History YMMV / FridayThe13th

* 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-formated at home for a time.

* 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 it's 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-formated at home for a time.

* 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 it's peak in the 80s, and the films became popular imports to theaters as a result. Jason's backstory also neatly slides 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-formated at home for a time.

* 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 it's peak in the 80s, and the films became popular imports to theaters as a result. 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-formated at home for a time. Another reason for Jason's popularity in the region is his backstory neatly sliding into various Japanese horror tropes.

* 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 it's peak in the 80s, and the films became popular imports to theaters as a result. 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-formated at home for a time.

* CriticalDissonance: Despite their [[CriticProof box office success]] and cultural impact, critics generally don't take kindly to these films. The most highly rated film in the series at metacritic is [[Film/FridayThe13th2009 the 2009 Reboot]], which has a 34. [[VideoGame/Fridaythe13thTheGame The video game adaptation]] is the most highly rated overall with a 64.

* SequelDisplacement: ''Film/FridayThe13th1980'' has the best ratings of the franchise on review sites like Rotten Tomatoes and [=IMDb=], but in pop culture, the franchise is best known for Jason, who makes his proper debut as the main slasher in ''Film/FridayThe13thPart2''. For that reason, it is generally recommended to watch the sequels since the original movie [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness doesn't follow the formula]].

** ''A New Beginning'' was widely considered a disappointment by series fans, especially coming right on the heels of a film that had been subtitled ''The Final Chapter''. The PlotTwist that the killer this time was a JackTheRipoff of Jason Voorhees went over particularly poorly, and while it was still a hit, it was easily the lowest-grossing film in the series since the second one; the franchise would never again reach the box-office heights it did before this. Notably, ''Jason Lives'' retconned various elements of this one and only took it as BroadStrokes canon, and met a much better reception for it.

* IconicSequelOutfit: While Jason is the TropeCodifier for HockeyMaskAndChainsaw, he didn't get his hockey mask until the [[Film/FridayThe13thPartIII third film]], where he takes the mask after killing Shelly and it has been a mainstay ever since.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEgEAQ2J5wI The "Cabin" theme]] is mysterious, creepy and cool all at once.

* AwesomeMusic: [[AwesomeMusic/FridayThe13th Has its own page.]]

* FranchiseOriginalSin: A common criticism the series has faced, especially during its latter half, is that it kept introducing [[HateSink unlikable and/or annoying characters]] that are only there to make the audience root Jason on. This concept goes as far back as ''Film/FridayThe13thPartIII'' with a biker gang that tries to burn the teens barn down after a bad run in at a convenient store. It worked there because the bikers were only in the film for a short amount of time and we’re swiftly killed off shortly after being introduced, meaning they didn’t overstay their welcome. Parts 4-6 and the reboot to a lesser extent shared similar issues, but similarly didn’t affect the overall films as the HateSink characters either had limited screen time [[Film/FridayThe13ThPartIII (the aforementioned biker gang)]], they were still given enough positive traits that it was sad to see them die [[Film/FridayThe13thPartVIJasonLives (Sheriff Garris)]], or were so cartoonishly over the top that they were at least somewhat enjoyable to watch [[Film/FridayThe13thPartVANewBeginning (Ethel & Junior,]] [[Film/FridayThe13thTheFinalChapter Axel]], the biker gang, [[Film/FridayThe13th2009 and Trent)]]. From ''The New Blood'' up until ''Freddy vs. Jason'', the unlikable characters concept was cranked up to eleven to the point that it was hard to root for anybody else aside from the main characters. Even then, some of the ''main characters'' were either so bland or uninteresting that it made it hard to root for them too.

* IconicSequelOutfit: While Jason is the TropeCodifier for HockeyMaskAndChainsaw, he didn't even have his hockey mask until the [[Film/FridayThe13thPartIII third film]], where he takes the mask after killing Shelly and it has been a mainstay ever since.

* IconicCharacterForgottenTitle: While the "Friday the 13th" title is hardly forgotten, people do have a tendency to refer to the movies as "the Jason films" more often than their primarily title, which makes things interesting as [[spoiler: Jason isn't even the killer in Parts 1 ''or'' 5.]] Not helping is the fact that the New Line Films, barring the reboot, do explicitly have Jason as part of the main title for each movie rather than "Friday the 13th."

* FranchiseOriginalSin: A common criticism the series has faced, especially during its latter half, is that it kept introducing [[HateSink unlikable and/or annoying characters]] that are only there to make the audience root Jason on. This concept goes as far back as ''Film/FridayThe13thPartIII'' with a biker gang that tries to burn the teens barn down after a bad run in at a convenient store. It worked there because the bikers were only in the film for a short amount of time and we’re swiftly killed off shortly after being introduced, meaning they didn’t overstay their welcome. Parts 4-6 and the reboot to a lesser extent shared similar issues, but similarly didn’t affect the overall films as the HateSink characters either had limited screen time [[Film/FridayThe13ThPartIII (the aforementioned biker gang)]], they were still given enough positive traits that it was sad to see them die [[Film/FridayThe13thPartVIJasonLives (Sheriff Garris)]], or were so cartoonishly over the top that they were at least somewhat enjoyable to watch [[Film/FridayThe13thPartVANewBeginning (Ethel & Junior,]] [[Film/FridayThe13ThTheFinalChapter Axel]], the biker gang, [[Film/FridayThe13th2009 and Trent)]]. From ''The New Blood'' up until ''Freddy vs. Jason'' the unlikable characters concept was cranked up to eleven to the point that it was hard to root for anybody else aside from the main characters. Even then some of the ''main characters'' were either so bland or uninteresting that it made it hard to root for them too.

YMMV pages for each film:

** Jason has ''never'' used a {{chainsaw|Good}}, despite the fact that he is often depicted in parody work doing so, to the point of being half the inspiration for the HockeyMaskAndChainsaw trope. The chainsaw is instead the preferred weapon of [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]]. Jason's WeaponOfChoice is a machete, and he is just as infamous for using the environment to spear, slash, and crush his victims.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: A common criticism the series has faced, especially during its latter half, is that it kept introducing [[HateSink unlikable and/or annoying characters]] that are only there to make the audience root Jason on. This concept goes as far back as ''Film/FridayThe13thPartIII'' with a biker gang that tries to burn the teens barn down after a bad run in at a convenient store. It worked there because the bikers were only in the film for a short amount of time and we’re swiftly killed off shortly after being introduced, meaning they didn’t overstay their welcome. Parts 4-6 and the reboot to a lesser extent shared similar issues, but similarly didn’t affect the overall films as the HateSink characters either had limited screen time [[Film/FridayThe13ThPartIII (the aforementioned biker gang)]], they were still given enough positive traits that it was sad to see them die [[Film/FridayThe13thPartVIJasonLives (Sheriff Garris)]], or were so cartoonishly over the top that they were at least somewhat enjoyable to watch [[Film/FridayThe13thPartVANewBeginning (Ethel & Junior,]] [[Film/FridayThe13ThTheFinalChapter Axel]], the biker gang, [[Film/FridayThe13th2009 and Trent)]]. From ''The New Blood'' up until ''Freddy vs. Jason'' the unlikable characters concept was cranked up to eleven to the point that it was hard to root for anybody else aside from the main characters. Even then some of the ''main characters'' were either so bland or uninteresting that it made it har to root for them too.

* CultClassic: To a certain extent. The game's reception has not improved over the years, but it has developed a following of fans who view it as an interesting curiosity. The cryptic gameplay, bizarre visuals and the very fact that something as morbid as Friday the 13th got a licensed game on the NES during the height of Nintendo's reputation as good clean family fun all make for quite the spectacle if noth ing else.

* ValuesDissonance: 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.

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

* FranchiseOriginalSin: A common criticism the series has faced, especially during its latter half, is that it kept introducing [[HateSink unlikable and/or annoying characters]] that are only there to make the audience root Jason on. This concept goes as far back as ''Film/FridayThe13thPartIII'' with a biker gang that tries to burn the teens barn down after a bad run in at a convenient store. It worked there because the bikers were only in the film for a short amount of time and we’re swiftly killed off shortly after being introduced, meaning they didn’t overstay their welcome. Parts 4-6 and the reboot to a lesser extent shared similar issues, but similarly didn’t affect the overall films as the HateSink characters either had limited screen time [[Film/FridayThe13ThPartIII (the aforementioned biker gang)]], they were still given enough positive traits that it was sad to see them die [[Film/FridayThe13thPartVIJasonLives (Sheriff Garris)]], or were so cartoonishly over the top that they were at least somewhat enjoyable to watch [[Film/FridayThe13thPartVANewBeginning (Ethel & Junior,]] [[Film/FridayThe13ThTheFinalChapter Axel]], the biker gang, [[Film/FridayThe13th2009 and Trent)]]. From ''The New Blood'' up until ''Freddy vs. Jason'' the unlikable characters concept was cranked UpToEleven to the point that it was hard to root for anybody else aside from the main characters. Even then some of the ''main characters'' were either so bland or uninteresting that it made it har to root for them too.

** Jason is also sometimes paired with [[Film/Carrie1976 Carrie]] [[Film/Carrie2013 White]], due to similar reasons as Sadako.

* CrossoverShip: Jason is depicted in a lot of artwork (especially Japanese artwork) alongside [[Literature/TheRing Sadako]], likely due to having similar origins (bullied as a child, raised by a single mother, dies by being thrown into a body of water).