* AccidentalAesop: "She Thinks His Name Was John" has the main aesop of "AIDS can strike heterosexuals, not just homosexuals". But it can also be regarded as teaching that "one-night stands are risky, while committed monogamous relationships - even if they do not always work out - are much safer and fulfilling".
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
** Reba considers "Fancy" her favorite song out of the ones she's recorded. Most fans and critics agree.
** "I'm a Survivor" is also beloved, likely because a) it was the theme song to her popular sitcom and b) it's just a damn good song in its own right.
* CoveredUp:
** Most famously, "Fancy" and "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" were originally pop hits for Bobbie Gentry and Vicki Lawrence, respectively.
** "What Am I Gonna Do About You" was cut by Con Hunley a year before Reba got to it.
** This went both ways with Reba and Canadian singer Michelle Wright. Wright had a single in Canada with "New Fool at an Old Game" one year before Reba did; she also had a single in 1988 with a cover of "I Wish I Were Only Lonely", an album cut from Reba's 1987 album ''Reba''.
** Both Janie Fricke and Reba cut "She's Single Again" in 1985, but only Fricke's version was a single.
** "Don't Touch Me There", a track from ''Whoever's in New England'', was a top 20 hit for Charly [=McClain=] one year after Reba's version.
** "Somebody" was first recorded by Music/MarkWills.
** Two tracks off ''Rumor Has It'' were originally cut by Cee Cee Chapman: "You Lie" and "Waitin' for the Deal to Go Down". Reba's version of "You Lie" was a #1 hit for her in 1990, while "Waitin' for the Deal to Go Down" was later covered a second time by Dixiana in 1992.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: In ''Film/{{Tremors}}'', second only to her onscreen husband, Burt.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
** The climax of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es1xpUxrMhU&feature=fvw Whoever's in New England]]. Just... the music video for "Whoever's in New England."
** Also something she said at one of her ACM awards: "I've always tried to play a game with you guys, with the fans, to try to out-give you. I've never won."
** The final verse to "Fancy," which ends up being a triumph over her past life, including a brief stint as a prostitute. In the video, Fancy uses the money she made during her prostitution career to open a safe home for runaway teenagers, hoping that they will never have to live her life.
** And the title of her 2009 album, ''Keep On Loving You'', is dedicated to her fans.
** The TwistEnding to "Somebody", where the protagonist realizes that he had spent so long searching for his soulmate...when all this time [[spoiler:she was the waitress he befriended at his favorite diner]].
** The video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZNvjmXM7eg "Is There Life Out There?"]] has some particularly fantastic acting by all involved, but a special shout-out goes to Maggie's husband. He picks up their daughter when she is sent home from school for a fever, as Maggie has class; he puts a note reading "I Love You" into the book she's reading as a class assignment; and when their daughter accidentally spills coffee on her final paper (that she wrote on a typewriter!), he hand-dries the paper using towels and a hairdryer so it can still be turned in. And when she finally graduates, he gives her a standing ovation as she receives her diploma and proudly tells those around him "That's my wife."
* SecondVerseCurse: The fourth verse of "Fancy", which is rarely played on radio.
* SignatureSong: The aforementioned "Fancy" and "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia," as well as "Whoever's in New England," "Does He Love You" (a duet with Linda Davis), and arguably "Consider Me Gone," "The Greatest Man I Never Knew," "I'm a Survivor" (which was also the theme to her sitcom) and "She Thinks His Name Was John."
* SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct: Someone came up with the bright idea to cast her as Nellie Forbush for a ''Theatre/SouthPacific'' concert at Carnegie Hall. [[QuestionableCasting She was in her fifties]]. And she... was a smashingly spectacular success. Go figure. Many people were happily surprised by her tenure as a replacement for Annie Oakley in the 1999 Broadway revival of ''Theatre/AnnieGetYourGun'' and just how well she could handle musical comedy, receiving rave reviews. And then came along ''Series/{{Reba}}''...
* TooDumbToLive: The protagonist of "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" earns this distinction for discovering the body of his murdered friend and firing a shot (from the gun he intended to kill said friend with) to attract the attention of law enforcement.
** The victim, Andy, is this as well. When your best friend is already "seeing red" because you told him his wife is cheating on him, it's probably not a great time to admit that you slept with her too.
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