Running Gags
- Her cooking talent, or lack thereof
- Chastising Tim for something, but then doing exactly the same thing herself, and trying to keep it from Tim
- Whenever she addresses her husband or sons by their full name, it is a sure sign they are in trouble.
- Whenever Tim wants to make changes to an appliance, Jill refuses to let him.
- Tim often makes fun of her on Tool Time, which occasionally leads to arguments
- Jill being an enthusiastic (albeit unsuccessful) matchmaker.
- Jill being more logical and perceptive than Tim.
- Her propensity to promote the women's movement/feminism
- Psychological counseling/messing up relationships
- Tim's habit of getting into trouble with Jill's cars-taking her Austin-Healey without her permission for a joy ride and smashing her Chevy Nomad with a I-beam
- Jill saying "You're pathetic" every time Tim did something really dumb and/or insensitive, at one point saying it many consecutive times.
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