Jul 15, 2020
Episode 2: Teen Angel
TROPE #3: The Live-In Aunt/Uncle/Grandparent
This is when a single parent has one of their adult relatives living with them. We assume it’s to help raise the children, but usually it seems to be mainly to give the writers the opportunity to have two adults playing off each other. This live-in relative will often either have youthful personality traits that render them a fun and playful “Peter Pan,” or they provide the comic relief through sarcasm and heckling. In the case of Teen Angel, we experience the latter by way of Conchata Ferrel’s Pam.
See also: Episode 6—Davis Rules
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