According to Jim: Difference between revisions

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* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: On the [[Halloween Episode]], Jim's kids pick out their own costumes: Ruby is a cowgirl, Gracie goes as Statue of Liberty, and Kyle's costume is... Cinderella.

* [[The Attic]]

* [[Back for ~~The~~ Finale]]: Dana.

* [[Back for the Finale]]: Dana.

* [[Birthday Hater]]: Jim hates his birthday as a result of having been [[Caught ~~With~~ Your Pants Down|caught with his pants down]] on his 13th birthday.

* [[Birthday Hater]]: Jim hates his birthday as a result of having been [[Caught with Your Pants Down|caught with his pants down]] on his 13th birthday.

* [[Bucket Booby Trap]]: Double subverted. The kids tricked Andy into thinking they were going to do it, then when he refuses to fall for it and puts on his slippers, he gets pudding all over his feet. Then he chases the kids into the kitchen to get pudding dropped on his head.

* [[Bumbling Dad]]: Jim

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Andy

* [[The Cast Showoff]]: Jim Belushi wrote the theme song and he regularly performs in a band on the show showing off his harmonica skills.

* [[Caught ~~With~~ Your Pants Down]]: This happens in Jim's youth, causing him to detest surprise parties on his birthday.

* [[Caught with Your Pants Down]]: This happens in Jim's youth, causing him to detest surprise parties on his birthday.

* [[Crazy Prepared]]: Cheryl kept a binder listing all the times she was right about something and Jim was wrong from the day they started dating in the off-chance Jim suggested that he was right about things more than she was.

* [[The Couch]]

* [[The Danza]]: Jim Belushi as Jim.

* [[A Date ~~With~~ Rosie Palms]]: After getting turned down to take Cheryl to a baby shower in Jim's place, Andy quips: "I guess it's just me and my palm tonight."

* [[A Date with Rosie Palms]]: After getting turned down to take Cheryl to a baby shower in Jim's place, Andy quips: "I guess it's just me and my palm tonight."

** Of course, he's actually referring to his Palm Pilot.

** More explicitly hinted at in the episode where Jim has to give a sperm sample but asks Andy to give it in his place.

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* [[Primal Fear]]: Jim is terrified of spiders.

* [[Punctuated for Emphasis]]: From Jim: "Give... me... the... check." In a different episode, Cheryl asks: "Did... you... write... those... notes?"

* [[Put On a Bus]]: Kimberly Williams-Paisley

* [[Put on a Bus]]: Kimberly Williams-Paisley

* [[Reading the Stage Directions Out Loud]]: When Jim uses an earpiece and hidden microphone to communicate to Andy, he tells him to tell the girl he's picking up to "Stay beautiful," and walk away. Andy tells her "Stay beautiful and walk away." Twice.

* [[Real Life Relative]]: Jim's real-life son Robert Belushi appeared in about eleven episodes - sometimes as [[Casting Gag|an older version of Kyle]].

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* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: Andy and Jim.

* [[Shock Party]]: The organizing variation; Jim throws one for Cheryl.

* [[Shot in ~~The~~ Ass]]: By a TURKEY named "Angry Pete".

* [[Shot in the Ass]]: By a TURKEY named "Angry Pete".

* [[Sibling Rivalry]]: Between Andy and Dana, and sometimes between both of them and Cheryl.

* [[Sure Let's Go ~~With~~ That]]: what with this show heavily relying on wacky antics, this is pretty much a given. Case in point - the episode with Andy buying... er, "second-hand" jewels for his fiancée, and hen sharing the same plan with Jim. When Cheryl asks Jim if that was in order to make it the "best birthday ever", he pretty much goes with that hypothesis.

* [[Sure, Let's Go with That]]: what with this show heavily relying on wacky antics, this is pretty much a given. Case in point - the episode with Andy buying... er, "second-hand" jewels for his fiancée, and hen sharing the same plan with Jim. When Cheryl asks Jim if that was in order to make it the "best birthday ever", he pretty much goes with that hypothesis.

* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]: Jim and Cheryl.

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Jim and Andy.