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'''''American Restoration''''' is a show which ran on [[The History Channel]] from October 25, 2010 to April 1, 2016.
Viewers were first introduced to the star of the show, Rick Dale, by his appearances on ''[[Pawn Stars]]'', where he is the preferred restoration specialist of the other Rick. Finding that Rick Dale was also an interesting fount of information, History decided to give him his own show to highlight the interesting work he does and his wacky cast of employees. Basically, think of a cross between ''Pawn Stars'' and ''[[
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* [[Anticlimax]]: One episode spent quite a bit of time building up to Rick telling Brettly that he (Rick) intended to marry his (Brettly's) mom. When the moment actually came, Brettly basically just shrugged and said "Yeah, you guys are good for each other" and that was that.
* [[The Bet]]: When Kyle and Kowboy find a very old Pepsi bottle at the bottom of a cooler they're restoring (they guess that the bottle must be about 40 years old), they make a bet about whether or not Kowboy will lose any parts from the cooler while they work on it. The loser has to [[Squick|drink the old Pepsi]].
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* [[Giftedly Bad]]: Tyler's attempt at hand-painting lettering.
* [[Hot Mom]]: Kelly is Brettly's mom, apparently.
* [[Jerk
* [[Lazy Bum]]: Ron, the shop's delivery driver. He often takes advantage of his time on the road to indulge in other things that have nothing to do with work, like enjoying extra-long lunches or getting himself another tattoo. Tyler commented after joining Ron for one expedition that he now understood why it took Ron three hours to get back from the hardware store.
** Ron does seem to have tried to turn it around and work a lot harder... at least when the cameras are on him. [[Epileptic Trees|Maybe he realized Rick could watch the show when a camera crew goes with him.]]
* [[Missing Mom]]: It's unclear if Tyler's mom (Rick's ex) is alive or not. Most likely she simply has no interest in appearing on the show (much like the [[Pawn Stars|other Rick's]] own exes).
* [[Morality Pet]]: Kowboy's pet cat The Boy. A subplot in one episode involves him having to take him to the vet.
* [[Spin
** Though of note is that Rick Harrison doesn't seem to consider it an ''actual'' spinoff, as it was originally part of their agreement with the [[History Channel]] that there would be no spinoffs of ''Pawn Stars''.
* [[This Is Gonna Suck]]: Brettly's fixer-upper truck.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Rick's son, Tyler. He often tries to impress his Dad by taking the initiative on various projects, only to screw things up somehow.
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