History YMMV / TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir

* SeasonalRot: The last season is an example of this. The writing was weaker and had more DenserAndWackier plotlines, Will's jokes, especially about Uncle Phil, were less clever and more mean-spirited, both he and Carlton suffered from {{Flanderization}} and the chemistry and wit of the previous seasons just wasn't there anymore. Also, some rather grating continuity errors began showing up such as Uncle's birthday being a different date. That being said, there still were some well-received episodes, such as "The Butler's Son Did It", the episode where [[spoiler: Geoffrey meets the son he never knew he had]], "I, Whoops, There It Is", the bloopers episode with Dick Clark and, of course, the series finale. Luckily, Will Smith acknowledged this before the sixth season started and decided to end the show before things got worse. In fact, much of the season's flaws can be chalked up to the fact that everyone knew this was the last season and were more or less coasting by.

** '''WHO CARES WHAT YOU THINK?''' '''''YOU'RE NOT MY FATHER!!''''' [[labelnote: Explanation]] A line from a particularly poignant scene in "Papa's Got a Brand New Excuse", when Will has an argument with Phil, that is often used in YouTubePoop when one character disagrees with the opinion of another. [[/labelnote]]
** Eeeee~ [[labelnote: Explanation]] From the same episode by way of the Fesh Pince duology. This comes from the last syllable of Lou saying, "You're a better man than me." being drawn out and slowed down. While not nearly as wide-spread as "YOU'RE NOT MY FATHER", it's sometimes used to replace other long "e" sounds in YTP. [[/labelnote]]

** "This is a black thing isn't it?"
** "Would you make me a sandwich?"
** "You take your horny little ass, and you find Geoffrey, [[BrokenRecord and you find Geoffrey, and you find Geoffrey, and you find Geoffrey, and you find Geoffrey...]]"
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O9IFZjiIgk Geoffrey saying "No."]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLtlZ__lHSs Chicken 'n winnigish.]]

--->'''Will:''' Oh, I'm sorry. Did I say white? I meant ''tall''.

* AlternativeJokeInterpretation: In "Mama's Baby, Carlton's Maybe", Will jokingly identifies Carlton as the father of his ex-girlfriend's baby as stating that he's seen ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'' eight times. Was this meant to show off his cousin's [[{{Manchild}} childishness]] or has he viewed the film so many times [[PoorMansPorn for more adult (albeit embarrassing) reasons?]]

** In "The Butler's Son Did It", two ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' Franchise/{{Transformers}} toys are featured —- one of which is identified as Razorbeast, a character didn't appear in the show and had no real prominence in the franchise other than having an action figure. Then the IDW comics came along and he's the main protagonist.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The reason why Viola Smith sent her son to Bel-Air after the fight he had with that gang: is it because she considered Will to be a troubled teenager who needed to be straightened out, or did she only sent him as a way to protect him and she knew that the fight was not his fault? Maybe a combination of both?

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The series was considered to be rather "edgy" for its time due to dealing with adult subject matter. Nowadays, while still well-liked, it's also seen to be very goofy.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The reason why Viola Smith sent her son to Bel-Air, after the fight he had with that gang, is because she considered Will to be a troubled teenager and needed to be straightened out, she only sent him as a way to protect him. and he knew that the fight was not his fault, or a combination of both?

** "He a little confused, but he got the spirit" is commonly used as a gifset now on Tumblr.

** In "Boyz in the Woods", after he, Will and Carlton get lost on a mountain during a camping trip, Uncle Phil suggests they get out in hitchhike, to which Will immediately shot down saying as three black men on a mountain, that the only people who will be stopping "will be wearing white sheets and yelling, 'Get 'em, [[Series/NineteenKidsAndCounting Jim Bob]]!'"

** The series was huge in Spain, where it gets reruns even in The New Twenties as well. It was pretty popular too for the spectacular amounts of {{Woolseyism}} in the dub script (although some argue it went too far in later seasons) and the uncanny symbiosis between Will Smith's appearance and his voice actor, Iván Muelas. Even if his voice was higher pitched than Smith's. Thanks to that, Muelas has been Will Smith's most recurrent voice actor in Spain ever since. Bonus points for the opening theme, which was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh8XS4K9ktc also translated and dubbed by Muelas himself]]. And it worked surprisingly well! It became such a big hit among kids and teenagers of the early-to-mid '90s that many of them [[MemeticMutation could sing it by heart]].

* HoYay: Will, with both Carlton and Jazz. This is not to say that Will (the character) was comfortable with such undertones, as he once had a role on a soap opera, but quit because he was uncomfortable with acting very close between his character and his character's male lover.

** Will Smith got to show off his acting chops in several episodes, most notably "Papa's Got a Brand New Excuse".