History YMMV / TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir

** And Phil's love for "pillowy mounds of mashed potatoes."

** {{YouTube Poop}} makers also like to synch the title music with other music, claiming that it works with any kind of music.

* [=~Hey, It's That Voice!~=]: James Avery's voice will be instantly recognizable to children of the 80s as [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 the Shredder]].

** In another episode, Will kept accusing Hilary of "going Hollywood" for being QueenLatifah's assisstant. Let's repeat that; [[IndependenceDay Will]] [[Film/MenInBlack Smith]] [[BadBoys Accused]] [[WildWildWest Someone]] [[{{Hancock}} Of Going]] [[{{Hitch}} Hollywood]].

** In one episode, Will claims that he didn't find Kool Moe Dee convincing as a cowboy in the song WildWildWest. Six years later, Will Smith has his own version of that song, for the ''movie'' WildWildWest, featuring Kool Moe Dee.

** In another episode, Will kept accusing Hilary of "going Hollywood" for being QueenLatifah's assisstant. Let's repeat that; [[IndependenceDay Will]] [[MenInBlack Smith]] [[BadBoys Accused]] [[WildWildWest Someone]] [[{{Hancock}} Of Going]] [[{{Hitch}} Hollywood]].

** And who could forget "Asses to Ashes", in which at Judge Robertson's funeral not a single person has anything nice to say about him. Then, when Will (who felt responsible for his death, as he had been yelling at Robertson for playing dirty in the Superior Court election seconds before he died) said to the people in attendance "I'm the one who killed him," everyone ''[[SlowClap applauds]]'' him.

* NightmareFuel: In one episode Uncle Phil accidentally sits on top of a shoe box containing an adorable white pet bunny. Him killing it, looking inside the box and reacting in horror, and then telling the little boy who owned the bunny is all played for laughs... it... really shouldn't be though.

** [[http://www.940winz.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=104673&article=8855594 Not so funny if it almost happens in real life.]] This incident makes the storyline HarsherInHindsight.

** [[http://www.940winz.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=104673&article=8855594 Not so funny if it almost happens in real life. This incident makes the storyline HarsherInHindsight.]]

* {{Expy}}: If you watched UPN's "In The House", there's a character on it named Maxwell Stanton, a snobbish black upper-class intellectual Republican with a moustache played by the same actor as Carlton, usually acting as a counterpart to the cooler {{Casanova}} main character of the series, who is played by a hat-wearing rapper.

* CharacterDerailment: When Vivian's actress was changed, it seems as though the original also took her sass, biting wit & aspirations with her, as the new Vivan was a lot more meek & agreeable. See TheOtherDarrin.
** YourMileageMayVary. This troper prefers TheOtherDarrin. True, the second Vivian was played much nicer, but she maintained a strong, strict presence in the family--trading in the attitude for quiet wisdom and sometimes even TranquilFury. Consider how she handled Will's father showing up and then ducking out again:
-->'''Vivian''': If you walk out of Will's life again...don't ''bother'' coming back.

* DudeNotFunny: In this case, PlayedForLaughs when Geoffrey unveiled his hidden shame of leaving England because years ago he was caught taking a taxi in order to win a marathon (he thought the information might ruin Philip's political campaign, and yes, it has happened in real life). After showing them the video, everyone sat in silence for a good ten seconds before bursting into laughter. Geoffrey was not amused.

** In one episode, Will does a quite-good impression of Muhammad Ali ("I'm the greatest! I'm a baaaaad man!"). That skill would eventually to an Oscar-nominated portrayal of Ali.

** In one episode, WIll does a quite-good impression of Muhammad Ali. ("I'm the greatest! I'm a baaaaad man!"). That skill would eventually to an Oscar-nominated portrayal.

* DudeNotFunny: In this case, PlayedForLaughs when Geoffrey unveiled his hidden shame of leaving England because years ago he was caught taking a taxi in order to win a marathon (he thought the information might ruin Philips political campaign). After showing them the video, everyone sat in silence for a good ten seconds before bursting into laughter. Geoffrey was not amused.

* Likewise, the ThemeTune contains several visual [[ShoutOut shout outs]] to the music video "Parents Just Don't Understand", which much of the modern audience has never seen.

* TearJerker: There are a few peppered in the series, but none of them comes close to the episode "Papa's Got a Brand New Excuse", where Will's natural father comes to Bel-Air to see him. The last five minutes will have you bawling your eyes out pretty much without warning.

* WeirdAlEffect: Will Smith manages to do this ''to himself''; the name "Fresh Prince" originally referred to his rap persona, but hasn't ever since he went solo in the mid-nineties, and since he's become a huge movie star, very few people call him "the Fresh Prince" any more, even in jest. Therefore, "Fresh Prince" is universally shorthand for the series, to the point that younger viewers are unaware that it means anything else. Likewise, the ThemeTune contains several visual [[ShoutOut shout outs]] to the music video "Parents Just Don't Understand", which much of the modern audience has never seen.