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1	* BaseBreakingCharacter: Mearth. Some like him because they think he's funny or cute, whereas some dislike him because they think Mork laying an egg, Mearth looking like a man in his fifties, etc is too surreal -- even for a show like this, and/or think Mork and Mindy should not have become a couple.
2	* BrokenBase: Should the title characters have become a couple or not? Some people think that their romance was a natural progression of their relationship, that they were a cute couple, and that them learning to be parents was good character development and funny. Others either think that them getting together was bad because there aren't enough PlatonicLifePartners on TV, or are {{squick}}ed by the idea of [[InterspeciesRomance an alien being sexually attracted to a human]].
3	%%* EnsembleDarkhorse: Exidor, the only character who could steal a scene from '''''Mork himself'''''.
4	* HarsherInHindsight:
5	** In "Mork Meets Robin Williams", Mork meets Creator/RobinWilliams, his own actor. This line from Mork becomes disturbing after Robin Williams killed himself due to depression, which he described as a contrast to the cheeriness of his characters.
6	--->'''Mork''': He looks like he does his hair with a Cuisinart! Man, he's got a road map for eyes! You could pack a family in that nose, man! I mean, look at that mouth, "Duuurrr...". They had to airbrush his entire face, are you kidding? I mean, I'm bright and cheery and this guy's got big problems!
7	** In one of his appearances, Exidor goes on a long spiel extolling the virtues of O. J. Simpson.
8	** In "Mork vs. the Necrotons", it's off-handily mentioned by Captain Nirvana that the Necrotons could torture information out of Mork by wrapping a rope around his neck, among other means. Creator/RobinWilliams died by suicide from hanging.
9	** At the end of "Mork in Wonderland: Part 2," Mork had only one wish upon reuniting with Mindy after her microworld counterpart, Mandy, died in his arms: for he himself to die before Mindy so he doesn't have to lose her twice. In a manner of speaking, Mork got his wish; Robin Williams passed in 2014 with Pam Dawber still in good health.
10	** In "Mork's Mixed Emotions", Disgusted Mork overreacts to a lack of food at a restaurant by trying to cut his wrist with a blunt knife. One of Williams' failed suicide attempts involved slit wrists.
11	** In "Old Fears", Mork ages himself so he can be a companion to Mindy's grandmother, joking that he stopped at "two years 'til senility". At the end of his life, Robin Williams suffered from the effects of Lewy body dementia, which drove him to suicide.
12	* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: From the first season on, Creator/RobinWilliams stunned everyone with why he made the show so much more than a retread of ''Series/MyFavoriteMartian''. For instance, in "Mork's Mixed Emotions," one of the greatest TV episodes ''of all time'', Robin effortlessly creates a myriad of simultaneous personas with absolutely no props, visual effects or makeup. All Robin needed was his singular acting ability to sell it perfectly.
13	* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Creator/RobinWilliams and Pam Dawber got to work together again shortly before Williams' death, when she guest-starred on ''Series/TheCrazyOnes''.
14	* HilariousInHindsight:
15	** This setting [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 isn't the only one]] that involves an alien called Mork.
16	** As mentioned above, [[Film/TheCuriousCaseOfBenjaminButton Mork aging in reverse and what it means for his relationship with Mindy.]]
17	** After he turns himself old to cheer up Cora, he invites her to go to a [[Film/NightAtTheMuseum museum]].
18	%%** Try watching "Mork's Health Hints" without thinking of Film/PatchAdams.
19	** When Robin Williams "meets" Mork, the first thing he says is, "You know, you look a lot like....naw, he's a woman now." A few years later, and Robin gets a major success with ''Film/MrsDoubtfire''.
20	** In "Mork in Never Never Land", Mork becomes friends with a man who believes he's actually Literature/PeterPan. Robin Williams would go on to play Peter Pan in ''Film/{{Hook}}''.
21	* RetroactiveRecognition:
22	** Creator/TomPoston went from this series to his better-known role as handyman George Utley on ''Series/{{Newhart}}''.
23	** Creator/MorganFairchild, who later carved a successful niche playing RichBitch characters in '80s {{Prime Time Soap}}s such as ''Falcon Crest'', played Susan (Mindy's ex-classmate and romantic rival) in season 1.
24	** Many actors who played minor characters had appearances in other shows and films in the '80s. A few examples: Jay Thomas later appeared as Eddie Lebeck on ''Series/{{Cheers}}''. Joe Regalbuto (a bad alien) went on to ''Series/MurphyBrown''. A very young Creator/CoreyFeldman (''Film/StandByMe'', ''Film/TheLostBoys'') appears as one of Mork's day-care charges in a couple episodes. Dinah Manoff (''Series/{{Soap}}'', ''Series/EmptyNest'') plays a woman who tries to extort Mork in the second season.
25	** Creator/DavidLetterman, three years away from hosting ''Series/LateNight'', turns up in the Season 1 epsiode '"Mork Goes Erk" as a fraudulent self-help guru.
26	** Creator/JohnLarroquette and Creator/RichardMoll appear in the Season 4 episode "Alienation," as a cult leader/member respectively, several years before they began costarring in ''Series/NightCourt''.
27	* SeasonalRot: Despite the show being a hit in its first season, changes were implemented in season 2 as a bid for younger viewers. Several characters – including Mindy's father and grandmother – were dropped, Mork and Mindy getting together received greater emphasis, and episodes had an altogether different tone. Coupled with a new timeslot, ratings fell, which led to attempts at getting back to basics, but the success of the first season was never recaptured.
28	* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Unlike ''Series/HappyDays'' and ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'', which were both set in UsefulNotes/TheFifties, this show (at the time it originally aired) was set in the "{{present day}}" of 1978-1982. Among other things, when Mork ran out onto Denver's (Original) Mile-High Stadium as a member of "The Pony Express." The Denver Broncos Cheerleaders only used that name from 1977 to 1980.

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