History Series / TheGeorgeLopezShow

* SameContentDifferentRating: The show was always TV-PG on all platforms. However on YouTube where you can buy the episodes, the show was rated TV-14 despite no changes to the content.

* SleepsWithEveryoneButYou: Gina from will sleep with AnythingThatMoves... anything, that is, that can get past initial nausea. At one point, Ernie decides he's finally gotten desperate enough to make a pass at her, which she turns down.

* AesopAmnesia: "George Helps Ernie See the Cellu-light" averts this and plays it straight. Ernie is gaining weight and overeating so women will reject him before he can say anything, due to a crippling fear of rejection. Ernie does lose weight throughout the rest of the series and keeps it off so he can keep his job. In the end, he asks a girl out and she says yes. In future episodes, despite the weight loss, Ernie still has a tough time with women.

** In the Season 6 episode "George's Bogey-ous Relationship with Vic Is Putt to the Test", Vic invites George to join him in a Father's Day golf tournament because, according to Angie, he considers George to be a surrogate son and wants to spend some quality time with him. The two bond quite well during the day and Vic even calls George "son" several times, but at the last hole Vic reveals that the only reason he wanted George to come with him was because of his golfing skills. George feels so betrayed by this that he actually breaks down crying because "no one wants to be [his] dad." He even deliberately throws the tournament and storms off upset, much to Vic's confusion.
*** Ernie later tells Vic why George was so upset, and to Vic's credit, he genuinely feels terrible for misleading George. At the end of the episode, the two make up, and Vic admits that he is happy about how close the two have become and that he would indeed be proud if George was his son.

* BigBad: Zack Powers for a critical arc for Carmen during Season 3. He's a misogynistic, sex-crazed {{Jerkass}} who just wants sex from her. What's worse, is she ''refuses'' to believe he's a bad guy despite his criminal history and mistreatment of girls; outright saying her parents just want to ruin her romance and they're "in love." He even convinces her to run away with him when her parents refuse to let her see him. He eventually takes her to a hotel where he tries to convince her to have sex, even trying to get her drunk to make her compliant. When she still refuses, he takes her to a club and dumps her there; leaving her to sob in a bathroom when forced to realize her parents were right.

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* AccidentalInnuendo: InUniverse example: George reads Carmen's [=IMs=] in one episode and her boyfriend describes her "doing something over and over again until she gets it right". [[spoiler: He was talking about skateboarding.]]
** There's also George's Indian name as a child "Boy-who-plays-with-himself" since he was a loner. None of the other kids would shake his hand.

--> '''George''': Ohhhhhhhhhh no. You do not "WHAT-CHA" me ''in my own house!''

* DirtyOldWoman: Benny and Gina. [[AnythingThatMoves ESPECIALLY Gina]].

--> '''Ernie:''' "I know, George, but a very wise gambler once gave me some advice. He said-"

--> '''Ernie:''' "Okay, okay! *Quietly* [[ShoutOut You just gotta know when to hold em and know when to fold em.. - "]]

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* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: From "Max Big Adventure"
-->'''Benny''': Here is my list of people I don't want in the carpool: Jimmy Fatass, Joey Pitstains, Booger Nose Johnny, and Lilly. The reason being that Lilly doesn't have anything nice to say about anybody.

-->'''Claudia''': Okay, [[TakeThat now bend over and kiss George Lopez's ass]] - because I pick ''him''!
** Made even funnier by the whole room gasping in shock and George's immediate reaction.
-->'''George''': Yes! In your face! You heard her, Vic! KISS IT!

** There's also George's Indian name as a child [[ADateWithRosiePalms "Boy-who-plays-with-himself"]] since he was a loner. None of the other kids would shake his hand.

''George Lopez'', aka ''The George Lopez Show'' [[note]]Officially, the title is the former, but we call it the latter to avoid confusion with the comedian himself.[[/note]] is a sitcom that aired on ABC from 2002 to 2007 starring stand-up comedian Creator/GeorgeLopez, not to be confused with ''Lopez Tonight''. Noteworthy for being the first American {{sitcom}} with a ''mostly'' Hispanic cast, and, in the final season, an ''all''-Hispanic cast. Also the second longest running show with said cast.

* {{Crossover}}: With ShortRunner sitcom ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_(TV_series) Freddie]]'' in season 5. Max and Freddie's niece Zoey begin an online friendship. Both Freddie and George investigate each other to see if the person on the other side is a sexual predator.

* LethalChef: Angie is constantly told she's this by almost everyone, especially Benny. [[InvokedTrope She invokes this]] in the episode "George of the Rings" where -- upon George suddenly remembering their anniversary -- she gives him what looks like a delicious chocolate cake, but once he bites into it realizes it's actually made of dirt, vinegar, and a moth, revenge for having forgotten that their anniversary was ''three days ago''. [[BrickJoke At the end of the episode]], George decides to give it to Benny... who weirdly enjoys it, confusing George enough to take another bite and realize nope, it's still terrible.

* LethalChef: Angie is constantly told she's this by almost everyone, especially Benny.

** Don't forget George's Indian name as a child [[ADateWithRosiePalms "Boy-who-plays-with-himself"]] since he was a loner. None of the other kids would shake his hand.

* BigBad: Zack Powers for a critical arc for Carmen during Season 3. He's a misogynist, sex-crazed {{Jerkass}} who just wants sex from her. What's worse, is she ''refuses'' to believe he's a bad guy despite his criminal history and mistreatment of girls; outright saying her parents just want to ruin her romance and they're "in love." He even convinces her to run away with him when her parents refuse to let her see him. He eventually takes her to a hotel where he tries to convince her to have sex, even trying to get her drunk to make her compliant. When she still refuses, he takes her to a club and dumps her there; leaving her to sob in a bathroom when forced to realize her parents were right.

** "Girl Fight": Sometimes the best solution to bullying is to run away from the problem, which doubles as a HardTruthAesop, because your actions have zero effect on [[KidsAreCruel mean kids who won't change]]. Even though George and Angie get the leader of Carmen's tormentors suspended for bullying, have her ex-boyfriend admit she never slept with him, ''and'' the school agrees to make an effort to prevent future bullying - it's AllForNothing. Her reputation is [[DefiledForever permanently ruined]] as her classmates ''still'' see her as whore, are mad at her for wronging the popular girls, and simply [[KickTheDog enjoy bullying her]]. Their only solution is to send her to a private school for a fresh start. Per this trope, it's TruthInTelevision for many kids when their bullies just ''won't'' stop.

* PlayingGertrude:
** Belita Moreno, who plays George's mom Benita "Benny" Lopez, is only 12 years older than George Lopez. She wore age makeup in the earlier episodes, but this was later phased out. To be fair, she's only five years off from Benny's actual age.
** Emiliano Diez, who plays Vic, is also only 12 years older than the actress who plays his on-screen child. However, unlike Benny, he was likely a grown man when Angie was born.

* IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow: A non-sexual one. Carmen tells George she was doing "half-pipes" (skateboarding) with her boyfriend and George assumes she is doing drugs.

** One episode has the moral that {{positive discrimination}} is bad and it's wrong to profit off of it. George is offered a major position at a big company... but only because he's Latino. Where the anvil dropping really comes into play is that the man offering him the position is black and talks about the process with a great deal of familiarity, suggesting he built his career from being a minority and competent at best - ''not'' actually being the most qualified for the job. George realizes they don't actually need him and could replace him with any Latino they wanted.

** Benny. This, along with his father's ParentalAbandonment causes George to have some emotional issues. In her defense, his father walking out on her was a huge reason for her ToughLove approach. Also, her parents were [[UpToEleven much worse]] in their mistreatment of her than she ever was to George. She was also a [[StrugglingSingleMother single teen mom]] with no family willing to help her because of her TeenPregnancy, forcing her to raise George on her own. She was also forced to drop out of high school a few years before her pregnancy to work in a factory to earn income, which she bitterly says made her feel like an old woman when she was still JustAKid.

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: The episode "George Joins the Neighborhood Wha-tcha and Raises the Vigil-ante" examines this. After discovering that a new neighbor was on a sexual predator watchlist, George riles up the neighborhood to confront them, [[ZigZaggingTrope but things end up going in a few directions]]: Initially, things are seemingly played straight as when they discover the predator is a woman, everyone -- George included -- casually dismisses her as a threat and goes home, George even outright saying "it's just a woman." However, accompanying this is the fact that said woman [[TheAtoner appears genuinely remorseful about her past actions]], having served time in prison and in fact had ''listed herself'' on the predator watchlist, allegedly planning on notifying her new neighbors of her history on a personal basis before they decided to mob up on her. With that said, [[SubvertedTrope Angie doesn't accept her and still considers her dangerous]], calling everyone out for their blasé acceptance of her track record for being a woman. [[spoiler:This ends up fully called out by the episode's end as they discover Max coming out of the woman's house shirtless... which Max quickly explains is because he came there to hook up with her (and her thankfully throwing him out on sight) as he felt that, based on what his dad said, it wouldn't be a big deal. In the end, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone George realizes his double standard]] and properly warns Max that regardless of genders, what he tried to do with ''a known sex offender'' was massively dangerous.]]

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: When Angie discovers that a sexual predator was living in the neighborhood, George riles up the entire neighborhood to confront the predator. The minute they discover the predator is a woman, everyone instantly stops caring and goes home. George even outright says "it's just a woman", dismissing her as a threat and her former criminal actions because she's "hot".
** In the defense of the mob, the woman A: ''[[TheAtoner Listed herself]]'' on the sexual predator site they found her on as she's genuinely remorseful of her actions and trying to change B: had already done her prison time for the crime.
** Averted by Angie, who is firmly adamant that what the woman did was wrong and immediately calls out the double standard. She states that the woman took advantage of a kid and nothing makes that okay. When seeing the men's suddenly lax attitude when finding out the predator is a woman, she says, "All of a sudden nobody cares anymore? It's okay because she's a woman and he's a boy? Am I the only one who finds this [attitude] disturbing?"
** Later averted by George when he sees Max come out of the woman's house shirtless. Max admits he came there to hook up with the woman as he felt that, based on what his dad said, it wouldn't be a big deal. (Luckily, the woman threw him out upon realizing this.) George admits what he said was wrong and he didn't realize the double standard until he saw ''his'' son with the female offender. He tells Max that a boy being with a woman that much older would have been emotionally traumatic as adults having sex with minors is wrong regardless of gender.

* ADayInTheLimelight: George is the protagonist and Benny is arguably the {{Deuteragonist}}, but most episodes focus specifically on one character while the rest of the cast takes a backseat. Thus, every important character has at least a few episodes devoted to them.

--> ''[[Music/WarBand "All my friends know the Low Rider..."]]''

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Lampshaded. When everyone plays poker "No limits," Ernie folds ''before he gets his cards.''
--> '''Ernie:''' "You know George, A wise old gambler told be something once. He said-"
--> '''George:''' "Ernie, if you sing that Music/KennyRogers song one more time I will ''punch you in the eye.''"
--> '''Ernie:''' "Okay! *Quietly* [[ShoutOut You gotta know when to hold em and know when to fold em..."]]