History YMMV / Monk

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* CriticalResearchFailure: The group of law students in "Mr. Monk and The Missing Granny" get confused on stuff that should have been learned in high school civics class, much less law school. One example involves failing to save a death row inmate because of confusion over daylight savings time.
-->Julie Parlo: Hi, I'm Julie Parlo. Uh, where is the FBI? This is a kidnapping. I happen to be a lawyer, so I know that in a kidnapping situation the FBI has jurisprudence.
-->Disher: That's only true if your grandmother's been taken across the state lines...
-->Stottlemeyer: ...or if she's been held for more than 24 hours. And I think you meant to say "jurisdiction." ''What kind of lawyer are you?''

* LargeHam: Tim Curry as Dale the Whale.

* StrawmanHasAPoint: In "Mr. Monk Makes A Friend" it's clear that the "friend" he makes is up to no good. But then he says "when's the last time you hung out with him?" (To be fair, it's difficult to do so...)

** ''Monk's Favorite Show'' certainly counts. Monk explains that the reason he loved it so much as a kid was that it showed his view of the 'perfect family.' A family that he never had.

* NightmareFuel: The episode "Mr. Monk Bumps His Head" ends with Monk quietly giving his summation while thickly coated in bees.
* {{None of this Could've Happened}}: [[If Monk opened Trudy's present, it would have saved everybody a lot of trouble.

** ''Monk's Favorite TV Show'' certainly counts. Monk explains that the reason he loved it so much as a kid was that it showed his view of the 'perfect family.' A family that he never had.

* StrawmanHasAPoint: In ''Mr Monk Makes A Friend'' it's clear that the "friend" he makes is up to no good. But then he says "when's the last time you hung out with him?" (To be fair, it's difficult)

* StrawmanHasAPoint: In ''MrMonkMakesAFriend'' it's clear that the "friend" he makes is up to no good. But then he says "when's the last time you hung out with him?" (To be fair, it's difficult)

* CriticalResearchFailure: The group of law students in "Mr. Monk and The Missing Granny" get confused on stuff that should have been learned in high school civics class, much less law school.

** [[spoiler: Well, it IS [[ButtMonkey New Jersey.]]]] Say hello to [[{{House}} our favorite doctor if you're ever around Princeton!]]
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce Gwen]] plays "Susie the Butler" in "Mr. Monk is at your service"
** Dale the Whale s played by three [[TheOtherDarrin different actors]]. Once by [[Series/ChicagoHope Adam Arkin]], second by TimCurry and third by [[TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody Ray Porter]].
** [[TwoAndAHalfMen Evelyn Harper]] plays Natalie's mother.
** [[ThePenguinsOfMadagascar Mort]] is Monk's best friend [[spoiler: that turns out to be a murderer]]

* TearJerker: The ads for the final season of the show set to Keane's "Time to Go".

*** The scene where Monk's brother admits he never called him after Trudy died because he blames himself for her death.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Ben10AlienForce Gwen]] plays "Susie the Butler" in "Mr. Monk is at your service"

* SeasonalRot

* Family Unfriendly Aesop: In the subplot for the episode "Mr. Monk Is Stuck In Traffic," Monk reports a trucker for driving crazily on the road, it wasn't the first time the trucker in question did so, and they fired her. She then, during the traffic jam, decides she wants to kill Monk as revenge for getting her fired (and her brandishing a crowbar implies that she is not bluffing), and in order for Monk to evade a potential beating on his part when found by her, he is forced by her to withdraw the complaint by claiming he lied about her speeding as revenge for her turning him down in the hand of marriage. Basically, the moral is that, unless you want to be beaten down and possibly killed by the person you reported, don't squeal, even if the person being squealed on deserved the punishment.

Family Unfriendly Aesop: In the subplot for the episode "Mr. Monk Is Stuck In Traffic," Monk reports a trucker for driving crazily on the road, it wasn't the first time the trucker in question did so, and they fired her. She then, during the traffic jam, decides she wants to kill Monk as revenge for getting her fired (and her brandishing a crowbar implies that she is not bluffing), and in order for Monk to evade a potential beating on his part when found by her, he is forced by her to withdraw the complaint by claiming he lied about her speeding as revenge for her turning him down in the hand of marriage. Basically, the moral is that, unless you want to be beaten down and possibly killed by the person you reported, don't squeal, even if the person being squealed on deserved the punishment.

** Dale the Whale s played by three [[TheOtherDarrin different actors]]. Once by [[ChicagoHope Adam Arkin]], second by TimCurry and third by [[TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody Ray Porter]].

* MissedMomentOfAwesome: [[FatBastard Dale The Whale]] had [[spoiler:nothing to do with Trudy's death.]]
** To be fair, [[spoiler:this was foreshadowed in the season 6 finale, when it was mentioned that the person who hired the six-fingered man was known only as "The Judge."]]
*** [[spoiler:There was an episode where Monk and company met a judge who described Monk as an old friend (Monk was trying to balance the scales of justice on said judge's desk using jelly beans). It was an [=MMoA=] for him not to have been involved.]]

** Dale the Whale s played by three [[TheOtherDarrin different actors]]. Once by [[TeamoSupremeo Alan Arkin]], second by TimCurry and third by [[TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody Ray Porter]].

* CrazyAwesome: "It's a gift...and a curse."

* HeyItsThatGirl: [[Ben10AlienForce Gwen]] plays "Susie the Butler" in "Mr. Monk is at your service"