* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Andy might be a ShellShockedVeteran. The war did leave a huge impression on him for the rest of his life, even reliving certain aspects of it. He usually covers it up with exaggeration on his part about what happened.
%%* Crazy Awesome: Andy in a nutshell. Most likely due to him being a ShellShockedVeteran.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Andy. His larger-than-life-personality, constant bragging, and JerkWithAHeartOfGold attitude, along with being deep down a genuinely nice person, definitely elevate him as a character.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: This show became a massive CultClassic in Eastern Europe, something that even Creator/LouieAnderson himself has acknowledged, as most of his social media followers are from that region.
** The series was ridiculously popular in Romania in the late 90's and early 00's, and still raises up a roaring nostalgia discussion whenever it's mentioned, partly due to being genuinely hilarious but mostly due to uncharacteristically good voice-over work by the dubbing studio. It's one of the few shows Romanians prefer to watch dubbed.
** It's also popular in Poland and Hungary for similar reasons. People who grew up when it had aired regularly revisit the series as a nostalgic classic, and it generates the kind of discourse and attention that many American cartoon series could never hope for. This popularity is partially because the series' network, Creator/FoxKids and later Jetix, had little competition on the 90's and 00's East European cartoon market -- the Creator/DisneyChannel wouldn't appear on the scene until later (it would replace Jetix in 2008), Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} was only carried by certain special cable providers, and Creator/CartoonNetwork was having major localizing troubles for the entirety of the 2000s, and so a lot of kids kept watching Fox Kids and Jetix instead.
* HarsherInHindsight:
** Although the animated Louie is capable of performing an excellent cannonball, the ABC reality TV show ''Splash'' shows us that the real Louie can't get out of a pool in the present, let alone dive.
** The entire premise show once you found that unlike his cartoon father, [[HistoricalHeroUpgrade Louie's real life dad was an alcoholic and a wife-beater.]] And while Louie did marry his childhood sweetheart, it lasted only 4 weeks.
* HilariousInHindsight: [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnold This wouldn't be the last time]] [[{{WesternAnimation/Recess}} Justin Shenkarow would voice a bully]].
* NightmareFuel: The massive fish Andy intends to catch in "Lake Winnibigoshish" proves to be quite a monster that easily demolishes his boat and almost eats him alive. Louie has quite the [[OhCrap appropriate reaction]] when he sees it jumping out of the water behind his dad's back.
* ViewerGenderConfusion: Many viewers mistake [[{{Tomboy}} Jeannie]] for a boy.
* TheWoobie: Louie sometimes has this role, especially considering some of the crap he's put through. The episode where he got shaken up by a tornado and becomes a shut-in comes to mind.
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