History YMMV / Dragnet

* HilariousInHindsight

** There's a reason "Funny Man" (used in ''The Big Bar'' as the killer's favorite tune) was so popular.
* HarsherInHindsight: Remember Goldman from ''The Big Hammer''? Well, his call sign is 1-Adam-12, which means he's Malloy's partner who was KIA not long after.

* WeirdAlEffect: Mathnet, to some.

** It's a Jack Webb production, so... yeah.

* AcceptableTargets: Gypsies.
** Played with as it's only gypsies that commit an actual crime, just like anyone else.
* {{Anvilicious}}: It's a Jack Webb production, so... yeah.
** And the [[VisualPun Mark VII Limited]] [[VanityPlate production logo]].
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: ''DUN Dun DUN DUN...''
** Also, the music at the PAGAN rally in the AffectionateParody. As well as the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcZwiVbZ4Kw theme music]].
* HilariousInHindsight: In the movie, Streebeck has a hamburger phone in his apartment. Twenty years later, the hamburger phone would make an appearance in ''{{Juno}}'' and became a small meme for a while (even leading to a spike in hamburger phone sales). However, Streebeck's phone seems to work much better.

* TearJerker: Almost any episode where a police officer is killed on duty. [[http://ia700304.us.archive.org/23/items/Dragnet_OTR/Dragnet_49-12-22_ep030_Twenty-Two_Rifle_for_Christmas.mp3 Twenty Two Rifle for Christmas]] is also a big TearJerker, [[spoiler: especially when the dead boy's father gives his child's Christmas gifts to his child's friend...]]

** And, of course, the [[VisualPun Mark VII Limited]] [[VanityPlate production logo]].
* CompleteMonster: Jonathan Whirley in the 1987 film.

** Hilarious or HarsherInHindsight: In the third season of the '60s series, one episode dealt with Friday and Gannon's efforts to recruit more minorities into the force from a group of high-school graduates. One of the prospectives is none other than one Orenthal James Simpson.

** Also, the music at the PAGAN rally in the AffectionateParody.

* WeirdAlEffect: Mathnet, to some.

* Narm: This might have been horrifying back when the first episode premired but the introdction of the first perp they bring in might invoke humor. They find a young man with his head buried in the ground but clearly alive. Joe and Griffin bring his head up...to shockingly reveal one side of his face is blue and the gold with a dramatic scare chord!

* HilariousInHindsight: In the movie, Streebeck has a hamburger phone in his apartment. Twenty years later, a hamburger phone would appear in ''{{Juno}}'' and became a small meme for a while. However, Streebeck's phone seems to work much better.

* RetroactiveRecognition: [[TheBradyBunch Greg Brady]] is an altar boy in the third and final version of the 'red wagon for Christmas' episode. (which was done on radio and both TV versions).

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Jonathan Whirley in the 1987 film, a MoralGuardian who is [[spoiler:secretly the BigBad in disguise.]]
* CompleteMonster: The aformentioned Jonathan Whirley.

* DragonInChief: Police commissioner Jane Kirkpatrick in the 1987 film.
* SirSwearsALot: The foul-tempered landlady in the 1987 film.
* SmugSnake: Whirley.

* WhamLine: "Don't you mean the VIRGIN Connie Swail?" Cue dramatic look from Friday and "DUN Dun DUN DUN..."

* WhamLine: "Don't you mean the VIRGIN Connie Swail?"

* WeirdAlEffect: Mathnet, to some.

* {{Narm}}: The revival series was especially susceptible to this, with its efforts to be [[{{ptitle4y5q6h4a}} "relevant" and contemporary]] by addressing such issues as drugs and hippies.

* TearJerker: Almost any episode where a police officer is killed on duty. [[http://ia700304.us.archive.org/23/items/Dragnet_OTR/Dragnet_49-12-22_ep030_Twenty-Two_Rifle_for_Christmas.mp3 Twenty Two Rifle for Christmas]] is also a big TearJerker, [[spoiler: especially when the dead boy's father gives his Christmas gifts to his friend...]]