* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: It's hard not to like at least one version of "Little Boxes".
** Almost every episode has a lyrically appropriate song for the last few seconds of the show that run into the credits. It's almost always awesome.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: In season five, Nancy asking Andy to suckle her. Subverted in that it ''is'' mentioned once later in the episode, but then, ''never again''.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Despite her mastery of the art of Being a Bitch, Celia still manages to be one of the most popular side characters.
* FanPreferredCouple: Nancy and Andy, so much.
* FridgeLogic: If Nancy had sold the house in Agrestic back in 2005-06 when the real estate market was high, she'd have been ''at least'' free and clear with enough for a halfway decent place elsewhere, if not a nice nest egg on top of that...
* HilariousInHindsight:
** Doug's son Josh was revealed to be living in UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}. Josh was played by Justin Chatwin in the Pilot, and he later went on to star in the ForeignRemake of ''[[Series/ShamelessUS Shameless]]'', which takes place in Chicago.
** It is revealed in the finale that [[spoiler: Isabelle]] has undergone sex reassignment surgery and is now named Bruce. A few years later, and one of the most public and high-profile transitions is that of Caitlyn Jenner, formerly Bruce.
** One of the episodes of season 4 is titled "[[Music/{{Metallica}} I am]] [[Music/LouReed the Table]]".
* JerkassWoobie: Celia. Yes, she is, by her own admission, a colossal bitch, but you have to feel sorry for someone that just about no one aside from Nancy (''kind of'') likes. For one thing, her own daughter was going to cut her up and sell her for parts and no one was willing to put up the money to prevent it. There are other times too, like her period in prison when it was made fairly clear that she was another inmate's unwilling "girlfriend". [[LaserGuidedKarma But then again, given the sheer amount of times Celia tries to extort, blackmail, abuse or otherwise screw over the others, you'd be hard pressed to think that she doesn't bring a hefty chunk of it onto herself.]]
%%* LesYay: Celia and Nancy. Isabelle [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this at one point. It's quite flagrant much later when Celia begins adopting Nancy's look and mannerisms, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments including iced latte and doe-eyed expression]]. (ZCE: expand before uncommenting)
* QuestionableCasting: Is that an [[Creator/MaryKateAndAshleyOlsen Olsen twin]]? As a pot smoking Fundamentalist Christian?
* SeasonalRot: Generally considered to have gone astray after season 3 or during season 4. Whether or not it jumped back is highly, highly debated.
* TheScrappy: Silas seems to be headed this way in season 7; Jill and her twin daughters are ones as well.
** RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: In the final season, Silas and Jill manage to make good on their part of the "compromise" mentioned at the end of Season 7, with Jill and Nancy making amends and the former giving Nancy custody of Stevie without complaint, and Silas showing himself to be a dedicated and loving son to Nancy and brother to Shane when it really matters.
* TearJerker: The ending of the series, for both the obvious and not-so-obvious reasons.
* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Celia. ''Nobody'' in-universe likes her, least of all her husband and children, but she's one of the show's most popular characters with fans and critics.
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