History YMMV / AniMat

* BrokenBase:
** In general, fans have been split on his reviews since around 2013 when he became a lot more [[CausticCritic caustic]], not helped when he pans popular or [[SoOkayItsAverage otherwise alright films]] causing audiences to flip out. Actually, just him in general. While he does have fans, he has quite the detractors who find his voice irritating whenever he goes on a rant as well as his tendency to bring politics into his videos.
** His stance in the ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania'' review that Genny Tartakovsky should read and learn from the Animator's Survival Kit, despite his decades of animation experience, was not well-received by the director's fans. Same goes for his claim in the ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' review that Tartakovsky became a sell-out after directing said movies.

** In his review of ''WesternAnimation/SurfsUp'', he states that Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation should look back at it and realize why they've fallen so hard. While saying this, he says that the movie doesn't really need a sequel. Shortly after his review, Sony actually announced a sequel to ''Surf's Up''...with Wrestling/{{WWE}} WRESTLERS.

* AcceptableTargets:
** Animated features released by Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany and Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation (this increased in the case of the latter after they created and released ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie'').
*** Though after the controversy with Yoshi Player[[note]]This was due to a video Yoshi Player uploaded that criticized [=AniMat=]'s excessive hate for Sony Pictures Animation, particularly due to proclaiming at the end of his review for ''The Emoji Movie'' that the studio should be completely shut down, which he felt went too far[[/note]], he promised to tone down his mention of his hatred of SPA, and every review he did of their movies from ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania3SummerVacation'' onward completely omitted any mention of the company. The only further mention he made regarding Sony was an [[https://youtu.be/96CAl08ZSFM?t=615 editorial]] regarding rival studio Creator/IlluminationEntertainment that was posted on June 7, 2019.
%% ** Creator/SonyPictures in general, honestly. ZCE
%% ** UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump and his supporters are another major one. ZCE

** To say his review of the ''VideoGame/{{Medabots}}'' cartoon where he gave it the Seal of Garbage didn't get a very high reputation is the understatement of the century.

* CriticalResearchFailure: As is common with Internet reviewers, he's still prone to this:
** In his review of ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty'', he claims that the animation was modeled after the '40s style of animation. This is false, as the animation was modeled after Creator/{{Pixar}}, mainly their ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' films. Justified, though, as the characters ''do'' really look like anthropomorphic food characters from 40s cartoons.
** In his ''Film/TheWildLife'' review, he incorrectly refers to a Pangolin as an Armadillo.

* FanHater:
** Has gotten this accusation from fans of Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation. It got to the point where most fans [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere jumped ship]] following his Best and Worst of 2013 list.
** He has also called people who like ''WesternAnimation/WhereTheDeadGoToDie'' "freaks", and urged them to get help. This however is actually something he's admitted to [[OldShame deeply regretting]].

*** Though after the controversy with Yoshi Player[[note]]This was due to a video Yoshi Player uploaded that criticized [=AniMat=]'s excessive hate for Sony Pictures Animation, particularly due to proclaiming at the end of his review for ''The Emoji Movie'' that the studio should be completely shut down, which he felt went too far[[/note]], he promised to tone down his mention of his hatred of Sony Pictures Animation, and every review he did of their movies from ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania3SummerVacation'' onward completely omitted any mention of SPA. The only further mention he made regarding Sony was an [[https://youtu.be/96CAl08ZSFM?t=615 editorial]] regarding rival studio Creator/IlluminationEntertainment that was posted on June 7, 2019.

** While he didn't call them bad films, his reviews of the first ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'', ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'', ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'', and ''{{WesternAnimation/The Little Prince|2015}}'' were pretty controversial. To make matters worse with his ''Totoro'' review, this was the first ever review of his Animat's Classic Reviews series.

** His hatred for Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation in general is this. His reviews of ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}} and ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe3'' count as well due to how many felt like he was too kind on those films, but too harsh on Sony Pictures Animation films. There's also him outright stating that Sony Pictures Animation should shut down, and even went as far as calling them "The Donald Trump of Animation." However, he has admitted that he regrets saying those things.

** His stance in the ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania'' review that Creator/GennyTartakovsky should read and learn from the Animator's Survival Kit, despite his decades of animation experience, was not well-received by the director's fans. Same goes for his claim in the ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' review that Tartakovsky became a sell-out after directing said movies.

** His hatred for Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation in general is this. His reviews of ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}} and ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe3'' count as well due to how many felt like he was too kind on those films, but too harsh on Sony Pictures Animation films. There's also him outright stating that Sony Pictures Animation should shut down, and even went as far as calling them "The Donald Trump of Animation." However, he has admitted that he regrets saying those things.''

** After that, he pulls out his face and reveals a horrific shrieking skull that grows horns like The Horned King.

*** Though after the controversy with Yoshi Player[[note]]This was due to a video Yoshi Player uploaded that criticized [=AniMat=]'s excessive hate for Sony Animation, particularly due to proclaiming at the end of his review for ''The Emoji Movie'' that the studio should be completely shut down, which he felt went too far[[/note]], he promised to tone down his mention of his hatred of Sony Pictures Animation, and every review he did of their movies from ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania3SummerVacation'' onward completely omitted any mention of SPA. The only further mention he made regarding Sony was an [[https://youtu.be/96CAl08ZSFM?t=615 editorial]] regarding rival studio Creator/IlluminationEntertainment that was posted on June 7, 2019.

** His stance in the ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania'' review that Genny Tartakovsky should read and learn from the Animator's Survival Kit, despite his decades of animation experience, was not well-received by the director's fans. Same goes for his claim in the ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' review that Tartakovsky became a sell-out after directing said movies.

** In his review of ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty'', he claims that the animation was modeled after the '40s style of animation. This is false as the animation was modeled after Creator/{{Pixar}}, mainly their ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' films. Justified, though, as the characters ''do'' really look like anthropomorphic food characters from 40s cartoons.
** In his ''The Wild Life'' review, he incorrectly refers to a Pangolin as an Armadillo.

** He has also called people who like ''Where the Dead Go to Die'' "freaks", and urged them to get help. This however is actually something he's admitted to [[OldShame deeply regretting]].

** In his review for ''Anime/ProfessorLaytonAndTheEternalDiva'', he points out that the only problem he had with the animation was that the character designs were rather chibi-styled instead the traditional anime-style. This critique was not received kindly by Professor Layton fans.
** A lot of people did not take kindly to him calling ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch2StitchHasAGlitch'' one of the worst Disney sequels.

** His hatred for Sony Pictures Animation in general is this. His reviews of Minions and Despicable Me 3 count as well due to how many felt like he was too kind on those films, but too harsh on Sony Pictures Animation films. There's also him outright stating that Sony Picture Animation should shut down and even went as far as calling them "The Donald Trump of Animation." However, he has admitted that he regrets saying those things.''

->'''Katzenberg''': You know what they say, 'One must become the enemy!'

-->'''Katzenberg''': You know what they say, 'One must become the enemy!'

*** Though after the controversy with Yoshi Player[[note]]This was due to a video Yoshi Player uploaded that criticized AniMat's excessive hate for Sony Animation, particularly due to proclaiming at the end of his review for ''The Emoji Movie'' that the studio should be completely shut down, which he felt went too far[[/note]], he promised to tone down his mention of his hatred of Sony Pictures Animation, and every review he did of their movies from ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania3SummerVacation'' onward completely omitted any mention of SPA. The only further mention he made regarding Sony was an [[https://youtu.be/96CAl08ZSFM?t=615 editorial]] regarding rival studio Creator/IlluminationEntertainment that was posted on June 7, 2019.

*** Creator/JeffreyKatzenberg acting like a maniac when he is shown messing with ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'' and when Creator/MichaelEisner confronts him, Jeffrey has this to say...

*** After that, he pulls out his face and reveals a horrific shrieking skull that grows horns like The Horned King.

** His hatred for Sony Pictures Animation in general is this. His reviews of Minions and Despicable Me 3 count as well due to how many felt like he was too kind on those films, but too harsh on Sony Pictures Animation films. There's also him outright stating that Sony Picture Animation should shut down and even went as far as calling them "The Donald Trump of Animation." However, he has admitted that he regrets saying those things.
* NightmareFuel: His SanitySlippage in the ''Film/{{Bratz}}'' review, all done in a homage to the AnimatedAdaptation of Literature/TheTellTaleHeart.
** A lot of moments from the animated segments of his reboot of his Animation Lookback of Walt Disney Animated Studios film.
*** Creator/Jeffrey Katzenberg acting like a maniac when he is shown messing with ''WesternAnimation/The Black Cauldron'' and when Crator/Michael Eisner confronts him, Jeffrey has this to say...

** After that, he pulls out his face and reveals a horrific shrieking skull that grows horns like The Horned King.

*** Creator/{{Jeffrey Katzenberg}} acting like a maniac when he is shown messing with ''WesternAnimation/The Black Cauldron'' and when Crator/{{Michael Eisner}} confronts him, Jeffrey has this to say...

** In general, fans have been split on his reviews since around 2013 when he became a lot of [[CausticCritic caustic]] not helped when he pans popular or [[SoOkayItsAverage otherwise alright films]] causing audiences to flip out. Actually, just him in general. While he does have fans, he has quite the detractors who find his voice irritating whenever he goes on a rant as well as his tendency to bring politics into his videos.

** His hatred for Sony Pictures Animation in general is this. His reviews of Minions and Despicable Me 3 count as well due to how many felt like he was too kind on those films, but too harsh on Sony Pictures Animation films. There's also him outright stating that Sony Picture Animation should shut down and even went as far as calling them, "The Donald Trump of Animation." However, he has admitted that he regrets saying those things.

* WinBackTheCrowd: His review's of Sony films from ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania3SummerVacation'' onward seem to be trying to do this by not letting his feelings about the company affect them as much. This is noticeable in his Top 10 Worst Animated Films of the Decade, where he included both ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs2'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie'' on the list, but only talked about them as films and didn't come across as condescending to its supporters, even acknowledging that some people did legitimately like [[WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs the first]] ''[[WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs Cloudy]]'' [[WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs film]] without being frustrated at that fact.

** Creator/SonyPictures in general, honestly.
** UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump and his supporters are another major one. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Let's just leave it at that, shall we?]]

* EnsembleDarkHorse: InUniverse, or in-review as the case may be, examples as throughout some of his reviews, he has stated who are his favorite characters. This includes but isn’t limited to...
** King Fergus from Pixar’s Brave as [=AniMat=] said he was the most likable character in the movie.
** The Grand Duke of Owls from [=RockADoodle=] as [=AniMat=] praised his charisma and Christopher Plummer’s voice acting.
** Terrence from The Angry Birds Movie as [=AniMat=] liked how he is the strong-silent type.

** While he didn't call them bad films, his reviews of the first ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'', ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'', ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'', and ''{{WesternAnimation/The Little Prince|2015}}'' were pretty controversial.
*** To make matters worse with his ''Totoro'' review, this was the first ever review of his Animat's Classic Reviews series.

** Inverted with his reviews of ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe3''. Many people thought he was too kind to the films and that their respective scores of 7/10 and 8/10 were too high.
** A "He Didn't Praise It Enough, Now He Sucks!" variant happened in his Top 5 Best & Worst Animated Films of 2018 list when a lot of people took him to task for putting ''WesternAnimation/IsleOfDogs'' and ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'' over ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' (with one idiot even proclaiming that the former [[CriticalResearchFailure doesn't count as animation]] [[InsaneTrollLogic because]] [[LogicalFallacies it's stop-motion]]).
* NeverLiveItDown: His former fans will '''''NEVER''''' forgive him for the fiasco following the release of his Best and Worst of 2013 list.

** His stance in the "WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania2" review that Genny Tartakovsky should read and learn from the Animator's Survival Kit, despite his decades of animation experience, was not well-received by the director's fans. Same goes for his claim in the "WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars" review that Tartakovsky became a sell-out after directing said movies.

* BrokenBase: In general, fans have been split on his reviews since around 2013 when he became a lot of [[CausticCritic caustic]] not helped when he pans popular or [[SoOkayItsAverage otherwise alright films]] causing audiences to flip out. Actually, just him in general. While he does have fans, he has quite the detractors who find his voice irritating whenever he goes on a rant as well as his tendency to bring politics into his videos.
* His stance in the "WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania2" review that Genny Tartakovsky should read and learn from the Animator's Survival Kit, despite his decades of animation experience, was not well-received by the director's fans. Same goes for his claim in the "WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars" review that Tartakovsky became a sell-out after directing said movies.

** Mat laughing at the "Hmmm, I don't know. I think we should be enemies" line during his ''[=AniMat=] Watches'' of ''[[Creator/DingoPictures Lion and the King]]'' after Mat revealed on ''[=AniMat=]'s Crazy Cartoon Cast'' that the reason he quit WebVideo/MrCoatAndFriends was because the [[WebVideo/MrCoat eponymous reviewer]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwDU-4gbsRY&t=4296s said something almost verbatim to said quote.]]

** Mat laughing at the "Hmmm, I don't know. I think we should be enemies" line during his ''[=AniMat=] Watches'' of ''[[Creator/DingoPictures Lion and the King]]'' after Mat revealed on ''[=AniMat=]'s Crazy Cartoon Cast'' that the reason he quit WebVideo/MrCoatAndFriends was because the [[WebVideo/MrCoat eponymous reviewer]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwDU-4gbsRY&t=4296s said something almost verbatim to said quote.]]

** Mat laughing at the "Hmmm, I don't know. I think we should be enemies" line during his ''[=AniMat=] Watches'' of ''[[Creator/DingoPictures Lion and the King]]'' after Mat revealed on ''[=AniMat=]'s Crazy Cartoon Cast'' that the reason he quit WebVideo/MrCoatAndFriends was because the [[WebVideo/MrCoat eponymous reviewer]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwDU-4gbsRY&t=5911s said something almost verbatim to said quote.]]

** Mat laughing at the "Hmmm, I don't know. I think we should be enemies" line during his ''[=AniMat=] Watches'' of ''[[Creator/DingoPictures Lion and the King]]'' after Mat revealed on ''[=AniMat=]'s Crazy Cartoon Cast'' that the reason he quit WebVideo/MrCoatAndFriends was because the [[WebVideo/MrCoat eponymous reviewer]] said something almost verbatim to said quote.