History YMMV / Caddyshack

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Judge Smails is an undeniable {{Jerkass}}, but that doesn't mean its okay for Czervik to repeatedly target and humiliate him unprompted. Additionally, according to the rules of golf, Danny's last put would not count as going in, meaning Smails would be the real winner and justified in refusing to pay Czervik. He almost certainly doesn't know this due to not citing the rule in his refusal, but even if he's being a prideful dick, he's technically in the right.

* VanillaProtagonist: The filmmakers themselves realized main character Danny was much less entertaining than the supporting cast and expanded their roles at the cost of his. This simultaneously makes the trope less of an issue whilst making it all the more noticeable how overshadowed the nominal lead is.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Ramis quipped that they intended to make a poignant coming-of-age film but instead made a Creator/MarxBrothers film. Presumably, he meant with Dangerfield in the Groucho part, Chase in the Chico Part, Murray in the Harpo part and O'Keefe in the Zeppo part.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Despite its reputation as one of the greatest comedies of all time, that's partly due to the fact that it was a great stoner flick when a certain generation of Hollywood writers were college stoners. Later comedies have taken the good parts of the movie and run with it, discarding the things that didn't work, a lot of which came from its troubled production.

* MisBlamed: Creator/HaroldRamis and Peter Torokvei for the second movie. They're the credited writers, but they actually backed out when Creator/RodneyDangerfield did. Uncredited writers finished the script. According to Ramis, he wanted to have his name removed, but executives convinced him that would only cause bad publicity once the trades found out.

* DesignatedHero: Al Czervik may be charismatic and funny, but Judge Smails isn't wrong when he declares the man a menace. In addition to generally being rude and insulting, he breaks etiquette by annoying and disrupting others midgame, illegally gambles against club rules, puts a lot of his partner's money on the line by repeatedly upping the wager, and when he's on there verge of losing all this cash, he cheats by faking an injury and choosing a stronger player to take his place. In addition to all that, Czervik proves to be a genuine danger to those around him when he carelessly drives his boat and nearly runs down several people while destroying others' property. And while Smails is a huge asshole, it's Czervik who starts their drama by actively antagonizing the guy before he's done anything to him.

* AcceptableEthnicTargets: Mr. Wang, Al's East Asian guest. But that's minor compared what the film does to [=WASPs=] and Irish-Americans.
-->'''Czervik''': I hear this place is restricted, Wang, so don't tell them you're Jewish.