History YMMV / JojoRabbit

** The deleted scene with Hermann Goering has him shaking uncontrollably. The real Goering had a morphine addiction that lasted until the end of the war.

* CatharsisFactor: It is incredibly satisfying watching Jojo kick Adolf out the window after he shouts, “Fuck off, Hitler!"

* CrossesTheLineTwice: [[NWordPrivileges The only way that a comedy about Nazi Germany could have been made was if it were directed by a Jewish person]] -- which Creator/TaikaWaititi is. It helps that Waititi also plays Hitler as a total LargeHam...until the climax, that is.

** The Americans cheering and waving their flags in much the same way as the Nazi soldiers in the beginning did could be seen as commenting that the Nazis and modern day overly patriotic Americans have startling similarities.

* WTHCastingAgency: According to Waititi, the only way he was able to get a studio to fund the movie was under the condition that he (a Kiwi of Māori, Irish, and Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry) play Hitler himself, so they wouldn't have had to do that awkward casting call.

* SpiritualSuccessor: This movie has come to be the rebuttal to people complaining about how PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad means that "''Film/BlazingSaddles'' could never be made nowadays".

* SpiritualSuccessor: This movie has come to be the rebuttal to people complaining about how PliticalCorrectnessGoneMad means that "''Film/BlazingSaddles'' could never be made nowadays".

* SpiritualSuccessor: This movie has come to be the rebuttal to people complaining about how political correctness means that "''Film/BlazingSaddles'' could never be made nowadays".

** Jokes about kids from other countries involved in World War II having the world leader of that country as an imaginary friend (like a Japanese kid having Creator/HidekiTojo as an imaginary friend) are also fairly common among fans of the film

* MemeticMutation: Due to the movie having the same name as the popular ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' series, many fans have joked that Jojo is secretly a member of the Joestar family, and that his imaginary friend Hitler is actually his Stand. It helps that ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency'' is set on the brink of World War II. See HilariousInHindsight with regards to the Japanese dub. Amusingly, the film includes a joke about [[AdolfHitlarious Hitler having four balls]]. [[Manga/{{JoJolion}} Guess who else has four balls.]]

** [[spoiler:Jojo saying "Fuck off, Hitler!" and kicking his imaginary friend out of the window.]] Pretty much the entire movie exists to build up to that one scene.

** Jojo saying "Fuck off, Hitler!" and kicking his imaginary friend out of the window. Pretty much the entire movie exists to build up to that one scene.

*** Another article from the [=AV=] Club argued that Jojo Rabbit isn't "[[https://film.avclub.com/jojo-rabbit-is-not-the-new-life-is-beautiful-1841555083 the new]] ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful''", which met with vehement opposition in its comment section.

** Robbie Collin's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEsCdoLLHg8&t=1s review]] of the film is heavily disliked, especially considering the moment at 9:50, where he literally goes 'blahblahblah' to try and get his host to stop talking.

* AccidentalAesop: How valuable is life if you can produce it en masse? Best seen regarding the Fräulein's pride at having 18 children for the glory of Germany, only to [[spoiler: send a German child to his death]].
* AdaptationDisplacement: Not many people are aware that the film was based on the 2004 novel, ''Literature/CagingSkies''.

** Jojo seemingly recovered from taking a grenade point-blank with only a scratch to show for it, though everyone around him says he's horribly deformed and Elsa draws a picture of him with one side of his face damaged. Given he has an imaginary friend, it could be that Jojo imagined his injuries healed up as a coping mechanism.

** The Americans cheering and waving their flags could be seen as commentary that the Nazis and modern day overly patriotic Americans have startling similarities.

** The film's six UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations didn't include Creator/TaikaWaititi for Best Director (though he did receive a screenplay nom, which he wound up winning). Some see this as an unfortunate consequence of 2019 being so jam-packed with exceptional directing work that some deserving work was going to be left out of the five spots, though other film critics think it was more deserving than Creator/ToddPhillips for ''{{Film/Joker}}''.
** While Creator/ScarlettJohansson's performance was recognized with an Oscar nomination, the same can’t be said for the similarly well received performances by Roman Griffin Davis, Creator/ThomasinMcKenzie, Creator/TaikaWaititi, and Creator/SamRockwell. In the case of Griffin Davis, it likely wouldn't be stretching to say that his young age hurt him when faced with many highly respected vets in his category. As for Waititi, a comedic performance as Adolf Hitler was always going to have an uphill battle receiving awards attention. Both them and Rockwell also had the problem of being in highly competitive categories that year. [=McKenzie=] however, was in what many called the weakest category of the year, so there's much less to excuse the snub, outside of her internal conception having a very [[Film/AvengersEndgame buzzy]] [[Film/MarriageStory year]] that likely contributed in her stealing votes.

** Hitler wears a Native American headdress in one scene for seemingly no reason at all.[[note]]The scene is possibly a nod to the fact that the historical Adolf Hitler was obsessed with the Western novels of Creator/KarlMay, with their native American protagonists. Such a deep cut may, however, be deemed unlikely due to Waititi refusing to do his homework on Hitler before getting into the role.[[/note]]
** The clones, a group of identical members of the Hitler Youth who require 'walking'.
* CatharsisFactor: It was incredibly satisfying watching Jojo kick Adolf out the window after saying “Fuck off Hitler”.

* HarsherInHindsight: It's easy to imagine the pain Elsa feels when Captain Deertz flips through Jojo's book and comments on the many painful deaths that Jojo had drawn for her fiancé Nathan. What the viewer doesn't learn until much later is that Nathan had already died of tuberculosis ''and she knew it''.

** A.A. Dowd of The Website/AVClub raised a lot of ire for his assertion that there's not much to the film "if you take out the jokes." Many commenters were baffled at why you'd deliberately ignore the main reason for a movie's existence (namely a satirical comedy) to argue that it's bad.
*** Hell, The AV Club is shown to hold quite a few grudges with the movie, evident through an article that showed how Jojo Rabbit isn't "[[https://film.avclub.com/jojo-rabbit-is-not-the-new-life-is-beautiful-1841555083 the new]] ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful''", while commenters on said article disagreed with the flaws that the writer, Mike D'Angelo, brought up.

** This movie is Roman Griffin Davis's first performance, and not only does he nail it, but he got a Golden Globe nomination.
** Taika Waititi's portrayal of a more genuine Hitler after Jojo's disillusionment with him is a legit scary monster and a far cry from his typical goofy layabout characters, even more than [[Series/TheMandalorian IG-11]].
* HoYay: Captain K and Freddie Finkel seem to be attached at the hip and at one point share eye contact for longer than usual. Their hand-designed battle uniforms also have a prominent amount of pink triangles (the symbol the Nazis used to identify homosexual prisoners).
* MemeticMutation: Due to the movie having the same name as the popular ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' series, many fans have joked that Jojo is secretly a member of the Joestar Family and his Imaginary Friend Hitler is actually his Stand. It helps that ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency'' is set on the brink of World War II. See HilariousInHindsight in regards with the Japanese dub. Amusingly, the film includes a joke about [[AdolfHitlarious Hitler having four balls]]. [[Manga/{{JoJolion}} Guess who else has four balls.]]

** The Nazis crossed it in the eyes of Jojo when they [[spoiler: hanged Rosie]]. On a meta level, the Nazis crossed the moral event horizon the moment we knew they were Nazis.
** The Fraulein crossed it when she told a German boy to just hug an invading soldier, then planting an explosive on him.

** Jojo saying "Fuck off, Hitler!" and kicking his imaginary friend out of the window. Pretty much the entire movie existed to build to that one scene.
* SpiritualSuccessor: This movie came to be the rebuttal to people complaining about how Political Correctness means that "''Film/BlazingSaddles'' could never be made nowadays".
--> "They lose me after the bunker scene"

* WTHCastingAgency: According to Waititi, the only way he was able to get a studio to fund the movie was under the condition that he (a Kiwi of Māori, Irish and Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry) play Hitler himself, so they wouldn't have had to do that awkward casting call.

* SpiritualSuccessor: This movie came to be the rebuttal to people complaining about how PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad means that "''Film/BlazingSaddles'' could never be made nowadays".

* WTHCastingAgency: According to Waititi, the only way he was able to get a studio to fund the movie was under the condition that he (a Kiwi of Maori, Irish and Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry) play Hitler himself, so they wouldn't have had to do that awkward casting call.

** The film's six UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations didn't include Creator/TaikaWaititi for Best Director (though he did receive a screenplay nom, which he wound up winning). Some see this as an unfortunate consequence of 2019 being so jam-packed with exceptional directing work that some deserving work was going to be left out of the five spots, though other film critics think it was more deserving than Creator/ToddPhilips for ''{{Film/Joker}}''.

** The film’s six Oscar nominations didn’t include Taika Waititi for Best Director (though he did receive a screenplay nom, which he wound up winning). Some see this as an unfortunate consequence of 2019 being so jam-packed with exceptional directing work that some deserving work was going to be left out of the five spots, though other film critics think it was more deserving than Todd Philips for ''{{Film/Joker}}''.
** While Scarlett Johansson’s performance was recognized with an Oscar nomination, the same can’t be said for the similarly well received performances by Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin [=McKenzie=], Creator/TaikaWaititi, and Creator/SamRockwell. In the case of Griffin Davis, it likely wouldn't be stretching to say that his young age hurt him when faced with many highly respected vets in his category. As for Waititi, a comedic performance as Adolf Hitler was always going to have an uphill battle receiving awards attention. Both them and Rockwell also had the problem of being in highly competitive categories that year. [=McKenzie=] however, was in what many called the weakest category of the year, so there's much less to excuse the snub, outside of her internal conception having a very [[Film/AvengersEndgame buzzy]] [[Film/MarriageStory year]] that likely contributed in her stealing votes.