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{{quote|'''Reba:''' They could be drunks, or convicts, or telemarketers for all I know!}}

* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Van and Cheyenne. They argue often, but there's no question about the authenticity of their love. One episode during Season 5 has each of them two taking turns complaining about the other in a therapist's office, embracing each other when they finish, and then getting told off for arguing soon after (in the waiting area of said therapist's office ''and'' at the parking lot outside).

** Some might say this is more a case of [[Insistent Terminology]].

** Barbra Jean loathes being called "Blondzilla", and Reba gets upset if/when she gets compared to Barbra Jean and is told [[Not So Different|she's no better]].

* [[Dreadful Musician]]: Cheyenne (Reba remarks, after hearing Cheyenne's singing: "No wonder Elizabeth used to cry after Cheyenne sang to her.") and Jake (in the [[Christmas Episode]], Reba convinces Jake to sing loudly knowing Brock and Barbra Jean, who would take Jake to go Christmas caroling with them, would suffer from his singing).

* [[Dream Sequence]]: Both the second and sixth seasons start with one of these.

* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Cheyenne and Barbara Jean.

* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: The first season was noticeably different from the rest of the series. Van was more dumb than crazy. Barbara Jean was also a huge Jesus Freak, alongside her other neuroses. Cheyenne was more Libby than Ditz. Brock wasn't nearly as vain. Reba was much more the [[Only Sane Man]] instead of a control freak. Also, the fact that the show took place in Houston was a much bigger plot point, as the Hart family tried to navigate through Cheyenne's pregnancy around ultra-conservative neighbors, school principals, etc. Much like ''Married... With Children'', the show kind of Flanderized into more of a live-action cartoon, and was funnier for it.

* [[Screaming Birth]]: How 'bout two of 'em?

** [[This Is Sparta]]: ''[[Crowning Moment of Funny|"I... need... DRUGS!"]]''

** Despite a promising performance in its sixth season (the show was the highest rated sitcom on the new network and increased the ratings from the shows previously slotted there), the show was cancelled since it was felt that it didn't hit the right demographics.

** And such moves seemed to have not gone unnoticed, if the following exchange was of any indication:

'''Reba''': [[Take That|Television network?]] }}

* [[Shower of Awkward]]: Poor Reba goes through this once when she accidentally walks into Brock taking a shower -- which doesn't help her to relax, as her next sentence makes clear: "What is that orange manatee doing in my shower?!"

* [[Standardized Sitcom Housing]]: Twice around: Barbara Jean and Brock's house is a mirror to Reba's.

* [[Slasher Smile]]: Van's "winning smile" is incredibly creepy, and he's completely oblivious to that fact.

** There's more. During the fifth season finale, Reba is faced with the prospect of a surgery. Van consoles the worried Cheyenne with: "She'll be all right. She's a survivor."

* [[This Is Reality]]: Lampshaded by Van in one episode ("That speech Cheyenne gave was great, but we don't live in a speech. We live in Houston.") and Brock in another ("We don't live in a utopia. We live in suburbia, where life is cheap!").

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Reba and B.J. Poor B.J. tries so hard...

** And when Reba actually refrains from insulting Barbra Jean, she ''takes offense'', and mentions how, as "The Other Woman," she's always victim to gossiping and false friendliness from everyone else, and prefers Reba's rather harsh (but honest) jokes and teasing instead of the false sincerity from everyone else.