History YMMV / UnhappilyEverAfter

* BestKnownForTheFanservice: Let's face it, this show wouldn't have lasted one season without Nikki Cox.

* HilariousinHindsight: In the series finale, a dying Mr. Floppy takes a shot at a certain sitcom called [[Series/That70sShow That ‘70s show]] which was still airing its first season at the time. Floppy says it’s dying, but the joke would be on him as it ran for 8 seasons while 'Unhappily' fell into obscurity.

* HilariousinHindsight: In the series finale, a dying Mr. Floppy takes a shot at a certain sitcom called [[Series/That70sShow That ‘70s show]] which was still airing its first season at the time. The joke would be on him.

He trashed a series that would run for twice as many episodes as his own.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Jack and Tiffany both qualify.
** And then there's Mr. Floppy.
* HoYay: Quite a bit between Jack and Mr. Floppy in the earlier seasons.

** Ross became [[Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle Reese]] (and went from being a sane, yet ignored youngest child to a dim-witted, second-born bully), while Ryan became [[Series/{{Entourage}} Murphy]].

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: According to WordOfGod, despite being so much like Series/MarriedWithChildren, Ron Leavitt (who co-created both shows) said that he'd intended to make ''Unhappily'' with more contrast than ''Married''. He admitted that it didn't quite work out like that.

** Jack becomes [[Series/TwentyFour President of the United States]] after appearing as a 1980s divorced dad (on ''That 80s Show'', only his kids were played by the guy who would later be [[ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia Dennis Reynolds]] and an actress named Tinsley Grimes)

** Ross became [[MalcolmInTheMiddle Reese]] (and went from being a sane, yet ignored youngest child to a dim-witted, second-born bully), while Ryan became [[{{Entourage}} Murphy]].

** A young MilaKunis briefly appears in an episode.

** Jack becomes [[Series/TwentyFour President of the United States]].

** Ross became [[MalcolmInTheMiddle Reese]], while Ryan became [[{{Entourage}} Murphy]].

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: According to WordOfGod, despite being so much like MarriedWithChildren, Ron Leavitt (who co-created both shows) said that he'd intended to make ''Unhappily'' with more contrast than ''Married''. He admitted that it didn't quite work out like that.

*** Furthermore, Ron Leavitt created the show as a means to cope with his own divorce; the fact that the show morphed into a MarriedWithChildren clone largely happened by accident once the show turned out to be a hit and decided to reconcile the parents.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Ross became [[MalcolmInTheMiddle Reese]], while Ryan became [[{{Entourage}} Murphy]].

** To clarify, the series was originally supposed to focus on a family through a divorce. Thing is, by the start of Season 2, Jack and Jennie wound up getting back together - apparently in response to positive reception of Jack.