History Series / MyCrazyEx

* JustForPun: Each segment of an episode has its own title, usually being a pun related to its events; for example, "Lightning Rod" in "Fumigated, Manipulated and Inseminated", which is the segment where an Ex named Rod becomes clairvoyant after getting struck by lightning.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Occasionally, an Ex's insanity is induced by their partner, such as the examples used for CrazySurvivalist, NeatFreak, and SleazyPolitician below.

* GoneHorriblyWrong: Many of the "Crazy Exs" usually only become crazy after their partner tries to help them and he/she get WAY to into it.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Occasionally, an Ex's insanity is induced by their partner.

* ComplexityAddiction: Some of the plans these" Crazy Exs" do fit into this trope. Such as in "Psyched Out" where the guy wanted to break up with his girlfriend. He used the fact she believed in psychics to set up a fake psychic studio, had his other girlfriend pose as a psychic, state they were going to suffer if they stated together, then faked getting injured and getting fired to get her to leave him.

* GoneHorriblyRight: Many of the "Crazy Exs" usually only become crazy after their partner tries to help them and he/she get WAY to into it.

* {{Dramatization}}: The majority of episodes are reenactments based on accounts from real people, with some details altered for their protection...and, of course, for the audience's amusement.
* DrillSergeantNasty: There's a fitness guru in "Rude Dummies, Ripped Tummies and Lying Hubbies" that acts like one, turning a lazy man into a fitness-crazed jock willing to try anything to improve himself, such as drinking squid ink and [[spoiler:breastfeeding]].

* MafiaPrincess: One of the Exes in "Impersonating, Humiliating & Vibrating" plays up this image for attention, even though it turns out her father is [[spoiler:just an ordinary butcher with a similar name to a convicted mobster]].

* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: In the first segment of "Gimmicks, Mimics, and Academics", a girl convinces an aspiring novelist to use a typewriter so that there's a sole copy of his work, which she later pretends to burn and then publishes under her own name after breaking up with him.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: In one segment of "Fumigated, Manipulated and Inseminated", a man claims to become clairvoyant after being struck by lightning. It turns out to be a ploy so that he could break up with his fiance and date the nurse that treated his injuries.

** "Hidden Cams, Business Scams & Forest Jams" had one of the Exes be [[spoiler:someone who's attracted to plants]].

* YokoOhNo: Played with in one segment of "Impersonating, Humiliating & Vibrating", in which a girl seduces and separates a member of a band because she thinks ''the band'' sounds better without ''him''. Ironically, following the break-up, he becomes a successful solo artist while the rest of the band remains in mediocrity.

'''''My Crazy Ex''''' is an American reality storytelling television series. This show tells the true stories of people who imagine themselves lucky in love, but their relationships eventually spiral out of control. The series first aired in June 2014, and lasted four seasons, ending in September 2017.

* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: Quite a few of the stories featured seem too ridiculous to be true, for example much of the story of the tyrannical flight attendant in "Exposed, De-clothed & Seriously Hosed".

* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: Quite a few of the stories featured seem too ridiculous to be true, for example the things done by the tyrannical flight attendant in "Exposed, De-clothed & Seriously Hosed".

** "Hidden Cams, Business Scams & Forest Jams" had one of the Exes be a [[spoiler:dendrophile - someone who's attracted to plants]].

* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: Quite a few of the stories featured seem too ridiculous to be true, for example the [[spoiler:sex with a tree]] in "Hidden Cams, Business Scams & Forest Jams" and the tyrannical flight attendant in "Exposed, De-clothed & Seriously Hosed".

* SubcultureOfTheWeek: "Sexed, Perplexed, and Unfortunate Texts" had a woman and her boyfriend end up at the wrong address and winding up at a (rather stereotypically-portrayed) furry party. The boyfriend ends up becoming a (stereotypical) furry.

* MafiaPrincess: One of the Exes in "Impersonating, Humiliating & Vibrating" plays up this image for attention, even though it turns out her father is just an ordinary butcher with a similar name to a convicted mobster.

* MistakenForSpecialGuest: Happens twice in "Gimmicks, Mimics, and Academics", first with a director mistaken for a Broadway hit, and then with an audio assistant whose voice is similar to a radio DJ he works for, both of which take advantage of the situation to hook up with women (which, of course, fails when the deception is revealed).

* OfficeRomance: One of the featured couples in "Slander, Dander and Pander" is a businesswoman who hires, and then sleeps with, a former high school jock. It ends badly because [[spoiler:he planned to get fired from the start and then blackmail her for a higher severance package]].

* BestialityIsDepraved: Not with a beast, but a ''tree'', in one segment of "Hidden Cams, Business Scams & Forest Jams".
* {{Bridezilla}}: "Deceptions, Receptions & Infections" features one, wanting to recreate the marriage of Prince William at any financial cost, and going so far as to have the somewhat rambunctious best man kidnapped.

* LoonyFan: One segment of "Compulsions, Confessions & Obsessions" has an Ex turn into this after becoming addicted to a cancelled sci-fi show, kidnapping one of its writers to try and convince him to continue the series.

* MistakenForSpecialGuest: Happens twice in "Gimmicks, Mimics, and Academics", first with a director mistaken for a Broadway hit, and then with an audio assistant mistaken for a radio DJ he works for, both of which take advantage of the situation to hook up with women (which, of course, fails when the deception is revealed).

* YokoOhNo: Played with in one segment of "Impersonating, Humiliating & Vibrating", in which a girl seduces and separates a member of a band because she thinks ''the band'' sounds better without ''him''. Ironically, following the break-up, he becomes a successful solo artist while the rest of the band remains in mediocrity.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Occasionally, an Ex's insanity is induced by their partner; for example, in "Fumigated, Manipulated and Inseminated", a woman scaring her partner out of being a slob with a documentary about mites turns him into a clean freak that nearly burns down their house when trying to cleanse it.

* {{Dramatization}}: The majority of episodes are based on accounts from real people, with some details altered for their protection...and, of course, for the audience's amusement.

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each episode consists of three words or phrases, each describing one segment, as well as the words being similar in some way (such as rhyming, or all ending in -ated).
* JustForPun: Each segment of an episode has its own title, usually being a pun related to its events; for example, in "Fumigated, Manipulated and Inseminated", the segment where an Ex named Rod becomes clairvoyant after getting struck by lightning is titled "Lightning Rod".

* SleazyPolitician: In "Falsifying, Mortifying & Electrifying", a woman suggesting that her constantly-complaining husband run for mayor to change things leads to him turning into this, going as far as to accuse his opponent of sleeping with his own wife to gain sympathy from voters.
* YokoOhNo: Played with in one segment of "Impersonating, Humiliating & Vibrating", in which a girl seduces a member of a band because she thinks ''the band'' sounds better without ''him''. Ironically, following the break-up, he becomes a successful solo artist while the rest of the band remains in mediocrity.

* JustForPun: Each segment of an episode has its own title, usually being a pun related to its events; for example, in "Fumigated, Manipulated and Inseminated", the segment where an Ex named Rob becomes clairvoyant after getting struck by lightning is titled "Lightning Rod".

* YokoOhNo: Played with in one segment of "Impersonating, Humiliating & Vibrating", in which a girl seduces a member of a band because she thinks the band sounds better without him. Ironically, following the break-up, he becomes a successful solo artist while the rest of the band remains in mediocrity.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Occasionally, an ex's insanity is induced by their partner; for example, in "Fumigated, Manipulated and Inseminated", a woman scaring her partner out of being a slob with a documentary about mites turns him into a clean freak that nearly burns down their house when trying to cleanse it.

* {{Dramatization}}: The majority of episodes are based on accounts from real people, with some details altered for their protection.

* ObfuscatingInsanity: In one segment of "Fumigated, Manipulated and Inseminated", a man claims to become clairvoyant after being struck by lightning. It turns out to be a ploy so that he could date the nurse that treated his injuries.
* PhonyVeteran: In "Camera Plants, Patriotic Rants and Yoga Pants", one of the crazy exes faked being in the military to seem more manly and seductive, as well as to explain long absences when dating multiple women.

* YokoOhNo: Inverted in one segment of "Impersonating, Humiliating & Vibrating", in which a girl seduces a member of a band because she thinks the band sounds better without him.