History YMMV / DangerMouse

* FanPreferredCouple: Danger Mouse/Penfold.

* {{Macekre}}:
** This time, it's from English into something else. The series was dubbed into Gaelic for Scottish audiences (population of Scotland: approx. 5.5 million, number of Gaelic speakers: somewhere between 10,000 and 50,000) and the result is rightly regarded as an abomination. For a start, ITV changed the title character's name and theme tune. (He was given the rather generic Scottish name of "Donnie Murdo", because why would "Cunnart Luch" have "DM" on his chest?)
** A [[DownplayedTrope more minor example]], this time from British English to American English; Stiletto's accent was changed from a stereotypical (and bad) Italian accent in the British release to a cockney one in the American. Presumably, Nickelodeon was afraid that Italian-Americans would find Stiletto's original accent offensive. He still had the same voice actor though, and his lines generally went unchanged otherwise.

** Many people believe Danger Moth is diagnosed with [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny ADHD]]. This comes out of the fact that she is easily distracted by light bulbs. Being distracted by light is commonly associated with stereotypical moths ... except that in real life, only male moths have this problem, and that Danger Moth, being female, shouldn't have it as an instinct.

* TransAtlanticEquivalent: The reboot has been viewed as a British version of ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom''. It helps that both shows share Reid Harrison as a writer.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The series was very popular in America when it first aired in 1984 on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}[[note]]In fact, it was Nickelodeon's idea to give Count Duckula [[WesternAnimation/CountDuckula his own spinoff]].[[/note]], and it became one of the earliest British cartoons (though [[WesternAnimation/TheClangers not]] [[WesternAnimation/TheWombles the]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Paddington}} first]]) to enter syndication in America, thanks to its quick-witted English humour appealing to both pre-teens and adults. Heck, some Americans believe that ''Danger Mouse'' may have helped start UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation.

** The controversial scene between Danger Mouse and [[spoiler:Penfold disguised as]] Professor Squawkencluck in "The Scare Mouse Project" led a good amount to jump off the Danger Mouse/Squawkencluck ship, namely due to Squawkencluck's disgusted reaction. [[HilariousInHindsight Ironically]] (or maybe [[AuthorsSavingThrow because of this]]), the rest of season 2 actually ''in''creased the amount of ShipTease between the two, culminating in the final scene of "The World Is Full of Stuff" revealing [[spoiler: they become husband and wife]]. In hindsight, several now view the scene in "Project" as straight-up Danger Mouse/Squawkencluck teasing.

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** Several people weren't happy about the reboot making Danger Mouse into more of a larger than life action hero rather than the sensible and collected OnlySaneMan in the original series. Later episodes, such as "Tomorrow Never Comes" and "Melted", show him taking events of the episodes seriously while everyone else is having fun.
** At the same time, a few people accused the show of using the FlawlessToken trope with Professor Squawkencluck and Jeopardy Mouse coming off as smarter/more competent than Danger Mouse. Later episodes fixed both of them - Squawkencluck had her {{Adorkable}} traits played up more and became more of a ButtMonkey, while Jeopardy Mouse has shown moments of being similar to Danger Mouse, in particular acting reckless and being TheComicallySerious.
** The increased amount of ShipTease between Danger Mouse and Professor Squawkencluck in the second half of the second season can be viewed as being somewhat of an apology for "The Scare Mouse Project".

** The increased amount of ToiletHumour in the series has been disliked by several fans due to the fact that the original almost never used such humour[[note]]However, the reason why the original series didn't indulge in such jokes was not due to the creators having a personal dislike for them, but rather because back in those days [[ValuesDissonance toilet humour was still considered rather taboo for British children's programming]].[[/note]], and believing that the use of it in the reboot is due to [[WereStillRelevantDammit such jokes being more popular in today's children's shows]].

* AwesomenessWithdrawal: Much like ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'', and ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', the show has gained a reputation for taking long hiatuses in between episode batches (season 2 has taken almost ''[[UpToEleven 2 years]]'' to complete). This has led to fans to become upset with the show's sporadic release schedule, as the hiatuses leave the fans all the more starved, especially after the cliffhanger ending of "The World Is Full of Stuff". Most recently, it has come to light that the franchise rights have been passed over to another company, meaning the show may have very well been cancelled, having produced a total of 99 episodes.

* HilariousInHindsight: In the 1979 pilot, "The Mystery of the Lost Chord", Danger Mouse [[Main/TheOtherDarrin is not voiced by]] Creator/DavidJason, [[Main/ThePeteBest but rather by]] William Franklyn, who is probably best remembered for voicing "The Book" (the narrator) in the third, fourth and fifth series of ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''. Come 2015, and [[Creator/StephenFry the actor]] who played "The Book" in [[Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy the film adaption]] is the current voice of Colonel K.

** Penfold. Is. Adorable. He was already pretty {{Adorkable}} in the original series, but in the reboot...[[Main/{{Catchphrase}} good grief!]] He's so childlike and endearing that you can't help but want to hug him. He also makes Main/PuppyDogEyes surprisingly often.
** [[BespectacledCutie Professor Squawkencluck]] is also very adorable herself, namely thanks to her TaremeEyes. Though [[HairTriggerTemper short]] [[FieryRedhead tempered]] and [[MDeadpanSnarker snarky]], she's been shown on various occasions to be a very NiceGirl at heart.

* SpiritualAdaptation: The 2015 series has been considered by some to be a better ''[[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Powerpuff Girls]]'' reboot than [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016 the actual reboot]].

** Although this may be less a case of [[TookALevelInDumbAss dumbing]] [[FlanderIzation down]] and simply a case of TechnologyMarchesOn- as an agent who was active in the early 1980's and about twenty years out of step even then would naturally be clueless about innovations such as advanced security systems and digital tablets, while the younger, more tech-savvy next generation would be far more familiar with such things.[[note]]However, this doesn't explain him crashing through buildings in the first episode, so it's quite hard to tell.[[/note]]

** [[Main/{{Meganekko}} Professor Squawkencluck]] is also very adorable herself, namely thanks to her TaremeEyes. Though [[Main/HairTriggerTemper short]] [[Main/FieryRedhead tempered]] and [[Main/DeadpanSnarker snarky]], she's been shown on various occasions to be a very NiceGirl at heart.

*** Teenage!Dawn can also cross over into this. She's probably meant to be a bit less adorable due to her being an EmoTeen, but many thought she looked just as, if not ''more'' adorable than usual.

-->'''Mac The Fork''' (''on phone to Dudley Poyson'') Listen, Dudley...how do ye feel about bein' mah partner?
-->'''Dudley:''' (''laughs giddily'') Are you proposing marriage?

* DesignatedVillain: Isambard King Kong Brunel is presented as one of the villains, but for his episodes he seems a pretty decent guy who just wants some attention and to make the world a better place. Even when he does dangerous and stupid things willingly it’s usually because he wants his inventions to go well, and he always seems just as concerned as anyone else when the world is in serious danger because of them. He even seems to quite like Danger Mouse and Penfold and in the episode "Squawkenbard Kingcluck Brunel" he’s genuinely overjoyed when they actually like his inventions.

* FanFicFuel:

* TheScrappy: Penfold, for not contributing to any of Danger Mouse's missions and his MotorMouth tendencies have caused fans to find him annoying.