History YMMV / CandyCandy

** And the French broadcasters just didn't want [[spoiler: Anthony to die. The French dub said that he "fell from his horse and lost the use of his legs". And [[PutOnABus disappeared]].]] Two of the episodes were edited later to fix the problem, but elements of the fake story remained in some other episodes. #

* AdaptationDisplacement: Many didn't know ''Candy♡Candy'' was originally a novel.

** Look up ''any'' YouTube clip of Susanna Marlowe. You'll find Spanish-speaking fans calling her "Gusana Marlowe" ("Gusana" is Spanish for "worm")

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Just how much does Eliza actually believe her own spiel about how Candy creates trouble wherever she goes and was responsible for [[spoiler: Anthony's death and Terry leaving for America]]? Has she actually convinced herself that Candy is the true Problem Child and that [[NeverMyFault everything bad that befalls her is her fault rather than Eliza's own?]] Or is she faking her grief over such events while really only fixated on tormenting Candy to make her life miserable ForTheEvulz and is just making an excuse for why she does so to say in front of others? She doesn't end up looking good either way, but it's left ambiguous enough that it's hard to determine if she has a legitimate mental illness/personality disorder or if she's just a JerkAss for no real reason. Episode 45 and Episode 50 in particular gives strong support to the former interpretation, but Eliza's appearances since then make the latter interpretation look more likely.

** And the French broadcasters just didn't want [[spoiler: Anthony to die. The French dub said that he "fell from his horse and lost the use of his legs". And [[PutOnABus disappeared]].]] Two of the episodes were edited later to fix the problem, but elements of the fake story remained in some other episodes.

** Another meme is calling Candy "Tarzán pecosa" (Freckled Tarzan).

** "Give my daughter's leg back!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Susanna Marlowe's mom says this after she breaks her leg. Out of context, it sounds very absurd[[/labelnote]]

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: VERY popular in Latin America (espeicially the UsefulNotes/DominicanRepublic), and in France where it was the very first shojo ever seen. It's also quite popular (and still well-remembered) in Italy, and in Turkey.

** It was so popular in Greece that even the manga was released there.

** More than one watcher/reader ended up getting tired of all the relentless, neverending, borderline ridiculous melodrama surrounding Candy's life and ended up dropping the series. [[spoiler:One of the biggest examples of this is when after pages and pages of relentless abuse, we see Neil potentially changing his ways and reforming....only for it to be revealed that he's a [[VillainousCrush bastard]] [[IfICantHaveYou all]] [[ScarpiaUltimatum along]].]]

** Additionally, there's also the fact that Eliza never changes over the course of the anime and continues being an over-the-top HateSink, unlike he rnovel counterpart who eventually faded out of Candy's life.

* WhatAnIdiot: The BoardingSchool that Candy, her love interest Terry, her rival Eliza and others attend has separate dorms for men and women ''and'' strict rules about not allowing any boy/girl meetings after class. Candy, at some point, gets a letter that apparently comes from Terry, asking her to meet up with him outside the dorms at night.\\

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: More than one watcher/reader ended up getting tired of all the relentless, neverending, borderline ridiculous melodrama surrounding Candy's life and ended up dropping the series. [[spoiler:One of the biggest examples of this is when after pages and pages of relentless abuse, we see Neil potentially changing his ways and reforming....only for it to be revealed that he's a [[VillainousCrush bastard]] [[IfICantHaveYou all]] [[ScarpiaUltimatum along]].]]

* ValuesDissonance: Candy White Ardley and her best friend Annie Brighton are being mocked for being adopted children. To a modern Western audience this would come off as odd at best and downright cruel at worst. However, when you consider the time period of the show and the fact that it comes from Japan, where adoption, even now, is not looked on favorably by some, the ridicule becomes more understandable.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: VERY popular in Latin America (espeicially the UsefulNotes/DominicanRepublic), and in France where it was the very first shojo ever seen. It's also quite popular (and still well-remembered) in Italy, and in Turkey. It was popular enough in UsefulNotes/SouthKorea to get a [[http://www.kmdb.or.kr/movies/movie_detail.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=03531 live-action]] movie.

** Annie is also disliked by some fans for her petty jealousy towards Candy, while other fans view her as boring and lacking in Candy's brash spirit.

* FriendlyFandoms: Despite the FandomRivalry between the two series, many fans of ''Candy♡Candy'' also adore ''Manga/{{Lady}}'' because of their similarites and dub ''Candy'' it's "progenitor". Even their respective authors, Creator/KeikoNagita and Creator/YokoHanabusa, are friends and co-wrote a manga together, ''Premier Muguet''.

* FriendlyFandoms: Despite the FandomRivalry between the two series, many fans of ''Candy♡Candy'' also adore ''Manga/{{Lady}}'' because of their similarites and dub ''Candy'' it's "progenitor". Even their respective authors, Keiko Nagita and Creator/YokoHanabusa, are friends and co-wrote a manga together, ''Premier Muguet''.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Many didn't know ''Candy Candy'' was originally a novel.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: VERY popular in Latin America (espeicially the Dominician Republic), and in France where it was the very first shojo ever seen. It's also quite popular (and still well-remembered) in Italy, and in Turkey.

* MainstreamObscurity: One of the most game-changing {{shojo}}s of all time, yet it's lack of a proper English dub and old age has resulted in this. Nowadays it takes word of mouth for it's popularity to spread.

* TheWoobie: Annie, Patty, Anthony and Susanna
** IronWoobie: Candy, Archie.
** JerkassWoobie: Terry. His issues are pretty severe and understandable, but he brings a lot of misery ''on himself''. And sometimes he makes Candy suffer a '''lot''', too.
*** Eliza and Neil had their moments of this early on, being the products of a toxic, spoiling, and enabling upbringing by [[RichBitch their mother]] that turned them into [[SpoiledBrat bratty children]] with [[RichInDollarsPoorInSense no understanding of how to socialize with anyone outside their class]] (for Eliza it's most evident during the St. Paul Boarding School arc), but this ultimately fizzled out in favor of keeping them straight-up Jerkasses instead. Neil [[BaitTheDog seemed to be becoming one again]] when he discovered he had feelings for Candy, [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk but NOPE]], he's still a raging asshole.
*** [[BetaBitch Louisa]] as well. One can't help but feel for her in Episode 50 when she's recalled from school and breaks down in sobs, feeling like she was unable to become a true lady like she felt pressured to become.
** StoicWoobie: Albert,and [[spoiler: Frannie]] after learning her backstory.

* MainstreamObscurity: One of the most game-changing {{shojo}}s of all time, yet it's lack of an English dub and old age has resulted in this. Nowadays it takes word of mouth for it's popularity to spread.

* MisaimedFandom: Considering that ''Candy Candy'' is a {{shoujo}} manga from TheSeventies, it had [[FairForItsDay pretty revolutionary]] 'messages': "Be honest to yourself", "Don't throw away your own beliefs", "Work hard to earn what you get in life", "Don't give up on your purposes", "Romance is important, yes, but not the end and be all to a life". The fandom, however, ignores almost all of them '''only''' to focus on the romantic part of the plot, and '''''specially''''' on loudly complaining because Candy and Terry didn't end up together. Even older fans in their 30's and 40's, who should know better, fall into this trap.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: The Regan family, mainly Neil and Eliza and their HateSink status. Some viewers find them to be LoveToHate characters and good antagonists for the series while others just flat out ''despise'' them in a way they can't even have fun with, as they feel like their perpetually two-dimensional portrayal and constant [[BreakTheCutie cruel bullying of Candy]] drags the show down. And while no one can deny that they're unlikable characters, a few might find them almost UnintentionallySympathetic due to being the products of a spoiling, enabling upbringing by their mother yet get positioned as being evil within the story despite being little more than bratty children who, unless pushed to doing worse, usually resort to simple cruel pranks.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: VERY popular in Latin America, and in France where it was the very first shojo ever seen. It's also quite popular (and still well-remembered) in Italy, and in Turkey.

* FanonDiscontinuity: The Italian fans hated the BittersweetEnding ''so'' much that they forced the Italian editors to make them a sort-of GeckoEnding where [[spoiler: Candy and Terry got together again]].

* {{Squick}}: A friend of Candy's is pushed by his father to get married at 17. That's odd enough but not AS terrible... until you see that the "bride" is a girl who is ''very'' clearly under 10. Candy says it's strange, the little girl was shown to be uncomfortable, and the father ended up admitting it's not right.