History WesternAnimation / LifeWithLouie

* ParentalBonus: There's an entire episode where Louie's trying to find out where babies come from. Asking his father, Andy decides to tell him a story about soldiers on a battlefield dying one by one, save one final soldier (being himself) making it past the mines and traps and eventually reaching the goal. Older people must have had a good laugh at this one.
** There's another example where Louie's mother believes she's pregnant. Towards the end of the episode however it turns out to be false alarm, to which Andy gives her a dreamy look and says something along the lines of "I guess the soldiers didn't march this time..."

* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: In one episode Louie steals a single piece of candy. The shop's owner informs him that he will make an inventory check and if anything is missing, he will know whose parents to call. Louie was so scared that the next night he ''broke into a store'' to return that candy. The same episode introduced three criminals, who all started their careers by stealing ''one piece of candy''.

* TheConscience: Jenny, most of times when Louie does something bad.

* PuppyLove: Jenny and Louie. Though not of the sickenly cute variety.

* {{Tomboy}}: Jenny.

* CatchPhrase: Several, but the most used:
--> '''Andy''' For crying out loud?!

* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Played with for Andy and Ora's eight other kids. Sometimes they've been outright seen, but usually [[TheFaceless the]] [[TheGhost three]] [[TheVoice variants]] are made use of in some fasion.

* PapaWolf: Andy.

* PhonyVeteran: Andy defines this trope. Andy remembers things... diferently from what really happened. Might be that it is a defense mechanism of trying to cope with what really happened, making Andy a ShellShockedVeteran.

* PoliticianGuestStar: President DwightDEisenhower appeared in one episode, though [[InvisiblePresident we didn't see his face]].

** This troper can't recall if this is the same episode, but there's another example where Louie's mother believes she's pregnant. Towards the end of the episode however it turns out to be false alarm, to which Andy gives her a dreamy look and says something along the lines of "I guess the soldiers didn't march this time..."

To this day, the show [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes is still not available on DVD,]] despite being good enough for a proper release.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: This show was ''ridiculously'' popular in Romania in the late 90's and early 00's, and still raises up a roaring nostalgia discussion whenever it's mentioned, partly due to being genuinely hilarious but mostly due to uncharacteristically good voice-over work by the dubbing studio. It's one of the few shows Romanians prefer to watch dubbed.

* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Brutally subverted. Louie and Andy are of their town, the best at playing chess. Neither of them will be winning Nobel prizes any time soon.

** {{Lampshaded}} in "Alive! Miracle in Cedar Knoll, Wisconsin." Andy chases off a small animal that spooked Louie and Tommy. As the years went by and the story was re-told, the small animal somehow became a bull and then a bear.

* FakeUltimateHero: Andy portrays himself as an incarnation of some god of war in his stories. In one episode he scared a squirrel that attacked Louie, however each time he was telling somebody about it, he was replacing it with more dangerous animals. It ends with a story where he handles giant grizzly with his bare hands.

!!''LifeWithLouie'' provides examples of:

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: [[TakeOurWordForIt Some sources]] claim the show is available on DVD in Poland. Other than that, good luck buying it!
** It is available in Poland indeed, but only the first two seasons, and without English audio.

* TalkingToHimself: Louie Anderson voicing both his younger self and Andy.

* BeenThereShapedHistory: Andy claims to have coined the phrase [[DwightEisenhower "I Like Ike"]] during his war service. Unlike a lot of his other stories, this one seems to be true as DwightDEisenhower actually knows who he is.

* CloudCuckooLander: Andy, without a shadow of a doubt.

* PoliticianGuestStar: President DwightEisenhower appeared in one episode, though [[InvisiblePresident we didn't see his face]].

** The best part? Judge wanted to know whether Andy [[CrowningMomentOfFunny parked in a site for disabled people]].
* ''TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation''

* LighterAndSofter: Defintely this compared to Anderson's [[AbusiveParents real life childhood]].

* TheGump: Andy claims to have coined the phrase [[DwightEisenhower "I Like Ike"]] during his war service. Unlike a lot of his other stories, this one seems to be true as DwightDEisenhower actually knows who he is.

* WeWantOurJerkBack: In one episode Glen Glen's mother, Jen, {{Jerkass}} and LargeHam feared in the entire town, lost her voice to everybody's relief. At last at first... [[ItGotWorse Then]] entire town started acting like if they were turned into some decayed DarkWorld or even MirrorUniverse versions of themselves. In the end they all worked together to raise enough money to pay for her operation. Even Andy, who hates Jen's guts, gave everybody a RousingSpeech.

The story is set in Wisconsin in TheSixties. Louie Anderson is an 8-year-old kid, living with several brothers and sisters, mother Ora and father Andy. Andy is a neurotic, overbearing but caring World War II veteran who often seems to be a little... out of touch with reality. We follow Louie's adventures and everyday life, which would be pretty simple (eating, sleeping, watching TV, having a crush on schoolmate) if either Louie or Andy wouldn't constantly botch it.