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** Paula spoke about Brendon's father Andrew as if they divorced fairly recently, there was even a one-off line from Jason where he said he was borrowing Andrew's coat. But the final episode confirmed that the divorce happened long before the events of the show, and that Brendon hasn't seen or heard from him in a very long time.

** The fairy princess mascot in "Shore Leave" is basically a prototype Facebones.

** Coach [=McGuirk=] Had a tattoo of the Chiquita Banana mascot on his chest in the first episode, but it was never seen or brought up again.

** Paula originally wore a gray outfit and a red baseball cap and was voiced by Paula Poundstone in the 1st season.

** Paula originally wore a gray outfit and a red baseball cap and was voiced by PaulaPoundstone in the 1st season.

** Paula originally wore a gray outfit and a red baseball cap in the 1st season.

** Paula spoke about Brendon's father as if they divorced fairly recently, there was even a one-off line from Jason where he said he was borrowing Brendon's Dad's coat. But the final episode confirmed that the divorce happened long before the events of the show, and that Brendon hasn't seen or heard from him in a very long time.

** In "Yoko", Coach [=McGuirk=] punishes Eugene by having his students kick soccer balls at him. It's treated as karma for peeing in his canteen, but nowadays [=McGuirk=] could lose his job for bullying a student.
** In "Law and Border", [=McGuirk=] refers to Brendon as his "retarded nephew" in the courthouse-- a term that no one batted an eye at in 2001, but now would get him in hot water.

** In "Yoko" Coach [=McGuirk=] punishes Eugene by having his students kick soccer balls at him. It's treated as karma for peeing in his canteen, but nowadays [=McGuirk=] could lose his job for bullying a student.

** It is worth noting that later seasons (with more envelope-pushing episodes such as "Curses") didn't finish its run on Cartoon Network UK, and later moved to Teletoon in Canada, where it aired with an 18+ rating, which, to be fair, is a little too out of line. Home Movies also aired on Cartoon Network in Japan, but to be fair, it's not any worse than a lot of Japanese kids shows.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: Walter and Perry's codependent relationship produces the most sickeningly sweet dialogue in any given episode.

* FoeYay:
** There's some between Shannon and Brendon, most notably in the episode 'Bye Bye Greasy.' Shannon breaks into Brendon's room, comments on all his clothing on the floor, then this beauty happens.
-->'''Shannon:''' (grabs Brendon by the shoulders) ''I wanna sing, I wanna dance, let's make this happen!!'' (holds him.)\\
'''Brendon:''' ''W-Why are you putting your..arms on me?''
** Fenton also tends to get a bit over-touchy and protective of his 'Bren-Bren.'

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Zig-zagged, but also played straight. Due to the lack of an Adult Swim block in international channels, the show ended up airing during children's timeslots on Cartoon Network UK, as well as on Canadian youth station YTV with a PG rating. Despite its child cast, the show is very distinctively aimed at adults; both due to the occasional innuendo/salty language as well as the pop culture references only adults would get. At the same time, though, the show otherwise doesn't have much in terms of kid-unfriendly content, as compared to most adult animated series, it favors strong, witty, character-based writing [[AllAdultAnimationIsSouthPark over shock humor and sex jokes]].

* GrowingTheBeard: Not that it was bad even when it was cancelled on UPN (though some viewers were put off by the Squigglevision and the overlapping dialogue...and the fact that UPN [[ScrewedByTheNetwork screwed it out of letting it play for more than one season]]), but it really came into its own on Creator/AdultSwim. In particular, "Director's Cut" was a big improvement over the first five episodes, and the series really hit its stride starting in seasons 2 and 3 when the animation switched to Flash.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Due to the lack of an Adult Swim block in international channels, the show ended up airing during children's timeslots on Cartoon Network UK, as well as on Canadian youth station YTV with a PG rating. Despite its child cast, the show is very distinctively aimed at adults; both due to the occasional innuendo/salty language as well as the pop culture references only adults would get. It is worth noting that later seasons (with more envelope-pushing episodes such as "Curses") didn't finish its run on Cartoon Network UK, and later moved to Teletoon in Canada, where it aired with an 18+ rating, which, to be fair, is a little too out of line. Home Movies also aired on Cartoon Network in Japan, but to be fair, it's not any worse than a lot of Japanese kids shows.

** [[ThoseTwoGuys Walter and Perry]] have tons of moments with each other.

* HoYay: [[ThoseTwoGuys Walter and Perry]] have tons of moments with each other.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Due to international lack of an Adult Swim block, the show ended up airing during children's timeslots on Cartoon Network UK, as well as on Canadian youth station YTV with a PG rating. Despite its child cast, the show is very distinctively aimed at adults; both due to the occasional innuendo/salty language as well as the pop culture references only adults would get. It is worth noting that later seasons (with more envelope-pushing episodes such as "Curses") didn't finish its run on Cartoon Network UK, and later moved to Teletoon in Canada, where it aired with an 18+ rating, which, to be fair, is a little too out of line. Home Movies also aired on Cartoon Network in Japan, but to be fair, it's not any worse than a lot of Japanese kids shows.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Nearly every piece of music in the show, but particularly "Don't Kill Children" and "Taste The Fame".

* FoeYay: There's some between Shannon and Brendon, most notably in the episode 'Bye Bye Greasy.' Shannon breaks into Brendon's room, comments on all his clothing on the floor, then this beauty happens.

* HilariousInHindsight: The end riff of the "Starboy & The Captain of Outer Space" theme song was later re-used for the ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'' theme song.

* ToyShip:
** Jason apparently has plans to marry Melissa.
*** Apparently? He has an entire elaborate proposal set up, although ask him and he denies it.
** There's also Brendon's brief relationship with Loni in "Yoko".

* BrokenBase: Is the show better or worse with Squigglevision and the more obviously unscripted dialog from season 1?

%%* EnsembleDarkhorse: Dwayne.

* SeasonalRot: Season 4 was considered as this while it was still airing.

* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** Coach [=McGuirk=]
** Don't forget Dwayne!

* BrokenBase: Is the show better or worse with Squigglevision and the more obviously unscripted dialog from season 1?
* CrossesTheLineTwice:
** Anytime [=McGuirk=] starts to yell at Melissa for asking questions at the soccer field.
** When [=McGuirk=] was acting as a Big Brother for a LittlestCancerPatient, he tells him he's going to kick the ball hard, and boy does he.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Nearly every piece of music in the show, but particularly "Don't Kill Children" and "Taste The Fame".

* GrowingTheBeard: Not that it was bad even when it was cancelled on UPN (though some viewers were put off by the Squigglevision and the overlapping dialogue...and the fact that UPN [[ScrewedByTheNetwork screwed it out of letting it play for more than one season]]), but it really came into its own on Creator/AdultSwim.

-->'''Shannon:''' (grabs Brendon by the shoulders) ''I wanna sing, I wanna dance, let's make this happen!!'' (holds him.)
-->'''Brendon:''' ''W-Why are you putting your..arms on me?''