History YMMV / KingsmanTheSecretService

* ViewerNameConfusion: Many fans assumed that Eggsy's half-sister's name was Daisy. She wasn't actually given a name in the film (in the comics series, her name was Rian). Eggsy does say the line "Oh, my days" when remarking on how big she's grown, which may have been misheard. [[AscendedFanon The official novelization of ''Film/KingsmanTheGoldenCircle'' did eventually name her as Daisy, however]].

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The movie has a ''huge'' fanbase in Asian territories, ''especially'' in South Korea. For SK, it was thanks to a combination of clever marketing, the country's [[ForeignCultureFetish Anglophilia]], and themes that resonated with the national mood[[note]]Particularly how the working-class Eggsy achieves success through struggle and merit rather than through nepotism, which struck a chord at a time young Koreans were struggling with unemployment and growing resentful of how only those with connections were able to live comfortably[[/note]]. The movie was also responsible for causing a spike in the sale of double-breasted suits among Korean men. This has been [[FandomNod acknowledged]] by Creator/MarkMillar [[https://twitter.com/mrmarkmillar/status/1210877871163609089?s=20 himself]], who later expressed interest in getting Music/{{BTS}} a cameo in a possible future ''Kingsman'' film.

** Harry trolls a fundamentalist by pretending to be gay and being in couple with a man. The movie ''Supernova'' is about a couple of elderly gay lovers, one of them being played by Colin Firth.

* MemeticMutation: "I'm a Catholic whore, currently enjoying congress out of wedlock with my black Jewish boyfriend who works at a military abortion clinic. So hail Satan, and have a lovely afternoon." has become a popular retort against racist conservative Christians.

* ShockingMoments: Pretty high throughout the whole movie, but special props to the church scene [[spoiler:in which a lot of people suddenly start murdering each other, with the badass superspy getting the highest kill count by far. All stylistically filmed to the guitar riffs of "Free Bird"]]. A lot of people are already calling it a masterpiece of action cinema.

** '''Harry.''' He may be a very well-to-do, smooth badass who [[SharpDressedMan gets to wear cool suits]], but let’s take a good look at what happens to him throughout the course of the movie. At the very start of the film, he loses his protégé, and instead of getting any particular sympathy from his colleagues, he’s mostly shown getting flack for “making a poor choice.” Then he tries to comfort the dead man’s family with little success, and has to deal with the widow sobbing and yelling at him. All of this is of course made worse by his guilt for having missed the grenade that killed Eggsy's father. Seventeen years later, [[spoiler: the new Lancelot dies, so he loses another colleague,]] he is reminded of his grief and failure, and if that weren’t enough, his boss is ''still'' giving him crap over “picking the wrong sort of guy” for his previous Lancelot candidate ''seventeen years ago''. As he puts it in the bar, he’d “had a rather emotional day.” He then is able to take Eggsy under his wing, which must give him some happiness, but shortly afterwards he goes to investigate [[spoiler: Professor Arnold and is drugged with an unknown substance and nearly blown up for his trouble. He spends weeks in a coma, and when he finally wakes up]] he then almost immediately goes back to work, which is apparently his entire life, as he is never shown to have any sort of relationship outside of the Kingsmen – no friends, no family members, no significant other, nothing. Granted, none of the other Kingsmen are shown in relationships either, but Harry seems to be a bit of a misfit among them, given his progressive attitude and lack of snobbery, so he’s isolated even at work. Indeed, his best friend appears to be [[spoiler: his deceased and stuffed pet.]] ''Then'' he has to deal with [[spoiler: Eggsy failing his final test]], [[HopeSpot just when he’d been so close]], and his very next act is to visit the church, where [[spoiler: Valentine’s device drives him into a [[UnstoppableRage killing frenzy along with everyone else]], and when he comes out of it [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone he reacts with horror to what he just did]] right before he ''dies'']]. To top it all off, even if he didn’t know it, his [[spoiler: ''boss'' was one of the people behind his death!]] Does this guy need a hug, or what?

* ViewerNameConfusion: Many fans assumed that Eggsy's half-sister's name was Daisy. She wasn't actually given a name in the film (in the comics series, her name was Rian). Eggsy does say the line "Oh, my days" when remarking on how big she's grown, which may have been misheard. The official novelization of ''Film/KingsmanTheGoldenCircle'' did eventually name her as Daisy, however.

** The OriginsEpisode of the franchise, ''Film/TheKingsMan'', is set during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. It will be released nine months after another, unrelated, WWI-themed movie, ''[[Film/{{NineteenSeventeen}} 1917]]'', which casting includes Mark Strong and Colin Firth.

* ViewerNameConfusion: Many fans assumed that Eggsy's half-sister's name was Daisy. She wasn't actually given a name in the film (in the comics series, her name was Rian). Eggsy does say the line "Oh, my days" when remarking on how big she's grown, which may have been misheard.

* MagnificentBastard: [[BigBad Richmond Valentine]] is the GenreSavvy tech mogul who uses this good publicity to convince the general mass to get his SIM chips, while persuading the world's 1% into supporting his cause, implanting them SIM chips so he can track their every move, making sure they don't betray him. It's revealed that these SIM chips are connected to his satellites that when activated, would cause people to kill each other; he tests its capabilities on a racist church community with only a Kingsman surviving the onslaught, before killing the Kingsman himself. After the full-scale of Valentine's plan is revealed he launnches a global frequency that leads to general masses killing each other off with only Valentine and his followers surviving. Despite attempting to cause massive loss of life, it is done so out of Valentine's [[WellIntentionedExtremist belief of saving the world and the rest of humanity]] and is [[AffablyEvil genuinely affable]] to allies and enemies alike, even asking Eggsy if he's going to make an incredibly lame pun before going out with a smirk.

* ViewerNameConfusion: Many fans assumed that Eggsy's half-sister's name was Daisy. She wasn't actually given a name in the film (in the comics series, her name was Rian). Eggsy does the same line "Oh my days" when remarking on how big she's grown, which may have been misheard.

* MagnificentBastard: [[BigBad Richmond Valentine]] is the GenreSavvy tech mogul who uses this good publicity to convince the general mass to get his SIM chips, while persuading the world's 1% into supporting his cause, implanting them SIM chips so to track their every move, making sure they don't betray him. It would soon be revealed that these SIM chips are connected to his satellites that when activated, would cause people to kill each other; he tests its capabilities on a racist church community with only a Kingsman surviving the onslaught, before killing the Kingsman himself. After which the full-scale of Valentine's plan is revealed; he would launch a global frequency that leads to general masses killing each other off with only Valentine and his followers surviving. Despite attempting to cause massive loss of life, it is done so out of Valentine's [[WellIntentionedExtremist belief of saving the world and the rest of humanity]] and is [[AffablyEvil genuinely affable]] to allies and enemies alike, even asking Eggsy if he's going to make an incredibly lame pun before going out with a smirk.

* HesJustHiding: Many people's stance on [[spoiler:Harry's]] death. The [[Film/KingsmanTheGoldenCircle sequel]] [[spoiler: confirms it]].

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The movie has a ''huge'' fanbase in Asian territories, ''especially'' in South Korea. For SK, it was thanks to a combination of clever marketing, the country's [[ForeignCultureFetish Anglophilia]], and themes that resonated with the national mood[[note]]Particularly how the working-class Eggsy achieves success through struggle and merit rather than through nepotism, which struck a chord at a time young Koreans were struggling with unemployment and growing resentful of how only those with connections were able to live comfortably[[/note]]. The movie was also responsible for causing a spike in the sale of double-breasted suits among Korean men. This has been [[FandomNod acknowledged]] by Creator/MarkMillar [[https://twitter.com/mrmarkmillar/status/1210877871163609089?s=20 himself]].

* MisaimedFandom: In 2019, a [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump Donald Trump]] supporter superimposed Trump's face on Harry's in the church massacre scene. The churchgoers were edited to represent news publications. [[https://twitter.com/HoodlumRIP/status/1183706308484227072 In October of 2019, this edit was shown at a Mar-a-Lago event that featured Trump Jr. and Sarah Sanders as speakers.]] While apparently intended to show Trump as a badass, in the actual movie, Harry was BrainwashedAndCrazy in the scene and is traumatized by the aftermath, before he is [[spoiler:executed]].

* {{Adorkable}}: Valentin dresses like a man a quarter his age, prefers fast food despite being one of the richest men in the world, gets nauseous at the sight of blood, and is reasonably GenreSavvy.

* HolyShitQuotient: Pretty high throughout the whole movie, but special props to the church scene [[spoiler:in which a lot of people suddenly start murdering each other, with the badass superspy getting the highest kill count by far. All stylistically filmed to the guitar riffs of "Free Bird"]]. A lot of people are already calling it a masterpiece of action cinema.

** The OriginsEpisode of the franchise, ''Film/TheKingsMan'', is set during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. It will be released two months after another, unrelated, WWI-themed movie, ''[[Film/{{NineteenSeventeen}} 1917]]'', which casting includes Mark Strong and Colin Firth.

** The US president in the film, who joins all the other rich monsters willing to let poor people die, is ''not'' Barack Obama. However, Matthew Vaughn has no problem lampooning Elon Musk, confirming that he's the one the villainous Valentine contacts for back-up on V-Day.

* AcceptableTargets: A fundamentalist hate group [[AcceptableReligiousTargets based out of a church]] and numerous [[AcceptablePoliticalTargets world leaders]], including The President of The United States of America and The Queen of Great Britain. [[spoiler: [[AssholeVictim It's hard to feel bad when they all get slaughtered.]]]]

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The movie has a ''huge'' fanbase in Asian territories, ''especially'' in South Korea. For SK, it was thanks to a combination of clever marketing, the country's [[ForeignCultureFetish Anglophilia]], and themes that resonated with the national mood[[note]]Particularly how the working-class Eggsy achieves success through struggle and merit rather than through nepotism, which struck a chord at a time young Koreans were struggling with unemployment and growing resentful of how only those with connections were able to live comfortably[[/note]]. The movie was also responsible for causing a spike in the sale of double-breasted suits among Korean men.

* MagnificentBastard: [[BigBad Richmond Valentine]] is the GenreSavvy tech mogul who uses this good publicity to convince the general mass to get his SIM chips, while persuading the world's 1% into supporting his cause, implanting them SIM chips so to track their every move, making sure they don't betray him. It would soon be revealed that these SIM chips are connected to his satellites that when activated, would cause people to kill each other; he tests its capabilities on a racist church community with only a Kingsman surviving the onslaught, before killing the Kingsman himself. After which the full-scale of Valentine's plan is revealed; he would launch a global frequency that leads to general masses killing each other off with only Valentine and his followers surviving. Despite attempting to cause massive loss of life, it is done so out of Valentine's [[WellIntentionedExtremist belief of saving the world and the rest of humanity]] and is [[AffablyEvil genuinely affable]] to allies and enemies alike, even asking Eggsy if he's going to make an incredibly lame pun before [[GoOutWithASmile going out with a smile]].

* {{Fanon}}: Goes without saying that this applies to the same characters in the sequel, but the subset of the fandom that headcanons ''everyone'' as queer usually headcanons Harry as gay, with his behaviour and backstory in both films not really contradicting this headcanon.[[note]]Homophobia is his BerserkButton, as shown clearly enough in ''The Secret Service'', and him claiming to the bigoted church lady that he has a boyfriend who works at an abortion clinic is probably his most iconic line (next to "Manners maketh man," but those are shared ArcWords anyway). By ''The Golden Circle'' canon, though, Harry has never gotten the chance to commit to any one partner, making it more ambiguous. Harry has shown no romantic or sexual interest in women and the closest thing to canon action he gets is being flirted with by Elton John.)[[/note]] Eggsy, on the other hand, is headcanoned and written as [[BiTheWay bisexual]], not gay, by even the most fervid of Harry/Eggsy shippers, with his canon ChickMagnet status usually expanded to him being an ''any gender'' magnet, really. Roxy is typically headcanoned as bisexual or a lesbian. With Merlin, it gets tricky....[[note]]Although the Kingsman fandom on Tumblr, etc. does like same-gender pairings a lot and Merlin was never an exception, he was also pretty widely shipped with women like Roxy — in some instances, apparently just to get Roxy out of the way for Harry/Eggsy — even after Matthew Vaughn himself said in a magazine that [[WordOfGay Merlin would be confirmed gay if they got a sequel]]. When they ''did'' do the sequel, however, Merlin was paired with Halle Berry's character, Ginger, whom fans did receive well. Some of the response to the canon Merlin/Ginger ship is for Vaughn's 2014/2015 statement that Merlin would be a gay character to be suddenly taken seriously when it never ''was'' taken so seriously before, however. Fandom racism, in this particular example misogynoir, is recognised as the reason by fans who elect to support the pairing despite Vaughn's inconsistencies on Merlin's sexuality. Now, people who want to ship Merlin with Ginger while keeping Merlin queer go with bisexual as well.[[/note]]
* FanPreferredCouple: By ''far'', the most popular pairing in fanfic is Harry/Eggsy. Although more casual viewers outside fandom spaces like Tumblr tend to prefer Roxy/Eggsy, with many assuming they'd probably, eventually get a RelationshipUpgrade. ([[ShipperOnDeck Even Taron Egerton.]])

** The OriginsEpisode of the franchise, ''Film/TheKingsMan'', is set during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. It will be released two months after another, unrelated, WWI-themed movie, ''Film/{{NineteenSeventeen}}'', which casting includes Mark Strong and Colin Firth.

** The SignatureScene of the Church Fight has surprisingly found new lease in 2019 thanks to [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump]] being featured in it as a meme video. In it, Trump's head has been superimposed onto Harry, with his political opponents and critics in the news industry playing the role of the churchgoers, with the church being called "Church of Fake News". Because the OneManArmy ImplacableMan nature of Harry's fighting skill killing the crowd is used as a visual metaphor as to how Trump has yet to receive a major setback from their criticism, it's funny to ''some'' who think that [[CriticProof Trump has demolished all his critics and their "bogus" claims]].
* MisaimedFandom: Oh, boy. ''Oh, boy.'' An '''''incredibly''''' [[BrainBleach "yikes"-inducing]] example that arrived late in 2019, more than four years after the film's release. To sum it up, a [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump Donald Trump]] supporter superimposed Trump's face on Harry's in the church massacre scene. The churchgoers were edited to represent news publications. [[https://twitter.com/HoodlumRIP/status/1183706308484227072 In October of 2019, this edit was shown at a Mar-a-Lago event that featured Trump Jr. and Sarah Sanders as speakers.]] [[CriticProof While it's used as a metaphor for Trump being touted as nigh untouchable against his critics]], the violent nature of the clip has left some folks uneasy. Harry was BrainwashedAndCrazy in the scene; not really a glorious moment of badassery, if one actually paid attention to the film and the consequences of the scene afterwards. Worse, some netizens immediately started [[MisBlamed blaming]] the cast and crew (Egerton, Firth, Vaughn, etc.) for being the cause of this shocking content, even though they clearly had zero knowledge of or involvement in the new viral edit. As of 14 October, 2019, it's a trending topic on Twitter. Yikes.
** On top of all that, in response to the backlash, people have pointed out Kathy Griffin's NotSoDifferent move long ago, with her holding a severed head of Trump as another gory shock value piece of rhetoric to criticize Trump with, much, much earlier.

* MisaimedFandom: Oh, boy. ''Oh, boy.'' An '''''incredibly''''' [[BrainBleach "yikes"-inducing]] example that arrived late in 2019, more than four years after the film's release. To sum it up, a [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump Donald Trump]] zealot superimposed Trump's face on Harry's in the church massacre scene. The churchgoers were edited to represent news publications. [[https://twitter.com/HoodlumRIP/status/1183706308484227072 In October of 2019, this edit was shown at a Mar-a-Lago event that featured Trump Jr. and Sarah Sanders as speakers.]] This is only scratching the surface, but for one, the churchgoers within the film were ''racist, homophobic, conservative bigots''; the exact kinds of people Trump and his supporters typify. Second, Harry was BrainwashedAndCrazy in the scene; not really a glorious moment of badassery, if one actually paid attention to the film. Worse, some netizens immediately started [[MisBlamed blaming]] the cast and crew (Egerton, Firth, Vaughn, etc.), even though they clearly had zero knowledge of or involvement in the horrific new viral edit. As of 14 October, 2019, it's a trending topic on Twitter. Yikes.

* MisaimedFandom: Oh, boy. ''Oh, boy.'' An '''''incredibly''''' [[BrainBleach "yikes"-inducing]] example that arrived late in 2019, more than four years after the film's release. To sum it up, a [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump Donald Trump]] zealot superimposed Trump's face on Harry's in the church massacre scene. The churchgoers were edited to represent news publications. [[https://twitter.com/HoodlumRIP/status/1183706308484227072 In October of 2019, this edit was shown at a Mar-a-Lago event that featured Trump Jr. and Sarah Sanders as speakers.]] This is only scratching the surface, but for one, the churchgoers within the film were ''racist, homophobic, conservative bigots''; the exact type of people Trump and his supporters typify. Second, Harry was BrainwashedAndCrazy in the scene; not really a glorious moment of badassery, if one actually paid attention to the film. Worse, some netizens immediately started [[MisBlamed blaming]] the cast and crew (Egerton, Firth, Vaughn, etc.), even though they clearly had zero knowledge of or involvement in the horrific new viral edit. As of 14 October, 2019, it's a trending topic on Twitter. Yikes.