History YMMV / JakeAndAmir

** [[ShapedLikeItself If you have to ask, then you don't know]].

* HumanoidAbomination: It is hinted throughout the series that Amir isn't exactly a normal human. He is shown on various occasions to possess superhuman speed. He can shrug off apparently mortal injuries, has a long slinky-like penis, seems to be able to stretch his arms, and at one point roasts a sausage on his teeth while declaring that he is the Sun. He can also [[TearsOfBlood cry soy sauce]].

** After the events of "[[NasalTrauma Nose Job]]," Amir annoys Jake throughout "Lottery" by scratching his still-blistered nose until [[SpidersAreScary a bunch of spiders]] [[SurpriseCreepy start crawling out of it]].

* JerkassWoobie: Amir is a self-centered and misanthropic pathological liar who has no respect for other people's property or privacy, constantly messes with and [[KickTheDog hurts]] others unprovoked [[ItAmusedMe for the lulz]], and actively stalks his supposed best friend while harassing and threatening his family as a matter of routine. He's also deeply lonely, insecure and depressed, [[AmbiguousDisorder severely mentally ill]], [[NoSocialSkills socially maladroit]], disliked (if deservedly) [[TheFriendNobodyLikes by almost everyone]], the victim of [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood years of over-the-top parental abuse]], hasn't kissed anyone since his most recent girlfriend dumped him for his supposed best friend [[spoiler:and was immediately killed by a bus (he claims a year later to have visited her grave every day since)]], and ''still'' considers [[VitriolicBestBuds his fraught relationship with Jake]] the only positive thing in his life, remaining desperate for his friendship and approval. Despite his SelectiveObliviousness, it's occasionally implied that he has perfect clarity regarding how annoying and unwanted his behavior is and simply can't bring himself to stop.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:

* HarsherInHindsight:
** Jake and Amir's doomed attempt to [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall create a web series]] over the course of the finale took on a whole new level of RealitySubtext after [=TruTV=] passed on the pilot for the proposed television adaptation.
--->'''Jake:''' Focus on being sad. All right? Let the feeling of failure wash over you.
** The heavier moments in "Road Trip" and the finale get even heavier after "Social Distance Scroll," which establishes that [[spoiler:Jake and Amir fell out of touch immediately after getting fired and didn't communicate again for a full five years.]]

** Any time Jake has to reluctantly acknowledge [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Amir's rhyming ability]].

--->'''Amir:''' Okay, you know what, [[NotSoDifferent you have a lot of dumb ideas too]]. But I don't call you out on them, because you're my friend and at least you're trying; I wanna see you happy.

---->'''Jake:''' [[ManHug F—k it. Come here]].

** This exchange from "Canada," a video from ''2007.'' (Amir would drop a similar reference in 2013's "Hotel Room.")

** This exchange from "Canada," a video from ''2007.'' (Amir would drop a similar reference in 2013's "Hotel Room").

--->'''Amir:''' I don't know why you'd want to. It's an ''American'' newspaper. It's all lies. It's fake news. If you want—if you want a real newspaper I can show you an online...uh, site that shows Great Britain's news...unbiased source.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: The [[RunningGag various]] WeirdAside lines where Jake blurts out admissions to illegal sexual acts whenever he's insecure. The initial incident was a [[{{Pun}} relatively]] tame KissingCousins gag, but it just kept escalating from there. He does mercifully HandWave at least one such confession as a joke (when it gets to the point of ParentalIncest).

*** I [past-tense verb] [article] [noun]! At a [place]! My point is I get invited to [place].[[labelnote:Explanation]]The inevitable coda.[[/labelnote]]
** She is an angry bitch, [[ImmediateSelfContradiction but she is calm]].[[labelnote:Explanation]]Amir's odd description of the crazed Rottweiler Rotem in "Dog."[[/labelnote]]

** Bad X? [[NoYou Nah, bad you]]. [[labelnote:Explanation]]A MadLibsCatchPhrase of Amir's in response to criticism. Note that he usually does that with a vest.[[/labelnote]]

* CrossesTheLineTwice: The [[RunningGag various]] WeirdAside lines where Jake blurts out admissions to illegal sexual acts whenever he's insecure. The initial incident was a [[{{Pun}} relatively]] tame KissingCousins gag, but it just kept escalating from there. He does HandWave at least one such confession as a joke.

** Jake's line [[spoiler:"Holy shit, you killed Doobs?"]] in the finale echoes [[spoiler:the line that introduced the character in the first place, spoken by Amir: "Holy shit, Doobs is here!"]]

** The SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion gag in "Chugging" ("Number 8: Feelin' ''grand!"'' "Shoulda said 'great,' right?") immediately precedes a stanza that begins, "Don't interrupt me." Amir wanted to begin the line that way and [[GenreSavvy seeded in something Jake wouldn't be able to help interrupting]].

** In 2014's "Bitcoin," Amir's investment in Bitcoin is played as a typically ill-advised scheme. TheCuckoolanderWasRight.