History YMMV / MarthaSpeaks

** In "T.D. the Pack Rat", Janice Kenelly asked T.D. to stop collecting junk. But given the type of person T.D. is, he decides to do the opposite. When hiding a rock he collected, Janice asks him to help place a painting. And sure enough, the rock was unhidden from her. What's strange is that Janice is a tall adult so she should have no problem framing the painting herself. So did Janice really need T.D.'s help with painting or was it a SecretTestOfCharacter to see if T.D. really obeyed her wishes?.
** Dynamo from "Martha vs. Robot" -- is he sentient? On the one hand, Helen does a whole spiel about how he isn't real and is just a machine and this is in no way framed as prejudice, and his "love" for the Boxwoods is said to be a programmed response. On the other hand, when Ronald suggests throwing him away, Martha, Mr. Boxwood, Helen, Alice, [[EveryoneHasStandards and even Nelson]] act as horrified as they would had he considered throwing away Nelson or Polly, suggesting that Dynamo is just as sentient as them.
** Does Ronald actually hate dogs as he claims? Or is he actually lying to get a rise out of Alice and her friends, and/or score points with his own friends? Or does he specifically hate ''Martha'' (perhaps due to her disliking Nelson) and claims to hate all dogs just to offend her?

** With the Peabody Award winning series, ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'', because the show also follows a curriculum of literature with a combination of comedy antics, as well as the fact that some of the voice actors from ''Martha Speaks'' are also well-known for ''Molly of Denali''. It's also the third animated show produced by WGBH.

---> '''Helen:''' Dad, we found your favorite comic.
---> '''Dad:''' [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Pinkie the Pony]]?

** Nelson throwing up in "Martha Takes the Cake"

** Viewers and characters alike can agree that this conversation from "Truman and the Deep Blue Sea" qualifies as this.
---> '''Martha''': "Guys, you'll never believe what I found. Free hot dog buns. There were tons of them in that can over there."
---> '''Helen''': "Martha, that can is a garbage can!"
---> '''Truman''': "Okay, that's enough info!"
---> '''Martha''': "Oh, that's why there were little bits of hot dog in there as well."
---> '''Truman''': "I feel queasy".
---> '''Martha''': "And something a little eggy."
---> '''Truman''': "Make her stop!"

** Helen, though not usually a Woobie, is sometimes one in a few episodes, notably "Martha's Got Talent" (her stage fright), "Helen's All Thumbs" (calling herself the worst owner, not being able to go to the museum) and "Martha in Charge" (she was the unfortunate undergoer of a SickEpisode).

---> '''Skits''': *whines*
---> '''Martha''': "Come on, Skits, that's silly! Helen does ''not'' love that game more than us!"
---> '''Skits''': *whines again*
---> '''Martha''': "She has ''not'' forgotten about us. You'll see. She's bringing us a picture of a bone from the museum"

* ToyShip: Some fans ship Helen and T.D. together, despite not having any romantic interest in each other (as a matter of fact, neither have any romantic interest towards ''anyone'').

* ToyShip: Some fans ship Helen and T.D. together, despite not having any romantic interest in each other (as a matter of fact, neither have any romantic interest towards ''anyone'').

** In "T.D. the Pack Rat", Janice Kenelly asked T.D. to stop collecting junk. But given the type of person T.D. is, he decides to do the opposite. When hiding a rock he collected, Janice asks him to help place a painting. And sure enough, the rock was unhidden from her. What's strange is that Janice is a tall adult so she should have no problem framing the painting herself. So did Janie really need T.D.'s help with painting or was it a SecretTestOfCharacter to see if T.D. really obeyed her wishes.

** Martha and Danny when they're trying to give up digging and snacking respectively in "Martha's Dirty Habit". Danny is seen reaching for food but then sighing and putting it back, and Martha is seen staring out the window moping.

* NightmareFuel:
** Martha's nightmare in "Too Much Martha" portrays her as being literally paper thin and unable to really move on her own, yet still forced on a (stricter) diet by Helen to "lose weight". While the sequence has some admittedly amusing moments, such as paper-thin Martha being flown like a kite for a "walk", Martha's panicky AndIMustScream state and Helen's obliviousness (or indifference) to Martha's condition make it all the creepier.
** The episode "The Trouble With Teddy" has some scary moments, including one of the dogs who was implied to have had a near-death experience in the past.
** In "Helen's All Thumbs", the negative effects of Helen's gaming. Particularly her forgetting to feed Martha and Skits and especially her ''hallucinating'' sprites from the game!

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In "T.D. the Pack Rat", Janice Kenelly asked T.D. to stop collecting junk. But given the type of person T.D. is, he decides to do the opposite. When hiding a rock he collected, Janice asks him to help place a painting. And sure enough, the rock was unhidden from her. What's strange is that Janice is a tall adult so she should have no problem framing the painting herself. So did Janie really need T.D.'s help with painting or was it a SecretTestOfCharacter to see if T.D. really obeyed her wishes.

* NightmareFuel: Martha's nightmare in "Too Much Martha" portrays her as being literally paper thin and unable to really move on her own, yet still forced on a (stricter) diet by Helen to "lose weight". While the sequence has some admittedly amusing moments, such as paper-thin Martha being flown like a kite for a "walk", Martha's panicky AndIMustScream state and Helen's obliviousness (or indifference) to Martha's condition make it all the creepier.

** For anyone who is scared of the idea of sleep deprivation, Martha being tired in "Martha's Chair" and her and Helen being tired in "Martha Walks the Dog" can be scary.
** Though "Camp Truman" mainly averts this, several of the suggested ideas (like Milo losing his ability to ever be happy and Milo getting tired) were pretty creepy.
** Another nightmare of Martha's in "Fit vs Fat" is a bit of this, because, in it, her, Helen, Alice, T.D., Truman, and Ronald are very lazy. In fact, the kids (sans Ronald, who is slightly less lazy) are so lazy that they have great trouble lifting small objects and groan all the time.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In "T.D. the Pack Rat", Janice Kenelly asked T.D. to stop collecting junk. But given the type of person T.D. is, he decides to do the opposite. When hiding a rock he collected, Janice asks him to help place a painting. And sure enough, the rock was unhidden from her. What's strange is that Janice is a tall adult so she should have no problem framing the painting herself. So did Janie really need T.D.'s help with painting or was it a SecretTestofCharacter to see if T.D. really obeyeded her wishes.

AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In "T.D. the Pack Rat", Janice Kenelly asked T.D. to stop collecting junk. But [[Cloudcukoolander knowing T.D.]] he decides to do the opposite. When hiding a rock he collected, Janice asks him to help place a painting. And sure enough, the rock was unhidden from her. What's strange is that Janice is a tall adult so she should have no problem framing the painting herself. So did Janie really need T.D.'s help with painting or was it a SecretTestofCharacter to see if T.D. really obeyeded her wishes.

** With the Peabody Award winning series, ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'', because the show also follows a curriculum of literature with a combination of comedy antics, as well as the fact that some of the voice actors from ''Martha Speaks'' are also well-known for ''Molly of Denali''.

** With the Peabody Award winning series, ''WesternAnimation/MollyofDenali'', because the show also follows a curriculum of literature with a combination of comedy antics, as well as the fact that some of the voice actors from ''Martha Speaks'' are also well-known for ''Molly of Denali''.

** With the Peabody Award winning series, ''WesternAnimation/Molly of Denali'', because the show also follows a curriculum of literature with a combination of comedy antics, as well as the fact that some of the voice actors from ''Martha Speaks'' are also well-known for ''Molly of Denali''.

* MemeticMutation: Martha was an average dog[[labelnote:Explanation]]In 2022, people started making edits based on the intro theme.[[/labelnote]]

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The theme song.
** In a weird way, the Nutrition song.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: "Martha Calling:" Martha wins a country club vacation in a phone contest. The thing is, dogs aren't allowed. Rather than leave Martha at home, they disguise her as their wheelchair-ridden grandmother and sneak her in. Not only is this dishonest, it's also illegal. But nobody cares when the truth is revealed. In fact, the owner actually starts allowing pets after Martha is exposed. It's not ''that'' bad and this is a children's series after all, but it's still an example.

* EsotericHappyEnding: The ending of Dog Daze has [[ItMakesSenseInContext Carolina turned into a dog.]] The episode plays out without her turning back to a human. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment The next episode has her back.]] The episode actually ends with Truman pointing this out, so the episode resumes by having [[AllJustADream all that to have been a dream]].

* HilariousInHindsight: From "Dogs in Space":
--> Helen: "Dad, we found your favorite comic."
--> Dad: "[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Pinkie the Pony]]?"

-->'''Truman:''' Have you ever heard of [[Film/CowboysAndAliens an alien settler in a Western]]?

* EsotericHappyEnding: [[spoiler:The ending of Dog Daze has [[ItMakesSenseInContext Carolina turned into a dog.]] The episode plays out without her turning back to a human. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment The next episode has her back.]]]] [[spoiler:The episode actually ends with Truman pointing this out, so the episode resumes by having [[AllJustADream all that to have been a dream]].]]

* PeripheryDemographic[=/=]JustHereForGodzilla: A sizable portion of teens and adults enjoy it for how surprisingly clever the writing is and the shared cast/crew members with ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Several!
** Martha and Skits as puppies. Heck, they're cute as adult dogs!
** Lily.
** Cisco.
** Francois.
** Mandarin, Streak, and Butterscotch.
** Prof. Monkey.
** Kitten
** Even Nelson.
* {{Squick}}: Martha eating and rolling around in garbage. Also, in one episode she claimed to be rolling around in ''dead snakes''.

* TheWoobie: Martha is usually happy, but when she has to suffer, you can't help but feel sorry for her. Such episodes include "Martha Changes Her Luck", when she thinks she's cursed with bad luck that's rubbing onto others.
** Teddy in the episode "The Trouble With Teddy".
** Skits in the episode "Martha and Skits", thankfully he is not usually a Woobie.

*** Martha and Skits are also Woobies during "Helen's All Thumbs" due to Helen forgetting to feed them, and this conversation between Martha and Skits.

** Truman can be this in "Truman and the Deep Blue Sea".
** Milo can be this in "Milo's Reading Buddy" and "Skits & Mr Scruffles"
** Butterscotch in "Nurse Martha"
** Alice in the episode "Alice Twinkle Toes"

* EarWorm:
** Boy is the theme music catchy.
** As is T.D.'s Belgium song.[[note]]It doesn't help that they sing the last two lines of the song at least a dozen times during the course of the episode.[[/note]]
--> Kick off our shoes and our socks,
--> 'Cause you know that Belgium ROCKS!
* EsotericHappyEnding: [[spoiler:The ending of Dog Daze has [[ItMakesSenseInContext Carolina turned into a dog.]] The episode plays out without her turning back to a human. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment The next episode has her back.]]]]
** [[spoiler:The episode actually ends with Truman pointing this out, so the episode resumes by having [[AllJustADream all that to have been a dream]].]]

* AwesomeMusic: The theme song.

** (despite FIM was still in production when the episode was premiered on February 19, 2010. FIM premiered on October 10, 2010 on TheHub)
** Not to mention MLP G3 cartoons NOT produced by Studio B/DHX Vancouver starring Pinkie Pie

* TheWoobie: Some episodes depict Martha in this fashion, such as when she believed she'd been cursed with bad luck, leading her to run away from home. Sure, otherwise she's happy in most episodes, but when she's suffering, she does so beautifully!

** Helen, though not usually a Woobie, is sometimes one in a few episodes, notably "Martha's Got Talent" and "Martha in Charge".

** Alice in the episode "Alice Twinkle Toes"