History YMMV / Becker

* TakeThat: In the show 'Bojack Horseman' the titular Bojack compares Becker's run to the experience of losing an abusive parent. That of something that could have been better the whole time but never managed to meet expectations, leaving him heartbroken and disappointed when it ended without ever having come together.

** To a lesser extent, Creator/ShawneeSmith, playing a role the complete opposite of the one she'd become most known for, [[Film/{{Saw}} Amanda Young]]. The series started airing a couple of years before Smith was cast in the role.

** To a lesser extent, Creator/ShawneeSmith, playing a role the complete opposite of the one she'd become most known for, Amanda Young. The series started airing a couple of years before Smith was cast in the role.

** In a season 1 episode, one of Becker's patients is played by Creator/JohnSlattery, who later wound up on ''Becker'' writer Matthew Weiner's show ''Mad Men''.

* RetroactiveRecognition: In a season 1 episode, one of Becker's patients is played by John Slattery, who later wound up on ''Becker'' writer Matthew Weiner's show ''Mad Men''.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Bob. So much that he became a main character in Season 3.

* HilariousInHindsight: In the second episode, Linda (Played by Shawnee Smith) freaks out a patient about to undergo an MRI scan by mentioning a (then fictitious) horror film called ''Buried Alive''. 9 years later, Shawnee Smith's co-star Tobin Bell from ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' would star in the horror film ''Buried Alive''.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: ''Becker'' was about a cantankerous doctor... no, not that one... not that one, either. The character - and show - were eclipsed first by John C. [=McGinley=] as Perry Cox in ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', then by Hugh Laurie as Gregory ''Series/{{House}}''. It's easy to forget that ''Becker'' had a respectable life span of six seasons and was one of the better sitcoms in a lean period after ''Seinfeld'' but before ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', [[Series/TheOfficeUS either]] [[Series/TheOfficeUK version]] of ''The Office'', ''Series/ThirtyRock'' or ''Series/{{Community}}''.

* TakeThat: The show Bojack Horseman compares Becker's run to the experience of losing an abusive parent. That of something that could have been better the whole time but never managed to meet expectations, leaving you heartbroken and disappointed when it ends without ever having come together.

* TakeThat: The show Bojack Horseman compares Becker's run to the experience of losing an abusive parent. That of something that could have been better the whole time, but never managed to 'come together' and meet expectations.

* To a lesser extent, Creator/ShawneeSmith, playing a role the complete opposite of the one she'd become most known for, Amanda Young.

* SoOkayItsAverage: Other than a few one-liners from Bob, the show's humor is fairly dry and sarcastic with little in the way of generating uproarious laughter. The series is certainly watchable, but it never really rose to the comedic heights of its sister shows, ''{{Series/Everybody Loves Raymond}}'' and ''{{Series/The King of Queens}}''. This no doubt contributed to the series' descent into obscurity in the years since it's gone off the air.

* UnfortunateImplications: The series seems to imply in one episode that Christian Science is a valid alternative to medication. Needless to say, this is highly inadvisable within the medical community.
* ValuesDissonance: Bob’s hobby of sexually harassing women is never met with anything more than snarky rejection, but it’s easy to imagine that some of the behaviors he displayed in the show would be met with some legal problems today.

* HilariousInHindsight: In the second episode, Linda (Played by Shawnee Smith) freaks out a patient about to undergo an MRI scan by mentioning a (then fictitious) horror film called Buried Alive. 9 years later, Shawnee Smith's co-star Tobin Bell from Saw would star in the horror film Buried Alive.

* SoOkayItsAverage: Other than a few one-liners from Bob, the show's humor is fairly dry and sarcastic with little in the way of generating uproarious laughter. The series is certainly watchable, but it never really rose to the comedic heights of its sister shows, {{Series/Everybody Loves Raymond}} and {{Series/The King of Queens}}. This no doubt contributed to the series' descent into obscurity in the years since it's gone off the air.

* {{Anvilicious}}: Becker, frustrated that the local mental health facility is closing down and flooding his waiting room with mental patients, goes down to the local government office to complain. He finds an old bureaucrat, who says he wants to help Becker with his problem, he really does... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQqMhkkMg-w but]]. There's just not enough money in the budget to help him. It turns out the bureaucrat, like Becker himself, wears JadeColoredGlasses, and believes HumansAreMorons after having spent 42 years within the system:

-->"You're not listening! I can't help. ''Nobody'' can help. That facility is not going to reopen, and I'll tell you why: there is no money! There's no money because the federal government cut taxes, which is all anybody seems to care about anymore. That means less money for the state, which means less money for the city, which means we had to cut services, which means fewer cops, fewer firemen, bad air, bad water and crappy schools which will turn out yet another generation of voters [[ViciousCycle who are too stupid and greedy to care about anything else besides cutting taxes]]! So don't you come in here and tell me to fix your problem, because there's not a DAMN THING I CAN DO ABOUT IT!... Where did that come from?"

* {{Anvilicious}}: Becker, frustrated that the local mental health facility is closing down and flooding his waiting room with mental patients, goes down to the local government office to complain. He finds an old bureaucrat, who says he wants to help Becker with his problem, he really does... [[https://youtu.be/sQ1pGV68iIA?t=14m44s but]]. There's just not enough money in the budget to help him. It turns out the bureaucrat, like Becker himself, wears JadeColoredGlasses, and believes HumansAreMorons after having spent 42 years within the system:

** Depending on your personal political view, this is either WriterOnBoard, SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped, or even DontShootTheMessage.

* HilariousInHindsight: Thanks to Series/TheGoodPlace any mention of Becker going to Hell or meeting Jesus.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: John Becker has plenty, being a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
** Margaret gets most of hers trying to make Becker feel better about himself when he is down.

* DeaderThanDisco: For most of it's duration, ''{{Series/Becker}}'' aired in the coveted Monday night slot following ''{{Series/The King of Queens}}'' and ''{{Series/Everybody Loves Raymond}}'', and the show was arguably as popular as its sister series' while it was on the air. While ''ELR'' and ''TKOQ'' are still ubiquitously syndicated as of 2020, ''Becker'' has largely descended into obscurity. It is not aired in syndication, and would probably only be remembered by an average TV fan as "that sitcom Ted Danson starred in between ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' and ''Series/TheGoodPlace''."

* ReplacementScrappy: Chris Connor in Season 5. She becomes Reggie's replacement as the owner and manager of the diner and Becker's verbal sparring partner and ShipTease {{Love Interest|s}}. She is little more than a [[FlatCharacter boring]] Mary Sue who was there to give Becker a girlfriend. She also had no personality, unlike Reggie who was just as flawed and sharp tongued as Becker.

* SeasonalRot: Season 5 and 6 were not nearly as well received as the previous seasons. Possibly due to Terry Farrell's dismissal in Season 5 and Saverio Guerra's resignation in Season 6. Not to mention Chris Connor and Hector being their respective {{Replacement Scrapp|y}}ies.

* DeaderThanDisco: For most of the its duration, ''{{Series/Becker}}'' aired in the coveted Monday night slot following ''{{Series/The King of Queens}}'' and ''{{Series/Everybody Loves Raymond}}'', and the show was arguably as popular as its sister series' while it was on the air. While ''ELR'' and ''TKOQ'' are still ubiquitously syndicated as of 2020, ''Becker'' has largely descended into obscurity. It is not aired in syndication, and would probably only be remembered by an average TV fan as "that sitcom Ted Danson starred in between ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' and ''Series/TheGoodPlace'' other sitcom."

* DeaderThanDisco: For most of the series' duration, ''{{Series/Becker}}'' aired in the coveted Monday night slot following ''{{Series/The King of Queens}}'' and ''{{Series/Everybody Loves Raymond}}'', and the show was arguably as popular as its sister series' while it was on the air. While ELR and TKOQ are still ubiquitously syndicated as of 2018, ''Becker'' has largely descended into obscurity. It is not aired in syndication, and would probably only be remembered by an average TV fan as "Ted Danson's [[Series/{{Cheers}} other sitcom]]."
** Well, these days it'd be his ''[[Series/TheGoodPlace other]]'' other sitcom.

* HilariousInHindsight: Thanks to [[Series/TheGoodPlace]] any mention of Becker going to Hell or meeting Jesus.