History YMMV / Reba

** "Don't Know Much About History" deals with Van having to choose between football and his commitment to a school play. Van's football team is called the Wildcats, which brings to mind [[Film/HighSchoolMusical another story about a high school jock who is turn between sports and the theatre.]]

** In the episode, "Locked and Loaded", Reba makes a crack involving Music/KellyClarkson. Guess who guest-stars in literally the next episode, "As We Forgive Those...".

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Certain episodes make it pretty clear it was made during the TurnOfTheMillennium. Not only do the characters occasionally refer to what year it is, UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush is mentioned to be president at the time, one of the major characters during the first couple of seasons gets a lot praise from LaughTrack audience because she was on ''Series/AmericanIdol'', and game systems such as the ''Platform/GameCube'', ''Platform/GameBoy'', ''Platform/GameBoyAdvance'', and ''Platform/{{Xbox}}'' get mentioned semi-frequently. (Though oddly there's no mention of the ''Platform/PlayStation2''. Apparently Reba's not a Sony fan...)

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Brock did cause a lot of grief to his family with his affair and getting BJ pregnant but he's still tried his hardest to be a good dad to all four of his kids and a good grandfather to Elizabeth. Trying as hard to be a good father shows that no matter what selfish act he does, he cares about his family and feels guilty for not being the best dad and grandpa he can be. His main problem is being unable to be truly satisfied with the way his life turned out on a personal level despite being a dentist with a good practice and a better father than his own chauvinistic father. When it's revealed that he's actually depressed to the point of needing medication, it becomes even more sympathetic.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Kyra is hotly debated within the fandom as to whether her actions and - bordering on snotty - sarcasm makes her an ungrateful brat prone to disrespecting her mother for not prioritizing her first or whether it's justified given her being in the middle of - not one - but two dysfunctional families (on the flip side, though, while everyone in her family has their eccentricities, can sometimes be selfish, and - in Reba's case - control freaks, it's pretty clear she's not undergoing any kind of emotional or physical abuse at home. It's certainly not an ideal family but there's still plenty of real-life victims of parental abuse who would gladly trade places for that kind of setup).

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Certain episodes make it pretty clear it was made during the TurnOfTheMillennium. Not only do the characters occasionally refer to what year it is, UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush is mentioned to be president at the time, one of the major characters during the first couple of seasons gets a lot praise from LaughTrack audience because she was on ''Series/AmericanIdol'', and game system such as the ''UsefulNotes/GameCube'', ''UsefulNotes/GameBoy'', ''UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance'', and ''UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}'' get mentioned semi-frequently. (Though oddly there's no mention of the ''UsefulNotes/PlayStation2''. Apparently Reba's not a Sony fan...)

** Additionally, some fans are not fond of Kyra in the later seasons, either, mainly because her DeadpanSnarker tendencies get taken up to near {{Jerkass}} levels and she [[KarmaHoudini rarely receives any comeuppance for most of her actions]]. Making Van one of the frequent targets for her insults and abuse doesn't help, either.

** 7-year-old Jake getting mad at his dad Brock for ending their father-son time early to take his new family home. The way he shouts "You're leaving?!" before running outside is heartbreaking. Later, Jake admits he is really mad at his dad, not his new baby half-brother as was previously believed, and tells his dad Brock that he misses him. Any kid who has gone through a parental divorce can relate to the heartbreak of not seeing their parent.

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Series/MalibuCountry''

** When Kyra moves out of Reba's house in season 3, is she in the wrong for moving out of her mom's house or is she a smart teenager getting away from a controlling neglectful parent?