History Series / WalkerTexasRanger

* CastingGag / CelebrityParadox: In "The Moscow Connection", at the very beginning, Trivette reads out a piece of literature describing in an almost poetic way of a stand off between two men. Walker questions what book this is, and Trivette says it is ''The Secret Power Within''. Walker follows this question by asking who wrote it, and is told that Chuck Norris had. He simply shrugs and claims to have never heard of him, earning a track record telling by Trivette of Chuck's achievements in martial arts. Again, Walker says he never heard of him--yet corrects Trivette when the latter makes a mistake in listing Norris' accomplishments.
** In Season 7's "Code of the West", the four main characters talk about who would play them in a movie. Trivette get Denzel Washington, Alex gets Helen Hunt, C.D. gets PaulNewman ([[FunnyAneurysmMoment kinda sad in hindsight because both actors are now dead]]) and Walker gets...Chuck Norris. When Walker complains they got Oscar winners, Trivette points out that Chuck was a six time World Karate Champion, which pleases Walker. Good thing since, of course...

* YouLookFamiliar: Actor Marshall Teague makes no less than ''six'' appearances on the show as entirely different characters, all of which are the main villains of each story, usually disguised as different people under heavy makeup. On top of that, he plays the main villain of both the first ''[[BookEnds and]]'' last episodes of the series. Not only this, but he also plays an [[{{Expy}} ancestor]] of his character in the GrandFinale, making him the proud owner of '''seven''' different character roles. And he even plays a major villain in "Trial By Fire", bumping his appearances up to '''''eight!'''''

* EvenEvilHasStandards: After Trent and Carlos arrest a pedophile kidnapper, the inmates beat him to within an inch of his life once they found out why he was put in prison. In another episode, when a gang of criminals takes a group of nuns hostage, at least one of them is extremely uncomfortable with this. The leader tells him to shut up--and then two seconds later, himself displays this trope by smacking one of the other members who has started make sleazy advances to one of the postulates.

* {{Disneyfication}}: The series starting around "Brainchild" in Season 5. The episode with the kid and his supercomputer best friend, with a script that would have been more at home in a Disney flick. The show usually had grittier plots beforehand, but as it went on, the episodes began focusing on young kids or teens staying on the right path. CBS and the writers caught wind of the growing kid audience and wanted to reassure the parents the kids weren't watching flat, abhorrent violence.

* Basically anybody who starts a fight with any of the rangers. Aside from being highly stupid in the first place, as assaulting a police officer is a serious felony, it's even more so considering the martial arts skills that they all possess.

* DistressedDamsel: Alex Cahill, nearly an example of OnceAnEpisode

* EvenEvilHasStandards: After Trent and Carlos arrest a pedophile kidnapper, the inmates beat him to within an inch of his life once they found out why he was put in prison.

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: Many murder mysteries result in the victim getting a grizzly fate.

** when a mook refused to tell Walker about the big bad's next plan, the undercover cop decides to take over. Ironically, the cop was being interrogated the same way by the same mook not long ago, but managed to resist. Once the tables have turned and the cop threatens to shock the mook with a cattle prod, the mook quickly caves in and spilled his guts. Pathetically, he didn't even get shocked yet.

* WouldHitAGirl: Walker May be chivalrous, but there are times when he is smart enough to make exceptions when the situation demands it, like when he double palm strikes an armed woman trying to shoot him, then the time he backfists another when she was trying to kill Alex and her friend with a time bomb.

--> Thug: I'm gonna break your head! I'm gonna smash your face!
--> Walker: Too bad you can't fight half as good as you talk. (Casually beats thug down)

* TooDumbToLive: A lot of the villains of the week, especially the ones who have pressed Walker's BerserkButton. Special mentions to LaRue, who was too StupidEvil to live as he pressed Walker's BerserkButton THREE TIMES. First two times, Walker brutally kicked his ass in. The third time, Walker skips the ass-kicking entirely and simply shoots the [[AssholeVictim asshole dead]].

* DeathByMaterialism: Some jerkasses would willingly sell out their own to the villain of the week for cash. Usually they would get killed so they wouldn't have to bother paying up.

* NeverBringAKnifeToAFistFight (all the damn time)

--> Delinquent: [[IronicEcho "There are fast choices and there are smart choices! Weren't you paying attention!?" ]]

* BerserkButton: Never threaten Alex or take her hostage with Walker around. He gets especially violent on the idiots who do.

* TemptingFate: In "The Principal", a corrupt drug-dealing high school teacher was about to throw a student off a rooftop for refusing to deal his drugs and threatening to expose him to the authorities. Walker comes in and stops him, the teacher then declares that he'll throw Walker off the building, too. Guess who winds up falling over the building instead?

* TheCastShowoff: Nia Peeples' vocal talent is featured on several episodes after she joined the cast.

* CrapsackedWorld: With how many criminals with the mindset that it's perfectly ok to assault law enforcement at a moments notice its clearly not a good place.

* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: Walker did this to interrogate a tight-lipped arsonist! effectively getting his message across.

* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Walker's dilemma in "Final Justice", when he encounters a racist criminal gone free [[spoiler: who helped murder his parents. Walker spares the man's life, but still beats him like a bass drum and brings him in for arrest]].

* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Walker's dilemma in "Final Justice", when he encounters a racist criminal gone free [[spoiler: who helped murder his parents]].