Line #13 YMMV/BabyBlues


1	!!!The strip:
2	* CrossesTheLineTwice: Zoe poking Wanda [[EyeScream in the eye]] with a tongue depressor, trying to amputate her, and giving her a shot in the butt while playing Doctor? Terrible. Zoe commenting it means she wins? Hysterical!
3	* HarsherInHindsight: In a couple early strips, Wanda was shown to be a fan of Mel Gibson (or rather, [[MrFanservice his buns]]). Obviously, this was before Gibson's first antisemetic rant incident.
4	* HilariousInHindsight: One strip that took place early in Bunny's second pregnancy had her pointing out how big her stomach was getting, and exclaiming "I think it might be twins!" (the joke being that her stomach still looked relatively flat). A few months later, Bunny revealed that she actually ''was'' having twins (and then her stomach really ''did'' get a lot bigger, much to Wanda and Yolanda's amusement).
5	** The title of the comic's eighth book, "One More and We're Outnumbered!", has become this with the introduction of Wren.
6	** One early strip had Darryl bringing home a large box of crayons and coloring books, only for Wanda to scold him because Zoe (then still a baby) was too young for crayons; the joke being Darryl responding "Who said they were for her?" Nowadays, coloring books marketed specifically for adults are very much a thing.
7	* OnceOriginalNowCommon: Its premise was actually somewhat going against the grain ''because'' the parents were depicted as [[ParentsAsPeople flawed but still learning people]] - heck Darryl was neither the stereotypical "Father knows best" ''nor'' [[ParentingTheHusband needing to be raised by his wife]]. This can seem somewhat odd after works like ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}''.
8	* PeripheryDemographic: The strip is popular even among those who aren't parents — including, apparently, [[http://www.enquirer.com/columns/kiese/2000/07/27/jki_kiesewetter_network.html teenage girls]].
9	* TheScrappy: Of the five main family members, Zoe is the most disliked for her bullying Hammie (and sometimes teaching Wren to do the same), and for frequently acting like a whiny tattletale.
10	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The Brewers were introduced as a {{Happily Married}} couple who love kids, but are unable to have any of their own due to fertility issues. Through interacting with them, Darryl and Wanda learn that they're perfectly normal, pleasant people instead of "childless yuppie scum." So of course, after Darryl and Wanda learned their lesson, the Brewers quietly disappeared from the strip.
11	** In the early years of the strip, Norm and Cindy/[[SuddenNameChange Cyndi]] were shown to be close friends of Darryl and Wanda, to the point that they were considered candidates to be Zoe's godparents. They haven't been seen since the mid-90s, presumably because they, like the Brewers, were childless.
12	* ValuesResonance: Baby Blues is one of the few [[DomCom Dom coms]] ''period'' in the past 40 years that ''didn't'' depict parenthood as a self-inflicted hell destined for DysfunctionJunction. Wanda didn't have to [[ParentingTheHusband raise her husband]] in addition to the other children - Darryl was also depicted as being as involved emotionally with the childrens' needs.
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14	!!!The series:
15	* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Unlike the family-friendly strip, the show was fused with crass humor and language aimed squarely at older audiences, which only seemed to turn off fans of the actual comic, and the show didn't have much of an audience to grab outside of that fanbase.
16	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Many fans agree that the title song "It's All Been Done" by Music/BarenakedLadies was the best part about the show.
17	* BrokenBase: Some people who weren't familiar with the strip thought it was a decent show in its own right, while others that grew up with the strip disliked it for how much it changed the story to the point where it barely even resembled the original strip.
18	* EnsembleDarkhorse: Despite mixed reactions to the show, Bizzy is a well-liked character. If mostly due to her being voiced by Creator/NicoleSullivan.
19	* HilariousInHindsight: Shelby acts incredibly similar to Onion from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', which came out 13 years after this series.
20	* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids:
21	** In Canada, the show aired on Creator/{{Teletoon}} Sunday nights at 7:30p.m. in the 2002 Fall Season. It carried a PG rating and was much tamer than what aired post-watershed, though it's still a bit odd.
22	** In the UK, it aired on Creator/{{Cartoon Network}} at 6:30p.m.

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