History YMMV / EvenStevens

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: In TheMovie, [[spoiler: Louis and Ren covertly teaming up to look like the latter really is trying to kill the former. This makes Miles worry that his show will be canceled for [[EvenEvilHasStandards having someone killed on his watch]]. After watching him torment the Stevens every step of the way, it's cathartic to see his own prank has been turned against him. It doesn't hurt that Lance [=LeBow=] is also in on the prank and gives a satisfying "Gotcha!" to Miles when the prank is revealed.]]

** First-time viewers might get caught off-guard by the show's bizarre claymation opening sequence. The claymation figures of the characters look kind of creepy, especially when Louis's face gets flattened after Ren slams the door on his face. [[CreatorBacklash Even Christy Carlson Romano said the intro looked nothing like them and they are awfully creepy and the sequence in its entirety looked weird.]]

* SugarWiki/MomentsOfAwesome: In TheMovie, [[spoiler: Louis and Ren covertly teaming up to look like the latter really is trying to kill the former. This makes Miles worry that his show will be canceled for [[EvenEvilHasStandards having someone killed on his watch]]. After watching him torment the Stevens every step of the way, it's cathartic to see his own prank has been turned against him. It doesn't hurt that Lance [=LeBow=] is also in on the prank and gives a satisfying "Gotcha!" to Miles when the prank is revealed.]]

** In "Leavin' Stevens," Louis [[AbortedDeclarationOfLove misses the chance to express his true feelings to Tawny]] on what is supposed to be his last day at school. [[spoiler: He makes a tape instead, in which he [[LoveConfession confesses his love for her]]; when it turns out that his family is no longer moving to Washington, he has Beans sneak into her room and steal the tape, but it turns out to be the tape that Tawny has made in order to express her love for Louis. In what is arguably one of the defining moments of the series, the two of them watch each other's tapes simultaneously and then encounter each other at school the next day.]]

** TheMovie has this moment near the end: [[spoiler: Ren apologies to Louis for always assuming he's trying to ruin her..to which Louis points out that while he loves messing with her, he would never wanna hurt her. The two make peace and then Louis even allows Ren time to talk to the boy from the ''Family Fake Out'' series who genuinely fell in love with her]].
** In "Stevens Genes", the end of the race when Louis gives up a chance to win to help an injured competitor (Trevor). [[spoiler: Both Trevor and Larry (who is on Louis' team) fall down, and Louis is indecisive whether or not to finish his race (though he is clearly in the lead), but he goes back and tries to help Trevor and Larry both up. Unfortunately, Larry seizes the opportunity leaving Louis as a sucker, and wins the race, but Louis stays with Trevor and tries to comfort him throughout the process trying to amuse him along the way. Everyone but Larry is grateful for Louis' selfless deed (Trevor, Louis' family, Louis' coach, Trevor's coach, the runners from both teams, the spectators), and though people were chanting for Louis before right before he was going to win the race, they are chanting for him even more now and with a better reason. Louis is later awarded as the student of the month. It is true sportsmanship.]]
* HarsherInHindsight: The turbulent relationship Ren and Louis Stevens had in the show becomes harder to look at when Christy Carlson Romano revealed in this [[https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/christy-carlson-romano-shia-labeouf-163023467.html article]] that she was not close to Shia [=LaBeouf=].

** The HalloweenEpisode when it's revealed that the students who have been going in for "eye exams" were actually having them ripped out and then becoming brainwashed. We briefly see Tawny and Twitty post-removal and even if it is cheap CGI, it comes across as rather unnerving.

** Louis and Twitty believe that Beans is actually an alien after seeing his parents as humanoid termites. Later it's revealed that they were just shooting a bug spray commercial in costume and were showing Beans their outfits. Except then the ending reveals that Beans really ''does'' have giant, alien termite parents and unlike previous gags like this it's never clarified if this was a dream or reality.
** First time viewers might get caught off-guard by the show's bizarre claymation opening sequence. The claymation figures of the characters look kind of creepy, especially when Louis's face gets flattened when Ren slams the door on his face. [[CreatorBacklash Even Christy Carlson Romano said the intro looked nothing like them and they are awfully creepy and the sequence in its entirety looked weird.]]
* RetroactiveRecognition: Lisa Foiles guest starred as one of Ren's young admirers Carla before becoming more well known for ''Series/AllThat'' and her web series projects.

* CreatorBacklash: Christy Carlson Romano disapproved and approved of the show's intro during a video of her reacting to Even Stevens. She stated that the claymation figures of the characters looked nothing like her or her co-stars, despite the credits saying her name loud and clear. She even pointed out that the claymation sequence throughout looked weird and creepy. She did give credit to the show's catchy theme music on the other hand.

* CreatorBackLash: Christy Carlson Romano disapproved and approved of the show's intro during a video of her reacting to Even Stevens. She stated that the claymation figures of the characters looked nothing like her or her co-stars, despite the credits saying her name loud and clear. She even pointed out that the claymation sequence throughout looked weird and creepy. She did give credit to the show's catchy theme music on the other hand.
* ForeShadowing: Speaking on a meta level. Near the end of the theme song, Ren and Louis turn their remote controls into lightsabers in a shoutout to Franchise/StarWars. Who would have thought that a Disney Channel show can foreshadow the future, whereas Disney acquired Star Wars after purchasing Creator/{{Lucasfilm}} in 2012, 9 years later after Even Stevens ended. If [[Creator/DaisyRidley Rey]] heard about this, this would be more shocking than her finding out she's a [[Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker Skywalker]].
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: In "Leavin' Stevens," Louis [[AbortedDeclarationOfLove misses the chance to express his true feelings to Tawny]] on what is supposed to be his last day at school. [[spoiler: He makes a tape instead, in which he [[LoveConfession confesses his love for her]]; when it turns out that his family is no longer moving to Washington, he has Beans sneak into her room and steal the tape, but it turns out to be the tape that Tawny has made in order to express her love for Louis. In what is arguably one of the defining moments of the series, the two of them watch each other's tapes simultaneously and then encounter each other at school the next day.]]

* HarsherInHindsight: The turbulent relationship Ren and Louis Stevens had in the show becomes harder to look at when Ren actress revealed in this [[https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/christy-carlson-romano-shia-labeouf-163023467.html article]] that she was not close to Louis actor.
* HilariousInHindsight: The opening has Ren and Louis fighting over the TV, before using their remotes as Lightsabers to duel over the use of the TV, and then accidentally cutting through and destroying the TV. The Pajamas Media show ''ZONATION'''s opening has the host, Alfonzo Rachel, channel cruising while becoming increasingly irritated at what he's seeing before ''deliberately'' destroying his TV set by throwing his remote into it.
** Also, [[Franchise/StarWars Lightsabers]] in a [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbStarWars Disney]] [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels show]].
** An episode titled "Raiders of the Lost Sausage" came out years before Shia [=LaBeouf=] would go on to star in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull''.

* HarsherInHindsight: The turbulent relationship Ren and Louis Stevens had in the show becomes harder to look at when Ren actress revealed in this
[[https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/christy-carlson-romano-shia-labeouf-163023467.html article]] that she was not close to Louis actor.

* HarsherInHindsight: The turbulent relationship Ren and Louis Stevens had in the show becomes harder to look at when Ren actress revealed in this article
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/christy-carlson-romano-shia-labeouf-163023467.html that she was not close to Louis actor.

* HarsherInHindsight: The turbulent relationship Ren and Louis Stevens had in the show becomes harder to look at when Ren actress revealed in this [[article https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/christy-carlson-romano-shia-labeouf-163023467.html]] that she was not close to Louis actor.

* ForeShadowing: Speaking on a meta level. Near the end of the theme song, Ren and Louis turn their remote controls into lightsabers in a shoutout to Franchise/StarWars. Who would have thought that a Disney Channel show can foreshadow the future, whereas Disney acquired Star Wars after purchasing Creator/{{Lucasfilm}} in 2012, 9 years later after Even Stevens ended.

* ForeShadowing: Speaking on a meta level. Near the end of the theme song, Ren and Louis turn their remote controls into lightsabers in a shoutout to Franchise/StarWars. Who would have thought that a Disney Channel show can foreshadow the future, whereas Disney acquired Star Wars after purchasing Creator/{{Lucasfilms}} in 2012, 9 years later after Even Stevens ended.

* ForeShadowing: Speaking on a meta level. Near the end of the theme song, Ren and Louis turn their remote controls into lightsabers in a shoutout to Franchise/StarWars. Who would have thought that a Disney Channel show can foreshadow the future, whereas Disney acquired Star Wars after purchasing Creator/{{Lucasilms}} in 2012, 9 years later after Even Stevens ended.

* ForeShadowing: Speaking on a meta level. Near the end of the theme song, Ren and Louis turn their remote controls into lightsabers in a shoutout to Franchise/StarWars. Who would have thought that a Disney Channel can foreshadow the future whereas Disney acquired Star Wars after purchasing Creator/LucasFilms in 2012, 9 years later after Even Stevens ended.

* ForeShadowing: Speaking on a meta level. Near the end of the theme song, Ren and Louis turn their remote controls into lightsabers in a shoutout to Franchise/StarWars. Who would have thought that a Disney Channel can foreshadow the future whereas Disney acquired Star Wars after purchasing Creator/Lucasfilms in 2012, 9 years later after Even Stevens ended.

* CreatorBackLash: Christy Carlson Romano disapproved of the show's intro during a video of her reacting to Even Stevens. She stated that the claymation figures of the characters looked nothing like her or her co-stars, despite the credits saying her name loud and clear. She even pointed out that the claymation sequence throughout looked weird and creepy.

** First time viewers might get caught off-guard by the show's bizarre claymation opening sequence. The claymation figures of the characters look kind of creepy, especially when Louis's face gets flattened when Ren slams the door on his face.

** [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible Ren having a best friend named Monique.]]

* TearJerker: The ending of "Sibling Rivalry." When Ren and Louis are tasked to film embarrassing of each other for a sibling rivalry reality competition show, Louis accidentally catches [[spoiler:Ren's boyfriend Bobby cheating on her with her rival Mandy on tape]]. Conflicted whether to use that for the show, he eventually decides [[spoiler:to submit a different, not very embarrassing tape of her, allowing her to win the competition, and shows her the original tape in private. Ren breaks up with Bobby as she tearfully returns all his things to him]].

%%* TearJerker: The ending of "Sibling Rivalry."