History YMMV / LivAndMaddie

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: The Aesop of "Song-A-Rooney" is apparently, as Karen puts it, that "plagiarism can be good". Yeaaahhh...

** Todd Stetson, obviously, due to his Jerkass personality and his actions in general.

** Josh, Liv's costar on ''Voltage'', especially because he's an AudienceSurrogate in Season 3 for the periphery demographic, before ascending to being one of Maddie's love interests.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Dove Cameron previously had some prominent guest roles on ''{{Series/Shameless}}''.

** Todd Stetson, obviously, due to his [Jerkass] personality.

** Todd Stetson, obviously, due to his [[Jerkass]] personality.

** A lot of people feel this towards [[ReplacementScrappy cousin Ruby]] in Season 4/Cali Style.

* HilariousInHindsight: Season 2 had Liv star in a TV show based on a superhero comic series. Now, Dove Cameron is very much a ConvertedFangirl to Marvel, especially since her role in ''Ultimate Spider-Man''. She would also have a role in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''

* HilariousInHindsight: Season 2 had Liv star in a TV show based on a superhero comic series. Now, Dove Cameron is very much a ConvertedFangirl to Marvel, especially since her role in ''Ultimate Spider-Man''.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Liv's online RousingSpeech to every girl in the episode ''Rate-A-Rooney'', followed by her song.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Dove Cameron's synth-pop take on "On Top Of The World" by Music/ImagineDragons

** A rather weird example you'd probably never expect: the weird puppet... blob ''thing'' with the teeth from the Froyo Yolo music video in "Song-a-Rooney." Yes, for real. It got its own YouTube show and Twitter account now.

* TearJerker: Miller White's text message to Liv in "Skate-A-Rooney," which rivals the ending of the EvenStevens" episode "Sibling Rivalry." Also the endings of "Prom-A-Rooney," "Flugelball-A-Rooney," and "Triangle-A-Rooney." Honestly, the tearjerkers may have to be split off into a new section.

** A lot of one-episode wonder guest characters, especially if they're played by actors who have a lot of pull or name recognition with the Disney Channel fanbase like Creator/LauraMarano and Creator/PiperCurda, or are big-name stars period like Kevin James. Surprisingly and impressively, they've been able to get such guest stars pretty regularly.

** South Salamanca- [[CatchPhrase you don't even]] ''[[CatchPhrase know!!]]'' It is hoped that she ever shows up again [[Series/{{Empire}} (which may not be for some time)]] she's single - girl deserves better than [[spoiler: Todd Stenson]].

** A lot of one-episode wonder guest characters, especially if they're played by actors who have a lot of pull or name recognition with the Disney Channel fanbase like [[Series/AustinAndAlly Laura Marano]] and Creator/PiperCurda, or are big-name stars period like Kevin James. Surprisingly and impressively, they've been able to get such guest stars pretty regularly.

* JustForFun/XMeetsY:
** ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' meets ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'' minus the hotel and new baby, and the twins there are played ''by one person.'' (See Acting For Two in trivia.)
*** With a teensy bit of ''Series/HannahMontana'' thrown in for good measure in Liv's case. In fact one of Hannah's episodes was about how far she'd go for a Z-Phone.
*** Not to mention casting inspiration from ''Series/ThePattyDukeShow''

* HarsherInHindsight: The ''entire'' Maddie/Diggie relationship, now that Dove Cameron and Ryan [=McCartan=] have broken up.

* TestosteroneBrigade: Dove Cameron. It helps that she is probably the best actress on the show, including the adults, as evidenced by the emotional scene between [[ActingForTwo the two sisters]] and Maddie and Diggie.

* AbsenteeActor:
** In season one, Tenzing Norgay Trainor is missing from "Brain-A-Rooney."
** In season two, Benjamin King is absent from "Kathy Kan-A-Rooney," "Upcycle-A-Rooney," "Gift-A-Rooney," "Band-A-Rooney" and "Video-A-Rooney."
** In season three, Joey Bragg doesn't appear in "Co-Star-A-Rooney" while Benjamin King continues his streak by not being in "Meatball-A-Rooney" and "Ask-Her-More-A-Rooney." King is also completely absent from Season 4 and is no longer credited.

* EnsembleDarkHorse: Stains

** Dump Truck could count

* {{Expy}}: I have a feeling that Parker and Evan are expies of [[ShakeItUp Flynn and Henry]].
** Liv and Maddie have a bit in common with [[Series/ThePattyDukeShow Patty and Cathy]]. Dove even Lampshades this in a interview. ([[ShoutOut And guess who plays twins]] in "Grandma-A-Rooney"? Besides Dove Cameron, that is.)
** ''Linda and Heather'' (a show that exists within the universe that's only ever heard, particularly the theme song) appears to be an in-universe expy for ''Liv & Maddie'' itself. Doubles as an InJoke or ShoutOut likely to the male PeripheryDemographic that exists for this show (as it was introduced for a plot point revolving around Parker being a fan of the show).
*** Certainly a ShoutOut, given that two of the show's writers are the team of Linda Mathious and Heather [=McGillvray=].

* ShoutOut: In "SPARF-A-Rooney" Todd introduces her date to two of his ''muscles'' - Ron and John. As the show's from (John) Beck *& (Ron) Hart Productions, that line of dialogue is insurpisingly used as the week's LogoJoke.

* ShipSinking: both Miggie (Maddie/Diggie) and Handie (Holden/Andie).
** Diggie was so caught up in the wonders of the world after he came back from his semester as an exchange student, that he ended up [[{{Jerkass}} neglecting Maddie's feelings and planned to leave again,]] prompting a break from Maddie.
*** However its unsunk by "Video-a-Rooney" and "Frame-A-Rooney" which makes it clear [[spoiler: they both want to get back together,]] unfortunately neither presently know this about the other. In "Champ-A-Rooney" and "Continued-A-Rooney", [[spoiler:Diggie does realize how much Maddie means to him, and decides he will stay. However, Maddie shows how much she cares for him by encouraging Diggie to pursue his interest, and doesn't want to stand in his way]].
** Holden was asked out by a smitten Andie to the prom before he or Liv can take action, despite their feelings to each other. Holden refrained from disclosing his true feelings to Andie in order not to hurt Andie, until Nimbus being a {{Jerkass}} forced Holden to do so on live TV, smashing Andie's heart into million pieces.

* TearJerker: Miller White's text message to Liv in "Skate-A-Rooney," which rivals the ending of the EvenStevens" episode "Sibling Rivalry." Also the endings of "Prom-A-Rooney," "Flugelball-A-Rooney," and "Triangle-A-Rooney." Honestly, the tearjerkers may have to be split off into a new section.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Joey and Willow's relationship has been a case of this. After two seasons of fans giving flak to this pairing, they eventually warmed up to it when it culminated near the end of Season 3. Come beginning of season 4, Joey's and Willow's relationship was thrown away without attempting to give any further development to them.

* TheScrappy: Willow, with her relentless pursuit of Joey driving people insane. Though this has improved quite a bit, especially in giving Willow things to do other than to chase Joey like being in Liv's band or greater focus on her part on the basketball team.

*** Holden: Some people hated how he broke up with Andie on live TV. Why did he even date Andie, if he had feelings for Liv the whole time?
*** [[JerkJock Todd Stenson]] he's pretty much the definition of JerkWithAHeartOfJerk. Not to mention being a misogynistic, vain, and selfish twit. He is also pretty much this inverse, as the majority of the cast hate him.

** In season two, Benjamin King is absent from "Kathy Kan-A-Rooney," "Upcycle-A-Rooney," "Gift-A-Rooney," "Band-A-Rooney" and "Video-A-Rooney." King is also completely absent from Season 4 and is no longer credited.
** In season three, Joey Bragg doesn't appear in "Co-Star-A-Rooney" while Benjamin King continues his streak by not being in "Meatball-A-Rooney" and "Ask-Her-More-A-Rooney."

** A lot of people feel this towards cousin Ruby in Season 4/Cali Style.

** Much like in ''Jessie'', the episodes "Flugelball-a-Rooney", "Triangle-a-Rooney", and "Scoop-a-Rooney" show that not all relationships end happily ever after, and even when two people are perfect for each other, circumstances might force them to drift apart anyway.