History WesternAnimation / LifeWithLouie

''Life With Louie'' is an American cartoon co-created by stand-up comedian and actor Creator/LouieAnderson and loosely based on his childhood. The series won multiple awards, including two Emmy Awards.

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

* ViewerGenderConfusion: Many fans mistake Jeannie for a boy.

MamaBear: Ora doesn't have many moments, but when she outright ''snaps Andy's shotgun in half'' for [[ItMakesSenseInContext bringing a loaded weapon in the house to shoot a deer]], you know she's got some qualities.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: 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. ''Wow.''
** From the same episode, 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..."

* LighterAndSofter: Definitely this compared to Anderson's [[AbusiveParents real life childhood]].
* MamaBear: Ora doesn't have many moments, but when she outright ''snaps Andy's shotgun in half'' for [[ItMakesSenseInContext bringing a loaded weapon in the house to shoot a deer]], you know she's got some qualities.

* ''TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation''

-->'''Andy:''' ''[[AFewGoodMen You can't '''handle''' the truth!]]''

* GangofBullies: Glen Glenn and his two buddies Craig Eric, and Paul George.

* Big,Thin,ShortTrio: The school bullies of Louie's class Glen Glenn (big and fat), Craig Eric (small and fat), and Paul George (thin yet taller than Glen Glenn).

* NoSwastikas: Played straight in Andy's WorldWarII flashbacks. To a point. Although there aren't any Swastikas, the German soldiers he is seen fighting ''do'' have prominent Waffen-SS lightning bolt insignia (even if they're wearing WorldWarI-era Pickelhaube helmets for some reason).

''Life With Louie'' is an American cartoon co-created by stand-up comedian and actor Louie Anderson and loosely based on his childhood. The series won multiple awards, including two Emmy Awards.

--->''"Let me tell you about my family."''
-->--Louie Anderson as the episode starts

** Another episode (Same one as mentioned in TheChessmaster) Andy recaps how chess was regarded in the past. Cue him being strapped to a table, with a small compact chess set in his hand, [[BraveHeart dropping it and shouting]] "[[BigWordShout FREEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM]]."

To this day, the show [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes is still not available on DVD,]] even though many other cartoons from the same era are- since it was a showed that was produced an aired on Creator/FoxKids, it's expected.

To this day, the show [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes is still not available on DVD,]] even though many other cartoons from the same era are.

* AnachronismStew: The real Louie was born in 1953, and in the show he is [[NotAllowedToGrowUp eight years old]], which would put us in 1961. However, in a season 2 episode, Louie and Andy meet President Eisenhower (whose term ended in January 1961). Furthermore, it is never clear exactly how old Andy was when he was in World War II. In most flashbacks he appears much younger, and in one episode Ora and Andy claim that they met shortly after Andy returned from Europe. But if that's the case, then they've known each other only about 15 years--even though some of their children seem to be adults.

* BrokenPedestal: In one episode, Louie starts idolizing a stand up comic, but at one point realizes that he was a bit of a JerkAss seeing as his comedy was a variety of InsultComic. He ditches his first chance at being on stage and instead goes home.
** Where he starts telling stories to his parents and siblings [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming and how crazy they are as a whole, and how he loves them, effectively finding his voice as a comedian]].

* CatchPhrase: Several, but the most used are Andy's "For crying out loud!" and "I heard that." in response to anyone's (mostly Louie's) DeadpanSnarker comments about him.
** And another one very often is Louie's mom berating Andy with ... well.. "'''''Andy'''''!"

--->'''Andy:''' When we were stationed in Siberia, I was fighting with bears for money. Five rubles for bear's skin. I was earning 25 rubles per day!

--->'''Tommy''': You two look more and more alike every day.
--->'''Helga''': Well, we ''are'' related.
--->'''Andy''' and '''Helga''': {in unison} Just my luck!

* PhonyVeteran: Andy defines this trope. Andy remembers things... differently from what really happened. Might be that it is a defense mechanism of trying to cope with what really happened, making Andy a ShellShockedVeteran.
** For all the jokes about how he's a fake, one episode revolved around Louie finding a picture of his dad's old squad... without his dad. [[BrokenPedestal The logical ensues]]. Until he meets his dad's old squaddies, and they glorify him and say he was ''holding the camera''.

* InsultComic: Louie once become aquainted with an immensely popular stand-up comedian (who used to be friends with Louie's mother) whose whole routine revolved around selecting people in the audience to insult for humor. When Louie himself became a target of mockery for his weight, he decided that he didn't want to become known as a comedian who made fun of other people's misery. The end of the episode shows the comedian LonelyAtTheTop.

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Not to be confused with [[KaBlam ''Life With Loopy'']], which is an entirely different thing.

* BeenThereShapedHistory: Andy claims to have coined the phrase [[DwightDEisenhower "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.

* PoliticianGuestStar: President DwightDEisenhower briefly appeared in the Washington D.C. episode to confirm that Andy's stories about him are true.