History WesternAnimation / FIsForFamily

* OneSteveLimit:

** Jim Jeffords and Jimmy Fitzsimmons

* SimpleScoreOfSadness: There are at least two such melodies that figure prominently in the series. One of them plays when Bill has witnessed something traumatic, and is usually accompanied by him [[HeroicBSOD staring blankly into the distance]]. Another distinct melody plays when Frank is taking a walk after he has upset his whole family and they are not speaking to him.

* ArtisticLicenseCars: During the show, numerous cars and trucks baring GAZ, ZIL, and Moskvitch likenesses and names are featured. These were all manufactured in the then-existent [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]] and, [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar for obvious reasons]], were never sold or seen on roads anywhere in the United States, much less upstate New York. Though, since the Cold War is never mentioned once, this could charitably be chalked up as the result the story taking place in an AlternateTimeline.

* ArtisticLicenseCars: During the show, numerous cars and trucks baring GAZ, ZIL, and Moskvitch likenesses and names are featured. These were all manufactured in the then-existent [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]] and, [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar for obvious reasons]], were never sold or seen on roads anywhere in the United States, much less upstate New York. Though, since the Cold War is never mentioned once, this could charitably be chalked up an AlternateTimeline.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The show depicts Sue, an American woman in 1974, as having created the salad tosser only to have her concept stolen and taken credit by a feminist woman. In reality, the ''modern'' version of the salad tosser was invented a year earlier by a ''French man'' named Gilberte Fouineteau.

* CrapsackWorld: The show essentially takes real social problems present in the US in the 70s and cranks them UpToEleven. Adults are chainsmokers or alcoholics, the media is comically racist or otherwise bigoted to some degree, litter, pollution, and dumped appliances blight the town, and machinery and appliances are guaranteed to never work properly.

* CrapsackWorld: The show essentially takes real problems present in the US in the 70s and turns them up to eleven. Most adults are chainsmokers or alcoholics, most media is comically racist or otherwise bigoted to some degree, litter, pollution, and dumped appliances are seen left all over the town, and no machinery is ever guaranteed to work right.

* PedophilePriest: Strongly implied by Father Pat as off-camera, one of the priests was shipped out to Albuquerque in hopes that going to a less populated area would curb his proclivities.

--> ''(playing on Sue's radio while she's waiting for Frank to come home from the bar)''

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* IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow: Kevin reassures Frank that he's not doing anything with the girl down the street. Frank sarcastically tells him that he used to "not do anything" too, and that's where Kevin came from.

** Zigzagged [[spoiler:with Big Bill, in part because he died suddenly before he had a chance to reconcile with Frank. Season 5's story arc revolves heavily around Frank trying to find a sense of closure by deciphering the "Box 16" mystery, and Frank vacillates between an idealized, rose-tinted view of his father and anger at him over his unresolved childhood traumas.]]

* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: Averted in the first episode. [[spoiler:Frank's boss dies, leading to Frank getting a promotion, which he feels lucky about. When Sue calls him out on this and points out a man is dead, he just goes "Yeah, but he was kind of a dick."]]

* CrapsackWorld: The show essentially takes real problems present in the US in the 70s and turns them UpToEleven. Most adults are chainsmokers or alcoholics, most media is comically racist or otherwise bigoted to some degree, litter, pollution, and dumped appliances are seen left all over the town, and no machinery is ever guaranteed to work right.

-->'''Officer:''' Good. You pass the first test. You didn't try to shoot us. Unlike the last guy... ''[turns to reveal several bullet holes in the wall]'' Thank Christ that kid was a bad shot.
-->'''Bill:''' Why don't you unload these?!
-->'''Officer:''' We do ''now''!

---> "Not from diabetes, from gamblin'. But joke's on them, it's been dead for years! 'Cause of diabetes."

** Smokey reveals he's about to lose his foot. "Not from diabetes, from gamblin'. But joke's on them, it's been dead for years! 'Cause of diabetes.