YMMV / Bob and Margaret

• Cult Classic: Despite doing extremely well ratings-wise (second only to South Park in the States on Comedy Central and the highest-rated TV show ever in Canada) during its time, the series is largely forgotten in the mainstream these days, even among animation fans. Nonetheless, it retains a loyal fan following for its dry wit and relatable stories.
• Ensemble Dark Horse:
  • Neil and Moira from the season 1 episode "Friends for Dinner" were particularly memorable for their half-assed attempts to entertain their guests, general bellyaching, and most of all for making Margaret lose her shit at least several times to the point of dropping an F-bomb during an insufferable games night session until finally chewing them out for all the above mentioned things. Sadly, that episode is their only appearance making the hopes for them to return as recurring antagonists an impossibility.
  • Beany and Boney, for being a pair of Affably Evil burglars who may or may not also be in a relationship with each other.
• Harsher in Hindsight: The hijacking scene in "The Holiday" turns out to be All Just a Dream but the same could not be said for what happens three years later in New York (ironically, the Fishes originally planned to go here for a holiday in the season 3 debut episode) making the violent nature of that scene more unnerving to witness and bordering on Nightmare Fuel rather than the original attempt at Black Comedy and Bloody Hilarious.
• Ho Yay: The burgling pair, Beany and Boney, whose first appearance has them in casual conversation and when one of them hurts their finger, the other starts speaking to him rather affectionately and they even hug with the larger of the two hugging him from behind.
• Nightmare Fuel: The brutal murder of an innocent flight attendant at the hand of a terrorist in "The Holiday," complete with blood splattering over the guests. Thankfully, it's just a dream Bob was having.
  • The subplot with the kennel from the same episode, fitting with being a Homage to Psycho. Thankfully, the kennel-owner turns out to be a Nice Guy Animal Lover and his "mother" turns out to a giant doll rather than a corpse.
• Retroactive Recognition: Christian Potenza of Total Drama and 6teen fame makes his voice acting debut in this series as Bob's nephew Ray in the show's Canadian seasons.
• Squick: Some episodes of the show have a scene of Bob treating a patient. One in particular shows a man being administered anaesthetic through a syringe to the gums. It's particularly chilling if you have a fear of needles.
• They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: "Sucks" might be too strong a word, but some agree that the third and fourth seasons, which had the title characters move to Canada, had viewers express that the show doesn't feel the same from the London seasons. Not helping is due to the Canadian content regulations (the impetus of the show's decision to change settings in the first place in order for the show to be funded), Bob's voice had to be changed from Andy Hamilton to Brian George since the rule also requires that one of the leads must be Canadian. However, the new secondary cast was generally pretty well-received, especially by Canadian fans.

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