History YMMV / NineteenKidsAndCounting

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Jill and Derick have become more popular since leaving the show with Derick becoming the OnlySaneMan of the husbands and is teasing of writing a tell-all in the near future.

** Many think Jim Bob and Michelle are this due to them [[AbusiveParents spiritually abusing their children]]. They keep strict house rules by leaving their kids in a bubble, not giving them a proper education, and giving the task of parenting to the adult children. See AcceptableReligiousTargets.

** Many think Jim Bob and Michelle are this due to them [[AbusiveParents spiritually abusing their children]]. They keep strict house rules by leaving their kids in a bubble and not giving them a proper education. See AcceptableReligiousTargets.

* JerkassWoobie: Michelle when she [[spoiler: miscarries her 20th child]].

** Jill and Derick are considered the biggest ones of all due to their hateful beliefs, so much so that they were fired from the show. Derick was an OnlySaneMan when he was first introduced until he [[FaceHeelTurn showed his true colors on twitter]]

* BileFascination

** John-David is also considered one, due to his snarky comments. His wife, Abbie, is equally popular due to her {{adorkable}} personality and relative independence.

* OnlySaneMan:
** Jeremy Vuolo (Jinger's husband). Look at all the things Jinger is now able to do- none of her other sisters have been able to. They also waited a bit longer to start their family than the other siblings. They also moved to the very liberal city of Los Angeles in the blue state of California in March 2019 for his Master's degree program. The more power to them.
** Ben is now in close second because he actually listens to Jessa, and doesn't consider parenting "babysitting" anymore.
** Derick was this when he was first introduced, but then he [[FaceHeelTurn showed his true colors on twitter]], and was fired from the show.
** Of the brothers, John David seems to be the sanest. His bride is over 25, a nurse with a degree, and works full-time. He even posted "pilot and co-pilot" on their wedding pictures- rather than "pilot and stewardess". Plus he had a career and was the oldest of his brothers upon getting married. All this hints at John David being the most reasonable of the Duggar boys so far.

** Many think Jim Bob and Michelle are this due to them spiritually abusing their children. They keep strict house rules by leaving their kids in a bubble and not giving them a proper education. See AcceptableReligiousTargets.

** Jill and Derick are considered the biggest ones of all due to their hateful beliefs, so much so that they were fired from the show.

* AbusiveParents: Some feel that the Duggars spiritually abuse their children. They feel that Jim Bob and Michelle keep their kids in a bubble, and don't give them a proper education.
* AcceptableReligiousTargets: They are criticized for their isolationism, educational neglect, stunting their childrens' ability to function outside the Duggar bubble, the buddy system which effectively delegates the parenting to the oldest girls, and last but not least, being part of the spiritually abusive ATI cult run by sexual predator Bill Gothard. They also do "blanket training" which is a horrifically abusive practice where you beat an infant with a rod for being a child, essentially, and have said so on at least one of their blog posts.

** Many think Jim Bob and Michelle are this. Due to them not parenting their children, and their strict house rules. See AcceptableReligiousTargets.

* ValuesDissonance: MANY examples for viewers who do not follow the family's strict brand of Christianity, with some even debating on whether TLC is effectively normalizing this behavior.

* ValuesDissonance: MANY examples for viewers who do not follow the family's strict brand of Christianity.

** Jeremy Vuolo (Jinger's husband). Look at all the things Jinger is now able to do- none of her other sisters have been able to. It is suspected that they are deliberately postponing childbearing. The more power to them.

* AcceptableLifestyleTargets: They are the targets of most conservative value-oriented families that look up to them and critics of modern families today.

* CreatorsPet: Josiah in the earlier episodes, Jackson in the latter. Both are unbearably annoying.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Jinger, Jana, Grandma Duggar as well.

* OnlySaneMan: Jeremy Vuolo (Jinger's husband). Look at all the things Jinger is now able to do- none of her other sisters have been able to. It is suspected that they are deliberately postponing childbearing. The more power to them.

* TheScrappy: Many think Jim Bob and Michelle are this. Due to them not parenting their children, and their strict house rules. See AcceptableReligiousTargets.

* AcceptableLifestyleTargets: They are the targets of most value-oriented families that look up to them and critics of modern families today.

* AbusiveParents: Some feel that the Duggar's spiritually abuse their children. They feel that Jim Bob and Michelle keep their kids in a bubble, and don't give them a proper education.

** John-David is also considered one, due to his snarky comments.

* AbusiveParents: Some feel that the Duggar's spiritually abuse their children. They feel that they keep their kids in a bubble, and don't give them a proper education.

** Derick was this when he was first introduced, but then he [[HeelFaceTurn showed his true colors on twitter]], and was fired from the show.

Josh. Some saw him as arrogant and possibly even more HolierThanThou than his parents.

* TheScrappy: Some people even think Jim Bob and Michelle are this. Due to them not parenting their children (they leave that to their oldest daughters), and their strict house rules. See ValuesDissonance.

* TheScrappy: Josh. Some saw him as arrogant and possibly even more HolierThanThou than his parents.

* TheScrappy: Jill, Derick and Josh are considered the biggest ones of all due to their hateful beliefs, so much so that they were fired from the show.

* AwesomeMoments: At the end of [[spoiler: the episode "Nesting and Room Re - do" The director of the series, who is supervising filming some of the other kids outside of Jim Bob and Michelle's house, drops everything and runs into the kitchen to help when Josie is discovered to be having a seizure. The man had his priorities straight.]]
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Even many of the snarkers genuinely melted at Derick's proposal to Jill, personal song included.
-->''I'm not sure what the Lord was thinkin'\\
Takin' us all the way to Kathmandu\\
But I know he was thinkin' of me\\
When He made you...''

* FunnyMoments: The family encounters an Atheist in Scotland. The TLC crew inserted the sound of a car crash here.

* MemematicMutation: John's comment about being a "bachelor to the rapture" during Joy's wedding episode.