History YMMV / Matador1978

* MemeticMutation: In Demark, Mrs. Jessen's excuse for eating sweets: "It's not because I want it, but I NEED it."

** Kirsten Rolffes completely dominates the episode, where she appears as Aunt Anna, Mads and Kristen's [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalist]] sister from Jutland.
** Former Danish teen idol Ib Mossin as the Danish SS-officer who visits Mads and Ingeborg to tell them that [[spoiler: Holger is dead]].

* TheWoobie: Ulla so much so. First she [[spoiler: is Hans Christian Varnæs's affair, gets pregnant and has an illegal abortion, then after she've fallen in love with another man and is soon to be married, he dies.]]

** The German officer that Auntie Møghe hits [[HilariousInHindsight looks like M. Bison]], the BigBad from StreetFighter.

** Mr. Schwann rudely rebuffs Arnold Winter, when the latter asks for a pay raise. The character of Mr. Schwann was later written out of the series, because the director got fed up with the actor's constant demands for more money.

* HarsherInHindsight: The scene where Arnesen (Preben Mahrt) loses his temper with Vicki and smashes her jazz record. Mahrt's step-daughter, Susse Wold, later revealed that Mahrt in real life had been physically abusive towards her and her mother.

* HarsherInHindsight: The scene where Arnesen (Preben Mahrt) loses his temper and smashes Vicki's jazz record. Mahrt's step-daughter, Susse Wold, later revealed that Mahrt in real life had been violent towards her and her mother.

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Mads Skjern]] finally crosses this when he [[spoiler: disowns Daniel after finding out that he is gay.]]

* TheDanza: Benny Hansen plays the house painter Frede "Fede" Hansen.

* ComplainingAboutPeopleNotLikingTheShow: The series is ''very'' fondly remembered and beloved amongst Danish people - to the point that if you live in Denmark but haven't watched it, don't like it, or just think it's SoOkayItsAverage, you'll likely be accused of treason at some point or another. ''Usually'' the accusations are only in lighthearted jest, but there really is a VocalMinority of Matador fans out there who genuinely think that not loving Matador equals disrespect of Danish culture.

** Auntie Møghe's 100-years-birthday - after the series' creator Lise Nørgaard reached ''her'' 100-years-birthday on June 14th, 2017.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Viggo Skjold Hansen is a rather uncought, arrogant and ruthless businessman with Nazi sympathies, who don't scruple to [[LesCollaborateurs rent out to the Wehrmacht]]. He does, how ever, love his wife and daughter fiercely and touchingly and he is tremendous fun at a party.
** Mads can be seen this way as well, because he really does love his family and especially Ingeborg.

** Builder Jessen's wife (Bodil Udsen) is only in a few scenes in the last episodes - but what scenes. Even Dr. Hansen is thrown of course.

** Mr. Schwann rudely rebuffs Arnold Winter, when the latter asks for a pay raise. The character of Mr. Schwann would later be written out of the series, because the director got fed up with the actor's constant demands for more money.

* FunnyMoments:
** Daniel mistaking his fathers lecture about the virtue of thrift for a prayer:
--> '''Mads Andersen-Skjern''': When I was a representative I always travelled in the 3rd class ...
--> '''Ingeborg, Daniel and Ellen Andersen-Skjern''': ''(interrupts, in unison)'' ... so I could put money aside and eventually get my own business.
--> '''Daniel''': Amen!
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FORvpidSD9M Auntie Møghes last stand against the Germans]].
** The dogs, Daisy and Kvik, having sex while Arnesen talks with Misse Møghe and the bank employeers looking at it through the window. What really sells it is, that Arnesen and Misse Møghe doesn't notice until Mrs. Møghe asks where the other dog is just as Pig-dealer Larsen comes back and claims that he and Arnesen have become family.
*** Then Mr. Varnæs comes home and tells the story, with Maude being the only one not to find it funny, with a ThinkOfTheCildren reaction.
** Mrs. Møghe in general.
*** The OneDialogueTwoConversations [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbHnTTq4Igw situation]].

* ComplainingAboutPeopleNotLikingTheShow: The series is ''very'' fondly remembered and beloved amongst Danish people - to the point that if you haven't watched it, if you don't like it, or if you just think it's SoOkayItsAverage, you'll likely be accused of treason at some point or another. ''Usually'' the accusations are only in lighthearted jest, but there really is a VocalMinority of Matador fans out there who genuinely think that not loving Matador equals disrespect of Danish culture.

** In one episode Mr. Schwann rudely rebuffs Arnold Winter, when the latter asks for a pay raise. The character of Mr. Schwann would later be written out of the series, because the director got fed up with the actor's constant demands for more money.

** At one point Mr. Schwann rudely rejects Arnold Winter's demand for a pay rise. The character of Mr. Schwann was later written out of the series, because director Erik Balling got fed up with actor Arthur Jensen's constant demands for more money.

* AwesomeMoments:
** Daniel's quiet eviction of Aunt Anna after she claims that Ingeborg acts "like a harlot".
** Maude driving Hr. Stein to safety during the Germans deportation of the Danish Jews.
** In RealLife the episode where Laura, Agnes and Knud visits Copenhagen and watches the changing of the guards at the Royal Palace. [[ShownTheirWork A platoon of real Royal Guardsmen spent a week practicing the correct marching style for guardsmen of the year 1940]] (the style was changed after the war, because it was found too similar to [[ThoseWackyNazis goose-stepping]]).