History Series / TheKingOfQueens

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 Doug and Carrie share other attributes that show opposites attracting. For example, Doug is a nice and friendly 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. Had a SpiritualSuccessor of sorts in the second and finaly season of ''Series/KevinCanWait'' with Kevin James and Leah Remini at the starring roles.

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 Doug and Carrie share other attributes that show opposites attracting. For example, Doug is a nice and friendly 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. Had a SpiritualSuccessor of sorts in season 2 of ''Series/KevinCanWait'' with Kevin James and Leah Remini at the starring roles.

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 Doug and Carrie share other attributes that show opposites attracting. For example, Doug is a nice and friendly 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. Has a SpiritualSuccessor starting with season 2 of ''Series/KevinCanWait'' with Kevin James and Leah Remini at the starring roles.

** In one episode, Doug has a regular customer who always comes to the door wearing nothing but a towel, which disgusts him. He wants to be removed from that route, but can't convince O'Boyle avoiding a guy in a towel is a good excuse, so he says the guy's dog (who was a little terrier like [[Series/{{Fraiser}} Eddie)]] is vicious. When Doug comes by again, he finds animal control about to take away and exterminate the dog. It actually gets [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when Doug rescinds the complaint and reveals he made because the guy always wears a towel, causing him to say "For that, you kill my dog?!"

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In the first episode, Carrie is gentler, softer, more feminine, and an awful lot sweeter. The hard-bitten bitchy edge she develops later is completely absent. Doug is also more serious, mature, hard-working and competent than the Flanderised man-child who emerges later: a stereotypical sitcom couple. Carrie also has a sister who abruptly dissappears without trace (or explanation) later: the sister has a lot of the negative qualities that later show up in Carrie.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished- In "Ice Cubed" when a cashier mistakenly forgets to ring up an I-pod in effect giving it to Carrie for free, she tries to return it and pay the cashier. She tries to do the right thing setting off a chain reaction of unfortunate events.
* NotReallyABirthScene: : Happens to Doug when doctors have to remove a [[GroinAttack large staple from one of his testicles]]. We even get to see poor Doug's legs up in stirrups and his wife holding his hand while he screams.

* FunnnyFlashbackHaircut: In the episode where we see how Doug and Carrie first met, Doug has a mullet and Deacon a Main/FunnyAfro.

A well-known Creator/{{CBS}} sitcom running from 1998 to 2007. It focuses on the life of Doug Heffernan (Creator/KevinJames), a fat but jovial 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.

** The subplot in "Van, Go" definitely comes to mind with this trope. In the episode, Doug has to deal with a very rude waitress who not only does not serve him at the same time as his friend, but refuses to get his ready chicken wings that remain sitting on the counter. When Doug goes up and gets the chicken wings himself, the waitress rudely tells him that she'll bring them to him. Later, the manager questions why they didn't get refills on their drinks, a Doug says he thinks the waitress was on the phone, resulting in the manager reprimanding her (since personal calls at work are against the rules) and comps their meal. The waitress then declares she's going to "gut you like a deer," when he leaves and spends the remainder of the episode stalking around the front of the restaurant, waiting for Doug to leave. Not only is this PlayedForLaughs, but nobody calls the cops about this obvious harassment and Doug is portrayed as being the wrong party. And it's still PlayedForLaughs when the waitress beats him up off-screen!
*** Except Doug was not portrayed as the wrong party. The waitress was portrayed as crazy.

** Some episodes, such as "Mean Streak" and "Driving Reign," portray Doug as a dedicated IPS employee who derives pride from his job and takes his results seriously. Other episodes, such as "Roast Chicken" and "Screwed Driver," portray Doug as a slacker who is content to do the bare minimum and fly under the radar. Carrie also expresses conflicting attitudes about work throughout the series...she says in "Driving Reign" that Doug expected too much from his job and should just put his hours in and forget it, whereas it is Doug giving her the same speech in "Dugan Groupie."

* Carrie pushes Doug down the stairs when he prioritizes his grilled cheese over getting his suit fitted. Instead of apologizing, she blames him and says he didn't do what she told him to do.
* She also feels comfortable enough physically abusing Deacon, Danny, and Spence.

** All of Doug's exaggerated "T-I-O-N"words: DonaTION, SanitaTION, FornicaTION, etc etc

** Creator/LouFerrigno's recurring appearances as a neighbor contains many references to his time spent playing Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk on ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk''.

*** Carrie was never anywhere near as heavy as Doug.

** Except Doug was not portrayed as the wrong party. The waitress was portrayed as crazy.

* BlackBestFriend: Deacon.