History YMMV / FCDeKampioenen

* SeasonalRot: The first seasons of the series are generally considered to be qualitatively superior to the later seasons, mostly due to the evolution the series went through from a situation comedy with a subtle layer of drama to a point in which most of the series's humour derives from slapstick, predictible plots and the almost caricatural quirks of most characters, which almost all recieved a reasonable amount of {{Flanderisation}}.

** In the episode ''Carmen BV''[[note]]"BV" is an acronym which stands for "Bekende Vlaming", which is a term used for Flemish celebrities.[[/note]], Carmen gets a job as a host on a quiz channel (In Flanders known as 'belspel') and she manages to keep this job in the subsequent episodes. The episode initially aired in December of 2010. Then in January of 2011, less than a month after the episode aired, quiz channels were legally banned from Flemish television because of fraudulent practices.

** In the episode ''De ster'' from the first season, DDT makes a comment on TV stars who transfer to other television networks because of more lucrative contracts. Eight years later, DDT would leave the series due to his actor Jacques Vermeire making exact such a transfer from the public television to a commercial network.
** In the episode ''Carmen BV'', Carmen gets a job as a host on a quiz channel (In Flanders known as 'belspel') and she manages to keep this job in the subsequent episodes. The episode initially aired in December of 2010. Then in January of 2011, less than a month after the episode aired, quiz channels were legally banned from Flemish television because of fraudulent practices.

** In the episode ''Kamer te huur''[[note]]''Room to rent''[[/note]] (2002) has become a very divisive example in recent years. The episode revolves around a black Cameroonian employee of Boma called Dieudonné who gets shelter in Pascale's house, but when Pascale, after some initial doubts, becomes very charmed by him, Boma becomes jealous and makes up a plan with Fernand to falsely frame Dieudonné for jewelry theft, which is initially believed until Dieudonné's innocence is proven. While the episode's plot thus actually tries to tackle racist prejudice against black people, it is done in a very {{Anvilicious}} way which involves using some racist jokes, puns and terminology along the way. When the public network took the episode out of syndication for these reasons, it sparked some debate in the Flemish pres as to wether this was justified or not.

** In the episode "Spaghetti championaise", there is a plot about how Fernand disappeared for a few days after the gang chased him away and Carmen even said that "it would be a good idea if he killed himself". Because they were worried, they started to search for him and even the police got involved. In one of the scenes Boma explained how to search for Fernand: By putting your nose in the air and when you smell something afwul, you'll know he is there". In 2021 was there a manhunt for Jurgen Conings, a Belgian soldier, who had plans to kill the virlogist Marc Van Ranst. He killed himself instead. A mayor found him because he noticed a smell of a dead body while biking in the forrest.
** In the episode "De Gokchinees", Marc does everything to make Bieke's (who is pregnant) eniviroment bacteria- and virus-free. He even gets into Pascala's bar, where the people have to wear masks and use handlotion. Almost 15 years later came the Covid-pandemic and this situation became something serious. Also,a lot of restaurants and bars had to live in hard times because of that.
** In the episode "Heldendaad", Marc screamed "Boom" in the ear of a custom officer and got arrested for terrorism. It happened offscreen and Bieke told the others what happened. The episode only shows a somewhat insane Marc during his interrogation. On 22th March 2016, there was an act of terrorism in the Brussels Airport and a metro station in Maalbeek. 31 people died and 270 people got injured on that day.

** In the episode "Spaghetti championaise", there is a plot about how Fernand disappeared for a few days after the gang chased him away and Carmen even said that "it would be a good idea if he killed himself". Because they were worried, they start to search for him and even the police get involved. In one of the scenes Boma explained how to search for Fernand: By putting your nose in the air and when you smell something afwul, you'll know he is there". In 2021 was there a manhunt for Jurgen Conings, a Belgian soldier, who had plans to kill the virlogist Marc Van Ranst. He killed himself instead. A mayor found him because he noticed a smell of a dead body while biking in the forrest.
** In the episode "De Gokchinees", Marc does everything to make Bieke's (who is pregnant) eniviroment bacteria- and virus-free. He even gets into Pascala's bar, where the people have to wear masks and use handlotion. Almost 15 years later came the Covid-pandemic and this situation became something serious. Also,a lot of restaurants and bars went out of bussiness because of it.

** In the episode 'Carmen BV', Carmen gets a job as a host on a quiz channel (In Flanders known as 'belspel') and she manages to keep this job in the subsequent episodes. The episode initially aired in December of 2010. Then in January of 2011, less than a month after the episode aired, quiz channels were legally banned from Flemish television because of fraudulent practices.

* TheScrappy: The character of BTW received generally bad reception of the audience, mostly because he had to act as a [[ReplacementScrappy replacement]] for the immensely popular character of DDT. Due to his bad reception [[AuthorsSavingThrow BTW himself got replaced]] after only two seasons, and the episodes that featured him were even taken out of the reruns for a few years.

* ValuesDissonance: A lot of the earlier episodes were filmed with the 1990s and early 2000's-era TV watching Flemish audience in mind, resulting in a few racial and sexually-tinted plots that, while not overly racist or sexist, seem a bit stereotypical and dated for current audiences. Even some episodes that actively tackle an existing stereotype ("i.e. Women can't play soccer", or "black people are thieves") tend to be rather [[{{Anvilicious}} heavy-handed and on the nose]].

* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: Xavier is a professional soldier in the local army base, something which is frequently used by the writers to spoof the Belgian army and its forces.

* AdoredByTheNetwork: Reruns of the series by the Flemish public television are so frequent that the sheer overdose of reruns has become almost as legendary as the series itself.

* BittersweetEnding: The 2020 Christmas special can be considered this, as it revolves around the characters dealing with the unexpected death of Xavier ([[TheCharacterDiedWithHim due to the passing of his actor Johny Voners six months before]]). The special still ends on a high note, as Ronald and Niki reveal that they will call their soon-to-be-born son Xavier Junior, and they ask Xavier's widow Carmen to become the child's godmother.
* BizarroEpisode: The episode "Love Boat" from the 17th season stands out because it is the only episode of which the plot directly follows on the previous episode ("Winterstop"), and the entire episode takes place on board of the cruise ship ''Freedom of the Seas''.
* {{Crossover}}: Some actors from the cast of the popular Flemish soap opera 'Thuis' have appeared in F.C. De Kampioenen as characters similar to the ones they play in 'Thuis'. For example, Peter Rouffaer, who played a doctor in Thuis, has also guest starred in F.C. De Kampioenen as a doctor, and actors Raf Janssens and Jeroen Lenaerts, who play police officers in Thuis, have also played policemen in the third F.C. De Kampioenen movie. The cameos do not imply that the two series share a common universe, as 'Thuis' has regularly been referred to in F.C. De Kampioenen as a tv show.
** On the other hand, the soccer team of F.C. De Kampioenen has made a {{Cameo}} in a video clip of the popular Flemish childrens programme ''Series/SamsonEnGert'', and the character of Carmen Waterslaeghers even guest starred in an episode of said series, implying this same trope.

* {{Expy}}: Whether intentional or not, Marc Vertongen is essentially an expy of Frank Spencer from ''Series/SomeMothersDoAveEm'' (especially in later seasons). He's sympathetic, accident-prone and (mostly) oblivious to the chaos he sometimes causes. His actor, Herman Verbruggen, furthermore played the lead character of the (short-lived) Flemish remake of ''Series/SomeMothersDoAveEm'', ''Alexander'', largely due to his success as Marcske.
* FakeGuestStar: Both the actors who played Goedele and Ronaldinho were never credited as cast regulars, yet they were pretty much part of the main cast in the two final seasons. The same can be said of Maurice from seasons 13 to 15, and from Billie in seasons 13 to 18.

* FakeGuestStar: Both the actors who played Goedele and Ronaldinho were never credited as cast regulars, yet they were pretty much part of the main cast in the two final seasons.

** The ''Kopzorgen''[[note]]''Troubles''[[/note]] (2005) is another divisive episode. It revolves around Billie faking to be gay to make his mother Doortje from chasing away all his girlfriends, knowing that Doortje would be slightly homophobic.

** In the episode ''Kamer te huur''[[note]]''Room to rent''[[/note]] (2002) has become a very divisive example in recent years. The episode revolves around a black Cameroonian employee of Boma called Dieudonné who gets shelter in Pascale's house, but when Pascale, after some initial doubts, becomes very charmed by him, Boma becomes jealous and makes up a plan with Fernand to falsely frame Dieudonné for jewelry theft, which is initially believed until Dieudonné's innocence is proven. While the episode's plot thus actually tries to tackle racist prejudice against black people, it is done in a very {{Anvilicious}} way which involves making some racist puns, jokes and terminology along the way. When the public network took the episode out of syndication for these reasons, it sparked some debate in the Flemish pres as to wether this was justified or not.

** Even the third F.C. De Kampioenen movie from 2017 can be considered as this, due to it playing the {{Bulungi}}, AfricaIsACountry and DarkestAfrica tropes straight.

** In the episode ''Kamer te huur''[note]''Room to rent''[/note] has become a very divisive example in recent years. The episode revolves around a black Cameroonian employee of Boma called Dieudonné who gets shelter in Pascale's house, but when Pascale, after some initial doubts, becomes very charmed by him, Boma becomes jealous and makes up a plan with Fernand to falsely frame Dieudonné for jewelry theft, which is initially believed until Dieudonné's innocence is proven. While the episode's plot thus actually tries to tackle racist prejudice against black people, it is done in a very {{Anvilicious}} way which involves making some racist puns, jokes and terminology along the way. When the public network took the episode out of syndication for these reasons, it sparked some debate in the Flemish pres as to wether this was justified or not.
** The ''Kopzorgen'' (Troubles) Billie had enough that his mum chased away his girlfriends. Boma advised him to be gay, so Doortje would realize that she would never be a grandmother (the episode was recorder a year before same-sex couples in Belgium could adopt a child). Billie and his best friend putted some feminine clothes on and pretended to be a couple. The reactions were slightly homophobic and Doortje said that she had nothing against gays but the thought of not having biological grandchildren (Doortje is a traditional Catholic) scared her.

* ValuesDissonance: A lot of the earlier episodes were filmed with the 1990s and early 2000's-era TV watching Flemish audience in mind, resulting in a few racial and sexually-tinted plots that, while not overly racist or sexist, seem a bit stereotypical and dated for current audiences. This even extends to the third movie, which was released in ''2017''. Also [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] by some episodes that actively tackle an existing stereotype ("i.e. Women can't play soccer", or "black people are thieves") but even these are fairly [[{{Anvilicious}} heavy-handed and on the nose.]]
** Boma's behavior against women, although the show tends to get a pass since it is almost exclusively depicted as a negative character trait.
** In the episode "Kamer te huur" (Room to rent) is a somewhat divisive example-it features many racially-based jokes that definitely wouldn't make it to the air today, but in the full context of the episode these are actually denounced as wrong, with the more moral characters being critical of the double standards other characters show. In the episode one of Boma's employees, Dieudonné - a Cameroonian - was looking for a room because his landlord has deported him. Boma refused, saying his rooms are all occupied by businesspartners (which was not quite true.) He asked Pascale if she would like to have Dieudonné sleeping in the empty room of Bieke. At first Pascale was enthusiastic about it, but when she saw her new roommate, she made up some excuses so Dieudonné would not stay. But a few days later Pascal and Dieudonné became friends. Boma got jealous and made a plan with Fernand. Fernand had to steal some jewellery of her, so Pascale would think Dieudonné did it. Pascale believed it before his innocence was proven. Because of the racist jokes and puns and Pascale dancing in a traditional Cameroonian dress the episode was eventually banned from television, sparking some debate as to wether this was justified or not.
** In the episode "Valentijn" (Valentine's day) Boma hired a stereotypical Polish housekeeper. She didn't speak the language, didn't clean and drank all the vodka.
** In the episode "Oh sole mio" 2 stereotypical Italians (who were fake)were hired by the mayor to prank Boma for harassing a woman in an Italian restaurant.
** In the episode "Kopzorgen" (Troubles) Billie had enough that his mum chased away his girlfriends. Boma advised him to be gay, so Doortje would realize that she would never be a grandmother (the episode was recorder a year before same-sex couples in Belgium could adopt a child). Billie and his best friend putted some feminine clothes on and pretended to be a couple. The reactions were slightly homophobic and Doortje said that she had nothing against gays but the thought of not having biological grandchildren (Doortje is a traditional Catholic) scared her.

* {{Crossover}}: Some actors from the cast of the popular Flemish soap opera 'Thuis' have appeared in F.C. De Kampioenen as characters similar to the ones they play in 'Thuis'. For example, Peter Rouffaer, who played a doctor in Thuis, has also guest starred in F.C. De Kampioenen as a doctor, and actors Raf Janssens and Jeroen Lenaerts, who play police officers in Thuis, have also played policemen in the third F.C. De Kampioenen film. These cameos may however also be meant as just referenced, as 'Thuis' has regularly been referred to in F.C. De Kampioenen as a tv show.
** On the other hand, the soccer team of F.C. De Kampioenen has made a {{Cameo}} in a video clip of the popular Flemish childrens programme ''Series/SamsonEnGert'', implying this same trope.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In the episode 'Carmen BV', Carmen gets a job as a host on a quiz channel (In Flanders known as 'belspel') and she manages to keep this job in the subsequent episodes. The episode initially aired in December of 2010. Then in January of 2011, less than a month after the episode aired, quiz channels were legally banned from Flemish television because of fraudulent practices.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The season 6 episode 'Mijnheer Constant' (1995), features Boma having a new mobile phone, which the others consider to be just a luxuary toy [[HilariousInHindsight that is actually useless]].
* HarsherInHindsight: The fourth movie has a subplot in which Xavier is deeply shaken by the [[spoiler: actually faked]] death of Boma and decides to work on filling out his bucket list. His actor, Johny Voners, would pass away only half a year after the film's release.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** The season 6 episode 'Mijnheer Constant' (1995), features Boma having a new mobile phone, which the others consider to be just a luxuary toy [[HilariousInHindsight that is actually useless]].
** In 1997, in the episode 'Het clubblad' (the club magazine) Marc shows some comic pages he drew about the club to put them in the magazine. Boma rejects it, saying "Who would be interested in that?". The page came from the real comic FC De Kampioenen, which started in that same year. These comics are very populair nowdays, because the club and the ladies have adventures like meeting aliens, traveling around the world, solving crime and other things that might could be too much for the series.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The season 6 episode 'Mijnheer Constant' (1995), features Boma having a new mobile phone, which the others consider to be just a luxuary toy [[HilariousInHindsight that is actually useless]].

%%* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: The main underlying theme of the show is romance, and how it isn't always easy to stay in a relationship. Just about every main couple has their fair share of troubles, yet things always work out because they love eachother that damn much.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In the episode 'Carmen BV', Carmen gets a job as a host for a 'belspel' or 'call game'. The episode initially aired in December 2010. Then, in early 2011, literally only a month after the episode first aired, these 'belspelletjes' were banned from Flemish television because of fraudulent practices.

* {{Expy}}: Whether intentional or not, Marc Vertongen is essentially an expy of Frank Spencer from ''Series/SomeMothersDoAveEm'' (esspecially in later seasons). He's sympathetic, accident-prone and (mostly) oblivious to the chaos he sometimes causes. His actor, Herman Verbruggen, furthermore played the lead character of the (short-lived) Flemish remake of ''Series/SomeMothersDoAveEm'', ''Alexander'', largely due to his success as Marcske.