History YMMV / FreeGuy

** Free City 2 (which is inspired by GTA Online) being released as a nearly unplayable and buggy mess became a lot funnier when Rockstar Games released GTA: The Definitive Edition, which was criticized for being so buggy that it was even compared to Videogame/Cyberpunk2077. The fact that Rockstar pulled the original versions of the games off online stores prior to the release of the remake makes it even funnier.

** Must we say anymore [[Creator/RyanReynolds about]] [[Film/{{Deadpool}} "God's Perfect Idiot?"]]

** Some people became eager for the film when it was announced that video game streamers Ninja, Pokimane, [=LazarBeam=], and LetsPlay/{{Jacksepticeye}} were going to have cameo roles.

** Free City 2 (which is inspired by GTA Online) being released as a nearly unplayable and buggy mess became a lot funnier when Rockstar Games released GTA: The Definitive Edition, which was criticized for being so buggy that it even got compared to Videogame/Cyberpunk2077. The fact that Rockstar pulled the original versions of the games off online stores prior to the release of the remake makes it even funnier.

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: Heading into release, box office speculation was very much against the film’s chances, for a number of reasons -- the rise of the [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic Delta variant of COVID-19]], the failures of [[Film/SnakeEyesGIJoeOrigins several]] [[Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy recent]] [[Film/TheSuicideSquad would-be]] blockbusters, the fact that movies based on video games generally don't perform well, audience apathy toward big-budget original films, concerns about Creator/RyanReynolds’ drawing power outside of the ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'' series[[note]]particularly as ''Film/TheHitmansWifesBodyguard'' had disappointed at the box office two months prior[[/note]], being the first theatrical-only Disney release in 10 months, and more. In the end, though, the movie proved up to the challenge, opening above low expectations and then holding spectacularly well over the succeeding weeks, even after Disney stablemate ''Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings'' entered the fray. By the time it was made available on digital platforms, ''Free Guy'' had become one of the highest-grossing films of the pandemic, and Reynolds had announced a sequel was in development.

** Then there's the fact Creator/TaikaWaititi, who in recent years has gained CreatorWorship among the geek community for his work on ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' and ''Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'' among others, plays the BigBad, Antwan.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Antwan is definitely a CorruptCorporateExecutive, a {{Manchild}}, and a MeanBoss already, but over the course of his VillainousBreakdown, he becomes full-blown AxCrazy and [[spoiler:personally destroys the servers for ''Free City'' to keep it from being discovered that it was built using the code of ''Life Itself'']]. Was he always a selfish sociopath who only cares about money and would resort to violence for his own benefit, or is he taking drastic but necessary action to protect himself and his company from an awful scandal? After all, he's already facing a lawsuit from Millie, and she'd definitely win if it was made public that [[spoiler:he stole the code of ''Life Itself'' to make ''Free City'']], and such a secret could destroy his company, his reputation, and his career. Not to mention that the movie unfolds as Soonami is preparing to launch ''Free City 2'', so Antwan is under extra pressure to make sure it goes as smoothly as possible, especially since he knows ''Free City 2'' is an ObviousBeta and there will definitely be backlash after it releases. Even his [[spoiler:destruction of the servers]] may be justified in his mind -- he already planned to shut down ''Free City'' once ''Free City 2'' launched, so Antwan may just see [[spoiler:destroying the servers]] as getting rid of hardware that was going to be replaced or upgraded soon anyway.

** At the end of the "Deadpool and Korg React" trailer, Deadpool says that he'd prefer watching ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' after being annoyed with Korg's suggestion on how to join the MCU. While this was meant to be a jab at how ''Dark World'' was the lowest-rated MCU film at the time, films like ''Film/{{Eternals|2021}}'', ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'', and ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania'' have since gained an even colder reception than the aforementioned film. In addition, Deadpool being annoyed with Korg's comments can also fall into this trope when ''Love and Thunder'' made Korg a BaseBreakingCharacter.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'', who was otherwise pretty unfavorable toward the movie, thought the idea of a video game character and the man who programmed him being in love with the same woman was a fascinating concept and worth being a movie itself, though even he admitted that it wasn't executed as well as he'd hoped.