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A short lived comedy series on [[FOX]] airing from 2006 to 2007. The show |
A short lived comedy series on [[FOX]] airing from 2006 to 2007. The show focused on Sam Sullivan, a young professional hired straight out of school by an airline company. Initially the series was about Sam balancing his social life with his responsibilities, but the second season became a more standardized [[Work Com]], and most of the non-work cast was written out of the show. This change didn't save the show, and the second season was cut short. |
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* [[Acceptable Targets]]: An episode is built around the fact that fat people are often considered this. |
* [[Acceptable Targets]]: An episode is built around the fact that fat people are often considered this. |
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* [[Catch Phrase]]: Darcy's "I went to M.I.T." |
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Darcy's "I went to M.I.T." |
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* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Sully. |
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Sully. |
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* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: {{spoiler|NOT Meryl.}} |
* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: {{spoiler|NOT Meryl.}} |
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* [[Fat Suit]]: Sam dons one in order to experience what his overweight passengers experience on his planes. |
* [[Fat Suit]]: Sam dons one in order to experience what his overweight passengers experience on his planes. |
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* [[Fetish Fuel]]: Darcy, on her date with Derek Tricoli. |
* [[Fetish Fuel]]: Darcy, on her date with Derek Tricoli. |
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* [[Genre Shift]]: Mild example, but between the first and second seasons, the premise of the show was Sam balancing a healthy social life and his job. The second season effectively shifted to a full-fledged [[Work Com]], complete with most of the cast that wasn't affiliated with his job being written out of the show. |
* [[Genre Shift]]: Mild example, but between the first and second seasons, the premise of the show was Sam balancing a healthy social life and his job. The second season effectively shifted to a full-fledged [[Work Com]], complete with most of the cast that wasn't affiliated with his job being written out of the show. |
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* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: Snobby Derek Tricoli works for Goldman Sachs. Two years later, the firm's reputation would suffer due to the 2008 financial crisis. |
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: Snobby Derek Tricoli works for Goldman Sachs. Two years later, the firm's reputation would suffer due to the 2008 financial crisis. |
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* [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]]: Darcy, though Sam isn't incompetent by any means. |
* [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]]: Darcy, though Sam isn't incompetent by any means. |
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* [[Jerkass]]: Derek Tricoli. |
* [[Jerkass]]: Derek Tricoli. |
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* [[Long-Distance Relationship]]: Piper, which is part of the reason for her UST with Sam. |
* [[Long-Distance Relationship]]: Piper, which is part of the reason for her UST with Sam. |
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* [[Product Placement]]: The central theme of one episode. |
* [[Product Placement]]: The central theme of one episode. |
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* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: Thanks to Chuck Cunningham Syndrome, ''very'' unresolved. |
* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: Thanks to Chuck Cunningham Syndrome, ''very'' unresolved. |
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Latest revision as of 19:05, 19 September 2017
A short lived comedy series on FOX airing from 2006 to 2007. The show focused on Sam Sullivan, a young professional hired straight out of school by an airline company. Initially the series was about Sam balancing his social life with his responsibilities, but the second season became a more standardized Work Com, and most of the non-work cast was written out of the show. This change didn't save the show, and the second season was cut short.
Tropes used in The Loop include:
- Acceptable Targets: An episode is built around the fact that fat people are often considered this.
- Catch Phrase: Darcy's "I went to M.I.T."
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Lizzie and Piper in between the first and second seasons. Particularly jarring because Sam's crush on Piper is the major subplot of the first season.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Sully.
- Dude Looks Like a Lady: NOT Meryl.
- Fat Suit: Sam dons one in order to experience what his overweight passengers experience on his planes.
- Fetish Fuel: Darcy, on her date with Derek Tricoli.
- Genre Shift: Mild example, but between the first and second seasons, the premise of the show was Sam balancing a healthy social life and his job. The second season effectively shifted to a full-fledged Work Com, complete with most of the cast that wasn't affiliated with his job being written out of the show.
- Hilarious in Hindsight: Snobby Derek Tricoli works for Goldman Sachs. Two years later, the firm's reputation would suffer due to the 2008 financial crisis.
- Hypercompetent Sidekick: Darcy, though Sam isn't incompetent by any means.
- Jerkass: Derek Tricoli.
- Long-Distance Relationship: Piper, which is part of the reason for her UST with Sam.
- Product Placement: The central theme of one episode.
- Unresolved Sexual Tension: Thanks to Chuck Cunningham Syndrome, very unresolved.