History YMMV / BigTimeRush

* MemeticMuttion: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icqZY5yz7MQ The Big Time Rush Theme played over several cinematic deaths.]]

* ActorShipping: Tons of [[HoYay Kendall/Logan]] and [[HoYay James/Carlos.]]
** Also, [[LesYay Katelyn Tarver/Erin Sanders]] (Jo and Camille, respectively.)

* AngstWhatAngst: Logan in ''Big Time Girlfriends''. He certainly forgives James & Camille for accidentally kissing quickly, but that may be a by-product of the storyline having to split time with Kendall & Jo's relationship issues and Carlos & his girlfriend.

** Lost "[[http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2011/12/12/favorite-breakthrough-band-2011/ Favorite Breakthrough Band of 2011]]" to Music/ADayToRemember.

*** Carlos's loss for "Favorite Television Actor," on the other hand, was much more of an upset, considering the fact that the winner, Ross Lynch from ''Series/AustinAndAlly'', isn't that big of an idol.

* CargoShip: James/Palm Tree, [[spoiler:turns into Random Girl/James/Palm Tree.]]
* CreatorsPet: Jo, for many fans.

* EarWorm: The theme song
** A few-most of the songs qualify.
** 'Stay In Our PJ's'. That thing is going to be around for a while.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Mercedes. She's a {{Rich Bitch}} (see below) who makes the boys her boyfriends and do what she says because she "loves manipulating people" and is a {{Clingy Jealous Girl}} (see above) at times...but she's so hilarious that everyone wants her to make another appearance.
** Griffin seems to have taken this over (Must run in the family), as well as Katie. Both are seen getting involved in storylines when their characters really aren't needed, but [[RuleOfFunny they're both so hilarious that it doesn't matter.]]
** Lucy because she is awesome and played by Malese Jow.

* FanPreferredCouple: Kendall/Logan, and James/Carlos to a slightly lesser extent.
** Hey? What about James/Logan? It's ADORABLE!
*** And, admittedly, gaining a large following in a short amount of time. Now considered one of the 'main' ships.
** All of the ships have large fanbases, but the title of most popular (as in, THE fan preferred couple) seems to fall between Kendall/Logan or Kendall/James.
* FoeYayShipping: Between Kendall Knight and Jett Stetson, especially after ''Green Time Rush''.

* HarsherInHindsight: James spends most of ''Big Time Dance'' helping Logan try & ask Camille to the dance. Then came ''Big Time Girlfriends'', where James & Camille kiss despite her now being in a relationship with Logan. [[WhatTheHellHero What the hell, James]]?
** To be fair, the kiss in Girlfriends was blatantly played as a consequence of getting too far into character and literally forgetting for a moment that they weren't a Hair-Model Spy and a Robot Princess who had fallen in love. "There was a ''bomb''."

* OneTrueThreesome: The most popular pairing is all four of the main boys, James/Logan/Kendall/Carlos, but you'll find pretty much any threesome combination if you look hard enough, sometimes even with one of the girls thrown in.
** James/Logan/Camille is incredibly popular right now, especially considering how Logan orchestrated [[SexyShirtSwitch James and Camille's dress/tux trade]] in the recent prom episode.

* ShipMates: The fandom as a whole doesn't seem to have a problem with the final canon pairings Kendall/Jo, James/Lucy, Logan/Camille and Carlos/Alexa
* SlashFic: The second Nickelodeon greenlit this show... oh it was on. Just check out their fanfiction.net page.
** It's around 33% of the total on fanfiction.net. And 51% of all romance fanfics.

** The performance of "Till I Forget About You" from "Welcome Back Big Time": Kendall is out their singing this song about how he's given up hope of ever repairing his relationship with Jo. Fortunately, it ends on a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}.
* TheWoobie: Logan, at least in the pilot, where Gustavo's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech (well, screaming rant) causes him to go into a TroubledFetalPosition, rocking back and forth. Kendall later claims Gustavo made Logan cry, but we don't see it.
** His freakouts go between being a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} and cementing his TheWoobie status. Bonus points for his freakout in ''Big Time Mansion'', which ends with him fainting in terror.
** And the way he jumps into Kendall's arms a la Franchise/ScoobyDoo when frightened in "Big Time Crib."

** ''Big Time Terror'' features the revelation that Gustavo wasn't allowed to act like a kid when he was a child, and his mother forced him to practice playing the piano instead of playing games with other kids his age. Partially averted, in that when Kendall says that he feels bad, Kelly immediately tells him not to.

** The performance of "Till I Forget About You" from "Welcome Back Big Time": Kendall is out their singing this song about how he's given up hope of ever repairing his relationship with Jo. Fortunately, it ends on a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.

** His freakouts go between being a CrowningMomentOfFunny and cementing his TheWoobie status. Bonus points for his freakout in ''Big Time Mansion'', which ends with him fainting in terror.

* DesignatedHero: The four main guys are arguably this, especially in episodes like Big Time Mansion and Big Time Jobs where they are more notably selfish and careless.

* SeasonalRot: Many consider the first season the best.

* RomanticPlotTumor: It's hard to believe the show's supposed to be about four guys from Minnesota trying to make it in the music business and not about them chasing girls constantly.

** And of course Carlos Pena and Alexa Vega, who were already engaged when she appeared in the finale and later married. They even competed against each other on ''DancingWithTheStars''!

* AwardSnub: At the 2011 Kids' Choice Awards. They lost "Best Show" to Series/{{iCarly}} and "Fave Music Band" to Music/TheBlackEyedPeas.

*** Carlos's loss for "Favorite Television Actor," on the other hand, was much more of an upset, considering the fact that the winner, Ross Lynch from Series/AustinAndAlly, isn't that big of an idol.

** And of course Carlos Pena and Alexa Vega, who were already engaged when she appeared in the finale and later married. They even competed against each other on the same season of ''DancingWithTheStars''!

** And of course Carlos Pena and Alexa Vega, who were already engaged when she appeared in the finale and later married.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Most of their songs, but especially "Halfway There."
** Don't forget "The City is Ours!"
*** Especially now that this song has a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k-BxdNKtzE&feature=avmsc2 music video]]
** "Oh, you're such a turd, oh yeah, a giant turd; And you look like a turd, and you smell like a turd!"
*** Also "This is our Someday" and to a lesser extent "Till I Foget About You", "Famous", "Oh Yeah", "Nothing Even Matters" and the theme song. So, yeah, most of their songs.
** "Superstar" from "Big Time Strike" as sung by ''Gustavo'' of all people! Also doubles as a CrowningMomentOfFunny because...Well... [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMFqafnQ3lQ just watch.]]
** In "Big Time Concert", the boys crashing their own concert and foiling Hawk's plan.

* FridgeBrilliance: Why was Kendall the only one of the band not to suffer from "Hollywood Fever"? ''Because his family moved to L.A. with him.''
** Why was Wayne Wayne so determined that Kendall would be kicked out of the band in ''Big Time Bad Boy''? ''Because he was already the group's bad boy'' - Notice that when the guys are told that one of them has to be the bad boy, Kendall was the only one ''not'' willing to take the role. He's the bad boy, but not in same way the cartoonish Wayne Wayne was.
* GirlShowGhetto: {{Averted|Trope}}. The show has almost as many male fans as it does female fans.

* {{Wimpification}}: In the majority of fics, Logan is frantic, uptight and skeptic with [[OnlySaneMan good]] [[TheSmartGuy reason]], but typically he's portrayed as a whiny wimp who reluctantly gives in (sometimes very reluctantly). The others are susceptible to this as well. There's a sorting algorithm of dominance which almost directly correlates to height; Kendall tops James tops Carlos tops Logan (results may vary). Kendall can even retain some of his natural seme qualities while biting pillows.

* GirlShowGhetto

* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch: This happens a lot.

* FanDumb: This comes up occasionally.

* HateDumb: Too many times to count.

* CrossoverShip: James/Tori Vegas.

* ActorShipping: Tons of [[HoYay Kendall/Logan]] and [[HoYay James/Logan.]]

** And of course Carlos Pena and Alexa Vega, who were already engaged when she appeared in the finale and later married

* CrossoverShip: James/{{Victorious Tori Vegas}}.

* ActorShipping: Tons of [[HoYay Kendall/Logan]] and [[HoYay James/Carlos.]]

* CrossoverShip: James/[[Victorious Tori Vegas]].

** Lucy because she is awesome and played by Malese Jow

** And of course Carlos Pena and Alexa Vega, who were already engaged when she appeared in the finale.