Line #32 Series/TheNeighbors2015


1	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/81qmn2smw1l_sl1500.jpg]] ''The Neighbors'' is a series about an apartment building filled with various eccentric tenants. Sounds like standard [[SitCom sitcom]] fare... until you realize that it's written by, directed by, and starring Creator/TommyWiseau, the same man behind the [[SoBadItsGood infamously bad]] film ''Film/TheRoom2003''. Many of its hallmarks can be seen in the series, including awkward dialogue, stilted acting, and scenes that go absolutely nowhere. Add to that terrible sound quality, even ''lower'' production standards, and multiple instances of what seem to be either improvised lines or outtakes that were left in, it ends up being one of the more surreal experiences this side of Creator/TimAndEric--and it's hard to tell how much of that is intentional.[[note]]Ironically, the series feels like something fellow bad auteur Creator/NeilBreen would come up with.[[/note]]
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3	The pilot was shown along with ''The Room'' in late 2014, and the series premiered on Creator/{{Hulu}} in March of 2015. Not to be confused with [[Series/TheNeighbors the 2012 sci-fi series]], the Australian soap opera ''Series/{{Neighbours}}'', several films with that title from [[Film/Neighbors1920 1920]], [[Film/Neighbors1981 1981]], or [[Film/Neighbors2014 2014]], or the short-lived 70s game show hosted by Creator/RegisPhilbin.
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5	!!This series provides examples of:
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7	* BerserkButton: Bebe completely loses it when she hears about or, worse, sees her sister "Crazy Susie".
8	* BirthdayEpisode: Episode three revolves around a SurpriseParty for Bebe's birthday.
9	* BorrowedCatchPhrase: "What a day; That's what Charlie would say," said by Ricky Rick in episode four. It's hard to tell if it was intended to be a borrowed catch phrase or if Wiseau simply forgot which character he was and said it before covering himself.
10	** Bebe also uses this catch phrase in one episode.
11	* CatchPhrase: "What a day!"
12	* CensorBox: Private parts of the streaker, who disturbs Princess Penelope in episode two, are carefully covered with a black box.
13	* CoversAlwaysLie: The late Creator/RobertAxelrod appears on the front cover, listed as "Prince George" in the credits, despite not appearing in any episodes.
14	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "I heard you got a gun for free and you didn't pay anything?"
15	* DepravedBisexual: An African-American guy accuses his Asian-American neighbor of having sex "with men and women... and maybe even a chicken!"
16	* DumbJock: Tim
17	* EmbarrassingNickname: Bebe used to call her sister "Sloppy Susie" when they were kids.
18	* EstablishingShot: The exact same shot--that of the outside of the apartment building while a synth riff plays--is used for every single scene transition.
19	* FoodFight: Something like this happens during Bebe's birthday party.
20	* HeteronormativeCrusader: Cici is quite aggressive towards Patricia because of her homosexuality.
21	* LimitedWardrobe: Everyone seems to have only one attire (and in Philadelphia's case, it's just bikini).
22	* LipstickLesbian: Patricia
23	* LoveTriangle: Don loves both Monica (his pregnant wife) and Patrick (his neighbor).
24	* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Laundry room becomes notorious as a "sex place", and most scenes there look like the beginning of a porn movie. At one point, Ricky Rick and Ed discuss a possibility to have a $5 entry fee and install a camera.
25	* ManChild: Ricky Rick
26	* MayIBorrowACupOfSugar: Various characters use this as an excuse to visit a neighbor, usually asking for salt and pepper.
27	* MindScrew: The transition shot, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3phUy1Pj9EI#t=3m27s as seen on the DVD]]. It has giant Ricky Rick, exploding bird and a laughing Tyrannosaurus Rex (voiced by Tommy Wiseau) that eats the chicken.
28	* MsFanservice: Some of the female cast members wear bikinis, showing off their bodies and cleavage.
29	* MushroomSamba: Troy is so high in the second episode that he thinks Cici's chicken is a tiger.
30	-->'''Troy:''' Let me cook your tiger! Please I've always wanted a tiger steak!
31	* NoIndoorVoice: Troy for starters. Cici takes it up to eleven.
32	* NurseryRhyme: For some reason, the tenants sing ''Frère Jacques'' (a French nursery rhyme) to Charlie when he's leaving for vacation.
33	* ObviousStuntDouble: When Charlie and Ricky Rick--both Wiseau's characters--are finally seen in the same frame, no one tries to hide that the latter is played by a stand-in.
34	* PinkMeansFeminine: Philadelphia is ''obsessed'' with the color pink. (Her television is even hastily painted pink)
35	* PublicDomainSoundtrack: ''The 1812 Overture'', used as the opening theme.
36	* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Troy when he pays rent by cash to Charlie and Bebe: "100! 200! 300!"
37	* PutOnABus: Charlie goes to Hawaii in the middle of the series - probably so that Wiseau could play more of Ricky Rick.
38	* ShirtlessScene: Joe, the pizza delivery guy from episode one, takes off his shirt because it's too hot in the building. [[MrFanservice Ed]] also has a couple of shirtless scenes (probably to show off Tommy Wiseau underwear).
39	* ShoutOut: Obviously, to ''The Room''.
40	** Troy watches it on TV in the first episode.
41	** One of Bebe's birthday gifts is a plush pug that looks like the "doggy" from the flowershop.
42	** Ricky Rick says "What a story, ha" to Ed in the fourth episode.
43	* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''The Room''. People greet each other with the infamous "Oh hai!", an obsession with sports (football and basketball), a case of DawsonCasting (Denny and Ricky Rick), subplots involving drugs and significant characters suddenly disappearing (Peter and Charlie).
44	* TheShowOfTheBooks: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Show is stated to be "based on the novel by Tommy Wiseau", but as with ''The Room'', this novel was never released.
45	* TheStoner: Troy, the resident of apartment 420.
46	* ThreeWaySex: Between Troy, Philadelphia and Patricia in the second episode.
47	-->'''Philadelphia:''' I have an idea! Let's have a ménage-à-trois!
48	-->'''Troy:''' [[BigYes YEAH!]]
49	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Tim likes ice cream.

Context Series / TheNeighbors2015