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Single-Issue Landlord
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The often comical combination of Cranky Landlord, Nosy Neighbor and Single-Issue Wonk, this is a landlord who is obsessed about one extremely specific clause in the rental contract of his tenant. With this obsession in mind, he will proceed to hound said tenant relentlessly thinking that one day, he will at long last prove that the tenant is breaking the rules and therefore evict him. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Of course, most of the time the tenants are breaking the rule—the landlord is only just dumb enough that he can't actually prove it. The viewers, by contrast, are well aware of this and laugh at what a buffoon the landlord is, as the intended result of this device is Hilarity Ensues. Because of the obvious silliness inherent in this trope it never really caught on—it remains with us in pop culture today largely as parody. Note that despite the name, this trope is more about the situation than the actual landlord—and that there could be consequences for the exposed Masquerade besides just losing a place to live. |
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Mr. Shickadance, Ace Ventura's landlord, does not allow animals in his apartment complex. Ace, of course, has a whole lot of animals at his place, though he hides them quite cleverly. | |
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101 Dalmatians: The Series: Cruella De Vil doesn't care about how she does it as long as she evicts the Dearlys from the farm but one of her attempts included proving they had more animals than the number allowed by their contract. (101 plus the farm animals) | |
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On one Looney Tunes short, Tweety and Sylvester are being hidden by their respective owners in a hotel that doesn't allow pets. At the end, the manager asks all tenants to get rid of any animals in the premises... and is trampled by a whole zoo's worth. | |
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In Spaced, the two main characters are pretending to be in a relationship in order to rent a flat for a couple, although late in the series it is revealed that "professional couple only" never was a requirement to rent the flat but a mistake from someone working at the newspaper the ad was published in. She's mostly upset about them lying to her about it for so long. | |
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The announcer from Monday Night Combat will sometimes plug a show called "Meat the Meatsacks," a family of humans who pretend to be cyborgs so they can stay in their apartment. | |
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| Single-Issue Landlord / int_5307b01d | type |
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Parodied in a strip of Penny Arcade with "That's So Locust", a show about a Gears of War alien that must pretend to be a human woman for the purposes of this trope. | |
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In El Chavo del ocho, Mr. Barriga's single issue is usually to get Don Ramón to pay him fourteen months of rent he owes. | |
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As usual, The Onion goes right over the top with the idea: Calgary Flames Trying To Keep Fact That They're A Hockey Team From Landlord | |
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| The Onion (Website) | hasFeature |
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In Bosom Buddies, the main characters had to pretend to be women. | |
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On The Roman Holidays, Mr. Evictus was determined to prove that Gus Holiday had a lion in his family's apartment. | |
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Not a landlord, but in the Curious George movie, the Man in the Yellow Hat has to hide George from his building's doorman. | |
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In Agent Carter Peggy's landlord is obsessed with the "virtue" of her tenants, evicts a tenant at breakfast in front of everyone for having a male visitor in her room, and is apparently rather good at spotting it given the man climbed in through the second floor window. Espionage, destruction of room property, smuggling of stolen food, and murder seem to be harder for her to spot. | |
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| Single-Issue Landlord / int_d8520b74 | type |
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Parodied in Sam & Max: Freelance Police Season 1, where the heroes are forced to audition for "Midtown Cowboys", a show where the titular cowboys must hide their herd (of one cow) from a landlord who constantly suspects that they're hiding a cow in their apartment. Featherly's Tag Line is the page quote. | |
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| Single-Issue Landlord / int_dc88f279 | type |
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Green Card: Guy and girl have to pretend to be in a relationship so she can get her dream-condo (which is couples-only), and in return he gets the titular Green Card. Somebody suspects that they're faking it, and Hilarity Ensues as they have to keep the tangled web of lies from collapsing. Needless to say, they wind up actually falling in love. | |
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