History YMMV / TheGoodies

** A lady in "Radio Goodies" is played by Creator/BrendaCowling, who would later be best known for playing Mrs. Lipton in ''Series/YouRangMLord''.
** Jack Dalton in "The Baddies" is played by Creator/FelixBowness, who would later be best known for playing Fred Quilley in ''Series/HiDeHi''.

* RetroactiveRecognition: A lady in "Radio Goodies" is played by Creator/BrendaCowling, who would later be best known for playing Mrs. Lipton in ''Series/YouRangMLord''.

* AcceptableProfessionalTargets:
** BBC Radio [=DJs=], namely some guy called [[Radio/TonyBlackburn Tony]] and another bloke called Jim.
** The rivalry between [=BBC1=] and [=BBC2=] was also present, with the show throwing jabs at the former network.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: In “Black and White Beauty”, the trio get their hands on the eponymous horse, courtesy of an abusive owner who wants it to win the Grand National. As if this wasn’t darkly funny enough, they follow it up with Tim describing the horse’s traits before coming up with [[NWordPriveleges a name he quickly realises the problems of]], making it hilarious.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: While ''The Goodies'' is rarely repeated on Creator/TheBBC after the series ended, simply because the BBC's main controller of the eighties didn't like them, Creator/TheABC in Australia repeated them extensively throughout the 1980s and 1990s, giving them a continuous Australian fan base since the show originally aired. Thanks to digital television, they're still going.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:

* AcceptableTargets:

** BBC Radio [=DJs=], namely some guy called Tony and another bloke called Jim.

* WeirdAlEffect: Most notably the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydXtCpYimN8 "Beans Boy"]] ads.

** One of the gags in "Kung Fu Kapers" involved a martial arts technique of "attacking the nerve points" to induce a delayed reaction, effectively lightly tapping the opponent only for them to instantly and violently collapse after a delayed reaction. This episode aired 8 years before ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' amped that same idea up to bloodier levels.

** The 1973 special "Superstar" has a sign at the ''Series/TopOfThePops'' studio reading asking for "girls only. Must be over 16 and under 17 with big knockers". As if that wasn't icky enough, Radio/JohnPeel appears doing a Creator/JimmySavile impression.

** The 1973 special "Superstar" has a sign at the ''Series/TopOfThePops'' studio reading asking for "girls only. Must be over 16 and under 17 with big knockers". As if that wasn't icky enough, [=DJ=] John Peel appears doing a Creator/JimmySavile impression.

** The 1973 special "Superstar" has a sign at the ''Series/TopOfTheTops'' studio reading asking for "girls only. Must be over 16 and under 17 with big knockers". As if that wasn't icky enough, [=DJ=] John Peel appears doing a Creator/JimmySavile impression.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: While ''The Goodies'' is rarely repeated on the BBC after the series ended, simply because the BBC's main controller of the eighties didn't like them, Creator/TheABC in Australia repeated them extensively throughout the 1980s and 1990s, giving them a continuous Australian fan base since the show originally aired. Thanks to digital television, they're still going.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The series just ''oozes'' TheSeventies, from the hair to the clothing to the events, topics and people satirised. It's been suggested that this is one of the reasons that, while it at the time rivalled and even arguably eclipsed ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' in popularity, it's far less well known today, as it was much more contemporary than Python. [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Well, that and the BBC refusing to repeat it for years since it ended.]]

** The episode "Clown Virus", in which the Goodies are contracted to dispose of a biological weapon that turns people into clowns, became effectively untransmittable after the COVID-19 pandemic - doubly so when Tim Brooke-Taylor died of the disease in April 2020.

* SignatureScene: The giant kitten climbing the Post Office Tower in "Kitten Kong".
** Alternately, the trio being chased by a giant [[WesternAnimation/TheMagicRoundabout Dougal]] from "Goodies Rule - Ok?".

* AcceptableTargets: BBC Radio [=DJs=], namely some guy called Tony and another bloke called Jim.

* AnimationAgeGhetto: Although not an animated series, it was very much like one in demeanour, meaning that it was played for children in Australia. Episodes like "Sex and Violence" were accordingly not shown there at all until several years after.
** This also led the BBC to label the series as a "kid's show" and then get annoyed about any "unsuitable" content in it, much to the trio's annoyance.

** The episode "Scatty Safari", where the Goodies add Rolf Harris to their "Star-Safari Park", describing Harris as "gregarious" and "often found with the young generation", is extremely uncomfortable in hindsight, given Harris was found guilty of several counts of paedophilia and sentenced to prison in 2014. Not to mention the Pied Piper sequence where [[spoiler: the plague of Rolf Harrises are]] said to "[bite] the babies in their cradles".
*** It could almost have been ''worse'', as the Rolf Harrises in the episode are all played by actors, but the real Rolf Harris was actually disappointed that he wasn't asked to appear in it, as Bill assumed that Harris wouldn't want to due to how often the series mocked him, so didn't bother to ask. If Harris had been asked and agreed, the episode would likely have never seen the light of day again post-2014, and would probably have been missing from the otherwise series-spanning 2018 boxset.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The series just ''oozes'' TheSeventies, from the hair to the clothing to the events, topics and people satirised.
** It's been suggested that this is one of the reasons that, while it at the time rivalled and even arguably eclipsed Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus in popularity, it's far less well known today, as it was much more contemporary than Python.
*** [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Well, that and the BBC refusing to repeat it for years since it ended.]]

*** The South Africa sequence features a guest character, Minion, who had previously been caught up in an explosion and was charred from head to toe. He gets stopped at a checkpoint by a South African cop. The cop produces a white piece of card and compares Minion's skin to the card. Based on this, he doesn't think Minion is white. The cop then flips the card over revealing it's black on it's reverse side. This time, he seems to think that Minion's charred skin matches the color on the card - he thinks Minion is black. At this point, the cop and all his colleagues start whaling on Minion with their clubs.

* VindicatedByHistory: The series was for a long time written off by many who dismissed it as a childish, dated Monty Python cash-in. The BBC's own notorious dislike of the series and refusal to release much of it on DVD for years also didn't help. However, with the release of The Complete BBC Series boxset, the series is now getting a much wider reappraisal and regaining some of the acclaim and success that it deserves.