* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:
** Is Ted actually the irresponsible manchild everyone thinks he is, or does his family simply not respect him because he's a bachelor who doesn't have a 9-to-5 job? It's notable that he acts goofy and silly when Bobby's parents are around, but often becomes far more serious and responsible when he's alone with his nephew (trying to get in touch with Bobby's parents during an unexpectedly long road trip, not allowing Bobby to ride a carnival ride that would likely make him sick, and putting aside playing with Bobby the instant a business associate showed up).
** Because the show didn't give much characterization to other characters there was no real reason to why Derek is such a {{Jerkass}} to Bobby. Was it because he was jealous of him due to him being the baby of the family? Or is he a massive jerk who gets a sick kick out of Bobby's suffering?
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://youtu.be/gSX9bqsifR0 The opening theme]], composed by ''[[Series/EntertainmentTonight John Tesh]]'' of all people!
* HilariousInHindsight: Gail Matthius' Martha voice would later be associated with UsefulNotes/SarahPalin (and the Creator/TinaFey impression of her).
* NightmareFuel: Derek explaining a [[TheTonsillitisEpisode tonsillectomy]] in "Bobby's Big Boo Boo":
-->'''Derek:''' The doctor doesn't ''take'' them out, he '''[[SuddenlyShouting CUTS 'EM OUT!]]'''
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUXDx5ypHHQ&rco=1 This video]] originally released on Creator/HowieMandel's Website/YouTube channel in 2013. Bobby starts singing "Hush Little Baby", but quickly becomes an EnfanteTerrible when he commits increasingly-atrocious and graphic acts on the mockingbird when it won't sing and threatens to do the same to a terrified parrot. The most terrifying part is that Bobby does all of this ''[[AmbiguousInnocence with a smile and no hint of malice in his voice]]''. Holy shit, what happened to him?!
* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: The [=SNES=] game was cancelled at the eleventh hour, but what is there in the prototype is still rather decent, being a cute and charming little platformer that does justice to the show.
* TheScrappy:
** Derek and Kelly, Bobby's older siblings. Although Bobby can be a pest to them, that still doesn't excuse them, especially Derek, who will often go out of his way to bully Bobby ForTheEvulz.
* TakeThatScrappy: Derek getting punished by Howard in "Suspects, Lies, and Videotape". Even if it was for something he didn't do[[note]]Bobby lied to Howard that Derek was going to the mall so he (Howard) wouldn't suspect that he (Bobby) had accidentally broke Martha's Elvis bust and then tried to fix it with his (Howard's) tools[[/note]], considering [[BigBrotherBully the way Derek treats Bobby most of the time]], those who hate Derek find it so satisfying to see him get punished. As proof, it's the most replayed part of Kabillion's upload of the episode on Website/YouTube.
* TearJerker: Abe the Crossing Guard's death at the end of "The Music". Easily the show's saddest moment.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Some of Jackie's attempts to teach Bobby a lesson, [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom the ending of]] ''Karate Bobby'' for example, can come across as cruel. It's all really not her responsibility, she's not an authority figure.
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