History Series / ExtremeMakeoverHomeEdition

* NiceGuy: All the families, as well as the people who volunteer to help build the houses. The design team members usually counts; Ty Pennington ''always'' counts.

* SpinOff: Though technically far closer to the original ''Extreme Makeover'', ''Extreme Makeover Weight Loss Edition'' was spun off due to the success of Home Edition. Basically, though, that one is ''Extreme Makeover'' [[XMeetsY meets]] ''TheBiggestLoser''. The third season re-named it to just ''Extreme Weight Loss''

* UpToEleven: Why did they give Ty Pennington a loud-hailer?
** Because it's funny.
*** Maybe they're [[GenreSavvy onto]] [[NoIndoorVoice him]].
*** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in one commercial for the network, where someone takes the horn away from him and he continues speaking in the same voice.
*** In one episode, somebody got fed up with it and pushed Ty into a pool. That didn't stop him, though, and he continued to use it. However, since it got waterlogged it started making a squelching sound very much like a barking seal.
*** In another episode (the [=McPhail=] family), Ty actually opts ''not'' to use it when greeting the family because the autistic boys are sensitive to loud noises. [[BrickJoke Then, toward the end of the episode]], the others fish the megaphone out of the river. Ty explains that he's been looking for it, and the others comment that they'd been trying to hide it somewhere he wouldn't find it.
*** Ty also elects not to use it in the episode with the Hill family because of the father's PTSD, as loud noises triggered episodes.
** The Vardon Family is a subversion. Ty used the megaphone to yell a TTY message, which makes no sense, because the latter is used by the deaf and hard of hearing. There was no indication of whether or not the TTY folks went deaf. Possibly it was only done for show and the actual TTY message was created off-camera.

* BigOMG

* CoolHouse: The whole point of the show.
** Too cool, unfortunately, as some of the families [[DownerEnding end up not being able to afford the house and find themselves in foreclosure]].
*** [[SubvertedTrope However]], in some cases, the hired contracting company will pay off their mortgage for them. And, according to TheOtherWiki, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_Makeover_Home_Edition#Reaction_and_criticism only three people have sold their cool houses]].

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Season one, when they were still finding their niche, is a bit different from the later seasons.
** The first total demolition didn't happen until episode fourteen.
** Early episodes emphasized the struggle of building a house in a week's time, while later seasons don't mention that as a problem.

* {{Melodrama}}: '''''OH, BOY.'''''

* MoralGuardians: Completely and utterly averted. Most family organizations loved the show; the Parents Television Council, for one, absolutely ''adored'' it. In fact, they loved it so much that they gave it their Seal of Approval ''and'' named it the best show on television for the vast majority of its run.

* ProductPlacement: Lots of it.
* PunnyName: One of the building companies is called Holmes' homes. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer No, seriously]].

** ItMakesSenseInContext, considering that several of the families lived in giant rat holes, even though they may be encouraged by the producers.

* SideBet: In a first season episode, Constance and Tracy took on Paul and Michael in a boys-versus-girls competition to build the best room. The losers were to make dinner for the winners. It was amusing until they started ''sabotaging'' each other's rooms, endangering the timeline of the entire makeover. Ty was ''not'' pleased.

The story behind this one: ABC had a series called ''Extreme Makeover'' which was about improving people's looks through plastic surgery. Someone decided to make a spinoff -- technically, what this show is ''supposed'' to be doing is like plastic surgery, only to houses. As it happens, while majorly rebuilding a person is [[{{Squick}} a little uneasy]] even among the mainstream, majorly rebuilding a ''house'' for deserving people is definitely feel-good programming, besides offering ample opportunities for ProductPlacement -- and the show always tries to make sure that those who are having their houses rebuilt appear deserving. Thus, while the original ''Extreme Makeover'' only lasted two seasons, this is a LongRunner. In December 2011, however, it was announced that the show would end in January 2012 after nine successful seasons. The series has been resurrected for special episodes, including a ChristmasSpecial in December 2012.

* CelebrityStar: Rapper Xzhibit was on the building team for about a year.

This show tends to do major rebuilding during its makeovers. They keep a time limit, but there seems to be no expense spared. (There are willing donors.) On occasion, this has led to a remodel that would end up unmaintainable, but only a few of those have ever been made public. And those houses ''are'' impressive.

** "Welcome home, [name] family. Welcome home."
** And, of course, "Bus driver, move that bus!"
** "Oh my god/gosh!" heard from the families' mouths when seeing a new house and its rooms for the first time.

*** [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo]] showed up a few seasons ago, back when Tracy Hutson was still pregnant. In fact, Tracy's unborn child actually kicked Elmo when he put his ear to her stomach.
**** Kermit took over as team leader for Ty twice, once when he had appendicitis and the other time when he was helping build homes for people who lost their homes to Hurricane Katrina.

** There are claims that after the makeovers, the neighbors would harass the families, saying they didn't deserve the makeovers.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:

** Early episodes emphasized the struggle of building a house in a week's timespan, while later seasons don't mention that as a problem.

* FanService: One episode involved the designers having to work on a very hot summer day. Ty and the others took a break at one point to jump into a pool, but not before disrobing a bit. For the ladies, Ty and Paul took their shirts off, and for the men, Tracy Hutson took her pants off.
* FridayNightDeathSlot: Creator/{{ABC}} moved this show to Friday nights, and was somehow shocked when they had to cancel it.

* HappilyEverAfter: Following the events of the Walswick family episode in season one, designer Constance Ramos fell in love with and married J. J. Carell, the Walswick family friend who nominated them for the show and helped build their house.
* LittlestCancerPatient: Most episodes features either this or a severely disabled family member. Some, however, do feature people who have worked hard to help others.
** The Stott family. The mother had leukemia and was saved by a bone marrow donation by a guy who helped with the project.
** The Okvath family in Season 2. Their eight-year-old daughter Kassandra was dealing with cancer, and had sent a video to the design team requesting that they help redecorate the interior of the pediatric hospital that had helped treat her cancer. They set her up with a redecorating team for the hospital and left her and her family to take charge of that project--and doubled-back to rebuild her family's home as well.

* MonochromeCasting: The show features very white construction crews. If you are used to seeing mostly, if not only, non-white construction workers in RealLife, this looks very odd.
* MoralGuardians: Completely and utterly averted. Most family organizations loved the show. The Parents Television Council for one absolutely ''adored'' the show. In fact, they loved it so much that they gave it their Seal of Approval ''and'' named it the best show on television for the vast majority of its run.
* NiceGuy: All families.

* SideBet: In a first season episode, Constance and Tracy took on Paul and Michael in a boys-versus-girls competition to build the best room. The losers were to make dinner for the winners. It was amusing until they started ''sabotaging'' each other's rooms, endangering the timeline of the entire makeover.

** With the family in [vacation place], a massive horde of people comes to the ramshackled house just so the family can see them and Ty commentating the destruction of the house, to the wishes of the family.

*** In another episode (The [=McPhail=] family), Ty actually opts ''not'' to use it when greeting the family (because the autistic boys are sensitive to loud noises). [[BrickJoke Then, toward the end of the episode]], the others fish the megaphone out of the river. Ty explains that he's been looking for it and the others comment that they'd been trying to hide it somewhere he wouldn't find it.
*** Ty also chose not to use it in the episode with the Hill family because of the father's PTSD, as loud noises triggered episodes.
** The Vardon Family is a subversion. Ty used the megaphone to yell a TTY messsage, which makes no sense, because the latter is used by the deaf and hard of hearing. There was no indication of whether or not the TTY folks went deaf.

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: The Vardon house was actually finished early, and the design team spent their spare time perfecting their work.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first total demolition didn't happen until episode fourteen.

* NotSoFastBucko: The Vardon house was actually finished early, and the design team spent their spare time perfecting their work.

This show tends to do major rebuilding during its makeovers. They keep a time limit, but there seems to be no expense spared. (There are willing donors, natch.) On occasion, this has led to a remodel that would end up unmaintainable, but only a few of those have ever been made public. And those houses ''are'' impressive.

* MonochromeCasting: The show features very white construction crews. If you are used to seeing non-white construction workers predominately, this looks very odd.

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** There are claims that after the makeover, the neighbors would harass the families, saying they didn't deserve the makeovers.

-->''For starters, you can't throw downtrodden waste management employees into a five-bedroom mansion when they aren't even able to make the payments on their leaky two-bedroom sadness bungalow. Sure, the show's producers may cover all the construction costs, but the lucky homeowners are left on their own to figure out how in the name of Warren Buffett's gilded butt hairs they're going to cover the utility bills and property taxes that have skyrocketed as a result of their extreme home makeover.''\\

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''One family, which had a new home specifically designed to help their developmentally challenged son, was forced to put the house on the market after just a little over a year because they simply couldn't afford what it cost in both time and money to maintain a palatial four-bedroom estate while trying to raise three children, one of whom has special needs. That's like Santa Claus bringing a lonely kid an awesome robot friend who, by the way, must be fueled by human blood.''\\
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''Another couple fell behind on the $405,000 loan they had to take out just to keep their utilities connected in the million-dollar mansion built for them by the show (which inexplicably included a carousel and a movie theater, because those are things that a young husband and wife need to turn their luck around) and were forced to sell the house and auction off most of its contents.''\\
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''Arguably worse is the fact that your eligibility for an Extreme Makeover visit is really only limited by the number of children's tears you're willing to sacrifice. The Leomiti family took in five orphans burdened with the debt of their dead parents, making them irresistible candidates for the show's producers. However, as soon as Ty Pennington swooped in to turn their shitty house into Xanadu, they immediately booted those smelly orphans the hell out.''

** We hear more of the family's sappy story and then, they send the family to Disney World or some other vacation spot.

* Fanservice: One episode involved the designers having to work on a very hot summer day. Ty and the others took a break at one point to jump into a pool, but not before disrobing a bit. For the ladies, Ty and Paul took their shirts off, and for the men, Tracy Hutson took her pants.

* SpinOff: Though technically far closer to the original ''Extreme Makeover'', ''Extreme Makeover Weight Loss Edition'' was spun off due to the success of Home Edition. Basically, though, that one is ''Extreme Makeover'' [[XMeetsY meets]] ''TheBiggestLoser''.

** Ty and the crew are in the bus watching the family's story. One or many or ''all'' the children or members of the family have some chronic disease or something else, the family may or may not be working for the good of the community but all of them lives in a crappy house or the house has been destroyed.