History Series / TheKingOfQueens

** AdamSandler appears in another episode.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Nick Bakay, who voiced [[SabrinaTheTeenageWitch Salem]] was a writer for the show and also did several uncredited voice-overs in many episodes. (He began to appear onscreen in later episodes).

* CloserToEarth: Traded off DependingOnTheEpisode between Doug and Carrie. Doug is foolish and impulsive, but Carrie is somewhat immoral (or at least self serving) and brash, and each have episodes showcasing their flaws - for whichever one is in the wrong in the episode, the other will be CloserToEarth.

** Deacon [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous goes out to dinner with a female friend and doesn't tell Kelly]]. She and Carrie treat it as if he's sleeping with the woman, to the point Kelly kicks him out barefoot and moneyless, while Carrie kicks him out of the house and refuses to allow Doug to give him money for a hotel room.

* BottleFairy: Holly

*** Also Carrie's Boss in Hornstein & Steckler, Mr. Kaplan was played by Victor Raider-Wexler. When carry eventualy gets a job at a Real Estate Firm her new boss was played by the same actor.

** In the episode where Arthur temporarily moves out into an apartment he can't afford, Doug compliments his piano playing abilities. In a later episode he tries getting some fast money by "teaching" children how to do just that but is completely incapable to do so. Interestingly there doesn't appear to be a single person who can actualy play the piano, yet there it is smack dab in the middle of the Heffernan's living room.

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Happens A LOT.

** He's also acknowledged by other characters as having the patience of a saint for dealing with Carrie for so long
** Just saw an episode where Carrie stabbed Doug in the butt with a fork.
*** Just saw an episode where Carrie, mad Doug forgot her dinner, sprays his food with disinfectant, and when he keeps eating, sprays it in his eyes.

A well-known {{CBS}} sitcom running from 1998 to 2007. It focuses on the life of Doug Heffernan (Kevin James), a fat but jovial [[FictionalCounterpart IPS]] driver, and his wife, Carrie Heffernan (Leah Remini), nee Spooner. Most of the time, Doug tries to live a hard-working but relaxed and diet-free life, which is complicated by the zany schemes of Arthur Spooner (Jerry Stiller), Carrie's father, who lives in their basement.

* {{Brother Chuck}}: Richie suddenly disappears and is replaced by Danny to keep the four friend group intact. Also Sara, see The Poochie, below.
* {{The Cameo}}: Ben Stiller has a cameo as Arthur's abusive father in the episode "Shrink Wrap".

** Also the Sacksys after their last appearance (although they might have just moved away)

** Gianni from the latter show appeared in one episode as well.
* DiabolusExMachina: In her last appearance on the show as a regular, Holly met a nice, normal rich guy who planned to marry her and take her out of the city. When she reappears in the series finale, she's now pregnant and has been dumped by said husband, with nowhere to live.

** Just saw an episode where Carrie stabbed Doug in the butt with a fork.

** TheMentor / TheLoad: Arthur

** [[MalcolmInTheMiddle Hal]] was annoying neighbor Tim Sacksy.
** [[TheBradyBunch Carol Brady]] appeared as Arthur's second wife Lily, in the flashback episode "Dark Meet."
* HeyItsThatVoice: Nick Bakay, who voiced [[SabrinaTheTeenageWitch Salem]] was a writer for the show and also did several uncredited voice-overs in many episodes. (He began to appear onscreen in later episodes).

* LaserGuidedKarma: Anytime Doug or Carrie (or both) set up a scheme, it would always be foiled by some reason. "Patrons Ain't" & "Buy Curious" are good examples for both of them, with several of Doug's schemes to improve Carrie while he did nothing (such as in "Lush Life", "Gym Neighbors" & "Deconstucting Carrie") always came back to bite him in the ass.

** Also, several episodes revolved around Deacon thinking his son Kirby was gay and attempting to prevent it.
* NewNeighborsAsThePlotDemands: With the exception of Lou Ferrigno and the Sacksys (who only appeared in three episodes) the other side neighbors changed frequently.

* {{The Other Darrin}}: Deacon's son, Kirby Palmer, was played by three separate children over the course of the show.

*** Also, when Spence's mom Veronica first appeared in "S'Aint Valentines", she was played by TwinPeaks star Grace Zabriske (as Anne Meara was playing another role in that episode). By her next appearance, Meara had taken on the role and would play it for the rest of the series run (Anne Meara is Jerry Stiller's RealLife wife, which is played with later on when flirt and date).

* PutOnABus: Kelly for a few seasons, supposedly due to an edict from ABC, who didn't want Merrin Dungey appearing on other shows while she was on ''Series/{{Alias}}'' [[hottip:*: her leaving Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle as Stevie's mom is supposedly also due to this]]. After her character [[spoiler: or rather, her character's doppelganger]] was killed off, she returned to the show for the rest of its' run.

* Retcon: When Pruzan first appeared, he was just a pathetic co-worker of Carrie's. Later, he was made into her boss (indeed, several episodes, including "Cello Goodbye" showed her with different bosses).

* SeriesContinuityError: In one early episode, Arthur mocked Doug for going to church, making it analogous to the Easter Bunny, but in later episodes, he prays to God and is even afraid of going to hell.
** Well it's possible he's a theist but not into ''organized'' religion, or since he's [[{{Jerkass}} ''Arthur'']], has a love-hate relationship with the "man upstairs."
** It's also implied that he was part of the Socialist Workers Party in the 1940s, and may still be a Marxist, given his argument with a Russian handyman over the Soviet Union being a "worker's paradise." If so, being an atheist would make sense, but Arthur may not be able to shed his religious upbringing completely (he's shown to be a former choir boy in one episode).

* YouGetWhatYouPayFor: Doug decides to give Carrie eye surgery for her birthday so that she no longer needs glasses. However, she ends up going through a much longer than usual adjusting period almost completely blind. Turns out that Doug decided to not go to the surgeon Carrie's boss recommended but another one due to the fact that the latter had coupons. Carrie is understandably upset and forces Doug to take her to the other one.

** The king (no pun intended) of this was Mookie Barker, who guest starred in many episodes, almost always as a different character.
** Chris Elliott played "F. Moynihan" a customer of Doug's in one episode and as a wacky exterminator several seasons later.

* YouSayTomato: Doug once got into an argument with Arthur when he asked for the "catsup" (which is an acceptable variation of "ketchup", just not to Doug). Of course, Doug is one to talk, considering the way he talks: "Sanitasheeown." "I'm the 'onioniown' guy!"

** {{Lampshaded}} when Spence and Danny actually get married in order to receive a free television from a timeshare company. ([[spoiler:[[StatusQuoIsGod They were divorced by the next episode.]]]])
** Also, several episode revolved around Deacon thinking his son Kirby was gay and attempting to prevent it.

* OnlySaneMan: Deacon; he is the only main or recurring character that doesn't have many major personality flaws, is often exasperated by his friends idiotic schemes, is the first one to point out when someone goes too far in any given situation and is generally the most well adjusted person on the show.

*** Also, when Spence's mom Veronica first appeared in "S'Aint Valentines", she was played by TwinPeaks star Grace Zabriske (as Anne Meara was playing another role in that episode). By her next appearance, Meara had taken on the role and would play it for the rest of the series run.
* PotteryBarnPoor: The Heffernins consist of a UPS IPS truck driver, a secretary and an old retired man who never worked a job for more than a month at a time. Despite this, aside from their rather spacious home, in a neighborhood decent enough for Lou Ferrigno, they also have ongoing plots revolving around Doug's widescreen plasma tv and home cinema system and the den devoted to it.

* ReTool: The title, now solely a pun based off of where the characters live, used to have a bit of a double-meaning, since Carrie's sister Sara was initially a big part of the cast, making plural "Queens".

* SeriesContinuityError: In one early episode, Arthur mocked Doug for going to church, making in analogous to the Easter Bunny, but in later episodes, he prays to God and is even afraid of going to hell.

* ThisLoserIsYou: Doug is shown to be dumb, has extreme aversion to reading and watches way too much TV. He also makes fart noises whenever anyone tries to say something intellectual, and avoids places like art museums and artistic movies in favor of summer blockbuster movies and sports events. At the same time, he is shown to be very nice natured, kind-hearted and caring making the audience connect with his character.

** Chris Elliott played "F Moniyhan" a customer of Doug's in one episode and as a wacky exterminator several seasons later.

* PutOnABus: Kelly for a few seasons, supposedly due to an edict from ABC, who didn't want Merrin Dungey appearing on other shows while she was on {{Alias}} [[hottip:*: her leaving MalcolmInTheMiddle as Stevie's mom is supposedly also due to this]]. After her character [[spoiler: or rather, her character's doppelganger]] was killed off, she returned to the show for the rest of its' run.

** Deacon goes out to dinner with a female friend and doesn't tell Kelly. She and Carrie treat it as if he's sleeping with the woman, to the point Kelly kicks him out barefoot and moneyless, while Carrie kicks him out of the house and refuses to allow Doug to give him money for a hotel room.

Most viewers point out ''The King of Queens'' for its prominent case of [[BigBeautifulMan Big Guy]] [[UglyGuyHotWife Hot Wife.]] What makes the show unique, though, is that in addition to Ugly Guy Hot Wife, Doug and Carrie share other attributes that show opposites attracting. For example, Doug is a nice and friendly (albeit not too bright) guy and is quite content with his job as an IPS driver, whereas Carrie sometimes fantasizes about the directions her life could have taken and has a somewhat [[BlackAndGrayMorality grayer moral compass]]. Another example is that Doug is a hard worker, but he likes to play hard as well, whereas Carrie is a card-carrying workaholic.

Most viewers point out ''The King of Queens'' for its prominent case of [[BigBeautifulMan Big Guy]][[UglyGuyHotWife Hot Wife.]] What makes the show unique, though, is that in addition to Ugly Guy Hot Wife, Doug and Carrie share other attributes that show opposites attracting. For example, Doug is a nice and friendly (albeit not too bright) guy and is quite content with his job as an IPS driver, whereas Carrie sometimes fantasizes about the directions her life could have taken and has a somewhat [[BlackAndGrayMorality grayer moral compass]]. Another example is that Doug is a hard worker, but he likes to play hard as well, whereas Carrie is a card-carrying workaholic.

Most viewers point out ''The King of Queens'' for its prominent case of UglyGuyHotWife. What makes the show unique, though, is that in addition to Ugly Guy Hot Wife, Doug and Carrie share other attributes that show opposites attracting. For example, Doug is a nice and friendly (albeit not too bright) guy and is quite content with his job as an IPS driver, whereas Carrie sometimes fantasizes about the directions her life could have taken and has a somewhat [[BlackAndGrayMorality grayer moral compass]]. Another example is that Doug is a hard worker, but he likes to play hard as well, whereas Carrie is a card-carrying workaholic.

* AbuseIsOkayWhenItIsFemaleOnMale: Carrie is a pretty major version of this and it was implied that Deacon's wife can be pretty abusive as well. Also one ep had Carrie teach a girlfriend of Spence to be [[DudeNotFunny verbally abusive to]] [[ButtMonkey Spence.]]
** However, it should be noted that unlike EverybodyLovesRaymond with [[ButtMonkey Raymond]] and [[{{jerkass}} Debra]], Doug was always portrayed as equally strongwilled and just as often meant to be "right" in the plot as Carrie.
** He's also acknowledged by other characters as having the patience of a saint for dealing with Carrie for so long
** Just saw an episode where Carrie stabbed Doug in the butt with a fork.