History YMMV / UncleBuck

*** At one point prior to Bob calling Buck, she even cites Chanice's job as being problematic in having Buck watch the kids; she sells ''tyres'' for a living.

** [[Series/{{Veep}} Amy Brookheimer]] is Maisy's classmate.

** Maizy's seemingly normal teacher, who suddenly screams "BLASPHEMER!", like some sort of religious maniac, after she uses the expression "Goddamn", quoting her uncle. It's a downright non-sequitur in the TV edit, which censors the words altogether.

** He is seen smoking a cigar while walking through Maizy's school. Indoor smoking has been banned in the state of Illinois since 2008.

** A non-school example; Pooter the Clown arrives for Miles' party drunk as a skunk and Buck tells the heavily-intoxicated clown get ''back in his car and drive away''. Only in the '80s.

* CatharsisFactor: You ever have a shitty teacher or administrator? Watching Buck tear into Maisy's vice principal will be ''so'' satisfying''.

** When he first enters the house, Buck talks to his sister-in-law about her Dad, who had a heart attack. He asks if it's "one of those medical terms, an infarction?" John Candy would die only a few years later from a myocardial infarction.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: As detailed elsewhere, Tia has issues with her parents that are never fully explored save for one attack on her mother for leaving her grandparents; while she'd otherwise be a stock teenager from a John Hughes movie, the lack of explanation and her overall attitude toward the much more sympathetic Buck can render her difficult to like until she and Buck finally reconcile.

* SocietyMarchesOn: Whenever Buck is in or at a school, this trope comes into play.
** He is seen smoking a cigar while walking through Maizy's school. Indoor smoking has been banned in the state of Illinois since 2008.
** While the scene itself is awesome, Buck threatening a school administrator the way he did to Maizy's principal would likely result in him being served with a restraining order barring him from the school premises.
** His car parked outside a high school backfiring loud enough to sound like a gunshot would very likely set off a false mass-shooter scare and would have police and SWAT descending on the school.

** While the scene itself is awesome, Buck threatening a school administrator the way he did to Maizy's prinicpal would likely result in him being served with a restraining order barring him from the school premises.

* AccidentalInnuendo: Buck punching the clown. [[ADateWithRosiePalms Get it??]]

** Maizy's seemingly normal teacher, who suddenly screams "BLASPHEMER!", like some sort of religious maniac, after she uses the expression "God-damn", quoting her uncle. It's a downright non-sequitur in the TV edit, which censors the words altogether.
** At one point, Buck's car does its [[BrickJoke standard backfire]] as it comes to a halt at the party; in this instance and this instance alone, James Brown's signature ''"Wah!"'' can be heard.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Buck himself. The marketing and other characters save for Miles and Maizy almost seem to paint him as the black sheep of the family for reasons that -- much like Tia's jerkassery -- are never really fully explored; even the film's poster depicts the family trying to comically barricade themselves in to stop him, but Buck in the film is much more sympathetic and decent than the majority of the cast seems to see him as. The worst thing he does is dodge work... By having to come and look after his brother's kids.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: As detailed elsewhere, Tia has issues with her parents that are never really fully explored save for one attack on her mother for leaving her grandparents; while she'd otherwise be a stock teenager from a John Hughes movie, the lack of explanation and her overall attitude toward the much more sympathetic Buck can render her difficult to like until she and Buck finally reconcile.

** Moresoever, his unusual behavior consistently proves necessary to prevent the disastrous consequences of him being ignored- up to and including an attempted ''rape'' which he clearly saw coming.

*** At one point prior to Bob calling Buck, she even cites Chanice's job as being problematic in having Buck watch the kids; she sells ''tires'' for a living.

** Maizy's seemingly normal teacher, who suddenly screams "BLASPHEMER!", like some sort of religious maniac, after she uses the expression "God-damn", quoting her uncle. Its a downright non-sequitir in the TV edit, which censors the words altogether.
** At one point, Buck's car does it's [[BrickJoke standard backfire]] as it comes to a halt at the party; in this instance and this instance alone, James Brown's signature ''"Wah!"'' can be heard.

*** At one point prior to Bob calling Buck, she even cites Chanice's job as being problematic in having Buck watch the kids; she sells ''tyres'' for a living.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Miles Russell, since his scene at the mail slot was ''the'' inspiration for the ''Film/HomeAlone'' films.

* PoorMansSubstitute: Try as she might, Jean Louisa Kelly is no Creator/MollyRingwald or Ally Sheedy.

* CrazyAwesome: Buck.

** Maizy's seemingly normal teacher, who suddenly screams "BLASPHEMER!", like some sort of religious maniac, after she uses the expression "God-damn", quoting her uncle.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Hey, Buck's nephew is Creator/MacaulayCulkin, and his younger niece is [[Film/NowAndThen Samantha Albertson]]!
** Hey, what's [[Series/{{Roseanne}} Aunt Jackie]] doing living next to this family?

* PoorMansSubstitute: Try as she might, Jean Louisa Kelly is no Molly Ringwald or Ally Sheedy.
* RetroactiveRecognition: Hey, Buck's nephew is [[Film/HomeAlone Kevin McAllister]], and his younger niece is [[Film/NowAndThen Samantha Albertson]]!

** Tia is a JerkassWoobie, extremely harsh and critical to everyone around her, especially Buck, but is extremely depressed, bordering on clinical.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Buck himself. The marketing and other characters save for Miles and Maizy almost seem to paint him as the black sheep of the family for reasons that - much like Tia's jerkassery - are never really fully explored; even the film's poster depicts the family trying to comically barricade themselves in to stop him, but Buck in the film is much more sympathetic and decent than the majority of the cast seems to see him as. The worst thing he does is dodge work... By having to come and look after his brother's kids.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: [[BrattyTeenageDaughter Tia]]. It depends on whether or not you could forgive her for her (initially) cold treatment towards Buck.