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The Neighbors (2015)

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The Neighbors (2015)	comment	The Neighbors is a series about an apartment building filled with various eccentric tenants. Sounds like standard sitcom fare... until you realize that it's written by, directed by, and starring Tommy Wiseau, the same man behind the infamously bad film The Room (2003). Many of its hallmarks can be seen in the series, including awkward dialogue, stilted acting, and scenes that go absolutely nowhere. Add to that terrible sound quality, even lower production standards, and multiple instances of what seem to be either improvised lines or outtakes that were left in, it ends up being one of the more surreal experiences this side of Tim & Eric—and it's hard to tell how much of that is intentional.note Ironically, the series feels like something fellow bad auteur Neil Breen would come up with.The pilot was shown along with The Room in late 2014, and the series premiered on Hulu in March of 2015. Not to be confused with the 2012 sci-fi series, the Australian soap opera Neighbours, several films with that title from 1920, 1981, or 2014, or the short-lived 70s game show hosted by Regis Philbin.
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_27a42ebc	type	Spiritual Successor
The Neighbors (2015) / int_27a42ebc	comment	Spiritual Successor: To The Room. People greet each other with the infamous "Oh hai!", an obsession with sports (football and basketball), a case of Dawson Casting (Denny and Ricky Rick), subplots involving drugs and significant characters suddenly disappearing (Peter and Charlie).
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_2a7e7af1	type	Limited Wardrobe
The Neighbors (2015) / int_2a7e7af1	comment	Limited Wardrobe: Everyone seems to have only one attire (and in Philadelphia's case, it's just bikini).
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_2ed5e99d	type	Depraved Bisexual
The Neighbors (2015) / int_2ed5e99d	comment	Depraved Bisexual: An African-American guy accuses his Asian-American neighbor of having sex "with men and women... and maybe even a chicken!"
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_312b02ac	type	Lipstick Lesbian
The Neighbors (2015) / int_312b02ac	comment	Lipstick Lesbian: Patricia
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_317629db	type	Embarrassing Nickname
The Neighbors (2015) / int_317629db	comment	Embarrassing Nickname: Bebe used to call her sister "Sloppy Susie" when they were kids.
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_4583a262	type	Shirtless Scene
The Neighbors (2015) / int_4583a262	comment	Shirtless Scene: Joe, the pizza delivery guy from episode one, takes off his shirt because it's too hot in the building. Ed also has a couple of shirtless scenes (probably to show off Tommy Wiseau underwear).
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_4e91b042	type	Making Love in All the Wrong Places
The Neighbors (2015) / int_4e91b042	comment	Making Love in All the Wrong Places: Laundry room becomes notorious as a "sex place", and most scenes there look like the beginning of a porn movie. At one point, Ricky Rick and Ed discuss a possibility to have a $5 entry fee and install a camera.
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_5107bba4	type	May I Borrow a Cup of Sugar?
The Neighbors (2015) / int_5107bba4	comment	May I Borrow a Cup of Sugar?: Various characters use this as an excuse to visit a neighbor, usually asking for salt and pepper.
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_5490360d	type	Foodfight!
The Neighbors (2015) / int_5490360d	comment	Food Fight: Something like this happens during Bebe's birthday party.
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_5565bf30	type	Three-Way Sex
The Neighbors (2015) / int_5565bf30	comment	Three-Way Sex: Between Troy, Philadelphia and Patricia in the second episode.
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_5c554458	type	Dumb Jock
The Neighbors (2015) / int_5c554458	comment	Dumb Jock: Tim
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_5f70322e	type	Public Domain Soundtrack
The Neighbors (2015) / int_5f70322e	comment	Public Domain Soundtrack: The 1812 Overture, used as the opening theme.
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_6db06839	type	The Stoner
The Neighbors (2015) / int_6db06839	comment	The Stoner: Troy, the resident of apartment 420.
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_6feeef5c	type	Censor Box
The Neighbors (2015) / int_6feeef5c	comment	Censor Box: Private parts of the streaker, who disturbs Princess Penelope in episode two, are carefully covered with a black box.
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_7315fd38	type	Covers Always Lie
The Neighbors (2015) / int_7315fd38	comment	Covers Always Lie: The late Robert Axelrod appears on the front cover, listed as "Prince George" in the credits, despite not appearing in any episodes.
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_754df088	type	Put on a Bus
The Neighbors (2015) / int_754df088	comment	Put on a Bus: Charlie goes to Hawaii in the middle of the series - probably so that Wiseau could play more of Ricky Rick.
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_812a2820	type	Pink Means Feminine
The Neighbors (2015) / int_812a2820	comment	Pink Means Feminine: Philadelphia is obsessed with the color pink. (Her television is even hastily painted pink)
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_8829dfa0	type	What the Hell Is That Accent?
The Neighbors (2015) / int_8829dfa0	comment	What the Hell Is That Accent?: Tommy Wiseau's accent, of course. Still as impossible to place as it has always been.
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_8fa43c7c	type	Nursery Rhyme
The Neighbors (2015) / int_8fa43c7c	comment	Nursery Rhyme: For some reason, the tenants sing Frère Jacques (a French nursery rhyme) to Charlie when he's leaving for vacation.
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_9e0c3153	type	Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
The Neighbors (2015) / int_9e0c3153	comment	Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: Troy when he pays rent by cash to Charlie and Bebe: "100! 200! 300!"
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_ad641426	type	Trademark Favorite Food
The Neighbors (2015) / int_ad641426	comment	Trademark Favorite Food: Tim likes ice cream.
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_b01abe4f	type	Catchphrase
The Neighbors (2015) / int_b01abe4f	comment	Catchphrase: "What a day!"
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_b032e4ed	type	Ms. Fanservice
The Neighbors (2015) / int_b032e4ed	comment	Ms. Fanservice: Some of the female cast members wear bikinis, showing off their bodies and cleavage.
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_b7e0c5ff	type	Love Triangle
The Neighbors (2015) / int_b7e0c5ff	comment	Love Triangle: Don loves both Monica (his pregnant wife) and Patrick (his neighbor).
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
The Neighbors (2015) / int_bc74ef27	comment	Berserk Button: Bebe completely loses it when she hears about or, worse, sees her sister "Crazy Susie".
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_bef696dd	type	Mind Screw
The Neighbors (2015) / int_bef696dd	comment	Mind Screw: The transition shot, as seen on the DVD. It has giant Ricky Rick, exploding bird and a laughing Tyrannosaurus Rex (voiced by Tommy Wiseau) that eats the chicken.
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_c605da88	type	Establishing Shot
The Neighbors (2015) / int_c605da88	comment	Establishing Shot: The exact same shot—that of the outside of the apartment building while a synth riff plays—is used for every single scene transition.
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
The Neighbors (2015) / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: Obviously, to The Room. Troy watches it on TV in the first episode. One of Bebe's birthday gifts is a plush pug that looks like the "doggy" from the flowershop. Ricky Rick says "What a story, ha" to Ed in the fourth episode.
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_c8c00dc9	type	Obvious Stunt Double
The Neighbors (2015) / int_c8c00dc9	comment	Obvious Stunt Double: When Charlie and Ricky Rick—both Wiseau's characters—are finally seen in the same frame, no one tries to hide that the latter is played by a stand-in.
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_ca5eda76	type	Heteronormative Crusader
The Neighbors (2015) / int_ca5eda76	comment	Heteronormative Crusader: Cici is quite aggressive towards Patricia because of her homosexuality.
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_e150c4c7	type	Manchild
The Neighbors (2015) / int_e150c4c7	comment	Manchild: Ricky Rick
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_ee00a219	type	The Show of the Books
The Neighbors (2015) / int_ee00a219	comment	The Show of the Books: Subverted. Show is stated to be "based on the novel by Tommy Wiseau", but as with The Room, this novel was never released.
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_f15c2859	type	NO INDOOR VOICE
The Neighbors (2015) / int_f15c2859	comment	No Indoor Voice: Troy for starters. Cici takes it up to eleven.
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_f7d4f121	type	Mushroom Samba
The Neighbors (2015) / int_f7d4f121	comment	Mushroom Samba: Troy is so high in the second episode that he thinks Cici's chicken is a tiger.
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_f8c7515b	type	Borrowed Catchphrase
The Neighbors (2015) / int_f8c7515b	comment	Borrowed Catch Phrase: "What a day; That's what Charlie would say," said by Ricky Rick in episode four. It's hard to tell if it was intended to be a borrowed catch phrase or if Wiseau simply forgot which character he was and said it before covering himself. Bebe also uses this catch phrase in one episode.
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_f8e52439	type	Birthday Episode
The Neighbors (2015) / int_f8e52439	comment	Birthday Episode: Episode three revolves around a Surprise Party for Bebe's birthday.
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The Neighbors (2015) / int_fc151e9d	type	Department of Redundancy Department
The Neighbors (2015) / int_fc151e9d	comment	Department of Redundancy Department: "I heard you got a gun for free and you didn't pay anything?"
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