History YMMV / AngryBirds

** 2016-2018 not only saw a significant increase in match games with games like ''Blast!'', ''Match'' and ''Dream Blast'', as the franchise was starting to become more and more freemium, but it was also when the franchise began centering itself more around ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie'', with more games and TV series being made around it, such as ''Evolution'' and ''Action'' as well as even replacing many of the app icons with the movie designs as well. Many of the games released in 2016-2018 received SoOkayItsAverage reception ''at best''. And then 2019 and 2020 would eventually come along and end up being the most controversial years in the entire franchise's history.

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: Whenever you'd fail a level in older versions of the original game and in ''Seasons'', the grinning faces the pigs make at you are rather creepy.

** If you really want Nightmare Fuel, then try the Halloween levels for Angry Birds Seasons, the ambients sound quite disturbing and look better suited for a horror game, especially [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov13l7Y2G_A Haunted Hogs]], which is the most nightmare inducing ambience on par with ''VideoGame/Silent Hill''.

** 2015 was when the series began releasing match-making titles such as ''Pop!'' and ''Fight!''. This year also saw the release of ''VideoGame/AngryBirds2'', which ended up being divisive for fans due to the free-to-play nature of the game with things such as the lives system. Additionally, older games such as ''Seasons'' and ''Classic'' got updates that many felt [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks ended up making those games worse than they were before]] [[note]] ''Seasons'' got all of its older levels locked behind paywalls and ''Classic'''s physics got a downgrade [[/note]].

** Some fans call the Ice Bird from ''Space'' "Frosh" or something along those lines as a 'humanized' name, as he is canonically the only member of the ''Space'' Flock with NoNameGiven. Another alternate fan name for him is [[PunnyName "Isaac"]], popularized by the YouTuber [=GerardTheRedBird=].

** Some fans call the Ice Bird from ''Space'' "Frosh" or something along those lines as a 'humanized' name, as he is canonically the only member of the ''Space'' Flock with NoNameGiven.

** If you really want Nightmare Fuel, then try the Halloween levels for Angry Birds Seasons, the ambients sound quite disturbing and look better suited for a horror game, especially [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov13l7Y2G_A Haunted Hogs]].
*** Not to mention, the beginning sound for Ham O' Ween starts with a creepy music box version of the Angry Birds theme before shifting to a more fantasizing and creepy theme.

** Then there's 2019-2020, the two most controversial years in the franchise and generally agreed upon to be when the series officially took a turn for the worst. Problems from previous years were amplified with the franchise becoming more free-to-play than ever, ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie2'' released to pretty mixed to negative reception from fans, and the infamous purging of the older games happened, beginning the also infamous #Bringback2012 movement. These years are infamous for being the worst years in the franchise and are generally agreed upon to be a major turning point for when it truly went downhill.

** Then there's 2019-2020, the two most controversial years in the franchise and generally agreed upon to be when the series officially took a turn for the worst. Problems from previous years were amplified with the franchise becoming more free-to-play than ever, ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie2'' released to pretty mixed to negative reception from fans, and the infamous purging of the older games happened, beginning the also infamous #BringBack2012 movement. These years are infamous for being the worst years in the franchise and are generally agreed upon to be a major turning point for when it truly went downhill.

** 2016-2018 not only saw a significant increase in match games with games like ''Blast!'', ''Match'' and ''Dream Blast'', but it was also when the franchise began centering itself more around ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie'', with more games and TV series being made around it, such as ''Evolution'' and ''Action'' as well as even replacing many of the app icons with the movie designs as well. Many of the games released in 2016-2018 received SoOkayItsAverage reception ''at best''. And then 2019 and 2020 would eventually come along and end up being the most controversial years in the entire franchise's history.

** Yaman. [[labelnote:Explanation]]In October 2022, a video surfaced of two Minion Pigs with the Man face from ''VideoGame/{{Roblox}}''. The song "Memoir #2" by May Roosevelt plays in the background.[[/labelnote]]

** One of the most common complaints about modern ''Angry Birds'' is the series going [[AllegedlyFreeGame free-to-play]]. ''Angry Birds'' is no strange to {{Microtransactions}}, with the earliest example being the Mighty Eagle in 2011. Some other early examples include [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon Danger Zone]] in ''Angry Birds Space'' and the [[PowerUp Power-Ups]] in ''Angry Birds Friends'' (although the latter can be purchased with in-game currency). The series went fully Freemium in 2013 when Power-Ups were added to the main games (''Classic'', ''Seasons'' and ''Rio''), but fans didn't see it as a major issue. It wasn't until late 2014 when they were already many games that came out as free-to-play that this become a problem.

* MemeticBadass: Terence, the giant red bird, is seen as an unstoppable juggernaut by the fandom. Part of this is due to his [[EstablishingCharacterMoment debut]] in The Big Setup, where he [[OneManArmy nigh-singlehandedly]] takes down the pigs' effort to rebuild their destroyed structures and rescues the other birds as well portrayed as capable to accomplish everything while ''never seen to move onscreen''. He has since been associated with the song [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/im-the-biggest-bird I'm The Biggest Bird]] in late 2022.

* MemeticBadass: Terence, the giant red bird, is seen as an unstoppable juggernaut by the fandom. Part of this is due to his [[EstablishingCharacterMoment debut]] in The Big Setup, where he [[OneManArmy nigh-singlehandedly]] takes down the pigs' effort to rebuild their destroyed structures and rescues the other birds. He has since been associated with the song [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/im-the-biggest-bird I'm The Biggest Bird]] in late 2022.

** If you really want Nightmare Fuel, then try the Halloween levels for Angry Birds Seasons, the ambients sound quite disturbing and look better suited for a horror game, especially Haunted Hogs’.

** The ambience of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov13l7Y2G_A Haunted Hogs]] can also come off as this.