History YMMV / FantasticFourTheAnimatedSeries

* EvilIsSexy: Malice, a brainwashed Susan Storm, wears an attractive black outfit that exposes her cleavage and highlights her legs. Even Reed admits he digs the look once Susan's brainwashing is removed.

* CantUnHearIt: Chances are good if you grew up with the series that Beau Weaver, Lori Alan, Creator/QuintonFlynn, and Chuck [=McCann=] are the voices you hear when you read the FF's adventures, while Creator/SimonTempleman is the voice of Doctor Doom.

** "Prey of the Black Panther": Ulysses Klaw is a demented MadScientist who has proclaimed himself master of sound. Ten years ago, Klaw and his band of mercenaries discovered the hidden nation of Wakanda. Klaw demands the king of Wakanda, T'Chaka, gives him Wakanda's supply of vibranium, so he can power his [[SonicStunner sonic weapons]]. When T'Chaka refuses, [[YouKilledMyFather Klaw guns him down]] and orders his men to burn down a nearby village. Klaw threatens to murder to T'Chaka's young son T'Challa, but T'Challa takes Klaw's sonic weapon from him and uses it to drive Klaw away. Klaw returns 10 years later and begins to attack Wakanda with a machine that creates sonic creatures. Klaw intends to have these sonic creatures trample Wakanda into dust, so he can take the vibranium for himself. Klaw seemingly dies in a battle against the Fantastic Four and the Black Panther, but he survives and is transformed into a being made of sound. Klaw uses his new [[MakeSomeNoise sonic powers]] to attack the Black Panther and Fantastic Four, and attempts to destroy a village.

** Terrax initially appears to be merely the {{Jerkass}} replacement as [[Characters/MarvelComicsHeraldsOfGalactus Galactus's Herald]] once [[Characters/SilverSurfer Silver Surfer]] defects to Earth, but reveals himself to be considerably worse. Starting as the [[EvilOverlord bloodthirsty tyrant]] Tyros, with an all-but-stated harem and a predilection for personally executing prisoners, he willingly sells out his planet and race--including his own family--to Galactus in exchange for the Power Cosmic, laughing and grinning as the destruction ensued. In "When Calls Galactus", Terrax grows envious of his master's power, longing to be a king once more, and deceives him into eating the poisonous planet Antos in [[TheStarscream an assassination attempt]], leaving him near-death; he then travels to Earth and holds the entirety of Manhattan hostage, forcing the Fantastic Four to fight and kill Galactus with the threat of suffocating the entire island if they refuse. When this takes too long, Terrax storms Galactus's ship in a final assassination attempt.

* SoBadItsGood: Johnny's Human Torch rap in "Mole Man" and Ben/The Thing's "Clobberin' Time" rap in "Super Skrull" are both ridiculously cheesy, but at the same time fit their characters very well. Though these almost certainly also fall under deliberate StylisticSuck.

* HilariousInHindsight: The ending of the episode "Incursion of the Skrulls" has Mr. Fantastic give the Skrull video game thing to a boy who looks like a younger version of Toad as he appears in ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution''.
** The first-season opening sequence feels a lot like the intro to a 1990s Creator/WaltDisneyTelevisionAnimation series, complete with catchy bouncy vocal theme song, and Creator/KennedyCartoons doing the animation. In 2009, Creator/{{Disney}} would buy out Marvel Comics, and thus currently owns distribution rights to the series (including streaming it on Creator/DisneyPlus).

* MagnificentBastard: See MagnificentBastard/MarvelAnimation

* GrowingTheBeard: Season two. The first season contained painfully bad, low quality animation that resulted in the characters looking [[LimitedAnimation too stiff]] and making [[StockPoses weird poses]] in-between a mediocre [[{{Overcrank}} frame rate]]. Furthermore, the designs lacked detail, the colors used were outdated and too [[ArtStyleDissonance bright and cheery]], and characters continually went "off-model". The stories were [[ArcFatigue tired]] and [[ClicheStorm clichéd]] and had none of the wit, drama or characterization as seen in the various Creator/StanLee comics. This was compounded by frequent herky-jerky lines of [[RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic dialogue]], [[MrExposition over-explanations]], and [[TheScrappy annoying supporting characters]] such as a pesky British landlady voiced by Stan Lee's wife Joan.

* GrowingTheBeard: Season two. The first season contained painfully bad, low quality animation that resulted in the characters looking [[LimitedAnimation too stiff]] and making [[StockPoses weird poses]] in-between a mediocre [[{{Overcrank}} frame rate]]. Furthermore, the designs lacked detail, the colors used were outdated and too [[ArtStyleDissonance bright and cheery]], and characters continually went "off-model". There were also [[ArcFatigue tired]] and [[ClicheStorm clichéd]] stories that had none of the wit, drama or characterization as seen in the various Creator/StanLee comics, herky-jerky lines of [[RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic dialogue]] and [[MrExposition over-explanations]], and an obnoxiously [[Narm/{{Music}} cheesy]] [[ExpositoryThemeTune expository theme tune]][[note]]Composed by Music/GiorgioMoroder.[[/note]]. There were also [[TheScrappy annoying supporting characters]] such as a pesky British landlady voiced by Stan Lee's wife Joan.

* GrowingTheBeard: Season two. The first season contained painfully bad, low quality animation that resulted in the characters looking [[LimitedAnimation too stiff]] and making [[StockPoses weird poses]] in-between a mediocre [[{{Overcrank}} frame rate]]. Furthermore, the designs lacked detail, the colors used were outdated and too [[ArtStyleDissonance bright and cheery]], and characters continually went "off-model". There were also [[ArcFatigue tired]] and [[ClicheStorm clichéd]] stories that had none of the wit, drama or characterization as seen in the various Creator/StanLee comics, herky-jerky lines of [[RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic dialogue]] and [[MrExposition over-explanations]], and an obnoxiously [[Narm/{{Music}} cheesy]] [[ExpositoryThemeTune expository theme tune]][[note]]Composed by Music/GiorgioMoroder.[[/note]]. There were also [[TheScrappy annoying supporting characters]] such as a pesky British landlady voiced by Creator/StanLee's wife Joan.

* GrowingTheBeard: Season two. The first season contained painfully bad, low quality animation that resulted in the characters looking [[LimitedAnimation too stiff]] and making [[StockPoses weird poses]] in-between a mediocre [[{{Overcrank}} frame rate]]. Furthermore, the designs lacked detail, the colors used were outdated and too [[ArtStyleDissonance bright and cheery]], and characters continually went "off-model" There were also [[ArcFatigue tired]] and [[ClicheStorm clichéd]] stories that had none of the wit, drama or characterization as seen in the various Creator/StanLee comics, herky-jerky lines of [[RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic dialogue]] and [[MrExposition over-explanations]], and an obnoxiously [[Narm/{{Music}} cheesy]] [[ExpositoryThemeTune expository theme tune]][[note]]Composed by Music/GiorgioMoroder.[[/note]]. There were also [[TheScrappy annoying supporting characters]] such as a pesky British landlady voiced by Creator/StanLee's wife Joan.

* GrowingTheBeard: Season two.

* TearJerker: [[spoiler:The Thing's DisneyDeath after being beaten senseless by The Hulk in "Nightmare In Green". The Hulk feels guilty for making Alicia cry.]]
** In "And a Blind Man Shall Lead Them," the four lose their powers in a nuclear explosion and Ben is overjoyed to be normal again. [[spoiler:However, he is forced to reclaim his powers to save the team and Daredevil from Doctor Doom - ruining his plans for a normal life with Alicia. Poor guy even crushes the ring he was going to propose with.]] What really sells is it is the absolute rage in Ben's voice when he confronts Doom. He's not just trying to stop Doom this time; he's trying to ''kill him'', and has to be forcibly restrained by the rest of the team.
** Sue and Johnny are reunited with their fugitive father, however it is cut-short [[spoiler:when he is killed in a Skrull plot]]. The team head off to the Skrull homeworld for revenge, and discover the one responsible, Morrat, not only set up a trap for them by having them lose their powers, but wanted to usurp the Skrull Emperor, with his fiancee (and the Emperor's daughter) at his side. It eventually ends with them getting their powers back, [[spoiler:and Morrat's treachery exposed. The Emperor's orders Morrat's execution, and his daughter almost [[TakingTheBullet takes the bullet]] for him, but Sue's force field protects her, deflecting the beam to Morrat. The Emperor's daughter grieves over Morrat's dead body, The Emperor decides to end any hostilities with the team for saving his daughter's life, and confirms Morrat killed Sue and Johnny's father. The four realize although they get their revenge, it doesn't make them feel any better]].

* AnimationBump: The first season contained painfully bad, low quality animation provided by Creator/KennedyCartoons and Creator/WangFilmProductions. The characters looked [[LimitedAnimation too stiff]], especially the Thing. They would also make [[StockPoses weird poses]] in-between a mediocre [[{{Overcrank}} frame rate]]. More to the point, art-wise, the designs lacked detail, the colors used were [[ArtStyleDissonance bright and cheery]], and characters continually went "[[OffModel off-model]]". For example, ComicBook/DoctorDoom looked badly [[HeroicBuild out of proportion]], and the ComicBook/SilverSurfer looked like a walking piece of melted wax. For [[{{Retool}} Season 2]], Creator/MarvelComics [[ArtShift employed]] Creator/PhilippineAnimationStudioInc. There was now a higher level of detail, darker colors, and more consistent and smoother artwork.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XggH5-vLlUQ first season opening theme]]. Bouncy, cheerful and relentlessly catchy.

* CantUnHearIt: Chances are good if you grew up with the series that Beau Weaver, Lori Alan, Creator/QuintonFlynn, and Chuck [=McCann=] are the voices you hear when you read the FF's adventures.

** Terrax initially appears to be merely the {{Jerkass}} replacement as [[Characters/MarvelComicsHeraldsOfGalactus Galactus's Herald]] once Comicbook/SilverSurfer defects to Earth, but reveals himself to be considerably worse. Starting as the [[EvilOverlord bloodthirsty tyrant]] Tyros, with an all-but-stated harem and a predilection for personally executing prisoners, he willingly sells out his planet and race--including his own family--to Galactus in exchange for the Power Cosmic, laughing and grinning as the destruction ensued. In "When Calls Galactus", Terrax grows envious of his master's power, longing to be a king once more, and deceives him into eating the poisonous planet Antos in [[TheStarscream an assassination attempt]], leaving him near-death; he then travels to Earth and holds the entirety of Manhattan hostage, forcing the Fantastic Four to fight and kill Galactus with the threat of suffocating the entire island if they refuse. When this takes too long, Terrax storms Galactus's ship in a final assassination attempt.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In "Incursion of the Skrulls", the Thing is seen playing a video game where the Skrulls invade New York. The first things the Skrulls are shown doing in-game is blowing up the World Trade Center, a wince-inducing moment considering the eventual fate of the towers.

* MagnificentBastard: See MagnificentBastard/MarvelComics