History YMMV / MawaruPenguindrum

* MemeticBadass: Kanba is already {{badass}} enough in-story, but his 4chan fans take his badassery even further. Because this guy will punch gods and goddesses and kick whatever/whoever is on his way [[MemeticMutation FOR HIMARI'S SAKE!]]

* InternetBackdraft: Go to [[ImageBoards /a/.]] Hop into a MP thread. Mention the "Is Shouma a potential CuteAndPsycho?" theory. Watch the thread dissolve in a FlameWar between those who support it and those who don't.

* BaseBreaker

* HilariousInHindsight: The whole BrotherSisterIncest between Himari and Kanba becomes totally hilarious by episode 21. Why? [[spoiler: Because not only they turn out to be NotBloodSiblings (though Himari had amnesia in regards to that), but then we learn that Kanba's ClingyJealousGirl Masako is Kanba's real sister (and his ''twin''), ''and they knew it all the time''. ]] Meaning, [[spoiler: the pairing that many people shunned due to incest, it wasn't incestuous in the end. And the [[FanPreferredCouple "alternate" pairing]] that some people shipped [[SelectiveSquick to not fall into BSI?]] ''Surprise incest''!]]

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale: ''Penguindrum'' has the adult [[spoiler:Yuri]]'s attempted rape of [[spoiler:Ringo]], an underage sixteen-year old girl. On one hand, the rape isn't exactly portrayed as ''okay'', and it's made clear that the rapist is a messed-up person. However, the rape is used to develop the rapist's character and segue into the rapist's backstory, which gives off the vibe of rationalizing and excusing her actions, whereas the victim is reduced to a mere prop and has an uncomfortable amount of MaleGaze fanservice applied to her -- which ''may'' have been intended as FanDisservice, but the sheer exploitative nature of it makes the claim fall flat. The details of the rape are inconsistent from one episode to the next, with the rape being portrayed as rape one episode and as a titillating seduction in the next, and whether or not the rapist actually went through with it or not is ambiguous; the rescue attempt is played for comedy, and only happens due to a hideous amount of contrivity. Furthermore, the victim is completely unaffected by the ordeal and the rapist gets off with absolutely no repercussions for her actions, and the whole scene affects practically ''nothing'' in the grand scheme of the story and is quickly forgotten afterwards, save for being the subject of a brief joke a couple of episodes later, wasting a lot of character and story potential on top of everything else; in fact, the scene could be completely cut out of the story with little to no loss. The shoddy handling of the scene really smacks of the writers writing themselves into a corner and hastily retconning the story in an attempt to fix it, and given all the above, it's no surprise that some viewers consider this part of ''Penguindrum'' to be one of the lowest points in the series.

** Seeing Kanba blush when he's being [[spoiler: complimented by his parents in episode 19]] is cute, but when you find out [[spoiler: he's actually talking to his parents rotting corpses and the living parents are just a delusion he constructed to not feel horrible about what he's doing]] it's just heartbreaking.

* EarWorm: Both the opening, "[[NorseMythology Nornir]]", and the ending, "Dear Future".

* MemeticMolester - MemeticSexGod: Sanetoshi flips flops between these two tropes. On one hand it's rather creepy to see him looming close [[{{Ephebophile}} to a 13-year-old girl like Himari]] in rather suspicious attitudes ([[Memes/{{Anime}} and getting Kanba]] [[{{Netorare}} NTR'd]]); on the other the guy is simply ''[[{{Bishonen}} gorgeous]]'', [[MagnificentBastard very smooth and smart]], and has a rather nice voice.

* AdaptationDisplacement: A manga adaptation of this anime exists. Good luck trying to find out anything about it, though.

* AssPull: Some fans believe [[spoiler:Yuri's relationship and backstory with Momoka]] to be this, seeing as it comes with little foreshadowing. It doesn't help that the reveal comes hand-in-hand with a turn of events that come off as {{AssPull}}s themselves (see TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot and DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale for more details), and that the events make the reveal itself look even ''more'' like an AssPull given the absolute lack of attention given to [[spoiler:Yuri's attraction to Ringo]] both before and after.
* BaseBreaker: Depending on where you go, you either think that Ringo is an adorable and funny PluckyGirl who knows what she wants and will do her best to get her "Destiny" fulfilled and deserves a lot of sympathy for her genuinely sad backstory, or that she's a stupid, delusional, psychotic, stalker who's also [[spoiler: an attempted rapist]] who totally deserved to have [[spoiler: Himari's possessor]] insulting her all over as well as being locked up in a ward.
** RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: ''Especially'' after episode 14. The scene in which [[spoiler: Shouma rejects her friendship/feelings because of the SinsOfOurFathers [[HeroicBSOD and she breaks down]] ]] was met in several circles with utter anger ''for poor Ringo's sake''.
*** Of course not all fans are broken up about it. [[spoiler: [[FanDumb Because some those in several circles act like she has done nothing wrong and that Shouma is wrong to reject her feelings even after abusing him, saving her life twice, and preventing her from raping a man once.]] Then act surprised when he rejects her because he has his own issues. (She ''is'' very sympathetic, people, but she's not a total innocent.)]] Some feel more sorry for Shouma as a result.
*** And others have taken a third option via feeling bad for ''both'' of them, since it's not exactly an easy situation for either kid. Then again, it's noticeable that ever since episode 6 explained her backstory, the sympathy for Ringo has steadily increased, reaching its peak in episode 14; people who professed their hate for her at first have been spotted rooting for her now.
** While Shouma still has many fans, he has also had detractors referring to him as [[WhatMeasureIsANonBadass "weak" and "useless" and "inferior to]] [[MemeticBadass Kanba"]]. Then episode 19 rolls around and shows that [[spoiler: Shouma was the one who took Himari out of the Child Broiler and into the Takakura family.]] Cue the RAGE of many Kanba fans on /a/.

** RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: ''Specially'' after episode 14. The scene in which [[spoiler: Shouma rejects her friendship/feelings because of the SinsOfOurFathers [[HeroicBSOD and she breaks down]] ]] was met in several circles with utter anger ''for poor Ringo's sake''.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: [[spoiler:Yuri trying to make Ringo into Momoka]]. Introduced in episode 14, then shoved into the background by other plot developments and pretty much dropped a few episodes later with little fanfare. Not to mention the non-existence of [[spoiler:the consequences of Yuri's rape]], as well as the incredibly awful handling of the event itself, wasting a lot of potential for character development. It doesn't help that the whole situation feels shoved into the plot for drama and to quickly explain Yuri's involvement in the plot to begin with, with said explanation clashing with earlier plot developments as well.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Yuri is definitely played up to be sympathetic in the narrative, but it's hard to regard her as such when she unapologetically [[spoiler:kidnaps, drugs, and forces herself on an underage teenage girl]] out of ''hideously'' selfish reasons, gets away with no repercussions, and even makes a ''second attempt'' which luckily doesn't get off the ground. Not to mention that at the same time, Yuri also plots to [[spoiler:murder a sickly, completely innocent child merely because of her family relation]].

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: [[spoiler:Yuri trying to make Ringo into Momoka]]. Introduced in episode 14, then shoved into the background by other plot developments and pretty much dropped a few episodes later with little fanfare. Not to mention the non-existence of [[spoiler:the consequences of Yuri's rape]], as well as the incredibly awful handling of the event itself, wasting a lot of potential for character development.

** There's also the fact that both of the canonically-confirmed lesbian characters in the show are [[spoiler:a rapist, attempted or otherwise, who gets away with her crimes]], and [[spoiler:an overly-jealous ex who stabs someone and gets away with her crimes]], respectively; made more insulting by the fact that the latter is a minor character with little-to-no impact on the plot that could've been easily cut out. Pointed out [[http://whiningaboutyuri.tumblr.com/post/91848009438/making-people-hate-me-for-dissing-ikuhara-part-1 here]] and [[http://yomigaere.tumblr.com/post/91855232832/making-people-hate-me-for-dissing-ikuhara-part-1 here]].

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: [[spoiler:Yuri trying to make Ringo into Momoka]]. Introduced in episode 14, then shoved into the background by other plot developments and pretty much dropped a few episodes later with little fanfare. Not to mention the non-existence of [[spoiler:the consequences of Yuri's rape]], wasting a lot of potential for character development.

** The entire handling of [[spoiler:Yuri]]'s attempted rape of [[spoiler:Ringo]] in episodes 14 and 15 is rife with these. For one thing, the narrative goes out of its way to encourage sympathy for the rapist, complete with an elaborate FreudianExcuse that's revealed immediately afterwards, while the underage victim is reduced to a sex object by way of excessive MaleGaze -- which may have been intended as FanDisservice, but the incredibly exploitable framing of the fanservice says otherwise. For another, the rapist [[KarmaHoudini gets away with her crime while facing absolutely no repercussions]] for it... and considering who [[KunihikoIkuhara the director]] [[YuriFanboy is]], it's not completely farfetched to think that she gets a free pass for her actions just because she's a lesbian. Pointed out [[http://whiningaboutyuri.tumblr.com/post/91948987993/making-people-hate-me-for-dissing-ikuhara-part-2 here]], [[http://yomigaere.tumblr.com/post/91995325377/making-people-hate-me-for-dissing-ikuhara-part-2 here]] and [[http://yomigaere.tumblr.com/post/83857989514/i-finally-rewatched-that-part-of-mawaru here]]. See also the entry under DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale.

** There's also the fact that both of the canonically-confirmed lesbian characters in the show are [[spoiler:a rapist, attempted or otherwise, who gets away with her crimes]], and [[spoiler:an overly-jealous ex who stabs someone and gets away with her crimes]], respectively; made more insulting by the fact that the latter is a minor character with little-to-no impact on the plot that could've been easily cut out. Pointed out [[http://whiningaboutyuri.tumblr.com/post/91848009438/making-people-hate-me-for-dissing-ikuhara-part-1 here]].
* TheWoobie:
** Ringo, once her FreudianExcuse is revealed. [[spoiler: Even more so after episode 14, in which the closest to a best friend/love interest she has pushes her away due to his issues, and then she's practically kidnapped and nearly raped by Yuri.]]

* UnfortunateImplications: The entire handling of [[spoiler:Yuri]]'s attempted rape of [[spoiler:Ringo]] in episodes 14 and 15 is rife with these. For one thing, the narrative goes out of its way to encourage sympathy for the rapist, complete with an elaborate FreudianExcuse that's revealed immediately afterwards, while the underage victim is reduced to a sex object by way of excessive MaleGaze -- which may have been intended as FanDisservice, but the incredibly exploitable framing of the fanservice says otherwise. For another, the rapist [[KarmaHoudini gets away with her crime while facing absolutely no repercussions]] for it... and considering who [[KunihikoIkuhara the director]] [[YuriFanboy is]], it's not completely farfetched to think that she gets a free pass for her actions just because she's a lesbian. Pointed out [[http://whiningaboutyuri.tumblr.com/post/91948987993/making-people-hate-me-for-dissing-ikuhara-part-2 here]], [[http://yomigaere.tumblr.com/post/91995325377/making-people-hate-me-for-dissing-ikuhara-part-2 here]] and [[http://yomigaere.tumblr.com/post/83857989514/i-finally-rewatched-that-part-of-mawaru here]]. See also the entry under DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale.

* UnfortunateImplications: The entire handling of [[spoiler:Yuri]]'s attempted rape of [[spoiler:Ringo]] in episodes 14 and 15 is rife with these. For one thing, the narrative goes out of its way to encourage sympathy for the rapist, complete with an elaborate FreudianExcuse that's revealed immediately afterwards, while the underage victim is reduced to a sex object by way of excessive MaleGaze -- which may have been intended as FanDisservice, but the incredibly exploitable framing of the fanservice says otherwise. For another, the rapist [[KarmaHoudini gets away with her crime while facing absolutely no repercussions]] for it... and considering who [[KunihikoIkuhara the director]] [[YuriFanboy is]], it's not completely farfetched to think that she gets a free pass for her actions just because she's a lesbian. Pointed out [[http://whiningaboutyuri.tumblr.com/post/91948987993/making-people-hate-me-for-dissing-ikuhara-part-2 here]], [[http://yomigaere.tumblr.com/post/91855232832/making-people-hate-me-for-dissing-ikuhara-part-1 here]], [[http://yomigaere.tumblr.com/post/91995325377/making-people-hate-me-for-dissing-ikuhara-part-2 here]] and [[http://yomigaere.tumblr.com/post/83857989514/i-finally-rewatched-that-part-of-mawaru here]]. See also the entry under DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale.

* UnfortunateImplications: The entire handling of [[spoiler:Yuri]]'s attempted rape of [[spoiler:Ringo]] in episodes 14 and 15 is rife with these. For one thing, the narrative goes out of its way to encourage sympathy for the rapist, complete with an elaborate FreudianExcuse that's revealed immediately afterwards, while the underage victim is reduced to a sex object by way of excessive MaleGaze -- which may have been intended as FanDisservice, but the incredibly exploitable framing of the fanservice says otherwise. For another, the rapist [[KarmaHoudini gets away with her crime while facing absolutely no repercussions]] for it... and considering who [[KunihikoIkuhara the director]] [[YuriFanboy is]], it's not completely farfetched to think that she gets a free pass for her actions just because she's a lesbian. Pointed out [[http://whiningaboutyuri.tumblr.com/post/91948987993/making-people-hate-me-for-dissing-ikuhara-part-2 here]], [[http://yomigaere.tumblr.com/post/91855232832/making-people-hate-me-for-dissing-ikuhara-part-1 here]] and [[http://yomigaere.tumblr.com/post/91995325377/making-people-hate-me-for-dissing-ikuhara-part-2 here]]. See also the entry under DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale.

* UnfortunateImplications: The entire handling of [[spoiler:Yuri]]'s attempted rape of [[spoiler:Ringo]] in episodes 14 and 15 is rife with these. For one thing, the narrative goes out of its way to encourage sympathy for the rapist, complete with an elaborate FreudianExcuse that's revealed immediately afterwards, while the underage victim is reduced to a sex object by way of excessive MaleGaze -- which may have been intended as FanDisservice, but the incredibly exploitable framing of the fanservice says otherwise. For another, the rapist [[KarmaHoudini gets away with her crime while facing absolutely no repercussions]] for it]]... and considering who [[KunihikoIkuhara the director]] [[YuriFanboy is]], it's not completely farfetched to think that she gets a free pass for her actions just because she's a lesbian. Pointed out [[http://whiningaboutyuri.tumblr.com/post/91948987993/making-people-hate-me-for-dissing-ikuhara-part-2 here]], [[http://yomigaere.tumblr.com/post/91855232832/making-people-hate-me-for-dissing-ikuhara-part-1 here]] and [[http://yomigaere.tumblr.com/post/91995325377/making-people-hate-me-for-dissing-ikuhara-part-2 here]]. See also the entry under DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale.

* UnfortunateImplications: The entire handling of [[spoiler:Yuri's attempted rape of Ringo]] in episodes 14 and 15 is rife with these. For one thing, [[spoiler:the narrative goes out of its way to encourage sympathy for the rapist, complete with an elaborate FreudianExcuse that's revealed immediately afterwards, while the underage victim is reduced to a sex object by way of excessive MaleGaze - which ''may'' have been intended as FanDisservice, but the attempts falls through.]] For another, [[spoiler:Yuri [[KarmaHoudini gets away with her crime while facing absolutely no repercussions]] for it]]... and considering who [[KunihikoIkuhara the director]] [[YuriFanboy is]], it's not completely farfetched to think that [[spoiler:Yuri gets a free pass for her actions just because she's a lesbian]]. Pointed out [[http://whiningaboutyuri.tumblr.com/post/91948987993/making-people-hate-me-for-dissing-ikuhara-part-2 here]], [[http://yomigaere.tumblr.com/post/91855232832/making-people-hate-me-for-dissing-ikuhara-part-1 here]] and [[http://yomigaere.tumblr.com/post/91995325377/making-people-hate-me-for-dissing-ikuhara-part-2 here]].

* UnfortunateImplications: The entire handling of [[spoiler:Yuri's attempted rape of Ringo]] in episodes 14 and 15 is rife with these. For one thing, [[spoiler:the narrative goes out of its way to encourage sympathy for the rapist, complete with an elaborate FreudianExcuse that's revealed immediately afterwards, while the underage victim is reduced to a sex object by way of excessive MaleGaze - which ''may'' have been intended as FanDisservice, but the attempts falls through.]] For another, [[spoiler:Yuri [[KarmaHoudini gets away with her crime while facing absolutely no repercussions]] for it]]... and considering who [[KunihikoIkuhara the director]] [[YuriFanboy is]], it's not completely farfetched to think that [[spoiler:Yuri gets a free pass for her actions just because she's a lesbian]]. Pointed out [[http://whiningaboutyuri.tumblr.com/post/91948987993/making-people-hate-me-for-dissing-ikuhara-part-2 here]] and [[http://yomigaere.tumblr.com/post/91995325377/making-people-hate-me-for-dissing-ikuhara-part-2 here]].

* UnfortunateImplications: The entire handling of [[spoiler:Yuri's attempted rape of Ringo]] in episodes 14 and 15 is rife with these. For one thing, [[spoiler:the narrative goes out of its way to encourage sympathy for the rapist, complete with an elaborate FreudianExcuse that's revealed immediately afterwards, while the underage victim is reduced to a sex object by way of excessive MaleGaze.]] For another, [[spoiler:Yuri [[KarmaHoudini gets away with her crime while facing absolutely no repercussions]] for it]]... and considering who [[KunihikoIkuhara the director]] [[YuriFanboy is]], it's not completely farfetched to think that [[spoiler:Yuri gets a free pass for her actions just because she's a lesbian]].

* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:Yuri's father]], as revealed in Episode 15. He ''carves her body with a chisel'' to make her "look beautiful" and be worthy of his love, while repeatedly telling her that she's ugly and he can't love ugly things. And this is not counting all of the hints that [[spoiler: he sexually abused Yuri as well.]]

* UnfortunateImplications: The entire handling of [[spoiler:Yuri's attempted rape of Ringo]] in episodes 14 and 15 is rife with these. For one thing, [[spoiler:the narrative goes out of its way to encourage sympathy for the rapist, complete with an elaborate FreudianExcuse that's revealed immediately afterwards, while the underage victim is reduced to a sex object by way of excessive MaleGaze.]] For another, [[spoiler:Yuri [[gets away with her crime while facing absolutely no repercussions]] for it]]... and considering who [[KunihikoIkuhara the director]] [[YuriFanboy is]], it's not completely farfetched to think that [[spoiler:Yuri gets a free pass for her actions just because she's a lesbian]].

** However, this seems for the moment justified -- [[spoiler:Tabuki]] says he doesn't understand [[spoiler:[[BlitheSpirit Momoka]]]]'s actions either, and he is an UnreliableNarrator as well.

* TheWoobie: Ringo, once her FreudianExcuse is revealed. [[spoiler: Even more so after episode 14, in which the closest to a best friend/love interest she has pushes her away due to his issues, and then she's practically kidnapped and raped by the desperate Yuri.]]

** JerkAssWoobie: For some, episode 15 makes [[spoiler: Yuri Tokikago]] this. [[spoiler: She]] is crazy and all, but one cannot deny that [[spoiler: [[AbusiveParents her past]] was fucked up as Hell.]]
*** Also, [[spoiler: Tabuki]] after episode 18.
** Let's face it, almost everyone in this show is a [[WorldOfWoobie woobie]].

* MemeticMolester - MemeticSexGod: Sanetoshi flips flops between these two tropes. On one hand it's rather creepy to see him looming close [[{{Ephebophile}} to a 13-year-old girl like Himari]] in rather suspicious attitudes ([[Memes/{{Anime}} and getting Kanba]] [[NetorareGenre NTR'd]]); on the other the guy is simply ''[[{{Bishonen}} gorgeous]]'', [[MagnificentBastard very smooth and smart]], and has a rather nice voice.

** [[spoiler: Kanba]] is getting [[NetorareGenre NTR'd]]!