History Trivia / BabyBlues

* ExiledFromContinuity: Time Warner's ownership of the show's new characters and subsequent refusal to license them to King Features is the reason they never appeared in the original strip.

* ExecutiveMeddling: It's been said it was a struggle to even keep the name ''Baby Blues''. Either way, the end result was a show that bore more resemblance to ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' after its [[GoldenAge glory days]] (or an early ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'') than the actual comic strip it was based on. While the creators liked some of it, they felt it wasn't in the true spirit of the comic strip and could have done better.

* MissingEpisode: The show was cancelled with five episodes left unaired (similar to ''The Oblongs'' and ''Mission Hill''). They would eventually air two years later on Adult Swim.

* QuoteSource:
** MissingMom

* A random incidental character in a comic strip bears a resemblance to Carl Bitterman.

* {{Testing the Editors}}: One early gag involved Wanda squirting breast milk into Darryl's coffee from off-panel ("Bulls-eye!"). Jerry sketched out the strip as a joke on Rick, who got even by actually drawing and finishing it. They then decided to submit it as a joke on their editor, thinking that she'd laugh and ask them for a replacement — only to have it printed, as their regular editor was out that week. Predictably, it's one of the more popular strips.

* ExecutiveMeddling: It's been said it was a struggle to even keep the name ''Baby Blues''. Either way, the end result was a show that bore more resemblance to the ''Simpsons'' after its [[GoldenAge glory days]] (or an early ''Family Guy'') than the actual comic strip it was based on. While the creators liked some of it, they felt it wasn't in the true spirit of the comic strip and could have done better.

!Trivia for the [[WesternAnimation/BabyBlues cartoon series]]:

** In May 2020, it was revealed by the comic strip's co-creator that the second season got rather far along, with all episodes being produced and fully animated. Apparently, all that had to be done were minor edits such as replacing temp music cues and sound effects, but it's thought these episodes will never see the light of day.

** In May 2020, HBO Max announced that this series would be streaming on their service, meaning that the rights to "It's All Been Done" had probably been cleared. However, the series hasn't appeared on HBO Max yet.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The animated series may never be released on DVD for two reasons: 1) It's not beloved enough for fans to demand a DVD release, and 2) The theme song is a real song ("It's All Been Done" by the Music/BarenakedLadies), which means it'll be [[ClumsyCopyrightCensorship edited to avoid paying licensing fees]] (like what happened with ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' when they replaced Music/FrankSinatra's "Love and Marriage" with an upbeat, instrumental clone of that song on the Sony DVD version of the show[[note]]the complete series released by Mill Creek Entertainment has the original song[[/note]]).
** In May 2020, HBO Max announced that this series would be streaming on their service, meaning that the rights to "It's All Been Done" had probably been cleared.

* ExecutiveMeddling: It's been said it was a struggle to even keep the name ''Baby Blues''. Either way, the end result was a show that bore more resemblance to the ''Simpsons'' after its [[GoldenAge glory days]] (or an early ''Family Guy'') then the actual comic strip it was based on. While the creators liked some of it, they felt it wasn't in the true spirit of the comic strip and could have done better.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Extensively. It's been said it was a struggle to even keep the name ''Baby Blues''. Either way, the end result was a show that bore more resemblance to the ''Simpsons'' then the actual comic strip it was based on, the creators said they "liked parts of it" but said it could've been much better.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The animated series may never be released on DVD for two reasons: 1) It's not beloved enough for fans to demand a DVD release, and 2) The theme song is a real song ("It's All Been Done" by the Music/BarenakedLadies), which means it'll be [[ClumsyCopyrightCensorship edited to avoid paying licensing fees]] (like what happened with ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' when they replaced Music/FrankSinatra's "Love and Marriage" with an upbeat, instrumental clone of that song).
* MissingEpisode: The show was cancelled with five episodes left unaired. They would eventually air two years later on Adult Swim.

* ActorAllusion: In one episode, Darryl refers to Wanda's aunt who does imitations of old ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' characters, including Julia Sweeney's "Pat" character.

* A random incidental character in a comic strip bears a resemblance to Carl Bitterman.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A second season was planned, but never made it to air. It's not known how far into production they were before being scrapped.