History YMMV / Wings

* CriticalResearchFailure: "In "Portrait of the Con Artist as a Young Man", Casey is trying to get Lowell to create more of his random-object art, but Lowell says he needs a special occasion like a birthday. Casey looks at a calendar and says that it is Creator/CharlotteBronte, [[UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} Babe Ruth]], and [[Series/PoliceWoman Angie Dickinson's]] birthday. None of those three people have birthdays anywhere close to one another.

** Also, the fact that Tony Shalhoub starred in this show gets funnier when you realize that ''Wings'' [[AdoredByTheNetwork was rerun quite heavily]] by the Creator/USANetwork-- which would have its first bonafide hit original in ''Series/{{Monk}}'', which had Shalhoub as the protagonist.

** Alex, the character who preceded Casey, was not universally popular herself, as she was intended to be a strong career-minded woman, but in practice tended to come across as being completely stiff and humorless. Many fans also didn't like that she ended up in a relationship with Brian, when her personality seemed like a much better match for that of Joe. (Though in hindsight, the writers had a good reason for not putting her with Joe- it would have interfered with their plans to get Joe and Helen back together.) Additionally, many felt that her reasons for breaking up with Brian were petty and weak, and her behavior toward him afterward (refusing to make any attempt to talk things out, then leaving in the middle of the night so he couldn't contact her again) was unnecessarily cold.

* IconicSequelCharacter: Antonio is a later addition to the cast who is often associated with some of its funniest episodes and Tony Shaloub went on to have a brilliant career as both a comic and dramatic actor.

** Ken Levine and David Isaacs wrote four episodes and Levine directed an episode. Both are best known as creators and executive producers of ''Series/BigWaveDaves''.

* ValuesDissonance: Joe follows Helen to New York after breaking his promise to leave her alone if she can swear that she loves Davis instead of him. He promptly corners her in an elevator and basically browbeats her into admitting that she loves him, ignoring her pleas that he leave alone—"It's just not going to work out!"—and basically further browbeats her into accepting his own proposal. The DoubleStandard is glaring--when Joe declares that Helen and Davis's impending wedding is "OUR marriage!", it's romantic. When the abovementioned Sandy Cooper puts him through a fake wedding and says the same thing, she's depicted as a nutcase and the whole scenario is amusing. None of this would fly in the [=#MeToo=] era.

%%* EarWorm: This band was successful for so long for a reason.

%%* EarWorm: Not a common example, but the main theme of the roadshow version.

** Peter Bonerz directed 11 episodes. Bonerz is best known for playing Dr. Jerry Robinson on ''Series/TheBobNewhartShow''.
** James Burrows directed an episode. Burrows is best known as co-creator and co-executive producer of ''Series/{{Cheers}}''.

* OneSceneWonder: Future legend Gary Cooper gave a breakout performance in his cameo as Cadet White.

* CoveredUp: The group's song "[[Music/OffTheWall Girlfriend]]" is sometimes more recognized as a Music/MichaelJackson song, although it was originally intended to be sung by him, so no surprises there. However, the song "[[Music/UseYourIllusion Live and Let Die]]" made Paul's grandchildren think he was trying to be cool covering a Music/GunsNRoses song...

* CoveredUp: "[[Music/OffTheWall Girlfriend]]" was originally meant for Music/MichaelJackson, so no surprise there, but Paul's grandchildren thought he was trying to be cool covering a Music/GunsNRoses [[Music/UseYourIllusion song]]...

* MisattributedSong: The theme to ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' is often mistakenly attributed to the Beatles.
** One classical pops CoverAlbum for Music/TheBeatles included "Mull of Kintyre"(!).
** Just about anything Paul did after leaving the Beatles but before ''Music/TheBeatles Anthology'' will be attributed to Wings. It doesn't help that compilations make little distinction between Wings and Paul on his own; they all include songs from both "artists" regardless of what the focus of the compilation is supposed to be. ''All The Best!'' is officially a Music/PaulMcCartney album, but over half the songs are by Wings. ''Wingspan'' features quite a few songs which are Paul solo or Paul and Linda. Even ''Wings Greatest'' includes Paul solo and Paul & Linda.

* EarWorm: this band was successful for so long for a reason.
* FaceOfTheBand: Paul

* EarWorm: Not a common example, but the main theme of the roadshow version.

* {{Earworm}} -- this band was successful for so long for a reason.
* FaceOfTheBand -- Paul
* HarsherInHindsight -- Both of the songs Jimmy [=McCulloch=] wrote and sang for the band, "Medicine Jar" and "Wino Junko" carried strong anti-drug messages. After leaving the band, he would die of a drug overdose.
* MisattributedSong -- The theme to ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' is often mistakenly attributed to the Beatles.

* {{Earworm}}: Not a common example, but the main theme of the roadshow version.

** A young Matthew Fox plays a high school pitching phenom who almost misses a game because Joe refuses to land the plane he's on in a thick fog. Maybe if Joe had been piloting Oceanic Flight 815, things would've ended differently...

* TheWoobie - Joe. So much.

* HilariousInHindsight: In the ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' CrossOver episode "Planes, Trains, and Visiting Cranes," Joe calls Lillith Crane "Morticia." Bebe Neuwirth would later originate the role of Morticia in TheMusical version of ''Series/TheAddamsFamily''.

* SpecialEffectFailure: Scenes taking place inside Antonio's cab often featured very obvious chroma keying, complete with jagged edges and blue screen reflections on the actor's faces.

** Also, the fact that Tony Shalhoub starred in this show gets funnier when you realize that ''Wings'' [[AdoredByTheNetwork was rerun quite heavily]] by the Creator/USANetwork-- which would have it's first bonafide hit original in ''Series/{{Monk}}'', which had Shalhoub as the protagonist.

* OneSceneWonder: Future legend Gary Cooper gave a breakout performance in his cameo as a Cadet White.

** The show in general. Despite constantly being moved from one time slot to another, the ratings held firm and it lasted for a solid seven seasons.

* TheScrappy:
-->''Q: What do you call a dog with wings?''\\
''A: Linda [=McCartney=].''
* YokoOhNo -- Linda. Even she wasn't crazy about her being in the band.

* JustHereForGodzilla: The story might not hold your attention as well as the skyborne action scenes and/or Clara Bow (aka [[MsFanservice The It Girl]]) can.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Tim Daly played a character married to someone named Helen. Three years after the series ended, in the remake of ''TheFugitive'', he played a character (the title character, in fact) married to someone named... Helen.