History Series / HeyDad

--> Nudge: I'm doing the Royal We here.
--> Martin: Well, don't do it on the carpet!

* EverybodyDies: The bizarre finale in which the family is taken hostage by a bank robber who ''blows up their house''. The "dad" of the show's title lived on by virtue of having been absent from the show for some time by then.

* GrouchoGlasses: In one episode where Debbie dated the famous triathlete Craig Ridlington (AsHimself). Everyone who knew about her date followed them while wearing these.

* StandardizedSitcomHousing: Averted. The front door location is opposite to the regular location, being located to the actor's right not left, and opens into a living room with multiple chairs that backs out into a hallway. The house doesn't have a second storey which is uncommon for American sitcom houses set in similar middle class areas, but is common in comparable Australian suburban housing. There are walls and doors in the right places, and the while the kitchen area is connected to the living room, it's never shot in the 'open plan' style common in American sitcom houses. It's also very small and realistically sized, with the door to the backyard in the same place it often is in many Australian homes.

* StandardizedSitcomHousing: by contrast, is set in what appears to be a realistic Australian house. Certainly, most Australian houses will have a separate lounge room (or living room) and kitchen, and many lounge rooms will have more than one comfy chair.

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* Jenny: His little daughter (who grows from preteen to teen then reverts to preteen when they [[{{TheOtherDarrin}} Other Darrin her]])

* MinorWithFakeID: In one episode, Debbie borrows Nudge's driver's licence so she can get into a nightclub. Interestingly, this plot worked when the episode was originally aired as at the time New South Wales licences did not a have photo and could have only the driver's initials: in this case 'G. Noritas', allowing Debbie to claim to be 'Geraldine'. Not long afterwar, law changed in New South Wales requiring the licence to have the driver's full name and photo.

* MinorWithAFakeID: In one episode, Debbie borrows Nudge's driver's licence so she can get into a nightclub. Interestingly, this plot worked when the episode was originally aired as at the time New South Wales licences did not a have photo and could have only the driver's initials: in this case 'G. Noritas', allowing Debbie to claim to be 'Geraldine'. Not long afterwar, law changed in New South Wales requiring the licence to have the driver's full name and photo.

'''Hey Dad..!''' is an Australian SitCom from TheEighties, about a widower dad of three kids.

* TheDitz: Betty the secretary. Also, Nudge.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The actor playing the eponymous Dad was jailed in 2014 on child sex charges, including against the actress who played his younger daughter.

* DawsonCasting: Christopher Mayer (26) as Simon (18)

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff

* GagDub: The WebOriginal/MrDoodleburger are a series of extremely offensive gag dubs of the show.

* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey, It's That Girl!]]: Music/DeltaGoodrem appeared in a few episodes.

* Jenny: His little daughter (who grows from preteen to teen then reverts to preteen when they [[{{TheOtherDarrin}} Other Darrin her]]

* Jenny: His little daughter

* DidNotDoTheResearch: Whoever wrote the episode in which it is revealed that Nudge has seen ''TheTerminator'' 17 times hadn't seen it once. The fact that Ahnuld's character is a cyborg was referred to as a TwistEnding.