History Series / TheRanch

The show ended up organizing it's episodes by "Part" instead of the traditional seasons. The first 10 episodes of Part 1 were released on Netflix April 2016. Part 7 was released September 2019. Part 8 will be released in January of 2020 and will conclude the series.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Newman's Hill CEO Lisa Newman is introduced as being just a shrewed business owner, but eventually betrays herself as being far more ruthless than she needed to be. In Part 7 she put a dam on a stream used by a half dozen independent ranchers, Colt included, which later made them more willing to just sell their ranch rather than fight her in court or spend more money to drill a well. Even though he was one of the few unaffected, Beau is also upset with her behavior.

** Beau meets Lisa Neumann, owner of the Newman's hill corporate ranches. They turn out to have a number of things in common, as Lisa also grew up on a ranch. She started her business because of an opportunity to buy the neighboring ranch, which was what Beau was looking to do with the Peterson Ranch.

* MathematiciansAnswer: Used as a running gag in one single scene, where Beau answers several of Maggie's this-or-that questions with "Yes", all of them showing his grumpy old man personality being heightened.

The show uses the traditional, multi-camera sitcom format that was popular in the 1980s and 1990s and even includes a LaughTrack. But taking advantage of not being on traditional network television, it includes harsh profanity and adult humor.

* LaughTrack: The show has a laugh track. This was included to give it more of a "classic" sitcom feel as opposed to the single-camera sitcoms with no laugh tracks that have been popular over the last decade.

The show ended up organizing it's episodes by "Part" instead of the traditional seasons. The first 10 episodes of Part 1 were released on Netflix April 2016. Part 7 was released September 2019. Part 8 will be released sometime in 2020 and will conclude the series.

* CountryMusic: Not only are the individual episodes named after Creator/KennyChesney songs, but the show's soundtrack features songs by country artists like Music/TravisTritt, Music/GeorgeStrait, and Music/BrooksAndDunn.

* RealSongThemeTune: "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys."

* RecycledScript: Part 5 has the family in a financially tight position, very similar to Part 1, only for them surviving a natural disaster putting them in a better position. Subverted slightly in that Beau didn't take full advantage of Neumann's Hill situation, despite them having plenty of money to offer, as he didn't find it fair to directly profit off their misfortune.

The show ended up organizing it's episodes by "Part" instead of the traditional seasons. The first 10 episodes of Part 1 were released on Netflix April 2016. Part 7 was released September 2019.

The show ended up organizing it's episodes by "Part" instead of the traditional seasons. The first 10 episodes of Part 1 were released on Netflix April 2016. Part 6 was released December 2018.

** Rooster ends up drawing Colt and Umberto into a BarFight and are taken to jail. Beer Pong tells them [[spoiler:Umberto will be deported for being an illegal immigrant]].

The show ended up organizing it's episodes by "Part" instead of the traditional seasons. The first 10 episodes of Part 1 were released on Netflix April 2016.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Hank, to Maggie. Colt, to Abby.

* TheUnperson: Due to Danny Masterson's controversial departure from the show, all of Rooster's photos are covered up in the Part 6 intro, replaced by photos of Abby and [[spoiler:her daughter with Colt.]]

* TheUnPerson: Due to Danny Masterson's controversial departure from the show, all of his photos are covered up in the Part 6 intro, replaced by photos of Abby and [[spoiler:her daughter with Colt.]]

* WhamEpisode: The Season 3/Part 2 episode "Reckless," where [[spoiler:it is revealed that Rooster's motorcycle was found at the bottom of a cliff, with no sign of Rooster.]]

** Although Heather was a pretty important character in parts 1-3, she disappears after the part 4 premiere episode.
** Because Danny Masterson was fired by Netflix after sexual assault allegations from multiple women, he will not appear in part 5 and beyond. It's not yet known how his character will be written out of the show.

** A real sly one to a fellow Netflix original show. With regards to Rooster staying at her place Mary tells him "I already have a ''Series/FullHouse'', I don't think I can handle a ''Series/FullerHouse''." It's actually rather innocuous, but the LaughTrack indicates it's intended as a dig.

* EverytownAmerica: ''The Ranch'' is set in Garrison, a fictional small town located in southwest Colorado near the famous ski town Telluride. The town's population is only 512 people, it has one stoplight, and a single high school.

* AbsenteeActor : [[spoiler: Maggie is gone for three episodes]].
* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother : Megyn Price, who plays Heather's mom Mary, is only 19 years older than Kelli Goss. Discussed in-universe, as Mary was only 17 when she had her first child.
* TheAlcoholic : Both Colt and Rooster have shades of this. While it's PlayedForLaughs, it's a little depressing.

* BadassMustache : Beau, of course. Discussed when one of the boys suggests Creator/BurtReynolds has the all-time greatest mustache.
* BandGeek : Kenny was in the band in high school.

* BetterThanSex : How Rooster describes a really great pee.
* BettyAndVeronica : Abby and Heather, to Colt. Kenny and Colt, to Abby.

* BrickJoke :

* BrokeEpisode : While a backdrop of the series is that the ranch is failing due to the drought, in the tenth episode Beau decides the market is so bad he won't sell the calves. He also cuts the power. At the last minute, a DeusExMachina disaster befalls the competition.
* CanadaEh : Colt's last job was on the "Saskatoon Cold," which is like the Miami Heat only, you know, cold. Also a bit of ArtisticLicense, as Saskatoon doesn't have a CFL team. The closest would be the junior Saskatoon Hilltops, or the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
* CaptainMorganPose : Colt puts his foot up on the coffee table, revealing his "lady boots" to Beau.

* CoolOldGuy : Beau can be quite charming when he wants to.

* CPRCleanPrettyReliable : Colt delivers a calf who appears to be stillborn. After a few seconds of breathing into its mouth, not only is the calf revived, Colt is so good it's dried and blow-brushed of all its birth goo!
* CrazyPrepared : Beau keeps gun racks everywhere, including two in the bathroom.

* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Abby's parents never liked Colt, according to her even before they were high school sweethearts. They adored Kenny, which made the transition to her and Colt getting together even more difficult. And even that is made much worse with [[spoiler: Heather being pregnant with Colt's child]].
* DeadpanSnarker : Most of the cast, but especially Rooster.

* DeliveryGuy : Downplayed. Colt has to help birth a breech calf, but it's old hat to him.
* DietEpisode : Played with. In the third episode, Beau is diagnosed with high blood pressure and has to change his eating habits, including giving up alcohol and cutting back on red meat.

--> Beau : Eat steak and drink whiskey.

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption : Rooster felt he didn't have a choice but to stay and help on the ranch when Colt was accepted into college.

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling : While both Bennett boys drink and sleep around a lot, Rooster stayed on the ranch to work while Colt pursued (and screwed up) a football career.

* GroinAttack : Colt punches Rooster in the nuts for joking about sleeping with Abby.
* HappyEndingOverride: In the mid-season finale for Season One [[spoiler: the Bennett ranch is saved from going under, Colt and Rooster are both happy in their new relationships, and Maggie agrees to move back in with Beau. But in the final minutes of the episode, Maggie skips town and Abby breaks off her engagement with Kenny because she wants to be with Colt.]]
* HasAType : The only two girls Colt has had serious relationships with, Heather and Abby, look so much alike they could be related.

* IronicEcho : Colt repeats his mom's words.

* JerkJock : Colt. He's also very much a DumbJock.

* LoveTriangle : Colt is still interested in Abby, who's dating Kenny.
* ManChild : Both the Bennett sons are this, in different ways.

* ManlyTears : Colt has a heart-to-heart with Beau in Episode 3. Quickly subverted when Beau tells him he'll end up eating quinoa, "whatever the fuck that is."

* {{Metrosexual}} : Colt is critical of others' fashion choices (though he dresses like a fratboy himself) and is awfully attached to his hair care regime.

* MsFanservice : Heather spends most of her scenes running around in cute underwear. It's even lampshaded by Colt.

* NeverMyFault : Colt won't accept responsibility for his screw-ups.

* OneSteveLimit : Subverted. Rooster dates two girls named Linda.

* {{Rancher}} : Beau, who's struggling due to the drought and depressed economy.

* PoliceAreUseless : If "Beer Pong" is any indication. He leaves his gun in the refrigerator at one point.
* ProductPlacement :

* RealSongThemeTune : "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys."

* RedemptionInTheRain : When Beau and Colt are arguing, about to come to blows, it suddenly starts raining (for the first time in a year). Colt claims to have brought the rain with him.

* StacysMom : Mary, hot mom to both Heather and her sister Darlene, Rooster's blind date.

* TakeThat : To Al Gore.

* TherapyIsForTheWeak : Beau isn't interested in marriage counselling.
* TimeSkip : The second half of the first season takes place in the winter, several months after the end of the first half of the season.
* TrollingTranslator : Colt tries to get Abby to break up with Heather via text. She sends a text telling Heather they have to meet in person.

* TheUnfavorite : Both the Bennett boys seem to be this, depending on who's talking.
* UnplannedCrossdressing : Colt likes wearing Uggs, and accidentally tries to put on Heather's.
* UnusualEuphemism : Beau refers to the cow's "address."

* WellDoneSonGuy : Both Colt and Rooster long for their father's approval.

* WhamLine: In the first season finale. [[spoiler: Heather: I'm pregnant.]]
** Rooster ends up drawing Colt and Umberto into a BarFight and are taken to jail. Beer Pong tells them [[spoiler: Umberto will be deported for being an illegal immigrant]].
* WhamShot: In the first season mid-finale. [[spoiler: Maggie left town with her RV]].
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent : The show is set in Colorado, yet the main cast seems to have vague, disappearing Texan accents.

* MayDecemberRomance : Played with. Colt is 12 years older than Heather. Then Rooster picks up Heather's mom Mary, but points out that they're closer in age (about 6 years' difference) than Colt is to Heather.

* CountryMusic: Not only are the individual episodes named after Creator/KennyChesney songs, but the show's soundtrack features songs by country artists like Travis Tritt, Music/GeorgeStrait, and Music/BrooksAndDunn.