History YMMV / NoGoodNick

* GrowingTheBeard: The first season is a somewhat bland and generic comedy, the characters mostly stay one dimensional and the revenge plot barely moves at all. Season 2 picks up the pace, dealing head on with the backstory and how traumatic it has been for Nick, the Thompsons get a great deal of character development, and while the comedy is still there, the drama gets a lot more attention, the story moves a lot faster and becomes much deeper.

* MagnificentBitch: [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist Nicole "Nick" Franzelli]] is a [[HighSchoolHustler teenaged con artist]] seeking to avenge her father's imprisonment by tricking her way into the Thompson family by claiming to be a LongLostRelative. To attain funds for a lawyer for her father, Nick passes off discount wines as expensive vintages, talks the volunteer squad into fining students who show up in a offensive costume while secretly swapping the fine box with a box of her own, sells stolen art equipment such that it cannot be traced back to her, and sets up an online charity fraud account. Gaining the Thompson's love which Nick [[BecomingTheMask begins to reciprocate]], Nick still resolves to take them down out of bitterness for ruining her father and undermines them in various ways to slander them though she eventually comes to feel guilt and eventually cuts a deal with the police to restore the Thompson's name, [[ReformedButNotTamed remaining tricky even following her change of heart]].

* MagnificentBitch: [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist Nicole "Nick" Franzelli]] is a [[HighSchoolHustler teenaged con artist]] seeking to avenge her father's imprisonment by tricking her way into the Thompson family by claiming to be a LongLostRelative. To attain funds for a lawyer for her father, Nick passes off discount wines as expensive vintages, talks the volunteer squad into fining students who show up in a offensive costume while secretly swapping the fine box with a box of her own sells stolen art equipment such that it cannot be traced back to her, and sets up an online charity fraud account. Gaining the Thompson's love which Nick [[BecomingTheMask begins to reciprocate]], Nick still resolves to take them down out of bitterness for ruining her father and undermines them in various ways to slander them though she eventually comes to feel guilt and eventually cuts a deal with the police to restore the Thompson's name, [[ReformedButNotTamed remaining tricky even following her change of heart]].

* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/MelissaJoanHart is known for playing very sweet, easy-going characters who get themselves into trouble sometimes. Here, she plays a stern mother who nips any and all mischief in the bud. If you have any doubts, compare [[Series/MelissaAndJoey Mel Burke's]] and Liz's approaches to mentorship.

* TheUntwist: Since the first few episodes focus on how good and kind the Thompsons are and Nick's dad is in prison, it's easy to suspect that the Thompsons are actually innocent and that it will be revealed that it was all a misunderstanding or that Tony is just malicious for a petty reason. ''The Italian Job'' reveals that [[spoiler: Tony is telling the truth about the Thompsons ruining them.]]

* MagnificentBitch: [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist Nicole "Nick" Franzelli]] is a [[HighSchoolHustler teenaged con artist]] seeking to avenge her father's imprisonment by tricking her way into the Thompson family by claiming to be a LongLostRelative. To attain funds for a lawyer for her father, Nick passes off discount wines as expensive vintages, talks the volunteer squad into fining students who show up in a offensive costume while secretly swapping the fine box with a box of her own sells stolen art equipment such that it cannot be traced back to her, and sets up an online charity fraud account.Gaining the Thompson's love which Nick [[BecomingTheMask begins to reciprocate]], Nick still resolves to take them down out of bitterness for ruining her father and undermines them in various ways to slander them though she eventually comes to feel guilt and eventually cuts a deal with the police to restore the Thompson's name, [[ReformedButNotTamed remaining tricky even following her change of heart]].

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The show isn't at all subtle in its {{Aesop}}s, but they're important ones all the same:
** Regardless of the good reasons you think you have for doing something wrong, your actions have consequences and can seriously harm innocent people.
** {{Revenge}} might seem like a good idea when someone has wronged you, but it won't necessarily make you feel better and it can't bring back what you lost.

* MagnificentBitch: [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist Nicole "Nick" Franzelli]] is a [[HighSchoolHustler teenaged con artist]] seeking to avenge her father's imprisonment by tricking her way into the Thompson family by claiming to be a LongLostRelative. To attain funds for a lawyer for her father, Nick passes off discount wines as expensive vintages and sells stolen art equipment such that it cannot be traced back to her. Gaining the Thompson's love which Nick [[BecomingTheMask begins to reciprocate]], Nick still resolves to take them down out of bitterness for ruining her father and undermines them in various ways to slander them though she eventually comes to feel guilt and eventually cuts a deal with the police to restore the Thompson's name, [[ReformedButNotTamed remaining tricky even following her change of heart]].

* PlayingAgainstType: (Creator/MelissaJoanHart) is known for playing very sweet, easy-going characters who get themselves into trouble sometimes. Here, she plays a stern mother who nips any and all mischief in the bud. If you have any doubts, compare [[Series/MelissaAndJoey Mel Burke's]] and Liz's approaches to mentorship.

* GrowingTheBeard: The first season is a somewhat bland and generic comedy, the characters mostly stay one dimensional and the revenge plot barely moves at all. Season 2 picks up the pace, dealing head on with the backstory and how traumatic it has been for Nick, the Thompsons get a great deal of character development, and while the comedy is still there, the drama gets a lot more attention,the story moves a lot faster and becomes much deeper.

* UncertainAudience: The best way to describe the show is being a [[XMeetsY cross between]] a Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} tween sitcom and ''Series/BurnNotice'', and so any given episode is blending family and school drama with overt criminal acts. The writing and acting makes a noble effort to make it work, but [[AudienceAlienatingPremise the core premise is just a hard sell]].

** {{Revenge}} might seem like a good idea when someone has wronged you, but it won't necessarily make you feel better and it can't bring back what you lost.

** Regardless of the good reasons you think you have for doing something wrong, your actions do have consequences and can seriously harm innocent people.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The show isn't at all subtle in its {{Aesop}}s, but it delivers them quite effectively: