History YMMV / Andromeda

** The Magog of Season 1 [[SpecialEffectsFailure reminds some of]] [[{{Narm}} the Party Store Gorilla.]] It's probably not a coincidence that in later seasons the Magog were often not shown onscreen when attacking, with only their ships and characters' reactions to them being shown. Season 4 eventually found an excuse to change the species altogether by [[spoiler: bringing in an evolved version of the Magog from the future]] and completely changing Rev Bem's appearance for guest appearances.

* InformedAttribute: The Magog are treated as the most terrifying race in the universe. When they actually appear onscreen, they... don't quite live up to the hype. Not only are they very obviously [[SpecialEffectsFailure people lumbering awkwardly in animal suits]], but they get shot down as easily as Storm Troopers when a swarm is attacking a small group of heroes, and have some cringe-worthy dialogue like "Leader... not want food?" that seems more fitting for a show aimed at very young children than a sci-fi drama. It's probably not a conicodince that the Magog were replaced by other villains in later seasons, and when they did crop up, were rarely actually shown outside their attacking ships.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Obviously the below-mentioned "hardcore fans" will not agree with this observation, but to those outside that circle, it is fairly obvious that many of the plot twists throughout the show were introduced to fix problematic characters or elements.

** The Magog of Season 1, while considered HighOctaneNightmareFuel to some, [[SpecialEffectsFailure remind others more of]] [[{{Narm}} the Party Store Gorilla.]] It's probably not a coincodince that in later seasons the Magog were often not shown onscreen when attacking, with only their ships and characters' reactions to them being shown. Season 4 eventually found an excuse to change the species altogether by [[spoiler: bringing in an evolved version of the Magog from the future]] and completely changing Rev Bem's appearance for guest appearances.

* {{Fridge|Horror}} {{Squick}}:
** If post-Ouroboros Trance is adult Trance, then does that make pre-Ouroboros underaged Trance?[[LessDisturbingInContext Much less squicky]] once it's established that she's [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld several billion years old]] [[GeniusLoci star]] using an [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith artificial humanoid body]] as a sockpuppet.

* GrowingTheBeard: The series' lighting, make-up, costuming, and writing improves after the first mid-season break (beginning with "Music of a Distant Drum" and "Harper 2.0"), and introduces the Magog/Spirit of the Abyss plot and a shift to a more ensemble-based set up. The cheese also shifts from embarrassing to self-aware and fun. Many fans believe this was undone shortly after "Ouroboros," while others feel that episode was when the show truly Grew the Beard.

* GrowingTheBeard: The series' lighting, make-up, costuming, and writing improves after the first mid-season break (beginning with "Music of a Distant Drum" and "Harper 2.0"), and introduces the Magog/Spirit of the Abyss plot and a shift to a more ensemble-based set up. The cheese also shifts from embarrassing to self-aware and fun. This was unfortunately undone shortly after "Ouroboros."

* SeasonalRot: Most hard core fans tend to think that Andromeda ended at "Ouroboros", the last episode made with Robert Hewitt Wolfe in charge (halfway through the second season). Before the show become all about Dylan and the seasonal plot arcs were dropped. After the series ended, Wolfe produced a short story called "Coda" that ignored everything after "Ouroboros" and told his plan.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbBu_z2egB8 High Guard Battle March]].
* DamselScrappy: Midea, the only other Kodiak Nitzchean alive. While claiming she's SoBeautifulItsACurse and how all men want her, her arrogant, painfully melodramatic and insipidly vain preoccupation with physical beauty is downright insufferable, even as her personality is played straight as a perfection to be aspired to. A ''real'' case of CanonSue in this series, it comes as a relief when Becka shoots her... and irritating when she survives.

* [[FridgeHorror Fridge]] {{Squick}}:

* SeasonalRot: Most hard core fans tend to think that Andromeda ended at "Ouroboros", the last episode made with Robert Hewitt Wolfe in charge (halfway through the second season). Before the show become [[{{MartyStu}} all about Dylan]] and the seasonal plot arcs were dropped. After the series ended, Wolfe produced a short story called "Coda" that ignored everything after "Ouroboros" and told his plan.

* MartyStu: Sorbo/Hunt, more and more so as the series progressed and Sorbo gained more behind-the-scenes power.

* SeasonalRot: Most hard core fans tend to think that Andromeda ended at "Ouroboros", the last episode made with Robert Hewitt Wolfe in charge (halfway through the second season). Before the show become [[{{MartyStu}} all about Dylan]] and the seasonal plot arcs were dropped. After the series ended, Wolfe produced a short story called "Coda" that ignored everything after "Ouroboros" and told his plan.

* SeasonalRot: Most hard core fans tend to think that Andromeda ended at "Ouroboros", the last episode made with Robert Hewitt Wolfe in charge. Before the show become [[{{MartyStu}} all about Dylan]] and the seasonal plot arcs were dropped. After the series ended, Wolfe produced a short story called "Coda" that ignored everything after "Ouroboros" and told his plan.

* NightmareFuel: The Magog. Dear ''God'', the Magog. They manage to stop the Borg and the Daleks as a terrifying villain race.

** If post-Ouroboros Trance is adult Trance, then does that make pre-Ouroboros underaged Trance? [[LessDisturbingInContext Much less squicky]] once it's established that she's [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld several billion years old]] [[GeniusLoci star]] using an [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith artificial humanoid body]] as a sockpuppet.

* RuinedForever: a lot of fans won't even look at the episodes beyond when Robert Wolfe quit and their outrage tends to skew their viewpoint of the show insanely. The fact that people who never knew about the behind-the-scenes drama noticed, at most, the increase in Kevin Sorbo's screentime and a variation in writing quality of individual episodes may say something about their bias. The fact that the increase in episodes devoted to the plot arcs actually ''increased'' rather than decreased is a rather odd fact that no one usually notices. Oh, except that horrible introductory speech before the theme music and credits that started happening since the beginning of season 2, and taking out the awesome theme music from season 1. ''That'' was pretty damn noticeable.

* DamselScrappy: Midea, the only other Kodiak Nitzchean alive. While claiming she's SoBeautifulItsACurse and how all men want her, her arrogant, painfully melodramatic and insipidly vain preoccupation with physical beauty is downright insufferable, even as her personality is played straight as a perfection to be aspired to. A ''real'' case of CanonMarySue in this series, it comes as a relief when Becka shoots her... and irritating when she survives.

* RuinedForever: a lot of fans won't even look at the episodes beyond when Robert Wolfe quit and their outrage tends to skew their viewpoint of the show insanely. The fact that people who never knew about the behind-the-scenes drama noticed, at most, the increase in Kevin Sorbo's screentime and a variation in writing quality of individual episodes may say something about their bias. The fact that the increase in episodes devoted to the plot arcs actually ''increased'' rather than decreased is a rather odd fact that no one usually notices.

* RuinedForever: a lot of fans won't even look at the episodes beyond when Robert Wolfe quit and their outrage tends to skew their viewpoint of the show insanely. The fact that people who never knew about the behind-the-scenes drama noticed, at most, the increase in Kevin Sorbo's screentime and a variation in writing quality of individual episodes - a lot of which Wolfe didn't write anyway - may say something about their bias. The fact that the increase in episodes devoted to the plot arcs actually ''increased'' rather than decreased is a rather odd fact that no one usually notices.

* SeasonalRot: Most hard core fans tend to think that Andromeda ended at "Ouroboros", the last episode made with Robert Hewitt Wolfe in charge. Before the show become [[{{MartyStu}} all about Dylan]] and the seasonal plot arcs were dropped. After the series ended, Wolfe produced a short story called "Coda" that ignored everything after "Ouroboros" and told his plan.

* SeasonalRot: Most hard core fans tend to think that Andromeda ended at "Ouroboros", the last episode made with Robert Hewitt Wolfe in charge. Before the show become [[{{MartyStu}} all about Dylan]] and the seasonal plot arcs were dropped. After the series ended, Wolfe produced a short story called "Coda" that told what his plan was.

* SeasonalRot: Most hard core fans tend to think that Andromeda ended at "Ouroboros", the last episode made with Robert Hewitt Wolfe in charge. Before the show become [[{{MartyStu}} all about Dylan]] and the seasonal plot arcs were dropped.

* SeasonalRot: Most hard core fans tend to think that Andromeda ended at series one. Before the show become [[{{MartyStu}} all about Dylan.]] The seasonal plot arcs where dropped.

* LargeHam: Tyr, and, to a lesser extent, Dylan and Harper.
** As for guest characters, there's Bartolome Naz.

* SeasonalRot: Most hard core fans tend to think that Andromeda ended at series one. Before the show become [[{{MartyStu}} all about Dylan.]] The seasonal plot arcs where dropped and [[{{MagnificentBastard}} Tyr]] started to become [[{{CharacterDerailment}} much less three dimensional and less complex that the actor]] quit the show in disgust. [[{{Headbanger}} That didn't stop the show writers]] from bringing him back to get shot in the back by his replacement.

* SeasonalRot: Most hard core fans tend to think that Andromeda ended at series one. Before the show become [[{{MartyStu}} all about Dylan.]] The seasonal plot arcs where dropped and [[{{MagnificentBastard}} Tyr]] started to become [[{{ChracterDerailment}} much less three dimensional and less complex that the actor]] quit the show in disgust. [[{{Headbanger}} That didn't stop the show writers]] from bringing him back to get shot in the back by his replacement.

* SeasonalRot: Most hard core fans tend to think that Andromeda ended at series one. Before the show become [[{{MartyStu}} all about Dylan.]] The seasonal plot arcs where dropped and [[{{MagnificentBastard}} Tyr]] started to become [[{{Chracter Derailment}} much less three dimensional and less complex that the actor]] quit the show in disgust. [[{{Headbanger}} That didn't stop the show writers]] from bringing him back to get shot in the back by his replacement.

* MartyStu: Sorbo/Hunt, more and more so as the series progressed and Sorbo gained more behind-the-scenes power.

* CharacterDerailment (Tied in with the Marty Stu listed below; Tyr's metaphorical dismemberment was particularly brutal.)

* MartyStu (Sorbo/Hunt, more and more so as the series progressed and Sorbo gained more behind-the-scenes power.)