History YMMV / CHiPs

* RetroactiveRecognition: Kelly Preston, still going by her real name of Kelly Palzis, appeared in one of the last episodes, "Things That Go Bump in the Night".

* HarsherInHindsight: While Jon's FunctionalAddict status isn't exactly played for laughs, it can still be a lot harder to watch knowing that his actor would later develop a similar painkiller addiction just a fews years after the movie's release.

* FollowTheLeader: The film clearly followed in the footsteps of ''Film/TwentyOneJumpStreet''.

* {{Squick}}: Ponch's initial reaction when he realises he's getting a nude full-body Facetime from ''his CHP captain.'' He does admit later on that she's "tight".

* AcceptableTargets: In one scene, Castillo’s FBI partners accidentally run over a pair of pedestrians with an RV. One agent assures the other “It’s okay, they’re just paparazzi!”

* BizarroEpisode: The "Force Seven" episode. In an odd [[PoorlyDisguisedPilot attempt at a spinoff]] the episode focused on a secret unit of Kung Fu Cops, dedicated to the preservation of human life, that took on a terrorist organization. It even had Creator/JohnRhysDavies as the BigBad.

* AcceptableTargets: In TheMovie, Castillo’s FBI partners accidentally run over a pair of pedestrians with an RV. One agent assures the other “It’s okay, they’re just paparazzi!”

* FollowTheLeader: The 2017 remake clearly followed in the footsteps of ''Film/TwentyOneJumpStreet''.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The series was very popular in Mexico, thanks to the great voice acting work in the dub, and also Erik Estrada's performance.

* EarWorm: Come on, you know you gotta love that opening theme.

* Season 6 episode "The Spaceman Made Me Do It" includes a young girl who robs a jewelry store after a person (or alien?) in a spacesuit telepathically tells her to do so. Despite evidence the "[=UFO=]" is just a helicopter, Ponch ends up believing it was really a [=UFO=] anyway. However, if it was really a guy in a spacesuit, how did she "hear" him tell her to steal the jewels?

** "Mitchell & Woods" also qualifies; while the premise was a bit less bizarre compared to "Force Seven" (two female motorcycle cops become detectives), the episode mixes subject matter more serious than the typical [=CHiPs=] fare ([[spoiler: murder leading to a male prostitution ring]]) with an even higher level of camp than usual. It's basically a bad ''{{Dramedy}}'' version of ''[[Series/CagneyAndLacey Cagney & Lacey]]''.

* BizarroEpisode: The Force 7 episode. In an odd attempt at a spinoff the episode focused on a secret unit of Kung Fu Cops, dedicated to the preservation of human life, that took on a terrorist organization. It even had Creator/JohnRhysDavies as the BigBad.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The Force 7 episode. In an odd attempt at a spinoff the episode focused on a secret unit of Kung Fu Cops, dedicated to the preservation of human life, that took on a terrorist organization. It even had Creator/JohnRhysDavies as the BigBad.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The Force 7 episode. In an odd attempt at a spinoff the episode focused on a secret unit of Kung Fu Cops, dedicated to the preservation of human life, that took on a terrorist organization. It even had John Rhys-Davies as the BigBad.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: When O'Hara (played by Creator/BillyBarty) is arrested in "Counterfeit", Ponch and Jon joke about Baricza having to use extra effort. Ponch even jokes that "Bear" has been taking karate lessons. In the the following season's "Karate", one of the bad guys uses his karate skills to attack Baricza. It's such a CurbStompBattle that Baricza has to pull his sidearm to stop him. (One of the few times on the series that a CHP officer actually uses his weapon.)

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The Force 7 episode. In an odd attempt at a spinoff the episode focused on a secret unit of Kung Fu Cops, dedicated to the preservation of human life, that took on a terrorist organization. It even had John Rhys-Davies play the Big Bad.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The Force 7 episode. In an odd attempt at a spinoff the episode focused on a secret unit of Kung Fu Cops, dedicated to the preservation of human life, that took on a terrorist organization.
** It even had John Rhys-Davies play the Big Bad.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The Force 5 episode. The episode focused on a secret unit of Kung Fu Cops that took on a terrorist organization.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The series was very popular in Mexico, no thanks to the great voice acting work in the dub, and also Erik Estrada's performance.