History YMMV / KindergartenCop

** Richard Tyson playing a criminal BigBad who is unable to reunite with his family because of his troubled background and trying to reach out to them despite it being against their wishes of being left alone is more cringing considering recently in real life, Tyson was busted for harassment and boozing in Mobile, Alabama.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: First, Kimble almost goes into the kindergarten classroom on his first day still wearing his gun holsters. ''Then'', after Kimble says, "They're six-year-olds. How bad could they be?", O'Hara suggests off-the-cuff that maybe he ''should'' take the guns. Considering the rise in American school shootings and suggestions that teachers ought to carry guns in the years since the film came out, it's a bit harder find either incident funny.
* HarsherInHindsight: Richard Tyson playing a criminal BigBad who is unable to reunite with his family because of his troubled background and trying to reach out to them despite it being against their wishes of being left alone is more cringing considering recently in real life, Tyson was busted for harassment and boozing in Mobile, Alabama.

* MemeticMutation: Pretty much all the early interactions between a completely lost Kimble and the kindergarteners are [[FountainOfMemes meme fountains.]] Several lines from the film--notably "Stop whining!" and "Who is your daddy and what does he do?" among others--found themselves on an Arnold Schwarzenegger soundboard used by various radio morning shows for (likely fake) prank calls in the late nineties and early aughts, contributing to their memetic status. "It's not a tumor!" is another one that gets quoted a lot. And sometimes, "''There is no bathroom!''"

* FunnyAneurymsMoment: First, Kimble almost goes into the kindergarten classroom on his first day still wearing his gun holsters. ''Then'', after Kimble says, "How bad could they be?"

** One child whose father ran away is particularly distraught about the fact that his father ran off with another man, implying that homosexuality is wrong and traumatic to children.

** Anytime we see John bonding with the kindergarteners and Dominic, when he's not in usual badass HollywoodActionHero mode and kicking bad guy butt (or in badass action guy mode and kicking any guy's butt if you also count ''Film/TheTerminator'', where Arnold played the BigBad). However, Arnold's time using his action guy mode in a heartwarming moment is when he confronts one of the kindergarteners' parents who is an AbusiveDad, [[BadassTeacher beats him up and press charges against him]].

* NightmareFuel: The big fire and shootout climax is pretty damn intense.

* ValuesResonance: Several parents and even Principal Schlowski are utterly weirded out by the concept of a man teaching kindergarten, with the former loudly assuming he must be gay. By the end of the film, Kimball has managed to prove himself as a competent teacher and gain their acceptance. Sadly, the town's initial attitude is still pretty common: as of 2019, over ''97%'' of kindergarten and preschool teachers in the U.S. are female, with a major contributing factor being gender stereotypes of women being more suitable for taking care of children while men who wish to do so are likely either gay or possible pedophiles.

** "Boys have a penis. Girls have a vagina": In the 1990s, an unremarkable statement of biological fact, but funny when said by a child. In the 2020s, a controversial equation of gender identity with biological sex.

* ValuesDissonance: Aside from "Boys have a penis. Girls have a vagina", there is Kimble assuring the single moms that their little boys are just playing with Barbies so they can learn to look up girls' skirts, which means that the Kindergarten girls in Kimble's classroom could have [=#MeToo=] horror stories in the future. Also, one child whose father ran away is particularly distraught about the fact that his father ran off with another man, implying that homosexuality is wrong and traumatic to children.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Anytime we see John bonding with the kindergarteners and Dominic, when he's not in usual badass HollywoodActionHero mode and kicking bad guy butt (or in badass action guy mode and kicking any guy's butt if you also count ''Film/TheTerminator'', where Arnold played the BigBad). However, Arnold's time using his action guy mode in a heartwarming moment is when he confronts one of the kindergarteners' parents who is an AbusiveDad, [[BadassTeacher beats him up and press charges against him]].

%%* WhatAnIdiot: Kimble undercover with his own, real name.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Anytime we see John bonding with the kindergarteners and Dominic, when he's not in usual badass HollywoodActionHero mode and kicking bad guy butt (or in badass action guy mode and kicking any guy's butt if you also count ''Film/TheTerminator'', where Arnold played the BigBad). However, Arnold's time using his action guy mode in a heartwarming moment is when he confront one of the kindergarteners' parents who is an AbusiveDad, [[BadassTeacher beats him up and press charges against him]].

* MemeticMutation: Pretty much all the early interactions between a completely lost Kimble and the kindergarteners are [[FountainOfMemes meme fountains.]] Several lines from the film--notably "Stop whining!" and "Who is your daddy and what does he do?" among others--found themselves on an Arnold Schwarzenegger soundboard used by various radio morning shows for (likely fake) prank calls in the late nineties and early aughts, contributing to their memetic status. "It's not a tumor!" is another one that gets quoted a lot.

* ValuesResonance: Several parents and even Principal Schlowski are utterly weirded out by the concept of a man teaching kindergarten, with the former loudly assuming he must be gay. Kimball manages to win them over and even decides to teach kindergarten full time, with the approval of the entire town. Sadly, these attitudes are still pretty common: as of 2019, over ''97%'' of kindergarten and preschool teachers in the U.S. are female, with a major contributing factor being gender stereotypes of women being more suitable for taking care of children while men who wish to do so are likely either gay or possible pedophiles.

** The [[MoodwhipLash ''very'' sudden]] jump from the fun, cathartic, humorous "What did it feel like to hit that son of a bitch?" scene to the murdered witness lying cold and dead on a slab.

* ValuesResonance: Several parents and even Principal Schlowski are utterly weirded out by the concept of a man teaching kindergarten, with the former loudly assuming he must be gay. Kimball manages to win them over and even decides to teach kindergarten full time, with the approval of the entire town. Sadly, these stereotypes are still pretty common: as of 2019, over ''97%'' of kindergarten and preschool teachers in the U.S. are female, with some of the contributing factors being gender stereotypes of women being more suitable for taking care of children while men who wish to do so are either gay or possible pedophiles.

** Special mention goes to "Boys have a penis. Girls have a vagina." Which gradually became famous due to how hilariously controversial such a line would be considered today.

* ValueResonance: Several parents and even Principal Schlowski are utterly weirded out by the concept of a man teaching kindergarten, with the former loudly assuming he must be gay. Kimball manages to win them over and even decides to teach kindergarten full time, with the approval of the entire town. Sadly, these stereotypes are still pretty common: as of 2019, over ''97%'' of kindergarten and preschool teachers in the U.S. are female, with some of the contributing factors being gender stereotypes of women being more suitable for taking care of children while men who wish to do so are either gay or possible pedophiles.

* ValueResonance: Several parents and even Principal Schlowski are utterly weirded out by the concept of a man teaching kindergarten, with the former loudly assuming he must be gay. Kimball manages to win them over and even decides to teach kindergarten full time, with the approval of the entire town. Sadly, these stereotypes are still pretty common: as of 2019, '''[[https://datausa.io/profile/soc/preschool-kindergarten-teachers#:~:text=97.3%25%20of%20Preschool%20%26%20kindergarten%20teachers,common%20gender%20in%20the%20occupation. 97.4%]]''' of kindergarten and preschool teachers in the U.S. are female, with some of the contributing factors being gender stereotypes of women being more suitable for taking care of children while men who wish to do so are either gay or possible pedophiles.

* ValuesDissonance: Aside from "Boys have a penis. Girls have a vagina", there is Kimble assuring the single moms that their little boys are just playing with Barbies so they can learn to look up girls' skirts, which means that the Kindergarten girls in Kimble's classroom could have [=#MeToo=] horror stories in the future. Also, one child whose father ran away is particularly distraught about the fact that his father ran off with another man. Implying that homosexuality is wrong and traumatic to children.

* ValuesDissonance: Aside from "Boys have a penis. Girls have a vagina" (especially as there is more questioning of the gender binary and non-binary people choosing to identify as both or neither), there is Kimble assuring the single moms that their little boys are just playing with Barbies so they can learn to look up girls' skirts, which means that the Kindergarten girls in Kimble's classroom could have [=#MeToo=] horror stories in the future. Also, one child whose father ran away is particularly distraught about the fact that his father ran off with another man. Implying that homosexuality is wrong and traumatic to children.

* ValuesDissonance: Aside from "Boys have a penis. Girls have a vagina" (especially as there is more questioning of the gender binary and non-binary people choosing to identify as both or neither), there is Kimble assuring the single moms that their little boys are just playing with Barbies so they can learn to look up girls' skirts, which means that the Kindergarten girls in Kimble's classroom could have [=#MeToo=] horror stories in the future.
Also, one child whose father ran away is particularly distraught about the fact that his father ran off with another man. Implying that homosexuality is wrong and traumatic to children.

** Creator/JasonReitman plays the student caught making out with a girl, as does one of his sisters.

* HarsherInHindsight: Richard Tyson playing a criminal BigBad who is unable to reunite with his family because of his troubled background and trying to reach out to them despite it being against their wishes of being left alone is more cringing considering recently in real life, Tyson for busted for harassment and boozing in Mobile, Alabama.

** Creator/JasonReitman plays the student caught kissing with a girl, as does one of his sisters.