History YMMV / FridayThe13th

* CreepyAwesome: Jason. He wears a cool mask, is in various stages of undeath, provides creative kills, has a instantly recognizable {{leitmotif}}, and his plain unstoppability is only rivalled by characters like the Franchise/{{Terminator}}.

* StarTrekMovieCurse: Before the series entered its late-period AudienceAlienatingEra, the quality of the movies was all over the place. The first two films both enjoy good reputations as '80s slashers despite some EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, though most fans would say that the series didn't come into its own until ''Part 2'', which introduced Jason Voorhees as the series' [[VillainBasedFranchise iconic villain]]. ''Part 3'', despite introducing the hockey mask Jason the series is best known for, is remembered as a mess that relied more on its [[Platform/ThreeDMovie gimmicky 3-D effects]] than plot, characters, or actors, but ''The Final Chapter'', intended as a GrandFinale, was a near-perfect distillation of everything the series represented and a film that could've ended the franchise on a high note. ''A New Beginning'' is remembered as one of the worst films, with the sleaze cranked up to ridiculous levels and a climatic twist [[spoiler:that the killer [[JackTheRipoff wasn't actually Jason]]]] which infuriated fans, while ''Jason Lives'', is remembered as one of the best, as a more self-referential take on the franchise that introduced the most popular RevenantZombie version of Jason. After that, however, the series went through a long stretch of films that ranged from middling to outright bad [[labelnote:In order...]]''The New Blood'' suffered badly at the hands of [[MediaWatchdog the MPAA]] taking [[{{Bowdlerise}} a machete of its own]] to all the kills, ''Jason Takes Manhattan'' was a gimmicky RecycledInSpace entry, ''Jason Goes to Hell'' was seen as ''Friday'' InNameOnly, and ''Film/JasonX'' was another RecycledInSpace entry.[[/labelnote]] before ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' became the first ''Friday'' in sixteen years to more or less meet the approval of fans. [[Film/FridayThe13th2009 The 2009 remake]] is also regarded as a surprisingly not-terrible AdaptationDistillation, even if it's not as iconic as the earlier films.

* HilariousInHindsight: [[Film/TheDarkKnight "You and your friends are dead."]]

* StarTrekMovieCurse: Before the series entered its late-period AudienceAlienatingEra, the quality of the movies was all over the place. The first two films both enjoy good reputations as '80s slashers despite some EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, though most fans would say that the series didn't come into its own until ''Part 2'', which introduced Jason Voorhees as the series' [[VillainBasedFranchise iconic villain]]. ''Part 3'' is remembered as a mess that relied more on its [[UsefulNotes/ThreeDMovie gimmicky 3-D effects]] than plot, characters, or actors, but ''The Final Chapter'', intended as a GrandFinale, was a near-perfect distillation of everything the series represented and a film that could've ended the franchise on a high note. ''A New Beginning'' is remembered as one of the worst films, with the sleaze cranked up to ridiculous levels and a climatic twist [[spoiler:that the killer [[JackTheRipoff wasn't actually Jason]]]] which infuriated fans, while ''Jason Lives'', is remembered as one of the best, as a more self-referential take on the franchise that introduced the most popular RevenantZombie version of Jason. After that, however, the series went through a long stretch of films that ranged from middling to outright bad [[labelnote:In order...]]''The New Blood'' suffered badly at the hands of [[MediaWatchdog the MPAA]] taking [[{{Bowdlerise}} a machete of its own]] to all the kills, ''Jason Takes Manhattan'' was a gimmicky RecycledInSpace entry, ''Jason Goes to Hell'' was seen as ''Friday'' InNameOnly, and ''Film/JasonX'' was another RecycledInSpace entry.[[/labelnote]] before ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' became the first ''Friday'' in sixteen years to more or less meet the approval of fans. [[Film/FridayThe13th2009 The 2009 remake]] is also regarded as a surprisingly not-terrible AdaptationDistillation, even if it's not as iconic as the earlier films.

* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Creator/KaneHodder's dedicated performance as Jason made him arguably the most popular actor among the many who have played the hockey masked killer. Unfortunately, the films where Hodder portrayed Jason were the ones during the franchise's AudienceAlienatingEra. [[note]]Specifically, ''The New Blood'' (though that film is more divisive than outright bad), ''Jason Takes Manhattan'', ''Jason Goes To Hell'', and ''Jason X''.[[/note]]

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: At the time of its release in 1989, [[NeverSayDie it was taboo for video games in the United States to make references to death]], due to games still being seen as children's toys. Player characters were never "dead", just "knocked out", "defeated", "finished", or similar euphemisms. So for this game to explicitly inform the player that "You and your friends are '''dead'''" was a big deal in its heyday. Nowadays, it's pretty normal for video games to tell a defeated player that their characters are dead (although some games avoid using "dead" to refer to a character with no hit points left to distinguish from a permanent PlotlineDeath), and many younger gamers assume that a game calling a defeated player "dead" has always been a normal part of video games.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: At the time of its release in 1989, [[NeverSayDie it was taboo for video games in the United States to make references to death]], due to games still being seen as children's toys. Player characters were never "dead", just "knocked out", "defeated", "finished", or similar euphemisms. So for this game to explicitly inform the player that "You and your friends are '''dead'''" was a big deal in its heyday. Nowadays, it's pretty normal for video games to tell a defeated player that their characters are dead (although some games avoid using "dead" to refer to a character with no hit points left to distinguish from a permanent PlotlineDeath).

* DarthWiki/MostAnnoyingSound: The infamous "Jason alarm" which plays to alert you of his incoming presence.

* EnsembleDarkhorse:

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Jason [[https://maserpatrol.wordpress.com/2021/08/13/thirteen-japanese-jasons-for-friday-the-13th/ is just as much a pop culture icon in Japan as he is in America]]. This is because Japan was going through a horror boom when the franchise was at its peak in the 80s, and the films became popular imports to theaters as a result. Jason's backstory also happens to neatly slide into various Japanese horror tropes adding to the appeal. To date, every film in the series has been released in Japan with dubs and there's even exclusive merchandise and home releases. The Japanese VHS release of ''Part III'', in particular, was a very sought after import, being the only way to see the film 3D-formatted at home for a time.