History WesternAnimation / BlessTheHarts

* StalkingIsFunnyIfItIsFemaleAfterMale: Flip-flopped in the episode "Invasion of the Potty Snatcher". In middle school, Betty was obsessed with her teacher. It reached the point where he tried to get a restraining order against her, but because of this trope nothing happened. All he could do was ignore her and hope she didn’t do anything that would get him in trouble. While it is initially PlayedForLaughs when he tries to pretend he doesn’t remember her during a school conference, it is ultimately averted when he reaches his RageBreakingPoint.
-->'''Mr. Erickson:''' ''Okay, yes. Of course I remember you. You're that girl I one time said "good job" to, and then you thought I was in love with you. I even tried to get a restraining order against you, and they said "It wouldn't look good." I thought I was done with you, but now you're back? Ugh.''

* StalkingIsFunnyIfItIsFemaleAfterMale: Flip-flopped in the episode "Invasion of the Potty Snatcher". In middle school, Betty was obsessed with her teacher. It reached the point where he tried to get a restraining order against her, but because of this trope nothing happened. All he could do was ignore her and hope she didn’t do anything that would get him in trouble. While it is initially PlayedForLaughs when he tries to pretend he doesn’t remember during a school conference, it is ultimately averted when he reaches his RageBreakingPoint.

* OneHundredPercentAdorationRating: To Jenny’s annoyance, Don Reynolds is regarded as such by those who know him (despite being a wealthy, deadbeat, DisappearedDad).

* JoinsToFitIn: Violet and David try to formalize this process by holding auditions for a third friend and think they have a moldable blank slate but it turns out he just loves making friends
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: One episode has Wayne meet a thinly-veiled version of Guy Fieri in parody of ''Series/DinersDriveInsAndDives''. Another episode has a judge who has a voice and sense of humor uncannily close to Joan Rivers

* FatBestFriend: Brenda to Jenny. She's a lot more rebellious and has less grown-up responsibilities.

* StalkingIsFunnyIfItIsFemaleAfterMale: Deconstructed in the episode ''Invasion of the Potty Snatcher''. In middle school Betty became obsessed with her teacher. It reached the point where he tried to get a restraining order against her, but because of this trope nothing happened. So all he could do was ignore her and hope she didn’t do anything that would get him in trouble. Years later during a school conference he tried to pretend he didn’t remember before finally reaching his RageBreakingPoint
-->'''Mr. Erickson:''' ''Okay, yes. Of course I remember you. You're that girl I one time said "good job" to, and then you thought I was in love with you. I even tried to get a restraining order against you, and they said "It wouldn't look good." I thought I was done with you, but now you're back? Ugh.''

* ConfirmBeforeReveal: In Season 2 "[[Recap/BlessTheHartsS2E7MegaLoMemoriesPartDeux Mega-Lo-Memories: Part Deux]]", while waiting in line during Black Friday at Mega-Lo Mart, Jenny talks about the time she discovered she's pregnant with Violet while Wayne talks about the time he worked as delivery driver for diary products. In Jenny's story, after everyone in the store discovered Jenny is pregnant, she ran to the back of the store to avoid confronting Betty and has a conversation with someone who was stocking up the eggnogs in the fridge on the other side and they can't see each other's face. When Wayne asks Jenny if the part of the store she ran to was the dairy section and Jenny confirms it and asks him why, everyone realize that Wayne was the one who was stocking up the eggnogs and that this moment is the first time Wayne and Jenny met without realizing it, and it's when Wayne inadvertently gave Violet her name when he gave Jenny a violet flower to cheer her up.

''Bless the Harts'' is notable for several things: it is FOX's first animated series to be created by a woman (Emily Spivey, who wrote for ''Saturday Night Live''), the first animated series since ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' to get more than one season (thus breaking the network's nine-year losing streak of critical and commercial failures), the first animated series to premiere on the new incarnation the network's "Animation Domination" block, and the first animated series to premiere on the network since it was spun-out from Creator/{{Disney}}'s acquisition of 21st Century Fox. It's also Creator/FoxEntertainment's first animated series.

* TeenPregnancy: Implied because Betty is in her early fifties and her granddaughter, Violet, is a teenager.

* SharedUniverse: This show loosely shares the same universe with ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' as a Mega Lo Mart is shown.

* CatchPhrase: Louise and "Do-do-do-do-doooh"

* SitcomArchNemesis: Betty has Crystalynn, who both go after the same things in the supermarket, both want to be groupies to the Beach Boys cover band, both like to steal the spotlight at funerals, etcdo.

* StraightGay: Violet attempts to accuse the new gym teacher of being homophobic beause she's picking on David, but it turns out he's out and married. He just doesn't have any gay characteristics.

* JoinsToFitIn: Violet and David try to formalize this process by holding auditions for a third friend and think they have a moldable blank slate but it turns out he is extremely indiscriminate

* SitcomArchNemesis: Betty has Crystalynn, who beats her at everything she tries to do.

On [[https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/bless-the-harts-canceled-fox-1234943003/amp/?__twitter_impression=true April 1, 2021]] , the show was announced to end after 2 seasons.