedTrope lampshades ]] this when he described her as a combination of "[[Ms.Fanservice Bettie Page]] and a woodchuck."
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The second season continues on, with RJ and Jenny as an OfficialCouple, trying to make the relationship work despite several hinderances. All the while RJ is trying to deal with his parents' divorce, his mom dating his coach, and the new hot tutor he's been given that's starting to drive a wedge between him and Jenny.
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Meet RJ Berger. He has a [[GagPenis big schlong]]. Goodnight everybody!
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Oh, you want more info? Alright then. RJ Berger is your typical HollywoodNerd. Nature made him scrawny and weird looking, awkward and pale. He's horrible at sports, and even worse at talking to girls. His parents are embarrassing, and he's got more pairs of glasses than friends. Except for one thing: [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome His sexual organ is huge.]] HilarityEnsues.
The first season follows RJ and his friends [[BromanticFoil Miles Jenner]] and [[AbhorrentAdmirer Lily Miran]] living high school while dealing with people like [[JerkJock Max Owens]]. It's been stated many times that RJ is going to try and use his "gift" to change his lifestyle, but really, all he seems to want is a chance with [[LoveInterest Jenny Swanson]].
The second season continues on, with RJ and Jenny as an OfficialCouple, trying to make the relationship work despite several hinderances. All the while RJ is trying to deal with his parents' divorce, his mom dating his coach, and the new hot tutor he's been given that's starting to drive a wedge between him and Jenny.
The third season would follows RJ dealing with Lily's baby and Max keeping his secret. But as confirmed by the creator via Twitter, the series was canceled.
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!!This Live Action TV Show provides examples of:
* AbhorrentAdmirer: Lily.
* {{Adorkable}}: RJ. Just RJ. Apparently, his large (and still growing) female fanbase thinks so too.
* AlphaBitch: Averted with Jenny. [[RichBitch Robin]] plays this straight.
** Lily plays this straight for a while when she gets her settlement, although by the end of the episode she averts it.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: RJ's are probably the most over the top example ever, taking it to near abusive levels. In just one example, his mother shouts encouragement to him as he makes out with Jenny Swanson - and then ENTERS THE ROOM to help him remove Jenny's bra.
* {{Animesque}}: So far, most of the art found in the series is like this.
* ArmoredClosetGay: [[spoiler: Max, as of the Season 2 finale.]]
* AshesToCrashes: In the Season 2 premiere, RJ gets [[spoiler:Kevin's]] ashes blown right into his face.
* BettyAndVeronica: Jenny (Archie) between RJ (Betty) and Max (Veronica). RJ (Archie) between Lily (Betty) and Jenny (Veronica) is a rare example of the Veronica being much more likeable than the Betty.
** A better example of a Betty is Clair, who RJ shows some interest in and who is also much better pick than Lily.
** Now, we have Amy as Betty and Jenny as Veronica.
* BiggusDickus / GagPenis: Pretty much the point of the entire show.
* BilingualBonus: Most likely unintentional. Just try learning Spanish, and see a show where the main character has a BiggusDickus and it's called ''Berger''.
* BromanticFoil: Miles to RJ.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: [[spoiler: At the end of the second season finale, Lily reveals that she's pregnant with RJ's baby, resulting from the first and ''only'' time they ever had sex together.]]
* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: The result of the opening scene.
* TheCheerleader: Jenny, though the usual character type is averted. Robin Pretnar is a straight example.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: RJ finally standing up to Max on his 16th birthday.
* CursedWithAwesome: RJ considers his penis to be this at first.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: It's the opening scene. See CaughtWithYourPantsDown.
* DawsonCasting: Everyone. Kudos to Jenny being played by a ''30-year-old''. Miles is being played by a '''32 year-old.'''
* DeadBabyComedy
* DeathBySex: [[spoiler:Possibly Lily in the season finale.]]
** [[spoiler: Averted in the Season 2 Premiere.]]
* DoubleEntendre: The dinner RJ has with his parents and their friends in the pilot is filled with this.
* FreudianSlip: "I'd love to study you. Study ''with'' you."
** It's tit o' clock -- uh, two o' clock.
* GangBangers: Hamilton and his gang
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: It's MTV, so the radar is screening a lot less, but all the same, seems like whoever approved Amy's comment that "I haven't had this much fun since I found out what the shocker was" probably didn't actually know what the shocker is.
* GratuitousJapanese: Sprinkled around the pilot episode.
* GrowingTheBeard: As of Season 2, the series seems to be relying more on character development to hook viewers rather than crude humor.
* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Millicent from TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody.
** Zeke from HighSchoolMusical plays a random guy on the basketball team.
** Kevin Arnold's dad from TheWonderYears plays as RJ's principal.
* HollywoodNerd: You'd ''think'' this would be the case in a show like this, but RJ, Miles, and Lily all come across as very realistic nerds and they're far from HollywoodHomely too.
** [[{{Meganekko}} Amy]], who is perfectly attractive.
** This is awkwardly brought into light in an episode where Jenny has a particularly nasty breakout. RJ and Miles attempt to tell her that acne isn't a huge problem, since they all have "horrible" acne, and [[AlphaBitch Robin]] and [[JerkJock Miles]] both tell her that RJ must be "rubbing off on her." But because of this trope and Hollywood makeup, neither RJ or Miles have a single pimple.
* HotGuysAreBastards
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: When Jenny and Max break up and despite the fact he had a good chance with her, RJ tells Jenny that Max didn't cheat on her rather than take advantage of the situation.
* {{Jerkass}}: Coach Sinclair. He purposely made it look like Max cheated on Jenny so he would play basketball better.
* JerkJock: Max, though it's more PlayedForLaughs than played straight.
* MeLoveYouLongTime: RJ's flashback to his romantic interlude with Natsumi.
* MsFanservice: Jenny. Amy.
* MushroomSamba: The Lock-In
* MarijuanaIsLSD: See above - The Biscotti was laced with "Acapulco Gold".
* NerdsAreSexy: Despite RJ being portrayed as a very realistic nerd, he continues to have a large fanbase among the female population.
** Amy. Just Amy.
* RefugeInVulgarity: To the point of RefugeInAudacity.
* SarcasmBlind: Miles, to tragic effect.
* SchoolPlay: [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Vamp]] [[WestSideStory Side Story]]
* ShinyMidnightBlack: Lily Miran as does her actress in RealLife.
* ShoutOut: [[MeaningfulName Mrs. Robbins]], a friend of RJ's parents and middle-aged woman, lures RJ into her bedroom in an attempt to seduce him. [[TheGraduate This sounds strangely familiar]]...
** While rehearsing for the school musical, the director mentions that [[PrideAndPrejudiceAndZombies students don't like reading Jane Austen unless it has zombies in it]].
** Miles' shirt in the lunch scene in The Berger Cometh is from [[{{Adventureland}} a particular Pittsburgh amusement park]].
** {{Weezer}}, with the high school being named Pinkerton, and the band makes a cameo as themselves in an episode.
** The second season finale has an animated sequence comparing the machine war in {{Terminator}} to what Pinkerton High being ruled by the JerkJock and the AlphaBitch would end up as.
* SlapSlapKiss: [[spoiler:Miles and Lily]], although it was because both of them were drunk.
* SpoiledSweet: Jenny.
* StraightGay: [[spoiler: Max.]] Also counts as FlyingUnderTheGaydar.
* SuddenDownerEnding: The final episode to season 1 is much more dramatic compared to the previous episodes. [[spoiler: The opening scene takes place shortly after Lily has been hit by a bus, and the rest of the episode has RJ blaming himself for it.]]
* {{Tearjerker}}: When RJ and Jenny break up.
* TemptingFate: "At least he's still got his jockstrap o--" [[HilarityEnsues In comes the plot]].
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The sneak preview for episode 7 of season 2 (the Weezer episode) shows [[spoiler:Amy kissing RJ]], which is literally the last 5 seconds of the episode.
* UngratefulBastard: Max. Not only does RJ tell Jenny the truth when [[spoiler:the coach framed him for cheating on Jenny]] he saves him from being the victim of a hit from the GangBangers [[spoiler:or so he thought]], yet Max STILL acts like a {{Jerkass}} to him. Although, this is more to play the JerkJock trope straight.
** DoubleSubverted in the second season finale - [[spoiler: Max thanks RJ for not revealing he's gay to the student body, but says that it doesn't mean he won't still mess with RJ.]]
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Jenny and Max. Sure he's the good looking BigManOnCampus and he at least tries to be nice in front of her but there are still many moments where he acts like a big {{Jerkass}} to her.
* TheWoobie: RJ. The second season sets Jenny up as one as well.
* YankTheDogsChain: Happens to RJ (and to a lesser extent, Miles) pretty frequently, and he lampshades this.
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Oh, you want more info? Alright then. RJ Berger is your typical HollywoodNerd. Nature made him scrawny and weird looking, awkward and pale. He's horrible at sports, and even worse at talking to girls. His parents are embarrassing, and he's got more pairs of glasses than friends. Except for one thing: [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome His sexual organ is huge.]] HilarityEnsues.
The first season follows RJ and his friends [[BromanticFoil Miles Jenner]] and [[AbhorrentAdmirer Lily Miran]] living high school while dealing with people like [[JerkJock Max Owens]]. It's been stated many times that RJ is going to try and use his "gift" to change his lifestyle, but really, all he seems to want is a chance with [[LoveInterest Jenny Swanson]].
The second season continues on, with RJ and Jenny as an OfficialCouple, trying to make the relationship work despite several hinderances. All the while RJ is trying to deal with his parents' divorce, his mom dating his coach, and the new hot tutor he's been given that's starting to drive a wedge between him and Jenny.
The third season would follows RJ dealing with Lily's baby and Max keeping his secret. But as confirmed by the creator via Twitter, the series was canceled.
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!!This Live Action TV Show provides examples of:
* AbhorrentAdmirer: Lily.
* {{Adorkable}}: RJ. Just RJ. Apparently, his large (and still growing) female fanbase thinks so too.
* AlphaBitch: Averted with Jenny. [[RichBitch Robin]] plays this straight.
** Lily plays this straight for a while when she gets her settlement, although by the end of the episode she averts it.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: RJ's are probably the most over the top example ever, taking it to near abusive levels. In just one example, his mother shouts encouragement to him as he makes out with Jenny Swanson - and then ENTERS THE ROOM to help him remove Jenny's bra.
* {{Animesque}}: So far, most of the art found in the series is like this.
* ArmoredClosetGay: [[spoiler: Max, as of the Season 2 finale.]]
* AshesToCrashes: In the Season 2 premiere, RJ gets [[spoiler:Kevin's]] ashes blown right into his face.
* BettyAndVeronica: Jenny (Archie) between RJ (Betty) and Max (Veronica). RJ (Archie) between Lily (Betty) and Jenny (Veronica) is a rare example of the Veronica being much more likeable than the Betty.
** A better example of a Betty is Clair, who RJ shows some interest in and who is also much better pick than Lily.
** Now, we have Amy as Betty and Jenny as Veronica.
* BiggusDickus / GagPenis: Pretty much the point of the entire show.
* BilingualBonus: Most likely unintentional. Just try learning Spanish, and see a show where the main character has a BiggusDickus and it's called ''Berger''.
* BromanticFoil: Miles to RJ.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: [[spoiler: At the end of the second season finale, Lily reveals that she's pregnant with RJ's baby, resulting from the first and ''only'' time they ever had sex together.]]
* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: The result of the opening scene.
* TheCheerleader: Jenny, though the usual character type is averted. Robin Pretnar is a straight example.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: RJ finally standing up to Max on his 16th birthday.
* CursedWithAwesome: RJ considers his penis to be this at first.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: It's the opening scene. See CaughtWithYourPantsDown.
* DawsonCasting: Everyone. Kudos to Jenny being played by a ''30-year-old''. Miles is being played by a '''32 year-old.'''
* DeadBabyComedy
* DeathBySex: [[spoiler:Possibly Lily in the season finale.]]
** [[spoiler: Averted in the Season 2 Premiere.]]
* DoubleEntendre: The dinner RJ has with his parents and their friends in the pilot is filled with this.
* FreudianSlip: "I'd love to study you. Study ''with'' you."
** It's tit o' clock -- uh, two o' clock.
* GangBangers: Hamilton and his gang
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: It's MTV, so the radar is screening a lot less, but all the same, seems like whoever approved Amy's comment that "I haven't had this much fun since I found out what the shocker was" probably didn't actually know what the shocker is.
* GratuitousJapanese: Sprinkled around the pilot episode.
* GrowingTheBeard: As of Season 2, the series seems to be relying more on character development to hook viewers rather than crude humor.
* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Millicent from TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody.
** Zeke from HighSchoolMusical plays a random guy on the basketball team.
** Kevin Arnold's dad from TheWonderYears plays as RJ's principal.
* HollywoodNerd: You'd ''think'' this would be the case in a show like this, but RJ, Miles, and Lily all come across as very realistic nerds and they're far from HollywoodHomely too.
** [[{{Meganekko}} Amy]], who is perfectly attractive.
** This is awkwardly brought into light in an episode where Jenny has a particularly nasty breakout. RJ and Miles attempt to tell her that acne isn't a huge problem, since they all have "horrible" acne, and [[AlphaBitch Robin]] and [[JerkJock Miles]] both tell her that RJ must be "rubbing off on her." But because of this trope and Hollywood makeup, neither RJ or Miles have a single pimple.
* HotGuysAreBastards
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: When Jenny and Max break up and despite the fact he had a good chance with her, RJ tells Jenny that Max didn't cheat on her rather than take advantage of the situation.
* {{Jerkass}}: Coach Sinclair. He purposely made it look like Max cheated on Jenny so he would play basketball better.
* JerkJock: Max, though it's more PlayedForLaughs than played straight.
* MeLoveYouLongTime: RJ's flashback to his romantic interlude with Natsumi.
* MsFanservice: Jenny. Amy.
* MushroomSamba: The Lock-In
* MarijuanaIsLSD: See above - The Biscotti was laced with "Acapulco Gold".
* NerdsAreSexy: Despite RJ being portrayed as a very realistic nerd, he continues to have a large fanbase among the female population.
** Amy. Just Amy.
* RefugeInVulgarity: To the point of RefugeInAudacity.
* SarcasmBlind: Miles, to tragic effect.
* SchoolPlay: [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Vamp]] [[WestSideStory Side Story]]
* ShinyMidnightBlack: Lily Miran as does her actress in RealLife.
* ShoutOut: [[MeaningfulName Mrs. Robbins]], a friend of RJ's parents and middle-aged woman, lures RJ into her bedroom in an attempt to seduce him. [[TheGraduate This sounds strangely familiar]]...
** While rehearsing for the school musical, the director mentions that [[PrideAndPrejudiceAndZombies students don't like reading Jane Austen unless it has zombies in it]].
** Miles' shirt in the lunch scene in The Berger Cometh is from [[{{Adventureland}} a particular Pittsburgh amusement park]].
** {{Weezer}}, with the high school being named Pinkerton, and the band makes a cameo as themselves in an episode.
** The second season finale has an animated sequence comparing the machine war in {{Terminator}} to what Pinkerton High being ruled by the JerkJock and the AlphaBitch would end up as.
* SlapSlapKiss: [[spoiler:Miles and Lily]], although it was because both of them were drunk.
* SpoiledSweet: Jenny.
* StraightGay: [[spoiler: Max.]] Also counts as FlyingUnderTheGaydar.
* SuddenDownerEnding: The final episode to season 1 is much more dramatic compared to the previous episodes. [[spoiler: The opening scene takes place shortly after Lily has been hit by a bus, and the rest of the episode has RJ blaming himself for it.]]
* {{Tearjerker}}: When RJ and Jenny break up.
* TemptingFate: "At least he's still got his jockstrap o--" [[HilarityEnsues In comes the plot]].
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The sneak preview for episode 7 of season 2 (the Weezer episode) shows [[spoiler:Amy kissing RJ]], which is literally the last 5 seconds of the episode.
* UngratefulBastard: Max. Not only does RJ tell Jenny the truth when [[spoiler:the coach framed him for cheating on Jenny]] he saves him from being the victim of a hit from the GangBangers [[spoiler:or so he thought]], yet Max STILL acts like a {{Jerkass}} to him. Although, this is more to play the JerkJock trope straight.
** DoubleSubverted in the second season finale - [[spoiler: Max thanks RJ for not revealing he's gay to the student body, but says that it doesn't mean he won't still mess with RJ.]]
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Jenny and Max. Sure he's the good looking BigManOnCampus and he at least tries to be nice in front of her but there are still many moments where he acts like a big {{Jerkass}} to her.
* TheWoobie: RJ. The second season sets Jenny up as one as well.
* YankTheDogsChain: Happens to RJ (and to a lesser extent, Miles) pretty frequently, and he lampshades this.
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