Most Wonderful Sound: When the workers power up their computers on the roof. Thirty or so computers all playing the Windows XP startup sound at once.
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Adaptation Displacement: The movie is not well known, and NBC's marketing for the show ignores its existence. After the show cancellation. however, the film enjoyed some air time on the Showtime channel. As of 2020, you can see both film and series on Tubi.
Alternative Character Interpretation: Todd is a smarmy, self-centered dick who talks and talks about how tolerant and open-minded he is, but makes no real effort to be so.
Crosses the Line Twice: In the "Training Day" Opening, everyone is on the phone recalling a ghost costume that accidentally has a pointed top, making it look like KKK robes, Gupta is on with an "Exalted Wizard" and he will only buy them if they are fire retardant, after Rajiv checks the tag, Todd tells Gupta to make the sale.
Ensemble Dark Horse: Rajiv and Madhuri are pretty well-liked, even by some (but by no means all) people who hate the actual show. Despite being a money-grubbing stuffed shirt, Rajiv at times actually manages to seem more sympathetic than our hero Todd, though this may say more about Todd. And Madhuri is just so gosh darn nice while showing signs of some Hidden Depths.
Informed Wrongness: Rajiv tries to fool Todd to pretend he is the manager, he gets caught, but Todd is the bad guy here? Why couldn't Rajiv just ask Todd nicely for help? But even then, he shouldn't act like he is entitled to his support.
Moe: Madhuri is shy, sweet, and adorable, and even has Puppy-Dog Eyes.
Moment of Awesome: After Charlie and Gupta, in typical bumbling fashion, lose the horse Rajiv is supposed to ride into his wedding, what do they do? They go and get an elephant.
The Scrappy: Gupta. The show is just so determined to make him the "funny" character, but for many he just ends up as an Ethnic Scrappy. Also, to a lesser degree, Todd for being so clueless about India. Watch as Todd does something culturally insensitive. Oh, he's well-intentioned, but anyone with half a brain should be able to predict the culture-clash hijinks that will result. And this is supposed to be the guy we're relating to!
Trailer Joke Decay: If you watched NBC at all during the summer of '10, you've pretty much already seen the whole pilot or at least any mildly funny moment in it beaten to death repeatedly.
