History YMMV / MinecraftStoryMode

** [[spoiler: Reuben's death scene actually manages to hurt quite a bit after having had him with you through the whole game, especially with his sacrifice being to help save the world. What's less painful though is the way he finally keels over and turns into a porkchop. It's enough to completely ruin the drama of the scene, though it is funny at least. Despite this, many people were still moved by his death.]]
** In Season 2, when Petra's distracting the Admin to give Jesse time to set up defenses, she taunts him by saying "Let's see how you deal with the enchanted deliciousness of [[ICallItVera Miss Butter!]]" Corny? Yes. Abnormally hammy for [[TheStoic Petra]]? Yes. Doesn't help that her voice for part of it sounds nasally.

*** StampyLongHead's voice acting in particular is quite divisive as some felt his utterly hammy and overtly child-friendly demeanor felt very out of place. Others felt it was awesome to hear his voice in the game.

** When the trailer for ''Minecraft: Story Mode'' was released, the fanbase was... less than thrilled. While there were some people excited for it, others didn't like what they saw in the trailer. Among the complaints would be that the animation used was subpar compared to some of the more prominent ''Minecraft'' animation creators, the look of the mouths as characters were talking, the bland script and the fact that some people don't want ''Minecraft'' to be dramatic. Some even say that ''Minecraft: Story Mode'' is overall a low point for Telltale Games.

* LesYay: Throughout the series, Jesse and Petra both have a bit of ShipTease moments, ''especially'' in Season 2, where Jesse is the one helping Petra through her character arc. But this applies whether or not Jesse is male or female. It gets taken up to eleven in Season 2 where Petra can admit to a (female) Jesse that she was the most important person in her life and that she didn't want to separate with her. The seal on the deal is when (a female) Jesse is able to chose to go with Petra on her her adventures, with the endgame quote saying that 'You decided to stay with Petra no matter what'.

* EpilepticTrees: A lot of the fan-made theories for Episode 5.

** In season one episode four, after they've blown a hole into the Witherstorm, Jesse says "That hole looks big enough to fit into!", which really sounds like the start of a "ThatsWhatSheSaid" joke.

* SoundtrackDissonance: As argued by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpLr1zcrQdE this video]] the soundtrack in the game can seem ill-suited for some scenes in the game.

** In season one episode four, after they've blown a hole into the Witherstorm, Jesse says "That hole looks big enough to fit into!", which really sounds like the start of a [[Series/TheOfficeUS "that's what she said"]] joke.

** Whether or not this series is just a cash grab by Telltale has been a big matter of discussion among fans since day one. The "Adventure Pass" that was announced to coincide with episodes 6 to 8 definitely seems to imply this to be true, though, since they claim that those episodes are only "DLC" and that the main story ended in Episode 4. By the way, the money you're saving with the Adventure Pass? A whole 58 cents!

* DesignatedVillain / DesignatedMonkey: A downplayed example with Lukas (At least for the former trope) for the opening half of Episode 3. Despite him having done nothing wrong and asking to use the Amulet to get it to work, the game [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality forces the player to go against any of his suggestions and try to yank the amulet away from him]] (Y'know, despite the fact that we're supposed to make the choices in this game?), and doesn't even give them an option to support him while the other characters seem rather against him in his suggestions to help. Add in the fact that the game seems to love [[ButtMonkey treating him badly]] during the first half of the episode (Axel constantly crashing on top of the poor guy in the first half doesn't help) and even gives the player to [[KickTheDog make fun of his fear of Endermen]], and it just seems like the world loves taking the chance to crap on him. Thankfully the game gives the player more chances to treat him better as the story progresses.

* {{Fanon}}: As sort of a compromise to the fact that Jesse can be either male or female, they are often headcanoned as genderfluid or non-binary.

* MemeticMutation: Episode 1 gave a few.
** ''Nobody will remember that.''
** ''Freakin' Beacon.''
** "We could have saved the build?!" [[note]]The options read "Come on, help me find Reuben" and, "Stay here, save the machine!" The options have fooled many a gamer into thinking that they'd be abandoning the pig if they pick the machine, when really you're just telling Axel and Olivia to either stay behind and keep the build safe or come with you and find Reuben. Many a gamer has raged upon finding this out.[[/note]]
** "That's a shit build!" or otherwise lampshading how bad the starting trio's enderman/creeper/zombie statue looks in episode 1. [[note]]Said by ''many'' members of the Minecraft building community, and those connected to it.[[/note]]

** Lukas, possibly due to his similarities to Luke of ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'', is beloved by the fandom to a ridiculous degree, possibly more than all the other examples.
*** The popularity of these two gets a nod in Petra's interview video if you chose to save her [[https://youtu.be/IMCHntPmj94 here]]; Petra brags that she was chosen over Jack because she's the fan favorite, to which Jack replies that Lukas is a better contender, to Petra's annoyance.

%%* EpilepticTrees: A lot of the fan-made theories for Episode 5.

** In Season 2 Episode 4, Jesse and his friends explore the Underneath, a vast world located below the bedrock layer of the their world, which was thought to be impossible. In the 1.18 Minecraft update, old worlds created before the update had their bedrock layer converted into deepslate and additional caves were generated below y=0, with a new bedrock layer at y=-64. This makes the concept of a previously undiscovered world beneath the bedrock at least somewhat true.

** Episode 6 of Season 1 has become this in regards to the Let's Players appearing in it. At the time, all of them were massively popular on [=YouTube=], with Captain Sparklez being the biggest out of the bunch. Over time, most of them have faded considerably in popularity, with [=DanTDM=] and LetsPlay/{{LDShadowLady}} being the only two who have been able to remain consistently popular in the years since the release of the game, though Dan has mostly moved on to other games.

** Radar. Some like him for being one of the purest characters in the game, his {{Adorkable}} personality, his... ''strange'' CharacterDevelopment, and that [[spoiler: if you left him behind at the end of Episode 4, he is the one who comes and saves everyone, without Romeo having to sacrifice himself]]. Others think he's the most annoying character in the game, hate his [[Creator/YuriLowenthal voice]] and really want him to shut up,and think his CharacterDevelopment is pathetic.

** Radar. Some like him for being one of the purest characters in the game, his {{Adorkable}} personality, his... ''strange'' CharacterDevelopment, and that [[spoiler: if you left him behind at the end of Episode 4, he is the one who comes and saves everyone, without Romeo having to sacrifice himself]]. Others think he's the most annoying character in the game, hate his [[Creator/YuriLowenthal voice]] and really want him to shut up, think his CharacterDevelopment is pathetic, and think he deserves to die.

** ''Radar''. He's despised by the fanbase for being an obnoxious LoonyFan with a grating voice, as well as his appearance [[RememberTheNewGuy not making much sense]]. Even those that [[TheWoobie feel sorry for him]] agree that his lack of actual CharacterDevelopment is just frustrating [[note]]No, "Prison Radar" does ''not'' count as Character Development[[/note]]. Being voiced by Creator/YuriLowenthal does not help at all.

** In season one episode four, after they've blown a hole into the Witherstorm, Jesse says "That hole looks big enough to fit into!", which really sounds like the start of a "That's what she said" joke.

*** This may be why she had the most screentime out of the old cast in the second season and even received her own character arc.

** Jesse and Lukas followed by Jesse and Petra in second place in the popularity polls. Telltale seems to have acknowledged both ships as being popular in the behind-the-scenes short for Season 2.

** Petra, possibly even more so than Lukas. (Poor, poor, POOR Petra.) In the first half of Season 1, she either [[spoiler: gets Wither sickness, which almost kills her]] or [[spolier: almost dies from the Witherstorm, but survives with amnesia.]] In Episode 7, [[spoiler: she gets chipped, and depending on the player’s actions, she can remain chipped the entire episode.]] In Episode 8, [[spoiler: she either gets crushed to death or stabbed by a gladiator (but thankfully respawns).]] It’s unknown what happened between the 5-7 years between Season 1 and Season 2, but it’s highly possible that she was abandoned without a purpose in life for almost this long. In Episode 10, if you sent her to get the clock, [[spoiler: she will become the Admin’s champion; otherwise, she will get sent to the Sunshine Institute with everyone else.]] On top of all that, [[spoiler: she thinks her friends don’t care about her anymore and has an existential crisis - not knowing what her “thing is” until the cabin scene in Season 2 Episode 4.]]

** Petra, possibly even more so than Lukas. In the first half of Season 1, she either [[spoiler: gets Wither sickness, which almost kills her]] or [[spolier: almost dies from the Witherstorm, but survives with amnesia.]] In Episode 7, [[spoiler: she gets chipped, and depending on the player’s actions, she can remain chipped the entire episode.]] In Episode 8, [[spoiler: she either gets crushed to death or stabbed by a gladiator (but thankfully respawns).]] It’s unknown what happened between the 5-7 years between Season 1 and Season 2, but it’s highly possible that she was abandoned without a purpose in life for almost this long. In Episode 10, if you sent her to get the clock, [[spoiler: she will become the Admin’s champion; otherwise, she will get sent to the Sunshine Institute with everyone else.]] On top of all that, [[spoiler: she thinks her friends don’t care about her anymore and has an existential crisis - not knowing what her “thing is” until the cabin scene in Season 2 Episode 4.]]

** In "Jailhouse Block", Radar's decision to become more agressive as "Prison Radar" can be interpreted multiple ways. Was it due to others saying he was too weak for the job back in "Giant Consequences" and now feeling the need to change himself? Or is it just meant to be played as a joke?

** In season one episode four, after they've blown a hole into the Witherstorm, Jesse says "That hole looks big enough to fit into!", which really sounds like the start of a "That's what she said joke."

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:The FinalBattle with the Wither Storm: the group builds a contraption to launch Jesse into the body of the Wither Storm, leading to a battle with the Wither Storm, ending with Jesse destroying the Command Block at its heart and killing it.]]

* AccidentalInnuendo: Two from Radar:
** At the beginning of Episode 4, [[ThinkingOutLoud he asks nobody in particular]] if they'd rather "stay under the [[IncrediblyLamePun radar]]", which sounds less like a profound metaphor and more like him asking the player if they'd like to intercourse.
** Also in Episode 4, he uses Lluna as a weight for pushups, with the noises he makes ("Oh yeah!") sounding more like he's using her for [[BestialityIsDepraved something else]].

* {{Awesome}}

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Anadel's soundtrack for the game manages to mix the original game's ambient, fairly minimalist music with rock quite well.

* UnitentionalUncannyValley:

* ClicheStorm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOfLC2fizNs&list=PLliBvQE3gg9e3RQjYbp1cjbXkf2bP9UIy&index=1 It's enough of a storm of clichés that RTGame, someone who claims to hate bad writing in all of his titles, spitefully and casually points them out while playing the game]].

* IndecisiveParody: Perhaps the biggest criticism of the game is that it can't decide whether it wants to be a parody of Telltale Games' traditional formula, playing up the absurdity of trying to apply their brand of storytelling to a game as freeform and story-light as ''Minecraft'', or if it actually does want to try and tell a serious story about ''Minecraft'', taking inspiration from the kinds of stories and meta-narratives the game's playerbase loves to create.

* IndecisiveParody: Perhaps the biggest criticism of the game is that it can't decide whether it wants to be a parody of Telltale Games' traditional formula, playing up the absurdity of trying to apply their brand of storytelling to a game as freeform and story-light as ''Minecraft'', or if it actually does want to try and tell a serious story about ''Minecraft'' heavily inspired by its playerbase's meta-narratives.