History BojackHorseman / TropesAToB

** [=BoJack=] lives in a spacious mansion overlooking Los Angeles and is certainly not frugal otherwise, buying restaurants and ''small yachts'' on a whim, but has done very little work since "Horsin' Around" ended. Somewhat TruthInTelevision, as lead television actors in such insanely popular sitcoms often top out as the highest paid actors in Hollywood period, between the money they get per episode they also get royalties for every rerun worldwide, making them so financially stable that any other projects they do is purely for their own amusement.

* ArtisticLicenseAwards: [=BoJack=] wins a Golden Globe for his memoirs. Lampshaded by [=BoJack=] himself in that it is neither a comedy or a musical... or even a movie. Bonus points in that [=BoJack=] didn't even write his memoirs, they were ghostwritten by Diane. [[note]]This is partially a joke on how arbitrary the categories for the Golden Globes can be, as anything not a straight, serious drama may get put into the "Comedy/Musical" category (in real life the futuristic ''Film/TheMartian'' and horror ''Film/GetOut2017'' were nominated there).[[/note]]
* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Diane's handling of a pistol in season four is atrocious. It's hard to know how much of this was intentional, given the role firearms play in that episode's plot. She literally doesn't realize she's holding the gun half the time!

** Overhearing a mention of Creator/AndrewGarfield, Lenny Turtletaub notes that nobody can turn down [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Spider-Man]]; Creator/JKSimmons very famously co-starred in the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' as the Franchise/SpiderMan-obsessed news editor J. Jonah Jameson.

* Bathos: All the time. It's a genuine tragedy about a deeply flawed man slowly self-destructing and dragging everyone else down with him. It's also a wacky comedy about talking animals with punny names. Often both at the same time

** Season 4 ends in the most bittersweet way yet:[[spoiler: The ending leaves it ambiguous as to whether [=BoJack=] has come any closer to forgiving his mother for a lifetime of mistreatment, but at the very least he seems to understand that he missed his chance for a CallingTheOldManOut moment with her forever because she now has dementia, and he chooses instead to [[PetTheDog take the high road]] and remind her of happier times. He is not Hollyhock's father, but she has recovered from her overdose, he has done a very selfless thing tracking down her mother for her, and she decides to accept him as her brother. Meanwhile, Mr. Peanutbutter still does not understand Diane's love language and while they still love each other, Diane breaks down in tears, exhausted by the constant exertion required to keep their marriage from falling apart, with the implication of divorce soon to come. Princess Carolyn has miscarried again and separated from the first man who has ever treated her with respect, but is encouraged by her friends who tell her she would make a good mother and that she should consider adoption. Todd has decided to embrace the label of asexual and begins a relationship with Yolanda, who is also asexual.]]