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* LethalChef: Cheyenne.
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* LethalChef: Cheyenne. Barbara Jean tries to teach her in one episode, and it backfires horribly; while [[DrowningMySorrows drowning her sorrows]] at her complete failure, she mentions how she taught her niece how to cook lasagna when she was ''six years old'' and worked at a church summer camp where she taught blind kids to cook, and she still couldn't make any progress with Cheyenne.
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** Back in the first seasons, Brock and BJ go and visit BJ's father, "Big Daddy." He is rude to Brock for leaving his first wife, and says that he would never divorce his wife... "because she's too ugly to kiss goodbye."
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** Back in the first seasons, Brock and BJ go and visit BJ's father, "Big Daddy." He is rude to takes a superior attitude with Brock for leaving his first wife, and says that he would never divorce Big Daddy and his wife... "because wife were married for over 50 years... "mostly because she's too ugly to kiss goodbye."" Brocks calls him on this, saying that yes, he's divorced, but he would never talk that way about his wife.
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* TheThingThatWouldntLeave: Reba saw almost everybody like this, notably Brock and '''especially''' Barbara Jean, who seemed to have no concept of personal boundaries. There were the occasional whispers that she felt this way about Van and Cheyenne as well. While she loved them dearly and cared for them unconditionally, she occasionally mentioned how she hoped that they would get their situation straightened out (and therefore move) sooner rather than later.
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-->'''Lori Ann''': No, just the one, but he came out in a big way.
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-->'''Lori Ann''': No, just the one, but he came out in a big ''big'' way.
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* DeathGlare: It is absolutely ''phenomenal'' what Reba can convey with merely a quirk of her eyebrow. Mostly "I hate your living guts." Barbra Jean has her moments as well -- see the CordonBleughChef entry above for one such example.
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* DeathGlare: It is absolutely ''phenomenal'' what Reba can convey with merely a quirk of her eyebrow. Mostly "I hate your living guts." "
** Barbra Jean has her moments as well -- see the CordonBleughChef entry above for one suchexample.example, or when Reba was in the hospital for high blood pressure. Reba was trying to relax, and Barbara Jean was pestering her with a video camera. Brock tries to run her off to let Reba relax, and Barbara Jean dons one as she's threatening to rip out his beating heart to give to Reba. Made even more effective since the POV switched to the handheld camera, which was pointing up Barbara Jean's nose, making her look even more terrifying.
** Barbra Jean has her moments as well -- see the CordonBleughChef entry above for one such
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* JerkAss: Brock. He'd much rather have Barbara Jean think he's having an affair despite the pain and anguish it causes her than know he's going to a therapist.
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* InsistentTerminology: Any time someone called Cheyenne a cheerleader, she was quick to point out that she was actually on the drill team, although they did wear similar uniforms and did similar routines. It was justified, however, since any time someone did refer to her as a cheerleader, it was almost always intended as an insult, carrying the "slutty bimbo" connotation.
* JerkAss: Brock. He'd much rather have Barbara Jean think he's having an affair despite the pain and anguish it causes her than know he's going to a therapist. Of course, considering Barbara Jean's beliefs regarding it (namely knowing made her feel like a failure since it was her responsibility to keep him and their marriage happy) and how the threatened to ''make'' him happy by force if necessary, an affair might have been the easier way to go.
* JerkAss: Brock. He'd much rather have Barbara Jean think he's having an affair despite the pain and anguish it causes her than know he's going to a therapist. Of course, considering Barbara Jean's beliefs regarding it (namely knowing made her feel like a failure since it was her responsibility to keep him and their marriage happy) and how the threatened to ''make'' him happy by force if necessary, an affair might have been the easier way to go.
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-->'''Jake''': No, just the one, but he came out in a big way.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Really all over the place:
** In the last few seasons, Brock and Barbara Jean had their marriage collapse. He moved back out, they were constantly arguing, and Brock felt the only real way to salvage it was to pull TheBabyTrap on Barbara Jean (having his vasectomy reversed without telling her.)
** Any real mention of Reba and Brock's marriage implied it was pretty bad as well, especially during the end. Alongside Brock's infidelity, Brock frequently skipped out on his and Reba's marriage counseling appointments, Reba was put on anti-depressants, and she talks so badly about the end of their marriage, you almost wonder why she didn't thank Barbara Jean for putting their marriage out of its misery.
** Back in the first seasons, Brock and BJ go and visit BJ's father, "Big Daddy." He is rude to Brock for leaving his first wife, and says that he would never divorce his wife... "because she's too ugly to kiss goodbye."
** In all honesty, the healthiest marriage on this show was Van and Cheyenne, believe it or not, who seemed rather stable under all their arguing.
** In the last few seasons, Brock and Barbara Jean had their marriage collapse. He moved back out, they were constantly arguing, and Brock felt the only real way to salvage it was to pull TheBabyTrap on Barbara Jean (having his vasectomy reversed without telling her.)
** Any real mention of Reba and Brock's marriage implied it was pretty bad as well, especially during the end. Alongside Brock's infidelity, Brock frequently skipped out on his and Reba's marriage counseling appointments, Reba was put on anti-depressants, and she talks so badly about the end of their marriage, you almost wonder why she didn't thank Barbara Jean for putting their marriage out of its misery.
** Back in the first seasons, Brock and BJ go and visit BJ's father, "Big Daddy." He is rude to Brock for leaving his first wife, and says that he would never divorce his wife... "because she's too ugly to kiss goodbye."
** In all honesty, the healthiest marriage on this show was Van and Cheyenne, believe it or not, who seemed rather stable under all their arguing.
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* BoundAndGagged: Van in "The Stakes Are High".
* BrickJoke: "...I got my gum back."
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* BrickJoke: "...I got my gum back."
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* FiveFiveFive: 555-0165, the number for one of Kyra's one-time boyfriends.
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* FiveFiveFive: 555-0165, the number for one of Kyra's one-time boyfriends.
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* FiveFiveFive: 555-0165, the number for one of Kyra's one-time boyfriends.[[FourTemperamentEnsemble Five-Temperament Ensemble]]: Reba (leukine), Barbara Jean (sanguine/choleric), Brock (phlegmatic), Cheyanne and Van (sanguine), Kyra (choleric).
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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: See Five-Temperament above.
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** A little earlier in the episode, when Lori Ann is going through her contact to find a guy for Reba.
-->'''Lori Ann''': Let's see. Married, married, dead, gay, gay, gay.
-->'''Reba''': Three of them were gay?
-->'''Jake''': No, just the one, but he came out in a big way.
-->'''Lori Ann''': Let's see. Married, married, dead, gay, gay, gay.
-->'''Reba''': Three of them were gay?
-->'''Jake''': No, just the one, but he came out in a big way.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kyra. Snarky, judgemental, and ill-tempered, but willing to sacrifice her time and dignity to help Barbara Jean through her depression after she and Brock separated.
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A simple DomCom set in Houston, Texas, and starring [[RebaMcEntire Reba [=McEntire=]]].
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A simple DomCom set in Houston, Texas, and starring [[RebaMcEntire Reba [=McEntire=]]].
Music/RebaMcEntire.
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* CringeComedy: The whole show can be this. Especially if you've been close to someone with a teen pregnancy or messy divorce and know how much emotional baggage there can be.
* JerkAss: Brock. He'd much rather have Barbara Jean think he's having an affair despite the pain and anguish it causes her than know he's going to a therapist.
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* RealSongThemeTune: The theme song was a partial rewrite of Reba's 2002 single "I'm a Survivor."
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* RealSongThemeTune: RealSongThemeTune / DoItYourselfThemeTune: The theme song was a partial rewrite of Reba's 2002 single "I'm a Survivor."
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Due to massive misuse zero context examples and questionable examples for this trope are being purged.This deals with cases where a character is visibly old and is still portrayed as attractive. If this examples fits the trope then re-add with context making that explicitly clear. Do not confuse this trope for Hollywood Old, Older Than They Look, or Really Seven Hundred Years Old. Do not use this trope for personally or fan\'s opinions about a character\'s attractiveness. And Zero Context Example for Hot Mom
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* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: Reba. Reba, Reba, ''Reba''.
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* HotMom: [[GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave Reba]]; Cheyenne after giving birth to Elizabeth.
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** Probably the reasons they stopped using Barbara Jean's initials. In the first season, any time someone called her [[DoubleEntendre BJ]], there would be a short pause so the untold joke of a woman named BJ having an affair with a married man could land. After the show took a slight turn for the more [[LighterAndSofter light-hearted and goofy]], she wasn't called BJ nearly as much.
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** The rest of the cast did seem to be trying to affect Southern accents during the first season (Barbara Jean, especially.) Most didn't work very well, so by the second season, they just gave up.
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** Overlapping with CastingGag. Twice during the show, Cheyenne and Van's marriage was tested by another woman. The first time was Kate, a business associate of Van's that Cheyenne was insanely jealous of. The second was a woman named Bridgit, who was a former classmate of theirs (and enemy of Cheyenne) who made a pass at Van to torment Cheyenne. Both characters were played by Sarah Shahi, who is now Steve Howey's wife (although they were only dating/engaged at the time.)
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* InformedAbility: The show frequently talked up Van as an incredibly talented football player. Due to the nature of the show, we never saw him play a single game.
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* DumbBlonde: Cheyenne and Barbara Jean.
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* DumbBlonde: Cheyenne and Barbara Jean. Brock was also a little thick-headed at times.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first season was noticeably different from the rest of the series. Van was more dumb than crazy. Barbara Jean was also a huge Jesus Freak, alongside her other neuroses. Cheyenne was more Libby than Ditz. Brock wasn't nearly as vain. Reba was much more the OnlySaneMan instead of a control freak. Also, the fact that the show took place in Houston was a much bigger plot point, as the Hart family tried to navigate through Cheyenne's pregnancy around ultra-conservative neighbors, school principals, etc. Much like ''Married... With Children'', the show kind of Flanderized into more of a live-action cartoon, and was funnier for it.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first season was noticeably different from the rest of the series. Van was more dumb than crazy. Barbara Jean was also a huge Jesus Freak, alongside her other neuroses. Cheyenne was more Libby AlphaBitch than Ditz. Brock wasn't nearly as vain. Reba was much more the OnlySaneMan instead of a control freak. Also, the fact that the show took place in Houston was a much bigger plot point, as the Hart family tried to navigate through Cheyenne's pregnancy around ultra-conservative neighbors, school principals, etc. Much like ''Married... With Children'', the show kind of Flanderized into more of a live-action cartoon, and was funnier for it.
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* PutOnABus: Lori Ann (Reba's friend) and Eugene (a rival dentist to Brock).
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* PutOnABus: Lori Ann (Reba's friend) and Eugene (a rival dentist to Brock). Eugene's was justified, since Brock decided to sell his dental practice to play professional golf (thereby deflating their rivalry.) Lori Ann simply had to go because Barbara Jean was slowly sliding into her role as Reba's best friend.
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** Of course, it wasn't without merit. She mentioned that after some money that was raised to send her on a school trip to England had to be given to Cheyenne instead because she had dropped so many classes, she ran the risk of losing Elizabeth's spot in the school day care if she didn't enroll in summer school. Interestingly, in a rare case of this, Reba is painfully aware of it (most cases of this trope will have the parents be oblivious), as Reba told both Cheyenne and Kyra in a couple of gut-wrenching speeches. It was just that Reba only had so many hours in the day and Cheyenne and Van were such screw-ups, they required most of them.
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* TheDanza: Reba [=McEntire=] as Reba Hart.
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** ThisIsSparta: ''[[CrowningMomentOfFunny "I... need... DRUGS!"]]''
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** This may have been intentional. In the episode "For Sale, Cheap," where Van mistakes the man (Terry) for being gay (and vice-versa), Terry explains that he runs a jewelery store along with his wife and another business partner. In fact, his previous reference to him as his "partner" is one of the reasons why he was MistakenForGay in the first place.
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* WhyWasteAWedding: Subverted. Brock and Barbara Jean decide to renew their vows at Cheyenne and Van's vow renewal to stall for time while said young couple is having a fight, but an extremely stressed Reba faints from high blood pressure before that happens.
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* WhyWasteAWedding: Subverted. Brock and Barbara Jean decide to renew their vows at Cheyenne and Van's vow renewal to stall for time while said young couple is having a fight, fight (and then Brock quickly tries to backpedal when Van mentions splitting the cost with them,) but an extremely stressed Reba faints from high blood pressure before that happens.
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* {{Thanksgiving}}: Two episodes are related to this holiday.
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* {{Thanksgiving}}: ThanksgivingEpisode: Two episodes are related to this holiday.
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** Also, Reba about Kyra's boyfriend's parents:
-->'''Reba:''' They could be drunks, or convicts, or telemarketers for all I know!
-->'''Reba:''' They could be drunks, or convicts, or telemarketers for all I know!
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* LesYay: Barba Jean towards Reba including one [[IfIcantHaveYou If I Can't Have Her]] directed at a man Reba was pretending to date. Also the poem written by Barba Jean about Reba to Reba;
-->Reba's hair is red/Violets are blue/If Brock ever left me/I'd marry you.
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* LesYay: Barba Jean towards Reba including one [[IfIcantHaveYou If I Can't Have Her]] directed at a man Reba was pretending to date. Also the poem written by Barba Jean about Reba to Reba;
-->Reba's hair is red/Violets are blue/If Brock ever left me/I'd marry you.
-->Reba's hair is red/Violets are blue/If Brock ever left me/I'd marry you.
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** And when Reba actually refrains from insulting Barbra Jean, she ''takes offense'', asks Reba whether she hates her, and eventually tells Reba to be honest (read: go back to her usual self).
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** And when Reba actually refrains from insulting Barbra Jean, she ''takes offense'', asks Reba whether she hates her, and eventually tells Reba mentions how, as "The Other Woman," she's always victim to be honest (read: go back to her usual self).gossiping and false friendliness from everyone else, and prefers Reba's rather harsh (but honest) jokes and teasing instead of the false sincerity from everyone else.
