History Series / Yellowstone

* ArtisticLicenseBotany: John Dutton as governor fires his environmental advisor for claiming solar panel installations won't destroy nearby sage grass, since installing the solar panels will require removing some of the sage grass. The problem: as a rancher, John should know this isn't a problem. Sage grass is almost completely useless since cattle cannot eat it, and it also affects the growth of plants that ''are'' useful. For this reason, sage grass is only used for esthetic purposes on ranches, and only if the climate has a lot of droughts (which Montana does not) where other plants would not flourish. So Stanley was essentially [[BadBoss fired for advising something that was not only environmentally friendly, but also pragmatic for ranching]].

On May 5th, 2023, Paramount [[https://deadline.com/2023/05/yellowstone-end-final-season-sequel-series-matthew-mcconaughey-premiere-date-paramount-1235357050/ annouced]] that ''Yellowstone'' will end with it's 5th season in November 2023, and will be replaced with an as of writing untitled SequelSeries.

* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Jamie and Monica never interact with each other despite being brother-and sister-in-law. They did have a brief scene together in Season 1 where Jamie introduced Monica to the president of Montana State, but that's it.

* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Jamie and Monica never interact with each other despite being brother- and sister-in-law. They did have a brief scene together in Season 1 where Jamie introduces Monica to the president of Montana State, but that's it.

** In season five, John gets a number of opportunities to tell environmental activists and academics how stupid they are. In flashbacks, he listens to a government environmentalist insist that it's impossible for wolves to stray into local ranches, and then he proves that they not only can but ''have.'' After meeting GranolaGirl protestor Summer Higgins, he effortlessly shreds her shallow arguments against ranching. As governor, he listens to a staff member claim that solar panels have no negative impact on sage grass, and then he points out that sage grass is destroyed to install solar panels. On the flip side, he gives numerous monologues about how ranchers are more respectful of the environment than anyone.

** The RatedMForManly and ToughLove way new ranchers on Yellowstone are treated (which often crosses the line to bullying) [[RomanticizedAbuse is always justified as being necessary to make competent ranchers]]. However, Jimmy only becomes a successfup rancher ''after'' he leaves Yellowstone to work at a ranch in Texas, where they treat him much better. And while Rip's TrainingFromHell turned him into the badass he is today, it still left him emotionally crippled, and he has essentially turned himself into the Dutton's ''slave''. Once again, this is never discussed, and the Duttons continue their way of doing things without any change.
* BullyHunter:
** Lloyd and Rip are both seen standing up to bullies who are picking on other ranchers at Yellowstone. As [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership top man]], Rip's rule is, "There is no fighting in Yellowstone. If you want to fight someone, fight me!"
** Ironically, most of the men on the ranch are bullies themselves, they just don’t take it all the way to “physical” abuse. Usually.

* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Jamie and Monica never interact with each other despite being brother-and sister-in-law. They did have a brief scene together in Season 1 where Jamie introduces Monica to the president of Montana State, but that's it.

* StrawCharacter: Summer Higgins is an insufferable GranolaGirl who has spent her whole life campaigning for animal rights and environmentalism and yet can't come up with even the most elementry defense of her views. Just about every conversation she has with the Duttons about their opposing views ends with her in stunned silence in the face of their superior arguments. Even her basic manners need to be corrected by various Yellowstone residents. She's essentially a walking caricature of a "woke SJW."

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Beth and Summer get into a vicious {{cat fight}} after the latter insults their choice of food during a family dinner. Rip intervenes and admonishes them for how ridiculous they are behaving. He calls out [[JerkAss Beth]] on how her manners are a bad influence on their son and then he calls out [[SoapboxSadie Summer]] on her [[StrawVegetarian obnoxious veganism]], telling her that she doesn't like the food, then don't eat it. He even points out she cannot convince others to think like her by insulting them in their own homes and that she should just shut up and be grateful that John was nice enough to keep her out of jail and to let her live in his home during her house arrest.

* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Jamie and Monica never interact with each other despite being brother—and sister-in-law. They did have a brief scene together in Season 1 where Jamie introduces Monica to the president of Montana State, but that's it.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: In season five, John argues with an [[StrawCharacter environmentalist advisor]] about solar panels damaging sage grass, implying that killing any of it is not worth it. In reality, sage grass is one of the most useless plants to grow in pastures, and is usually only kept for aesthetic purposes. Cattle do not eat it, it affects the growth of other grasses and crops by excreting toxic chemicals, and it's really only useful in areas that have many droughts (which Montana is not). Controlling sage grass is very important for ranching, [[CommanderContrarian which makes it seem like John is just arguing for the sake of arguing.]]
** John was actually talking about sage grouse, which is a bird who's habitat is destroyed by clearing the land (which is done when solar panels are being installed).

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: In season five, John argues with an [[StrawCharacter environmentalist advisor]] about solar panels damaging , implying that killing any of it is not worth it. In reality, is one of the most useless plants to grow in pastures, and is usually only kept for aesthetic purposes. Cattle do not eat it, it affects the growth of other grasses and crops by excreting toxic chemicals, and it's really only useful in areas that have many droughts (which Montana is not). Controlling is very important for ranching, [[CommanderContrarian which makes it seem like John is just arguing for the sake of arguing.]]

** In season five, John gets a number of opportunities to tell environmental activists and academics how stupid they are. In flashbacks, he listens to a government environmentalist insist that it's impossible for wolves to stray into local ranches, and then he proves that they not only can but ''have.'' After meeting GranolaGirl protestor Summer Higgins, he effortlessly shreds her shallow arguments against ranching. As governor, he listens to a staff member claim that solar panels have no negative impact on , and then he points out that is destroyed to install solar panels. On the flip side, he gives numerous monologues about how ranchers are more respectful of the environment than anyone.

** John was actually talking about sage grouse, which is a bird who's habitat gets destroyed by clearing the land which is usually done when solar panels are being installed.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: In season five, John argues with an [[StrawCharacter environmentalist advisor]] about solar panels damaging sage grass, implying that killing any of it is not worth it. In reality, sage grass is one of the most useless plants to grow in pastures, and is usually only kept for aesthetic purposes. Cattle do not eat it, it affects the growth of other grasses and crops by excreting toxic chemicals, and it's really only useful in areas that have many droughts (which Montana is not). Controlling sage grass is very important for ranching, [[CommanderContrarian which makes it seem like John is just arguing for the sake of arguing.]]

** In season five, John gets a number of opportunities to tell environmental activists and academics how stupid they are. In flashbacks, he listens to a government environmentalist insist that it's impossible for wolves to stray into local ranches, and then he proves that they not only can but ''have.'' After meeting GranolaGirl protestor Summer Higgins, he effortlessly shreds her shallow arguments against ranching. As governor, he listens to a staff member claim that solar panels have no negative impact on sage grass, and then he points out that sage grass is destroyed to install solar panels. On the flip side, he gives numerous monologues about how ranchers are more respectful of the environment than anyone.

On May 5th, 2023, Paramount [[https://deadline.com/2023/05/yellowstone-end-final-season-sequel-series-matthew-mcconaughey-premiere-date-paramount-1235357050/ annouced]] that ''Yellowstone'' will end with it's 5th season in November 2023, and will be replaced with an as of yet untitled SequelSeries.

* SympatheticPOV: Oh boy, this show loves this trope. Many, many of the horrible things that characters do to one another are given sympathetic POV's as a trick designed to get the audience to root for them - until they do something else just as bad, and then the cycle repeats. Some characters are given extra screentime to garner sympathy points. John Dutton and Beth are given this treatment several times over.

* SympatheticPOV: Oh boy, this show loves this trope. Many, many of the horrible things that character do to one another are given sympathetic POV's as a trick designed to get the audience to root for them - until they do something else just as bad, and then the cycle repeats. Some characters are given extra screentime to garner sympathy points. John Dutton and Beth are given this treatment several times over.

* ArtisticLicensePolitics: Dutton's original position as Commissioner of Livestock is treated as a partisan elected office. In reality, it is a governor-appointed position.

** As part of her college history course, Monica says that she's reading a passage from Christopher Columbus's journal. The passage is actually a heavily edited version of the original text, with the edits obviously made in service of the greater message of Native American oppression.

It stars Creator/KevinCostner as John Dutton, owner of the Yellowstone Ranch, a 300,000-acre cattle ranch in Montana, the largest in the nation. Unfortunately, even so far from the big city, the Dutton family faces challenge after challenge--not only must John keep his dysfunctional family together despite their individual problems and difficulties, he faces threats from outside, from ruthless land developers intent on taking the Dutton ranch out from under them, to the local Native American tribe, whose borders with the predominantly-white ranch causes no end of friction.

It stars Creator/KevinCostner as John Dutton, owner of the Yellowstone Ranch, a 300,000-acre cattle ranch in Montana, the largest in the nation. Unfortunately, even so far from the big city, the Dutton family faces challenge after challenge--not only must John keep his dysfunctional family together despite their individual problems and difficulties, he faces threats from outside, from ruthless land developers intent on taking the Dutton ranch out from under them, to the local Native American tribe, whose borders with the predominantly-white ranch causes no end of friction. John, however, is no stranger to hardship, and if his enemies play dirty to get what they want...so will he, to ensure the safety of his ranch and his family at any cost.

''Yellowstone'' is a NewOldWest drama series airing on the Creator/ParamountNetwork, co-created and written by Creator/TaylorSheridan. It stars Creator/KevinCostner as John Dutton, owner of the Yellowstone Ranch, a 300,000-acre cattle ranch in Montana, the largest in the nation. Unfortunately, even so far from the big city, the Dutton family faces challenge after challenge--not only must John keep his dysfunctional family together despite their individual problems and difficulties, he faces threats from outside, from ruthless land developers intent on taking the Dutton ranch out from under them, to the local Native American tribe, whose borders with the predominantly-white ranch causes no end of friction. John, however, is no stranger to hardship, and if his enemies play dirty to get what they want...so will he, to ensure the safety of his ranch and his family at any cost.

Premiering in 2018, the series has aired five seasons. Two distant prequel series, ''Series/EighteenEightyThree'' and ''[[Series/NineteenTwentyThree 1923]]'', have been ordered for Creator/ParamountPlus; the former premiered on December 19, 2021, the latter on December 18, 2022.[[note]]''Yellowstone'' itself is not available on that platform as streaming rights are held by Creator/{{Peacock}}.[[/note]]

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Something of an EnforcedTrope in the RatedMForManly world of Yellowstone Ranch. Rip is the toughest bastard among the wranglers, and he enforces his authority by kicking the shit out of anyone who crosses the line. When John asks Rip to step down as a leader of the wranglers in favor of Kayce, Rip has to fight Kayce in full view of the rest of the workers and lose the fight so that they will accept Kayce as the new boss.

** Lloyd and Rip are both seen standing up to bullies who are picking on other ranchers at Yellowstone. As [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority top man]], Rip's rule is, "There is no fighting in Yellowstone. If you want to fight someone, fight me!"

** In season five, John gets a number of opportunities to tell environmental activists and academics how stupid they are. In flashbacks, he listens to a government environmentalist insist that it's impossible for wolves to stray into local ranches, and then he proves that they not only can but ''have.'' After meeting GranolaGirl protestor Summer Higgins, he effortlessly shreds her shallow arguments against ranching. As governor, he listens to a staff member claim that solar panels have no negative impact on sage grass, and then he points out that sage grass is destroyed to install solar panels [[labelnote:Note]] An actual rancher would not have an issue with sage grass being damaged, since it is almost completely useless, especially in a climate like Montana. [[/labelnote]] On the flip side, he gives numerous monologues about how ranchers are more respectful of the environment than anyone.