Producing Parker

Producing Parker is a 2009 Canadian animated series about Parker Kovak, a late-20s single woman stressfully working as a producer of the most high-rated daytime Talk Show The Dee Show.

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Tropes used in Producing Parker include:

• Black Best Friend: Simon Nolan.
• Butt Monkey
• Citizenship Marriage: In "The Parker Prophecies", Parker agrees to marry her boss so he can stay in the country.
• Compressed Vice: Parker's anorexia in "The Skinny On Parker".
• Darkskinned Blonde: Victoria Lafayette.
  • A blonde Latino lesbian in "In Dee Club".
• Deadpan Snarker: Simon.
• Expy: Victoria looks like Queen Latifah.
  • She is pretty much Oprah.
• Formerly Fat: Parker.
• Genki Girl: Mimi Chiu in "A Recipe for Dee-saster".
• Going Commando: Both Chicago and Dee have mentioned they sometimes go commando.
• Goofy Print Underwear: In "Man Trap", Simon dances in a pair of space themed underwear.
• Hartman Hips: Parker and Chicago.
• Hair of Gold: Chicago Hyatt.
  • Dumb Blonde: Chicago again.
• Hot Pursuit
• Impossible Hourglass Figure: Dee
• Intellectual Animal: Massimo. Though its never stated whether the animals can talk or if only she can understand them.
  • "How Green is my Parker" reveals that Massimo can speak to Parker because he can speak to all animals in their language INCLUDING HUMANS.
• Jerkass: Victoria.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Dee
• Kick the Dog: Dee, literally.
• Les Yay: Parker and the blonde Latino lesbian.
  • Chicago getting kissed and touched by a group of lesbians!
• Mistaken for Gay: Parker in "In Dee Club". She believes that must be the reason why she doesn't have a steady boyfriend.
• Ms. Fanservice: Chicago.
• My Biological Clock Is Ticking: Parker.
• Naughty Nuns / Nuns Are Funny: In "In Dee Club", Victoria neither confirms nor denies she had sexual relations with a nun at a Catholic school she attended. The nun in question is briefly seen in the news, with her eyes covered by a censor bar to remain anonymous.
• Non-Human Sidekick: Parker's dog Massimo.
• Not So Different: Dee and Victoria are both self-absorbed Jerkasses. Victoria just does a better job at hiding it, which makes her more of a jerkass.
• Oblivious to Love: Parker is crushing on her boss Blake Bellamy who seems to be going out with a skinny French model.
• Panty Shot: Chicago, oh yeah!
• The Poor Mans Substitute: The voice actress of Mimi Chiu seemed to be putting on her best Lauren Tom impression.
• Raised by Wolves: Dee was raised by cougars.
• Reused Character Design: The show's designer is really really keen on reusing character designs - and does so with actually named characters, including the show's antagonist (or #1 talk show host and Nobel Prize recipient really does moonlight as a waitress).
• Ship Tease: Parker and Simon.
• Show Within a Show: The Dee Show.
• Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Parker, oh so much.
• Temporary Bulk Change: In "The Skinny on Parker" Dee becomes morbidly obese and in the end gets liposuction.
• The Un-Reveal: Dee's age.
• Villain with Good Publicity: Victoria.