Roseanne: Difference between revisions

** Although to be accurate, ''everybody'' was a [[Butt Monkey]] when Roseanne was around. The only possible subversion was Darlene.

* [[Call Back]]: In the pilot episode Dan and Roseanne have a fight about how Dan doesn't do anything around the house, leading to this exchange.

'''Roseanne''': Oh, but honey, you just fixed dinner ''three'' years ago! }}

** In the eighth season finale, they have the same argument following Dan's heart attack after Roseanne refuses to cook the unhealthy foods Dan likes. The only difference is now Roseanne says "''eleven'' years ago."

* [[Hormone-Addled Teenager]]: Played dead straight with Becky, largely averted with Darlene.

** Darlene became quite moody after puberty, going from a tomboy-athlete to a goth navel-gazer.

* [[Housewife]]: Roseanne

* [[Informed Flaw]]: Dan despises his dad and repeatedly explains that he is a horrible person. Every time he's shown, though, he is wonderful and kind to the entire cast, and never once, not even to his new wife, does he seem bad. This was on purpose, and not played for laughs.

** Also Roseanne's dad. Given their strained relationships, his death brought out mixed feelings in Roseanne and Bev, but in the end he was missed.

* [[Large Ham]]: Jackie in later seasons.

* [[Mama Bear]] / [[Papa Wolf]]: Roseanne and Dan, respectively. They're not only protective of their own children, but also of Jackie, Roseanne's sister (as [[Domestic Abuser|Fisher]] found out the hard way), and David, Darlene's boyfriend (as ''[[Abusive Parents|his real mother]]'' found out the hard way). Messing with anyone the Conners consider family is generally a bad idea.

** Also Becky's boss, who fired her using abusive language. Dan was mean to him, but Mark actually hit him. Although Dan likely was about to beat him senseless himself until he found out Mark had beaten him to it.

* [[Meat Versus Veggies]]: Darlene and David are both vegetarians. Roseanne acts like a real [[Jerkass|bitch]] toward them because of it.

** Darlene is quite the bitch about it too. Her interfering with the operation of Roseanne's diner--the chief source of income for the family--doesn't help her case at all.

* [[No Periods, Period]]: Averted. Aside from episodes centered on Roseanne's comically insane mood-swings, Darlene's first period, and a pregnancy scare, periods are pretty much the domain of cheap jokes.

* [[Not Blood Siblings]]: Repeatedly lampshaded with David and Darlene, after the Conners took him in.

* [[Oedipus Rex]]: Dan has very serious, unresolved issues with his father throughout the show's run. It doesn't help when Conner Sr. marries one of Roseanne's friends and has a kid with her.

* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: When the Prince starts to drink, a Texan accent starts to show up.

** In the series finale, Glenn Quinn's normal Irish accent slips out slightly.

* [[The Other Darrin]]: One of the most egregious and ridiculous examples of all time, with plenty of unabashed [[Lampshade Hanging]]. When Lecy Goranson left the show for school, Becky was written out as having moved to Minnesota, but eventually returned, now played by Sarah Chalke. At the beginning of the 8th season, Goranson returned and played Becky steadily for a run of episodes, with Chalke actually ''cameoing as a different character'' in the Halloween episode. After this, Chalke was brought in again as Becky on-and-off over the course of that season for any episodes Goranson was unavailable for, including the Disneyworld two-parter and Darlene's wedding. Finally, at the beginning of the 9th and final season, Chalke took over again all the way until the finale.

Roseanne (to Goranson): Where the hell have you been? It feels like you've been gone for three years! }}

** "Ladies and gentlemen, the role of Becky Conner, formerly played by Lecy Goranson, then by Sarah Chalke, and then Lecy Goranson again, will be played tonight by Sarah Chalke."

* [[Really Gets Around]]: Jackie and Molly.

** The similarity between the two was [[Lampshaded]] by Darlene, who also compared Molly's sister Charlotte to Roseanne.

'''Darlene:''' *looks over at Roseanne and Jackie* Trust me. I know. }}

** In one episode, Jackie has a discussion with her boyfriend Fred.

'''Jackie:''' [chuckles] Oh, well slept with! Well... [[Shutting Up Now|*stops laughing*]] That's not what you asked me.<br />

'''Fred:''' No I guess it wasn't.<br />

* [[Standardized Sitcom Housing]]: Interestingly, if you factor out the tilted wall in the kitchen, their house [http://dunderbrain.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/dan-and-roseanne-conner%E2%80%99s-floor-plan/ actually works.]

* [[Stop Copying Me]]: In one episode, D.J. does this to Darlene, much to her irritation. Eventually:

'''Roseanne''': ''(to Darlene)'' Don't be so childish! }}

* [[Straight Gay]]: Both Leon and Nancy, and almost anyone each of them was paired with. ''Roseanne'' played this trope straight regularly before many other shows did.

* [[Take That]]: When Disney purchased ABC all their shows were forced to do a Disneyworld episode, Roseanne obviously didn't enjoy having to make a two-episode Disney World commercial, so in the very next episode they turned around and created an elaborate slam against Disney for being forced to do so (including mocking their treatment of employees), and made it's mascot a rabbit as a way to cover their butts if they get called out on it.

** The [[The Other Darrin]] gag in that episode was worth it.

''Roseanne'': Aren't you glad you were here this week? }}

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Sort of, it seems like for the first few seasons, the Connor family lived on Roseanne's notorious meatloaf.