History YMMV / TheKidsInTheHall

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Anticipated in the public television fundraising parody sketch.

* HarsherInHindsight: Many of the sketches dealing with family dynamics, when it's clear that several of the troupe had awful childhoods.

* OneSceneWonder: Paul Bellini, though he does get a DayInTheLimelight sketch in the "Touch Paul Bellini" contest.

* HilariousInHindsight: In a sketch, Bruce plays a guy who gets in a street brawl in a back alley, and won't stay down no matter how many times he gets punched to the ground. About 3 minutes in, even the crowd is asking him to just stay down. Even a hallucination of UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen appears to tell him to stay down. Then ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' has a scene where Steve is in an alley fight, keeps getting his ass kicked (this is of course before he became the super solider), and won't stay down.

--->'''Paul:''' Thank ''God'' that's finally over!

** Dave Foley is likewise probably best recognized for ''Series/NewsRadio'', and as the voice of [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Yes Man]] and [[WesternAnimation/ABugsLife Flick]].

** Creator/{{Kevin|McDonald}} is probably best known to younger (and non-Canadian) audiences as the voice of Pleakley in the ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'' [[Franchise/LiloAndStitch franchise]], the Almighty Tallest Purple in ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', or Waffle in ''WesternAnimation/{{Catscratch}}''.

* EarWorm: Any of Bruce's songs will wrench their way into your brain and refuse to leave for weeks.
** ''These are the Daves I know (I know)/These are the Daves I know.''
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR5negCF024 Terriers are my very favorite breed/They're cute, cuddly, easy dogs to feed.]]''
*** Watch for the cheerful MoodWhiplash towards the middle.
** And who can forget the Tammy songs?
** The series' opening theme. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTFg2N97Q98 It's an instrumental called "Having an Average Weekend" by Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet]].
** ''Running Faggot, running free...''

* A pre-''Film/{{Scream}}'' Neve Campbell appears in one sketch as a schoolgirl [[spoiler: who turns to be a murderess.]]

* HoYay: And not just in the sketches. Dave Foley is probably more responsible for people questioning their sexuality than any other Kid...
-->'''Dave Foley:''' Kevin got a little obsessed with some of the women I’d play. He’d stare at me with these puppy dog eyes. Even some of the crew members would come in and go, “You gonna be that redhead tonight?” If I said no, they’d get all sad. [[http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2009/12/dave-foley-finds-the-funny-in-aids-abortion-and-glenn-beck.html]]

** Kevin is probably best known to younger (and non-Canadian) audiences as the voice of Pleakley in the ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'' [[Franchise/LiloAndStitch franchise]], the Almighty Tallest Purple in ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', or Waffle in ''WesternAnimation/{{Catscratch}}''.

* MemeticMutation: "I CRUSH your head!"

* RetroactiveRecognition: Kevin is probably best known to younger (and non-Canadian) audiences as the voice of Pleakley in the ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'' franchise or the Almighty Tallest Purple in ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''.

* A pre-''Film/{{Scream}} Neve Campbell appears in one sketch as a schoolgirl [[spoiler: who turns to be a murderess.]]

* A pre-''Film/{{Scream}} Neve Campbell] appears in one sketch as a schoolgirl [[spoiler: who turns to be a murderess.]]

* [Film/{{Scream}} Neve Campbell] appears in one sketch as a schoolgirl [[spoiler: who turns to be a murderess.]]

* [[Film/{Scream} Neve Campbell]] appears in one sketch as a schoolgirl [[spoiler: who turns to be a murderess.]]

* [[''Film/{{Scream}} Neve Campbell]] appears in one sketch as a schoolgirl [[spoiler: who turns to be a murderess.]]

* ''Film/{{Scream}} Neve Campbell appears in one sketch a schoolgirl [[spoiler: who turns to be a murderess]]

** Dave Foley is likewise probably best recognized as the voice of [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Yes Man]] and [[WesternAnimation/ABugsLife Flick]].

* {{Character Alignment}}s: [[http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/4355/kithalignments.jpg Done for a few of the characters.]] Obviously, your opinion may differ. If so, [[StartMyOwn chart a graph of your own!]] {{Character Alignment}}s are always fun.

** The series' opening theme. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebHfMRw--sE It's an instrumental called "Having an Average Weekend" by Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet]].

** The opening theme of the series. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebHfMRw--sE It's an instrumental piece called "Having An Average Weekend" by a band called Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet]].

* AcceptableTargets: Business-men. Usually, at best, ignorant, if not immoral, scheming and/or insincere. At worst, something slightly less than human, being portrayed in several sketches as a kind of animal.
* BizarroEpisode: "Chalet 2000", which was one long Buddy Cole sketch (with it's own credit sequence), and to top it off, Queen Elizabeth appears and ends up sleeping with a talking beaver.

** The opening theme of the series. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebHfMRw--sE It's an instrumental piece called "Having An Average Weekend" by a band called Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet]].