History Series / YesDear

* GoneHorriblyRight: PlayedForLaughs with a possible overlap with ALessonLearnedTooWell in the episode "The Ring". Kim is ''furious'' upon discovering that the engagement ring Greg gives her was originally meant for another woman and absolutely ''refuses'' to accept it, forcing Greg to get another ring late in the episode. Unfortunately for Kim, Greg goes a step further by having one custom-made, with some truly over-the-top designs (e.g. the ring has an inscription on the ''outside'' with the words "Te amo, bonito muchacha"[[note]] "I love you, pretty girl"[[/note]], as a reminder that Greg and Kim took a Spanish class together during their college years) that Kim considers gaudy but is unable to refuse after the fact. Worse yet, he's going to take a picture of her wearing it to his mother, [[ObnoxiousInLaws whom Kim can barely tolerate]].

* {{Squick}}: In-Universe example. During the episode "Speed Dating", Billy asks Jimmy to go on speed dating with him for moral support, a proposition that Christine refuses to approve of -- that is, until Jimmy tells her that Billy spends many dateless nights fantasizing himself with Christine, a revelation that prompts Christine to tell Jimmy to go along with Billy at once, before hanging up and throwing down her phone in disgust.

* GoGetterGirl: Kim is a mom-version. Although it turns out the only way she was able to be "Super Mom" was that she was using Greg's work secretary as her personal errand boy/girl without his knowledge. She was such a slavedriver that she caused every one of them to quit, until he hired Christine who spoke up about this behaviour.

Greg and Kim Warner, together with their offspring (Sammy; their daughter, Emily, joins the cast mid-series) led a well-to-do, if uptight and isolated, life, the latter of which started to change when Kim's sister and her husband, Christine and Jimmy Hughes, came knocking on the Warners' house door (with their own children, Dominic and Logan, in tow) asking for shelter. In stark contrast to the lifestyle of the Warners, the Hughes' attitude is far more outgoing and laid-back. Much of the show deals with issues relating to marriage, family, work and/or sex.

* OnlyChildSyndrome: Sammy started out as this, but around mid-season 3, his baby sister, Emily, was born.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** In one episode, Christine chews a large gob of gum to relieve stress. Kim comments on it, to which Christine's response is unintelligible due to the massive amount of gum in her mouth. When Kim asks Jimmy what Christine just said, he replies, "I believe she told you to go "love" yourself."
** The series is somewhat notable for being one of the first primetime sitcoms to use terms such as "penis," "vagina," and "orgasm." This seems tame now after ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' went on to blow primetime censors to smitherines a couple years later, but it definitely pushed the limits in its day.

** When Jimmy's SpiderSense is activated during the episode "Dominic's First Date", he asks Greg and Kim if they sense anything wrong. When they say "no", he claims to have been nervous for nothing... only to be proven wrong when an irate Christine enters to confront Jimmy over his AllGirlsWantBadBoys to Dominic.

* SpiderSense: Jimmy, during the episode "Dominic's First Date", states that he feels a chill when, unbeknown to him, Christine realizes he had given advice she doesn't approve of (which sums up to AllGirlsWantBadBoys) to Dominic. When his in-laws claim they feel nothing after he asks them whether they felt the same sensation, he thinks that he got nervous over nothing... until Christine walks in a second later to confront him.

* TemptingFate: The flashback episode, "When Jimmy Met Greggy", has Jimmy, Christine and Kim making comments that foreshadows the premise of the series.

* TokenMinority: Roy.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Sammy definitely appears to have some developmental issues. This is lampshaded a few times over the course of the series, most prominently in "Head Shots."

* NiceHat: Jimmy is rarely ever seen without some kind of cap on his head, to the point that Greg suggested that he submit his own record to the Guinness Book for "Most Time Spent Wearing a Hat" (it was rejected).

** Later he asks if "Gloonge" is a word.

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-->'''Kim''': (after Jimmy convinces her to keep dating Greg) Thanks, Jimmy. I'll think about it. Hey and thanks for letting us crash here this weekend. If I ever have my own house and you need a place to stay for the night, you are always welcome.\\

* AsHimself: Ernie Banks, Johnny Bench and Frank Robinson all turn up in the episode "Hustlin' Hughes".

* BreakingTheFourthWall: The end of the episode "Greg's New Assistant" has Jimmy saying "How hot is that?" while looking straight at the camera.
** Also the episode where Greg rearranged the living room furniture and had the couch facing away from the camera. Even though everyone agreed that it was better that way, it just didn't feel right somehow...
** At the end of one episode, two people who won a contest for a walk on role for the show are just standing in Greg's house. Jimmy explains they won a contest, and Greg tells them to step off camera so they'll be seen on wide screen.
* BreastAttack: Kim accidentally did this to Mr. Savitsky's then-wife in the episode "Savitsky's Tennis Club" while playing tennis. It knocks one of her breast implants out of place.
-->"Ow! You broke my boob!"

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Kim talks to Christine in the kitchen about how great it is that the men in the family are working together and getting along. From the kitchen window, Greg, Jimmy, and the wives' dad Don are in a fight in the backyard.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In one episode, Christine chews a large gob of gum to relieve stress. Kim comments on it, to which Christine's response is unintelligible due to the massive amount of gum in her mouth. When Kim asks Jimmy what Christine just said, he replies, "I believe she told you to go "love" yourself."

* HappilyMarried
* HenpeckedHusband

* LaserGuidedKarma: Following a wrong phone number, Greg lies about having a dying relative in order to get out of a church function and does so in a church itself. Only Jimmy knows the truth and urges Greg to come clean. He doesn't, and it comes back to bite him in the end. Jimmy then says of God, [[KarmicTrickster "You sneaky little fella."]]

* ObnoxiousInLaws: For Greg, it's Kim and Christine's father, Don. For Jimmy, it's their mother, Jenny. For Kim, it's Greg's mother, Natalie. That leaves Christine as the only one of the four main characters who doesn't have any problems with either her father-in-law or her mother-in-law.

* RunningGag: Greg's attempt at work-related humor has managed to send his colleague, Mike, ''literally'' running in tears [[RuleOfThree 3 times in total]], always because one of Greg's jokes inadvertently reminded Mike of some relative of his who died under some accidental & tragic circumstance (for example, in one scene Greg set Mike off with a "penny squeezing" joke because Mike's wife was killed by a boa constrictor), with Mr. Savitsky telling Greg "there's no way you could have known that." In fact, Mike is basically a running gag character, as all scenes with him being mentioned involve this.

* TranquilFury: After weeks of trying to get a contractor to fix a fireplace in "Gordon and Kim", Kim sees the contractor's car in someone else's driveway and vandalizes it with a bat while calmly whistling to herself.

* BadBoss: Greg had a reputation as a cruel slavedriver who piled a massive workload on his secretaries until they all inevitably get fed up and quit on him. It turns out that the massive workload came from ''Kim'', who had been using Greg's secretaries to constantly run errands for her. Greg actually had no idea this was happening since none of the secretaries had the courage to complain about their boss's wife to his face. That is, until he hired Christine.

-->'''Christine''': That's right, Logan. You'd better put on those hand-me-down clothes, or you're going to be in jail.

-->'''Logan''': (Turning to Christine) You'd better buy me new clothes, or you're going to be in jail!

* {{Crossover}}: In ''The Ticket'' Jimmy tries to earn money to pay off his traffic ticket by cheating in ''Series/ThePriceIsRight''.

Despite the generic nature of the series, the show had a distinct {{trope:Postmodernism Post-Modern}} feel, especially in later seasons. BreakingTheFourthWall and [[GainaxEnding Gainax Endings]] were common, and a handful of episodes featured ending tag scenes with the actors breaking character.

Despite the generic nature of the series, the show had a distinct [[Postmodernism postmodern]] feel, especially in later seasons. BreakingTheFourthWall and [[GainaxEnding Gainax Endings]] were common, and a handful of episodes featured ending tag scenes with the actors breaking character.