History Series / TedLasso

* RealityIsUnrealistic: Many American viewers were unaware that ''Series/SoccerSaturday'' is a real pundit show in the UK and believed the name was an example of the writers ignoring British English vocabulary.[[note]] Contrary to popular belief, the word "soccer" (an abbreviation of "as'''soc'''iation football", the sport's official name) was originally coined in the United Kingdom, while "football" was originally an umbrella term for all competitive sports that were played '''on foot''' rather than on horseback. Association football just became commonly known as "football" in the UK once it became the most popular type of football in the country by a pretty wide margin, making it less necessary to differentiate it from the other types; "soccer" is just more commonly used in the United States because association football is less popular than American football there, making it more necessary to differentiate the two.[[/note]]

** When Ted snaps and yells at Jamie, or when he pulls out Led Tasso, everyone is shocked InUniverse and out. He's always positive and supporting, so when he pulls out the asshole, it's pretty shocking. In the first case, it was largely because of his failing marriage, but also because Jamie needed an attitude fix.

** The club itself doesn't seem to suffer at all from the relegation. Unless a club has a billionaire owner who doesn't care about the profit/loss sheet, a top level club being relegated cause a massive internal shock to the organisation, with staff being fired, other staff being cut to part-time, wages in general being reduced, significant cost savings having to be found and being faced with angry fans, or fans who lose interest and subsequently spend less money with the club, which extends to reduced ticket sales because marquee matches are lost & lowered merchandising and sponsorship revenue. This is somewhat mitigated by the fact that clubs receive parachute payments the first season after being relegated and [[spoiler: Richmond gets promoted back to the Premier League on their very first try]], so the financial blow wouldn't be quite as dramatic in the long term.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Ted and Coach Beard have this going on. They've evidently worked together a long time, have reams of inside jokes and word games, and often communicate with a single look. Plus the fact that Coach Beard seems to have happily uprooted his entire life in America to move to the UK with Ted, even while being unsure that it's a good idea. This chemistry is helped out by the fact that Jason Sudeikis and Brendan Hunt are [[ActorSharedBackground long time friends and colleagues in real life.]]

* LiquidCourage: A particularly [[spoiler:dark example, with Ted recounting after having found his father post-suicide and having called 911, he got one of his father's Coors Lights and drank it before phoning his mother.]]

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: During Season 3, [[spoiler:Michelle]] begins dating [[spoiler:her and Ted's former therapist Dr. Bryanson]] less than two years after [[spoiler:her and Ted's]] marriage counseling. This would be illegal in real life as, under Kansas law, therapists must wait a minimum of 24 months following the ceasing of all contact with the patient and have the relationship reviewed before a licensing board before they can date. When asked about this during [[https://www.reddit.com/r/TedLasso/comments/13xllge/comment/jmhqic3/ a Reddit AMA]], Brendan Hunt admitted that one of the show's writers erroneously claimed that therapist-client relationships are legal following an 18 month period of not having sessions and the rest of them didn't fact check it.

** In a non-association football example, Ted is depicted as being the head coach of Wichita State University's American football team before being hired by Richmond. In real life, the school's football program was discontinued in the 1980s. Wichita State is also mentioned to be an NCAA Division 2 school in the show's universe despite being Division 1 in real life. This is likely done to emphasize Ted's lack of qualifications for the Richmond job and justify his "winning isn't everything" coaching philosophy, as D1 athletes often go on to play professionally and need to be coached more like professionals.

* MultinationalTeam: Realistically so, as this is a Premier League football team. The AFC Richmond lineup includes Sam Obisanya, Tommy Winchester, and Babatunde from Nigeria (Isaac [=McAdoo=] also has Nigerian ancestry but is a native Brit), Dani Rojas from Mexico, Richard Montlaur from France, Thierry Zoreaux from Canada, Colin Hughes from Wales (could be considered [[UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdom both international and not]]), Jan Maas from the Netherlands, Tyler Shannon from Bolivia, Robbie Roberts from Zimbabwe, Declan Cockburn from Jamaica, and Moe Bumbercatch from Switzerland (may be a dual citizen as he speaks with a native British dialect). Season 3 adds Zava, whose nationality is not specified but is implied to be Polish, as he speaks with a vaguely Central/Eastern European accent, is heard mumbling in Polish at one point, and has a child named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smigus-dyngus a Polish Easter celebration]].

* ArtisticLicenseLinguistics: [[https://theplaylist.net/brett-goldstein-ted-lasso-interview-20210614/ The creators are upfront about the fact they don't always use proper British English vocabulary for the dialogue since Americans are the primary audience]]. The most obvious example of this is the various British footballers, reporters and fans who say "tie" instead of "draw".

** Jamie Tartt seems to be unaware that removing his shirt when celebrating a goal is a bookable offence. Granted, Jamie ''is'' somewhat BookDumb, but you'd expect a professional footballer to know that, especially if he's done it in the past, which is implied.
** In Season 2, Higgins mentions that because the players signed their contracts before Richmond was relegated, they're now stuck paying Premier League rates for a team that's only making a Championship income. In reality, football contracts almost always have clauses specifying that players will have to take a pay cut, commonly a 50% cut to every payment or bonus, if the team gets relegated, thus avoiding this exact scenario [[note]] Realistically, the only time a team would not include such a clause would be if they were desperate to sign a highly-rated played who has several other teams going after him. An example of how this can go wrong is shown in the sports {{documentary}} ''Sunderland 'Til I Die'', when the club signed Jack Rodwell, a 23 year-old English international, from Manchester City on a five-year deal with no relegation clause in 2014. Rodwell suffered from injuries and in his third season the side were relegated, following which he became hated by the fans for refusing to quit or accept a pay cut, in addition to which the club's executives attempted to emotionally blackmail him to leave [[/note]].

** In "Tan Lines", Beard gives us his Doc Brown impression from ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.

* BritishBrevity: Though an American show, it takes place in Britain and is capped at only 10 episodes for the first season.

* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Everything about West Ham in the third season, despite their official colors being claret and blue. Rupert's office in particular looks like the Death Star's throne room (note the similar circular window with an irregular design) and when he stalks onto the field in the final episode, he's dressed all in black with a flowing coat that makes him look like Darth Vader. The backdrop for their press conference might as well be bracketed with spearmen.

*** ZigZagged with Nate Shelley. Nate was the meek, neurotic, bullied kitman when Ted met him. Ted recognized Nate as a potential [[TheStrategist genius in strategy]], but just needed more support. Season 1 plays this straight, ending with Nate getting promoted to Assistant Coach, [[spoiler: but gets deconstructed in Season 2, as Nate's development as a coach dovetails with a descent into self-hatred-induced AcquiredSituationalNarcissism, ending with [[FaceHeelTurn Nate as lead coach for a rival team]]. Season 3 reconstructs this as Nate learns some humility in his relationships with [[MeanBoss Rupert]], Jade, and [[WellDoneSonGuy his distant father]], learning that success and love are mutually exclusive and that he never needed to be impressive or aggressive to get what he needed.]]

* HourglassPlot: [[spoiler: Jamie and Nate. In Season One, Jamie is a talented star striker but also a conceited bully who resists Ted's influence, while Nate is the abused but sweet-natured kit boy who flourishes under Ted's support. By the end of Season Two, Jamie has TakenALevelInKindness, realised he's not irreplaceable, made amends with the rest of the team, and come to appreciate Ted's leadership versus Nate whose gained acclaim for his coaching tactics but has TakenALevelInJerkass, started bullying other team members, and ultimately betrays Ted. For bonus points, both of their issues stem from [[AbusiveParents problematic relationships with their fathers.]]

* HourglassPlot: [[spoiler: Jamie and Nate. In Season One, Jamie is a talented star striker but also a conceited bully who resists Ted's influence, while Nate is the abused but sweet-natured kit boy who flourishes under Ted's support. By the end of Season Two, Jamie has TakenALevelInKindness, realised he's not irreplaceable, made amends with the rest of the team, and come to appreciate Ted's leadership versus Nate whose gained acclaim for his coaching tactics but has TakenALevelInJerkass, started bullying other team members, and ultimately betrays Ted. For bonus points, both of their issues stem from [[father issues AbusiveParents. ]]

* HourglassPlot: [[spoiler: Jamie and Nate. In Season One, Jamie is a talented star striker but also a conceited bully who resists Ted's influence, while Nate is the abused but sweet-natured kit boy who flourishes under Ted's support. By the end of Season Two, Jamie has TakenALevelInKindness, realised he's not irreplaceable, made amends with the rest of the team, and come to appreciate Ted's leadership versus Nate whose gained acclaim for his coaching tactics but has TakenALevelInJerkass, started bullying other team members, and ultimately betrays Ted. For bonus points, both of their issues stem from AbusiveParents. ]]

* CoolCar: Quite a few, including Rebecca's Rolls-Royce, Sam's Tesla, and of course Colin's Lamborghini. A JustifiedTrope as most of the characters are extremely wealthy and can easily afford high-end cars, while less well-off characters like Higgins and Nate are shown driving more modest vehicles. The latter, however, receives a stylish Aston Martin as a gift courtesy of Rupert Mannion in Season 3.

* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Everything about West Ham in the third season, despite their official colors being claret and blue. Rupert's office in particular looks like the Death Star's throne room, and the backdrop for their press conference might as well be bracketed with spearmen.

** Defied when it comes to the team in Season 1 and 2. Most company names associated with AFC Richmond are fictional, down to the brand that makes their kit. In Season 3, Nike stepped on board to produce the team's kit. With this change, the team also gained [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nando's Nando's]] as a sleeve sponsor.