History YMMV / CougarTown

** Also, the show is produced by Coquette productions, the production company run by David Arquette and Courtney Cox Arquette.

** Bill Lawrence has gone as far as to make videos on Facebook's Scrub page to give the show the advertising that ABC hasn't, although he quickly backpedaled out of this strategy and apologized.

* MagnificentBastard: Andy is an expert at manipulating women into sex or whatever else he wants. He's even explicitly compared to [[Film/TheUsualSuspects Keyser Soze]].

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop:
** The episode that reveals Grayson's atheism. The whole episode has everyone in the cul de sac crew against him. Hell, at one point they all pelt him with dodgeballs. Jules wants him to believe for her the same way she's playing dodgeball for him. The whole episode focuses on how he's wrong not to join her in faith when he's not asking her to join him in disbelief. And at the end he prays for her (to win at dodgeball). Just replace "secretly atheist" with "secretly Jewish" and replay the scene where they pelt him with dodgeballs.
** At the same time the show does subvert this somewhat, in that Grayson's on the receiving end of all the positive miracles, but Jules is on the bad end; when he says he just doesn't believe, a bird flies into the room and lands on the counter and Jules tries to claim it as her own miracle; and when Grayson prays for her (just thinking good thoughts) not only does his dodgeball team win, it wins because the other team keeps fouling by hitting Jules (the only player left on his team) in the head; when they're sitting on the beach, she's attacked by a cloud of seagulls while he's left alone.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: The episode that reveals Grayson's atheism. The whole episode has everyone in the cul de sac crew against him. Hell, at one point they all pelt him with dodgeballs. Jules wants him to believe for her the same way she's playing dodgeball for him. The whole episode focuses on how he's wrong not to join her in faith when he's not asking her to join him in disbelief. And at the end he prays for her (to win at dodgeball). Just replace "secretly atheist" with "secretly Jewish" and replay the scene where they pelt him with dodgeballs.

* HollywoodPudgy: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Laurie, who would be considered fat on any other show but here is not only considered hot but ReallyGetsAround.

* NeverLiveItDown: The show's title, which still gets a lot of flak. Everyone from Bill Lawrence down have voiced that the title should be changed (esp. once the original premise was scrapped), but it was too late in the show's run, and a switch might have doomed the fledging show. So they've turned to [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] it with {{couch gag}}s on the title card and episode titles.
** That said, some network executives have been on board with changing the title as well. The problem comes in finding one that fits, doesn't conflict with other shows or properties, doesn't completely confuse viewers trying to find it, and so forth.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: If you don't follow ''Series/{{Community}}'', Danny Pudi's brief cameo as an extra who looks into the camera and run off appears to be this. It's actually a plot thread from that show that his character, Abed, is a huge ''Cougar Town'' fan, and he was asked to appear as an extra. He's running off because [[spoiler:he's pooped his pants from the stress]].

** At the same time the show does subvert this somewhat, in that Grayson's on the receiving end of all the positive miracles, but Jules is on the bad end; when he says he just doesn't believe, a bird flies into the room and lands on the counter and Jules tries to claim it as her own miracle; and when Grayson prays for her (just thinking good thoughts) not only does his dodgeball team win, it wins because the other team keeps fouling by hitting Jules (the only player left on his team) in the head); when they're sitting on the beach, she's attacked by a cloud of seagulls while he's left alone.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Season 2's first half was supposed to end with Episode 15. This episode ends with Jules realizing Travis wants to propose to Kirsten to let her stay and "giving" him the ring he was finding. Instead, the first half of the season ended with a Valentine's Day episode with no major cliffhangers. The critics have noted this when the second half of season 2 premiered.

* LesYay: Ellie and Jules have a ton of this. They're closer to each other than to anyone else, they spend hours talking, they admire how each other look, and they've discussed killing Ellie's husband so they can be together.

* MostWonderfulSound: *CLINK* PENNY-CAAAAANNNNN!

* NightmareFuel: Laurie's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDWmT-phttQ "devil face."]] May also double as a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.

* NightmareFuel: Laurie's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDWmT-phttQ "devil face."]] May also double as a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny:
** the first SeasonFinale.
** Jules finds out Laurie and Grayson slept together before she and Grayson started dating, and her decision over who to be mad at turns into a full-blown parody of ''Series/TheBachelor''.
** In 2x20, Grayson's impression of Travis followed by he and Jules kissing...

** On 2x20, Grayson's impression of Travis is probably the hardest the show has even made me laugh, but then it was followed by he and Jules kissing...

** Jules finds out Laurie and Grayson slept together before she and Grayson started dating, and her decision over who to be mad at turns into a full-blown parody of ''{{The Bachelor}}''.

* MagnificentBastard: Andy is an expert at manipulating women into sex or whatever else he wants. He's even explicitly compared to [[TheUsualSuspects Keyser Soze]].

* NeedsMoreLove: Some would argue that the show doesn't deserve the lack of attention it receives.