History YMMV / DanceMoms

* BreakoutCharacter: First Maddie .
** Now it's clear that Jojo has become the most influential of them all.

** People also like the first few seasons better, since the ALDC felt much more like a team and Abby was far from the JerkAss that she is today.

* HarsherInHindsight: The mom's talk about their negative views on weight becomes much more harsh since in early 2020, Chloe came out with her struggles with eating disorders.

* HarsherInHindsight: All the mom's talk about their negative views on weight becomes much more harsh since in early 2020, Chloe came out with her struggles with eating disorders.

* HilariousInHindsight: Payton (who is 5'4") was often kicked off the team because she was too tall. Now, her and Brooke are the shortest among the original girls.

* HilariousInHindsight: Payton (who is 5'4") was often kicked off the team because she was too tall. Now, her and Brooke are the shortest among the girls.

** Kalani's solo "Say Something, Say Anything" is an obvious rip off of "Say Something" by [[Music/AGreatBigWorld]].

** Christi's snark has lead her to become this.

* EpicFail: Some of the girls attempts at snark could be seen as this.
* ExecutiveMeddling: "The Pyramid," and the dancer/moms that appear on the show were [[http://www.avclub.com/articles/dance-moms-and-the-broken-promise-of-reality-telev,83838/ chosen by the producers]]. According to Abby Lee, the rest of her studio is far less stressful.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Some see Abby's legal issues culminating in her receiving a year and a day in prison as this, although it wasn't for mistreating her students but rather several years of fraud and bankruptcy finally catching up to her.

* SpoiledBrat: Some see Maddie as this, since she has stated the show was "the worst", and seems to have no gratitude for the show being the reason for her fame.
** Jojo could also count, due to her attitude, and countless items "for free".

** The music used for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DkkUSK0TeQ "The Seven Dancers"]]. Try listening to it [[EarWorm and not getting it stuck in your head.]] [[SchmuckBait Go ahead, try.]]

* EarWorm:
** Admit it, "It's A Girl Party" is pretty catchy, especially since ''a nine year old'' made it.
** "Shine", as well.

* InternetBackdraft: Abby tweeted a photo of Maddie in a class at nationals with a master instructor, and made the ill-fated decision to put "#wherestallblonde" (as a reference to Chloe) at the end of it. The backlash she received was immense and all too understandable.

** There is a huge gaining hatedom for the Siwas.

* BaseBreaker: Abby. Dear Lord, Abby. Hell, she was under fire the moment the show went on air, and it really hit a peak with [[spoiler:her infamous scuffle with Kelly]] in season four...[[SerialEscalation only to then top itself]] with Abby's increasingly bizarre and iniquitous behavior in season five, which isn't helping her case in the slightest. Considering how she is known to act, those who believe that she's just a SadistTeacher haven't been led too astray.
** Holly is becoming one, since people think her actions to stand up against Abby for Nia is turning her into "the next Christi".
** While we're on the topic, Christi herself fit here for the exact same reason.
** The Siwas. The majority of people think Jojo is an annoying brat with a villainous JerkAss of a mother.
* BrokenBase:
** '''GOOD GOD.''' Outside of the show's fanbase, there are those who believe the show is borderline '''child abuse'''.
** Brooke and Mackenzie's albums have received the same reaction. There are those (usually those who are already fans of the show) who enjoy the songs, and those (usually those who have no idea what ''Dance Moms'' is) who despise the gratuitous {{autotune}} or lack of substance in lyrics or musical production.

* AwesomeMusic:

** The [[TheStoic stoic]] expression that Brooke wears all too frequently, which has led some to jokingly portray her as a PerpetualFrowner.

* SweetDreamsFuel: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii6R1DTjBOU How wonderful it feeeels to be beauutifull...]]''

* MomentOfAwesome: [[Awesome/DanceMoms See here.]]

* SheReallyCanAct: Lots of people are marveling at Maddie's acting abilities in her dances, such as in "The Last Text", "Amber Alert", and "The Waiting Room".

* AlasPoorScrappy: For those who saw [[spoiler:Christi]] as a scrappy, [[spoiler:her leaving the team was a massive TearJerker, especially due to her motives for doing so.]]

* TakeThatScrappy: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQtXo8aXwLg This clip]], in which Abby not only removes Jojo from the pyramid in front of Jessalynn, but then yells at her saying that she does not deserve to be on the pyramid and in fact deserves nothing and that she is not entitled to anything in this world. When Jojo tries to talk for herself, Abby tells her to leave the room.