History YMMV / AdamTwelve

** Lindsay Wagner, aka Series/TheBionicWoman, is in "Million Dollar Buff" as a woman whose ring is stolen.

* Creator/DavidCassidy is in "Log 24: A Rare Occasion" as a drug-addled teenager.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/MarkHarmon guest-starred as a rookie in the show's final season.

** A number of episodes feature Reed and Malloy trying to stop people from committing suicide. Their methods are decidedly insensitive by modern standards, as Malloy in particular frequently berates them for "throwing away their life" and the like without showing real empathy for their situation.

* {{Anvilicious}}:
** It's a Jack Webb production.
** And, of course, [[VisualPun the Mark VII Limited production logo.]]
* AwesomeMusic:
** The theme music.
** The occasional northern mockingbird in the background.

* {{Shipping}}: A lot of Malloy/Reed, as one might expect.

** In the episode "Vice Versa", [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Malloy is jumpy and nervous when Reed does the driving]]. Maybe FreudWasRight? There is also this conversation in the middle of the ep: "Why don't you just relax and leave the driving to me?" "That's why I can't relax, you're doing the driving." Reed replies, "I haven't had any complaints from Jean." The DeathGlare that follows is pretty epic.

* HarsherInHindsight: In "Elegy for a Pig" (the episode that paid tribute to officers killed in the line of duty) has one particular one, given the recent series of events involving police officers and relations with African-Americans. At the end of the episode, the gravesite service for Malloy's friend and fellow police officer, Tom Porter, has ended; Malloy stands there, taking stock of the situation and gives a reflection that says that -- in addition to being forgotten before long, except by family, friends and his closest fellow officers -- there will be no protests or marches to denounce his senseless death. Flash forward to the 2014-2016 time frame, where several police officers died in the line of duty and/or were targeted (in response to unarmed African-Americans being shot and killed during confrontations with police officers). Here, there were protests by counter-movements to the Black Lives Matter group, and others who were willing to speak out about the recent ill-relations between the two sides.

** Malloy, the [[strike:confirmed]] happy bachelor, has occasional dalliances with women but dislikes being pursued by them (though it may be down to thinking this is [[ValuesDissonance 'improper' or some such]]).

* [[TheyJustDidntCare They Just Didn't Care]]: Due to glare issues, the windshield was removed from the car used for the many in-car scenes, causing the spring-loaded wiper arms to park against the dashboard. No attempt was made to disguise this.

* UnfortunateImplications: Sometimes come across straight, sometimes as subverted and blithely humorous, as in this exchange:
--> Malloy: What do you do?
--> Ruth: I work for a firm that sells digital computers. I'm a computer programmer.
--> Malloy: *looks her over* Could have fooled me.
--> Ruth: Thank you. And you don't look like a cop, either.

TheScrappy: Judy, Pete's season six girlfriend. Besides the natural "he won't be single anymore" stuff, many fans either just don't like how she was written or think she was too old for Pete.

* AwesomeMusic: The theme music.

* {{Anvilicious}}: It's a Jack Webb production.

* HoYay: Not so much between Reed and Malloy. But witness Malloy's FreakOut on Tony in "I.A.D-Blackmail". It's half EtTuBrute, half WasItAllALie.

** In the episode "Vice Versa", [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Malloy is jumpy and nervous when Reed does the driving]]. Maybe FreudWasRight?
*** Well, there is the conversation in the middle of the ep: "Why don't you just relax and leave the driving to me?" "That's why I can't relax, you're doing the driving." Reed replies, "I haven't had any complaints from Jean." The DeathGlare that follows is pretty epic.
* ProductPlacement: It seems that about the time they started featuring American Motors Matadors as the primary squad cars, Reed and Malloy started pursuing a ''lot'' more AMC cars.
** Not to mention that Malloy buys an AMC Matador to replace his Mustang in season six.