History WesternAnimation / UncleGrandpa

* BadassMustache: Uncle Grandpa and the Space Emperor Krell both have them, while the Monstrous Mustache is literally one, even giving Mr. Gus a hard time holding him.

* AliensAndMonsters: It has a few, including Emperor Krell in "Space Emperor", the Night Wolves from "Belly Bros", the titular entity of "Funny Face", the two-headed dragon from "Nickname", the mummy from "Uncle Grandpa Ate My Homework", the alien cactus in "Jorts", and the cartoon monsters from "Viewer Special".

** "Bad Morning" opens with Pizza Steve eating a breakfast which is so sugary that anyone who eats it will crash almost immediately. At the end this turns out to be the key to getting Uncle Grandpa to go back to bed and get up on the right side.

*** "Uncle Grandpa's Money Madness Spectacular" is a blatant parody of ''TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}'', complete with Uncle Grandpa being in the same pose as the latter's mascot.

* NotHyperbole: In "RV Olympics", Pizza Steve says that Uncle Grandpa can't tell the difference between a banana and a microphone. Sure enough, he's talking into a banana, then pulls a microphone out of his lunch bag, attempts to peel it like a banana and [[ExtremeOmnivore eats it]].
* NotSoImaginaryFriend: "You Talkin' to Tree?" has the tree in the RV talking to Uncle Grandpa, but shutting up whenever the others are around, making them think UG has finally lost it. It turns out there was a crook hiding inside the tree, tricking Uncle Grandpa into commiting his crimes for him. After the crook is caught, Uncle G laughs off the notion of trees being able to talk. [[spoiler:Then the tree says, "What a day!"]]

* {{Crossover}}: "Say Uncle" a crossover with ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''. Yes, [[http://deadline.com/2015/02/cartoon-network-upfront-powerpuff-girls-adventure-time-1201376480/ really]].

What you're left with is ''Uncle Grandpa'', a Creator/CartoonNetwork original concerning the larger-than-life adventures of an CrazyAwesome RealityWarper who, as the above quote implies, is the uncle and grandfather of everyone in the world (don't ask).

-->But mom, that show is for little girls and [[PeripheryDemographic twisted weirdos]]!

--> '''Uncle Grandpa:''' Can't hear you, going through a portal.

** In the episode "Uncle Grandpa Ate My Homework", Uncle Grandpa eats a boy's Egyptian diorama that he needed to pass his class. To make it up to him, Uncle Grandpa helps him get an actual pyramid from Egypt. But it breaks on the way back. Dennis decides to just tell his teacher what happened. At the same time, an evil {{mummy}} emerges from the pyramid and chases Uncle Grandpa all the way to Dennis's classroom. It catches U.G and Dennis, stating that he'll swallow them whole. Just then Dennis gets the idea to have him and Uncle Grandpa eat him first. They each put a banadage in their mouths and suck him up like spaghetti.

* CloserThanTheyAppear: Spoofed in "Driver's License". "Objects in mirror may be Uncle Grandpa". It MakesSenseInContext.

-->'''Uncle Grandpa''': But do you know how to drive the Uncle Grandpa Way?\\

* FurryReminder: In "Funny Face", Mr. Gus eats a bug in a very lizard like way. In "Jorts", he describes something as "sliding off like a layer of skin in summer". In "Future Special", he mentions that he can regrow his tail.

* WidgetSeries: From the moment Uncle Grandpa reappears in the picture frame ''after'' disappearing from view ''from outside'', and then walking into frame from the side (if not sooner), it's been made incredibly clear that this show isn't simply on a rocket train to Weirdsville, it already arrived long ago, made itself at home and set up shop.

Pete Browngardt originally pitched ''Uncle Grandpa'' in 2008 for the cancelled animated shorts vehicle ''{{WesternAnimation/Cartoonstitute}}'' (the same project which spawned ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow''). When the finished cartoon was released through the Cartoon Network website, it quickly became a word-of-mouth hit within the animation community, eventually going on to be nominated for a Emmy.

The character then went through a couple of years of DevelopmentHell, only to reemerge on an episode of the equally surreal ''WesternAnimation/SecretMountainFortAwesome'' (also by Browngardt). When SMFA got axed Browngardt decided to switch gears and focus back on Uncle Grandpa, expanding its cast of characters and retooling it as a VarietyShow, with almost each episode backed up by a short B-story that sometimes given [[ADayInTheLimelight other characters created by the crew their chance to shine]]. He succeeded, and the show eventually premiered in September 2013 much to the delight of fans of the original shorts. Even UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation purist Creator/JohnKricfalusi seems to have been pumped for the show [[http://www.cartoonbrew.com/tv/john-k-draws-uncle-grandpa-76314.html judging by these sketches]]. The last episode of the series was aired in June 30, 2017.

* BeeAfraid:
** Hot Dog Person has an unpleasant experience with one whilst about to try his first ice cream.
** In "Nickname", Eric pulls out a stump, which contains a hive under it.

Okay, so what happens when you take the zany artwork of Don Martin-era MAD, throw in visual gags and slapstick that would make the Golden Age animators shed tears of pride, add a spoonful of heavy metal, and then contaminate the batch with [[WidgetSeries large portions of pure]], [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs undiluted weirdness?]]

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover[=/=]TheCameo: At the end of the episode "Pizza Eve", Uncle Grandpa hosts the Grammpie Awards. The audience and nominees include many different Cartoon Network characters, including an encore appearance by [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Steven and the Gems]], alongside WesternAnimation/{{Clarence}} and friends, [[WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball Gumball]], [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Finn and Jake]], WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls, WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack, [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Dexter and Dee Dee]], and numerous others.

->''"That's your Uncle Grandpa for ya. Drops in, shows you a good time, and then you never see him again. [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Just like your father.]]"''

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** In "Space Emperor", Uncle Grandpa says "As God as my witness...". Normally, religious references (up to and including saying "God" whether or not as an oath) are a no-no on American cartoons (which is why the English dub of ''Big O'' before it moved to Creator/AdultSwim had its references to God and Christianity edited). This is possibly the first time a Creator/CartoonNetwork show that's not on Creator/AdultSwim got away with this.
** In "Uncle Grandpa for a Day", one of the visuals in Uncle G's peanut butter song is him naked in bed with a jar of peanut butter. In this same sequence, he's even having the stuff injected into his veins.
** In one episode, Uncle G and his gang end up in a sewer full of brown liquid. Everyone but Mr. Gus thinks it's root beer and starts drinking it. Apparently, it really is root beer and not something more disgusting.
** Mr. Gus watching and reacting to being caught watching a program about crocodiles. His reaction to both is akin to someone watching and getting caught watching porn.
** When Belly Bag is [[ItMakesSenseInContext sent to Garbage Land]], he yells out "[[EmbarrassingBrowserHistory Please don't go through my web history]]!"
** Look at Uncle Grandpa's head. His head is long and slender, he has a big chin. He kind of resembles a penis.
** At one point, Uncle Grandpa offers a solution of jumping over a fence to retrieve something - "Just like I did to get out of prison!"
** Uncle Grandpa is shown having dreams about chasing around a sheep with noticeable stereotypically feminine eyelashes. After he catches the sheep, it bites on his nose, and he wakes up with a pleased smile, saying the dream was getting good. Then we see he has the same sheep in his bedroom, next to his bed.
** Uncle Grandpa does something in one episode and it could be best described as [[ItMakesSenseInContext "Teen-age blonde riding an old man"]].
** In "Mustache Cream", Uncle Grandpa at one point attempts to tame a rogue, giant, disembodied mustache by ''riding'' it.
** In "Bad Morning", when trying to persuade Pizza Steve to confess to moving Uncle Grandpa's racecar bed, Mr. Gus rips his pepperonis off... which, given where they're set on his pizza body and Pizza Steve's pained howls, looks like a very uncomfortable variation on the old Texas Tittie Twister.
** When helping a dog get its favorite ball, back Uncle Grandpa states "We've all lost balls." While this line alone might be innocent enough by itself, Pizza Steve's flashback to losing his meatballs (which features doctors surgically removing them) throws that innocence right out the window.
** In "Uncle Grandpa Sings the Classics", one song (titled ''Mr. Gus is Green'') has Uncle Grandpa dressed as Music/GGAllin. How is this radar-dodging? Allin was a ''genuine drugged-up psychopath'' whose lyrics expressed themes of misogyny, pedophilia, blasphemy, and racism, not to mention his outlandish live performances, which often featured transgressive acts such as coprophagia (read: ''[[Main/{{Squick}} eating feces]]''), self-mutilation, and physically assaulting audience members (which got him arrested more than once). He promised for years he would commit suicide on stage, but ultimately died of a heroin overdose. How a reference to Allin made it past the censors is beyond us.
** The two rounded drips of cheese on Pizza Steve's lower point look an awful lot like a scrotum.

* ADogAteMyHomework: "[[Uncle Grandpa Ate My Homework]]".

* AliensAndMonsters: It has a few, including Emperor Krell in "[[Space Emperor]]", the Night Wolves from "[[Belly Bros]].", the titular entity of "[[Funny Face]]", the two-headed dragon from "[[Nickname]]", the mummy from "[[Uncle Grandpa Ate My Homework]]", the alien cactus in "[[Jorts]]", and the cartoon monsters from "[[Viewer Special]]".

* ArbitrarySkepticism [=/=] HypocriticalHumor: Mr. Gus in "[[Aunt Grandma]]" says it doesn't make any sense for someone to be both everyone's aunt and everyone's grandma, even though it's just a female equivalent of what Uncle Grandpa is. He also refuses to believe it when Pizza Steve tells him that he was robbed by elves in "Vacation", and he's pretty adamant that the hidden treasure in "Treasure Map" isn't real (though that's probably because in both cases all the evidence had obvious mundane explanations. Plus Pizza Steve lies to him almost constantly).

* BackForTheFinale: Ham Sandwich the ugly kid who appeared in the pilot,rarely in the series appears in the series finale .

** "Ballroom": when Uncle Grandpa and Pizza Steve play with a ball, it bounces into the ballroom. (which Mr.Gus told them not to set foot in) Pizza Steve suggests that Mr.Gus won't see it, but Uncle Grandpa convinces him otherwise, even thought it's behind a plate.

** In "[[King Gus]]", Mister Gus is declared king of the food court and the power quickly goes to his head. He has Uncle Grandpa, as the "King's Hand", arrest all those who displease him.

%%* AbsenteeActor: Both Mr Gus and Pizza Steve doesn't appear in several episodes.
* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: In "[[Duck Lips]]", Uncle Grandpa helps a girl get plump lips. She then gets self-absorbed, interested only in posting selfies and getting likes. Then her duck lips start attracting ducks who think she's one of them, and in the end learns to [[BeYourself just be herself]].

* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: In "[[DuckLips/Duck Lips]]", Uncle Grandpa helps a girl get plump lips. She then gets self-absorbed, interested only in posting selfies and getting likes. Then her duck lips start attracting ducks who think she's one of them, and in the end learns to [[BeYourself just be herself]].
** In "King Gus", Mister Gus is declared king of the food court and the power quickly goes to his head. He has Uncle Grandpa, as the "King's Hand", arrest all those who displease him.

* ADogAteMyHomework: "Uncle Grandpa Ate My Homework".

* AliensAndMonsters: It has a few, including Emperor Krell in "Space Emperor", the Night Wolves from "Belly Bros.", the titular entity of "Funny Face", the two-headed dragon from "Nickname", the mummy from "Uncle Grandpa Ate My Homework", the alien cactus in "Jorts", and the cartoon monsters from "Viewer Special".

* ArbitrarySkepticism [=/=] HypocriticalHumor: Mr. Gus in "Aunt Grandma" says it doesn't make any sense for someone to be both everyone's aunt and everyone's grandma, even though it's just a female equivalent of what Uncle Grandpa is. He also refuses to believe it when Pizza Steve tells him that he was robbed by elves in "Vacation", and he's pretty adamant that the hidden treasure in "Treasure Map" isn't real (though that's probably because in both cases all the evidence had obvious mundane explanations. Plus Pizza Steve lies to him almost constantly).

* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: In "Duck Lips", Uncle Grandpa helps a girl get plump lips. She then gets self-absorbed, interested only in posting selfies and getting likes. Then her duck lips start attracting ducks who think she's one of them, and in the end learns to [[BeYourself just be herself]].

** When helping a dog get it's favorite ball back Uncle Grandpa states "We've all lost balls." While this line alone might be innocent enough by itself, Pizza Steve's flashback to losing his meatballs (which features doctors surgically removing them) throws that innocence right out the window.

* BackForTheFinale: Ham Sandwich th ugly kid who appears in teh pilot,rarely in the series appears in the series finale .