- Adaptation Displacement: If you think not many people remember this show, try finding someone who knows there were a novel and three movies featuring Clifton Webb as a "Mr. Belvedere" character decades before.
- Awesome Music: The show's Thematic Theme Tune, a Dixieland-style number performed by Leon Redbone. Don't click on this
if you don't want it stuck in your head the rest of the day. - Bile Fascination: The episode "Wesley's Friend" can get this, as while it tries to be a serious episode revolving around Danny getting HIV from a tainted blood-transfusion, it contains so many forced jokes and inappropriate usage of Laugh Tracks that many find it fascinating how a Very Special Episode can explain how there's a lot of misinformation about AIDS while also making a lot of ignorant remarks about AIDS for its punchlines.
- Harsher in Hindsight:
- The running gag about Mr. Belvedere's predilection for junk food becomes a lot less funny in the wake of Christopher Hewett's death in 2001 from diabetes complications.
- In "Commentary" George is fired from his job for criticizing the national anthem being played in every sporting event. This controversial debate became relevant once again after 2016, when Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the anthem in the NFL, claiming that the anthem has a forgotten racist past.
- Hilarious in Hindsight:
- Kevin using a video camera for a school project in season 2's "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is this given that Rob Stone would end up becoming a documentarian after Mr. Belvedere ended its run.
- While angry at Marsha for bungling a traffic court case, Kevin says he wishes she'd become a realtor instead of a lawyer, and it's very clearly intended to be a severe insult (and Marsha takes it as such). Tracy Wells, who played Heather, is now a realtor in Southern California.
- Parody Displacement: Fans of Clone High aren't too likely to recognize that the character of Mr. Butlertron is a parody of Belvedere (hence why he randomly calls everyone "Wesley").
- Retroactive Recognition: Willie Garson had a recurring role as Kevin's best friend, Carl.
- Seasonal Rot: The final two seasons, especially the last one, have often been criticized by fans for being too over-the-top and cartoony. A lot of this had to do with developers and executive producers Frank Dungan and Jeff Stein gradually withdrawing from day-to-day production in favor of creating and executive producing another series: Sister Kate on NBC.
- Suspiciously Similar Song: The tune playing during the montage of Kevin performing his nurse duties in one episode sounds a lot like the St. Elsewhere theme.
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