Unboxing


This was a good episode. But did you notice that it had the exact same plot as an episode of Shake It Up? One time Rocky started taking karate lessons and didn't want Cece involved but Cece found out and started showing up at the dojo.

It's not unusual for plots to get recycled but this one was almost word for word the same.




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They had another similar plot to SIU as well, with the super fan.

I ate a pear. I ate three pears. - Lizzie Borden

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Yup, that's true, I didn't think of it at the time.




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Sitcoms constantly use a few dozen well known plots.

http://www.courtbennett.com/Top50SitcomPlots.html

You do realize that almost none of this is accidental, don't you? Some years back I read several articles that pointed out that the tv-producers in Hollywood are recycling scripts from 50s, 60s, and 70s "sitcoms" into contemporary programming as a standard practice. Writers (I think) and producers (definitely) were interviewed and were quite frank about it: they take the basic old plots and make the dialog and characters "hip" and "modern" (i.e., usually sassy and know-it-all), and voilà.


https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/often-used-storylines-in-sitcoms.177952/

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