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Unwanted Gift Plot
Stock sitcom plot in which a character receives a present. The present is absolutely hideous. He is forced to pretend that he just loves it, so as not to hurt the presenter's feelings. Unfortunately, he is just so good an actor that the presenter insists that he wear it all the time, put it on display, paint the house to coordinate, etc. The receiver becomes increasingly miserable, and thus is comedy committed.
Friends:
• In "The One with the Prom Video," Joey buys Chandler a gaudy bracelet, and hilarity ensues.
• Rachel does this with nearly every gift she gets apparently, swapping it the day after and pretending a big dog ran off with it, or something similar.
• There's also the episode where Rachel and Monica pretend to both want to keep a hideous work of art made by Phoebe, while they both try to get rid of it when she's away.
• On the The King of Queens Doug and Carrie receive a hideous painting of them for their anniversary from their friends Deacon and Kelly. They pretend to love it but secretly try to get rid of it. It turns out Deacon and Kelly intentionally gave them a horrible present so they would be allowed to get rid of an unwanted gift Doug and Carrie had given them.
• In an episode of That '70s Show Donna gave Eric a "man ring." Said ring was hideous and gaudy and was promptly given to Fez.
• In one episode of Everybody Loves Raymond, Marie gives Ray and Debra a sculpture that she made in a class. The sculpture is unintentionally very suggestive, leading the family to try various means of getting rid of it without telling her why.
• An episode of Frasier had Martin buying him a horrible painting after he overheard Frasier praising it to the restarateur exhibiting it. Frasier spent the rest of the episode angsting about how to break the news.
En er zijn nog veel meer series waarin dit verhaaltje is afgewerkt. Ik heb deze aflevering al zo vaak gezien... Juist als je al 5 seizoenen draait moet je je best doen om fris te blijven en geen gebruik maken van verhaallijnen die je bij scriptschrijven 101 leert.
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