History YMMV / FridayThe13thTheSeries

** Long before she was known for her voice work as [[Anime/SailorMoon Sailor Venus]] in the [=DiC=] dub, let alone her long career as an actress, writer, and producer, Creator/StephanieMorgenstern appears in "Crippled Inside" as the [[SympatheticMurderer poor]] paraplegic Rachel Horn.

** How Druidism is depicted in "The Tree of Life", seeing as it partakes of the worst mistaken beliefs about both Druidism itself and Wicca/paganism. What's almost worse than outright turning it into an all-female ReligionOfEvil out to TakeOverTheWorld is how easily and without hesitation Jack confidently states the at-best exaggerated, at-worst outright false claims he makes about Druidism. While it's true followers of such belief systems were still AcceptableTargets when the show was made, it's still quite off-putting to a modern viewer.

* HoYay: [[ToyShip Ricky and J.B.]] in "A Friend to the End.'' This is only emphasized by Ricky's rather androgynous appearance and mannerisms; the early moment where one of the neighborhood 'gang' suggests J.B. is watching them because he's "into" them; and Ricky's abusive father in the flashbacks, who is determined to punish his son for "not taking things like a man". While this could be due to still having a room filled with childish toys at the age of 12, it resonates rather well with a homophobic father who has learned of his gay son's sexuality.

* CommonKnowledge: The villain of "My Wife As A Dog" is often misremembered as wanting to turn his ex-wife into a dog so he can keep her as a pet, if not as a wife. The plot is a bit more complicated. The dog is dying and the villain hopes to switch her body with the healthy ex-wife to save her from getting euthanized. [[spoiler: The wife ends up dying in the dog's body after succumbing to cancer.]]

** In "Mesmer's Bauble", the pop star the episode revolves around loses her manager and lover, and nearly breaks down saying she can't go on anymore, only to end up hypnotized and under the influence of the VillainOfTheWeek. This becomes a case of uncomfortable RealitySubtext when placed against her actress, the real-life singer {{Creator/Vanity}}, who had [[SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll a fair amount of trouble during her career]] before eventually dropping out of show business. In addition, her character sings a cover of "Nature Boy" in the episode, with a snatch playing as the outro after she dies onstage at the end--the song is quite fitting for a story about a fan with unrequited love, but it was also used in ''Film/MoulinRouge'', wherein the singer character, Satine, ''also'' died onstage at the end.

* TheUnreveal: In "A Friend to the End", it is never explained exactly how Ricky's father murdered him, although the one flashback showing his abuse certainly implied it came from a simple beating or even from the severe whipping he was receiving. However, the fact multiple fights occur on the abandoned mansion's landing, and most of them end with someone smashing through the banister or falling over it to the floor below, is telling. While such a thing happening is not unusual, the fact Ricky seems almost driven to push his victims there could suggest that is how he himself died as well.

* HoYay: [[ToyShip Ricky and J.B.]] in "A Friend to the End.''

* TearJerker: So many, they now have [[TearJerker/FridayThe13thTheSeries their own page]].

* SoundtrackDissonance:
** On the DVD release of the series, each episode ends with the logo of [[Creator/{{CBS}} CBS Television Distribution]], which has a calm and soothing jingle, in contrast to the often-scary content of the actual show.
** The season 3 episode "Hate on Your Dial" has the 1987 Creator/{{Paramount}} Television theme play on said logo due to a plastering error. The remaining episodes contain the correct music on the logo.

** "The Prophecies": Asteroth is a FallenAngel and priest of {{Satan}} who is devoted to freeing his lord and master. Attempting to fulfill dark prophecies, Asteroth aims to kill a pure-hearted nun, first by infecting the minds of other nuns to drive them homicidal before they die, then driving the animals of the village murderously insane. When this fails, Asteroth brainwashes Ryan and has him murder the nun, before having him abduct a crippled girl with unshakeable faith in God so Asteroth can [[HumanSacrifice sacrifice her]] to Satan and have his master manifest in her body as TheAntichrist. When he confronts Jack on his motivations, Asteroth gleefully reveals his future vision of the world, showing Jack images of mass destruction, death and oppression on a global scale. Intending to [[OmnicidalManiac end the entire world]], Asteroth is without doubt one of the cruelest monsters ever faced by Ryan and Micki.