Up All Night

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.

Up All Night was an NBC comedy starring Christina Applegate, Will Arnett, and Maya Rudolph.

Tropes used in Up All Night include:
  • Actor Allusion: Episode 17 has Will Arnett's character make the same chicken sound as when he played Gob.
  • Artifact Title: Potentially, if the show goes on for two or three seasons and they don't have another child.
  • Beta Couple: Ava and Kevin.
  • Bumbling Dad: Averted HARD! Will Arnett, in an out of character role, plays a very competent father. Reagan is portrayed as a somewhat clueless mother.
  • Evil Matriarch: Played with in episode named "Parents". Reagen dreads a visit from her mother, and is annoyed by her. Also, Reagen's mother is proud of how she brought up Reagen and even writes a book about it, which annoys Reagen even more. Averted by the end of the episode, because Reagen's mother realizes what she was doing wrong after she has a Heart to heart talk with Reagen and becomes more supportive.
  • Happily Married: Chris and Regan Brinkley.
  • Laugh Track: One of a number of current NBC series that doesn't have one.
  • No Celebrities Were Harmed: Ava = Oprah (denied by Maya Rudolph, however)
  • Playing Against Type: Will Arnett playing a loving, caring husband and father is far removed from the selfish jerks he normally is known to play.
  • Screaming Birth: Reagen is adamant about following a birth plan, and after trying to push unsuccessfully for a while, she tries to intimidate the doctor after he wants to do a C-section
  • Shout-Out: the airline in episode 15 is Oceanic
  • Sitcom Arch Nemesis: Amy and Roger to Reagan and Chris.