text: [[quoteright:337:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/myyyypiiiccnewwww_6678.png]][[caption-width-right:337:Who's that girl? ''It's Jess!'']]-> ''"So, you know in horror movies, where the girl's like, 'Oh my god, there's something in the basement... let me just run down there in my underwear and see what's going on in the dark.' And you're like, 'What is your problem? Call the police!' And she's like, 'Okay!' But it's too late, because she's already getting murdered -- well, my story's kind of like that."''-->-- '''Jess Day'''''New Girl'' is an [[AmericanSeries American-made]] {{sitcom}} starring Creator/ZooeyDeschanel that premiered in 2011 on {{Fox}}, and can be watched on E4 in Britain and Ireland. As the series and characters have developed, the show has taken on more of an ensemble feel, though Deschanel's character still tends to be the focal point.In an exceptionally awkward moment, Jessica "Jess" Day surprises her boyfriend at home only to find him with another girl. One sudden and swift break-up later, she now has no place to stay. Answering a Craigs List apartment ad (believing it to be for female roommates), she finds herself applying to share an apartment with a group of guys. Desperate for a room, she convinces them to bring her in, mostly through the knowledge that she's friends with Cece, a model who's friends with yet more models. Jess is a very socially awkward school teacher, prone to sing her words for no reason, put on cartoon accents, dance horribly and can be hard to lock down into a straight-forward conversation, much of which is agitated to unbearable degrees because of her break-up. The guys include Nick, a deliberately underachieving bartender; Schmidt, a meticulous marketing agent; Winston, an old friend of Nick's who's disoriented after returning from the Latvia basketball leagues; and Coach, a "go hard or go home" personal trainer [[note]]Coach was in the pilot episode, until his actor was taken away for another show, creating Winston for the series proper. Once that show ran its course Coach came back in the third season as a semi-regular alongside Winston[[/note]]. The guys struggle to deal with her mood swings, but they grow close to her as they help her move on with her life. She, in turn, helps them to get their act together and move on with their dreams. The gender-clash makes sure things stay interesting.----!! ''New Girl'' provides examples of the following:* AbortedArc: The impetus for Cece's arranged marriage to Shivrang in season two was that she was on the verge of becoming infertile, and she had to start trying to have a child immediately. Once the wedding was called off, however, this plot point was never mentioned again.* AccidentalMisnaming:** When doing Nick the favor of pretending to be his girlfriend to make his ex jealous, Jess adopts a ditzy personality that involves persistently getting the ex's name wrong.** Jess' dad calls Winston "Wilson" because of a memory lapse and Nick "Rick" because he doesn't like him.* {{Adorkable}}: Nearly everyone has their moments.** Jess, most prominently. She's even called Adorkable in promotional material for the show. [[http://www.avclub.com/articles/fox-makes-new-girl-even-more-adorkable-by-adding-j,61323/ Read the proof]]. She's really seen as quite dorky in-universe.** Schmidt freaking out about holding Cece's hand is pretty damn adorkable.** Winston singing along to the ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' soundtrack.* AffectionateNickname:** Jess's ex called her "Jess-Jess," apparently.** Jess' mom calls her "Jujube."** Only the people close to him are allowed to call Nick by his full name.** "Schmitty"** "Winnie"** A single episode gives us Nicky, Nickels, and Little Penis for Nick and Pop-Pop for his dad.** Schmidt's ex Elizabeth would lovingly call him "Big Guy."** Toilet-Pants. This is what Jess' fellow teachers (and Nick) call her ''after'' she wins them over. By dancing barefoot in a toilet.* AirHugging: Jess has found a way around Nick's emotional resistance!* AllMenArePerverts: ** Averted with Paul. Played straight with Schmidt. Also played straight whenever Cece is involved.** Played straight while self-completing, as far as Jess is concerned.** And reversed on her by her roommates:--> '''Winston''': Don't try to act like you've never thought about any of us when you're going solo. I don't work a 9-to-5, I'm here all day, I can ''hear'' you!** Come season 3, averted with Cece. She becomes interesting to men for more than just her looks, Schmidt particularly since he still holds a torch for her.** With Schmidt's [[spoiler: engagement]], he also develops from his earlier characterization and focuses solely on his [[spoiler: fiancée.]]* AllWomenAreLustful* TheAllegedCar: ** Winston's truck, professionally deemed as "not officially a car anymore." After it breaks down for good, he reluctantly abandons it and acquires a [[CoolCar vintage Chevelle SS convertible]] (though it's possible the latter is his boss' car and his boss just isn't allowed to drive it anymore because of all his [=DUIs=]).** Potentially Jess' station wagon, which apparently used to be her parents' station wagon, and which she has a long tradition of pushing places when it stalls. Unlike Winston's, it hasn't dropped dead yet, though.** Nick's car is also beginning to collapse due to the sheer force of aging.* AlmostKiss:** Jess and Nick in "The Landlord." In the most awkward and hilarious context possible. Specifically, when about to engage in an accidental threesome with their landlord. Yeah.** About a season later, Jess pretends to try to kiss Nick after they talk about pregnancy, and he pulls away laughing.** And the two of them again throughout most of Cooler. They got a lot of false starts on that front.* AmbiguouslyBrown: Schmidt's impression of Cece, although she states in Episode 5 that her parents are Indian. Hannah Simone, who plays her, is a mixture of Indian, German, Italian, Cypriot, and Greek. Lampshaded by Schmidt when explaining to Cece the ingredients he put in a perfume he made for her for Christmas.-->'''Schmidt:''' Cocoa, because of your brown...-ness...* {{Angrish}}: When she finds out [[spoiler: he's cheating on Cece]], Jess is so furious at Schmidt that eventually all she can do is repeatedly scream "[[GoshDangItToHeck "YOU CRUM BUM!]]" Even ''she'' looks confused by what she's saying.* AnythingButThat: Jess and Winston are so terrified of incurring Schmidt's neurotic materialistic wrath that when they accidentally soak his entire collection of suits with a bathtub he didn't want them to get, rather than own up, they decide to fake a burglary.* AppealToVanity: How Nick, Winston, and Jess get Schmidt back to his old self in Control. In fact, it's a good way to get him to do anything.* ArmorPiercingQuestion: "[[spoiler:Winston, if you think those shoes are brown, what color do you think ''you'' are?!]]"* ArtifactTitle: The title became an artifact in record time, as the second episode replaced Coach with Winston, meaning Jess is not the last person to move into the loft. The beginning of the episode [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] (and [[HandWave handwaves]]) this, explaining that Winston had already lived in the loft before, so Jess is "still the new kid." As the series progresses, Jess has lived in the loft for years, and the show becomes more of an ensemble. * ArtisticLicenseBiology: One episode has Schmidt going to an aquarium and becoming enamored with getting a rare "Californian Lionfish." Of course, there's no such thing and lionfish are from the Indo-Pacific region. * AscendedMeme: Season 2 episode 2 had Jess being called [[Music/KatyPerry Katy]] throughout the show by a guest star.* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Jess, Nick, and Winston all have their moments.* AuthorAppeal: This show really likes showing sexual relationships between bosses and employees.* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Of course, everybody was screaming, but when they thought Nick was trying to jump off the building Schmidt burst into tears and passed out. This from a guy whose usual approach to the friendship is mockery with occasional forays into HoYay. * BadBadActing: Jess, during "Wedding" especially.** WHOOOOOOO AAAAAAAAAAAARE YOUUUUUUUUUUU?** All four roommates trying to convince the landlord that there were only three of them.** Winston pretending to break up with Jess in "Santa."--> '''Winston''': Say goodbye to paradise, honey!* BatmanGambit: In the episode "The Captain," Schmidt tries to get Nick and Jess to break up by playing on their insecurities. It works, putting a serious dent in their relationship. [[spoiler: But then they have a breakthrough leading to Nick talking about his feelings and to a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming. The fact that Schmidt's gambit has failed so spectacularly leads him into the throes of a VillainousBreakdown]].* BelligerentSexualTension: ** Jess and Nick in "The Landlord." Not to mention their fight in "Tomatoes." The two of them burn off steam in...interesting ways.** Everything about their [[spoiler:fight whilst making out in "Quick Hardening Caulk"]]* BerserkButton:** "I told you to water the plants..."** Do ''not'' put your dirty hands anywhere near Schmidt's food.** Hurting Jess will pretty much anger any member of the main cast and Cece.** Don't insult Winston's joblessness--or, really, his pride in general. He will go to a strange place and drag you with him.** And for the love of god, don't [[RantInducingSlight interrupt Winston's sleep]].* BetaCouple: Schmidt/Cece. So far they're outdoing the Alpha Couple in angst, though.* BetterAsFriends: [[spoiler: Jess and Nick]] by the end of season 3.* BettyAndVeronica: As of the second-season finale, [[spoiler: Schmidt has to choose between [[NewOldFlame Elizabeth]] and [[MsFanservice Cece]]]].* BigBad: Schmidt is intent on becoming this during season 3.* BigDamnKiss: Took 'em long enough. They even spent an entire episode building up to it in the second season. [[spoiler:During a game of True American, Nick and Jess end up having to kiss, with a [[Literature/ClearAndPresentDanger clear and present threat]] of tongue. Nick ends up climbing out the window instead after telling her "Not like this!" Then at the end of the episode..."I meant something like that."]]* BigNo: Schmidt does one after learning that Cece is considering having her breasts reduced.* BigWhat: More of a hilariously extended "what"; Cece's reaction to [[spoiler:the news that Nick and Jess kissed]].* BirdsOfAFeather: Jess dates Paul, who is just as quirky and musical as she is.** Temporary roommate Neil also has habits of awkward singing and oversharing, but Jess is too bitter about Nick moving out to appreciate the similarities.** Possibly reflective of their old friendship, Nick and Winston both have sensible, level-headed exteriors overlying childish and neurotic extremes.** Jess and Winston love bubbles, work well with kids, share strange enthusiasms, and reflect each others' emotional states.* BlackBestFriend: After the pilot, Winston. In the pilot and later returning, Coach.* BlandNameProduct: Dice, for dating app Tinder. Interestingly, it's described as "like Tinder" when it's introduced so the audience knows exactly what it is.* BlatantLies: ** The look on Jess' face when she promised not to talk to the landlord, and later her claim to have found her keys lying on the cliff off of which she was meant to have thrown them.** Schmidt's claims to being one of Mitt Romney's sons** Jess, after being visibly impressed when she found out that her friend with benefits was a pediatrician sees him play with a kid and, though a blatantly fake smile says "This makes me feel nothing."** Schmidt's wardrobe was stolen and dry-cleaned by meth heads.** Jess tells Nick that [[spoiler: the two of them calling off their budding relationship "feels good" while visibly tearing up]].** Nick's insistence that he's fine following his breakup with Julia. He asked a friend to come to the beach because he's great, and doesn't need anything, but he really doesn't want to be alone. But he's fine.** Daisy insisting that the shower's running because she's about to hop in there. And that's ''her'' size 12 shoe. And that no one turned the shower off. And flushed the toilet. * {{Book Ends}}: ** The first episode of season one (excluding the pilot) has Jess driving to her old house and then suddenly driving past it because she's afraid of confronting her past. The last episode of season one has Nick driving to his new house and then suddenly driving past it because he's afraid of confronting his future.** Season 2 begins and ends with Nick and Jess and her car. [[spoiler: In the first episode, they sit down on top of the car while Nick is comforting Jess after she gets fired. In the last episode, they ride off happily together and they're in a relationship]].** At the beginning of the episode "Re-Launch," we first see Nick singing "Groove is In the Heart" by Dee-Lite in the shower, and then Winston at the end of Schmidt's party when he's drunk from a fruity concoction of Nick's creation.** Season 4 begins with the gang lamenting the fact their fridge is covered with wedding invites as it's wedding season, including [[ContinuityNod Cece and Shavang's]]. The finale sees [[spoiler: Jess put up a placeholder invite for Cece and Schmidt's wedding]].* BowelBreakingBricks: In the pilot Jess discovers Spencer has been cheating on her. We cut to a shot between her legs of a bow hitting the floor.* BrainlessBeauty: Cece's model friends, particularly Nadia, the {{Sensual Slav|s}} who [[AmusingInjuries broke Schmidt's penis]].* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim** Elvin forces Winston to leave his nanny job by telling his mother that Winston was a degenerate. Even though he loved Winston as a nanny, he knew it was a dead end job for him.** In the season one finale, Schmidt "[[Literature/WhiteFang White Fangs]]" Cece, and tries to drive her away for her own good.* BreakTheCutie: A gentle version of this is happening to Jess in season 2. She becomes so downtrodden and discouraged (not to mention broke) by her professional efforts not working out that she essentially turns into the apartment's new Nick.* BrickJoke: In episode 10 of season 2 Jess mentions her dad had problems with making left turns (going right instead), and later in the series it's revealed that one of the reasons [[spoiler: Jess' dad doesn't like Nick dating his daughter]] is because he reminds him of himself, during the season 2 finale, [[spoiler: when Jess and Nick drive off together]], you can hear Nick yelling about making 3 right turns, because it's slower that way.* BridalCarry: It's usually around the waist, but Nick has a habit of picking Jess up. Comes to a [[JustForPun climax]] at the end of "Virgins."* BriefAccentImitation:** Jess frequently slips in and out of a variety of accents, usually when trying to defuse a tense situation.** Nick's cockney impression when drunk dialing his ex.** Paul impersonating Jimmy Stewart. During sex. It MakesSenseInContext.* BrokenPedestal: Implied (but not directly stated) to be why Schmidt holds ''{{Film/Birdman}}'' in such contempt, given that it's about his childhood hero's dissatisfaction with the role that made Schmidt idolize him.* ButWeUsedACondom: Cece and Schmidt. He "gets so athletic" that she stresses that it's all but useless.* ButtMonkey: Nick. The writers seem to have decided to make him the show's designated punching bag. And it actually fits his characterization quite well.* CallBack: Winston's gay alter ego, Theodore K Mullins, is referenced well before he finally makes an appearance. Winston normally uses Theodore (Nick or Schmidt's gay lover on the downlow, depending on who he's messing with) to screw with his friends, but when it gets an ''epic'' call back, it's as part of a mega-rant against everyone's fighting and he uses Theodore to get some college girls to stop fighting over Nick and leave the apartment.** The douchebag jar from the first season makes an amazing return [[spoiler:when Schmidt crushes it underfoot during his and Cece's wedding ceremony]].* {{Calvinball}}: ** True American (from the "Normal" episode) is this for the over-21 crowd. It appears to be a bizarre combination of DrinkingGame, Candyland, Hot Lava, and yelling out the names of various American presidents, with additional cryptic details such as "everything you hear is a lie knock on wood" and "there are four zones: the alternate zone is the crazy zone!" And then of course there are the ritual sacrifices with tennis balls.** "Cooler" re-introduces it with "sexy Clinton rules," now including stripping and having to go "behind the Iron Curtain" (i.e. the big metal door in the apartment) in order to kiss. Nick's date even lampshades the {{Calvinball}} nature of the game by asking if there's a printout of the rules anywhere. There emphatically aren't. Despite this, playable rules for True American [[http://trueamericanrules.com/ actually do exist]].* CannotSpitItOut: At the end of "First Date," Nick and Jess are caught in stasis between open attraction to each other and each waiting for the other to make a move -- Jess is confused about where they stand because he never outright states what he wants out of their relationship, Nick seems to know exactly what he wants but is too nervous to act in case Jess doesn't feel the same way, which just confuses her further, which...* CannotTalkToWomen: Winston spends so long not getting any action that at one point his desperation steals his ability to speak.* TheCastShowoff: If something has Zooey Deschanel in it, it ''will'' have singing. Jess will [[CharacterTics randomly burst into song]] for no reason.* CasualKink: No one bats an eye at Schmidt's kinky fetishes or props.* {{Catchphrase}}: ** Whenever Jess [[{{Dojikko}} trips and falls]] she says "It's happening!"*** "Welcome to our home" is another of Jess's** Nick says a variation of "this is my nightmare" whenever he's in an awkward situation. Which is frequent.* CatFight: ** PlayedForLaughs in "Models" with the "boob fight" between Jess and Cece.** The aptly-named episode "Girlfight". When a tiff between Jess and Cece spirals out of control, Coach recommends they stop being passive-aggressive and just beat each other up like men do. Since they're at a baby shower full of models, the whole thing erupts into a bunch of gorgeous women throwing each other around. Schmidt has [[RagingStiffie to hold a pillow in front of his crotch]] at the sight of it.* CavemenVsAstronautsDebate: Nick and Schmidt start off fighting about money and related social norms. They end up fighting about whether or not Midori Sours are trendy. Then they keep fighting about whether or not Midori Sours are trendy.* CelebrityParadox: ** After a breakup, Jess emphatically points out that she's listening to Taylor Swift. [[spoiler:Guess who Shivrang's fellow eloper is played by?]]** Schmidt expresses his contempt for ''{{Film/Birdman}}'', which had the actress who played his old college girlfriend, Meritt Wever, in it.** Schmidt has made reference to ''{{Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle}}'' (specifically, it's his nickname for Cece's boobs), which starred John Cho, who later appeared on the show as a lawyer and love interest of Jess.* CharacterDevelopment: Despite the trappings of an episodic comedy, all the characters develop and change with the seasons more inline with a serial drama. If nothing else, they tend to have subtle reactions over many episodes. For instance, after a series of harsh breakups that wreaks his start-of-series confidence, Winston basically turns into a mess when it comes to women. It takes some wacky hijinks and his friends getting serious with him for him to recover his emotional stability. Likewise, Schmidt starts off as the resident JerkAss who had to frequently put money in a jar for his abrasive comments. While he was always a stalwart friend, over the series he grows into a much more sympathetic character who loses that abrasive quality and emotional childishness. Of all the characters, [[spoiler: did anyone think he'd be the first to get married? To Cece no less?]]* CharacterizationMarchesOn:** The first few episodes Jess behaved more on the "AmbiguousDisorder" side of ManicPixieDreamGirl before settling into a more grounded "middle-school teacher" version, in episodes like "The Wedding" she seems incapable of concentrating on one task or interacting with normal society. This is explained/retconned as being that the series starting break-up/move-out really threw her off balance and the guys helped her find her footing again.** Winston goes from being the most responsible of the loft to a CloudCuckoolander struggling to find himself, volunteers ''waaay'' too much personal information, is obsessed with his cat, and is in a relationship with a strange woman who drives a school bus.** At the beginning, Nick was more of an ordinary slacker bartender who rolled his eyes at his loftmates' antics. But starting with "The Story of the 50" and Nick's straight-faced admission that he doesn't think dinosaurs existed -- "I've seen the science. I don't believe it." -- he slowly morphed into a conspiracy nut with limited self-awareness and weird, off-putting obsessions.* CheekCopy: Nick got really bored waiting for his girlfriend to get off work. He wants everyone to know he does not have three butt cheeks.* ChristmasEpisode: "The 23rd" and "Santa."* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Both Nick and Jess at different times.* CloserToEarth: Cece is this to Jess, although not by much -- it's clear Cece has flaws, they're just different flaws than Jess'.* ClosetGeek: ** Pretty much everyone, except Jess who is an uncloseted geek. Schmidt and Cece bond over children's books, Winston wants to live on the moon, Nick expounds on his theories about zombies in writing. There's more.** "This is President Miller of Earth, I'd like to speak with the Galactic Emperor."** Not to forget Winston's excellent rendition of the soundtrack of Wicked while driving.* ClothingSwitch: It's convenient that all of Nick's stuff was in a moving van accompanying them when the gang stranded themselves in the desert, because they all layered on Nick's clothing to get through the night. The next day, Nick gave Winston some more of his clothing to change into because he'd gotten lost in the desert over night and there was "pee everywhere."* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: ** Jess, of course. She's played by Zooey Deschanel.** As the show progresses, however, it's become clear that ''all'' the characters have at least a trace of this in them.** The queen of this trope might be Nadia, Cece's Russian model roommate.* ComicSutra: "The Captain." Both Jess and Nick are horrified when she performs it on him.* CookingDuel: Between the Schmidts.* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Jess deals with TheBully in her classroom by making the kid accompany her on one of her songs.* CoolOldLady: Cece's grandmother.* ContinuityNod: Winston's complete inability to pull a prank (first showed when Nick pranked Schmidt to feel old) shows up again when he and Schmidt decide to [[spoiler:ruin Jess and Nick's date]], and continues to come up for the rest of season 2.** In general, the show has a surprising amount of this for a comedy. The season 5 finale in particular was chalk full of them in various ways, often combined with the results of character development. For instance, Nick's zombie novel is brought up and it's actually made a lot of progress!* CommutingOnABus: Since ''Series/HappyEndings'' was cancelled, season 3 saw Coach return for the latter half of the season and as a full cast member for season 4.* CrackPairing: InUniverse, ''everyone'' has this initial reaction to Schmidt and Cece's relationship.--> '''Winston''': Are you tired of being turned on? Do you have a fetish for moles?* CringeComedy:** Schmidt's attempts at hitting on Cece in the first season. Despite the fact that everyone (Cece included) has told him he has no shot, his awkward-yet-confident attempts to woo her are pure cringe as while he has zero shame about the things coming out of his mouth, the audience i acutely aware of the awkwardness. ** Jess and Paul in the bedroom. Two awkward, reserved people trying to seem sexually open and adventurous and failing miserably. ** "The Landlord." Just "The Landlord." Nick and Jess are in the throes of WillTheyOrWontThey, and they get thrust into a situation where they're basically playing chicken about having ThreeWaySex with their creepy landlord just to prove a point. Neither of them wants to be there, and they just keep DiggingThemselvesDeeper.** Jess replacing Cece at the car show in ''Models''. Jess can barely stand in her heels, and the audience is treated to an extended sequence of her trying to show off a car on a spinning platform that culminates in her accidentally locking herself in, somehow. All the while a poor sales rep is trying to downplay Jess' EpicFail at being a HoodOrnamentHottie. ** After a sperm donation plan falls through, Bob and Carol, Nick's cousin and his wife, ask Nick to help impregnate Carol by having sex with her. Already an awkward premise, but it doesn't reach the apex of cringe until they try to do the act. Nick is awkward when it comes to sexual acts in general, and this time he's basically browbeaten into having sex with his cousin's wife. While his cousin is in the room. And [[HeterosexualLifePartner Schmidt]]. Who are both quite vocal. * TheCynic: Nick. [[spoiler:Turns out, he's right about the landlord. Sort of]].* DancePartyEnding: The roommate chicken dance at the end of "Wedding," and all dancing to the same song in their various rooms in collective joy in the season 1 finale -- the chicken dance even comes out again.* DancingWithMyself: All the loftmates do this, even the ones who criticize the others for it.* {{Deconstruction}}: A number of plots and sub-plots tend to be this. For instance, Nick and Jess's whole romance thing is effectively a deconstruction of what would actually happen when you combine a neurotic emotionally-damaged man with a {{manic pixie dream girl}} - a lot of dysfunctional moments.** Specifically, as opposed to the trope where their qualities give each other purpose, Nick can find Jess' exuberance annoying and she finds his negativity/avoidant attitude oppressive.** Schmidt, in the season 2 finale, [[spoiler: having to choose between Elizabeth and Cece. Both are clearly very good for him, both love him, and he loves the both of them. There's no clear or correct choice unlike in a rom-com]]. There is, however, a [[TakeAThirdOption wrong choice]], which Schmidt winds up taking.* DerailingLoveInterests: Daisy in the beginning of the third season goes from being pretty cool (although with sparse appearances) to juggling several men (and lying about it), and taking advantage of Winston.* DisgustingPublicToilet: Nick's job for his and Schmidt's 10th Anniversary Party was renting a toilet. He winds up buying a disgusting portapotty that the owner said was garbage. Jess agreed to use it to make him feel better, but couldn't last even a second in there.* DisposableFiance: Both [[spoiler:Shavrang and Cece]], of the "let's call the whole thing off" variety. [[spoiler:Cece first]] stops the ceremony, but then [[spoiler:Shavrang]] quickly agrees and proclaims his love to [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend his childhood friend]] who was attending the wedding.* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Jess and Schmidt attempting to shove a very large turkey into a very small oven. Immediately lampshaded by Schmidt.-->'''Schmidt:''' We've all been here, am I right?\\'''Nick and Winston:''' [[RunningGag Jar]].* DoItYourselfThemeTune:** Co-written[[note]]with Michael Andrews, show creator Elizabeth Meriwether and executive producers Dave Finkel and Brett Baer[[/note]] and performed by Deschanel.** Jess creates one in-universe, as seen below in PepTalkSong.** Schmidt also has one in universe, but it's not exactly a pep talk.* DoNotTryThisAtHome: As demonstrated in one episode, defrosting your turkey in a dryer? ''Bad idea!''* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Averted. Being the only male at his workplace, Schmidt is often on the receiving end of verbal abuse and harassment and it is shown to be very unacceptable. And it's suggested that he has to hold himself to a higher standard simply to compete.* DramaPreservingHandicap: In a weird way, Schmidt's broken penis. It allowed Schmidt and Cece to have their relationship issues that led to their breakup at the end of the first season.* DroppedAfterThePilot: The show had this going for it with Coach as played by Damon Wayans, Jr, who was important in helping Jess deal with some of her issues in the pilot. When ''Series/HappyEndings'' was picked up for a second season, Coach was [[PutOnABus written out of the second episode]] and [[SecondEpisodeSubstitute Winston Bishop]] took his place (literally, as he moved into Coach's room), who's a bit different in terms of looks and personality. However, with ''Happy Endings''' cancellation, [[CommutingOnABus Coach has returned for the third season]].* DumbassDJ: Winston's boss, Joe Napoli. * DysfunctionJunction: Everyone in the apartment to some extent.* EasilyOverheardConversation: In "Goldmine", Schmidt hears Cece talking about getting breast reduction surgery from the other side of the apartment, with the door ''closed''.* EpicFail: Nick water-massaging Jess. She lets him know as much.* EroticDream: ** In Winston's dream, Jess had raccoon hands and was "digging through his garbage."** '''Nick:''' ''Sleeping'' Nick is a totally different guy!* EuropeansAreKinky: And a little bit racist. Cece's model friends are... a handful.* EveryoneCanSeeIt: ** Within a few months of knowing each other, Nick and Jess have got each of their significant others and Cece expressing their suspicions that the two are into each other.** It's possible Jamie just has sex on the brain, but the first words out of his mouth when he meets Jess are about whether she's hooking up with his brother. (It actually makes up the bulk of his conversation with her.)** Everyone knows Schmidt's in love with Cece before he does.* EvilCounterpart: Schmidt's "Bro-nemy" Benjamin.* {{Expy}}: Amelia from the second season "Halloween" for the Slutty Pumpkin from ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''. Both are female love interests from the male lead's past that [[TheOneThatGotAway never were]], but they finally do get together years later, on a Halloween episode, only to end the same episode because everything about their interactions wound up being completely awkward. They also both end on the same aesop, where the protagonist realizes that he was chasing the idea of a relationship, not the girl herself.* ExtremeDoormat: Jess with Spencer, not just during her emotional state post-breakup but implied during their relationship too. Odd, because she's usually quite able to stand up for herself.* FacePalm: Jess gets this reaction from specifically Nick sometimes.* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Nick's missed the plane home for Christmas five years running.* FakeGuestStar: Damon Wayans, Jr. was credited as "Special Guest Star" for all his season 3 episodes despite appearing in all 17 episodes since his return appearance.* FanService: Cece in "Cece Crashes."* FashionModel: [=CeCe=] is a fashion model, mainly as a contrast for HollywoodHomely Jess. One episode has Jess take [=CeCe=]'s place in [[HoodOrnamentHottie a car show]] and bungle her way through posing in a revolving platform. * {{Fauxreigner}}: Schmidt, in an attempt to fool the landlord.* {{Fetish}}: ** Nick and Jess turn each other on for really obscure, nonsensical reasons. Like the first time she thought about being with him was while watching him play-act some puns with a bowl of peanuts, and he thought some frankly creepy sketches were "kind of sexy" because of their incongruously big eyes.** Cece was turned on by Schmidt getting really intense and furious about cooking, and again when he listed a bunch of cheeses.* FirstGirlWins: Jess (in the process of being interviewed by Nick and the other roommates) is the first thing you see when the series starts.* FiveStagesOfGrief: Schmidt goes through them in "Goldmine" when Cece is considering breast reduction surgery.* [[FourPhilosophyEnsemble Five-Philosophy Ensemble]]: They all fit, though Schmidt and Winston swap theirs back and forth once in a while.** Jess = The Optimist** Cece = The Apathetic** Nick = The Cynic** Winston = The Conflicted** Schmidt = The Realist* FlashBack: Often used as a way to expand on a statement or situation.* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Jamie got the napkins for his father's funeral. Nick did ''everything else''. Including deal with Jamie. Jess has a [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl hard-drinking party sister]] whom she's been trying to ''fix''.* ForcefulKiss: ''Damn'', Nicholas. (He was lucky in that it got consensual, like, immediately.)* FormerlyFat: Both Jess and Schmidt, though in Jess' case it's a downplayed example and didn't shape her personality. * FreezeFrameBonus: In Fancyman Part 1, the list of "alternatives to intercourse" on Jess's chalkboard include: "get to know a neighbor," "look at pics of STDs," "write a convict," and "watch Friday Night Lights."* FriendToAllChildren: Winston, seemingly.* FriendsWithBenefits / SecretRelationship: Schmidt and Cece [[spoiler: pre-RelationshipUpgrade]].* TheFunInFuneral: They tried so hard to avoid it, but [[spoiler: Walt Miller's funeral]] still involved multiple drunks, a psychotic break at the pulpit, an ambiguously high old lady, two Elvis impersonators, both of them even more out-of-place than your average Elvis impersonator at a funeral, and a fight literally over a body.* FunnyForeigner: Nadia, Cece's Russian model roommate.* GargleBlaster: Nick's Bro Juice, whatever that was Remy the landlord made in his basement, and absinthe are all treated this way.* {{Gaslighting}}: Nick's pranks go to this extreme. Jess ends up paranoid because of his claim that he ''wouldn't'' prank her.* GenderFlip: ** Many of Schmidt's storylines are effectively classic movie/tv situations involving females but with the genders flipped. Some of the humor or intentional lack thereof stems from the flip, revealing how awkward or unusual those situations actually are. Specifically, he's the ''only'' man in an office full of aggressive career women. As a result, he has to deal with social exclusion, not being taken seriously because of his gender, sexual harassment, etc...** The latter part of season 2 has this for Schmidt outside of his office as a GenderFlip of some romantic comedies due to his relationship with Cece. [[spoiler: And again, the flip shows how depressing and painful it is for someone to see the person they love marrying someone else and how it's desperate, not cute, when that someone tries do things to win them back or save face]].* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: ** In a moment suggestive even for this show, Nick and Jess are trapped in the hallway and ordered to kiss. They decide to finally submit so they can get out. Thing is, Nick is sitting and Jess is standing, so each moves to get face-to-face with the other, culminating with Jess face-to-face with Nick's junk. There are no overt statements on the matter, but his ''face''.** The hardware store scene of Quick Hardening Caulk. Heck, even the TITLE of the episode. Just say it out loud.* [[GirlOfTheWeek Guy/Girl of the Week]]: ** Paul and then Russell for Jess and Julia for Nick, though technically each hung around for more than one episode.** Chloe, and to a lesser extent Nick's many other college girls. And some of Schmidt's conquests.* GoMadFromTheRevelation: This is basically what happens when people find out Schmidt and Cece are sleeping together. Winston, especially.--> [[spoiler: '''Police Officer:''']] Then how do you explain this?--> [[spoiler:Cue the officer opening the trunk of the van Winston was driving]].-->'''Winston:''' I can't sir. No one in the whole world can explain this.\\\\"Is that a stop sign? Maybe it's a go sign. Because if somebody like you is sleeping with somebody like her, then maybe the whole damn world is upside down."* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: The two-timing itself is seen as a problem, but Schmidt's motivations are given more sympathy than Jess' ex got.* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: [[spoiler: Jess and Nick]] are nice, caring people with a downright joyful sex life.* GospelChoirsAreJustBetter: Invoked by Nick in "The Captain", when he finally realizes he has feelings and confesses that hip-hop songs with choirs make him really, really happy.* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: ** Jess' mom. Lampshaded by Nick:-->"God, your mom�s hot."** Nick fakes this in his role as Schmidt's wingman in "Sister", only for the grandma in question to lustily reciprocate.* GrumpyOldMan: Parodied with Nick, who's happy that each year he grows more into his personality. A flashback shows he's ''always'' been this way;--> '''Young Nick''': *''Picking up an errant frisbee''* Keep this crap out of my yard! Ya hear me!* HandsOnApproach: Invoked in-universe in The Landlord when Nick explains to Jess that "Any time a man shows a woman how to do something from behind, it's just an excuse for him to get really close and breathe on her neck." He then gives her a demonstration, and she squirms away.* HasAType: Jess's boss has a type. [[RaceFetish Asians]]. It's a Kristi Yamaguchi thing.* HasTwoMommies: Sadie and Melissa's soon-to-be-born baby.* HeadbuttOfLove: [[spoiler: Nick and Jess after their first kiss. Followed by more kissing]].* HeldGaze: The first establishing tool of Nick and Jess. * HelloAttorney: Nick's girlfriend, Julia.* HelloNurse: Cece. Even Nick goes a little crazy for her. Nick was clearly an [[ShoutOut Animaniacs fan]] growing up.* HeroicBSOD: When Jess finally faces that her parents really never will get back together, she goes catatonic, and then silently tries to shove the Thanksgiving turkey down the garbage disposal.* HeterosexualLifePartners: ** Nick and Schmidt, to the point where Schmidt insists on throwing a very expensive, wedding-like party to celebrate their having been roommates for ten years. Shivrang has to explain to his mother that it is [[MistakenForGay not what it sounds like]]. Nick himself outright describes Schmidt as a good husband to him.** After meeting through Nick, Schmidt and Winston are surprised to realize that they've become so close. Winston's often the one to help Schmidt get through emotional turmoil, they go to each other for advice, and Schmidt has been known to physically help Winston dress. * HideYourPregnancy: Confirmed to be in effect for Zooey Deschanel.* HiddenDepths: Winston's bell skills.** Schmidt's cooking skills.** Cece's dad died when she was a kid.** Nick used to play the string bass. He's also pretty damn smooth when he really wants something. And he grew up as the head of a household.* HitMeDammit: In "Longest Night Ever," Schmidt asks Jess to hit him with her car to stop him from breaking up Cece and Coach's date. Jess at first just taps him with the bumper, which freaks out Schmidt. Then she does it accidentally (and much harder) when she is startled by a police siren.* HollywoodNerd: Jess, a Type 2 example, as is Paul.* HomoeroticSubtext: Mostly between Schmidt and Nick. Their B Plot in "Models" in particular was designed because the creator thought they "needed a love story between Nick and Schmidt or something. We wanted to tell it like a classic rom-com story about Nick and Schmidt and their love of each other."* HookerWithAHeartOfGold:** Jess attempted to invoke this as part of a sex fantasy. It doesn't work.** When trying to hire a stripper for Schmidt's birthday, she asks for one with a heart of gold "and a crotch of gold."* HorribleCampingTrip: In "Thanksgiving III," Nick takes the gang camping and hunt for their Thanksgiving dinner. Also counts as a MachoDisasterExpedition.* HouseHusband: Schmidt inevitably turns out this way, whether for the loft as a whole or in his future marriage. That said, he also has a moment of insecurity about his ability to take care of his fiancée - not because he thinks she's incompetent or that he's not 'manly' enough to do 'manly' things, but because he believes that's what a good husband should strive to do in general.* HypercompetentSidekick: Socially, Cece's this to Jess.* ICallHimMisterHappy: Schmidt call Cece's breasts "Harold" and "Kumar."* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: When Jess has feelings for Nick at the end of season 2, everything he does and says manages to accidentally turn her on. * IHaveToGoIronMyDog: Nick's parade of excuses to avoid going to the doctor. He tends to default to nonsensical ramblings whenever he's nervous.* TheILoveYouStigma: Causes Jess and Paul's break-up.** Downplayed between Jess and Nick. She was heading off to a party at Prince's house and Nick casually says "Have fun! Love you!" and the mood dropped dead, all Jess could do in return was playful finger guns. Nick tracked her down at the party to apologize for the awkwardness of the situation and just being in a more comfortable situation Jess exclaimed "I love you Nick Miller!"* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: When we first meet Jess' friend Sadie, she has just heard the story of Nick's girlfriend insulting Jess' entire personality as being a quaint ploy for attention. The first thing out of Sadie's mouth is "I'm sorry, she doesn't like desserts?" That particular point bugs Jess a lot too. She points out several times how weird it is.* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Jess resolves on doing this for Nick in the finale, inspired by Schmidt's more delusional version of "''White Fang''-ing" (as he calls it) in relation to Cece.* IdealizedSex: Inverted completely by Jess and Paul. [[CringeComedy It's actually a little hard to watch]].* IdenticalStranger: Jen, the "Asian Jess."* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The majority of the episodes consist of a single-word title. And when they don't, you get things like "Quick Hardening Caulk" and "Series/DowntonAbbey Christmas Special (Part II)," which is not even a Christmas episode.* IdiotBall: They pass it around from episode to episode, each taking turns being grounded while everyone else is a lunatic.** Of note, Jess grabs a of it tightly in "Sister II." Not only does she think it's a good idea to use Nick to lie to and distract her sister (when she knows full well the man cannot tell a lie to save his life), but when Nick suggests that maybe they set Abby up with a guy, Jess thinks Winston is a good idea (this is after seeing Abby psychologically destroy him for giggles).* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: ** Non-romantic example:-->'''Jess's mom''': ''(to Cece)'' Give my daughter drugs again and I will end you.** Another non-romantic example wherein Cece basically introduces herself to Jess' roommates by explaining that if they let anything bad happen to her "I will come in here and crazy-murder you."** Also Cece's grandma has one for Schmidt:-->'''Cece's grandma''': If you hurt her, I will let myself die then I will haunt you.* InelegantBlubbering: Both Paul [[spoiler: and his girlfriend]] are "ugly criers."* InnocentCohabitation: Nooope.* IntoxicationEnsues: ** After Nick hurts his back, he ends up on pain pills intended for women with super-heavy menstruation cramps.-->'''Nick:''' Question: Am I wearing a hat?** Certain people have no idea how to go about drinking absinthe. ** Turns out talking about hats is a "Nick is really blasted" standby.** Jess on painkillers. It comes with Judy Garland impressions, giggly attempts at assault, and a strange fixation with mustard.* InvoluntaryDance: ** At the rebranding party for his recovered penis, Schmidt dances with twirling fire batons. "I'm not actually sure how to stop this. I'm very apologetic, I think everyone should leave." And then he nearly sets the bar/Robby's face on fire.** Cece's model friends sing a Russian cracker jingle at Jess and make her dance like a monkey from the commercial repeatedly.** Some mobsters get worried Nick is a cop when he nervous-sweats and make him strip down to his underwear and dance to shake out the wire they think he's wearing.* IronicEcho: "Dip your toe in the pool of possibilities."* ItDoesntMeanAnything: Averted; Nick told Jess he [[OpenMouthInsertFoot didn't want to kiss her in a meaningless context]] like a drinking game. [[DidIJustSayThatOutLoud And then he nearly threw himself off a building in embarrassment]].* ItsPronouncedTroPAY: Schmidt's pronunciation of the word chutney. He pronounces it ''chuh-te-nay''. [[RunningGag In several episodes]].* {{Jerkass}}: ** Schmidt. Originally portrayed to be such a jerkass that the other guys even forced him to pay a fine whenever he did or said something inappropriate (even after being warned several times not to). Thankfully, after the pilot, the character became more of an adorkable-type character whose cluelessness about women made him more sympathetic to viewers. Unfortunately, he reverted back to obnoxious jerkass territory when his relationship with Cece was out in the open.** Thankfully the season finale rectified it by turning him into a full-on JerkWithAHeartOfGold.** "Bachelorette Party" sheds some light on this, indirectly. When Schmidt lost weight, he also started acting differently, presumably acting like how he thought an alpha male should be rather than the sweet, kind, and caring Adorkable person he actually is. By the time of the show, he's all but forgotten what he was like before and it takes ex-girlfriend Elizabeth (the only girl with whom he's been in a long-term relationship) and the impending wedding of Cece and Shivrang for him to start to realize that.** In a later episode, Schmidt clarifies a little. He notes how when he was overweight, people - especially girls - never really noticed him. But once he lost weight and people started noticing him, he just didn't know how to respond to that because he didn't have any experience or frame of reference.** And even later, it's shown/apparent that much of his nagging is because he wants the best for his family/friends. For instance, he mocks Winston's current choice of girlfriends because he envisions Winston being [[spoiler:in his wedding photos]] with someone much more successful. And while he dislikes cats, he apparently has made an effort to like Ferguson because he's Winston's cat.* JiggleShow: The girl dressed as a Native American in the pilot.* JustFriends: Nick and Jess for most of the first two seasons. Occasionally they'd get a side-eye from the people around them.* TheLadette: ** Sadie's wife Melissa is a lesbian version of this -- crass, flirty, likes a drink.** Nick often goes for this type of girl.* LargeHam: Winston's strategy for getting a girl out of the apartment involves a dramatic monologue about his love affair with Nick.* LaughingMad: "My shoes are filled with blood!" And then she cackles insanely before having to be carried away.* LawOfInverseFertility: Played with in Cece herself. She figures she's got time and isn't interested in having kids or worried about how her reproductive system is doing, but when she finds out she's running out of time she gets scared she won't be able to have kids once she's ready. * LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Jess and Cece.* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Jess and Nick. They literally bicker about milk.* LikeBrotherAndSister: Jess and Schmidt. The prospect of them hooking up has become an object of shame and disgust to them and everyone who knows them.* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Nick's worried he's become this for Jess.* LocalHangout: That unnamed bar where Nick works.* LongList: On a date with Schmidt, Cece's Russian roommate Nadia starts rattling off things she likes about America:-->"I like salad bar, ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'', ''[[Series/{{Tosh0}} Tosh 2.0]]'', [[BoardGames Connect Four]], freedom of speech, Creator/DavidFincher, sidewalk, I like 1 (800) SLIM, [[YourMom "yo' momma" jokes]], strawberry, Wilma Valmamama, Leon J. Panetta, ice skating for fun, not to save life..."* UsefulNotes/LosAngeles: It's revealed in the Thanksgiving episode that the show is set in L.A.* LoveAllegory: Haunted houses.* LoveEpiphany: In a sequence that starts with some word vomit and ends with trying to leave a fourth story room by the window.* LoveYouAndEverybody: Very early on, Jess tells her ex that she doesn't need his faux supportiveness because she has her new roommates, who she may hardly know but she loves. Nick lights up there for a second. * MagicalAsian: Subverted with Tran, the old dude who does little else than being present during Nick's diatribes. He isn't dispensing any fortune cookie wisdom, isn't bouncing back questions, it's even doubtful that he's actually listening - he's just keeping him company, and that's about it (except for that one time when Tran introduces him to water massage). All of their conversations have been Nick effectively imagining Tran's responses and reactions. And Nick can be forgiven for the quirky relationship since Tran's a better father than Nick's own father by virtue of actually paying attention.* MagicalNegro: ** Schmidt believes that, because of her brown skin, Cece has the wisdom of a thousand white women.** All of them treat "black Santa" like this.* MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext: A lot of the flashbacks. Actually, they might even make less sense in context, somehow.* MamaBear: Jess actually calls Cece this in regards to how Cece can/is very protective of Jess when Cece is feeling insecure about her ability to take care of her fiancée.* ManChild: Paul acts like this sometimes, being an elementary school teacher.* ManicPixieDreamGirl: ** Inverted, and then Subverted. First it seems like Jess is the messed up girl that needs help from more adult, serious guys. Then quickly the guys are shown not to have it together as much it might seem.** Angie, Nick's stripper girlfriend. It gets pointed out that her spontaneity brings Nick out of himself. Subverted in that her mania terrifies him despite his efforts to convince himself otherwise, and she doesn't have it in her to rein it in, so she leaves him. ** It's ultimately subverted in Nick and Jess's relationship. Nick in general doesn't take care of himself and has little motivation to improve. Jess tries to take care of him, but in a [[TeamMom motherly way]]. She doesn't actively find him attractive until she sees him showing initiative at work and when they get together Nick starts taking better care of himself for her sake. ** Played with and (for the moment) straight with Sam. He outright calls her out on how destructive Jesse has been on his life. But also how he can't stop thinking about her despite his anger.* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Combined with GenderFlip of stereotypical rom-com archetypes, this describes Schmidt and Cece's relationship. He's flighty, emotional, and neurotic while at the same time working a serious suit-and-tie job. She's emotionally private, somewhat quiet/serious, and mostly stable while working a feminine job (modeling and bartending). Schmidt does a lot of the cooking, general shopping, and finances, all stereotypical female tasks while Cece tends to approach those things in more stereotypical male ways (poorly, disinterestedly, or not at all). Cece is also much more physical and hands on in her problem solving and in general (whereas Schmidt will try to be crafty) which they both acknowledge and are comfortable with.* MayDecemberRomance: Jess/Russell.* {{Metaphorgotten}}-->'''Schmidt''': Nick is delicate, like a flower. A chubby, damaged flower who hates himself.* MeaningfulEcho: In 'Virgins'.-->'''Jess''': It was the heat of the moment, I didn't have to think about it.-->''Later''-->'''Jess''': What are you doing?-->'''Nick''': ''Sweeps her off her feet''. Let's not think about it.* ModestyBedsheet: ** Used in one memorable case when Cece wrapped up in Schmidt's blankets before walking out into a living room full of his roommates. Of course, why she didn't just put on her own clothes, or even his, before wandering around in front of his friends is another question. ** When they were trapped naked in the back of Schmidt's car with Winston driving to Mexico, he had strategically placed fuzzy dice, she had a road map.** In yet another case of this trope defeating its own purpose on this show, Schmidt wraps a small sheet around himself and comes into the kitchen to complain to the others about how he'd been unsuccessful in "getting something going with myself." With his bedroom door open.* MomentKiller: [[spoiler: In Quick Hardening Caulk, Jess and Nick]] are attempting to have angry sex, but in the process [[spoiler: accidentally smash Schmidt's new fish tank]]. Both miffed, they go to their rooms. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Doesn't stop them from coming back out seconds later to make out some more]]]].* MoodWhiplash: ** During Cece's pregnancy scare.-->'''Schmidt:''' You are an amazing woman, and you are going to do and be so many amazing things in this life. Maybe you'll be a mom, and maybe... maybe not, but I will support you no matter what. -->'''Cece:''' [softly] Thank you.-->'''Schmidt:''' I also just wanna give you a quick heads up. I'm probably gonna be going on the internet before we have sex again, because I, I just don't want to impregnate the baby. You know? I mean, we could have a [[MatryoshkaObject Russian nesting doll]] situation on our hands.** During "Bathtub" there is a sweet moment where a drunk Schmidt lays down in Cece's lap, and it seems she has forgiven him for standing her up and drinking with his boss, but as soon as he passes out she [[spoiler: calls her mother and says she is ready to be set up with someone]].** After Nick has finally taught Schmidt how to do laundry, and Winston how to use a ruler, they thank him and ask if there's anything he can't do. After saying he can't pronounce "February," he slips in the fact that he can't feel love.* MrFixit: Nick bodges ''everything'' back to working order, instead of calling repairmen.* MrFanservice: Schmidt. * MsFanservice: Cece. Justified. After all, she's a model. [[spoiler: Makes sense that they wind up together]].* MyCard: In "Fired Up," Winston, pretending to be a lawyer, gives his card to some real lawyers in case they want to "play with the big boys." After he leaves, they notice it's a baseball card.* MyBiologicalClockIsTicking: Jess wants a baby. Cece doesn't at present but doesn't take it well when it sounds like the option might be closed to her. Judging by his contribution to the discussion, Nick wants a baby too.* NakedApron: Schmidt, of course. But with one of Jess' aprons.* NecktieHeadband: Jess, as part of a wildly mismatching costume constructed out of sheer boredom.* NerdNanny: They take turns. Even Jess!* NiceGuy: Robby. Cece doesn't take too kindly to him dubbing her a "nice girl."* NiceGuysFinishLast: Robby. As Schmidt makes clear to him whenever he gets the chance.* NoNameGiven:** Schmidt, as that is obviously a last name and not his first. We don't even learn his name in the episode with his cousin, [[OneSteveLimit who also goes by "Schmidt"]]. Even when he [[spoiler: gets engaged and has an encounter with his estranged father,]] we 'still' don't hear his name, either because it's cut off by another sound or it's just never used when addressing him.** Coach is an example of the EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep subtrope ('Clavado En Un Bar' reveals his name to be Ernie).* NoSparks: In "Tomatoes," Jess breaks up with Russell when she realizes she'll never have the passion she wants with him.* NobleMaleRoguishMale: Nick and Schmidt. The former is emotional, unused to casual flings, and dislikes "throwing a woman out like a piece of meat;" the latter identifies that as exactly his problem and coaches him on how to be a douchebag.* NoisyShutUp: [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Poor, poor Winston]] in "Secrets".* NoodleIncident: ** Jess' Uncle Randy is a perfectly normal man who lives with his mother and is totally allowed to go near parks since being cleared.** At Nick's father's funeral, his mother asks Winston to say a few words about Nick's dad, but to not mention the felony conviction, Paraguay, or the storage space.** '''DON'T ASK ABOUT THE DUFFLE BAG'''.** Cece mentions one of the secrets she told Jess: "I had to give it a try, Jess. I mean that was the same hand that was inside Elmo."* NotSoDifferent: ** A big theme of the show is however normal they may seem, everybody is a big weirdo on the inside. The guys are initially unsettled by Jess' quirks, but their own quirks become rapidly apparent.** Appare tly Jess and Nick are polar opposites in temperament, but they're both sentimental, generally cautious, instinctive caretakers, and laugh at a lot of the same things.** If anything, Schmidt probably freaks strangers out more than Jess does.** After girly, oddball Jess, former jock Winston is the most openly geeky of the friends. The two of them are also the calmer ones in the loft.** Jess is anxious to become a bearer of life before her time runs out; and her gender's ability to do that [[GenderBender Coach]] seems to envy. Wouldn't be as surprising if it were [[SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan Schmidt, but Coach]] of all people!* NowLetMeCarryYou: The give-and-take of Nick and Jess' relationship.* NowOrNeverKiss: ** After accidentally confessing that he really does want to kiss her, Nick and Jess find themselves awake in the middle of the night, whereupon Nick figures that, well, he already reached the point of no return...** Nick's resolve at the end of Virgins is another now-or-never moment, but it goes beyond a kiss. * ObjectCeilingCling: A shishkebab that is stuck to the ceiling in the living room, with the caveat that Schmidt & Nick have a bet about when it falls down. It falls off moments later, with Nick winning the bet, and forcing Schmidt to be his 'slave for 17 days'.* ObliviousToLove: When she was a kid, there was a boy named Eduardo who had a crush on Jess who thinks he has a crush on Cece.* OddFriendship: ** Model sophisticate Cece and [[CringeComedy socially awkward]] Jess. There's even an episode lampshading the oddity of this friendship.** Miserable, people-hating cynic Nick and adorkable optimist Jess seem to be very close too.* OhCrap: ** An overstimulated/drunk Schmidt throws his boss in the pool at her baby shower. Everyone (also overstimulated and drunk) freeze and stare in horror as Schmidt nearly vomits in horror. Then she pops up and yells "I'm having a baby!" and the party starts roaring again.** Nick upon realizing that he just accidentally '''''punched Jess in the face'''''. He spends most of the rest of the episode screaming.* OnceAnEpisode: ** In each of the first four episodes, the roommates do something embarrassing or un-manly in support of Jess: singing songs from ''DirtyDancing'' in public, wearing her hats, dancing in slow-motion, and using the feeling stick.** Inverted in Bully, where Winston insulting one of her students on her behalf to the kid's parents and Nick tearfully protesting a threat to have her face disciplinary action just make Jess' situation worse.* OneSteveLimit: ** She isn't seen, but it's averted when Cece and Jess discuss a "Jessica freaking P." they went to school with as kids.** Schmidt's cousin Schmidt.** Jess' dad and a particular incredibly supportive coworker of Nick's are both named Bob, and Nick's also got a cousin named Bobby.* OnlySaneMan: When she's in the room, usually Cece. For the loft dwellers, its usually Winston. Nick subverts this trope, as he initially has many of the hallmarks associated with it, but as the show progresses his... eccentricities become more and more obvious. Eventually, the only way you'd really recognize Nick's role as the sane one is by his absence, because Schmidt and Winston get up to some stuff together when he's not around that would be bizarre even by Nick's standard (mostly due to his habit of shootings ideas down out of cynicism). * TheOneGuy: Schmidt is this at his work place. Interestingly, however, his status at his work place is typically shown using typical one-female-among-many-males workplace tropes such as co-workers dismissing his work due to being a different gender, superiors sexually harassing him, and so forth rather than shown as some sort of dream job. In addition, these situations are also subverted in that they are typically shown as the truly harmful behaviors they are in order to bring light of the DoubleStandard - Schmidt doesn't like being told to dress like a slutty Santa at the office holiday party, for instance, as he feels it belittles him even if it does give him a chance to socialize and network.* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Jess is generally pretty gentle, so on those occasions where she does raise her voice or throw her weight around, the others are taken aback and stop offering resistance because this is obviously a big deal.* OperationJealousy: Two episodes in a row, Schmidt did this to Cece. It's also the objective of his mission to get a plus-one to her wedding.* OppositesAttract: ** Jess' parents. It doesn't end well.** Jess and Nick, but less so than her parents in that the younger two can actually tolerate each other.* TheOtherRainforest: Jess and Cece hail from Portland, Oregon.* OutOfOrder: Sadie's introductory episode, "Injured", aired after her first appearance on the show, with some bad ADR to pave over the cracks.* OverTheShoulderCarry: Schmidt drags Cece away from a fight with another woman this way.* OverprotectiveDad: BOB DAY.* ParentalSubstitute: The crew can be this to varying degrees for each other. Schmidt is the most obvious with his homemaking but one episode revolves around the attention Nick gives Schmidt and vice versa and the jealousy [[spoiler: Cece feels over the fact that Schmidt loves Nick (platonically) like family.]]* ParentTrapPlot: Repeatedly invoked by Jess throughout her life in her efforts to trick her parents back together.* ParentsAsPeople: Jess' parents. Jess is abnormally comfortable with their identities outside of their roles as Mom and Dad (this includes actively encouraging their sex lives, dispensing romantic advice, and making retirement plans to be [[CrazyCatLady crazy cat ladies]] with her mother).* PepTalkSong: ** One of Jess' quirks is her tendency to give ''herself'' songs meant to boost her own confidence.-->'''Jess:''' She's goin' out to find a rebound... Who's that girl? It's Jess!-->'''Nick:''' [[LampshadeHanging Wait, did you make up a theme song for yourself?]]** Nick's video to future Nick about staying away from Caroline also includes him singing a song where the only lyrics the audience hears are "You are special you are special."* PottyFailure: Season 1 was a random marathon runner who pushed between Cece and Jess, and season 2 was Schmidt risking it rather than losing a parking spot to his "pishy"...and then pushing between Nick and Jess.* PowerTrio: Schmidt is the Id, Winston is the Ego, and Nick is the Superego.* ProductPlacement: Although the focus is on Jess's physical comedy, one scene in "Models" is literally a commercial for the Ford Fusion.* {{Pun}}: ** "You know what happens? Schmidt Happens!" Later in the same scene:-->'''Schmidt:''' Thumb ring, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch!]] You got some Schmidt on your face!** Daniel Boone has three ears (left, right, and frontEAR), See Cece Run, Registered Sex Defender, [[VisualPun Reigning Cats and Dogs, Bee Arthur]], Casse''roll'', [[DoubleEntendre Quick Hardening Caulk]]...this show loves its puns.* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "SPENCER. WORE. JELLIES."* PutOnABus: Due to the unexpected renewal of Damon Wayans Jr.'s series ''Series/HappyEndings'', his character Coach was sent away after the pilot and replaced with Winston (who had lived there before with Nick and Schmidt, thus keeping Jess as the titular "New Girl")** TheBusCameBack: Coach returned in season 3.* RandomEventsPlot: A lot of the early episodes are a sequence of thrown-together character scenes that don't prioritize punchlines.* RantInducingSlight: After Nick spends all day disapproving of Paul, Jess gives us this gem:-->'''Jess:''' I want to have sex with him big time! Big time! I want to take him down to Chinatown and slice him off a piece of this pumpkin pie, okay? I want to do all the things that you do in a bedroom with him! I want to do it standing up and sitting down and half-up and half-down and the Wiggly One and the Bear Attack and the claws in the head and the one that figure skaters do and the "what's for lunch?" and the "gimme that hat!" The point is that I'm good. I'm really good and I don't care what you think!* RealMenCook: Schmidt. It's acknowledged time and time again that he's an excellent all-around cook. He and Jess share the title when it comes to baking.* RealMenWearPink: ** For all that they have some typically male tendencies and insecurities, the three guys have never exhibited any trouble hugging each other, telling each other or other people they love them, or crying. Schmidt in particular is also not averse to kissing his male friends (although Nick tells him multiple times to stop "Fredo-kissing" him when they think [[spoiler: that Nick has cancer]]). There's also his cooking, Winston's comfort with girl talk, and Nick's claim to be good with babies.** Winston's a nanny for awhile, and he and the kid Elvin are total buddies.** Schmidt and Nick have a moment in public to which someone asks "Are they in love?". Cecee unhesistantly remarks "Absolutely."* RealWomenDontWearDresses: Julia makes this claim to Jess. Jess does not take it kindly.* ReallyGetsAround: ** Schmidt, and possibly Cece.** Nick, for awhile there.* RecurringCharacter: Tanya (Jess' boss), Remy the landlord, Sadie, Sid (a strange and silent regular at Nick's bar), Nadia (Cece's terrifying model roommate), Schmidt's various superiors at work, Outside Dave the belligerent homeless man, Tran the silently supportive Asian water massage therapist, and some of the love interests.* RelationshipRevolvingDoor** Schmidt and Cece. At first [[spoiler: they were casually hooking up, then they stopped when feelings got involved, then they were dating, then they broke up, then Schmidt declared his love for her, then Cece decided they weren't working, then they were friends with benefits, then she got engaged to someone else, then she broke off the wedding because she liked Schmidt, at which point they get together again... only for her to dump him when she learns he never broke up with his ex and had been dating them both. After a year in which a remorseful Schmidt rehabbed their friendship and supported her through her life changes, she falls back in love with him and accepts his marriage proposal in season 4]]. It's been a complicated story. ** Off-screen, Nick and Caroline. Before the series began, she had dumped him three times. They [[spoiler: get back together and break up at the end of the first season]]. * RelationshipUpgrade: [[spoiler: Jess and Nick]] wrangle with this for the second half of season 2 and finally embrace it in the finale.* ResetButton: After the "Sister" trilogy of episodes, Schmidt is forced to move back into the loft. Though not a perfect reset, as Coach is still around. * RetCon: In the pilot, Jess says the word "penis." In the fourth episode, she is unable to say it. (Then again, it was a little sing-songy in the first episode.) Her difficulty with saying "penis" in episode 4 was probably because of the awkwardness of the situation. * RidiculousProcrastinator: Nick goes to truly extreme lengths just to avoid writing his zombie novel such as dropping his laptop on purpose and going on a drunk excursion to the zoo.* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Ferguson the cat* RightThroughTheWall: ** Winston says he's heard Jess through the wall before.** Jess congratulates one of Schmidt's one night stands and jokes that the walls are very thin... haha, just kidding, they're actually very thick and she's just incredibly loud.* RoadTripPlot: Two or three times.* RoommateCom: The premise of the show is that Jessica Day, socially awkward young woman who is fresh out of a break-up with her ex-boyfriend, persuades a trio of men to let her move in with them.* RunningGag:** "Douchebag jar!"** Twice in "The Story of the 50" we get montages of him walking in and saying things that force him to put money in the jar. And in one case, he doesn't even have to say anything at all.** When [[spoiler: Cece has a pregnancy scare]], Jess suggests [[spoiler: "We could get it, like, a douchebaby jar."]]** Schmidt and an apparent love/preference for anything Asian.** Winston's love of bubbles.** Nick's inability to keep a secret.* SafeWord: Apricots (alternately, dragonslippers).* SarcasmMode* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Nick ''really'' can't handle haunted houses. Or clowns.* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: Schimdt has to choose between Elizabeth and Cece in the Season 2 Finale. Guess what he does?]]* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: Winston, the SecondEpisodeSubstitute for Coach, who was PutOnABus.* SecretlyWealthy: Kai, Tran's granddaughter. She's so [[EccentricMillionaire eccentric that people think she's actually homeless]].* SecretRelationship: Schmidt and Cece initially, at Cece's insistence. However, in "Fancyman, Part 2" they're discovered by Winston after he steals Schmidt's car [[AutoErotica while they're having sex in the back of it]], drives to Mexico, and is stopped and searched by U.S. Customs on the way back. Then, in the next episode, Winston tells [[CannotKeepASecret Nick]], and...* SecurityCling: That's how Nick and Jess deal with coyotes.* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: two sets of the guys in the main cast.** The "male TeamMom" Schmidt who places extreme importance on caring friendships, sharply contrasted with his rigidly non-sentimental long-time friend Nick who hedges a mostly impenetrable wall around his heart. Nick makes it clear how he thinks men should (not) relate, a rigid "manly" stereotype unthinkable to Schmidt:--->'''Nick:''' We're men, Schmidt. The only time a man is allowed to think about another man is when that man is Jay Cutler.--->'''Schmidt:''' And I also don't know what is allowed in the Cold-Hearted Republic of Nick Miller, but I ''do'' know how I feel.** Winston, mediocre basketball player who has emotional intelligence, contrasted with the alpha-level personal trainer Coach who sublet for him. Coach has tried in the past to toughen up Winston into a better athlete.* SexForSolace: In the pilot Jess's new roommates decide to help her find a man to use for a rebound, for which they give her extensive coaching.* SexGod: For all his SmallNameBigEgo qualities, Schmidt is certified by both Cece (who practically can't help having sex with Schmidt) and Sadie (a lesbian gynecologist who Schmidt manages to turn on by describing what he does in bed) to be a "vagenius." His boss even explicitly picks him to be her sex partner because of his sterling reputation!* SexyCoatFlashing: ** Jess' plan for surprising her boyfriend at the beginning of the pilot. ''Backfires''.** Jess again, taking advantage of Nick's attraction to her by putting on one of his hoodies and doing the beginnings of a strip tease so he'd let her have a parking space. He knows what she's doing, he recognizes that she's doing it clumsily, and he goes right along with it anyway.* SexyShirtSwitch: Half the purpose of Nick's flannels seems to be so that we can see girls wearing them.* ShaggyDogStory: "Control." Efforts to get Schmidt to loosen up are abandoned and he's back to being the dominant force in the house. No one learns how to pick up the slack and take care of themselves in his absence, and anything Schmidt might've learned is unlearned. Also, Nick never does pay Winston back his hundreds of dollars, but Winston stops pressuring him about it.* SheCleansUpNicely: Schmidt and Coach's reaction when they see Jess in the LittleBlackDress her friend Cece helps her pick out... a reaction which is killed soon after, when Jess breaks into a celebratory dance. This happens again in Episode 3, when Jess is wearing her "Who let the dirty slut out of the slut house?" dress, but promptly kills the reaction again when she dons a pair of false buck teeth and puts on a [[{{Fauxreigner}} fake Cockney accent]].--> '''Nick:''' I forgot what you looked like when you're not dressed as the loft troll.* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Nick and Jess insist on this in "Table 34."* ShipSinking: Jess and Schmidt kiss joylessly in "Parking Spot" and both come out of it gagging. Apparently it was even worse than they anticipated.* ShipTease: ** Schmidt and Cece get a bit of this during their HoldingHands scene. Also later on when she tries on the perfume he got her.** Schmidt and Jess get one on his 29th birthday.** "The Landlord" is made of this trope with Jess and Nick.** Jess almost wanting to have a one night stand with Schmidt... which ends up happening between Schmidt and Cece.** Nick and Jess, as well as Schmidt "Fredo kissing" Nick twice, in "Injury."** Nick and Schmidt while doing an "exercise" in how to get rid of one night stands, when Jess walks in on them (shortly after finding out about Cece/Schmidt) and [[MistakenForGay is understandably confused]].** The TonightSomeoneKisses trailer for "Cooler" turned out to be right, but it certainly used misleading clips. * ShipperOnDeck: ** Cece for Nick/Jess and Jess for Schmidt/Cece.** Nick's mom seemed to be leaning in favor of Nick/Jess by the end of her appearance.* ShooTheDog: Schmidt calls it "[[Literature/WhiteFang White Fang-ing]]," and when he [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim breaks up with Cece since she'd be better off]] he even yells at her like she's a dog he's trying to scare away.* ShoutOut:** To ''DirtyDancing'' and ''LordOfTheRings'' in the pilot.** To ''{{Footloose}}'' in "Cece Crashes":-->'''Nick:''' I don't dance. I'm from the town in ''{{Footloose}}''.** Schmidt [[Film/TheGodfather "Fredo-kissing"]] Nick in ''Injured''** The show is sprinkled with recurring references to ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'' and the Monica Lewinsky scandal.** So in addition to being an unlikely fan of ''Series/TheWire'' and ''Series/TheWalkingDead'', Jess is also an unlikely fan of ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness''.** To ''Series/{{Homeland}}'':--> '''Schmidt''': ''(while trying to distract someone)'' Look, it's Abu Nazir!** Schmidt might get another to ''Series/VeronicaMars'' when he says "[This apartment] smells like Tijuana." Tijuana was a frequent plot point in VM, where the actor played a cop.** The season 2 finale contains a lot of subtle homages to TheGraduate.** To Bridge to Terabithia, in the S01E21 Kids, where Jess calls Nick said Film Title for making little Kids cry** Coach [[spoiler: whose real name is Ernie]] HAS to be one to the character of the same name in ''Series/{{Cheers}}''.* TheSilentBob: Tran. Nick holds entire conversations with him, even though for the most part he doesn't say anything back. Nick gains a lot of insight from these conversations somehow.* SlapSlapKiss: Even after they start hooking up and realizing she likes him, Cece treats Schmidt with a lot of impatience and snappishness. He's nicer to her, though -- unless it involves cooking. And she likes it when he gets angry.* SleepCute: Nick and Jess, and Schmidt and Cece on two occasions.* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: With Jess at one end and Nick at the other. The show generally settles somewhere between them.* SnakeOilSalesman: Nick's dad, Walt.* SongsOfSolace: "The River" by Joni Mitchell. (The boys '''''hate''''' this song with a passion.)--> (After Cece turns song off)--> '''Winston''': Oh my god, she's dead!--> '''Schmidt''': No, we need to hear it [[SarcasmMode ''80 more times!'']]--> '''Nick''': Oh, I get it now! [[SarcasmMode It's ''a river!'']]* SoundtrackDissonance: [[Music/TheClash "Death or Glory"]], a very, very British punk song, plays over the loft's first game of "True American".* SpiritualSuccessor: ** To ''ThreesCompany'', just gender-flipped with an extra person** Also arguably to Friends, they're a group of single 30ish people in the big city, who live in an apartment that in real life would probably be unaffordable. New Girl also shares Friends' romantic comedy leanings and love for {{Formerly Fat}} controlling characters. ** To ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'', another single-camera sitcom about five somewhat-hairbrained neurotics who have a habit of lapsing into five-way, overlapping shouting matches as their personal issues explode in their faces. Given all the shared crew such as Luvh Rakhe, Rob Rosell, and the Chernin family, surely not a coincidence.* StacysMom: Winston flirts with Nick's mom over the phone. He also saw her naked when he was thirteen, which he claims was an accident, but Nick is convinced was by design.** GenderFlipped with [[spoiler: Schmidt's dad. Who has a fling with Jesse much to everyone's shock.]]* StalkingIsLove: Instead of simply going to her door to apologize and ask for a second chance, Sam lurks through Jess' invitation [=RSVP=]s and follows her to several Christmas parties.* StarCrossedLovers: Between Cooler and the s2 finale, Nick and Jess kept being stalled by various obstacles like the other's denial, their own denial, the disapproval of roommates, the disapproval of her father, self-doubt, bad timing, [[spoiler: before Jess finally outright states what it means to her and Nick gets it together]].* StatusQuoIsGod: ** The season 1 finale opens on Nick about the move out of the apartment, but [[spoiler: he eventually breaks if off with Caroline and goes back to his friends]].** The end of season 2 has Cece getting an [[spoiler:arranged marriage. She calls off the wedding and her fiance runs off with [[TaylorSwift Elaine]]]]** Before the end of season 3, [[spoiler: Jess and Nick break up and go back to being just roommates-slash-friends.]]** Straight, averted, ''and'' played with in the season 4 finale: [[spoiler: Straight when Coach moves with his girlfriend to New York, resetting the post-pilot loft arrangement. Averted when [=CeCe=] accepts Schmidt's marriage proposal, at long last resolving their off-and-on status. Played with when Jess and Nick throw away their sex-signal mug to finally put their past behind them, only for both of them to individually find the mug missing after throwing it away; however, neither of them actually retrieved it, because it was Winston who took it for himself because "it was a perfectly good mug".]]* StepfordSmiler: Nick, very transparently, for the first few hours after getting dumped by Julia. And in the same episode, one of Jess' students throws her relationship troubles in her face and suggests that her happiness is a mask. "I love being unemployed! [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I. Love. It.]]"* TheStinger: Usually an extended cut of a humorous scene. Examples include Schmidt practicing pickup lines into a mirror, a longer version of College Nick and Schmidt's first encounter, a longer cut of a (shirtless and fat) homeless man serenading Winston on a date, and more. * StoodUp: Happens to Jess near the end of the pilot, and becomes the basis of her bonding with her roommates when they show up to be reverse-Mormons who sing to her in public.* StraightMan: Most of the insanity seems to happen around Nick.* StraightManAndWiseGuy: Schmidt and Winston trade off in their interactions.* StunnedSilence: Jess gets this reaction from the boys sometimes.* StupidSexyFriend: All three of the guys have fallen into that trap with regard to Jess, but it happens to Nick repeatedly (so much so there was an episode devoted to it). It's also happened to all the guys with regard to Cece.* SuperOCD: Possibly Schmidt, at least while he's cooking. Somewhat justified when he figures out that he and Nick have been using the same towel...[[spoiler:and that Nick has '''''never''''' washed it. And that Nick sometimes wears his underwear]].* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: ** As early as the second episode, Winston for Coach (due to Wayans contract with ''Series/HappyEndings''). Both are the TokenMinority and with a heavy sports background. By virtue of how little we knew of Coach, Winston does have a more defined personality and a much different relationship with Jess (Coach would inadvertently make her cry by taking the direct approach; in contrast, Winston is less upfront and comforted her when she was upset with the others).** Lampshaded in "The Landlord" by Remy, who refers to Winston as Coach.** And Nick as Brad, possibly in reference to [[Series/HappyEndings the character Damon Wayans Jr. left this show to return to]].** In universe, Jess believes that Jenn, Paul's girlfriend after her, is "Asian me" due to the two women's obvious similarities. Ultimately, she decides she was something Paul happened upon on his way to Jenn, his true love.* TakeAThirdOption: Schmidt has to choose between Cece and Elizabeth. Or [[spoiler: he can secretly date them both]]. It ends horribly. * TakeThat: In the pilot, Schmidt keeps using the phrase "my boys" to which Nick says "my boys is [[ForcedMeme never going to happen]]." This had been accused of being a ripoff of ''Series/MyBoys''.* TakeThatCritics: In "Jess & Julia," when Nick's new girlfriend makes dismissive comments about Jess's "whole thing" (meaning her sweet/cute/feminine style and demeanor), Jess mounts a defense that can be clearly seen as one of these toward those who have criticized the character (and Zooey Deschanel herself) as excessively [[GirlyGirl twee and girly]].-->'''Jess:''' I brake for birds. I rock a lot of polka dots. I have touched glitter in the last 24 hours. I spend my entire day talking to children. And I find it fundamentally strange that you�re not a dessert person. It freaks me out. I�m sorry that I don�t talk like Series/MurphyBrown. And I hate your pants suit. I wish it had ribbons on it or something just to make it slightly cuter. But that doesn�t mean I�m not smart and tough and strong.* TeamMom:** Schmidt, hilariously enough. That said, he's kind of an overbearing, somewhat vitrolic, sort of mother.** Jess to her students, or when her friends are in trouble/being idiots. Nick remarks on her tendency to take care of everybody.* TheTell: Everyone knows when Nick is hiding something.-->'''Schmidt:''' Sweatback? You told ''Sweatback''?!* TenMinutesInTheCloset: Played with when Nick and Jess get locked "behind the iron curtain" to kiss as part of a game, though they had no immediate issues to resolve (that they knew of) and Nick jumped out a window to avoid having to go through with it...until later.* ThatCameOutWrong: All of them, all the time.* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: "This makes me hate things."* ThatPoorCat: During the chaos when Jess gets her stuff back from her douche ex-.* ThemeTuneCameo: Jess has performed the show's theme song in-universe a lot. ♪ A Lot! ♪ Starting with ''the pilot''.* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: On several occasions.-->'''Jess:''' I'm going to pay this $800 fine. And my checks have baby farm animals on them, ''bitch!''* ThisLoserIsYou: Nick is a bartender who dropped out of law school shortly before getting his degree, who comes off as rather bitter. Winston's character arc involved being a semi-pro athlete who never had much of a career, then he hopped from job to job, largely clueless about what he wanted to do before eventually joining the LAPD.* ThoseTwoGuys: Jess and Winston seem to be the most likely to pair up to geek out or snark on their roommates. Or, you know, have a Sophisticated Man Dance-Off. And at one point Jess created a theme song for their hang-out time.** Winston tries to kickstart this sort of relationship with Cece, even coining the phrase "classic Winston/Cece mess-around!" She doesn't go for it. [[spoiler:Their relationship is solidified when they go wedding dress shopping together]].* AThreesomeIsHot: Completely and irrevocably averted in "The Landlord." It's somewhere in between CringeComedy and NightmareFuel.* AThreesomeIsManly: Also averted in the same scene. To top it off Remy is okay with one other guy, but not two.* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Julia and Jess' conflict seems to be based around this.* ToughRoom: Schmidt and Jess run up against this often.* TrueCompanions: As an example, two of Jess' roommates show up to her students' science fair -- Winston to help her fix a project for one student, and Nick in turn because Winston is also in the middle of baby-sitting him through a meltdown. There are also the many occasions where they all come together as a group in defense of one of them, and stuff like Jess' ease with telling all of them she loves them, or Schmidt and Nick's comfort with showing affection for each other in public.** In fact, the climax of an early season 3 episode has Jess yelling at everyone to not freak out over some of the episode's issues because they're family as much as friends. And because of such, they'll figure things out.** Later season have them casually refer to each other in more family terms rather than friendly. For instance, Schmidt offhandedly labels Winston as "Uncle Winston" during a fictional conversation with his fictional kids.* UnresolvedSexualTension: Nick and Jess, which they openly discuss. [[spoiler: Eventually they resolved it, which opened up a whole new can of issues. But so far they seem willing to go with it]].* TheUnreveal: In "First Date", Russell snaps after a night of being hassled by Jess and Nick and asks them what they think the state of their relationship is. They write it down on a pair of tickets, give it to Russell, [[spoiler: who looks regretful about making them do it, then promptly leaves]]. They also don't have the guts to tell one another what they wrote. * UnusualEuphemism: Hector J, Harold & Kumar, White Castle, and most of Jess' alternative words for penis.** In [[ValentinesDayEpisodes Valentines Day]], Jess uses the word "twirly" instead of well...horny.** "Completion" for ejaculation and "gumbo pot" for vagina.** In "Eggs" Schmidt uses a torrent of these to explain his foreplay techniques to Jess' lesbian gynecologist friend Sadie, which, combined with a series of hand gestures the audience can't see, is enough to turn her on to an incredible degree and deem him to be a "vagenius".--->'''Schmidt''': Yeah, yeah, I see what you�re doing there. And then what I�ll do is go outside and get the paper, and then shake the neighbor�s hand. Then what I�ll do is tie a bow on it, because it�s birthday time, and then get on stage and collect my Oscar and say, "Thank you!" to the people, "Thank you!" to the people, and then I�ll get back down off stage and get everybody into the sharing circle, right into the sharing circle, and then [''smacks the desk''] spike the volleyball. Then what I like to do is, I like to arrive at the bridge, meet the troll, and then answer his riddles three. Then what we�re going to do is, we�re dancing. We�re dancing. We�re going to dance for a while. Dance until you can�t dance anymore. Dance until you can�t dance anymore. And then everybody. Gets. A. Churro [''tongue click''.]** Nick's "Sharons."* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Jess has seen male nudity so often since moving in with the guys that she doesn't even blink anymore (she used to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3E1t1rVwYc gigglescream]]). In Jess & Julia, Schmidt can't find his towel so he walks through the house naked. She doesn't even look up (as much as he wishes she would). First thing in the morning in Fancyman pt. II, she walks in on Nick's friend in the bathroom with his pants down without having bothered to close the door behind him and simply walks sleepily out again.* VerySpecialEpisode: ** Episode 15 when Nick was MistakenForDying.** Episode 20 of the second season when [[spoiler: Nick's dad really does die]] and the roomies travel to Chicago.* VillainousBreakdown: When [[spoiler: Schmidts gambit to break up Jess and Nick fails he goes ballistic, trying to get between them having sex, cutting up Nicks condoms, and finally taking Jess's birth control pills]].* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Edgar's "mom."* VitriolicBestBuds: Nick and Schmidt seem to spend a lot of time yelling at each other. They're very different and probably not meant to live in close quarters. Eventually it's shown that, due to their childhoods, this is really the only way they initially knew how to express themselves around each other.* WackyFratboyHijinks:** Referenced. Apparently Schmidt was in two fraternities in college because he just couldn't decide.*** Which actually becomes a indirect reference to an issue he has during season 3.** The invention of Bro Juice.* WalkingShirtlessScene:** Schmidt usually finds a way to employ this trope. [[{{Fanservice}} Not that anyone's complaining]].** This seems to be the primary reason for Schmidt's contributions to the Douchebag Jar.--->'''Elvin:''' [[LampshadeHanging Then why doesn't he have a shirt?]]--->'''Winston:''' You know, [[OnceAnEpisode we ask ourselves that every single day]].* WeWantOurJerkBack: Becomes the plot of "Control." Jess gets Schmidt to finally stop being so uptight and nitpicky and to finally relax. Unfortunately, he becomes a little ''too'' relaxed, and joins some sort of hippie commune on the beach, stops going to work, and spends the whole day playing a bongo drum. And it turns out that without Schmidt there to nag the other roommates, the apartment falls into chaos, as Winston and Nick have no idea how to shop on a budget (they are in awe at the fact that Schmidt, thanks to his finickiness and obsession with detail, is able to get the groceries with less than $100), all three of them apparently can't dress without Schmidt's fashion advice, and the apartment starts becoming dirty. At the end of the episode, they coax him back to the apartment, partially by offering him Calvin Klein slacks. By the end, he's obsessively cleaning the apartment, tells Nick "Your hair is doing that thing that I just HATE," and in general is back to his usual self...and the roomies couldn't be happier about it.* WeaknessTurnsHerOn: Nick and Schmidt compete over a girl who is aroused by other people's misery.* WeddingDay: The season 2 finale. An early season 1 episode too, but that one doesn't have quite as much of men bleeding out after being mauled by badgers and a recurring Cotton Eye Joe hook to it. It does have a loud drunk (Nick) and creepy child, though.* WeddingRingDefense: Daisy is able to help Winston with his [[CannotTalkToWomen crippling inability to speak to women]] because as a married woman, there's no pressure. At the end of the episode, she reveals that she's single and using this trope to dodge creeps.* WelcomeEpisode: The first episode is Jess interviewing with the guys to move in. * WhamEpisode: "Mars Landing." [[spoiler:Jess and Nick break up]].* WhatDidIDoLastNight: "Jess, what happened last night?" Made poignant by the fact that nothing really happened...except that Nick opened up emotionally under the influence of pain meds and fear, and tried to resolve to become a more proactive person, only to forget it all.* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHorrific: Jess' Kermit impression scares the crap out of Cece.* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Seems to be ''everybody's'' opinion about any woman who dates [[CoolLoser Schmidt]], but turned UpToEleven when the group finds out about him and Cece. Justified though in that outwardly, he's kinda of a douchebag, but his actual personality is more of an adorkable loser who doesn't know how to deal with people... and happens to be a sex god.* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: ** Schmidt is terrified of the birdcat (cat raised by birds) which lives on the roof.** Winston is deathly afraid of the dark.** Nick is scared crapless of haunted houses (as part of a larger terror of the unexpected).* WillTheyOrWontThey: ** Schmidt and Cece. [[spoiler:TheyDo in the Valentine's Day episode, but only after we're teased with the possibility of Schmidt and Jess doing it instead]].** [[LivingEmotionalCrutch Nick]] [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple and]] [[StupidSexyFriend Jess]]. [[spoiler: TheyDo]].* WimpFight: The guys have flaily-armed slapfights A LOT.* WithFriendsLikeThese:** Schmidt with his "friend" Ben. Schmidt refers to their relationship as kind of like a girl's friendship, where they're friends but they hate each other. ** Schmidt and Robbie. They're fighting over Cece, but otherwise get along famously. Even while Schmidt is actively trying to sabotage Robbie's relationship. Schmidt even invites Robbie to his bachelor party and, presumably, his wedding.* WrittenInAbsence: In season five, to cover for Zooey Deschanel being on maternity leave Jess is sequestered due to jury duty - with Creator/MeganFox (yes, ''the'' Megan Fox) as a pharmaceutical sales rep called Reagan who rents out Jess' room while she's gone.* YourCheatingHeart: Jess returns home early in hope of surprising her live-in boyfriend with some SexyCoatFlashing, but he's cheating with another woman. This leads to her breakup and search for a new apartment.** In season 3,[[spoiler: Schmidt]] involves himself with two women with both thinking he had broken things off with the other. [[spoiler: He ends up losing both of them and a pie to the face]].* YourFavorite: ** Nick thinks Jess might want to try an Old Fashioned. She has, indeed, always wanted to try one.** Also: Nick makes Jess tea, something she is known to like.* ZanySchemeChicken: This is kind of how Nick and Jess almost end up doing it...with their landlord. Jess folds.----


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Magellan RoadMate RV9145-LMMagellan and Good Sam have teamed up to produce the RoadMate RV9145-LM, an in-vehicle GPS that is specifically designed for RVers.This GPS Navigator is packed with features to help your road adventures come to life. With Free Lifetime Map Updates, you'll never worry about out-of-date maps again as you receive map updates for the life of your device (Internet connection required to receive updates - compatible with PC and Mac).With an extra large high-definition 7-inch touch-screen, the RoadMate RV9145-LM offers all of the ease-of-use features Magellan customers love, including a OneTouch Favorites Menu that lets drivers personalize their navigation experience with instant access to favorite destinations and searches.All of the U.S. and Canada campground locations from the Trailer Life Directory as well as Good Sam Club discount locations are pre-programmed into the GPS. Also included are RV service locations, parking, and Six Million Points of Interest. It even identifies pet-friendly parks, so RVers can be certain that your pets are welcome when you pull into camp.Customize your route using the large vehicle/RV settings and the vehicle's size. This intelligent navigator can also plan routes based on the driver's preference, making the drive much more enjoyable.Magellan RoadMate RV9145-LM offers superior navigation that encourages safer driving. Drivers can become familiar with their route before driving it, in the comfort of their own home so there are no surprises during the trip. Turn-by-turn spoken directions lets them keep their eyes on the road. The best part? They can quickly navigate to Good Sam certified campground and enjoy member discounts.The Magellan RoadMate RV9145-LM really is an essential RV travel companion.Features: 7" touch screen: Navigate on a wide 7" screen The Good Sam club Trailer Life directory provides one-stop RV resource for every aspect of the RVing experience Customize RV routes using your own vehicle's length, width, weight and height A/V Input: easy connection to external devices such as back-up cameras, DVD players, and iPods OneTouch Favorites Menu: Personalize your travel experience with icons of your favorite places and searches. Easily create shortcuts to your favorite destinations and previous searches with personalized bookmarks so you can quickly find them anywhere you travel Free Lifetime Map Updates: Never worry about out-of-date maps again. Download the latest map information (up to 2 times a year) for the life of your Magellan RoadMate navigator Spoken Street Names: Street names and directions are called out so that you know when to make the next turn while keeping your eyes on the road Quickspell: Magellan's patented method of helping you enter in addresses correctly - even if you are not sure of the spelling 6 Million Points of Interest: Make it easy to find gas stations, restaurants, ATMs, coffee shops, and much more Highway Exit POIs: Find gas stations and rest areas along your route while you are navigating Multi-Destination Routing: Plan your entire afternoon or driving vacation with all your stops in one route Smart Detour: Immediate detour option if you are suddenly caught in traffic Built-in Maps: A wealth of detail in millions of points of interest as you travel the 50 United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico Bird's-eye View: Lets you clearly see your surroundings in either 2D or 3D Automatic re-route: Missed the turn? It happens to the best of us. Quickly get back on track with auto re-route Customizable Route Method: Select shortest distance, fastest time, most use of freeways, or least use of freeways Address Book: You can definitely get there from here! Create and store personal points
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It's not what you expect to hear in a dead sleep: gunshots outside your house--or fired at your home.
Officers are now working to find who gave residents of two southeast Springs neighborhoods a restless sleep early Friday morning.
Police say it was a close call in one of the shootings, as shots went into a home on the 3400 block of Foxridge Drive, near Drennan and Hancock Expressway, just before 1:30 a.m. No one was injured. The shooter remains at large.
Police were initially called to the scene on reports of a break-in, before receiving a call that shots had been fired at a second house and a car. No evidence of a break-in was found at the first home. At this time, they have no leads on any suspects, and ask that anyone with information step forward. Those wishing to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 634-STOP.
About an hour later, shots rang out again a few miles away on Bryce Drive, near Airport and South Circle.
Police do not believe the two incidents are related.