Californication Series TV Tropes. Californication is a Showtimedramedy created by Tom Kapinos and starring David Duchovny, Natascha Mc. Elhone and Evan Handler. Duchovny plays Hank Moody, a ladies man and occasional novelist who likes his booze and pot a bit too much. When he is first introduced in the first season, his life has slowly fallen apart since his longtime girlfriend Karen Mc. Elhone left him. Syfy est une chane de tlvision amricaine spcialise dans la sciencefiction, le film catastrophe, limagination, le paranormal et lhorreur. News on Japan, Business News, Opinion, Sports, Entertainment and More. He struggles to be a good parental figure to his and Karens daughter Becca Madeleine Martin, and he fails to produce any kind of written work due to his drug use and sex addiction. He becomes more unstable especially after his book, God Hates Us All, gets turned into a gooey, flowery movie called A Crazy Little Thing Called Love. His producer and best friend, Charlie Runkle Evan Handler constantly goofs up mishap after mishap, as his marriage to his wife Marcy Pamela Adlon crumbles. The show premiered in 2. The final seventh season aired in 2. I/41X1nebvIKL.jpg' alt='Wave Twisters Theater Movie' title='Wave Twisters Theater Movie' />The But Not Too Foreign trope as used in popular culture. Foreign characters may pop up in fiction, but often regular characters who are not native to the. Not to be confused with the Red Hot Chili Peppers album of the same name, or with So. Calization, a trope that is often called Californication outside this wiki especially in the western USnote Its usually associated with Southern California style suburban sprawl, though its also used to refer to the big city attitudes that many Californians bring with them when they move to places like Colorado and Oregon. Adaptation Decay In universe. Hank is so unhappy about the movie adaptation of his book God Hates Us All that he is hostile towards the film director and makes remarks about the time he slept with the mans wife. A brawl and a cell ensue. All Men Are Perverts Hank, Charlie, and just about every other male character really. All Women Are Lustful And Hank has trouble saying no. Amicable Exes Hank and Karen, for the most part. Marcy and Charlie, to the extent that they remarry. As Himself Bi the Way Bates. Everyone is relieved from this revelation, however. Bittersweet Ending Too many to list. Numerous episodes close this way, as well as most of the seven season finales with the salient exceptions of Season Ones played straight happy ending and the disturbing cliffhanger at the end of Season Five. Usually consists of Hank riding off into the sunset, either toward or away from LA. Actually, the tone of the series as a whole is rather bittersweet. Blackmail Mia does this to Hank, who can choose between waving his stolen book goodbye or being charged with statutory rape with an outrageous family scandal on top of it. Bigger Is Better in Bed Marcy starts dating Stu Biggs played by Stephen Tobolowsky in the fifth season and he looks very similar to Charlie at first, but then its revealed that their main difference is not visible when clothed. Hank has a huge penis. And he never is shown to leave a girl unsatisfied. Book Ends The Pilot begins with You Cant Always Get What You Want and Hank in his car, and the Season 4 finale ends with the song playing over Hank driving out of LA. Thus begins and ends the main story arc. Bottle Episode Season 3 Episode 8 The Apartment is set entirely in you guessed it an apartment. Breast Attack Charlie Runkle suffers some serious nipple damage while attempting to have a three way with his wife and his secretary. This is later referenced during the third season. Hank is fond of inflicting titty twisters on people he hates. Butt Monkey Charlie, played for laughs. The Casanova Hank, overlapping with Chick Magnet. Casting Couch Lizzies favorite tactic, to Charlies chagrin. Catch Phrase Hanks Matharfakaaaa and nailed it in a falsetto voice. Collini,out. Catholic School Girls Rule Mia attends one, where nearly every girl is Jail Bait. Becca later attends the same school, much to Hanks chagrin. Season six has Faith, a former Catholic school girl. Ironically, shes very spiritual. Cloud Cuckoo Lander Its Hollywood, so many bizarre individuals and Mad. Artists appear time and again. Eddie Nero and Samurai Apocalypse are two of the regulars. Cliffhanger The end of season 5 doesnt show the aftermath of Hank getting drugged and slipping into unconsciousness. Season 6 ends with Hank leaving Faith and Atticus Fetchs tour to go back to Karen. He knocks on her door. Cluster F Bomb Lew Ashby, most prominently. Comic Sutra Sue Collini knows way more than she lets on. Charlie has trouble saying no. Cringe Comedy Charlie constantly. The season 6 plot of pretending to be gay and the following Date With Rosie Palms events could be the crowner. Hank often gets involved in these by association, by ruining the relationships of other people. A Date with Rosie Palms Charlie jerking off in his office. Constantly. Doesnt he know there are cameras everywhere Dinner and a Show Every time Hank is at a dinner party, you can expect something will derail the pleasant evening. Its almost a Running Gag. Watch Year Of The Fish. Hank being outed as an accidental father though this proves to be false, Marcy admitting the real father of her child, Hank tearing his daughters boyfriend to shreds, and Hank getting completely chewed out by his ex are just some of the notable examples. Deadpan Snarker Hank is incredibly quick and sharp tongued, he has a poignant and casual remark for every situation. Many are equally witty and offensive. Deceptive Disciple Mia. Deliberately Monochrome Happy flashbacks in one episode shows Karen and Hank as they come to decision to move to California. These flashbacks are in black and white. Destructo Nookie Mia punches Hank while riding him. In season 4 Sasha Bingham does the same after being goaded into it by Hank, after she asked him how hard Mia punched him. Do Not Do This Cool Thing In universe. When Hank tries to teach Becca that Drugs Are Bad, they find Marilyn Manson doing drugs and chilling out in Atticus house. Becca finds the experience incredibly cool and Hanks aesop completely backfires. Double Standard Rape, Female on Male Discussed. Hank I think its awful, unless its a woman raping a man. Thats inherently funny. Did You Just Have Sex Karen can smell it. Disposable Vagrant Eddie Nero muses about going on one of his crazy escapades and invoke the trope. Hank and Charlie look puzzled at each other and an opportune phone call prompts them to leave. Eddie I think we should kill someone tonight. I mean like a hobo or something. Hank Thank God Double Standard Hank and Charlie have no qualms about sleeping with any woman who happens to cross their paths even if theyre currently committed or married but become insanely jealous when either Karen or Marcy date or sleep with someone. Ironically, Charlie submissively accepts Marcys much more promiscuous behavior, while Hank displays outright and sometimes violent hostility when Karen dates someone in the traditional sense. Dumb Blonde Averted with Karen. Still, she is a bit insane to have a 1. Hank. Erotic Asphyxiation When Hank and Charlie are supposed to meet a producer who is funding Fucking and Punching, the movie, they discover that he has killed himself via auto erotic asphyxiation. And Charlie kills the producers pet monkey. Shenanigans ensue. Exactly What It Says on the Tin When Mia tries to publish Hanks manuscript as her own, she describes it as a book with lots of fucking and punching. Whats the title Fucking and Punching. Everybody Has Lots of Sex Especially Hank in the early seasons. RZA the guy who plays Samurai Apocalypse was interviewed on David Lettermans show, and almost said the exact same words. Face Palm Karen facepalms when Hank starts talking about polishing her lady parts when she told him hes not capable fo polishing his works. Fair Cop In season 4, Hollywood actress Sasha Bingham is seen starring in a Show Within a Show where she plays a very sexualized cop. Hank Moody appreciates her outfit. Fanservice There is a spectacular amount of nudity in this series, mostly female, with each season sporting about fifteen to twenty different nude scenes.