History Series / WhatILikeAboutYou

''What I Like About You'' is a 2002-2006 sitcom from Creator/TheWB about two sisters living in [[BigApplesauce New York]]. Holly Tyler (Creator/AmandaBynes) is an impulsive, hyperactive teenager; Val Tyler (Jennie Garth) is hyperorganized neat freak nearing 30.

* Lauren (Leslie Grossman), Val's work-rival-turned-business-partner

* Tina Haven (Allison Munn), Holly's female confidante & bad influence

* YourCheatingHeart: Holly's knowledge of Vince's past makes her paranoid about this.
** They even named an episode "Your Cheatin' Heart", which had Vince hook up with another girl while he and Holly were waiting until Henry moved on so they could get together.

* {{Adorkable}}: Gary in the beginning, when he's a virgin who believes in conspiracy theories about pyramids and Stonehenge. Later, Henry.

''What I Like About You'' is a 2002-2006 sitcom from Creator/TheWB about two sisters living in [[BigApplesauce New York]]. Holly Tyler ([[Series/TheAmandaShow Amanda Bynes]]) is an impulsive, hyperactive teenager; Val Tyler (Jennie Garth) is hyperorganized neat freak nearing 30.

* Vince (Nick Zano), Holly's on and off boyfriend

* Vince (Nick Zano), either a hunk or a sleaze

* RealSongThemeTune: And TitledAfterTheSong to boot. The theme song used Lillix's cover of the song.

Created by Creator/DanSchneider[[note]]it, along with ''Guys Like Us'' (produced for {{UPN}}) are the only shows Schneider created/produced shown first-run outside of {{Creator/Nickelodeon}}[[/note]] and [[Series/{{Friends}} Wil Calhoun]]. Correspondingly, it mixed SlapStick with [[RomanticComedy relationship comedy]].

Created by DanSchneider[[note]]it, along with ''Guys Like Us'' (produced for {{UPN}}) are the only shows Schneider created/produced shown first-run outside of {{Creator/Nickelodeon}}[[/note]] and [[Series/{{Friends}} Wil Calhoun]]. Correspondingly, it mixed SlapStick with [[RomanticComedy relationship comedy]].

''What I Like About You'' is a 2002-2006 [[TheWB Frog network]] sitcom about two sisters living in [[BigApplesauce New York]]. Holly Tyler ([[Series/TheAmandaShow Amanda Bynes]]) is an impulsive, hyperactive teenager; Val Tyler (Jennie Garth) is hyperorganized neat freak nearing 30.

Created by DanSchneider[[note]]it, along with ''Guys Like Us'' (produced for {{UPN}}) are the only shows Schneider created/produced shown first-run outside of {{Nickelodeon}}[[/note]] and [[Series/{{Friends}} Wil Calhoun]]. Correspondingly, it mixed SlapStick with [[RomanticComedy relationship comedy]].

* HilarityEnsues: Holly's plans are about as effective as those of [[ILoveLucy Lucy Ricardo]].

* TheCastShowoff:
** A musician [[CastTheExpert was cast as Ben specifically for this]]. Allison Munn (Tina) also gets an episode to show off her voice.
** Averted by Holly several times throughout the series; Bynes is a pro at StylisticSuck singing.

* YouLookFamiliar: A couple former ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'' actors say this to Val.

* AManIsNotAVirgin: Played with. Gary begins the series a virgin, & Henry's sexual resumé consists solely of his first time, though a fraction of Vince's or Peter's experience dwarfs them both combined.

Created by DanSchneider[[note]]it, along with ''Guys Like Us'' (produced for {{UPN}}) are the only shows Schneider created/produced shown first-run outside of {{Nickelodeon}}[[/note]] and [[{{Friends}} Wil Calhoun]]. Correspondingly, it mixed SlapStick with [[RomanticComedy relationship comedy]].

''What I Like About You'' is a 2002-2006 [[TheWB Frog network]] sitcom about two sisters living in [[BigApplesauce New York]]. Holly Tyler ([[TheAmandaShow Amanda Bynes]]) is an impulsive, hyperactive teenager; Val Tyler (Jennie Garth) is hyperorganized neat freak nearing 30.

* TheCastShowoff: A musician [[CastTheExpert was cast as Ben specifically for this]]. Allison Munn (Tina) also gets an episode to show off her voice.

** Although there is a video shown of a very young Holly doing stand-up comedy, which actually is a video Amanda Bynes performing.

* DawsonCasting: Extremely averted with Holly (who's in-universe birthdays were near Bynes'). Played straight with Henry, Vince and Gary, all of whom were played by actors who were 24/25 at the time of their introductions, and Tina, whose actress was 28 at the time of her introduction.

* FriendsRentControl: Justified & semi-averted. At the start of the series, Val's been in the same apartment for several years, with a high-paying, upper-executive job & a roommate to split rent with and their father sends her money for Holly's expenses.

* PutOnABus: Jeff, Peter, and Ben, no two of whom ever even met each other.
** Henry as well. [[TheBusCameBack He returned]] for one episode in Season 3, however.

* WalkOnTheWildSideEpisode: Jeff says to Val he wishes she was more spontaneous. She goes a bit wild during the episode but reveals at the end the whole experience "nearly killed me".

* Tina Haven (Alison Munn), Holly's female confidante & bad influence

* Ben Sheffield ([[LegendOfTheSeeker David de Lautour]]), a musician Holly meets in Europe

* ActorAllusion: Holly's old standup comedy tape in "Dangerous Liasons" is the actual routine that got Bynes hired for ''Series/AllThat'' back in the day.
** Val and Todd's backstory in the same episode is a ''90210 plot''; Todd is played by Luke Perry.
** In the Season 4 episode where Holly and Val's father returns [[TheOtherDarrin as Barry Bostwick]], this time [[spoiler: gay]], he and the entire cast sing the {{Grease}} song, ''Summer Nights''. Bostwick was the first Danny Zuko in the original, 1973 Broadway production

* TheOtherDarrin: Mr. Tyler was played by Peter Scolari in the pilot; when he came home to visit twice in the last season, he became Barry Bostwick. [[spoiler:[[ComingOutStory And gay]].]]

* ThrowItIn: The season 1 gag reel suggests that Bynes does this a lot.

* WriteWhoYouKnow: Ben writes a romantic song about Holly and then a mean one after they break up. In the second one ("Holly Tyler Sucks"), he changes her name to "Molly Myler" when he performs it in public.

* IntergenerationFrienship: Gary and Jeff.

* Henry Gibson (Michael [=McMillan=]), Holly's first love

* Vince (Nick Zano), either a hunk or a sleaze [[spoiler:in-universe example]]

* BettyAndVeronica: Henry and Vince are this for a while to Holly's Archie. When she comes back from Europe, she brings [[TakeAThirdOption Ben]] with her.

** TheyDo

* {{Flanderization}}: Lauren was first introduced as a fellow employee at Val's office who was smart and competent enough to pose as a threat to Val. Yet after she was introduced the second time and became a permanent cast member, her character became a stereotypically dumb blonde who's too dumb to be believable.

* NoodleIncident: Numerous. As mentioned above, the show was co-created by [[KenanAndKel Dan Schneider]].

* PromotionToParent: Val

* RealSongThemeTune: And TitledAfterTheSong to boot.

* WillTheyOrWontThey: Holly and Vince. TheyDo.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: Ben writes a romantic song about Holly and then a mean one after they break up. In the second one, he changes her name to "Molly Myler" when he performs it in public.

* TheCastShowoff: A musician was cast as Ben specifically for this. Allison Munn (Tina) also gets an episode to show off her voice.
** Subverted by Holly several times throughout the series; Bynes is a pro at StylisticSuck singing.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Implied:

* FriendsRentControl: Justified & semi-averted. At the start of the series, Val's been in the same apartment for several years, with a high-paying, upper-executive job & a roommate to split rent with.

* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey, It's That Girl]]: [[TheOffice Jenna Fischer]] can be seen as an administrative assistant during season one.
** AbigailBreslin is the girl that Holly and Val give their teddy bear to and Holly's friend Sam is AllThat cast member Chelsea Brummet

* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Val went to Columbia, [[TheScrappy Peter]] went to Yale, Lauren's doctor boyfriend went to Harvard Medical School, and Henry [[PutOnABus attends Princeton.]] One episode revolved around Holly's interview with Columbia and her decision not to apply to Columbia.

* YouLookFamiliar: A couple former ''BeverlyHills90210'' actors say this to Val.

** They even named an episode "Your Cheatin' Heart."

Created by DanSchneider[[hottip:*:it, along with ''Guys Like Us'' (produced for {{UPN}}) are the only shows Schneider created/produced shown first-run outside of {{Nickelodeon}}]] and [[{{Friends}} Wil Calhoun]]. Correspondingly, it mixed SlapStick with [[RomanticComedy relationship comedy]].