History YMMV / GomerPyleUSMC

As with all shows, ''Gomer Pyle'' has a few of these.

* HarsherInHindsight: The opening credits featured real members of the Marine Corps, many of whom would later lose their lives during the Vietnam War.
* HilariousInHindsight: See the HoYay examples below after it's been revealed that Jim Nabors was gay in real life.
** For a different vein of HilariousInHindsight, in the episode "Daughter of the Sarge," Sgt. Carter is obsessing over the marriage prospects of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin his adopted daughter]], and hopes she marries a doctor [[note]]Though, in fairness, "anyone but Private Pyle" is at the absolute top of his wishlist…[[/note]]. At the end, it's established that she married a Marine captain with the last name of [[Series/DoctorWho Pertwee]].

** Howard Morris directed two episodes. Morris is best known for voicing Gopher in ''Disney/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'', Hamburglar and Mayor [=McCheese=] for UsefulNotes/McDonalds, Carl Sweetchuck and The Professor in ''WesternAnimation/PoliceAcademyTheAnimatedSeries'', and Wade Duck in ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' (not to mention playing Ernest T. Bass in [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow the show ''Gomer Pyle'' spun off from]]).

** For a different vein of HilariousInHindsight, in the episode "Daughter of the Sarge," Sgt. Carter is obsessing over the marriage prospects of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin his adopted daughter]], and hopes she marries a doctor. At the end, it's established that she married a Marine captain with the last name of [[Series/DoctorWho Pertwee]].

** For a different vein of HilariousInHindsight, in the episode "Daughter of the Sarge," Sgt. Carter is obsessing over the marriage prospects of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin his adopted daughter]], and hopes she marries a doctor. At the end, it's established that she married a Marine captain [[Series/DoctorWho Pertwee]].

** For a different vein of HilariousInHindsight, in the episode "Daughter of the Sarge," Sgt. Carter is obsessing over the marriage prospects of [[ExactlyAsItSaysOnTheTin his adopted daughter]], and hopes she marries a doctor. At the end, it's established that she married a Marine captain [[DoctorWho Pertwee]].

** William Christopher, who would later play Father Francis Mulcahey from ''{{Series/MASH}}'', makes appearances in various episodes.

** William Christopher, who would later play Father Francis Mulcahey from ''Series/MASH'', makes appearances in various episodes.

** William Christopher, also known as Father Francis Mulcahey from ''Series/MASH'', makes appearances in various episodes.

** Creator/GarryMarshall wrote two episodes.

As with all shows, Gomer Pyle has a few of these.

** Howard Morris directed two episodes. Morris is best known for voicing Gopher in ''Disney/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'', Hamburglar and Mayor [=McCheese=] for UsefulNotes/McDonalds, Carl Sweetchuck and The Professor in ''WesternAnimation/PoliceAcademyTheAnimatedSeries'', and Wade Duck in ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends''.

** There are other examples from episodes include commenting how nice Sgt. Carter smells, giving him flowers for his desk, giving Sgt. Carter gifts, and taking risks beyond normal friendship to make Sgt. Carter happy in one way or another.

** There are other examples from episodes include commenting how nice Sgt. Carter smells, giving him flowers for his desk, giving Sgt. Carter gifts, and taking risks beyond normal friendship to make Sgt. Carter happy in one way or another.
* PuritySue: Gomer Pyle himself sometimes, often when the humor and jokes revolving around his [[TheIngenue innocence]] don't hit the mark.

* JumpingTheShark:
** When Lou Ann Poovie becomes Gomer's girlfriend it seems to be when the show stops being as funny. Gomer's repeated [[ChasteHero failure to notice]] how attractive he is to women is often some of the funniest stuff in the show. In the episodes with Lou Ann Poovie, it became less about his romantic obliviousness and more about generic sit-com romance cliche plots with military aspects thrown in.
** The general quality of writing might have went down due to creator Aaron Ruben having less to do with the writing by season 4 or so.

** The general quality of writing might have went down due to the show's original creator having less to do with the writing by season 4 or so.

* PuritySue: Gomer Pyle himself sometimes, often when the humor and jokes revolving around his [[TheIngenue innocence]] don't hit the mark.
* SickeninglySweethearts: Gomer Pyle and Lou Ann Poovie can come off this way sometimes. This may be due to them both being suckers for [[GlurgeAddict the sentimental]], Gomer moreso than Lou Ann.

** When Lou Ann Poovie becomes Gomer's girlfriend it seems to be when the show stops being as funny. Gomer's repeated [[ChasteHero failure to notice]] how attractive he is to women is often some of the funniest stuff in the show. When Gomer gets a girlfriend, it became less about his romantic obliviousness and more about generic sit-com romance cliche plots with military aspects thrown in.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Lou Ann Poovie. Her debut episode "Love's Old Sweet Song" ends with her [[PutOnABus going back home]] to get married to her old boyfriend. Eight episodes later has her [[TheBusCameBack coming back]] due to it not working out with said boyfriend. This must have been due to the fans of the show liking her.

** When Lou Ann Poovie becomes Gomer's girlfriend seems to be when the show stops being as funny. Gomer's repeated [[ChasteHero failure to notice]] how attractive he is to women is often some of the funniest stuff in the show. When Gomer gets a girlfriend, it became less about his romantic obliviousness and more about generic sit-com romance cliche plots with military aspects thrown in.

* HoYay: It's one-sided, but Gomer's devotion to Sgt. Carter can get pretty extreme at times. It's especially blatant in Season 1 and 2, particularly with the episode "Love Letters To The Sarge" where Gomer decides to ghostwrite some love letters to Sgt. Carter because he never got any from girls. Other examples from episodes include commenting how nice Sgt. Carter smells, giving him flowers for his desk, and more.
* JumpingTheShark: When Lou Ann Poovie becomes Gomer's girlfriend seems to be when the show stops being as funny. Gomer's repeated [[ChasteHero failure to notice]] how attractive he is to women is often some of the funniest stuff in the show. When Gomer gets a girlfriend, it became less about his romantic obliviousness and more about generic sit-com romance cliche plots with military aspects thrown in.
** Also, the general quality of writing might have went down due to the show's original creator having less to do with the writing.
* PuritySue: Gomer Pyle himself sometimes, often when the humor and jokes revolving around his innocence don't hit the mark.
* SickeninglySweethearts: Gomer Pyle and Lou Ann Poovie can come off this way sometimes. This may be due to them both being GlurgeAddicts, Gomer moreso than Lou Ann.

* HoYay: It's one-sided, but Gomer's devotion to Sgt. Carter can get pretty extreme at times. It's especially blatant in Season 1 and 2, particularly with the episode "Nobody Loves a Sergeant" where Gomer decides to ghostwrite some love letters to Sgt. Carter because he never got any from girls. Other examples from episodes include commenting how nice Sgt. Carter smells, giving him flowers for his desk, and more.