History YMMV / TheAdventuresOfBriscoCountyJr

** Professor Wickwire. A nice, quirky borderline-MadScientist, who - unlike his daughter - was retained from the pilot to be a recurring character. Helps that he's played by John Astin, too.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Music/RandyEdelman's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6i9AAtuk8o theme music]] (as well as his score for the PilotMovie). Creator/{{NBC}} sure thought it was awesome: when Edelman threw it into a portfolio he sent them when being commissioned for a new NFL theme song, NBC producers liked it so much that they used it during marquee Major League Baseball games, and more prominently, as part of its traditional soundtrack for the UsefulNotes/OlympicGames (typically on the "coming up tomorrow" segments).

%%* CargoShip: Pete/Pete's Piece

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: At the end of "High Treason, Part 2," there is talk of further adventures for Brisco and Lord Bowler, but Bowler stresses "after a hiatus" first. The episode was shot as a season finale (hence the hiatus joke), but the series was cancelled over the summer break.

* SpiritualAdaptation: The series works well as one for ComicBook/LuckyLuke, with its protagonist who has ImprobableAimingSkills, outlandish plots which sometimes edge into AffectionateParody and especially both having a very similar CoolHorse taken UpToEleven.

* SpiritualAdaptation: The series works well as one for ComicBook/LuckyLuke, with its protagonist who has ImprobableAimingSkills, outlandish plots and especially both having a very similar CoolHorse taken UpToEleven.

* CargoShip: Pete/Pete's Piece
* EarWorm: Dixie's signature tune, 'File my Claim', including the re-mix.

* MagnificentBastard: John Bly

* AwesomeMusic: Music/RandyEdelman's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6i9AAtuk8o theme music]] (as well as his score for the PilotMovie). Creator/{{NBC}} sure thought it was awesome: when Edelman threw it into a portfolio he sent them when being commissioned for a new NFL theme song, NBC producers liked it so much that they used it during marquee Major League Baseball games, and more prominently, as part of its traditional soundtrack for the UsefulNotes/OlympicGames (typically on the "coming up tomorrow" segments).

* HeReallyCanAct: Let's face it, Creator/BruceCampbell is one of those actors who really needs to do nothing more than be himself to get the audience invested. But a few scenes in this show, like Brisco's visit to his father's grave at the end of the pilot, show that he really can be an effective dramatic actor when he wants.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Pete Hutter was meant to be killed in the pilot, but Boam and Cuse were so impressed with the actor that it became a recurring role, complete with {{Running Gag}} of surviving in very unlikely circumstances.

* FriendlyFandoms: With ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', due to both being fusions of westerns and sci-fi. They even share a prop, as Bowler's Steve [=McQueen=]-style cut-down Winchester carbine became Zoe's.

* HilariousInHindsight: In ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' John Pyper-Ferguson plays an Inhuman who can blow himself up and then reform without a scratch, in what feels a lot like the natural culmination to the RunningGag of Pete's increasingly implausible survival.

* MartyStu: Brisco, arguably: Harvard lawyer, lawman, doctor, scientifically skilled, impossibly good shot, master of fisticuffs, card sharp, lady's man, ever cool, always on top of the situation...
** Possibly a [[ParodySue Parody Stu]], given the tongue-in-cheek nature of the show.
** In his autobiography, Campbell recalls that it soon got hard to read the pilot script, as his hands were shaking with excitement that this part was actually still available.

** If foreign dubs count, then Brisco being voiced by Creator/MarioCastaneda definitely has a spot here.

* FriendlyFandoms: With ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', due to both being fusions of westerns and sci-fi. They even share a prop, as Bowler's sawed-off shotgun became Zoe's.

** Most people recognize RandyEdelman's ''Brisco'' theme from NBC's extensive use of it during their Olympics coverage rather than the show itself.

* AwesomeMusic: RandyEdelman's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6i9AAtuk8o theme music]] (as well as his score for the PilotMovie). Creator/{{NBC}} sure thought it was awesome: when Edelman threw it into a portfolio he sent them when being commissioned for a new NFL theme song, NBC producers liked it so much that they used it during marquee Major League Baseball games, and more prominently, as part of its traditional soundtrack for the UsefulNotes/OlympicGames (typically on the "coming up tomorrow" segments).

** [[TheWestWing Janel Maloney]] is a young frontier wife and mother in "Pirates!".

* AwesomeMusic: RandyEdelman's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6i9AAtuk8o theme music]] (as well as his score for the PilotMovie). Creator/{{NBC}} sure thought it was awesome: when Edelman threw it into a portfolio he sent them when being commissioned for a new NFL theme song, they ended up making good use of it in its own right, serving as a theme for marquee Major League Baseball games, and more prominently, part of its traditional soundtrack for the UsefulNotes/OlympicGames.