History YMMV / Taxi

* {{Sequelitis}}: Granted the first film wasn't a particular darling with critics, but it just got worse with the sequels (the latest one, 2018's ''Taxi 5'', being no exception). Fans meanwhile generally agree that the FirstInstallmentWins.

* FanonDiscontinuity: Many fans of the previous films consider ''Taxi 5'' as an heresy, to say the least. Mainly because the humor is anywhere between gross and pathetic, and because Creator/SamyNaceri is not in it.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Many of them. Most famously, songs of the HipHop band IAM and Patrick Abrial's reprise of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misirlou "Misirlou"]]. Many have heard a reprise of it by Dick Dale in ''Film/PulpFiction'' before.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/RichardSammel as the chief of the Mercedes gang.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Many of them. Most famously, songs of the HipHop band IAM and Patrick Abrial's reprise of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misirlou "Misirlou"]]. Many had heard a reprise of it by Dick Dale in ''Film/PulpFiction'' before, however [[OlderThanTheyThink the track was not composed]] for ''Pulp Fiction'' originally, nor was it for ''Taxi''.

* RetroactiveRecognition: A 28 years old Creator/RichardSammel as the chief of the Mercedes gang.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/RichardSammel as the chief of the Mercedes gang.

* HilariousInHindsight: A group of criminals drive three slightly tuned black Japanese cars--in a movie that was released one year before ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious''.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Many of them. Most famously, the HipHop band IAM's songs and Patrick Abrial's reprise of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misirlou "Misirlou"]]. Many had heard a reprise of it by Dick Dale in ''Film/PulpFiction'' before, however [[OlderThanTheyThink the track was not composed]] for ''Pulp Fiction'' originally, nor was it for ''Taxi''.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Many of them. Most famously, the hip hop band IAM's songs and Patrick Abrial's reprise of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misirlou "Misirlou"]]. Many had heard a reprise of it by Dick Dale in ''Film/PulpFiction'' before, however [[OlderThanTheyThink the track was not composed]] for ''Pulp Fiction'' originally, nor was it for ''Taxi''.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Many of them. Most famously, Patrick Abrial's reprise of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misirlou "Misirlou"]]. Many had heard a reprise of it by Dick Dale in ''Film/PulpFiction'' before, however [[OlderThanTheyThink the track was not composed]] for ''Pulp Fiction'' originally, nor was it for ''Taxi''.

* {{Sequelitis}}: Granted the first film wasn't a particular darling with critics, but it just got worse with the sequels (the latest one, ''Taxi 5'', being no exception). Fans meanwhile generally agree that the FirstInstallmentWins.

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* HilariousInHindsight: A group of criminals drive three slightly tuned black Japanese cars--in a movie that was released one year before ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious''.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Many of them. Most famously, Patrick Abrial's reprise of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misirlou "Misirlou"]]. Many had heard a reprise of it by Dick Dale in ''Film/PulpFiction'' before, however [[OlderThanTheyThink the track was not composed]] for ''Pulp Fiction'' nor was it for ''Taxi''.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Many of them.

** Ted Danson, later of ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' fame, guesting as a snooty hairdresser, and in another episode, George Wendt, aka Norm Peterson, making a cameo as an exterminator.

* KarmaHoudini: Louie in "Crime and Punishment". [[spoiler: when he confesses that he was fully responsible for Jeff selling parts and that Jeff was covering Louie, the boss believes that Louie is simply covering for Jeff, thinking that he'd go easier on Louie than Jeff, and even invites Louie to play golf with him. As Louie says at the end of the episode, "crime pays".]]

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: At the time the show began, Danny [=DeVito=]'s height wasn't well-known, so the pilot was able to make a surprise joke with it when he climbs out of the cage and appears next to the other actors he'd just been ordering around.

* VindicatedByCable: As mentioned above, the show's wacky humor set it apart from the rest of the sitcoms made at the time, becoming a victim of low ratings which led to its early ending after five seasons (''Series/DiffrentStrokes'' lasted seven seasons, one year less than ''Series/WhosTheBoss'' and ''Series/TheCosbyShow'', while both ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' and ''Series/TheJeffersons'' lasted eleven seasons, and ''Series/AllInTheFamily'' combined with ''Archie Bunker's Place'' aired for twelve years). During TheNineties it was heavily re-run on Nick @ Nite.

* VindicatedByCable: As mentioned above, the show's wacky humor set it apart from the rest of the sitcoms made at the time, becoming a victim of low ratings which led to its' early ending after five seasons (''Series/DiffrentStrokes'' lasted seven seasons, one year less than ''Series/WhosTheBoss'' and ''Series/TheCosbyShow'', while both ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' and ''Series/TheJeffersons'' lasted eleven seasons, and ''Series/AllInTheFamily'' combined with ''Archie Bunker's Place'' aired for twelve years). During TheNineties it was heavily re-run on Nick @ Nite.

* CriticalDissonance: ''Taxi'' was known for having a comic style which was a far cry from {{Fanservice}}-driven shows like ''ThreesCompany'' or cynical, socially-relevant fare as ''GoodTimes'', which was emphasized from the second season which caused ratings to drop quickly from the top 10 in 1978-79 to the bottom 10 in 1981-82 and 1982-83. However, critics certainly did not overlook the quality of the show, which earned 18 Emmy Awards (out of 31 nominations), 4 Golden Globes (out of 25 nominations) and an Humanitas Prize (the TV equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize)

* HilariousInHindsight: A group of criminals drive three slightly tuned black Japanese cars--in a movie that was released one year before ''TheFastAndTheFurious''.

* JerkassWoobie: Louie had his emotional moments, too.

* AwesomeMusic: Many of them.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Is Louie really the despotic dispatcher for he is known, or a JerkassWoobie who wants to erase any tracks of his [[DarkAndTroubledPast high school years?]]. Maybe even, as hinted in a few episodes, a JerkWithAHeartOfGold?

** Once, Alex told Jim that he didn't see ETTheExtraterrestrial because he didn't like sci-fi. Years later, Judd Hirsch was in ''Film/IndependenceDay'', one of the most successful science fiction flicks of all time.

* VindicatedByCable: As mentioned above, the show's wacky humor set it apart from the rest of the sitcoms made at the time, becoming a victim of low ratings which led to its' early ending after five seasons (''Series/DifferentStrokes'' lasted seven seasons, one year less than ''Series/WhosTheBoss'' and ''Series/TheCosbyShow'', while both ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' and ''Series/TheJeffersons'' lasted eleven seasons, and ''Series/AllInTheFamily'' combined with ''Archie Bunker's Place'' aired for twelve years). During TheNineties it was heavily re-run on Nick @ Nite.

* TheScrappy: Some of the writers apparently felt that Simka was this when she became a semi-regular in the final season (with a more abrasive personality than she had in her guest appearances). According to an interview with writer-producers [[{{Cheers}} Glen and Les Charles]], some writers simply refused to write for Simka.

* VindicatedByCable: As mentioned above, the show's wacky humor set it apart from the rest of the sitcoms made at the time, becoming a victim of low ratings which led to its' early ending after five seasons (''DifferentStrokes'' lasted seven seasons, one year less than ''WhosTheBoss'' and ''TheCosbyShow'', while both ''{{Cheers}}'' and ''TheJeffersons'' lasted eleven seasons, and ''AllInTheFamily'' combined with ''Archie Bunker's Place'' aired for twelve years). During TheNineties it was heavily re-run on Nick @ Nite.

** Ted Danson, later of ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' fame, guesting as a snooty hairdresser.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Is Louie really the despotic dispatcher for he is known, or a JerkassWoobie who wants to erase any tracks of his [[DarkAndTroubledPast high school years?]].