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The King of Queens
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The King of Queens is a well-known CBS sitcom that ran from 1998 to 2007. It focuses on the life of Doug Heffernan (Kevin James), a fat but jovial IPS driver, and his wife, Carrie Heffernan (Leah Remini), nee Spooner. Most of the time, Doug tries to live a hard-working but relaxed and diet-free life, which is complicated by the zany schemes of Arthur Spooner (Jerry Stiller), Carrie's father, who lives in their basement.Doug has quite the circle of friends. His best friend is the black family man, Deacon Palmer (Victor Williams). Others include Richie Ianucchi (Larry Romano), a ladies' man who nicknames Doug as "Moose", Doug's awkward cousin Danny (who is played by Gary Valentine, James' brother in real life), and Spence Olchin (Patton Oswalt), a nerd of sorts who isn't the Butt-Monkey of the group so much as the omega wolf. While not part of the circle, another friend is the local dog-walker Holly, who, in spite of her drinking and trouble finding a date, does a good job of putting up with Arthur's weirdness.Most viewers point out The King of Queens for its prominent case of Big Guy Hot Wife. What makes the show unique, though, is that Doug and Carrie share other attributes that show opposites attracting. For example, Doug is a nice and friendly guy and is quite content with his job as an IPS driver, whereas Carrie sometimes fantasizes about the directions her life could have taken and has a somewhat grayer moral compass. Another example is that Doug is a hard worker, but he likes to play hard as well, whereas Carrie is a card-carrying workaholic. Had a Spiritual Successor of sorts in the second and final season of Kevin Can Wait with Kevin James and Leah Remini at the starring roles. | |
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Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other | |
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Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: Doug and Arthur have these moments more frequently in the earlier episodes, such as Doug chasing Arthur down the street to apologize after yelling at him. | |
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Fat Camp | |
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Fat Camp: In "Veiled Threat", Doug discovers that the camp he went to as a child wasn't "football camp", but a fat camp. | |
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Fat Slob | |
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Fat Slob: The flip side of Big Fun. Doug teeters dangerously on the brink and steps over it several times, usually pulled back to acceptability by Carrie delivering an ultimatum or otherwise intervening. | |
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Adam Westing | |
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Adam Westing: Done in "Shear Torture" by the actual Adam West, whom Spence meets and wants to take to Comic Book Convention. Lou Ferrigno's recurring appearances as a neighbor contains many references to his time spent playing The Incredible Hulk on The Incredible Hulk (1977). Donny Osmond appears as himself in "Sold-Y Locks". | |
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Alone Among the Couples | |
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Alone Among the Couples: Near the end of "Bed Spread", Carrie and Doug are depicted this way to show them growing tired of being apart from each other. | |
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This Loser Is You | |
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This Loser Is You: Doug is shown to be dumb, has extreme aversion to reading, and watches way too much TV. He also avoids places like art museums and artistic movies in favor of summer blockbuster movies and sports events. At the same time, he is shown to be very good-natured, kind-hearted, and caring, making the audience connect with his character. | |
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Sorry, I'm Gay | |
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Sorry, I'm Gay: Arthur once tried to get away from a woman who was interested in him by claiming that Deacon was his secret homosexual lover. This backfired when the woman responded with what amounted to "just don't do it while I'm around." | |
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Right Behind Me | |
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Right Behind Me: On the episode titled "Eggsit Strategy", this trope is satirized. Carrie is talking to her coworkers about her boss, Mr. Kaplan, in an unflattering way. When her coworkers have blank looks on their faces, she is worried that her boss is standing right behind her, but he isn't. | |
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Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace | |
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Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace: Spence tries to protest Denise's wedding at this point in the ceremony, but is beaten to the punch by another (much hunkier) man. | |
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Spiteful Spoiler | |
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Spiteful Spoiler: In "Consummate Professional", Doug purposefully spoils the ending to an episode of Melrose Place to Spence for no particular reason. | |
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Gone Horribly Wrong | |
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Gone Horribly Wrong: When the local bowling alley hires a homely female attendant, Doug decides to flirt with her in an attempt to make her feel welcome. This ends up creeping the woman out, and things go from bad to worse when Doug spends the rest of the episode digging himself deeper. | |
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Taunting the Unconscious | |
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Taunting the Unconscious: In "Lyin' Hearted", Carrie taunts a sleeping Arthur by throwing away his flowers. | |
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The Cameo | |
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The Cameo: Ben Stiller has a cameo as Arthur's abusive father in the episode "Shrink Wrap". Adam Sandler appears in another episode. | |
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Heterosexual Life-Partners | |
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Heterosexual Life-Partners: Despite the fact that they sleep with their beds pushed together, have tried to buy a house together, have a shared checking account, speak of themselves as a couple, argue and break up like they're married (and have in fact gotten married), and have all but given up on finding dates other than each other, Spence and Danny are straight. | |
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Diabolus ex Machina | |
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Diabolus ex Machina: In her last appearance on the show as a regular, Holly met a nice, normal rich guy who planned to marry her and take her out of the city. When she reappears in the series finale, she's now pregnant and has been dumped by said husband, with nowhere to live. | |
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Scary Shiny Glasses | |
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Scary Shiny Glasses: Danny wears these while trying to win a poker party with the guys. | |
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Aborted Arc | |
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Aborted Arc: The series never really seemed sure what they wanted to do vis a vis Doug and Carrie having children. It was explored in the Season 1 finale, then not mentioned again until the end of Season 3 when an unexpected pregnancy ends in a miscarriage. This leads into a story arc in the first half of Season 4 where Doug and Carrie attempt to get pregnant again. We then learn that Carrie has a bad ovary which would make it difficult for them to conceive. After this episode, the child arc is completely forgotten about until the series finale. It is possible that the writers were vacillating on whether to bring a child into the show and then made the decision not to. The Season 6 premiere "Doug Less" sees Doug lose a substantial amount of weight, and the episode explored the impact it had on his ego and his relationship with Carrie. The writing leads one to believe that this new chapter in Doug's life is going to play a significant part in the story moving forward. However, Kevin James quickly gained the weight back, and Doug's weight loss was never mentioned again after "Doug Less." | |
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Only Sane Man | |
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Only Sane Man: Deacon; he is the only main or recurring character that doesn't have many major personality flaws, is often exasperated by his friends idiotic schemes, is the first one to point out when someone goes too far in any given situation and is generally the most well-adjusted person on the show. | |
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Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow | |
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Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: In flashbacks, Doug is shown to have a mullet and/or a mustache. | |
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Spiritual Successor | |
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Spiritual Successor: To The Honeymooners. | |
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Enthusiastic Newbie Teacher | |
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Enthusiastic Newbie Teacher: In "Strike Too", Doug takes on a job as a substitute teacher. He begins the job with naïve enthusiasm, but quickly begins trying to expel problem students. | |
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Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant | |
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Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant: The Palmers in the episode "Present Tense". | |
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Awesome, but Impractical | |
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Awesome, but Impractical: The first house Doug and Carrie bought together turned out to be more impractical than awesome as Doug initially thought. The house itself was uncomfortably close to a school, the easy chair that looked like a hand wasn't as comfortable as it looked, the sunken living room was a booby trap, and the dumbwaiter was, well, dumb. | |
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Unsettling Gender-Reveal | |
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Unsettling Gender-Reveal: In the final scene of "Emotional Rollercoaster", Danny finds that the Ice Cream mascot he'd been flirting with was a dude. | |
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The Bad Guy Wins | |
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The Bad Guy Wins: Parodied in "Icky Shuffle" where Doug and Arthur go up against a stuck-up old man and his son-in-law in a shuffle board tournament. Doug and Arthur lose and Arthur chews Doug out even though before that Arthur said that since Doug decided to play with him that means he already won. Played straight and for laughs in "Fight Schlub" where members of a rival delivery company Priority Plus deceive Doug, bind him, and take over their booth at Coopers the local sports bar. Doug, Deacon, Danny, and some others from IPS try to take it back but are defeated by the Priority Plus Employees and must take the booth that is right next to the bathroom. | |
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Troublesome Pet | |
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Troublesome Pet: Stanley, the beagle originally belonging to the Sackskys, originally came to the Heffernan's attention due to his all-night barking in "Dog Days". | |
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Hollywood Law | |
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Hollywood Law: The plot of "Clothes Encounter," where Carrie was returning expensive clothing articles after wearing them for a while, was played entirely for laughs and was seen in-universe as morally grey but ultimately harmless. In real life this is called "wardrobing," and it is legally considered a type of shoplifting. At the very least this kind of scheme would probably destroy your credit score, and at worse may land you in prison for fraud. It is quite unlikely that the water leak in the Heffernans' home that caused the toxic mold would have been brushed aside with a fleeting comment and then buried in the fine print of the paperwork. Something like that would be a pretty major deal, and would probably require both Doug and Carrie to sign a waiver that they were buying the house "as is" and thereby absolving the realtor of any responsibility. As it happened in the show, Carrie would have a pretty good case against the realtor that she was never informed of this severe defect and signed off on the house under false pretenses. Later in the same story arc, Mr. Kaplan's explanation to Doug and Carrie that there was nothing they could do about the mold company's poor business practices was fairly specious as well. If the company accepted payment for the job up front and signed a contract that they would complete it, they can absolutely be held to those terms and they can certainly be sued or possibly even arrested for absconding with the Heffernans' money. | |
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Wakeup Makeup | |
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Wakeup Makeup: Carrie goes to bed and wakes up with carefully contoured eye shadow and lipstick. According to the commentary on the pilot, this is a compromise between the natural look the creators would prefer and Leah Remini's more glamourous preferences. | |
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Living in a Furniture Store | |
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Living in a Furniture Store: Carrie makes additional money, at least for a time, playing the role of an idealised housewife whose purpose is to make houses for sale look like attractive buys. When prospective buyers turn up to view, Carrie and her family note Actually child actors hired in for the day via an agency are there, doing ordinary family things and enhancing the idea that this house is a great family home to live in. Naturally, Carrie and "her" children are being happy-homely in a very well-tended furniture store - no detail is left unattended to foster the warm illusion, so as to sell homes. | |
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Lingerie Scene | |
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Lingerie Scene: In Strike Out, Carrie moves from bathroom to bedroom in her underwear, only to find her father lying on the bed. She screams at him to get out, but he shrugs and remarks there's nothing there he hasn't seen before. | |
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Fourth-Date Marriage | |
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Fourth-Date Marriage: In the three-part finale, Arthur becomes engaged to a woman after only knowing her for a few days. | |
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Gentle Giant | |
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Gentle Giant: Lou Ferrigno (yes, the Lou Ferrigno), Doug and Carrie's neighbor | |
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Beautiful All Along | |
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Beautiful All Along: Doug refers to this trope as being evidence that nobody likes buns. | |
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Runaway Bride | |
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Runaway Bride: Denise runs away with another suitor before the end of her wedding in "Altar Ego". | |
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Right Through the Wall | |
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Right Through the Wall: In "Get Away", Doug and Carrie feel inadequate while sharing a hotel wall with the Palmers while on vacation, after hearing them having sex four times in one night. | |
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Men Like Dogs, Women Like Cats | |
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Men Like Dogs, Women Like Cats: One of the precepts Carrie attempts to enforce early in their marriage is that they'll have a cat rather than a dog, as Doug would prefer. | |
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Manipulative Bastard | |
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Manipulative Bastard: Doug is frequently forced to be this in order to get what he wants from the domineering Carrie. Examples include Doug talking Arthur into wanting whatever Doug wants to eat and forming fake work calls to guilt the wife into letting the husband get his way. | |
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Men Use Violence, Women Use Communication | |
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Men Use Violence, Women Use Communication: Averted; Carrie gets her way through yelling, threats, and violence, while Doug uses underhanded manipulation. | |
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Story Arc | |
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Story Arc: "Strike One", "Strike Too", and "Strike Out". | |
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Notary Nonsense | |
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Notary Nonsense: Arthur's plot in "Educating Doug" sees him training to become a notary, doing rather poorly despite his regarding it as Serious Business. | |
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Game Night Fight | |
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Game Night Fight: Doug and Arthur play a game of Monopoly, with Arthur rolling a six and buying Park Place. Doug calls him out on his turn because Doug already owns Park Place, he's not the thimble, and he rolled a five. Arthur responds by throwing the board off the bed (and different game boards are seen on the floor implying other games were played with similar results). | |
The King of Queens / int_43dca18f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_43dca18f | |
The King of Queens / int_43e36f2f | type |
Acrofatic | |
The King of Queens / int_43e36f2f | comment |
Acrofatic: Doug's poledance. Especially when compared to Carrie. His racquetball performance against Deacon is also an example and it's implied that he really had no prior experience playing and that it was solely inspired by Doug's desire to get his friend away from his "archnemesis" pushing him into almost Determinator territory. In "Kirbed Enthusiasm", Doug takes on an entire team of kids in football and dominates. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_43e36f2f | |
The King of Queens / int_444fdea2 | type |
Balcony Wooing Scene | |
The King of Queens / int_444fdea2 | comment |
Balcony Wooing Scene: Though not actually attempting to woo her, Doug plays a romantic song for his ex-girlfriend Margy under her balcony in order to prove that he wrote her a song in high school (which he didn't.) | |
The King of Queens / int_444fdea2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_444fdea2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_444fdea2 | |
The King of Queens / int_44989f6f | type |
"Could Have Avoided This!" Plot | |
The King of Queens / int_44989f6f | comment |
"Could Have Avoided This!" Plot: Arthur takes part in a test screening for a buddy comedy, but finds the entire plot could have been avoided if the characters had made a single phone call and gets hung up on for the rest of the episode. | |
The King of Queens / int_44989f6f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_44989f6f | |
The King of Queens / int_453aa230 | type |
Selling One's Own Hair | |
The King of Queens / int_453aa230 | comment |
Selling One's Own Hair: In the episode "Sold-Y-locks", Carrie Heffernan sells her hair to a wig-maker to turn a quick buck. (In a case of Real Life Writes the Hairstyle, actress Leah Remini chose to go to a shorter bobbed hairstyle in real life; the episode was quickly written to explain her new hairstyle In-Universe.) | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_453aa230 | |
The King of Queens / int_45a387bc | type |
Light Feminine and Dark Feminine | |
The King of Queens / int_45a387bc | comment |
Light Feminine and Dark Feminine: Holly and Carrie. | |
The King of Queens / int_45a387bc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_45a387bc | |
The King of Queens / int_469e3e2f | type |
In-Universe | |
The King of Queens / int_469e3e2f | comment |
Leah Remini's body shape and general appearance changed noticably over the run of the show. This was explained In-Universe as the Spooner women having a tendency to become more comfortably shaped (fatter) as they grew older. | |
The King of Queens / int_469e3e2f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_469e3e2f | |
The King of Queens / int_47bf7e16 | type |
Local Hangout | |
The King of Queens / int_47bf7e16 | comment |
Local Hangout: Cooper's. | |
The King of Queens / int_47bf7e16 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_47bf7e16 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_47bf7e16 | |
The King of Queens / int_4864031b | type |
Informed Attractiveness | |
The King of Queens / int_4864031b | comment |
Informed Attractiveness: While Doug's weight loss in "Doug Less" was noticeable, the way everybody in-universe was acting about it and talking about how much more handsome it made him is definitely this. | |
The King of Queens / int_4864031b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_4864031b | |
The King of Queens / int_49162400 | type |
Soup Is Medicine | |
The King of Queens / int_49162400 | comment |
Soup Is Medicine: Doug's mom brings him soup while he's playing sick in "Screwed Driver", and Holly brings a sick Carrie soup in "Icky Shuffle". | |
The King of Queens / int_49162400 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_49162400 | |
The King of Queens / int_49ef37e6 | type |
Catch Your Death of Cold | |
The King of Queens / int_49ef37e6 | comment |
Catch Your Death of Cold: Doug catches a cold that leaves him bedridden after playing mudball in the rain. | |
The King of Queens / int_49ef37e6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_49ef37e6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_49ef37e6 | |
The King of Queens / int_4a6e9fd9 | type |
Obnoxious In-Laws | |
The King of Queens / int_4a6e9fd9 | comment |
Obnoxious In-Laws:. Doug's mom, briefly, when she and her husband stay over while Carrie's out of town. Doug's father, when insisting Carrie and Doug - and especially Carrie - reform their profligate spending habits. | |
The King of Queens / int_4a6e9fd9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_4a6e9fd9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_4a6e9fd9 | |
The King of Queens / int_4b21fad1 | type |
Ruptured Appendix | |
The King of Queens / int_4b21fad1 | comment |
Ruptured Appendix: Doug's appendix bursts, leading to a plot about Carrie attempting to control his masturbatory fantasies. It Makes Sense in Context. | |
The King of Queens / int_4b21fad1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_4b21fad1 | |
The King of Queens / int_4c851777 | type |
Black Comedy Rape | |
The King of Queens / int_4c851777 | comment |
Black Comedy Rape: Arthur reminisces about a time he was "compromised" by a biker named Road Dog in "Queasy Rider". | |
The King of Queens / int_4c851777 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_4c851777 | |
The King of Queens / int_4d8ff0c | type |
Snowed-In | |
The King of Queens / int_4d8ff0c | comment |
Snowed-In: The episode "Ice Cubed". | |
The King of Queens / int_4d8ff0c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_4d8ff0c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_4d8ff0c | |
The King of Queens / int_4e7c4536 | type |
Wham Line | |
The King of Queens / int_4e7c4536 | comment |
Wham Line: "Oh, I'm sorry, are you related to the deceased?" note "White Collar" "Well, after the first jerk I married, I decided from now on, only gay men!" note "China Syndrome" "Have you checked your apartment in Manhattan?" note "Single Spaced" " I, um I, uh— I lost it." note "Pregnant Pause" | |
The King of Queens / int_4e7c4536 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_4e7c4536 | |
The King of Queens / int_4f4372e9 | type |
Early-Installment Weirdness | |
The King of Queens / int_4f4372e9 | comment |
Early-Installment Weirdness: In the first season, Carrie is gentler, softer, more feminine, and an awful lot sweeter. The hard-bitten bitchy edge she develops later is completely absent. Doug is also more serious, mature, hard-working and competent than the Flanderised man-child who emerges later: a stereotypical sitcom couple. Carrie also has a sister who abruptly disappears without a trace (or explanation) within the next few episodes. | |
The King of Queens / int_4f4372e9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_4f4372e9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_4f4372e9 | |
The King of Queens / int_4f62bde6 | type |
Kavorka Man | |
The King of Queens / int_4f62bde6 | comment |
Kavorka Man: The other Doug Heffernan, who turns out to be deliberately exploiting his women by giving them our Doug Heffernan's phone number. When Doug tracks him down, he turns out to be a small, bald, weak-looking man. | |
The King of Queens / int_4f62bde6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_4f62bde6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_4f62bde6 | |
The King of Queens / int_5076ccdb | type |
You Say Tomato | |
The King of Queens / int_5076ccdb | comment |
You Say Tomato: Doug once got into an argument with Arthur when he asked for the "catsup" (which is an acceptable variation of "ketchup", just not to Doug). Of course, Doug is one to talk, considering the way he talks: "Sanitasheeown." "I'm the 'onioniown' guy!" | |
The King of Queens / int_5076ccdb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_5076ccdb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_5076ccdb | |
The King of Queens / int_50b05d30 | type |
Disproportionate Retribution | |
The King of Queens / int_50b05d30 | comment |
Disproportionate Retribution: A waitress is constantly seeking advice from Arthur. He gets fulfillment from this, until finding out from a dimwitted co-worker that she only does so to follow the opposite of what he suggests. Following this he deliberately tells her the opposite of what he would otherwise, causing her to ignore good advice, specifically telling her it's a bad idea to demand a raise, causing her to be fired. Whether or not he intended for this to get her fired and potentially bankrupt, he seems to find her outcome perfectly just in his gloating. In one episode, Doug has a regular customer who always comes to the door wearing nothing but a towel, which disgusts him. He wants to be removed from that route, but can't convince O'Boyle avoiding a guy in a towel is a good excuse, so he says the guy's dog (who was a little terrier like Eddie) is vicious. When Doug comes by again, he finds animal control about to take away and exterminate the dog. It actually gets lampshaded when Doug rescinds the complaint and reveals he made because the guy always wears a towel, causing him to say "For that, you kill my dog?!" | |
The King of Queens / int_50b05d30 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_50b05d30 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_50b05d30 | |
The King of Queens / int_51509ce7 | type |
Convenient Miscarriage | |
The King of Queens / int_51509ce7 | comment |
Convenient Miscarriage: After a two-parter dealing with Doug and Carrie coming to terms with Carrie's pregnancy and the major changes parenthood will instill in their lives, Carrie quietly miscarries immediately before the credits. Only one passing mention is made of the event for the remainder of the series. | |
The King of Queens / int_51509ce7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_51509ce7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_51509ce7 | |
The King of Queens / int_553c27bb | type |
Sliding Scale of Silliness vs. Seriousness | |
The King of Queens / int_553c27bb | comment |
Sliding Scale of Silliness vs. Seriousness: The show often jumped between both ends of the scale, sometimes in the same episode: case in point, "Foe: Pa." Sure, it wasn't officially a Very Special Episode, but it certainly felt like one. | |
The King of Queens / int_553c27bb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_553c27bb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_553c27bb | |
The King of Queens / int_55990d65 | type |
Bouncer | |
The King of Queens / int_55990d65 | comment |
Bouncer: It is revealed that Doug Heffernan's main job when he first met Carrie Spooner was that of nightclub bouncer. Doug was pretty much of the non-violent fast-talking kind who would try to defuse trouble rather than invite it, but it cannot be denied that he could let the power of running the door, and deciding who got in, go to his head. | |
The King of Queens / int_55990d65 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_55990d65 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_55990d65 | |
The King of Queens / int_561dab6b | type |
Mistaken for Gay | |
The King of Queens / int_561dab6b | comment |
Mistaken for Gay: Danny and Spence, repeatedly. Lampshaded when Spence and Danny actually get married in order to receive a free television from a timeshare company, then are comically outraged when they won't give the timeshare to a same-sex couple. In one episode, Spence and Danny go to their high school reunion and try to pick up women to take home. Spence thinks he has succeeded in picking up a woman, until Danny informs him that that woman is a lesbian and thinks he's a woman too. Danny also succeeds in getting a date, that is, the captain of the football team. In the episode "Mammary Lane", Spence's Tivo thinks he's gay. | |
The King of Queens / int_561dab6b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_561dab6b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_561dab6b | |
The King of Queens / int_565ce678 | type |
Game Show Appearance | |
The King of Queens / int_565ce678 | comment |
Game Show Appearance: Doug once dreamed he was on Wheel of Fortune, and another time Arthur ended up blackmailing Dick Clark over not getting his Rice-A-Roni when he appeared on The $10,000 Pyramid note This was actually surviving footage of Jerry Stiller's appearance on the show in 1976; most of the episodes from that period were wiped per ABC's policy(of course, Dick Clark wouldn't have controlled that part; it was under Bob Stewart's control then; like this show and Wheel, it's currently a Sony Pictures Television property). | |
The King of Queens / int_565ce678 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_565ce678 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_565ce678 | |
The King of Queens / int_566a7660 | type |
Smells Sexy | |
The King of Queens / int_566a7660 | comment |
Smells Sexy: Used at length in "Cologne Ranger", where Doug's new cologne makes him irresistable to both men and women—though not to Carrie. | |
The King of Queens / int_566a7660 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_566a7660 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_566a7660 | |
The King of Queens / int_567beeb6 | type |
Theory of Narrative Causality | |
The King of Queens / int_567beeb6 | comment |
Narrative Causality: Doug's mom had absolutely no reason to be at the wedding in "Flash Photography" between Doug's softball buddy and Carrie's friend. | |
The King of Queens / int_567beeb6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_567beeb6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_567beeb6 | |
The King of Queens / int_5b92d2f | type |
Virgin-Shaming | |
The King of Queens / int_5b92d2f | comment |
Virgin-Shaming: The guys make a number of disparaging comments on Spence's virginity in the first season. In "Fixer Upper", Doug pressures Spence to have sex with his new girlfriend immediately despite hie trepidation. Later, he's retconned to having lost his virginity in high school. | |
The King of Queens / int_5b92d2f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_5b92d2f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_5b92d2f | |
The King of Queens / int_5ec27210 | type |
Sleeps with Everyone but You | |
The King of Queens / int_5ec27210 | comment |
Sleeps with Everyone but You: Holly is this to Spence, and to a lesser extent Danny. | |
The King of Queens / int_5ec27210 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_5ec27210 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_5ec27210 | |
The King of Queens / int_61066d95 | type |
Fictional Counterpart | |
The King of Queens / int_61066d95 | comment |
Fictional Counterpart: IPS is simply UPS with one letter changed. | |
The King of Queens / int_61066d95 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_61066d95 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_61066d95 | |
The King of Queens / int_62dbde56 | type |
The Trouble with Tickets | |
The King of Queens / int_62dbde56 | comment |
The Trouble with Tickets: This is the overall plot to "Court Date", where Carrie pretends to be single and dates a traffic cop to get out of a ticket. | |
The King of Queens / int_62dbde56 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_62dbde56 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_62dbde56 | |
The King of Queens / int_63389b0b | type |
Kids Are Cruel | |
The King of Queens / int_63389b0b | comment |
Kids Are Cruel: The high schoolers Doug tries to teach in "Strike Too" mock and bully him. Upon finding out that Spence is deathly allergic to peanuts, Kirby's response is to pelt him with peanuts. | |
The King of Queens / int_63389b0b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_63389b0b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_63389b0b | |
The King of Queens / int_63b02752 | type |
Hair-Trigger Temper | |
The King of Queens / int_63b02752 | comment |
Hair-Trigger Temper: Carrie. Whenever she explodes, Doug is invariably at Ground Zero. | |
The King of Queens / int_63b02752 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_63b02752 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_63b02752 | |
The King of Queens / int_642594ea | type |
Pygmalion Plot | |
The King of Queens / int_642594ea | comment |
Pygmalion Plot: Spence helping Carrie to improve her pronunciation. When she succeeds, he says "You are so beautiful..." | |
The King of Queens / int_642594ea | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_642594ea | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_642594ea | |
The King of Queens / int_643060dc | type |
Fleeting Passionate Hobbies | |
The King of Queens / int_643060dc | comment |
Fleeting Passionate Hobbies: A psychologist advocates Carrie and Doug giving Arthur what he wants as a sort of aversion therapy, in the hope that the continual demanding will burn itself out. Arthur then ploughs through a dozen or so expensive hobbies in the space of a month, beginning each in a state of high enthusiasm that inevitably burns itself out when the novelty is gone. | |
The King of Queens / int_643060dc | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_643060dc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_643060dc | |
The King of Queens / int_643618e5 | type |
Replacement Goldfish | |
The King of Queens / int_643618e5 | comment |
Replacement Goldfish: Doug feels this way about Deacon's new friend, who's a heavyset deliveryman who hates jazz and participates in wing eating contests. He refers to him as "a black Doug." | |
The King of Queens / int_643618e5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_643618e5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_643618e5 | |
The King of Queens / int_66408f6 | type |
Tea Is Classy | |
The King of Queens / int_66408f6 | comment |
Tea Is Classy: Carrie lists chamomile tea as one of her top ten favorite things. To contrast, Doug's item is "porno". | |
The King of Queens / int_66408f6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_66408f6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_66408f6 | |
The King of Queens / int_66e48100 | type |
The Kindnapper | |
The King of Queens / int_66e48100 | comment |
The Kindnapper: Doug does this to a co-worker in "Like Hell". | |
The King of Queens / int_66e48100 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_66e48100 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_66e48100 | |
The King of Queens / int_67e84a8e | type |
Wild Mass Guessing | |
The King of Queens / int_67e84a8e | comment |
Richie was a NYC firefighter who disappeared in the fall of 2001... | |
The King of Queens / int_67e84a8e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_67e84a8e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_67e84a8e | |
The King of Queens / int_68069489 | type |
Nipple and Dimed | |
The King of Queens / int_68069489 | comment |
Nipple and Dimed: While the silhouette of Carrie's sister's naked body is clearly seen through the shower door in the pilot, she's noticably devoid of nipples. | |
The King of Queens / int_68069489 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_68069489 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_68069489 | |
The King of Queens / int_688238d6 | type |
Wimp Fight | |
The King of Queens / int_688238d6 | comment |
Wimp Fight: Danny and Spence have an oddly official wrestling match in order to decide who gets to pick their next vacation. A few seconds in, they put one another in a mutual hold that lasts the rest of the night. | |
The King of Queens / int_688238d6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_688238d6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_688238d6 | |
The King of Queens / int_691dc915 | type |
Construction Catcalls | |
The King of Queens / int_691dc915 | comment |
Construction Catcalls: In "Deconstructing Carrie", with her 35th birthday coming up, Carrie feels unattractive after failing to catch the attention of a group of construction workers. Doug bribes them to loudly catcall her. | |
The King of Queens / int_691dc915 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_691dc915 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_691dc915 | |
The King of Queens / int_6a1e475a | type |
Abuse of Return Policy | |
The King of Queens / int_6a1e475a | comment |
Abuse of Return Policy: Carrie takes advantage of several upscale clothing stores' return policies to essentially "rent" clothes by buying them and then refunding them. | |
The King of Queens / int_6a1e475a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_6a1e475a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_6a1e475a | |
The King of Queens / int_6ac3af76 | type |
Divorce Is Temporary | |
The King of Queens / int_6ac3af76 | comment |
Divorce Is Temporary: Deacon and Kelly separate twice and reconcile twice. | |
The King of Queens / int_6ac3af76 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_6ac3af76 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_6ac3af76 | |
The King of Queens / int_6b05b601 | type |
Jerkass Has a Point | |
The King of Queens / int_6b05b601 | comment |
Jerkass Has a Point: When Doug wants $100 from the family funds to bet on a boxing match in "Eddie Money", he tells Carrie he's entitled to it since he earns more than half the money that comes into the house. This prompts her to twist his nipples and order him to put the money back in the can. Given that Carrie is known to spend thousands of dollars per year on unnecessary clothing and accessories, it's a bit hypocritical for her to begrudge Doug over a hundred bucks. | |
The King of Queens / int_6b05b601 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens / int_6b05b601 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_6b05b601 | |
The King of Queens / int_6ca72c26 | type |
All Take and No Give | |
The King of Queens / int_6ca72c26 | comment |
All Take and No Give: When Deacon moves into Spence's apartment after being kicked out by his wife, Spence eagerly waits on Deacon hand and foot without requesting rent. | |
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The King of Queens / int_6d089995 | type |
The Shrink | |
The King of Queens / int_6d089995 | comment |
The Shrink: Three! ("Shrink Wrap", "Jung Frankenstein", and "Vocal Discord".) Richie was a part of the quartet of friends as well as a major character for the first three seasons. Suddenly, though, the character was just dropped. | |
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The King of Queens / int_6d089995 | |
The King of Queens / int_6d9bc945 | type |
Babies Ever After | |
The King of Queens / int_6d9bc945 | comment |
Babies Ever After: Doug and Carrie end the show with two children, a daughter adopted from China and a biological son. | |
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The King of Queens / int_6d9bc945 | |
The King of Queens / int_6e0a57d6 | type |
Like an Old Married Couple | |
The King of Queens / int_6e0a57d6 | comment |
Like an Old Married Couple: Spence and Danny. | |
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The King of Queens / int_6e0a57d6 | |
The King of Queens / int_701cb9a5 | type |
Sex at Work | |
The King of Queens / int_701cb9a5 | comment |
Sex at Work: Carrie and Doug attempt this in the back of Doug's truck in "Train Wreck", but ultimately decide the thrill isn't worth the discomfort. Later, in "Santa Claustrophobia", they manage to make it work. | |
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The King of Queens / int_701cb9a5 | |
The King of Queens / int_70bdac19 | type |
Honest John's Dealership | |
The King of Queens / int_70bdac19 | comment |
Honest John's Dealership: One episode has Doug buying an ice cream truck from an old man. While trying to sell ice cream, he is repeatedly attacked by another ice cream truck, supposedly driven by a rival. Doug ends up paying the old man to take back the truck because he wants out of it. No sooner does The man complete the transaction does he try to sell it to another person, and it's revealed that he has been selling his truck to people and than using another truck to pose as a rival ice cream man and terrorize them so they will pay him to take the truck back to be safe from the "rival". | |
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The King of Queens / int_70bdac19 | |
The King of Queens / int_716d9138 | type |
Bar Brawl | |
The King of Queens / int_716d9138 | comment |
Bar Brawl: Doug images an elaborate one in "Fight Schlub", which he loses rather badly. | |
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The King of Queens / int_716d9138 | |
The King of Queens / int_754df088 | type |
Put on a Bus | |
The King of Queens / int_754df088 | comment |
Put on a Bus: Kelly for a few seasons, supposedly due to an edict from ABC, who didn't want Merrin Dungey appearing on other shows while she was on Alias.note Her leaving Malcolm in the Middle as Stevie's mom is supposedly also due to this After her character in Alias or rather, her character's doppelganger was killed off, she returned to the show for the rest of its run. Holly leaves to get married early in season eight, returning only for a cameo during the finale. | |
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The King of Queens / int_754df088 | |
The King of Queens / int_75f5c904 | type |
Adopt the Food | |
The King of Queens / int_75f5c904 | comment |
Adopt the Food: After stumbling across a chicken that escaped from a butcher, Doug spends the afternoon bonding with him while looking for a safe sanctuary. | |
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The King of Queens / int_75f5c904 | |
The King of Queens / int_762b9223 | type |
Played for Laughs | |
The King of Queens / int_762b9223 | comment |
The plot of "Clothes Encounter," where Carrie was returning expensive clothing articles after wearing them for a while, was played entirely for laughs and was seen in-universe as morally grey but ultimately harmless. In real life this is called "wardrobing," and it is legally considered a type of shoplifting. At the very least this kind of scheme would probably destroy your credit score, and at worse may land you in prison for fraud. | |
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The King of Queens / int_762b9223 | |
The King of Queens / int_786bf97f | type |
Real Life Writes the Plot | |
The King of Queens / int_786bf97f | comment |
Real Life Writes the Plot: Kevin James lost 40 pounds in 2003, and this was written into the Season 6 two-part premiere. He quickly gained the weight back, however, making these episodes something of a Canon Discontinuity compared to the rest of the series. Leah Remini's body shape and general appearance changed noticably over the run of the show. This was explained In-Universe as the Spooner women having a tendency to become more comfortably shaped (fatter) as they grew older. | |
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The King of Queens / int_786bf97f | |
The King of Queens / int_796bffea | type |
Mistaken for Racist | |
The King of Queens / int_796bffea | comment |
Mistaken for Racist: In "Buy Curious," Doug and Carrie attempt to sell a crappy house by covering up the flaws and sell it off to a black couple like it's fine. When Doug and Carrie find out that the couple is having a baby, they try to talk them out of buying it and the couple think they're just trying to keep them from buying it because they're black. | |
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The King of Queens / int_796bffea | |
The King of Queens / int_7a163538 | type |
Brooklyn Rage | |
The King of Queens / int_7a163538 | comment |
Brooklyn Rage: Carrie. Arthur has his moments, too. | |
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The King of Queens / int_7a163538 | |
The King of Queens / int_7aa228ff | type |
White Guilt | |
The King of Queens / int_7aa228ff | comment |
White Guilt: Arthur does some research on his ancestry and discovers some of his ancestors were once slave traders. He apologizes to Deacon (the only black person he knows, apparently), who tells him there is no need. Later though he discovers he's wrong, and his ancestors were actually Irish travelers. He's now free of guilt and then unabashedly tries to get Deacon doing unpaid chores as a means of paying off a debt he owes Arthur, outraging him with this about-face. | |
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The King of Queens / int_7aa228ff | |
The King of Queens / int_7b07e9f | type |
Prim and Proper Bun | |
The King of Queens / int_7b07e9f | comment |
Prim and Proper Bun: The episode "Bun Dummy" plays with this trope at length. | |
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The King of Queens / int_7b07e9f | |
The King of Queens / int_7b54f561 | type |
Sensual Slavs | |
The King of Queens / int_7b54f561 | comment |
Sensual Slavs: Spence's Albanian penpal. He and Danny vie for her attention while she visits at their apartment in "Move Doubt". | |
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The King of Queens / int_7b54f561 | |
The King of Queens / int_7d7a5f3 | type |
Carpet of Virility | |
The King of Queens / int_7d7a5f3 | comment |
Carpet of Virility: Doug and Danny, type II. | |
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The King of Queens / int_7d7a5f3 | |
The King of Queens / int_7d89315b | type |
"The Reason You Suck" Speech | |
The King of Queens / int_7d89315b | comment |
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Carrie finally loses patience and gives Arthur an epic one in "Foe: Pa": | |
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The King of Queens / int_7d89315b | |
The King of Queens / int_7eebe99c | type |
The Alcoholic | |
The King of Queens / int_7eebe99c | comment |
The Alcoholic: Doug's boss, Patrick O'Boyle. He mentions he's recovering and hasn't had a drink for eight years, but tells Doug to leave the bottle of Johnnie Walker Black he jokingly told him to bring. | |
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The King of Queens / int_7eebe99c | |
The King of Queens / int_8376445d | type |
Jealous Pet | |
The King of Queens / int_8376445d | comment |
Jealous Pet: When Holly is charmed by a new client named Peewee, Arthur acts the part, even trying to outdo him at fetch. | |
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The King of Queens / int_8376445d | |
The King of Queens / int_85904f5a | type |
Pygmalion Snap Back | |
The King of Queens / int_85904f5a | comment |
Pygmalion Snap Back: The episode "Jung Frankenstein". | |
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The King of Queens / int_85904f5a | |
The King of Queens / int_8984e5d1 | type |
Commonality Connection | |
The King of Queens / int_8984e5d1 | comment |
Commonality Connection: The rival driver from "Fight Schlub" uses a feigned interest in Neil Diamond and a story about being bullied for his weight as a child to ameliorate himself to Doug. | |
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The King of Queens / int_8984e5d1 | |
The King of Queens / int_8a8130a8 | type |
Courier | |
The King of Queens / int_8a8130a8 | comment |
The Courier: Doug and Carrie both have referred to Doug as such when attempting to elevate his job title. | |
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The King of Queens / int_8a8130a8 | |
The King of Queens / int_8cb1a369 | type |
Took a Level in Jerkass | |
The King of Queens / int_8cb1a369 | comment |
Took a Level in Jerkass: Both Doug and Carrie. Doug has some selfish moments in early seasons, but is generally a Nice Guy. He becomes a lot more self-centered and prone to Jerkassery in later seasons. Carrie actually started out as probably one of the most well-adjusted and nicest characters you'll see in an American Sitcom, but in later seasons she's a Jerk with a Heart of Gold at best. In early seasons, Arthur is a Cloudcuckoolander but is generally kindhearted. In later seasons he becomes a total asshole who isn't above going screwing over family and friends for personal gain. | |
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The King of Queens / int_8cb1a369 | |
The King of Queens / int_90e31482 | type |
Laser-Guided Karma | |
The King of Queens / int_90e31482 | comment |
Laser-Guided Karma: Anytime Doug or Carrie (or both) set up a scheme, it would always be foiled by some circumstance. "Patrons Ain't" and "Buy Curious" are good examples for both of them. Several of Doug's schemes to alter Carrie without her consent (such as in "Lush Life", "Gym Neighbors", and "Deconstructing Carrie") always came back to bite him in the ass. A clever example occurs in "Shear Torture" when Spence asks Lou Ferrigno to go to a Fantasy convention with him, but ditches him at the last minute so he can take Adam West instead. On the way to the convention, Adam West tells Spence that he spoke with Lou Ferrigno and found out that he broke his commitment to him. He then forces Spence out of the car, necessitating him to run across four lanes of traffic. Spence misses out on the Fantasy Convention and Adam West also keeps his gas money. | |
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The King of Queens / int_90e31482 | |
The King of Queens / int_916ecb1 | type |
But I Can't Be Pregnant! | |
The King of Queens / int_916ecb1 | comment |
But I Can't Be Pregnant!: Doug says as much regarding Carrie in the final episode; she reminds him that the doctor merely said it was highly unlikely that they'd be able to concieve, not impossible. | |
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The King of Queens / int_916ecb1 | |
The King of Queens / int_932e3efe | type |
Wants to Be Hated | |
The King of Queens / int_932e3efe | comment |
Wants to Be Hated: In "Tank Heaven", in order to avoid having repeat hang-outs with Carrie's fancy new work friends, Doug behaves in a puposefully disturbing and off-putting matter so as to be hated. | |
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The King of Queens / int_932e3efe | |
The King of Queens / int_970c8a84 | type |
Big Fun | |
The King of Queens / int_970c8a84 | comment |
Big Fun: Doug is this to a tee. | |
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The King of Queens / int_970c8a84 | |
The King of Queens / int_98576799 | type |
Throw the Dog a Bone | |
The King of Queens / int_98576799 | comment |
Throw the Dog a Bone: Holly Schumpert's character could be seen as a Butt Monkey. She comes from a difficult household and is often used by her boyfriends and occasionally the Heffernans (see the episodes "Icky Shuffle" and "Awful Bigamy"). However, once in a while she does come out on top: In "Secret Garden" she becomes a client of Dr Crawford a skilled gynecologist who is sought after by nearly every woman for his expertise. In "Mentallo Case" She ends up getting the best gift when all of the participants are up in arms over the gifts they got. Spence could also be seen as a butt monkey at times and is often the victim of his friends' or family's stupidity or just fate. Nevertheless he occasionally comes out on top. In "G'Night Stalker", he manages to pull of an elaborate prank on Doug after being the victim of many pranks. In "Emotional Rollercoaster" He ends up getting the girl, although we never see what she (if she is indeed a "she") is like under her giant mascot costume. | |
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The King of Queens / int_98576799 | |
The King of Queens / int_989d66e6 | type |
Sleazy Photoshoot | |
The King of Queens / int_989d66e6 | comment |
Sleazy Photoshoot: Doug is tricked into one in "Work Related". | |
The King of Queens / int_989d66e6 | featureApplicability |
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The King of Queens / int_989d66e6 | |
The King of Queens / int_98b4bcd9 | type |
Chikan | |
The King of Queens / int_98b4bcd9 | comment |
Chikan: Carrie frequently gets her ass touched on the subway. | |
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The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_98b4bcd9 | |
The King of Queens / int_99ddfcec | type |
Unwitting Instigator of Doom | |
The King of Queens / int_99ddfcec | comment |
Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Catrrie's plot in Ice Cubed, where returning an accidentally shoplifted iPod leads to the destruction of a mother of two young daughter's life. Also Patrons Ain't, where Doug and Carrie's attempt to donate to a school library leads to the firing of the beloved librarian. | |
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The King of Queens / int_99ddfcec | |
The King of Queens / int_9c89a71a | type |
Tribal Face Paint | |
The King of Queens / int_9c89a71a | comment |
Tribal Face Paint: In "Doug Less", Doug paints his face this way with mud after a few hours alone in the woods. | |
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The King of Queens / int_9c89a71a | |
The King of Queens / int_9d5dad72 | type |
Blaming the Victim | |
The King of Queens / int_9d5dad72 | comment |
Blaming the Victim: In "Mammary Lane", after being mistaken for a creep by an overly paranoid women himself, Doug blames Carrie's difficulties with her boss's handsy four-year-old on her own attitude. | |
The King of Queens / int_9d5dad72 | featureApplicability |
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The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_9d5dad72 | |
The King of Queens / int_9e298840 | type |
New York Is Only Manhattan | |
The King of Queens / int_9e298840 | comment |
New York Is Only Manhattan: Averted here. Which, as it says on the label, is set in and around Queens. | |
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-1.0 | |
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The King of Queens / int_9e298840 | |
The King of Queens / int_a1a3ec96 | type |
Bratty Food Demand | |
The King of Queens / int_a1a3ec96 | comment |
Bratty Food Demand: In "Taste Buds", Doug manipulates Arthur into rudely demanding food so that Carrie will take them to whatever restaurant he (Doug) wants to go. For example, when Doug wants pizza, he gets Arthur to reminisce about the time he was in the Army in Italy, causing Arthur to say, "I want pizza!" The Palmer boys loudly chant in order to proposition the Heffernans for coffee. | |
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1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_a1a3ec96 | |
The King of Queens / int_a2b38d3b | type |
Eye Scream | |
The King of Queens / int_a2b38d3b | comment |
Eye Scream: When Spencer explains how laser eye surgery worked, Deacon was experiencing this. | |
The King of Queens / int_a2b38d3b | featureApplicability |
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The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_a2b38d3b | |
The King of Queens / int_a32334b4 | type |
Canon Discontinuity | |
The King of Queens / int_a32334b4 | comment |
Kevin James lost 40 pounds in 2003, and this was written into the Season 6 two-part premiere. He quickly gained the weight back, however, making these episodes something of a Canon Discontinuity compared to the rest of the series. | |
The King of Queens / int_a32334b4 | featureApplicability |
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The King of Queens / int_a32334b4 | |
The King of Queens / int_a5e0c01 | type |
As Himself | |
The King of Queens / int_a5e0c01 | comment |
As Himself: Lou Ferrigno is indeed Lou Ferrigno. And good friends with Adam West. | |
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1.0 | |
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The King of Queens / int_a5e0c01 | |
The King of Queens / int_a6971841 | type |
Dining in the Buff | |
The King of Queens / int_a6971841 | comment |
Dining in the Buff: In "Where's Poppa", Doug eats pizza while jumping on the couch in the nude. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The King of Queens / int_a6971841 | |
The King of Queens / int_a70223 | type |
Karma Houdini | |
The King of Queens / int_a70223 | comment |
Karma Houdini: In "Fight Schlub", the members of the Priority Plus delivery company get no comeuppance for assaulting Doug and binding him in Bubble wrap or taking the booth reserved for Doug and his friends at Coopers. When Doug and his friends try to take back the booth they are defeated and are exiled to a booth by the bathroom. In "Icky Shuffle" Carrie is not called to account or receives any sort of comeuppance for pretending to be ill. She started out sick but continued to be sick long after she got better. This was because Holly agreed to cook dinner for her for the duration of her illness. Carrie's deceit continues even when Carrie's orders get more elaborate and Holly comes down with a very bad cold. In "Lost Vegas", Arthur successfully cheats a church out of its money using a card counting scheme during their charity casino night. In "Mama Cast", an old man gets away with scamming Doug by selling an ice cream truck to him and than posing as a rival ice cream man who terrorizes Doug until he pays the owner to take the truck back. He proceeds to pull the trick on another man. | |
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1.0 | |
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The King of Queens / int_a70223 | |
The King of Queens / int_a7ec549e | type |
Experience Entitlement | |
The King of Queens / int_a7ec549e | comment |
Experience Entitlement: Doug is short and haughty with Danny while training him in "Driving Reign". | |
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1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_a7ec549e | |
The King of Queens / int_a93f3350 | type |
Feed by Example | |
The King of Queens / int_a93f3350 | comment |
Feed by Example: In "Fresh Brood", Doug eats some baby food to convince Mookie to try it. He instantly gags. | |
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1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_a93f3350 | |
The King of Queens / int_ab8e26e2 | type |
Slipping a Mickey | |
The King of Queens / int_ab8e26e2 | comment |
Slipping a Mickey: After Doug slips Arthur his medication, Arthur gets revenge by slipping Doug a heavy sedative in "Papa Pill". | |
The King of Queens / int_ab8e26e2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The King of Queens | hasFeature |
The King of Queens / int_ab8e26e2 | |
The King of Queens / int_ab9311f0 | type |
Closer to Earth | |
The King of Queens / int_ab9311f0 | comment |
Closer to Earth: Traded off depending on the episode between Doug and Carrie. Doug is foolish and impulsive, but Carrie is somewhat immoral (or at least self serving) and brash, and each have episodes showcasing their flaws - for whichever one is in the wrong in the episode, the other will be Closer to Earth. | |
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Idiosyncratic Episode Naming | |
The King of Queens / int_ac4ac8e5 | comment |
Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Almost all of the episode titles are a two or three word pun that has something to do with the episode. | |
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Discreet Drink Disposal | |
The King of Queens / int_aca54dad | comment |
Discreet Drink Disposal: In "Window Pain", Doug sneaks into the kitchen to pour out a glass of gross scotch, but is seen through the interior window. | |
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Sultry Bangs | |
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Sultry Bangs: The wig Carrie wears to cover up her Gag Haircut features these. | |
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Viewers Are Morons | |
The King of Queens / int_aebae11c | comment |
Viewers Are Morons: Were we really not supposed to notice that Mr. Kaplan and Mr. Kaufman were played by the same actor? | |
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Catchphrase | |
The King of Queens / int_b01abe4f | comment |
Catchphrase: "Shutty". Shaminy! Ass, in many variations. "I am ASS." "CARRIE IS ASS." "I'll buy you a boat! The Dumb-as-ass!" "Mother of ASS!" "Ass!" YUSPA!!! All of Doug's exaggerated "T-I-O-N"words: Dona-TION, Sanita-TION, Fornica-TION, etc. | |
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Why Waste a Wedding? | |
The King of Queens / int_b10d73ea | comment |
Why Waste a Wedding?: Arthur and Veronica Olchin do this in the finale, after Arthur discovers the wedding he was about to have with an aging starlet was based on the presumption that he was gay. | |
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ReTool | |
The King of Queens / int_b219ac90 | comment |
Retool: The title, now solely a pun based off of where the characters live, used to have a bit of a double-meaning, since Carrie's sister Sara was initially a big part of the cast, making plural "Queens." | |
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RetCon | |
The King of Queens / int_b2279346 | comment |
Carrie's sister Sara. The script writers admitted they ran out of ideas with what to do with her. As a matter of fact, Sara was so written out of the show that Carrie was turned into an only child. | |
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Retcon | |
The King of Queens / int_b2280b66 | comment |
Retcon: When Pruzan first appeared, he was just a pathetic co-worker of Carrie's. Later, he was made into her boss (indeed, several episodes, including "Cello Goodbye", showed her with different bosses). In the episode where Arthur temporarily moves out into an apartment he can't afford, Doug compliments his piano playing abilities. In a later episode he tries getting some fast money by "teaching" children how to do just that but is completely incapable of doing so. Interestingly, among the main characters there doesn't appear to be a single person who can actually play the piano, yet there it is smack dab in the middle of the Heffernan's living room. Doug and Carrie's story of how they met, Carrie's childhood, and several other plotlines. | |
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Virtuous Vegetarianism | |
The King of Queens / int_b2e5a4f3 | comment |
Virtuous Vegetarianism: In "Offensive Fowl", once Doug gives up eating meat, he begins wearing glasses, reading, buying only fair-trade goods, and lecturing everyone around him on morals. | |
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The King of Queens / int_b479b298 | type |
Spy Cam | |
The King of Queens / int_b479b298 | comment |
Spy Cam: "Life Sentence" features something like this. Arthur is recovering from health problems, but he refuses to leave the basement and move into the guest room. Doug and Carrie rig up a babycam without him knowing and connect it into a TV feed so they can periodically check in on him. Later on, Deacon, Spence, and Danny come over to watch football, channel surf when they get bored, and discover the babycam feed. They quickly become engrossed in the mundane things Arthur does and secretly come over to watch numerous hours of Arthur TV. | |
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Tough Love | |
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Tough Love: Regarding Arthur, from "Ticker Treat": | |
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My Beloved Smother | |
The King of Queens / int_b58c51d8 | comment |
My Beloved Smother: Spence's mom, who fails to see her beloved son is nearer to thirty than twenty and ceased to be a teenager a long time ago. | |
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The King of Queens / int_b64ea263 | type |
Westminster Chimes | |
The King of Queens / int_b64ea263 | comment |
Westminster Chimes: The doorbell of Doug and Carrie's annoying neighbors, the Sackskys. | |
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Eccentric Exterminator | |
The King of Queens / int_b87666bb | comment |
Eccentric Exterminator: The exterminator from "Buggy Nights" wears Carrie's bra. | |
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Serenade Your Lover | |
The King of Queens / int_bac26c8f | comment |
Serenade Your Lover: Doug serenades his high school ex, Margy. He also writes Carrie a somewhat less romantic song in "Class Struggle". | |
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Jerkass to One | |
The King of Queens / int_bb23703 | comment |
Jerkass to One: While Doug, Deacon, Richie, and Danny were usually quite lovable, their treatment of Spence could often get quite bad; they make fun of Spence for being geeky and often act like he's The Friend Nobody Likes. | |
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Relationship Sabotage | |
The King of Queens / int_bbdafd63 | comment |
Relationship Sabotage: When Doug likes the man in one couple, but Carrie hates the woman, and Carrie likes the woman in one relationship, but Doug hates the man, they sabotage both relationships in order to build a "Frankencouple" ideal for double dates. | |
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Shoo Out the New Guy | |
The King of Queens / int_be0f728 | comment |
Shoo Out the New Guy: Sara. At the beginning of the series, Carrie was meant to be the serious character of the two, while Sara was meant to be nothing more than a mooching bimbo. According to the creators, having Carrie's sister in the house never fit the down-to-Earth atmosphere they were aiming for, so eventually they wrote her entire existence out of the show. | |
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Big Applesauce | |
The King of Queens / int_beb932ca | comment |
Big Applesauce: The show takes place in Queens, and Carrie works in Manhattan. | |
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The King of Queens / int_bf74d357 | type |
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife | |
The King of Queens / int_bf74d357 | comment |
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Though Doug isn't ugly, he's undeniably obese, while Carrie is beautiful. | |
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The King of Queens / int_c0e3994b | type |
Double Standard: Abuse, Female on Male | |
The King of Queens / int_c0e3994b | comment |
Double Standard: Abuse, Female on Male: Carrie is a pretty major version of this and it was implied that Deacon's wife can be pretty abusive as well. Also one episode had Carrie teach a girlfriend of Spence to be verbally abusive to him. The subplot in "Van, Go" definitely comes to mind with this trope. In the episode, Doug has to deal with a very rude waitress who not only does not serve him at the same time as his friend, but refuses to get his ready chicken wings that remain sitting on the counter. When Doug goes up and gets the chicken wings himself, the waitress rudely tells him that she'll bring them to him. Later, the manager questions why they didn't get refills on their drinks, a Doug says he thinks the waitress was on the phone, resulting in the manager reprimanding her (since personal calls at work are against the rules) and comps their meal. The waitress then declares she's going to "gut you like a deer," when he leaves and spends the remainder of the episode stalking around the front of the restaurant, waiting for Doug to leave. Not only is this Played for Laughs, but nobody calls the cops about this obvious harassment. And it's still Played for Laughs when the waitress beats him up off-screen! | |
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The King of Queens / int_c19bdbe1 | type |
Good Cop/Bad Cop | |
The King of Queens / int_c19bdbe1 | comment |
Good Cop/Bad Cop: When buying a new car, Doug plays Good Cop while Carrie plays Bad Cop to get a better deal. Doug gushes over the car while Carrie says "I wanna take a sledgehammer to this piece of crap!" | |
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The King of Queens / int_c33ba0a8 | type |
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome | |
The King of Queens / int_c33ba0a8 | comment |
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Carrie's sister Sara. The script writers admitted they ran out of ideas with what to do with her. As a matter of fact, Sara was so written out of the show that Carrie was turned into an only child. Stanley, the beagle they have in season one and early season two. Richie suddenly disappears and is replaced by Danny to keep the four friend group intact. Richie was a NYC firefighter who disappeared in the fall of 2001... | |
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The King of Queens / int_c37e00e7 | type |
Formally-Named Pet | |
The King of Queens / int_c37e00e7 | comment |
Formally-Named Pet: Mr. Belvidere, the jack russell belonging to Towel Guy. | |
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The King of Queens / int_c5249b29 | type |
Nice Guy | |
The King of Queens / int_c5249b29 | comment |
Both Doug and Carrie. Doug has some selfish moments in early seasons, but is generally a Nice Guy. He becomes a lot more self-centered and prone to Jerkassery in later seasons. Carrie actually started out as probably one of the most well-adjusted and nicest characters you'll see in an American Sitcom, but in later seasons she's a Jerk with a Heart of Gold at best. | |
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The King of Queens / int_c660bc15 | type |
Fan Disservice | |
The King of Queens / int_c660bc15 | comment |
Fan Disservice: Carrie's pole dancing. It's so bad that Doug tried to stay at work until he's forced to leave, and when he later finally snaps and turns Carrie's music off, the following exchange occurs, implying that watching Carrie's dancing for a prolonged period is apparently A Fate Worse Than Death: | |
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The King of Queens / int_c6eabb03 | type |
Gosh Dang It to Heck! | |
The King of Queens / int_c6eabb03 | comment |
Goshdang It To Heck: Doug often says "Son of a mother!" | |
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Shout-Out | |
The King of Queens / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: In Offtrack - Bedding, Carrie is in the kitchen preparing food when Doug walks in and says "Hi, Sticky Buns!" Carrie is flattered and says it's nice to have a husband who can make up funny nicknames for her when he walks in. Doug looks baffled, and goes to the plate of cakes on the counter that he was really speaking to. | |
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The King of Queens / int_c7e9706f | type |
Magic 8-Ball | |
The King of Queens / int_c7e9706f | comment |
Magic 8-Ball: The Mentalo toy from Doug's childhood (as well as its knockoff, Mental-Man) is a variant. | |
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The King of Queens / int_c9588dd8 | type |
Asians Eat Pets | |
The King of Queens / int_c9588dd8 | comment |
Asians Eat Pets: When Doug rents an apartment above a Chinese restaurant, his landlord cooks his pet turtle, remind him that no pets are allowed. | |
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The King of Queens / int_caa28b82 | type |
Cloudcuckoolander | |
The King of Queens / int_caa28b82 | comment |
In early seasons, Arthur is a Cloudcuckoolander but is generally kindhearted. In later seasons he becomes a total asshole who isn't above going screwing over family and friends for personal gain. | |
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Soul-Crushing Desk Job | |
The King of Queens / int_cb8880a5 | comment |
Soul-Crushing Desk Job: Doug feels this way about his promotion from driving in the season one episode "White Collar". (This makes the three-parter finale, where he gives up driving for a higher paying desk job in order to support their newly adopted daughter, all the more meaningful a sacrifice.) | |
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The King of Queens / int_cbd8d475 | type |
Not Really a Birth Scene | |
The King of Queens / int_cbd8d475 | comment |
Not Really a Birth Scene: Happens to Doug when doctors have to remove a large staple from one of his testicles. We even get to see poor Doug's legs up in stirrups and his wife holding his hand while he screams. | |
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Arranged Friendship | |
The King of Queens / int_ccde30d7 | comment |
Arranged Friendship: Arthur and Holly, the latter of whom Doug and Carrie pay for her time. | |
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Letting Her Hair Down | |
The King of Queens / int_ccfc0535 | comment |
Letting Her Hair Down: Carrie plays with this trope in the "Bun Dummy" episode. | |
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The Ugly Guy's Hot Daughter | |
The King of Queens / int_ce287322 | comment |
The Ugly Guy's Hot Daughter: To say nothing of Jerry Stiller and Leah Remini, Arthur certainly isn't regarded as much of a looker In-Universe, while Carrie remains beautiful even as she crosses into middle age. | |
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Mundane Made Awesome | |
The King of Queens / int_d148b019 | comment |
Mundane Made Awesome: In "Strike Out," Doug, Deacon, and Arthur play the See & Say that Deacon's son brought with him in the style of roulette. | |
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Bad Humor Truck | |
The King of Queens / int_d1673f5c | comment |
Bad Humor Truck: After buying an ice cream truck, Doug is threatened and stalked by a rival ice cream truck driver. | |
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The King of Queens / int_d332bf54 | type |
Lampshaded | |
The King of Queens / int_d332bf54 | comment |
Lampshaded when Spence and Danny actually get married in order to receive a free television from a timeshare company, then are comically outraged when they won't give the timeshare to a same-sex couple. | |
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The King of Queens / int_d4cd68be | type |
Unwanted Gift Plot | |
The King of Queens / int_d4cd68be | comment |
Unwanted Gift Plot: Doug and Carrie receive a hideous painting of them for their anniversary from Deacon and Kelly. They pretend to love it but secretly try to get rid of it. It turns out Deacon and Kelly intentionally gave them a horrible present so they would be allowed to get rid of an unwanted gift Doug and Carrie had given them. | |
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The King of Queens / int_d56607ad | type |
Jury Duty | |
The King of Queens / int_d56607ad | comment |
Jury Duty: The B-plot of one episode shows Arthur's overzealous attitude toward his role as an alternate. | |
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The King of Queens / int_d5974c25 | type |
Shaking Her Hair Loose | |
The King of Queens / int_d5974c25 | comment |
Shaking Her Hair Loose: Discussed extensively in "Bun Dummy", before Carrie finally performs one at the very end. | |
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Depraved Dentist | |
The King of Queens / int_d7d8e447 | comment |
Depraved Dentist: The dentist from "Two Thirty" is usually nice, but subconsciously takes out his jealousy and aggression on Doug's teeth. | |
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The King of Queens / int_d8056252 | type |
Insurrectionist Inheritor | |
The King of Queens / int_d8056252 | comment |
Insurrectionist Inheritor: In "Moxie Moron", after repeating a rant delivered in private by Carrie in which she tells Kaplan to sit on a candle, Dawn is immediately promoted. | |
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Sexy Stewardess | |
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Sexy Stewardess: Deacon nearly manages to bed a gorgeous British stewardess in "Nocturnal Omission". One look at her leaves Carrie dumbfounded. | |
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Ear Worm | |
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Ear Worm: In-universe (and possibly out of it,) Doug's "Doug and Carrie" song from "Class Struggle". | |
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Pointy-Haired Boss | |
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Pointy-Haired Boss: Doug's boss, Patrick O'Boyle, is revealed to be a weirdo at times. As is Carrie's boss, Doug Pruzan. | |
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Eat That | |
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Eat That: One of the season two cold opens has Doug trying to pay Carrie to eat cheese that fell on the floor, and upon being rebuked, offering to eat it for payment instead. | |
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Gracefully Demoted | |
The King of Queens / int_dc664499 | comment |
Gracefully Demoted: After being promoted in "White Collar", Doug gives up the job to Deacon. Both are back in their original positions by the next episode. | |
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Family Versus Career | |
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Family Versus Career: Carrie struggles with this decision in "Baby Maybe": when she thinks her job is going poorly, she wants to start trying for a baby. When she thinks she may be up for a promotion, she changes her mind. | |
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The King of Queens / int_dd409fb5 | type |
Animal Chick Magnet | |
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Animal Chick Magnet: In the flashback to the night Carrie and Doug met, Ritchie borrows a neighbor's doberman in order to seduce the girls. | |
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Vegetarian for a Day | |
The King of Queens / int_ddece021 | comment |
Vegetarian for a Day: "Offensive Fowl" | |
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Unsportsmanlike Gloating | |
The King of Queens / int_df1cb219 | comment |
Unsportsmanlike Gloating: Arthur's aggressive gloating while playing board games with Carrie as a child gave her a complex that followed her into her thirties. | |
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The King of Queens / int_e016e53f | type |
Throwing Off the Disability | |
The King of Queens / int_e016e53f | comment |
Throwing Off the Disability: Doug invokes this trope in "Knee Jerk" so that he can use a fake injury to skip Carrie's cousin's wedding, but go to a trampoline park a few days later. | |
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The King of Queens / int_e150c4c7 | type |
Manchild | |
The King of Queens / int_e150c4c7 | comment |
Manchild: Spence is the most obvious example but Doug, Danny, and Arthur fit as well. Deacon could also be described as this on certain occasions. For example, in the episode "Mentallo Case", when Doug wants to buy a toy that he always wanted as a child, Deacon goes behind Doug's back and purchases it for himself. | |
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The Bore | |
The King of Queens / int_e201cc | comment |
The Bore: In "Roamin' Holiday", Carrie's high school friend's husband persistantly attempts to discuss downer politics with Doug, much to his dismay. | |
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Unsuccessful Pet Adoption | |
The King of Queens / int_e326851f | comment |
Unsuccessful Pet Adoption: After being guilted into adopting a bloodhound named Sparky, Doug and Carrie spend the latter half of the episode trying to get rid of him, and are ultimately successful. | |
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Pulling Your Child Away | |
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Pulling Your Child Away: Played for laughs in "Buggie Nights", where an English grandmama pulls her grandson away from Carrie, who's become a pariah after Doug spread the news that she's infested with bedbugs. | |
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Wedding Deadline | |
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Wedding Deadline: Invoked at length in "Altar Ego". | |
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Calling the Old Man Out | |
The King of Queens / int_e52a0409 | comment |
Calling the Old Man Out: See Carrie's The Reason You Suck speech to Arthur. | |
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Determinator | |
The King of Queens / int_e567510d | comment |
His racquetball performance against Deacon is also an example and it's implied that he really had no prior experience playing and that it was solely inspired by Doug's desire to get his friend away from his "archnemesis" pushing him into almost Determinator territory. | |
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The King of Queens / int_e5e6640b | type |
Flanderization | |
The King of Queens / int_e5e6640b | comment |
Flanderization: Carrie's unsophisticated speech in some episodes. | |
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Breakfast in Bed | |
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Breakfast in Bed: Doug brings an unsavory combination of dinner/breakfast in bed to Carrie in attempt to convince her to stay home from work. | |
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The Load | |
The King of Queens / int_e68b72 | comment |
The Load: Arthur contributes nothing to the household and in fact has cost the Heffernans significant amounts of money (he's started fires, sold their furniture when they are away, etc.,) and stress (he goes through personal belongings, keeps them awake at night when moved across the hall, constantly yells and tries to force his rules on them, etc.). Whenever he comes across some money like bingo winnings, he doesn't even think to offer Doug and Carrie any of it for something such as new appliances they all use and has to be more or less told to give it to them. Doug wants him out of the house for these reasons but Carrie defends Arthur, claiming he isn't that bad (which is odd, as it has been firmly established that Arthur was a terrible father. He even lost her name in a bet.) | |
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Lysistrata Gambit | |
The King of Queens / int_e69efe7f | comment |
Lysistrata Gambit: In "Restaurant Row", after maliciously banning one another from multiple establishments, the episode ends with Carrie banning Doug from sex. | |
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Funny Flashback Haircut | |
The King of Queens / int_e869512e | comment |
Funny Flashback Haircut: In the episode where we see how Doug and Carrie first met, Doug has a mullet and Ritchie a ponytail. | |
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The King of Queens / int_eae0129f | type |
Anti-Advice | |
The King of Queens / int_eae0129f | comment |
A waitress is constantly seeking advice from Arthur. He gets fulfillment from this, until finding out from a dimwitted co-worker that she only does so to follow the opposite of what he suggests. Following this he deliberately tells her the opposite of what he would otherwise, causing her to ignore good advice, specifically telling her it's a bad idea to demand a raise, causing her to be fired. Whether or not he intended for this to get her fired and potentially bankrupt, he seems to find her outcome perfectly just in his gloating. | |
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Crossover | |
The King of Queens / int_eb7c34cf | comment |
Crossover: From time to time, the Heffernans have interacted with the cast of Everybody Loves Raymond. Doug's first appearance was as a member of the Nemo's basketball team playing alongside Ray and Robert Barone in ELR. Their first meeting was later retconned to a chance meeting whilst both were sitting the written part of their drivers' licences. | |
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Jerkass | |
The King of Queens / int_eb8ec7c8 | comment |
Jerkass/Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Carrie, Depending on the Writer. A case of "like father, like daughter," since this also applies to Arthur. | |
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished | |
The King of Queens / int_eb8f64a6 | comment |
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: In "Ice Cubed" when a cashier mistakenly forgets to ring up an iPod, in effect giving it to Carrie for free, she tries to return it and pay the cashier. Her trying to do the right thing sets off a chain reaction of unfortunate events. | |
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You Get What You Pay For | |
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You Get What You Pay For: Doug decides to give Carrie eye surgery for her birthday so that she no longer needs glasses. However, she ends up going through a much longer than usual adjusting period almost completely blind. Turns out that Doug decided to not go to the surgeon Carrie's boss recommended but another one because the latter had coupons. Carrie is understandably upset and forces Doug to take her to the other one. | |
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Cosmetic Catastrophe | |
The King of Queens / int_ed8d9a50 | comment |
Cosmetic Catastrophe: In "Switch Sitters", after the Heffernans leave gender-noncomforming Kirby alone with Carrie's makeup, the Palmer's offscreen reaction makes it clear that this is the result. | |
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One-Steve Limit | |
The King of Queens / int_ee7a60e9 | comment |
One-Steve Limit: Arthur's aversion of this trope is one of Lou Ferrigno's criticisms of his screen play in "Better Camera". Also averted by Doug Heffernan and Doug Pruzan, Carrie's boss. | |
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Artistic License – Cars | |
The King of Queens / int_eea06f9a | comment |
Artistic License – Cars: When Doug's car starts breaking down, Arthur buys them a "Douchenburger", apparently quite popular in Luxembourg. The actual car is a right hand drive 1970 Mini 850 Mk. III. Luxembourg has no local automakers (their cars come from the rest of Europe) and is left hand drive. About the only thing done to hide the fact that it's a Mini is the emblem on the hood has been removed. This confuses British viewers, who wonder why an instantly recognizable Mini - with its steering wheel in the intuitively "correct" place - isn't called a Mini. Some viewers are clued up enough to realize a Mini is a sort of classic car in the USA and would be worth good money for its comparative rarity value. Besides, The Italian Job should be well-known enough in the USA for many people to recognize the car? When Doug rear-ends Deacon's car while he, Carrie, Deacon and Kelly are on their way to a dinner (Doug and Deacon are in Doug's Jeep), the taillights are smashed. Except, Doug's Jeep's bumper is level with Deacon's car's bumper and the lights look like they've been smashed with a hammer. | |
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Hiccup Hijinks | |
The King of Queens / int_ef478375 | comment |
Hiccup Hijinks: The beginning of "The Dugan Groupie" has Doug get hiccups while he's eating a tuna sandwich. Arthur tries scaring him, but it doesn't work. He then pretends to walk away in shame so that he can scare Doug's hiccups away with an air horn. At the end of the episode, Arthur also gets hiccups, and he once again scares them away with an air horn. | |
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Distracted by the Sexy | |
The King of Queens / int_f10d3363 | comment |
Distracted by the Sexy: In the pilot, Doug is attempting to shave when Carrie's sister bursts into the bathroom to shower. Doug tries to continue shaving. Cut to the next scene, where his face is badly cut in multiple places. | |
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Dude, Not Ironic | |
The King of Queens / int_f2233a1e | comment |
Dude, Not Ironic: In "Female Troubles", Doug calls something ironic and Arthur insists that that's not what irony is. At the end of the episode, Arthur wakes Doug up in the middle of the night claiming he looked up ironic in the dictionary, and admits he was wrong: he thought "ironic" meant "made entirely of iron". | |
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Too Much Information | |
The King of Queens / int_f332d990 | comment |
Too Much Information: Arthur gives unnecessary detail on Carrie's conception while talking to Doug. The strange woman from "Connect Four" tells Carrie details of her sex life and personal anatomy immediately after meeting her. | |
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Giftedly Bad | |
The King of Queens / int_f3d84bc4 | comment |
Giftedly Bad: Carrie at pole dancing. | |
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Took a Level in Cynic | |
The King of Queens / int_f49ba6ee | comment |
Took a Level in Cynic: Doug and Carrie's characters go from sarcastic but loving in Season 1 to downright hateful in Seasons 8-9. | |
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Law of Inverse Fertility | |
The King of Queens / int_f4f3252e | comment |
Law of Inverse Fertility: After several arcs throughout the series' run dealing with the Heffernan's inability to conceive, they're surprised to find Carrie pregnant immediately after committing to adoption. | |
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Hard-Drinking Party Girl | |
The King of Queens / int_f5afa308 | comment |
Hard-Drinking Party Girl: Holly. Who frequently ends up in bad places the next day. | |
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City People Eat Sushi | |
The King of Queens / int_f7dc8339 | comment |
City People Eat Sushi: Wannabe-Manhattenite Carrie often wants sushi, contrasting with the more suburban tastes of Doug. | |
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Series Fauxnale | |
The King of Queens / int_f9c3ecc6 | comment |
Series Fauxnale: The Season 8 finale "Acting Out" was written to be the series finale, but the cast and crew later decided to come back to do a ninth and final season. | |
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"Friends" Rent Control | |
The King of Queens / int_fb4c41b4 | comment |
"Friends" Rent Control: Doug is a delivery driver, Carrie is a secretary, and the two are frequently shown to have major issues with their finances. Despite this, from early on in their marriage the two were able to afford a large, two-story house in Queens with a basement, a decently sized yard, and a garage. | |
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Comically Missing the Point | |
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In one episode, Spence and Danny go to their high school reunion and try to pick up women to take home. Spence thinks he has succeeded in picking up a woman, until Danny informs him that that woman is a lesbian and thinks he's a woman too. Danny also succeeds in getting a date, that is, the captain of the football team. | |
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Department of Redundancy Department | |
The King of Queens / int_fc151e9d | comment |
Department of Redundancy Department: | |
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Artistic License – Economics | |
The King of Queens / int_fd76df83 | comment |
Artistic License – Economics: The plot of "Art House" involves Arthur leaving Doug and Carrie's house and renting a luxurious apartment in a Manhattan high-rise. After a few days, it is revealed that he can't afford the rent which leads to him losing the apartment. Most apartments (and certainly one as nice as Arthur's) require a deposit of a few months' rent before taking residence to prevent situations such as these. Not to mention that the apartment was fully furnished, which would've cost thousands of dollars as well. There is simply no way Arthur could've gotten established in that apartment with no money and no credit. | |
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Lady Drunk | |
The King of Queens / int_fdb3b2b5 | comment |
Lady Drunk: The single-episode depiction of Spence's mom in "S'aint Valentine's", before being recast and rewritten as Anne Meara. | |
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The King of Queens / int_fdc4fab4 | type |
Depending on the Writer | |
The King of Queens / int_fdc4fab4 | comment |
Depending on the Writer: Whether or not Doug, Carrie, or Arthur are being giant assholes or not. | |
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The King of Queens / int_fe15db5c | type |
Authoritative in Public, Docile in Private | |
The King of Queens / int_fe15db5c | comment |
Authoritative in Public, Docile in Private: The aggressive, militant man from "Paint Misbehavin'" during the credits scene, wherein he's bullied by his wife for getting the wrong kind of ice cream. | |
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The King of Queens / int_feac0f90 | type |
Ephebophile | |
The King of Queens / int_feac0f90 | comment |
Ephebophile: In "Time Share", Tim Sacksky makes a number of disturbing comments about teenage girls. | |
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The King of Queens / int_ff64d968 | type |
Anti-Mentor | |
The King of Queens / int_ff64d968 | comment |
Anti-Mentor: The unnamed coffee shop waitress uses Arthur this way; everything he tells her to do, she does the opposite. Backfires when Arthur catches on and tells her to do the opposite of the opposite. | |
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The King of Queens / int_ffd38a95 | type |
Flowers of Romance | |
The King of Queens / int_ffd38a95 | comment |
Flowers of Romance: Arthur attempts to woo Doug's aunt with these in "Paternal Affairs." In "Flower Power", after mistaking a coworker's bouquet for a gift from Doug, Carrie complains about Doug's lack of romance. In response, he unloads a veritable flower bomb on her desk. | |
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