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1	* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Several critics and reviewers have pointed out this as the cause behind the show only lasting one season. It sounded too religious for secular people and too disrespectful of God for religious people. The fact that it tries to do comedy with God but never really dares to go too far is a problem, as fans of edgy shocking comedy like South Park felt the show was too tame and fans of spiritual-based family-friendly shows thought it was too cynical. The fairly bland art style probably didn't help, either.
2	* CultClassic: Despite only a few episodes being aired on [=TV=], the series gain such a strong following that the series was finally released on [=DVD=] a few years after it was canceled and was aired on Adult Swim in 2011.
3	* FridgeBrilliance:
4	** In "Bob's Father" the Devil says that he made up Purgatory and that it wasn't true. Purgatory is never mentioned at all in Literature/{{the Bible}}, so he's almost certainly not lying.
5	** On top of this, the Devil's WellDoneSonGuy complex? Christian theology holds that he rebelled because of God's ParentalFavoritism towards humans over angels.
6	** In "Bob's Father" God explains that the trick to being a father is [[TheChainOfHarm to pass on a softer punch to their kids than the one their own father gave them]]. Bob is shown that, while not being that good of a father, he still tries. In that episode alone, Bob berates Andy for leaving his toys scattered around, but apologizes for losing his temper shortly after, even saying he's proud of him. Bob is passing down a softer punch.
7	** Bob's overall treatment of Andy is most likely because of his cruddy childhood.
8	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The show did not do well in the United States (mostly due to complaints about the content being blasphemous), but it got better reception outside of the U.S., particularly in the U.K. In fact, being blasphemous was used to market it in Ireland, as it came at a time when the country had become more secular.
9	* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
10	** The end of the pilot episode where Bob takes Megan to the mall to have her talk about how it's okay for her to take it easy and not be like everyone else. It ends with Megan wanting to take a ride at the old merry-go-round like she did as a child. When they get home, Megan kisses Donna on the cheek as a sign of forgiveness. This act proves to God that Bob ''does'' care and decides that he won't restart the world after all.
11	** "Bob's Father" is host to several:
12	*** After learning that God forgave his abusive father, Bob gives up all attempts to be nice. When he steps on a lego, he berates Andy for leaving his toys scattered around. Andy quietly says "That's okay, dad. I know you're upset about Grandpa", prompting a JerkassRealization in Bob, who immediately apologizes for losing his temper [[SoProudOfYou and compliments Andy for being so much smarter than he is]].
13	*** God's "Pep Talk" to the newborns in the same episode showing how nice God can truly be. He mentions a few of the kids' fate, one becoming famous, one becoming rich, and one "who is going to love [[{{Crossdresser}} wearing his wife's clothes]]" all with the same level of kindness and excitement, his tone not changing at all.
14	*** The ending, where the exchange below is made before God gives Bob one last conversation with his late father. This allows Bob to get to BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting.
15	---->'''God''': Look, I know your father [[AbusiveParents was a jerk to ya]], but you don't know what was in his ''[[JerkWithAHeartOfGold heart]]''.\
16	'''Bob''': Don't do this, [[ShutUpKirk don't gimme that crap]], I don't care ''what'' was in his heart - [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk he never shared it with me]].\
17	'''God''': [[JerkassHasAPoint You're right]]. And you're right to be mad at him. [[GodIsGood But it's not your job to forgive him]], it's mine... Did you know your grandfather?\
18	'''Bob''': What? No. He never talked about him.\
19	'''God''': Now ''he'' was a scary guy.\
20	'''Bob''': Oh, [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse so that makes it okay for my dad to treat me bad]]? Feh, liberals.\
21	'''God''': No, that's not what I'm saying. Look Bob... okay, picture this long line of fathers and sons stretching from Adam all the way down to Andy. Now, [[TheChainOfHarm they're all passing down this punch, from one generation to the next, father to son]], and the trick is to pass on a softer punch. [[TroubledAbuser Your father passed on a softer punch]].
22	** The final talk Bob has with his father has him use an analogy of a hockey game and Bob wishing he told a star hockey player how much he meant to Bob to illustrate how much he should've spent more time understanding his father. Andy, understanding the analogy, goes, [[PetTheDog "I think he knows".]]
23	** When God starts butting into Bob's life a bit too much, including injuring someone so he can get an open slot on Bob's softball team, God admits that his behavior is because He's LonelyAtTheTop - Bob comments that "[[GodIsFlawed Maybe [God] DOES know what it's like to be human.]]"
24	* HilariousInHindsight: Alan Cumming voices the Devil. Three years later, he'd be playing [[Film/X2XMenUnited Nightcrawler]], a character who has a Devil-like appearance but is a devout Catholic.
25	* HoYay:
26	** The episode where the Devil doesn't feel appreciated by God is played out like an old married couple going through relationship counseling.
27	%%%** Smeck and the Devil, on occasions.
28	* TheScrappy: Megan. Almost everything every word out of her mouth is a whine or complaint about something and she treats her mother like crap.
29	* TakeThatScrappy: Megan did get her comeuppance several times-in "There's Too Much Sex on TV" she makes a sick Donna take her and her friends to a concert and Andy puts a sign on her back that reads "First Concert", in "Bob's Father" she brings home a dog which doesn't listen to her and is very unruly, much to Donna's amusement and in "God's Girlfriend" she gets a severe sunburn.
30	* TooGoodToLast: Funny without being outrageous, moralizing without being preachy. Sadly, it was beset by MoralGuardian protests for being blasphemous.
31	* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
32	** "There's Too Much Sex on TV" starts with Bob watching a brand-new TV like [[http://www.clickbd.com/global/classified/item_img/1047460_2_original.jpg this one]]. Later, the Devil tells Bob that if he takes sex off TV, it'll go on the Internet, where only the rich can get it. Fastforward a few years, the ''exact opposite'' is true: the internet became widely available to everyone, and so did porn sites.
33	** Another episode also mentioned [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Corporation Saturn]] - which has been defunct since 2010.
34	* ValuesResonance: With child abuse and its effects gaining greater understanding, "Bob's Father" is heavily vaunted for showing sympathy to Bob's mean father while also stressing that Bob had every right to despise him.
35	* VindicatedByHistory: When it first aired, it was rejected by the Christian community and pulled off the air. Since then, it has become lauded as a witty and profound commentary on human nature, and a harbinger of serious animated sitcoms.
36	* TheWoobie: While he definitely isn't most perfect character on the show, the stuff Bob goes through during the show will make you feel bad for the guy.

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