History YMMV / KilroyWasHere

* BrokenBase: Fans are split as to whether the album's poppier sound was for the better or not.]

* BrokenBase: Fans are split as to whether the album's poppier sound was for the better or not.

* HilariousInHindsight:
** The protagonist's name, Robert Orrin Charles Kilroy ([[FunWithAcronyms "ROCK"]]), who disguises himself as a robot. Isn't there a [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic certain famous robot who's name is also "Rock"?]]. And wasn't there a [[Music/TheProtomen rock opera]] written about said robot, with a fascist government who uses robots to enforce it's will? Not saying that there's a connection, but it was too coincidental to not point out.
** Also worth noting is that the [[Music/TheProtomen band]] responsible for said rock opera features a member who goes by the name [[ShoutOut K.I.L.R.O.Y.]] and they have been known to perform a CoverVersion of ''Mr. Roboto'' both in concert and on their album ''The Cover Up''.

* ValuesDissonance: [[NightmareFuel Nightmare-inducing appearances]] aside, the Roboto face masks are based on racist caricatures of Japanese people (with very slanted eyes and three small pegs on their "mouths" resembling buck teeth), which, while still acceptable during the 1980s, is frowned upon in today's society.

* HarsherInHindsight:
** Depending on your views, the album's premise could be seen as this, as rock music largely faded from mainstream consciousness by the time UsefulNotes/TheNewTens started. Not because MoralGuardians successfully lobbied in getting the genre banned (as ''Kilroy Was Here'' envisioned), but [[GenreKiller because of]] [[CreativeSterility creative stagnation]] and a series of societal changes and complex circumstances that extend beyond the scope of this article.
** The lyrics of ''Mr. Roboto'' take on new meaning during the COVID-19 pandemic, as they describe "the modern man" who is forced to hide away, wear a mask, be dependant on technology, all simply to survive, which is pretty much everyone during that time.

** Depending on your views, the album's premise could be seen as this, as rock music largely faded from mainstream consciousness by the time UsefulNotes/TheNewTens started. Not because MoralGuardians successfully lobbied in getting the genre banned (as ''Kilroy Was Here'' envisioned), but [[GenreKiller because of]] [[CreativeSterility creative stagnation]] and a series of societal changes and complex circumstances [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment that are too delicate and beyond the scope of this Wiki to discuss further]].

** Depending on your views, the album's premise could be seen as this, as rock music largely faded from mainstream consciousness by the time UsefulNotes/TheNewTens started. Not because MoralGuardians successfully lobbied in getting the genre banned (as ''Kilroy Was Here'' envisioned), but [[GenreKiller because of]] [[CreativeSterility creative stagnation]] and a series of [[SocietyMarchesOn societal changes]] and complex circumstances [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment that are too delicate and beyond the scope of this Wiki to discuss further]].

* HarsherInHindsight: Depending on your views, the album's premise could be seen as this, as rock music largely faded from mainstream consciousness by the time UsefulNotes/TheNewTens started. Not because MoralGuardians successfully lobbied in getting the genre banned (as ''Kilroy Was Here'' envisioned), but [[GenreKiller because of]] [[CreativeSterility creative stagnation]] and a series of [[SocietyMarchesOn societal changes]] and complex circumstances [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment that are too delicate and beyond the scope of this Wiki to discuss further]].

** The lyrics of ''Mr. Roboto'' take on new meaning during the COVID-19 pandemic, as they describe a "the modern man" who is forced to hide away, wear a mask, be dependant on technology, all simply to survive, which is pretty much everyone during that time.

* BrokenBase: It got real hard to be a Styx fan about a month after this album came out. To be fair, the rise of new wave displaced the other arena rock bands too (REO Speedwagon, Journey, etc.). But those bands didn't do it to themselves with a single album.
* HarsherInHindsight: Depending on your views, the album's premise could be seen as this, as rock music has largely faded from mainstream consciousness by the time UsefulNotes/TheNewTens started. Not because MoralGuardians successfully lobbied in getting the genre banned (as ''Kilroy Was Here'' envisioned), but [[GenreKiller because of]] [[CreativeSterility creative stagnation]] and a series of [[SocietyMarchesOn societal changes]] and complex circumstances [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment that are too delicate and beyond the scope of this Wiki to discuss further]].

* ValuesDissonance: [[NightmareFuel Nightmare-inducing appearances]] aside, the Roboto face masks are racist caricatures of Japanese people (with very slanted eyes and three small pegs on their "mouths" resembling buck teeth), which, while still somewhat acceptable during the 1980s, is frowned upon in today's society.

* HilariousInHindsight: The protagonist's name, Robert Orrin Charles Kilroy ([[FunWithAcronyms "ROCK"]]), who disguises himself as a robot. Isn't there a [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic certain famous robot who's name is also "Rock"?]]. And wasn't there a [[Music/TheProtomen rock opera]] written about said robot, with a fascist government who uses robots to enforce it's will? Not saying that there's a connection, but it was too coincidental to not point out.

* LargeHam: James Young during 'Heavy Metal Poisoning' during the concerts. Might even qualify as HamAndCheese.

* HilariousInHindsight: The protagonist's name, Robert Orrin Charles Kilroy ([[FunWithAcronyms "ROCK"]]), who disguises himself as a robot. Isn't there a [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic certain famous robot who's name is also "Rock"?]]. ANd wasn't there a [[Music/TheProtomen rock opera]] written about said robot, with a fascist government who uses robots to enforce it's will? Not saying that there's a connection, but it was too coincidental to not point out.