History YMMV / KeepingUpAppearances

* GrowingTheBeard: Whilst Season 1 is still very entertaining, but it doesn't become a truly classic sitcom until Mary Millar takes over as Rose and Emmett joins the cast at the start of Season 2.

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: In one episode late in the series, Richard gets fed up with Hyacinth hassling an innocent passer-by and forcefully orders her to stop. Hyacinth is so shocked that she wordlessly complies.
** When they get stuck in a field in the Cruise Special, Richard tells Hyacinth to go out and push the car. [[TakeThat She gets sprayed with mud]].
*** Adding to the HumiliationConga of this event, Hyacinth follows it up by saying, "You'll pay for this, Richard Bucket!" and actually pronouncing the name as it's spelt. She quickly corrects herself, but it's one of the only times in the entire series she slips on her InsistentTerminology.
** The Cruise Special was a huge CrowningMomentOfAwesome for Onslow. He had won cruise tickets for him and Daisy. We see him with some very nice suits and he's on a higher plane than Hyasinth for once.

** JerkassWoobie: Emmet radiates of distain towards Hyacinth. But who can blame him?

* FridgeLogic: Why are the sisters [[ThemeNaming Theme Named]] after flowers, if "Bouquet" (Bucket) is ''Richard'''s surname?
** Their surname isn't Bouquet. Why would sisters with the surname Bucket be named after flowers? Hyacinth is the only one whose surname is Bucket, and she desperately denies it.

** It's considered one of the iconic Britcoms in the US and Canada, thanks to Creator/{{PBS}} airing it regularly ever since it premiered. The actors who played Onslow and Daisy even shot original footage for a best-of special made for PBS. It also aired late at night on {{YTV}}, a Canadian ''kids'' network, for years.

** Is Richard really a saint? Or is he just an ExtremeDoormat who can't be bothered to stand up to his wife?

** Their surname isn't Bouquet. Why would sisters with the surname Bucket be named after flowers?

** It's got a considerable fanbase in The Netherlands as well.
** And Finland. Though Finns are overall pretty keen of British humour.

** When they get stuck in a field in the Cruise Special, Richard tells Hyacinth to go out and push the car. She gets sprayed with mud.

** When they get stuck in a field in the Cruise Special, Richard tells Hyacinth to go out and push the car. She gets sprayed with mud.
* RecycledScript: Writer Roy Clarke also did ''LastOfTheSummerWine'', and Edie in that show comes across as similar to Hyacinth--except that her attempt at an upper-class facade cracks far more easily.

* TheWoobie: Poor Richard.

* RecycledScript: Writer Roy Clarke also did ''LastOfTheSummerWine'', and Edie in that show comes across as similar to Hyacinth--except that her attempt at an upper-class facade cracks far more easily.

* HilarityEnsues: [[VillainProtagonist Hyacinth]] tricks Richard into stealing a car, and then she blames him, but neither of them is known to suffer any legal consequence. As in this page's entry for MoodWhiplash, stuff blows up and a car chase happens, but no one is hurt or killed.
** FridgeLogic: She wanted a ride in a Rolls-Royce and conned the dealer into a test drive. Richard was nervous about driving a car pricier than their house. Why didn't he just ask the salesman to drive as they intended to be chauffeured anyway?
*** Because Hyacinth goaded him into it with her directions, Richard as usual taking the easy route of compliance.

* RecycledScript: Writer Roy Clarke also did ''LastOfTheSummerWine'', and Edie in that show comes across as similar to Hyacinth--except that her attempt at an upper-class facade cracks far more easily.
* SelectiveObliviousness

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The series is very popular in Denmark. This was acknowledged in one Christmas episode, where Hyacinth and Richard briefly visited Copenhagen to board the [=QE2=].

** It's considered one of the iconic Britcoms in the US and Canada, thanks to {{PBS}} airing it regularly ever since it premiered. The actors who played Onslow and Daisy even shot original footage for a best-of special made for PBS. It also aired late at night on {{YTV}}, a Canadian ''kids'' network, for years.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The series is very popular in Denmark. This was acknowledged in one Christmas episode, where Hyacinth and Richard briefly visited Copenhagen to board the QE2.

** It's got a considerable fanbase in The Netherlands as well.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: See UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist below for the standard interpretation. Hyacinth may be a highly competitive woman who constantly compared herself to her sisters. Having not received a lot of guidance in life, she's trying to live a respectable life by a set of standards cobbled together from Barbara Cartland novels and an amateur's interpretation of a Christianity she likely wasn't taught. Although she's intelligent enough to be able to see that she's out of her depth, her brittle pride makes her unteachable, because she regards a show of humility as a show of weakness--and that makes it all funny.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: In one episode late in the series, Richard gets fed up with Hyacinth hassling an innocent passer-by and forcefully orders her to stop. Hyacinth is so shocked that she wordlessly complies.