What's Happening!!/YMMV

• Acceptable Targets: Rerun and Shirley are mocked--and they insult each other--because of their weight. Mrs. Thomas is also obese, but nothing much is said about her weight.
  • Fear of Mrs. Thomas is probably what prevented that; would you make fun of her weight?
• Ear Worm: the theme song
• Ensemble Darkhorse: Rerun.
• Jump the Shark: When the three friends went to college and two characters, Big Earl and Little Earl, were introduced many fans claim the show lost its original charm.
• Tear Jerker: The episode where Dee, Yes THAT Dee, befriends a rather gruff old man while her brother is in the hospital. Her reaction to his death, in addition to being a Tear Jerker is, also, a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming . Dee tells the man's daughter that he'll be all right because you can't get hurt sliding into a cloud