History YMMV / Detention

* Tearjerker:

* HilariousInHindsight: Each time [[Creator/TaraStrong Shareena]] and [[Creator/CarlosAlazraqui Gug]] interact, it's basically [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Timmy Turner and Mr. Crocker]] talking to each other.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: One of the bullet points in Taylor's guide to not being a total reject states "your lack of faith in the durability of Music/{{Kesha}} is disturbing." That joke became funny once Kesha did indeed fall from mainstream popularity… only to became a lot less funny come 2016 once people learned precisely ''why'' her career flatlined so quickly. [[SubvertedTrope Then it became funny again]] when, come 2017, Taylor was proven right and Kesha enjoyed a CareerResurrection.
* HarsherInHindsight: [[spoiler:Sander being motivated to murder people [[EntitledToHaveYou because Riley won't put out]] is harder to watch in the wake of multiple mass shootings, especially Isla Vista, which were committed for similar reasons.]]

!!For the videogame:
* FridgeHorror: By the time [[spoiler:Ray meets up with Wei in the Good Ending]], the school is in ruins. [[spoiler:Just how long was Ray going through that hellish loop? Considering how the game takes place during the 60s and Wei is a middle aged man, it's likely decades of repeating the events leading up to her suicide.]]
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The game is pretty popular on Mainland China and well-received, with many giving a respectful view of the political tones in the game. Mainland Chinese sales of the game account for roughly 70% of total sales.
** Inverted later on, as the game was massively review-bombed by Chinese players after anti-government messages sneaked in by a developer were found on the studio's follow-up game, ''VideoGame/{{Devotion}}''.
* JerkassWoobie: Ray, who has a troubled home life with neglectful parents and gets more and more unstable as the game progresses. [[spoiler:She sold out her classmates and teachers out of petty, selfish jealousy, which resulted in the deaths — or [[FateWorseThanDeath worse]] — of them all… and is never going to be allowed into Heaven, or even to be reborn, cursed to wander as a spirit ''forever''.]] And that's if she gives the [[GuideDangIt right answers]] at the end!
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: [[spoiler:Mr. Chang]] is portrayed as a kind and caring person. [[spoiler:But if his relationship with Ray [[AmbiguousSituation really was reciprocated]], then he was abusing his position as a counselor to take advantage of a vulnerable young girl — one he's supposed to be helping with her issues, even! Doing so unwittingly helps cause the whole mess, but the blame is squarely placed on Ray's shoulders, instead of sharing it with the authority figure who abused his position.]] Also counts as ValuesDissonance.
* ValuesDissonance: The relationship between [[spoiler:Ray and Mr. Chang]] is treated as largely positive and healthy, and [[spoiler:Ray]] is viewed as the unsympathetic one for what she did when it ended. However, [[spoiler:this is a romantic relationship between a vulnerable teenager and the much older teacher/counsellor who was meant to be helping her with her family and academic issues; a relationship instigated by the teacher himself, no less]]. Players tend to view [[spoiler:Chang]] as a problematic character to say the least.
** To get the GoldenEnding, [[spoiler:you must answer the questions of Ray's lingered spirits correctly. One of the questions she asks is whether to "quietly accept" or "try to take them back". Most Western players would choose "quietly accept" and interpret it as taking responsibility for her actions, while "try to take them back" implies the opposite. However, as the game is heavily steeped in Buddhist themes (which the average Westerner might not be familiar with), the whole purpose of this part is for Ray to ''remember'' what she did back then, not what she would choose to do from now on, so the correct choice is actually the latter]].

* JerkassWoobie: Ray, who gets more and more unstable as the game progresses. [[spoiler:She sold out her classmates and teachers out of petty, selfish jealousy, which resulted in the deaths — or [[FateWorseThanDeath worse]] — of them all… and is never going to be allowed into Heaven, or even to be reborn, cursed to wander as a spirit ''forever''.]] And that's if she gives the [[GuideDangIt right answers]] at the end!

* ValuesDissonance: The relationship between [[spoiler:Ray and Mr. Chang]] is treated as largely positive and healthy, and [[spoiler:Ray]] is [[DesignatedVillain viewed as the unsympathetic one for what she did when it ended.]] However, [[spoiler:this is a romantic relationship between a vulnerable teenager and the much older teacher/counsellor who was meant to be helping her with her family and academic issues; a relationship instigated by the teacher himself, no less]]. Players tend to view [[spoiler:Chang]] as a problematic character to say the least.

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: It has often been accused of being a ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' rip-off, even though the only things the shows share are being late '90s animated series about kids in a school dealing with a mean teacher.

* HollywoodHomely: Toyed with. Riley's club foot and clumseyness may be a reference to the high school film cliche.

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* {{Cult Classic}}: The show is seen as decent these days, although some see it as a rip off ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}''.

* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:[[PsychopathicManchild Sander Sanderson]], aka "[[MalevolentMaskedMan Cinderhella]]", is initially presented as a pervert who constantly makes unwanted advances towards his female friend Riley Jones. In truth a sociopath who feigns friendliness with his classmates--including his supposed friend Clapton Davis--while plotting their deaths, a masked Sander brutally murders a popular student, attempts to kill Riley, and later butchers a star athlete. [[IfICantHaveYou Upset by Riley's constant rejection]], Sander continues his killing spree during the prom. Time-traveling to 1992, Sander convinces a younger version of the school's principal to [[WhereIWasBornAndRazed eliminate the town of Grizzly Lake in an explosion]] with his help. When Riley and Clapton foil Sander's plot, he attempts and fails to activate the bomb himself, resulting in his own demise. In the altered timeline, Sander attacks Riley and Clapton again, [[OffWithHisHead decapitating]] his implied sex partner when she walks in on him during his final attempt on Riley's life.]]

* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:[[AbhorrentAdmirer Sander Sanderson]] is initially presented as a pervert who constantly makes unwanted advances towards Riley Jones, and a classmate of Ione Rose and Clapton Davis. Brutally murdering the popular Taylor Fisher, attempting to kill Riley, and later butchering the athlete Billy Nolan, Sander feigns friendliness with his classmates while planning to kill them. [[IfICantHaveYou Outraged by Riley's constant rejection]], Sander kills exchange student Gord and Principal Karl Verge, then travels back in time to 1992 in order to convince a young Verge to eliminate the town of Grizzly Lake in an explosion with his help. When Riley and Clapton foil Sander's plot, he attempts to detonate the bomb himself, only succeeding in killing himself. In the altered timeline, Sander attacks Clapton and Riley, [[OffWithHisHead decapitating]] his implied sex partner Alexis when she walks in on him attempting to kill Riley for rejecting him. Lecherous, entitled, and contemptuous, Sander is a galling example of a [[EntitledToHaveYou possessive creep]].]]