History Series / SixFeetUnder

** Kroehner's storyline was initially intended to add friction to Nate and David trying to run the business. The storyline was dropped after season 2 as it wasn't needed anymore, the characters had enough drama among themselves by that point. See NoAntagonist

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Claire.

* BaitAndSwitch: A recurring element of the opening death scenes.
* BeingGoodSucks: A major theme of the series.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Kroehner's

* DaydreamSurprise: Show staple.

* DeadlyDistantFinale
* DeathIsSuchAnOddThing

* {{Dramedy}}
* TheDutifulSon: David.
* DysfunctionalFamily

* LeadIn
* LetsHaveAnotherBaby: Nate and Brenda.
* MagicRealism
* ManlyGay: Sarge.
** Keith.

* NearDeathExperience

* SiblingYinYang:
** Nate and David.
** Ruth and Sarah.

* TheSnarkKnight: Claire.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: When the house gets burned down in the second episode, the flames visible through the windows are obviously CGI and don't look real at all. In addition, its very obvious that in the many scenes of characters talking to each other through a doorway that the person on the outside is being shot on a green screen.
* SpicyLatina: Vanessa.

* TroubledButCute: Gabe.

** Claire and Ted

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue

* BuryYourGays: the Fishers deal with burying one of the partners in a gay couple, even the homosexual David assuming the man had AIDS until his lover corrects him. Partly subverted when we see that [[spoiler: Keith is killed in an armed robbery, not necessarily the first main character to die but the only one to die a violent death]].

--->'''Boy''': Oh, please, she'd never rate that high. She'd get like one of those ''Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}}'' or ''Series/DawsonsCreek'' chicks, top.

* RiddleForTheAges: What was Nate Sr. doing in the apartment he kept hidden from his family?

''Six Feet Under'' is an {{Creator/HBO}} {{Ensemble|Cast}} {{Dramedy}} created by Creator/AlanBall that originally ran from 2001 to 2005, comprising 5 seasons and 63 episodes.

* BlackComedy: Many of the death scenes, but no means all. Some of them are very uncomedic, including a cot death and a mass shooting.

* BuryMeNotOnTheLonePrairie: [[spoiler: When Lisa dies, Nate remembers her wishes to be buried without embalming or a coffin, out in nature. Nate manages to grant this request, although it means deceiving her family and breaking the law. Incidentally right before he dies Nate expresses his wish to have a similar burial, which his family are much more capable of carrying out.]]

* EveryoneCanSeeIt: It's plainly obvious that during the entire time Nate was married to Lisa he still loved Brenda (even though he denied it), and that Brenda still loved him (even though she denied it).

* FairCop: David's boyfriend Keith is a sexy gay black cop who looks great in his uniform. David's sister Claire is impressed with his looks and when they have a chance to talk, Keith mentions he fell fell in love with David because he sees more in him than just a "big black sex cop" and just gets him.

* MistakenForCheating: Played with. Federico has a foolhardy and odd affair with a stripper, but the relationship is not sexual after the first contact, and she takes advantage of him. Federico's wife discovers the relationship and naturally assumes it's sexual (she reasons that he spent too much money not to be getting any on the side). After Rico is thrown out of the house, actual sex ensues and Federico tries to move with the stripper, but he is unwelcome.

** David had one date with a guy who boasted with his great parents who have never been anything but supportive of him and his coming out. David is envious.

* BrotherChuck: Played straight with Claire's best friend Parker; Averted with Claire's college friends who appear again in the last season.

-->'''Brenda:''' (tearfully) Don't you throw that ring at me. It's such a cliché, I'll barf.\\
''(Nate throws it))''\\
'''Brenda:''' There. ''Barf''.

* GoodLookingPrivates: David's boyfriend Keith is a sexy gay black cop who looks great in his uniform. David's sister Claire is impressed with his looks and when they have a chance to talk, Keith mentions he fell fell in love with David because he sees more in him than just a "big black sex cop" and just gets him.

* {{Irony}}: In Season Two, Ruth (having found out that David is gay and trying to deal with it in a healthy and understanding manner) tells Claire that if she has any homosexual feelings at all she shouldn't be afraid to express them. Claire denies feeling any attraction to women. In season 4 she eventually forms an attraction to Edie, one of her friends from Art School, although it doesn't take.

** Federico and Vanessa receive a $149,000 inheritance from a deceased elderly neighbor because Federico was kind to her while she was alive. In the season 2 finale,[[spoiler:when Fisher & Sons is facing bankruptcy, Federico uses $75,000 of this inheritance to finally become a partner; much to David's chagrin. The business is thereafter named Fisher & Diaz.]]

* PutOnABus: Brenda at the end of season 2. Actress Rachel Griffith left to give birth to her first child and did not return until partway through season 3 when TheBusCameBack.

* AbortedArc: Keith and David during one season go through an entire storyline about taking in Keith's niece, Taylor, as their own, and going through lengths to get her mother into rehab. A few arguments later, Keith allows his parents to take her. The entire season has been exploring David and Keith's relationship as potential parents, making this a clear Aborted Arc, perhaps because it became clear that their relationship was not strong enough yet to sustain a family dynamic.

** Federico and Vanessa receive a $149,000 inheritance from a deceased elderly neighbor because Federico was kind to her while she was alive. [[spoiler:When Fisher & Sons is facing bankruptcy, Federico uses $75,000 of this inheritance to finally become a partner; much to David's chagrin.]]

** Federico and Vanessa receive a $149,000 inheritance from a deceased neighbor because Federico was kind to her while she was alive. When Fisher & Sons is facing bankruptcy, Federico uses $75,000 of this inheritance to finally become a partner; much to David's chagrin.

* UnexpectedInheritance: Nate receiving the 50% of the mortuary is a big surprise for the whole family.

''Six Feet Under'' is an {{Creator/HBO}} {{Ensemble|Cast}} {{Dramedy}} created by Alan Ball that originally ran from 2001 to 2005, comprising 5 seasons and 63 episodes.

* NotSoDifferent: The Fishers come to realize the old man had HiddenDepths, for instance he smoked pot too.