History YMMV / FridayThe13th

!!The movies:

* {{Sequelitis}}: ''Oh my.''

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The game isn't really good. And its music is nothing to write home about. But then OverclockedRemix contributor Ghetto Lee Lewis got his hands on it. Let the results [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek1RpFtaf0c speak for itself]] (the sound samples contain spoilers for the first movie, though).

* CompleteMonster: Jason skirts dangerously close to this in the reboot, with his increased sadism (campfire scene) and murder of the innocent virgin girl, something that generally didn't happen in the other films. YMMV on whether EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas averts this.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Fred Mollin's score for ''Part VIII'' is hit-or-miss...but [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TW-VXYkGLU the jazzy piece]] that plays when Rennie and Sean are in Times Square is so bittersweetly beautiful it can bring ''tears'' to your eyes.
** Likewise, the music [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=415--9WqGrc from the trailer]].
** Metropolis's "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDfTUx3_CiE The Darkest Side Of The Night]]", used to both open and close the film.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Jason sails a boat to the local harbor... from a lake. He sails a boat... to the ocean... from a closed body of water in the middle of a forest.
** Actually, unless it was a manmade lake, most bodies of water are connected to a larger source.
** In part VIII, apparently the sewer system in New York city get flooded with ''toxic waste'' every night.

* HilariousInHindsight: In ''Part VIII'', Jason (played by KaneHodder) chases the protagonists to a diner, where a huge chef tries stop him and gets thrown across the room for his trouble. Actor playing that huge chef? Ken Kirzinger, a stuntman who would later replace Kane Hodder as Jason in ''[[FreddyVsJason Freddy vs. Jason]]''.

* {{Squick}}: Jason tries to possess the body of his baby grand-niece in ''Jason Goes to Hell''.
** When that fails he possesses his dead sister instead. Through her private parts.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Jason shaves the beard of one of his victims before possessing him in ''Jason Goes to Hell''. No explanation is given.
** Obviously Jason didn't want to get tickled while forcibly squirming down the guy's throat.
*** According to the two-disk DVD set ''His Name Was Jason'', which covers the making of the series over thirty years, it was an attempt to insert a [[HoYay homoerotic element]] in a series that had a great double standard in its sexual exploitation.

** Maddy's [[ScreamingWoman amazing scream]] in ''Part VII''.
* {{Narm}}: ''Part III'''s disco theme.
** "He had a knife, and he attacked me with it!!!"
** Safe to say the narm was intentional after the fifth film. At least until the remake.
* NarmCharm: Arguably, the majority of Jason X, if not the series as a whole.
* NightmareFuel: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnA2kFC868A&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL031051EECB2C5375 What happens to Jason's victims]] after he leaves from their bodies in ''Jason Goes to Hell''.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyfaAbTuZec He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)]]" by Music/AliceCooper in ''Part VI'' makes the ending's TheEndOrIsIt scene so much cooler.
*** Also, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ru8A9V5eY0 Hard Rock Summer]]" from the same man in the same movie.
** Fred Mollin's score for ''Part VIII'' is hit-or-miss...but [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TW-VXYkGLU the jazzy piece]] that plays when Rennie and Sean are in Times Square is so bittersweetly beautiful it can bring ''tears'' to your eyes.
*** Likewise, the music [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=415--9WqGrc from the trailer]].
*** Metropolis's "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDfTUx3_CiE The Darkest Side Of The Night]]", used to both open and close the film.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Harry Manfredini's score for the first film seems like "generic" slasher film music today thanks to SeinfeldIsUnfunny, but that's because it was arguably as memorable and inspirational as JohnCarpenter's ''Film/{{Halloween}}'' theme.
** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyfaAbTuZec He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)]]" by Music/AliceCooper in ''Part VI'' makes the ending's TheEndOrIsIt scene so much cooler.

* ItWasHisSled: The killer of the original film is probably known to most people who are familiar with the series. Though to those unfamiliar with the series, they still might be surprised to see Jason's lack of appearance.

** The end of the original ''Friday 13th'' where after Alice kills Pamela Voorhees, she sails off into the lake on a canoe, and when everything seems peaceful and serene, [[spoiler:the decaying child zombie of Jason jumps out of the water and drags her under]]. She then wakes up in a mental hospital and says "he's still there".

** Crispin Glover's Dance Scene in ''Part IV''.
*** Rob's death in the above film.

** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztKxVy27Gi4 His Eyes]]" from ''Part V: A New Beginning''.

** The two fight scenes in ''Friday the 13th part V'' where Tommy beats up Eddie in the first scene and Junior in the second scenes. Surprisingly for a person who spent the rest of his childhood in an insane asylum he knows some pretty decent MMA style moves. However there is the odd question: How and when did he learn them? Was there a JKD class in the asylum he was in. Did Dan Inosanto stop by during visiting hours or is Tommy really that crazy? Though the latter is most likely since most media crazies like the Joker and Freddy know some fancy moves themselves; but after each of these fight scenes despite Tommy going from Jason killer to power ranger (Seriously there is a Jason and Tommy in that show too.) nobody ever speaks of it again. Not even in a brief scene. Hell, Pam or Reggie could have had a brief moment and just walked up to him and say. "Oh hi Tommy how is it going? Oh by the way how the hell did you do that!?" Finally, I know part VI was trying to stay as far away from V as possible but did his ability to channel Bruce Lee all of the sudden ran away in fear when Jason came back? True Jason was stronger in that movie, but it would have at least helped Tommy put up a fight.

* HilariousInHindsight: Shavar Ross, who plays Reggie (who becomes orphaned, you couldn't guess how!) in ''Part V'', went to play an orphan called Reggie in the pilot episode of ''{{MacGyver}}''.
** In ''Part VIII'', Jason (played by KaneHodder) chases the protagonists to a diner, where a huge chef tries stop him and gets thrown across the room for his trouble. Actor playing that huge chef? Ken Kirzinger, a stuntman who would later replace Kane Hodder as Jason in ''[[FreddyVsJason Freddy vs. Jason]]''.

** Interestingly, ''averted'' with the death scenes in ''Part V'', which can verge on disturbingly realistic. ''Especially'' Robin's death rattle.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnA2kFC868A&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL031051EECB2C5375 What happens to Jason's victims]] after he leaves from their bodies in ''Jason Goes to Hell''.

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: Just ask [[WebOriginal/TheAngryVideoGameNerd James]].

* HilariousInHindsight: Shavar Ross, who plays Reggie who gets orphaned (take a wild guess how) in ''Part V'', went to play an orphan called Reggie in the pilot episode of ''{{MacGyver}}''.

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: Just ask [[TheAngryVideoGameNerd James]].

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnA2kFC868A&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL031051EECB2C5375 What happens to Jason's victims]] after he leaves from their bodies in ''Jason Goes to Hel''.

** [[VideoGame/FridayThe13th The NES game is bad]]. And its music is nothing to write home about. But then OverclockedRemix contributor Ghetto Lee Lewis got his hands on it. Let the results [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek1RpFtaf0c speak for itself]] (the sound samples contain spoilers though).

* ParanoiaFuel: Jason could occasionally show up unannounced inside one of the cabins that you were investigating for items and notes. And once you're inside with him, you're locked in until you face him.
* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: Just ask [[TheAngryVideoGameNerd James]].

* BloodyHilarious: Depends on wheter or not you find Jason's ever more elaborate killings scary or laughably over the top.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Harry Manfredini's score for the first film seems like "generic" slasher film music today thanks to SeinfeldIsUnfunny, but that's because it was arguably as memorable and inspirational as JohnCarpenter's ''Film/{{Halloween}}'' theme.
** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztKxVy27Gi4 His Eyes]]" from ''Part V: A New Beginning''.
** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyfaAbTuZec He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)]]" by Music/AliceCooper in ''Part VI'' makes the ending's TheEndOrIsIt scene so much cooler.
*** Also, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ru8A9V5eY0 Hard Rock Summer]]" from the same man in the same movie.
** Fred Mollin's score for ''Part VIII'' is hit-or-miss...but [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TW-VXYkGLU the jazzy piece]] that plays when Rennie and Sean are in Times Square is so bittersweetly beautiful it can bring ''tears'' to your eyes.
*** Likewise, the music [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=415--9WqGrc from the trailer]].
*** Metropolis's "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDfTUx3_CiE The Darkest Side Of The Night]]", used to both open and close the film.
** [[VideoGame/FridayThe13th The NES game is bad]]. And its music is nothing to write home about. But then OverclockedRemix contributor Ghetto Lee Lewis got his hands on it. Let the results [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek1RpFtaf0c speak for itself]] (the sound samples contain spoilers though).

* MostWonderfulSound: Jason's leitmotif.

* AWizardDidIt: At the end of ''Jason Goes to Hell'', [[CaptainObvious Jason is in Hell]]. At the start of the next movie release, ''Jason X'', Jason has been captured by the government, and displays a healing factor that had never been shown before. Then comes ''Freddy VS Jason'', where Freddy brings Jason back to life, revitalizing him from a skeleton back to his old self, in better physical condition than in ''Part VI'' (he'd been getting more and more damaged since then), and at the end of the film is still walking around. This fixes the plot hole between ''Hell'' and ''X'', as well as giving a possible explanation to Jason's healing factor.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Jason is one of the most notable slashers in horror history, but somewhere deep (very deep) inside is a MommasBoy that [[MissingMom deeply misses her]] and [[WellDoneSonGuy feels he has to please her]]. Also, as a dream sequence in ''FreddyVsJason'' showed, the campers were pretty relentless in picking on him when he was just a small, deformed boy.

** [[Game/{{Friday the 13th}} The NES game is bad]]. And its music is nothing to write home about. But then OverclockedRemix contributor Ghetto Lee Lewis got his hands on it. Let the results [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek1RpFtaf0c speak for itself]] (the sound samples contain spoilers though).

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Jason is one of the most notable slashers in horror history, but somewhere deep (very deep) inside is a MommasBoy that [[MissingMom deeply misses her]] and [[WellDoneSonGuy feels he has to please her]]. Also, as a dream sequence in ''FreddyVsJason'' showed, the campers were pretty relentless in picking on him when he was just a small, deformed boy.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Believe it or not, it's been done to Mr. Voorhees. He has an astonishing amount of fanfiction where he falls in love with the one girl who he doesn't kill. Frequently going through {{Ukefication}} and becoming a literate mentally sound gentleman who just ''happens'' to go on mindless merciless killing sprees now and then.

** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyfaAbTuZec He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)]]" by Music/AliceCooper in ''Part VI'' makes the ending's OrIsIt scene so much cooler.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Harry Manfredini's score for the first film seems like "generic" slasher film music today thanks to SeinfeldIsUnfunny, but that's because it was arguably as memorable and inspirational as JohnCarpenter's ''{{Halloween}}'' theme.

* YouFailGeographyForever: The remake features a shot early on of the main characters pumping gas into their truck. Camp Crystal Lake is located in [[{{Joisey}} New Jersey]], where there are no self-serve gas stations. New Jersey theatergoers got a few chuckles out of that one.

** The two fight scenes in ''Friday the 13th part V'' where Tommy beats up Eddie in the first scene and Junior in the second scenes. Surprisingly for a person who spent the rest of his childhood in an insane asylum he knows some pretty decent MMA style moves. However there is the odd question: How and when did he learn them? Was there a JKD class in the asylum he was in. Did Dan Inosanto stop by during visinting hours or is Tommy really that crazy. Though the latter is most likely since most media crazies like the Joker and Freddy know some fancy moves themselves; but after each of these fight scenes despite Tommy going from Jason killer to power ranger (Seriously there is a Jason and Tommy in that show too.) nobody ever speaks of it again. Not even in a brief scene. Hell, Pam or Reggie could have had a brief moment and just walked up to him and say. "Oh hi Tommy how is it going? Oh by the way how the hell did you do that!?" Finally, I know part VI was trying to stay as far away from V as possible but did his ability to channel Bruce Lee all of the sudden ran away in fear when Jason came back? True Jason was stronger in that movie, but it would have at least helped Tommy put up a fight.
* BloodyHilarious - Depends on wheter or not you find Jason's ever more elaborate killings scary or laughably over the top.

* AWizardDidIt: At the end of ''Jason goes to Hell'', [[CaptainObvious Jason is in Hell]]. At the start of the next movie release, ''Jason X'', Jason has been captured by the government, and displays a healing factor that had never been shown before. Then comes ''Freddy VS Jason'', where Freddy brings Jason back to life, revitalizing him from a skeleton back to his old self, in better physical condition than in ''Part VI'' (he'd been getting more and more damaged since then), and at the end of the film is still walking around. This fixes the plot hole between ''Hell'' and ''X'', as well as giving a possible explanation to Jason's healing factor.

** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyfaAbTuZec He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)]]" by AliceCooper in ''Part VI'' makes the ending's OrIsIt scene so much cooler.