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Schmigadoon!

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Schmigadoon!	comment	Schmigadoon! is a musical-comedy series developed by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio for Apple TV+. Barry Sonnenfeld directed the first season and executive produces. Alice Mathias and Robert Luketic directed the second season.The show premiered in July 2021. Doctors Josh Skinner (Keegan-Michael Key) and Melissa Gimble (Cecily Strong)'s four-year-long relationship is faltering. While on a hike, they stumble upon the mysterious town of Schmigadoon, which appears to be in a perpetual Golden Age musical productionnote (think Rodgers and Hammerstein or Lerner and Loewe). While there, they meet a host of colorful theatrical archetypes — the friendly mayor Aloysius Menlove (Alan Cumming), the hapless reverend Howard Layton (Fred Armisen) and his imperious wife Mildred (Kristin Chenoweth), local "bad boy" Danny Bailey (Aaron Tveit), perky Farmer's Daughter Betsy (Dove Cameron), gentle schoolmarm Emma Tate (Ariana DeBose), and intelligent but old-fashioned Doc Lopez (Jaime Camil). However, they're soon informed by a Leprechaun (Martin Short) that they cannot leave Schmigadoon until they find true love...Season 2 premiered in April 2023. Josh and Melissa, seeking another type of fulfillment, now find themselves in the world of Schmicago, the time of 60s and 70s-era musicals. The population includes a Lemony Narrator (Tituss Burgess), the perverted business owner Octavius Kratt (Patrick Page), and most of the first season's principals in roles that reflect the new setting. After Josh and Mel stumble into a murder mystery, a familiar Leprechaun requires them to achieve a happy ending in order to escape Schmicago.In January 2024 it was announced that Schmigadoon was not renewed for a third season, though all the episodes and songs were written.
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Schmigadoon! / int_14beeefd	type	Darker and Edgier
Schmigadoon! / int_14beeefd	comment	Season 2's Darker and Edgier setting, Schmicago, shows that despite sex, violence, and general iniquity being commonplace, attitudes haven't progressed all that much. "Do We Shock You?" tries to push the envelope with scantily-clad ladies singing about crossdressing, light BDSM, tattoos, and the fact that one of the dancers has had a female orgasm. Josh and Melissa are unimpressed.
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Schmigadoon! / int_1777688d	type	Genre Savvy
Schmigadoon! / int_1777688d	comment	Lampshaded by musical theater fan Melissa, who notes that Countess Gabriele Van Blerkom (the Baroness-esque Disposable FiancÃ© character) gets a showstopping number to herself for some reason.
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Schmigadoon! / int_191a3673	type	Graceful Loser
Schmigadoon! / int_191a3673	comment	Graceful Loser: Subverted and lampshaded. Based on her knowledge of musicals, Melissa assumes that Doctor Lopez's fiancÃ©, the Countess Von Blerkom, will gracefully step aside once she realizes that the Doc is in love with someone else. She is wrong and winds up stranded in the middle of nowhere, having been forced out of the car at gunpoint by a determined Countess.
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Schmigadoon! / int_1b65dfad	type	The Cameo
Schmigadoon! / int_1b65dfad	comment	The Cameo: Martin Short appears in the premiere as the magical leprechaun who finally convinces Josh and Melissa they're in a musical world. Peppermint appears briefly in the opening number as a fortune teller.
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Schmigadoon! / int_1c26120d	type	New Season, New Name
Schmigadoon! / int_1c26120d	comment	New Season, New Name: The second season intro gives the full title Schmigadoon!: Schmicago, although Apple TV+ files all of the episodes under the shorter name.
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Schmigadoon! / int_1e159001	type	Diagonal Billing
Schmigadoon! / int_1e159001	comment	Diagonal Billing: Keegan Michael-Key and Cecily Strong receive this treatment in the second season's end credits reel.
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Schmigadoon! / int_1e7c47ab	type	Stealth Pun
Schmigadoon! / int_1e7c47ab	comment	Stealth Pun: Melissa finds Dooley Blight, season 2's Sweeney Todd parallel, by following a clue to Quick Street. "Quick" is a synonym of "Fleet".
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Schmigadoon! / int_234fa9ba	type	Mayâ€“December Romance
Schmigadoon! / int_234fa9ba	comment	Mayâ€“December Romance: The elderly Octavius Kratt is having a dalliance with the young performer Jenny Banks.
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Schmigadoon! / int_2439b588	type	As the Good Book Says...
Schmigadoon! / int_2439b588	comment	As the Good Book Says...: Howard, being the town reverend, uses a Bible quote to give Josh advice about love.
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Schmigadoon! / int_25c7875f	type	Practically Different Generations
Schmigadoon! / int_25c7875f	comment	Practically Different Generations: Emma, who is in her late twenties, is schoolteacher to her elementary school-aged brother. Subverted — this is a cover story as he is her illegitimate son.
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Schmigadoon! / int_2bdb6280	type	The Big Rotten Apple
Schmigadoon! / int_2bdb6280	comment	The Big Rotten Apple: Emma's opinion of New York, where Josh and Melissa are from.
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Schmigadoon! / int_2dc0d2bf	type	Hidden Depths
Schmigadoon! / int_2dc0d2bf	comment	Hidden Depths: As it turns out, many of the townspeople are more than their two-dimensional theater roles: for example, Harvey the innkeeper would like to be an actor. Letting these secrets and facts air out leads to the resolution to be better in the more modern finale number "This is How We Change".
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Schmigadoon! / int_2efc138f	type	Welcoming Song
Schmigadoon! / int_2efc138f	comment	Welcoming Song: The eponymous song, "Schmigadoon!", where the townspeople welcome Josh and Melissa to the town and introduce some of the noteworthy folks. "Welcome To Schmicago", the opening number of season 2.
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Schmigadoon! / int_32ec6393	type	Shotgun Wedding
Schmigadoon! / int_32ec6393	comment	Shotgun Wedding: Farmer McDonough catches Josh on a picnic with his daughter Betsy and forces him to propose at gunpoint.
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Schmigadoon! / int_33ba37ca	type	Out with a Bang
Schmigadoon! / int_33ba37ca	comment	Out with a Bang: Melissa defiantly informs Doc Lopez that contrary to his way of thinking, his parents can and should have sex, and she'll help them expand their sex position knowledge. The scene then cuts to Old Doc Lopez's funeral as the Reverend gently announces to the congregation that the old man's heart gave out while performing the Egyptian hucklebuck.
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Schmigadoon! / int_34579385	type	Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work
Schmigadoon! / int_34579385	comment	Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work: Josh and Melissa debate over sending Dooley after Kratt, realizing it will end up in violence. Subverted when Dooley fails two separate times. Double Subverted when Kratt pulls a gun and Miss Codwell gleefully crushes him with a chandelier.
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Schmigadoon! / int_392372f9	type	Actor Allusion
Schmigadoon! / int_392372f9	comment	Actor Allusion: In the sixth episode, Emma calls New York "the greatest city in the world" like Hamilton does. Her actress, Ariana DeBose, was a member of the original ensemble. Cecily Strong gets to do her popular drunk act seen with several of her characters on Saturday Night Live. A red-and-gold "xylophone" vest akin to Enjolras's is seen in the background of some shots of Topher (Aaron Tveit), calling to mind the film Tveit played him in. In the second season premiere, Josh complains that there are too many people singing at the same time. Keegan-Michael Key made the same complaint parodying Javert and "One Day More" on his own sketch show. Alan Cumming and Kristen Chenoweth portraying a couple who Would Hurt a Child in an Annie parody could remind some viewers of The Wonderful World of Disney's Annie (1999), in which Cumming and Chenoweth portrayed Miss Hannigan's co-conspirators, Rooster and Lily.
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Schmigadoon! / int_3cf10fcf	type	Click Hello
Schmigadoon! / int_3cf10fcf	comment	Click Hello: The second episode ends with Farmer McDonough crashing his daughter Betsy's picnic with Josh and pulling his gun at him after catching them kissing:
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Schmigadoon! / int_3ffce9c2	type	Family Relationship Switcheroo
Schmigadoon! / int_3ffce9c2	comment	Family Relationship Switcheroo: Carson is Emma's illegitimate son, not her much younger brother. Nobody in the town knows, not even Carson himself.
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Schmigadoon! / int_40cbee83	type	Wretched Hive
Schmigadoon! / int_40cbee83	comment	Wretched Hive: Schmicago is essentially a few different flavors of this held together by a monopolistic energy mogul making it something of a Company Town. The most liveable place appears to be a hippie commune that looks like a junkyard.
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Schmigadoon! / int_42215dce	type	Ambiguous Ending
Schmigadoon! / int_42215dce	comment	Ambiguous Ending: While we do see Josh and Melissa crossing the bridge in the first season finale, we don't exactly find out if they found true love or if they even made it back to the woods. The Season 2 trailer and premiere both reveal that they did.
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Schmigadoon! / int_42262e0b	type	Firefighter Arsonist
Schmigadoon! / int_42262e0b	comment	Firefighter Arsonist: Played for Laughs in "How We Change," the last episode of the first season. During a scene where the townsfolk are confessing secrets and revealing Hidden Depths (and being congratulated by the protagonists), the town firefighter confesses to being an arsonist.
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Schmigadoon! / int_438ed383	type	The Name Is Bond, James Bond
Schmigadoon! / int_438ed383	comment	The Name Is Bond, James Bond: Octavius Kratt introduces himself with "Kratt, Octavius Kratt". Since he's tall, intimidating, and has a deep voice, Josh and Melissa are sufficiently cowed.
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Schmigadoon! / int_43c4002a	type	Call-and-Response Song
Schmigadoon! / int_43c4002a	comment	"Corn Puddin'", a Call-and-Response Song between the town men and women about their love for corn pudding.
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Schmigadoon! / int_46d7e20a	type	Sustained Misunderstanding
Schmigadoon! / int_46d7e20a	comment	Sustained Misunderstanding: It turns out Melissa has somehow believed the term "dog eat dog world" is actually "doggy-dog world." Her logic is "dogs don't each other, it makes no sense!" Josh tries to argue how literally no one else on Earth uses that phrase but eventually gives up, even admitting Melissa's version makes more sense, but she still uses it.
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Schmigadoon! / int_479d4e5a	type	Would Hurt a Child
Schmigadoon! / int_479d4e5a	comment	Alan Cumming and Kristen Chenoweth portraying a couple who Would Hurt a Child in an Annie parody could remind some viewers of The Wonderful World of Disney's Annie (1999), in which Cumming and Chenoweth portrayed Miss Hannigan's co-conspirators, Rooster and Lily.
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Schmigadoon! / int_47fea76b	type	Butt-Monkey
Schmigadoon! / int_47fea76b	comment	Butt-Monkey: Pete the Milkman is the perennial offscreen victim of projectiles, with characters yelling "Sorry, Pete!" when they see that they've hit/shot him.
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Schmigadoon! / int_486b2b4c	type	Girls Behind Bars
Schmigadoon! / int_486b2b4c	comment	Girls Behind Bars: The song number "Bustin' Out" features three women singing about leaving a bad boyfriend with sexy prison imagery and choreography: black and white striped minidresses, handcuffs, and chains.
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Schmigadoon! / int_4943f19	type	Everything Except Most Things
Schmigadoon! / int_4943f19	comment	Everything Except Most Things: When Josh is in a panic over Farmer McDonough trying to kill him after breaking off his engagement to Betsy (which the farmer had forced at gunpoint in the first place), Melissa tries to reassure him telling him that "nobody gets killed in a musical"... only to immediately defeat her own point by citing four well-known musicals in which someone does get killed. An even more alarmed Josh replies, "that sounds like all the musicals!"
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Schmigadoon! / int_4c6e3b05	type	Uncanny Valley Makeup
Schmigadoon! / int_4c6e3b05	comment	Uncanny Valley Makeup: Most of the chorus has unnaturally white base and very bright lip color and eye shadow to make them cute to the point of being offputting. Most of the leads and romantic interests are spared this, save for Mildred and Betsy who are borderline cases.
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Schmigadoon! / int_4c961994	type	Acquired Situational Narcissism
Schmigadoon! / int_4c961994	comment	Acquired Situational Narcissism: Josh takes Topher's place as leader to a band of hippies while Melissa takes Jenny's spot performing at the Kratt Klub. The attention distracts them from their plans to escape Schmicago.
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Schmigadoon! / int_52a7e035	type	DoppelgÃ¤nger Gets Same Sentiment
Schmigadoon! / int_52a7e035	comment	DoppelgÃ¤nger Gets Same Sentiment: In season 2, Josh and Melissa can't help but react with familiarity to the Schmicagoan characters because they so strongly resemble the Schmigadoonians (out-of-universe, are played by the same actors) they befriended in season 1. On seeing angry butcher Dooley Blight: Inverted when Melissa has to point out Jenny looks like Betsy, whom Josh was forcibly engaged to in Schmigadoon. Lampshaded with Miss Codwell:
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Schmigadoon! / int_56725578	type	Driving a Desk
Schmigadoon! / int_56725578	comment	Driving a Desk: Countess Von Blerkom drives an obviously stationary vehicle over an obviously projected background. She even takes a break from driving during her musical number!
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Schmigadoon! / int_58c3c1da	type	Boredom Montage
Schmigadoon! / int_58c3c1da	comment	Boredom Montage: After the second season premiere returns Josh and Melissa to their own world, they suffer two years of monotony with their respective jobs and Mel's failed pregnancy tests, until the couple begins wondering if they can willingly visit Schmigadoon again.
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Schmigadoon! / int_5be919ae	type	Break-Up/Make-Up Scenario
Schmigadoon! / int_5be919ae	comment	Break-Up/Make-Up Scenario: Josh and Melissa break up in the second episode then go on to have parallel romantic journeys: they first try to move on with people based on attraction (Betsy and Danny respectively), then form deeper, more intellectual and emotional connections with Emma and Jorge. But at the last minute, they realize what they really want to do is work on their relationship, and try to cross the bridge together.
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Schmigadoon! / int_5cfaad8a	type	Audience Murmurs
Schmigadoon! / int_5cfaad8a	comment	Audience Murmurs: The ensemble in "Welcome to Schmicago" uses "peas and carrots, peas and carrots..." to simulate the sound of a whispering crowd. Josh and Melissa complain they can't understand them.
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Schmigadoon! / int_5e23d518	type	Dunce Cap
Schmigadoon! / int_5e23d518	comment	Dunce Cap: Emma, the schoolteacher, puts a red dunce cap on Josh during "With All of Your Heart" (a number about how he shouldn't give up so easily).
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Schmigadoon! / int_617f0563	type	Heelâ€“Face Turn
Schmigadoon! / int_617f0563	comment	Heelâ€“Face Turn: The entire town of Schmicago, including The Dragon Seargent Rivera, put aside thier issues and band together to rescue Josh and Melissa from Kratt.
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Schmigadoon! / int_65c0f3fa	type	Dance of Romance
Schmigadoon! / int_65c0f3fa	comment	Dance of Romance: "Suddenly", a love number where Emma dances with Josh and Doc Lopez dances with Melissa. The number incorporates elements of the LÃ¤ndler in its choreography as a visual nod to a romantic dance in The Sound of Music.
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Schmigadoon! / int_680f950	type	Gilligan Cut
Schmigadoon! / int_680f950	comment	Gilligan Cut: At the beginning, the managers of the retreat that Melissa and Josh are attending warn them not to wander too far and reassure them that the weather will clear up soon. Cut to Josh and Melissa being lost for hours as rain pours around them. Melissa announces her intention of encouraging Doc Lopez's parents to have sex, ending with "And finally, in spite of you, they are going to truly live!" Cut to Doc Lopez Sr. in a casket, after his heart gives out during sex.
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Schmigadoon! / int_69323c44	type	Old People are Nonsexual
Schmigadoon! / int_69323c44	comment	Old People are Nonsexual: Doc Lopez tells his elderly parents that they are "too old for the act of love" when they try to borrow lube. Averted with Codwell and Dooley, however, as they seem to have a very strong if awkward and creepy attraction once Josh and Melissa get them together.
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Schmigadoon! / int_6b7e3069	type	Birth-Death Juxtaposition
Schmigadoon! / int_6b7e3069	comment	Birth-Death Juxtaposition: Shortly after Melissa delivers a baby, she encourages Doc Lopez's father to have wilder sex with his wife. Smash Cut to the old man's funeral.
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Schmigadoon! / int_6ccb6be	type	My Car Hates Me
Schmigadoon! / int_6ccb6be	comment	My Car Hates Me: Josh and Melissa's car fails outside Schmicago. When they try to flee a crime scene, it won't start, and they find a leprechaun beseeching them to stay in Schmicago once more.
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Schmigadoon! / int_6d3dbe0e	type	Midword Rhyme
Schmigadoon! / int_6d3dbe0e	comment	Midword Rhyme: The number "The Worst Brats In Town":
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Schmigadoon! / int_6d9bc945	type	Babies Ever After
Schmigadoon! / int_6d9bc945	comment	Babies Ever After: "A Happy Beginning" briefly shows a pregnant Melissa and Josh excitedly watching an ultrasound reading of their imminent first baby.
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Schmigadoon! / int_716645fb	type	In Touch with His Feminine Side
Schmigadoon! / int_716645fb	comment	Riffing on the same joke, Aloysius's wife Florence, who sings a song about her "queer" husband — "queer" in the sense of strange, because he's not like the other men in town and is instead kind, gentle, and In Touch with His Feminine Side, even if he's not as sexually aggressive as she would like. Throughout the song Melissa's facial expressions show the differences in how she and Florence define "queer".
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Schmigadoon! / int_77b009ea	type	Phrase Catcher
Schmigadoon! / int_77b009ea	comment	Someone throwing a projectile will inevitably hit Pete, who will yell "Ow" offscreen, followed by "Sorry, Pete!"
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Schmigadoon! / int_7b6e47a5	type	Armor-Piercing Question
Schmigadoon! / int_7b6e47a5	comment	Armor-Piercing Question: In a quiet moment in the middle of "Lover's Spat" Melissa asks Josh if he believes they are in true love. His attempt at dodging the question convinces her that he doesn't.
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Schmigadoon! / int_7e74d66f	type	Politically Correct History
Schmigadoon! / int_7e74d66f	comment	Politically Correct History: Inverted and played with. Schmigadoon appears to be stuck in the late 19th century, with people of different colors who would not be allowed certain positions in real life, (not to mention the mayor being homosexual would have caused a huge scandal) but the magical nature of the town justifies elements of semi-modernity. Melissa chalks it up to Colorblind Casting.
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Schmigadoon! / int_7eb2bc15	type	Ambiguous Time Period
Schmigadoon! / int_7eb2bc15	comment	Ambiguous Time Period: Schmigadoon resembles early 1900's small town America similar to Carousel and The Music Man but features The Baroness sporting a 1940's car and outift. Schmicago is definitely more modern, but somehow hosts characters based on Sweeney Todd and Hair, which are set around a hundred and twenty years apart. Lampshaded when Josh suggests that they kill baby Hitler while they're in Schmicago.
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Schmigadoon! / int_808cbaeb	type	Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Schmigadoon! / int_808cbaeb	comment	Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: Melissa describes '60s and '70s as "darker, with more sex and violence and imperfect rhymes" compared to the Golden Age ones. Josh gets hung up on the "imperfect rhymes" part, commenting that it doesn't really matter.
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Schmigadoon! / int_8797239c	type	Bait-and-Switch
Schmigadoon! / int_8797239c	comment	Bait-and-Switch: Along with Melissa, the audience briefly meets Doc Lopez (the elderly small-town doctor) in the opening song. Out of options in the fourth episode, Melissa trudges along to his practice, resigned to how after all her education, she's just going to wind up as his nurse. The old man opens the door, then reveals that the Doc Lopez hiring a nurse is his handsome son Jorge.
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Schmigadoon! / int_88141a44	type	Heartwarming Orphan
Schmigadoon! / int_88141a44	comment	Heartwarming Orphan: All of Miss Codwell's orphans are adorable, making it strange to watch her complain about them everytime she's on screen, especially for things like being sick, and not eating. They even dance around without complaint when Miss Codwell and Dooley Blight talk about making them into meat to sell to in Mr. Blight's butcher's shop.
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Schmigadoon! / int_8cf6aa	type	Literal Metaphor
Schmigadoon! / int_8cf6aa	comment	Literal Metaphor: Before "Cross that Bridge", Josh spins a yarn to the unmarried women of the town about a family tradition involving crossing a bridge to know that he wants to end up with a woman (really, he's trying to find "true love" to get out of Schmigadoon). The women, who have chalked up being unmarried to "crossing that bridge when they get there", sing that in this case, they are literally crossing a bridge to get married.
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Schmigadoon! / int_9558599b	type	The New Rock & Roll
Schmigadoon! / int_9558599b	comment	The New Rock & Roll: In a parody of Roxie Hart's press conference scene. Bobby can apparently get accused murderers in The Roaring '20s themed downtown portion of Schmicago declared innocent by having them say their minds were corrupted by jazz. It appears to work well enough until Josh goes off-script.
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Schmigadoon! / int_95614e0e	type	One-Night-Stand Pregnancy
Schmigadoon! / int_95614e0e	comment	One-Night-Stand Pregnancy: Subverted. After Danny and Melissa's night together, Danny starts worrying about how to provide for their potential baby... all the while ignoring Melissa, who's trying to tell him that there won't be a baby because she has an IUD.
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Schmigadoon! / int_95df9d98	type	Contrasting Sequel Setting
Schmigadoon! / int_95df9d98	comment	Contrasting Sequel Setting: Season 1's town, Schmigadoon, is a midcentury Sugar Bowl with bright colors, friendly townsfolk, and pleasant surroundings. Season 2's town, Schmicago, is a dark Vice City populated with shady archetypes. Melissa, who had adored Schmigadoon, is less comfortable in Schmicago; Josh, who had disliked Schmigadoon, finds that Schmicago is more up his alley (at least until he's accused of murder).
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Schmigadoon! / int_96e5792c	type	Moral Guardians
Schmigadoon! / int_96e5792c	comment	Moral Guardians: The Mothers Against the Future, who prefer to keep the town old-fashioned and conservative. They dispose of books they consider bad influences, subvert the mayor's authority, and dislike Josh and Melissa's newfangled ideas.
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Schmigadoon! / int_98c4ea5f	type	Falling Chandelier of Doom
Schmigadoon! / int_98c4ea5f	comment	Falling Chandelier of Doom: In the final episode of season 2, Kratt is offed when Miss Codwell cuts the rope on the chandelier hanging above his forced marriage ceremony to Melissa.
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Schmigadoon! / int_997ce6ad	type	Boyfriend-Blocking Dad
Schmigadoon! / int_997ce6ad	comment	Boyfriend-Blocking Dad: Farmer McDonough is introduced surrounded by his multiple lovely daughters and threatening people with his shotgun. Deconstructed by Emma, who points out that in doing so he does not give his daughters any agency.
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Schmigadoon! / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
Schmigadoon! / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: During the town bake sale, Aloysius buys some of Howard's rhubarb squares and shares them with him, to the latter's delight. Howard is in love with him. During "Tribulation": Mildred includes "wanton women having children out of wedlock, rowdy men using filthy language" as one of the things going to ruin Schmigadoon. The finale reveals that Nancy, the woman pregnant out of wedlock because her family didn't approve of the way her sailor boyfriend swore, is secretly her daughter. In the same song, Mildred also warns of how the current changes will lead to "neon signs, smoke-filled rooms / Billiard parlors and painted ladies"; Season 2 of the show takes places in "Schmicago", which indeed contains all these things. Codwell's number "The Worst Brats In Town" uses "brats" to refer to the plucky orphans who populate Schmicago. Dooley's reprise of it uses "the worst brats in town" to refer to his sausages. Initially just a bit of clever wordplay, but as this is the Sweeney Todd-esque plotline, they realize that they can refer to the same thing.
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Schmigadoon! / int_9de7a5d0	type	Fix Fic
Schmigadoon! / int_9de7a5d0	comment	Fix Fic: Josh and Melissa must create a happy ending in to escape Schmicago. Melissa points out that these musucals typicaly don't have happy endings, so they've essentially been assigned to create one of these from the inside out.
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Schmigadoon! / int_a1a1491e	type	Homage
Schmigadoon! / int_a1a1491e	comment	Homage: The central premise is a homage to Brigadoon (note the title), about two tourists who chance upon a mysterious, stuck-in-the-past town that only appears every century. Instead of finding Brigadoon through true love, one has to find true love to leave Schmigadoon. The majority of the songs in both seasons are homages to specific songs from classic musicals, which are listed on their own page. Though it's not referenced in song, the scene in S2 where Kratt threatens Josh's life to get Melissa to marry him, before being killed by a falling chandelier is a clear nod to The Phantom of the Opera.
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Schmigadoon! / int_a5cfe2ac	type	And There Was Much Rejoicing
Schmigadoon! / int_a5cfe2ac	comment	And There Was Much Rejoicing: Kratt's death is celebrated with a musical number.
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Schmigadoon! / int_a82ff02f	type	Meet Cute
Schmigadoon! / int_a82ff02f	comment	Meet Cute: The very first scenes depict Josh and Melissa's first meeting. Melissa's chocolate bar got stuck in the hospital vending machine and Josh instructed her to kick it in a certain spot. When she does so, snacks come pouring out of the machine. Sparks fly between them and they proceed to date for many years.
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Schmigadoon! / int_a8beff71	type	Kazoos Mean Silliness
Schmigadoon! / int_a8beff71	comment	Kazoos Mean Silliness: Following Melissa's advice, Josh tries to progress his story along the lines of The Music Man, where the protagonist gives his love interest's little brother a trumpet. Instead, the only thing he can pick up on short notice is the inherently more hilarious kazoo, and gives it to Carson. The little boy is delighted and starts blowing out silly kazoo notes.
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Schmigadoon! / int_aabe2fb	type	Deliberate Values Dissonance
Schmigadoon! / int_aabe2fb	comment	Deliberate Values Dissonance: Josh and Melissa are modern doctors from the "real world" who are at odds with Schmigadoon's patriarchal, old-timey values (eg. reacting negatively to the suggestion a man should smack his girlfriend if they are fighting). The villainous Mildred Layton keeps a stern eye on any deviations from the puritan handbook (even destroying books). Due to outdated gender roles no one believes Melissa is a doctor in Schmigadoon or Schmicago. Melissa, being an OB-GYN, often finds herself in conflict with the town's outdated views on gender and sexuality. She makes a scene at a picnic basket auction (really a front for buying a date with a girl) and nudges the mayor to come out of the closet. Against Doc Lopez's orders, she delivers a baby conceived out of wedlock (even giving them a sex education lesson in the process) and encourages his elderly parents to have sex. Season 2's Darker and Edgier setting, Schmicago, shows that despite sex, violence, and general iniquity being commonplace, attitudes haven't progressed all that much. "Do We Shock You?" tries to push the envelope with scantily-clad ladies singing about crossdressing, light BDSM, tattoos, and the fact that one of the dancers has had a female orgasm. Josh and Melissa are unimpressed. Schmicago has a female lawyer in Bobbie Flanagan, but Bobbie is dismissive of any woman becoming a judge.
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Schmigadoon! / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
Schmigadoon! / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: Right after mayoral-candidate Mildred lays down a vicious trashing of the town's people, Howard dryly announces that it's time to vote.
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Schmigadoon! / int_aeec99a9	type	Immediate Sequel
Schmigadoon! / int_aeec99a9	comment	Immediate Sequel: After "How We Change" ends the first season with Josh and Melissa crossing the bridge out of Schmigadoon, "Welcome to Schmicago" begins the second season with the duo landing back in their own world.
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Schmigadoon! / int_afdcce7e	type	Instant Birth: Just Add Labor!
Schmigadoon! / int_afdcce7e	comment	Instant Birth: Just Add Labor!: Parodied. Melissa and Josh deliver a baby and note that it was an incredibly quick birth and that the baby even came out dry. They Hand Wave it to the musical universe they're stuck in.
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Schmigadoon! / int_b23e7ba9	type	Real Is Brown
Schmigadoon! / int_b23e7ba9	comment	Real Is Brown: Relatively speaking. Flashbacks to Josh and Melissa's relationship in the "real world" are lit darker and without much saturation, in contrast to the bright artificiality of Schmigadoon. In the season 2 finale the final shot ends with Josh and Melissa turning a corner in New York City and the screen going from desaturated to a more natural color balance signaling their dour state from the beginning of the season is starting to lift in the real world.
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Schmigadoon! / int_b414868	type	Take It to the Bridge
Schmigadoon! / int_b414868	comment	Take It to the Bridge: The protagonists enter Schmigadoon by crossing a mysterious bridge in the forest.
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Schmigadoon! / int_b48396cc	type	Colorblind Casting
Schmigadoon! / int_b48396cc	comment	Colorblind Casting: Lampshaded; Melissa points out that the musical theater ensemble is populated by people of color as evidence that Schmigadoon is semi-modern.
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Schmigadoon! / int_b5f97c12	type	Cover Innocent Eyes and Ears
Schmigadoon! / int_b5f97c12	comment	Cover Innocent Eyes and Ears: Dooley Blight covers Vince's ears when Miss Codwell threaten to slice meat right off of his-while pointing to Vince's bottom. They do sing about making the children into meat without anyone looking perturbed. Not even the children.
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Schmigadoon! / int_b70b1e3b	type	Institutional Apparel
Schmigadoon! / int_b70b1e3b	comment	Institutional Apparel: The male prisoners of Schmicago are decked out in black and white striped jumpsuits.
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Schmigadoon! / int_b7d2dbed	type	Tonight, Someone Dies
Schmigadoon! / int_b7d2dbed	comment	Tonight, Someone Dies: The Narrator sings "And also someone's gonna fry" before flipping a switch on a sparking electric chair. In the finale, the villain Octavious Kratt is electocuted when a chandelier is dropped on him.
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Schmigadoon! / int_b7e0c5ff	type	Love Triangle
Schmigadoon! / int_b7e0c5ff	comment	Love Triangle: Between Doc Lopez, Melissa, and Countess Von Blerkom, to whom Doc Lopez is engaged.
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Schmigadoon! / int_bec0417c	type	Happily Married
Schmigadoon! / int_bec0417c	comment	Happily Married: Josh and Melissa achieve this in Season 2, where they share several romantic moments during and after their wedding, and their biggest onscreen tribulations result from circumstances beyond their control (such as their difficulties conceiving a child).
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Schmigadoon! / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Schmigadoon! / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: Melissa asks why an old-timey musical town should be any weirder than Thor summoning Mjolnir. Josh describes Schmigadoon as "if The Walking Dead were also Glee".invoked A number of the dramatis personae of Schmigadoon are inspired by classic musical theater characters: The leprechaun who explains the rules of the premise alludes to Og. Farmer McDonough to Andrew Carnes, as the overprotective father of a flirtatious daughter who forces an outsider to propose to her with the barrel end of his gun. Nancy shares her name with the female lead of Oliver!, though she's not as straightforward an homage as the characters listed above. Anytime writing is seen on town signage or on Emma's chalkboard, it's likely a reference to Golden Age composers. Even something like a list of states and their dates of admission into the Union is a shout-out note (Oklahoma!, Maine, Iowa, Indiana (the latter referencing the song "Gary, Indiana") and New York). Josh explains the Air Bud rule to Carson. In season 2, a kidnapped Josh attempts to stall by using Air Bud as a parable (again) - after apparently doing so with The Goonies. Melissa complains that their Schmicago room is like a season of American Horror Story. Notably, American Horror Story also re-used a Production Posse of recurring actors, as Schmigadoon and Schmicago do. This exchange from "Do We Shock You": Shots of Schmicago exteriors in "Bells and Whistles" show buildings named for some lyricists and composers the season takes its pastiche from: Fred Ebb, Jerry Herman, John Kander, Stephen Sondheim, and Stephen Schwartz. Similarly in season 1 there is a shop called Hammerstein's frequently seen in the background, and the list of parent-teacher appointments in Emma's classroom includes parents with the names Willson, Berlin, Lerner, Loewe, and other golden-age composers.
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Schmigadoon! / int_cb7fda55	type	Minor Character, Major Song
Schmigadoon! / int_cb7fda55	comment	Minor Character, Major Song: Lampshaded by musical theater fan Melissa, who notes that Countess Gabriele Van Blerkom (the Baroness-esque Disposable FiancÃ© character) gets a showstopping number to herself for some reason. The Emcee from Season 2 has very little to do but gets an extended Dreamgirls-style number simply telling the audience the show is almost over. Especially noticeable in a show that already has a seperate narrator who also addresses the audience.
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Schmigadoon! / int_ce515b47	type	Musical World Hypotheses
Schmigadoon! / int_ce515b47	comment	Musical World Hypotheses: A mix of "Alternate Universe", "All in their Heads", and "All-Maestro Cast". The musical numbers only happen in the magical town of Schmigadoon, where Josh and Melissa are trapped. Danny reacts with confusion when Melissa congratulates him on his song, indicating he wasn't physically aware he was performing, but Melissa is conscious of how she makes up verses on the fly.
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Schmigadoon! / int_cf7ccd79	comment	Orphanage of Fear: Miss Codwell has children tend bar, sleep in cages, verbally abuses them, and when Dooley Blight comes wanting meat, Codwell offers them up to be slaughtered. None of it seems to faze them in any way.
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Schmigadoon! / int_d30dfd1c	comment	Ridiculous Exchange Rates: Parodied. These are musical versions of the 1910s and 1920s, so Josh and Melissa have more than enough money with anything in their wallets. How two out of towners came to so much money or the viability of 21st century currency is never questioned. Melissa manages to buy the services of a top-level defense attorney for $20. Kratt only pays $10.
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Schmigadoon! / int_dbfd6b8	comment	Lyrical Dissonance: "Good Enough to Eat" is an Annie-esque cheery, upbeat number with a lot of children in the ensemble. The lyrics are about turning said children into meat for the butcher to sell.
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Schmigadoon! / int_e114f060	type	Artistic License â€“ Child Labor Laws
Schmigadoon! / int_e114f060	comment	Artistic License â€“ Child Labor Laws: Justified. Who's going stop the orphans from bartending at the orphanage? Miss Codwell actively discourages potential parents from adopting, and makes them sleep in cages, so this is just another unregulated misdeed.
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Schmigadoon! / int_e41b191f	comment	Nude Nature Dance: Played for Laughs. The hippies Josh falls in with express their dismay at the state of Schmicago and say they have to get back to the natural order of things... that is, nudism. A whole musical number about it.
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Schmigadoon! / int_e4d079c1	comment	Greek Chorus: The ensemble serves as this during Season 1, as approriate for Golden Age musicals. The main difference being they're explaining things to Josh and Melissa rather than directly to the audience. This causes them to butt in with large, exuberant numbers while the couple is trying to talk. Season 2 replaces them with a Lemony Narrator.
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Schmigadoon! / int_e73019c0	comment	Inherently Attractive Profession: Played With. The McDonough sisters fawn over the fact that Josh is a doctor, but the townspeople are less impressed whenever Melissa brings up her own medical credentials due to Deliberate Values Dissonance.
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Schmigadoon! / int_e7e558	comment	The Oner: The entirely of the number "Tribulation" is shot in one take and is about 3 minutes long as Mildred circles the town square.
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Schmigadoon! / int_ea314e84	comment	Ode to Food: "Corn Puddin'" is sung by the townsfolk about how much they love the savory dish, with a sprinkle of Double Entendre on top.
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Schmigadoon! / int_ea5b420d	comment	Disarm, Disassemble, Destroy: In episode four, Farmer McDonough pulls a gun on Josh to force him to marry his daughter Betsy. Emma Tate simply snatches the weapon from him and disassembles it. She then proceeds to tell off the farmer for trying to force men into marrying his daughter and how this actually shows a lack of belief in his daughter's worth in his eyes.
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Schmigadoon! / int_ecbf37ff	comment	Disposable Sex Worker: Season 2's plot is kicked off by the muder of Elsie Vale, a dancer at the seedy Kratt Klub/brothel.
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Schmigadoon! / int_ee5131cc	comment	Dream Ballet: Defied. Melissa is by herself in the wilderness and about to have a formative moment, when the lighting turns purple and a similarly dressed dancer approaches her. She then puts a stop to the whole affair, disparaging dream ballets and saying she has no time for them. The lighting reverts and the dancer walks away.
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Schmigadoon! / int_f16f631d	comment	Crowd Song: "Schmigadoon!", the Welcoming Song sung by the town ensemble. "Corn Puddin'", a Call-and-Response Song between the town men and women about their love for corn pudding. "Lover's Spat", where the townspeople discuss lovers' quarrels through verses and choreography. "Cross that Bridge", where all the single women in the town sing about the importance of getting married quickly and cross the bridge with Josh in his effort to find true love and leave Schmigadoon. "How We Change/Finale", the finale number where the Schmigadoonians resolve to be more open about themselves. This is signified by a more modern style — instead of the midcentury numbers they've been singing all season, this one is more in the vein of late-century numbers by Stephen Sondheim and Stephen Schwartz.
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Schmigadoon! / int_f275ee5f	comment	Dead Sparks: At the beginning of the show, Josh and Melissa have been dating for four years and their relationship is in a rut.
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Schmigadoon! / int_f4f3252e	comment	Law of Inverse Fertility: In contrast to all the unwanted children running around Schmicago, Melissa and Josh are not able to conceive despite trying for some time.
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Schmigadoon! / int_f64a9cf7	type	Earn Your Happy Ending
Schmigadoon! / int_f64a9cf7	comment	Earn Your Happy Ending: Pretty much the entire plot revolves around this concept, particularly Season 2, where Josh and Melissaâ€™s quest is to bring happiness to the residents of Schmicago in order to return home.
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Schmigadoon! / int_f7eda5d8	type	Snow Means Love
Schmigadoon! / int_f7eda5d8	comment	Snow Means Love: Josh and Melissa first confessed their love to each other in the snow.
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Schmigadoon! / int_f95baed	comment	Not Staying for Breakfast: After Melissa's one-night stand with Danny, she ends up leaving his house without tasting the breakfast he made when he starts freaking out about how is he going to provide for their child (Melissa tries in vain to tell him she has an IUD, so she's very unlikely to actually be pregnant).
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Schmigadoon! / int_f9f2c33	comment	Running Gag: Someone throwing a projectile will inevitably hit Pete, who will yell "Ow" offscreen, followed by "Sorry, Pete!" Melissa saying "Yee-honk" to surprising developments.
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Schmigadoon! / int_fa6bfde9	comment	Have a Gay Old Time: After Mayor Aloysius Menlove sings a song that's obviously about loving men, Melissa asks him if he's gay. Being an old-timey musical character, he interprets this as her asking if he's happy, so he responds that he tries to be. Riffing on the same joke, Aloysius's wife Florence, who sings a song about her "queer" husband — "queer" in the sense of strange, because he's not like the other men in town and is instead kind, gentle, and In Touch with His Feminine Side, even if he's not as sexually aggressive as she would like. Throughout the song Melissa's facial expressions show the differences in how she and Florence define "queer".
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Schmigadoon! / int_fa74c41c	comment	Distant Duet: "Suddenly", sung by Emma (at the school) and Doc Lopez (outside his practice) to Josh and Melissa respectively. At one point Split Screen is used so the couples can dance together.
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Schmigadoon! / int_faa71569	type	Romantic False Lead
Schmigadoon! / int_faa71569	comment	Romantic False Lead: Danny and Jorge for Melissa; Betsy and Emma for Josh. All four helped Melissa and Josh realize that they wanted to get back together and work on their relationship.
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Schmigadoon! / int_fb724048	type	Real After All
Schmigadoon! / int_fb724048	comment	Real After All: Naturally, Josh and Melissa assume this weird town is some huge role-playing tourist attraction. They even play on the "cliches" the townspeople embrace. It's when they can't cross the bridge and, more importantly, a leprechaun appears and vanishes before them that the pair realize they're stuck in some weird musical world.
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Schmigadoon! / int_fd94c4ac	comment	Theme Naming: Some of the townsfolk introduced in the first episode are named for musical theater men: Marcellus, Barnaby, Enoch, and Curly. Betsy's sisters are all named after classic musical theater ladies: Laurey, Carrie, Nellie, Fiona, Cindy, and Tootie. In season 2, the cabaret girls at the Kratt Klub are named after the orphan girls in Annie: Annie, Kate, Molly, Tessie, Duffy, and Pepper. The only exception is Elsie, who is named after a dead friend of Sally Bowles that is mentioned in the title song of Cabaret. This is because Jenny is based on Sally and Elsie's murder in the first episode drives the plot.
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