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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/TheOfficeUS Kelly]] became a much more mature person and is now a doctor!
** Danny dated [[Series/{{Girls}} Marnie]] and was married to [[{{Series/BigLove}} Nicolette]]!
** Fans of a another FOX series, [[Series/MadTV MAD Tv]], will recognize Ike Barinholtz (Morgan) from the later seasons.
** [[Series/{{Workaholics}} Anders]] is a priest.
** [[TheSecretLifeoftheAmericanTeenager Adrian]] is a pre-med student.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Mindy's landlord is [[TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]]!
** Danny dated [[Series/{{Girls}} Marnie]] and was married to [[{{Series/BigLove}} Nicolette]]!
** Fans of a another FOX series, [[Series/MadTV MAD Tv]], will recognize Ike Barinholtz (Morgan) from the later seasons.
** [[Series/{{Workaholics}} Anders]] is a priest.
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** Mindy claims to be one of these, which seems to have some merit. She sets up Danny with Lucy, the best friend of her at-that-time boyfriend Jamie, who always took Jamie's attention away whenever she was around. The result is Jamie getting jealous of Danny and then [[LoveEpiphany realizing that he's actually in love with Lucy]].
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** Danny's father walked out on his family, leaving him to raise his younger siblings.
** Jeremy has several moments over the course of the first season that imply he did not have a happy childhood due to asshole older brothers and other condescending relatives.
--> '''Jeremy''': Morgan, what do you want brothers for? So they can lock you in a wardrobe where mummy can't hear you?
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* TheConscience: Morgan acts as this when the doctors are thinking of making bad decisions. Notable moments include:
** Convincing Jeremy not to sleep with a bride-to-be in the episode "The Club"
** Stopping Mindy from engaging in a casual affair with Brendan. [[spoiler:She hooks up with him anyway.]]
** Convincing Jeremy not to sleep with a bride-to-be in the episode "The Club"
** Stopping Mindy from engaging in a casual affair with Brendan. [[spoiler:She hooks up with him anyway.]]
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* IntergenerationalFriendship: Played with twice by Mindy.
** In "Mindy's Birthday", Mindy abandons her own friends and is approached by a separate group of teenage girls that are celebrating their own party. Mindy gets along with them at first, until she points out that the girls' attitudes indicate their friendship is shallow. They then insult her and call her a weird loner lady before being chased out of the restaurant.
** Zigzagged in "Frat Party", Mindy's protege Katie is comfortable enough to invite her to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a frat party]] to make her feel better after she breaks up with her boyfriend. When Mindy stops Katie from dancing on a stripper pole, Katie becomes angry with Mindy for lecturing her on her attempts to impress men. By the end of the episode, Katie forgives Mindy and tells her she's right, indicating they'll probably get along... if we ever see her again.
** In "Mindy's Birthday", Mindy abandons her own friends and is approached by a separate group of teenage girls that are celebrating their own party. Mindy gets along with them at first, until she points out that the girls' attitudes indicate their friendship is shallow. They then insult her and call her a weird loner lady before being chased out of the restaurant.
** Zigzagged in "Frat Party", Mindy's protege Katie is comfortable enough to invite her to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a frat party]] to make her feel better after she breaks up with her boyfriend. When Mindy stops Katie from dancing on a stripper pole, Katie becomes angry with Mindy for lecturing her on her attempts to impress men. By the end of the episode, Katie forgives Mindy and tells her she's right, indicating they'll probably get along... if we ever see her again.
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* WillTheyOrWontThey: It's pretty obvious by the end of the first season that [[spoiler:there's something between Mindy and Danny, but if either of them are conscious of it, neither of them are really doing anything about it. It's also worth mentioning that at this point in the series, Mindy's committed to Casey and Danny's trying to make things work with his ex-wife.]]
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** Morgan, Morgan, ''Morgan'', who has a tendency to say things that are not only completely out of place but are also Squick-inducing.
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* InsistentTerminology: Plenty of this is thrown between the doctors and the midwives - Brendan DesLaurier insists on calling the doctors of Shulman & Associates 'drug dealers'. On the other hand, the DesLauriers have to call the women that come to their office 'clients' and not 'patients', because neither of the DesLauriers are certified doctors, a fact that Danny calls them out on on top of calling the midwives any creative variant of 'quacks'.
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** CastFullOfSnark
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* FoeYay: There's a lot of this between the doctors of Shulman & Associates and the midwives of the Downtown Women's Holistic Birthing Center.
** Mindy takes advantage of this to justify having a casual affair with Brendan - since Jeremy tells her that ideally, a casual relationship should be with someone you don't respect, and Brendan insists on very subtly hitting on Mindy at every opportunity anyway.
** Brendan and Danny absolutely hate each other. But that doesn't keep them from having an incredibly... intimate massage when Danny's suffering from Charley Horse during the triathlon.
** Mindy takes advantage of this to justify having a casual affair with Brendan - since Jeremy tells her that ideally, a casual relationship should be with someone you don't respect, and Brendan insists on very subtly hitting on Mindy at every opportunity anyway.
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** Brendan and Danny absolutely hate each other. But that doesn't keep them from having an incredibly... intimate massage when Danny's suffering from Charley Horse during the triathlon.
** Mindy takes advantage of this to justify having a casual affair with Brendan - since Jeremy tells her that ideally, a casual relationship should be with someone you don't respect, and Brendan insists on very subtly hitting on Mindy at every opportunity anyway.
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** Mindy and Tom. At the beginning of the series, Mindy is lamenting losing Tom to his marriage and she ends up getting rather drunk at his wedding reception. Near the end of the season, [[spoiler:Tom ends up losing his wife, ends up getting drunk at a frat party, and subsequently asks Mindy to come home with him. This time, Mindy's not as keen on the idea, which shows that she's already let go of her fantasy of him over the course of the season.]].
** Morgan is introduced and hired in the second episode of the season in a quick decision by Mindy for essentially solving a problem nobody knew how to deal with immediately. [[spoiler:In the second to last episode of the season, he is re-hired by Danny when he helps Danny mend his relationship with his ex-wife, after being fired by Danny in a snap decision for sending the letter that fixes the relationship in the first place]].
** Mindy and Tom. At the beginning of the series, Mindy is lamenting losing Tom to his marriage and she ends up getting rather drunk at his wedding reception. Near the end of the season, [[spoiler:Tom ends up losing his wife, ends up getting drunk at a frat party, and subsequently asks Mindy to come home with him. This time, Mindy's not as keen on the idea, which shows that she's already let go of her fantasy of him over the course of the season.]].
** Morgan is introduced and hired in the second episode of the season in a quick decision by Mindy for essentially solving a problem nobody knew how to deal with immediately. [[spoiler:In the second to last episode of the season, he is re-hired by Danny when he helps Danny mend his relationship with his ex-wife, after being fired by Danny in a snap decision for sending the letter that fixes the relationship in the first place]].
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* [[WildTeenParty Wild Frat Party]]: Mindy attends a frat party with her protege to feel better after she breaks up with her boyfriend. It's as predictably wild as Mindy thinks it should be, and is therefore normal enough in occurence... until [[spoiler:two of Mindy's ex-boyfriends show up at the party and start to fight over her]].
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* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: Morgan.
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* FreudianSlip: Jeremy lapses into these at some points during the show, which usually leads to one or more characters asking if he's all right because [[OOCisSeriousBusiness these are the only times he's not the calm, collected, borderline obnoxiously confident British guy everyone knows him to be]].
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*** '''Mindy''': (while talking about why Casey wouldn't want to commit to her) I kinda suck, and no guy has ever wanted to commit to me before, because I work too much... I'm kinda selfish... [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking I've never voted.]] And usually, the guy figures that out and then they leave.
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* SelfDeprecation: The show practically runs on this, with most of the deprecation focused on Mindy. She approaches everything with a sense of humor, especially regarding her less-than-ideal body type and her dating history, but it's clear that sometimes her insecurities get the best of her.
*** '''Mindy''': (while talking about why Casey wouldn't want to commit to her) I kinda suck, and no guy has ever wanted to commit to me before, because I work too much... I'm kinda selfish... [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking I've never voted.]] And usually, the guy figures that out and then they leave.
*** '''Mindy''': (while talking about why Casey wouldn't want to commit to her) I kinda suck, and no guy has ever wanted to commit to me before, because I work too much... I'm kinda selfish... [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking I've never voted.]] And usually, the guy figures that out and then they leave.
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->''Maybe I won't get married, you know? Maybe I'll do one of those "EatPrayLove" things. Ugh, no, I don't want to pray. Forget it, I'll just die alone.''
-->--'''Mindy Lahiri'''
Created by, and starring [[TheDanza Mindy Kaling]], one of the writers of the American version of [[Series/TheOfficeUS The Office]], this rom-com series began airing in 2012 on Fox. This series is notable for having the first South-Asian lead on American television.
Dr. Mindy Lahiri is a successful OB/GYN living a comfortable single life in New York City. At her practice, she is surrounded by colleagues that both support her and drive her nuts. However, a lifetime of watching romantic comedies has convinced her that she needs to put more effort into finding her life partner. HilarityEnsues.
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!! ''The Mindy Project'' contains the following tropes:
* ActorAllusion: Mindy's brother Rishi wants to drop out of school and become a rapper. Rishi is played by Utkarsh Ambudkar, who played the beatboxer Donald in ''PitchPerfect''.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Morgan.
* ArtisticLicenseReligion: "Mindy's Cool Christian Boyfriend" mashes together a bunch of very conservative and very progressive characteristics into the minister character who Mindy is dating. Ministers of both types do exist in real life, but it's rare for one to believe simultaneously that Hindus are going to hell but that it's alright to have premarital sex with one, for example. Arguably some of this is just RuleOfFunny because it provides fodder for amusing banter between the two.
* AscendedExtra: Beverly, who appeared in the second episode as a one-shot character, became a series regular after the mid-season ReTool.
* BelligerentSexualTension: Mindy and Danny have this to a T, although they seem to switch off between being the JerkWithAHeartOfGold and the {{Tsundere}}.
* BollywoodNerd: Zig-zagged in a rare female example. Mindy is a OB/GYN who was excellent in studies and makes pop-culture references. However, she also loves shopping and fashion, celebrity culture, and is a bit boy-crazy.
* CastingGag: [[Series/TheOfficeUS Certain Office workers ]] count for a fair amount of side characters (not counting Mindy) on the show:
** Ed Helms (Andy) played a one-time boyfriend of Mindy's.
** Kelen Coleman (Isabel [[hottip:*:Dwight's girlfriend in season 6]]) plays one of Mindy's best friends.
** [[spoiler: Ellie Kemper (Erin) as Josh's ''real'' girlfriend]].
** Anna Camp (Penny [[hottip:*:Pam's sister]]) plays one of Mindy's best friends.
** B.J. Novak (Ryan) plays a Latin professor.
* ChristianityIsCatholic: Zig-zagged. Mindy falls for a minister who wears the typical black shirt and white collar, but is not Catholic and is therefore allowed to date. In-universe, Mindy demonstrates the "All churches are Pentecostal Black churches" version of this trope when she dresses like a character from a TylerPerry movie to attend one of his church's services. She promptly realizes how out of place her outfit is.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Morgan.
* CoolestClubEver: Mindy and her co-workers visit one of these in the episode "In the Club".
* CringeComedy: Not as cringe-worthy as [[Series/TheOfficeUS Mindy's previous show]], but it has its moments. The episode "Danny Castellano Is My Gynecologist" is an excellent example.
* DatingCatwoman: Mindy attempts a one-night stand with Brendan, a midwife from the rival practice upstairs. This goes about as well as you'd expect.
* TheDanza: Mindy Kaling as Mindy Lahiri.
* DemotedToExtra: Mindy's best friend Gwen was a series regular at the beginning of the show, but now only appears in the occasional episode.
* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: Mindy attempts to talk to a group of high schoolers about teen pregnancy. It doesn't go so well.
** It didn't go over well because she passed out condoms without the school's permission, and referred to a male as "crazy bang-able".
* GirlOfTheWeek: Inverted, since the show has a female lead. Mindy is seeing a new guy, or at least interested in one, in nearly every episode.
* GRatedDrug: In "Santa Fe", Danny is talking to several patients at a rehab clinic. He is incredulous that some of them are there for far less "serious" addictions than alcohol or drug abuse.
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/TheOfficeUS Kelly]] became a much more mature person and is now a doctor!
** Danny dated [[Series/{{Girls}} Marnie]] and was married to [[{{Series/BigLove}} Nicolette]]!
** Fans of a another FOX series, [[Series/MadTV MAD Tv]], will recognize Ike Barinholtz (Morgan) from the later seasons.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Mindy's landlord is [[TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]]!
* HumiliationConga: The main plot of several episodes involves a succession of increasingly embarrassing events happening to Mindy, though sometimes she's oblivious or indifferent to these events for most of the episode.
* JustJokingJustification: Josh kids Mindy from time to time about which of the many women in his contact list he'll go out with whenever Mindy is unavailable. [[spoiler:This becomes a bit of a cruel BrickJoke when she later discovers that he was cheating on his girlfriend with her - and cheating on them both with other women.]]
* InsultBackfire: A male character makes a snarky comment about Mindy's wide feet. She responds: "Thank you! I almost never fall over."
* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Some of Mindy's less than ideal boyfriends/hookups demonstrate her struggle with this trope.
* TheMatchmaker: Jeremy and Danny try to fix up an old man with the woman in his retirement home that he is fond of, in the hopes that the old man will do them the favor of lowering their rent. This [[GoneHorriblyWrong goes horribly wrong]] when it is discovered that she is already married, to a BadassGrandpa who has a sword concealed in his cane.
* MistakenForProstitute: Inverted. Mindy picks a guy up at a bar, and doesn't realize until she gets home and [[CoitusEnsues coitus is about to ensue]] that he is a prostitute.
* MomentKiller: This trope gets mixed with BlackComedy when Mindy and her date are on a romantic carriage ride through Central Park, only for one of the horses to break a leg and need to be [[MercyKill put down]]. Right in front of Mindy and her date.
* MyEyesAreUpHere: Inverted in "Danny Castellano Is My Gynecologist". Danny is supposed to be giving Mindy a breast exam, but can't bear to look, causing Mindy to remark, "[[MyBreastsAreDownHere My boobs are down here]]."
* OutOfOrder: Compare the production order to the airing order in TheOtherWiki's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mindy_Project#Episodes episode list]]. It's a wonder that the series has been able to establish any continuity at all.
** One particularly bad example was "Pretty Man", which was filmed before "My Cool Christian Boyfriend" and "Santa Fe", but aired between the two. Mindy is still dating the "Cool Christian boyfriend" in "Santa Fe", but in "Pretty Man", she is single and desperate enough to bring a [[spoiler:male prostitute]] she picked up in a bar the previous night to a dinner party.
* PissTakeRap: Happens when Mindy reluctantly agrees to participate in a freestyle rap competition with her brother.
* PsychoExGirlfriend: Initially subverted with [[spoiler:Heather]], who initially tries to make amends with Mindy, and only becomes this way after Mindy treats her like one.
* PutOnABus: Shauna.
* RacistGrandma: Beverly.
* ReallyGetsAround: [[spoiler:Josh]].
* ScareDare: How the titular event "Danny Castellano Is My Gynecologist" comes to be. Mindy and Danny are both convinced that the other will back down from the painfully awkward situation first.
* SmugSnake: The male "midwives" who practice holistic medicine in the same building as Mindy's clinic.
* SpoiledSweet: Mindy generally means well, but sometimes fails to grasp the notion that you can't always solve a problem by throwing money at it.
--> '''Mindy''': "I can do anything, as long as it's just paying for stuff."
* StalkerWithACrush: Mindy comes off this way at an ex-boyfriend's wedding in the first episode.
* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Mindy has watched a ''lot'' of rom-coms, and therefore tends to look at her romantic relationships in that light.
* WholePlotReference: The events of "Pretty Man" are basically a DistaffCounterpart story to ''PrettyWoman'', at least in Mindy's mind.
* WomanScorned: Heather, the woman [[spoiler:Josh]] was already seeing when he started dating [[spoiler:Mindy]]. The timing of her discovery - [[spoiler:right in the middle of Mindy's Christmas party]] - couldn't possibly be any worse.
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:Josh]] on [[spoiler:Mindy]]. She discovers it on Christmas and worse, she's the other woman.
** [[FromBadToWorse It gets worse]]. We find out in "Santa Fe" that [[spoiler:he had TWO other women on the side.]]
** Also, Dr. Castellano's wife cheated on him which led to the divorce.
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->''Maybe I won't get married, you know? Maybe I'll do one of those "EatPrayLove" things. Ugh, no, I don't want to pray. Forget it, I'll just die alone.''
-->--'''Mindy Lahiri'''
Created by, and starring [[TheDanza Mindy Kaling]], one of the writers of the American version of [[Series/TheOfficeUS The Office]], this rom-com series began airing in 2012 on Fox. This series is notable for having the first South-Asian lead on American television.
Dr. Mindy Lahiri is a successful OB/GYN living a comfortable single life in New York City. At her practice, she is surrounded by colleagues that both support her and drive her nuts. However, a lifetime of watching romantic comedies has convinced her that she needs to put more effort into finding her life partner. HilarityEnsues.
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!! ''The Mindy Project'' contains the following tropes:
* ActorAllusion: Mindy's brother Rishi wants to drop out of school and become a rapper. Rishi is played by Utkarsh Ambudkar, who played the beatboxer Donald in ''PitchPerfect''.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Morgan.
* ArtisticLicenseReligion: "Mindy's Cool Christian Boyfriend" mashes together a bunch of very conservative and very progressive characteristics into the minister character who Mindy is dating. Ministers of both types do exist in real life, but it's rare for one to believe simultaneously that Hindus are going to hell but that it's alright to have premarital sex with one, for example. Arguably some of this is just RuleOfFunny because it provides fodder for amusing banter between the two.
* AscendedExtra: Beverly, who appeared in the second episode as a one-shot character, became a series regular after the mid-season ReTool.
* BelligerentSexualTension: Mindy and Danny have this to a T, although they seem to switch off between being the JerkWithAHeartOfGold and the {{Tsundere}}.
* BollywoodNerd: Zig-zagged in a rare female example. Mindy is a OB/GYN who was excellent in studies and makes pop-culture references. However, she also loves shopping and fashion, celebrity culture, and is a bit boy-crazy.
* CastingGag: [[Series/TheOfficeUS Certain Office workers ]] count for a fair amount of side characters (not counting Mindy) on the show:
** Ed Helms (Andy) played a one-time boyfriend of Mindy's.
** Kelen Coleman (Isabel [[hottip:*:Dwight's girlfriend in season 6]]) plays one of Mindy's best friends.
** [[spoiler: Ellie Kemper (Erin) as Josh's ''real'' girlfriend]].
** Anna Camp (Penny [[hottip:*:Pam's sister]]) plays one of Mindy's best friends.
** B.J. Novak (Ryan) plays a Latin professor.
* ChristianityIsCatholic: Zig-zagged. Mindy falls for a minister who wears the typical black shirt and white collar, but is not Catholic and is therefore allowed to date. In-universe, Mindy demonstrates the "All churches are Pentecostal Black churches" version of this trope when she dresses like a character from a TylerPerry movie to attend one of his church's services. She promptly realizes how out of place her outfit is.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Morgan.
* CoolestClubEver: Mindy and her co-workers visit one of these in the episode "In the Club".
* CringeComedy: Not as cringe-worthy as [[Series/TheOfficeUS Mindy's previous show]], but it has its moments. The episode "Danny Castellano Is My Gynecologist" is an excellent example.
* DatingCatwoman: Mindy attempts a one-night stand with Brendan, a midwife from the rival practice upstairs. This goes about as well as you'd expect.
* TheDanza: Mindy Kaling as Mindy Lahiri.
* DemotedToExtra: Mindy's best friend Gwen was a series regular at the beginning of the show, but now only appears in the occasional episode.
* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: Mindy attempts to talk to a group of high schoolers about teen pregnancy. It doesn't go so well.
** It didn't go over well because she passed out condoms without the school's permission, and referred to a male as "crazy bang-able".
* GirlOfTheWeek: Inverted, since the show has a female lead. Mindy is seeing a new guy, or at least interested in one, in nearly every episode.
* GRatedDrug: In "Santa Fe", Danny is talking to several patients at a rehab clinic. He is incredulous that some of them are there for far less "serious" addictions than alcohol or drug abuse.
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/TheOfficeUS Kelly]] became a much more mature person and is now a doctor!
** Danny dated [[Series/{{Girls}} Marnie]] and was married to [[{{Series/BigLove}} Nicolette]]!
** Fans of a another FOX series, [[Series/MadTV MAD Tv]], will recognize Ike Barinholtz (Morgan) from the later seasons.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Mindy's landlord is [[TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]]!
* HumiliationConga: The main plot of several episodes involves a succession of increasingly embarrassing events happening to Mindy, though sometimes she's oblivious or indifferent to these events for most of the episode.
* JustJokingJustification: Josh kids Mindy from time to time about which of the many women in his contact list he'll go out with whenever Mindy is unavailable. [[spoiler:This becomes a bit of a cruel BrickJoke when she later discovers that he was cheating on his girlfriend with her - and cheating on them both with other women.]]
* InsultBackfire: A male character makes a snarky comment about Mindy's wide feet. She responds: "Thank you! I almost never fall over."
* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Some of Mindy's less than ideal boyfriends/hookups demonstrate her struggle with this trope.
* TheMatchmaker: Jeremy and Danny try to fix up an old man with the woman in his retirement home that he is fond of, in the hopes that the old man will do them the favor of lowering their rent. This [[GoneHorriblyWrong goes horribly wrong]] when it is discovered that she is already married, to a BadassGrandpa who has a sword concealed in his cane.
* MistakenForProstitute: Inverted. Mindy picks a guy up at a bar, and doesn't realize until she gets home and [[CoitusEnsues coitus is about to ensue]] that he is a prostitute.
* MomentKiller: This trope gets mixed with BlackComedy when Mindy and her date are on a romantic carriage ride through Central Park, only for one of the horses to break a leg and need to be [[MercyKill put down]]. Right in front of Mindy and her date.
* MyEyesAreUpHere: Inverted in "Danny Castellano Is My Gynecologist". Danny is supposed to be giving Mindy a breast exam, but can't bear to look, causing Mindy to remark, "[[MyBreastsAreDownHere My boobs are down here]]."
* OutOfOrder: Compare the production order to the airing order in TheOtherWiki's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mindy_Project#Episodes episode list]]. It's a wonder that the series has been able to establish any continuity at all.
** One particularly bad example was "Pretty Man", which was filmed before "My Cool Christian Boyfriend" and "Santa Fe", but aired between the two. Mindy is still dating the "Cool Christian boyfriend" in "Santa Fe", but in "Pretty Man", she is single and desperate enough to bring a [[spoiler:male prostitute]] she picked up in a bar the previous night to a dinner party.
* PissTakeRap: Happens when Mindy reluctantly agrees to participate in a freestyle rap competition with her brother.
* PsychoExGirlfriend: Initially subverted with [[spoiler:Heather]], who initially tries to make amends with Mindy, and only becomes this way after Mindy treats her like one.
* PutOnABus: Shauna.
* RacistGrandma: Beverly.
* ReallyGetsAround: [[spoiler:Josh]].
* ScareDare: How the titular event "Danny Castellano Is My Gynecologist" comes to be. Mindy and Danny are both convinced that the other will back down from the painfully awkward situation first.
* SmugSnake: The male "midwives" who practice holistic medicine in the same building as Mindy's clinic.
* SpoiledSweet: Mindy generally means well, but sometimes fails to grasp the notion that you can't always solve a problem by throwing money at it.
--> '''Mindy''': "I can do anything, as long as it's just paying for stuff."
* StalkerWithACrush: Mindy comes off this way at an ex-boyfriend's wedding in the first episode.
* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Mindy has watched a ''lot'' of rom-coms, and therefore tends to look at her romantic relationships in that light.
* WholePlotReference: The events of "Pretty Man" are basically a DistaffCounterpart story to ''PrettyWoman'', at least in Mindy's mind.
* WomanScorned: Heather, the woman [[spoiler:Josh]] was already seeing when he started dating [[spoiler:Mindy]]. The timing of her discovery - [[spoiler:right in the middle of Mindy's Christmas party]] - couldn't possibly be any worse.
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:Josh]] on [[spoiler:Mindy]]. She discovers it on Christmas and worse, she's the other woman.
** [[FromBadToWorse It gets worse]]. We find out in "Santa Fe" that [[spoiler:he had TWO other women on the side.]]
** Also, Dr. Castellano's wife cheated on him which led to the divorce.
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