History Series / UnhappilyEverAfter

* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Tiffany's main ambition is to get into Harvard. [spoiler: In the final episode, Jack finally makes enough money to pay for her tuition, and she is preparing to leave for Harvard when we last see her.]

In the first season, Jack Malloy (Geoff Pierson), a JadedWashout used car salesman whose marriage to Jennie (Stephanie Hodge) has just broken up, begins to lose his mind and imagine that his stuffed bunny Mr. Floppy (Bobcat Goldthwait) can talk to him. Starting in the second season, [[ReTool Jack moved back in with Jennie]] but continued to talk to Mr. Floppy in the basement.

* KilledOffForReal: Jennie's mother vanishes in-between seasons; seems like a case of ChuckCunninghamSyndrome until a later episode has an off-hand remark about her funeral.

''Unhappily Ever After'' was an American SitCom that aired for 100 episodes on TheWB and one of the few network launch shows to survive the first year.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Season one had the Malloys divorced, a theme song sung by Jack and Mr. Floppy about said divorce, and a good amount of focus upon Mr. Floppy/Jack. By season two the show picked up a regular theme song (which was attached to the reruns of season one) and Mr. Floppy was phased out to appearing usually once per episode to deliver a monologue.

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* BrownNote: In the first episode of Season 3, its revealed that Tiffany was potty-trained to "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," and [[PottyEmergency now she has to go to the bathroom whenever she hears it.]] Guess what the AlphaBitch does to her own advantage the next day in the lunchroom?

* BrownNote: In the first episode, its revealed that Tiffany was potty-trained to "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," and [[PottyEmergency now she has to go to the bathroom whenever she hears it.]] Guess what the AlphaBitch does to her own advantage the next day in the lunchroom?

* TheBGrade: "B-Minus Blues" (for Tiffany, of course)

* BrownNote: In the first episode, its revealed that Tiffany wwas potty-trained to "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," and [[PottyEmergency now she has to go to the bathroom whenever she hears it.]] Guess what the AlphaBitch does to her own advantage the next day in the lunchroom?

* JerkAss: Pretty much every character in the show.

* RealSongThemeTune: RayCharles' "Hit the Road, Jack," the theme from the second season onward.

* TeensAreShort: Ryan, the eldest son, starts off shorter than everyone bar youngest brother Ryan and stays that way throughout the show's run. By the time the final season hits, a preteen Ross is rapidly catching up to the barely 5'4 Ryan, who by this point is college aged.

** What's not smart about that?

->''"'Dear'' Unhappily Ever After'': I think your show is nothing but a cheap ripoff of ''Married... with Children.''. Fred M., Chicago, Illinois.' Fred: That's ridiculous! Does that show have a bunny that talks like me? Plus, we have three children. Three. Two boys and a girl. You, sir, are an idiot."''

->''"'Dear'' Unhappily Ever After'': I think your show is nothing but a cheap ripoff of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''. Fred M., Chicago, Illinois.' Fred: That's ridiculous! Does that show have a bunny that talks like me? Plus, we have three children. Three. Two boys and a girl. You, sir, are an idiot."''

->''"[[FourthWallMailSlot 'Dear Unhappily Ever After]]: I think your show is nothing but a cheap ripoff of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''. Fred M., Chicago, Illinois.' Fred: That's ridiculous! Does that show have a bunny that talks like me? Plus, we have three children. Three. Two boys and a girl. You, sir, are an idiot."''

--->'''Jennie:''' You gotta have the mother. Otherwise it's just a stupid, disjointed show about school, a bunny and a guy! The mother is the glue that holds the whole show together, you fools!\\

->"[[FourthWallMailSlot 'Dear Unhappily Ever After]]: I think your show is nothing but a cheap ripoff of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''. Fred M., Chicago, Illinois.' Fred: That's ridiculous! Does that show have a bunny that talks like me? Plus, we have three children. Three. Two boys and a girl. You, sir, are an idiot."

->''[[FourthWallMailSlot "Dear Unhappily Ever After]]: I think your show is nothing but a cheap ripoff of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''. Fred M., Chicago, Illinois." Fred: That's ridiculous! Does that show have a bunny that talks like me? Plus, we have three children. Three. Two boys and a girl. You, sir, are an idiot.''

By the show's third season, it became apparent that Tiffany ([[Series/LasVegas Nikki Cox]]) was becoming a BreakoutCharacter and the de facto co-star of the show along with Pierson. Most of the episodes from that point on revolved around Tiffany and her adventures at school.

In the first season, Jack Malloy (Geoff Pierson), a JadedWashout used car salesman whose marriage to Jennie (Stephanie Hodge) has just broken up, begins to lose his mind and imagine that his stuffed bunny Mr. Floppy (Bobcat Goldthwait) can talk to him. Starting in the second season, [ReTool Jack moved back in with Jennie] but continued to talk to Mr. Floppy in the basement.

''Unhappily Ever After'' was an American SitCom that aired for 100 episodes on TheWB and one of the few network launch shows to survive the first year. The series was initially intended to be a starring vehicle for Stephanie Hodge; however, Geoff Pierson's weary, mentally unbalanced but straight-talking character of Jack became the central character of the show and, by the show's third season, it became apparent that Tiffany ([[Series/LasVegas Nikki Cox]]) was becoming a BreakoutCharacter and the de facto co-star of the show along with Pierson.