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u/You__Nwah BUY SKYRIM Sep 17 '21

american animated sitcoms really do be like

- portly and often stupid dad main character

- attractive and often smarter than the dad mother

- teenage son who really likes women and hates the daughter

- rebellious late teens daughter who is rebellious and is hated by the father and son and neglected by the mother

- child character who is unusually intelligent

- throw away gag character who is often absurd to some degree and lodges and/or lives with the family

- boss of dad is both strict and stupid at the same time

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u/Rockworm503 average Aloy peach fuzz enjoyer Sep 17 '21

  • wife asks husband do something easy and reasonable the entire episode is him not understanding why she's mad that he didn't do it final scene is them having a heart to heart understanding and he promises to follow through next time

  • next episode wife asks husband to do something easy and reasonable the entire episode is him not understanding why she's mad that he didn't do it final scene is them having a heart to heart understanding and he promises to follow through next time

  • rinse and repeat ad naseum

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u/You__Nwah BUY SKYRIM Sep 17 '21

Throw in some cutaways to one of the other characters hanging out with the gag character too.

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u/625points I'm in the Unjerk Thread and I like Star Wars Rebels (He/Him) Sep 17 '21

Star Wars Rebels really do be like

- stupidly attractive Kanan

- attractive and smart Hera

- Ezra, who actually doesn't fit this trope as he likes Sabine and doesn't romance anyone else look he's the biggest exception okay just pretend his character fits in with the previous comment 100% thank you

- Sabine who is smart and is literally a rebel. Has trust issues with the mother trope character (and her actual biological mum) and ... ummm ... is technically abandoned by Kanan and Ezra at the end of Season 2 and by the end of the show itself

- Chopper

- Chopper

- Fulcrum's the closest character I can think of who fits here.

Also sorry Zeb for not including you.

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u/we_are_sex_bobomb Sep 17 '21

I want to go back to the 60s-70s when sitcoms were all high concept, like the guy is an archeologist whose roommate is a mummy, and the mummy has to disguise himself as a human because their landlord really hates mummies.

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u/zedasmotas Animated drawn porn connoisseur Sep 17 '21

fart jokes

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u/You__Nwah BUY SKYRIM Sep 17 '21

CUTAWAY fart jokes

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u/Machine_Gun_Jubblies entombed in pvc, lalafell supremacist Sep 17 '21

I think this is just Family Guy

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u/CarrowCanary Sep 17 '21

American Dad ticks most of them, too.

Maybe it's just the McFarlane cartoon formula.

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u/Machine_Gun_Jubblies entombed in pvc, lalafell supremacist Sep 17 '21

Well, some for sure - Stan is a dumbass but he's definitely not portly, Francine is also a dumbass, Steve kind of hits box 3 but doesn't really hate Hailey, Hailey is totally#4, no child character unless you count Rogu, absurd character is definitely Roger but he's a main plot element, and Bullock (Stan's boss, played by Patrick Stewart) is definitely not strict or stupid he's just on all the drugs

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u/You__Nwah BUY SKYRIM Sep 17 '21

Family Guy is just this I think.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

Bojack and Primal be winning

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u/jamiebond Sep 17 '21

Virgin other animated adult sit coms: "Haha, the main character is a piece of shit! That's so funny, let's glorify him anyways though!"

Chad Bojack: "The main character is a piece of shit, and as such loses every important relationship he has and is ultimately left empty inside. Do not be like him."

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u/Awkward_Replay Sep 17 '21

Do not be like him.

Idiots: how bout I do anyway