History YMMV / CityHunterTheCupidsPerfume

* HilariousInHindsight: Didier Bourdon and the two other members of the trio Creator/LesInconnus mercilessly spoofed the ''Club Dorothée'' phenomenon back in TheNineties. Now he's part of a movie that homages it.

* AdaptationDisplacement: The {{inconsistent|dub}}, {{bowdlerise}}d, [[SoBadItsGood atrocious and hilarious]] French dub (the villains especially) of the ''Manga/CityHunter'' anime in the late 1980s/early 1990s TV show ''Series/ClubDorothee'' has remained memorable for a whole generation of French people who grew up in the 1990s (as demonstrated by the likes of ''WebVideo/JoueurDuGrenier'', who has reviewed the film, and was rather pleasantly surprised by it) the director and main star included, hence the French production and cast, and the multiple nods to it in the film along with the {{Dub Name Change}}s, the icing on the cake being the [[TheCameo cameo]] of Dorothée herself. Though there are plenty of elements that are actually TruerToTheText in the film as well.

* AdaptationDisplacement: The {{inconsistent|dub}}, {{bowdlerise}}d, [[SoBadItsGood atrocious and hilarious]] French dub (the villains especially) of the ''Manga/CityHunter'' anime in the late 1980s/early 1990s TV show ''Series/ClubDorothee'' has remained memorable for a whole generation of French people who grew up in the 1990s (as demonstrated by the likes of ''WebVideo/JoueurDuGrenier'', who has reviewed the film, and was rather pleasantly surprised by it) the director and main star included, hence the French production and cast, and the multiple nods to it in the film, the icing on the cake being the [[TheCameo cameo]] of Dorothée herself. Though there are plenty of elements that are actually TruerToTheText in the film as well.

* HilariousInHindsight: Didier Bourdon and the two other members of the trio Creator/LesInconnus mercilessly spoofed the ''Club Dorothée'' phenomenon back in the 1990s. Now he's part of a movie that homages it.

* FoeYay: Ryo expresses a lot of attraction for the unnamed woman that act as TheDragon to the Black Hand boss; not only is she attractive, she tells Ryo that she's a sex maniac.

* UnfortunateImplications: Detractors have criticized the seemingly sexist and homophobic tone of the movie. Ryo's constant sexual harassements are only played for laughs, he derides Kaori for [[{{Tomboy}} not looking like a woman]] (more tellingly her "masculine" appearance is the subject of a few jokes) and finally the mere idea of a relationship between men is treated as a funny setup for jokes. It doesn't help that Philippe Lacheau and his friends have already been under fire for the same reason in previous movies. Fans of the movie have also defended the jokes, stating that they were already part of the original series and that it was FairForItsDay. However one could argue that the reason Ryo wants to retrieve the antidote is that he doesn't want to be forced into a relationship against his will. That the movie is about consent and the perfume ignore the consent of Ryo.

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: As it is often the case with French [[LiveActionAdaptation Live-Action Adaptations]] of comic books or cartoons (manga/anime here), which are rarely good, fans didn't even give it a chance, especially fans of the manga and/or non-dubbed anime. Then the press critical consensus proved better than the average film of that kind, and the core audience targets (30-something of age French viewers) reacted surprisingly well to Philippe Lacheau's blending of elements that are faithful to the manga and references to the SoBadItsGood ''Club Dorothée'' era dub. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqG2lG68w1U&t=83s An example:]]

* AdaptationDisplacement: The {{inconsistent|dub}}, {{bowdlerise}}d, [[SoBadItsGood atrocious and hilarious]] French dub (the villains especially) of the ''City Hunter'' anime in the late 1980s/early 1990s TV show ''Series/ClubDorothee'' has remained memorable for a whole generation of French people who grew up in the 1990s (as demonstrated by the likes of ''WebVideo/JoueurDuGrenier'', who has reviewed the film, and was rather pleasantly surprised by it) the director and main star included, hence the French production and cast, and the multiple nods to it in the film, the icing on the cake being the [[TheCameo cameo]] of Dorothée herself. Though there are plenty of elements that are actually TruerToTheText in the film as well.

** In addition, there was many sex jokes and CrossesTheLineTwice in the manga.

* SignatureScene: The interrogation/fight scene in the scrapyard. Two P.O.V. Cams from Ryo's viewpoint, and the first lasts pretty long while including plenty of interactions with other characters and the setting, including a fistfight. The scene features both comedy and action. At one point we even see Ryo's shadow, perfectly matching the scene, with no trace of the camera's shadow in sight. The sequence ends in a second POVCam with Ryo deactivating the magnet, grabbing a falling gun and shooting at a fleeing car to make it crash. Also, the entire fight is highlighted by "[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic FOOTSTEPS]]".

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The interrogation/fight scene in the scrapyard is ''extremely well done''. Not only it's TheOner, and a fairly long one at that, but it's entirely in POVCam from Ryo's viewpoint. At one point we even see Ryo's shadow, perfectly matching the scene, with no trace of the camera's shadow in sight.