History YMMV / ExtremeMakeoverHomeEdition

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Believe it or not, this show has its share. Chances are if Paul [=DiMeo=] is on the build team, there's going to be some of these, such as the time he turned a Creator/DrSeuss book into Green Eggs and LargeHam.
** Every episode featuring the Muppets is stuffed with these, especially the instance of Miss Piggy knocking over an entire house with one well-placed karate chop.

** Several had to sell off their new home due to financial issues. Rumors claim that these troubles were caused by the families being unable to afford the sudden increase in utility use and property tax rates on their meager salaries, but most known instances of such troubles were caused by unrelated issues such as job losses or failed business ventures, especially during the late-2000s economic crisis.

* MorePopularSpinoff: Does anyone even remember that there was an ''Extreme Makeover'' non-home edition anymore? This is especially true outside the U.S., where it either didn't air at all or wasn't promoted to anywhere near the same extent.

* HilariousInHindsight:
** When was the last time waiting around on a TV show got so boring that some of those present [[Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries stripped off their clothes and started lounging in the sun]]?
** During season 8, Paul designed a secret agent room for a ten-year-old named Garrett Grommesh; Paul got to go to Quantico and learn about being an FBI agent years before [[Series/{{Quantico}} the series of the same name]] debuted, also on ABC.

** How did Tom get rid of the Rucker family's old house? Why he enlisted the daughter Alana's favorite cartoon characters WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb of course! Upon her suggestion, the boys shrunk down the house with their shrink ray.

** When was the last time waiting around on a TV show got so boring that some of those present [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} stripped off their clothes and started lounging in the sun]]?

* MemeticMutation: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZPQgSxGKW4 clip of the Miller's house being detonated]] is a popular internet forum weapon.

** The first-season episode featuring the Woslum family, where the team had a special assistant...revealed at the end to be the family's father, who was on active duty in Iraq. They'd brought him home just for the build.
** Oftentimes when the old houses are destroyed. The Latif Family stands out; they used ''fireworks!'' The Kadzis family had fireworks too, as the majority of the family was adopted from China.
** The Anderson family, most of whom were visually-impaired and couldn't see the demolition. So they used everything from a jackhammer, a bulldozer, and a chainsaw to ''a bomb squad with concussion grenades'' to make enough noise.
** The Mattingly Family. They moved the old, small trailer-house to a monster-truck arena, and had the '''Monster Trucks''' destroy the house.
** The Gomez Family. The family received, among other things, (flavored!) oxygen to cope with the eldest child's blood disorder. He also got lifetime season tickets for Real Salt Lake.
** The [=McPhail=] family. Due to the oldest son's fascination with volcanoes, they basically turned the house into one.

** The series finale. The place? Joplin, Missouri. The challenge? Build seven homes for seven families in a community devastated by a tornado in the seven day limit. '''They succeeded'''.
* MorePopularSpinoff: Does anyone even remember that there was an ''Extreme Makeover'' non-home edition anymore? This is especially true outside the U.S., where it either didn't air at all or wasn't promoted to anywhere near the same extent.
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** When was the last time waiting around got so boring that those present [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} stripped off their clothes and started lounging in the sun]]?

** When was the last time waiting around got so boring that those present Anime/{{Pokemon}} stripped off their clothes and started lounging in the sun]]?

* HilariousInHindsight: During season 8, Paul designed a secret agent room for a ten-year-old named Garrett Grommesh; Paul got to go to Quantico and learn about being an FBI agent years before [[Series/{{Quantico}} the series of the same name]] debuted, also on ABC.

* HilariousInHindsight: During season 8, Paul designed a secret agent room for a ten-year-old named Garrett Grommesh; Paul got to go to Quantico and learn about being a spy years before [[Series/{{Quantico}} the series of the same name]] debuted, also on ABC.

** The first-season episode featuring the Woslum family, where the team had a special assistant...revealed at the end to be the family's father, who was on active duty in Iraq. They'd brought him home just to do the show.

* MorePopularSpinoff: Does anyone even remember that there was an ''Extreme Makeover'' non-home edition anymore? This is especially true outside the U.S., where it either didn't air at all or wasn't promoted to anywhere near the same extent.

** At least two families had to move out of their new home due to harassment from their neighbors, who felt they didn't deserve the makeover.

** Oftentimes when the old houses are destroyed. The Latif Family stands out; they used ''fireworks!'' The Kadzis family had fireworks too, because the majority of the family was adopted from China.

** The Leomiti-Higgins family featured the five orphaned children of the Higgins family who had been adopted by the Leomiti family. It turned out they were only "adopted" as a way of getting on the show with the obligatory sob story; shortly after their episode was broadcast, the Higgins were forcefully evicted. The kids sued their "adoptive family", ABC, the production company and the builder for fraud, breach of contract and other related claims; their cases against at least the latter three were [[https://www.fearnotlaw.com/wsnkb/articles/higgins-v-disneyabc-internat-television-26947.html thrown out of court]].

** Oftentimes when the old houses are destroyed. The Latif Family stands out; they used ''fireworks!''
** The Anderson family, who are most, if not all, visually-impaired and couldn't see the demolition. So they used everything from a jackhammer, a bulldozer, a chainsaw to ''a bomb squad with concussion grenades'' to make enough noise.

* FridayNightDeathSlot: Creator/{{ABC}} moved this show to Friday nights, and was somehow shocked when they had to cancel it.

* MorePopularSpinoff:
** Does anyone even remember that there was an ''Extreme Makeover'' non-home edition anymore?
** Especially in Britain, where that version didn't air, or at least wasn't promoted to anywhere near the same extent.

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