History YMMV / MonstersVsAliens

* NightmareFuel: [[HumongousMecha The Robot Probe]], especially when their eyes turn red. This titanic beast holds out during an all out attack by the United States Military, searched for Susan's quantonium readings [[SuperPersistentPredator across the continent all the way until it finds her at San Francisco]], finds and chases her throughout said city, corners her at the bridge and tries to mine the quantonium out of her by essentially '''''[[EatenAlive EATING HER ALIVE]]''''' [[BigDamnHeroes before the rest of Team Monster catches up]], took being beheaded by the Golden Gate Bridge to slay it, [[ThoseWereOnlyTheirScouts and is only one of]] ''[[ThoseWereOnlyTheirScouts hundreds]]'', [[ThoseWereOnlyTheirScouts potentially]] '''''[[ThoseWereOnlyTheirScouts thousands]]''''' [[ThoseWereOnlyTheirScouts of identical and equally powerful Robot Probes]].

** Creator/PaulRudd, the voice actor of Derek who selfishly dumped Susan after she gained her abilities to shrink and grow, would later play the role as Scott Lang who can shrink and grow with the Pym Particles in Film/AntMan1 and Film/AntManAndTheWasp.

** Link. The poor guy gets his butt kicked ''several'' times during the battle against the robot probe, and even gets knocked out ''after it's already been defeated''.

** The fact that President Hathaway designed the [[MutuallyAssuredDestruction nuclear fallout button]] to be right next to the latte button is [[InventionalWisdom rather ridiculous]], but then it leads to this interaction.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Dr. Cockroach telling Gallaxhar's supercomputer that his Ph.D is in dance ''seems'' like a SugarWiki/{{funny|moments}} case of ArtisticLicenseLaw, but in actuality, [[https://www.temple.edu/academics/degree-programs/dance-phd-bc-danc-phd dancing Ph.Ds exist]], which are designed to help those who earn their doctorates become performance artists.

** The news anchor sarcastically comments that the U.S. is the only place UFO's ever seem to land in. Later that same year the movie was released, [[Film/DistrictNine a UFO landed in South Africa]].

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Although the San Francisco mission is the film's SignatureScene (to the point of inspiring Ginormica's entire gameplay style), there's only one level actually taking place in it, while the rest is set inside the Robot Probe itself. Further, destroying the robot is meant to be a turning point in her character development, but in the game Ginormica doesn’t even fight it herself.

** It's honestly pretty sad when B.O.B. is genuinely devastated that the Invisble Man never escaped and died 25 years ago. Then, it crosses into funny again when Link claims that he's still in the same chair he died in -- at which we cut to a visibly empty-looking chair.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: The fact that President Hathaway designed the [[MutuallyAssuredDestruction nuclear fallout button]] to be right next to the latte button is [[InventionalWisdom rather ridiculous]], but then it leads to this interaction.
-->'''W.R. Monger:''' And we all know... ''nukes'' ain't an option.\\

** It's honestly pretty sad when B.O.B. is genuinely devastated that The Invisble Man never escaped and died 25 years ago. Then, it crosses into funny again when Link claims that he's still in the same chair he died in - at which we cut to a visibly empty-looking chair.

* SoOkayItsAverage: While the movie has its [[EnsembleDarkhorse die-hard]] [[HePannedItNowHeSucks fans]] and [[CausticCritic its caustic]] [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible haters]], the majority of consensus is that the movie overall a passable feature film, despite its status as a ShallowParody.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The orchestral cover of Music/TheB52s' "Planet Claire'' that plays as the President prepares to make first contact.

* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** There's the president, where every moment involving him is one of the most hilarious things you'll ever see.

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* {{Narm}}:
** For some reason the characters ''always'' refer to Link as ''The'' Missing Link, no matter how awkward it sounds in context.
** The dialogue abounds with BuffySpeak. While funny at first, it never lets up, and it becomes obvious when the writers just couldn't think of anything for the characters to say.

* NightmareFuel: [[HumongousMecha The Robot Probe]], especially when their eyes turn red. This titanic beast holds out during an all out attack by the United States Military, chases Susan's quantonium readings [[SuperPersistentPredator across the continent all the way to San Francisco]], corners her at the bridge and tries to mine the quantonium out of her by essentially '''''[[EatenAlive EATING HER ALIVE]]''''' [[BigDamnHeroes before the rest of Team Monster catches up]], took being beheaded by the Golden Gate Bridge to slay it, [[ThoseWereOnlyTheirScouts and is only one of]] ''[[ThoseWereOnlyTheirScouts hundreds]]'', [[ThoseWereOnlyTheirScouts potentially]] '''''[[ThoseWereOnlyTheirScouts thousands]]''''' [[ThoseWereOnlyTheirScouts of identical and equally powerful Robot Probes]].

* NightmareFuel: [[HumongousMecha The Robot Probe]], especially when their eyes turn red. This titanic beast holds out during an all out attack by the United States Military, chases Susan's quantonium readings [[SuperPersistentPredator across the continent all the way to San Francisco]], corners her at the bridge and tries to mine the quantonium out of her by essentially '''''[[EatenAlive EATING HER ALIVE]]''''' [[BigDamnHeroes before the rest of Team Monster catches up]], took being beheaded by the Golden Gate Bridge to slay it, [[ThoseWereOnlyTheScouts and is only one of]] ''[[ThoseWereOnlyTheScouts hundreds]]'', [[ThoseWereOnlyTheScouts potentially]] '''''[[ThoseWereOnlyTheScouts thousands]]''''' [[ThoseWereOnlyTheScouts of identical and equally powerful Robot Probes]].

* SoOkayItsAverage: While the movie has its [[EnsembleDarkhorse die-hard]] [[HePannedItNowHeSucks fans]] and [[CausticCritic its caustic]] [[SoBadItsHorrible haters]], the majority of consensus is that the movie overall a passable feature film, despite its status as a ShallowParody

* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: A surprisingly decent action platformer that does its best to take advantage of the film's material, with some good variety between the main playable monsters. Though the story does follow a repetitive formula, leading to a lot of the samey environments, and has a lot of the gameplay ideas are interesting but undeveloped, the writing and graphics are very faithful to the film, with many fans often calling the game a rare instance of a videogame adaptation that exceeds the quality of the source material rather than being just as good or worse than it. Definitely an A for effort and ambition, if a C for execution.

* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: A surprisingly decent action platformer that does its best to take advantage of the film's material, with some good variety between the main playable monsters. Though the story does follow a repetitive formula, leading to a lot of the samey environments, and has a lot of the gameplay ideas are interesting but undeveloped, the writing and graphics are very faithful to the film. Definitely an A for effort, if a C for execution.

* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: Gallaxhar may be the main antagonist, but he his LaughablyEvil moments. Most of the hate goes towards Susan's self-centered fiancé, Derek who dumps Susan after she's turned giant and is completely inconsiderate to her, caring more about his career.

* {{Moe}}: With her big eyes and (pre-CharacterDevelopment) timid nature, Susan's someone you just want to give a big hug.

** The news anchor sarcastically comments that the U.S. is the only place UFO's ever seem to land in. Ironically, 2009 also had [[Film/District9 a movie where aliens land in South Africa]].

* UnitentionalUncannyValley: The human characters all have realistically rendered skin, which clashes with their stylized designs. Most viewers found them creepier than the actual monsters for that reason.

* UncannyValley: The human characters all have realistically rendered skin, which clashes with their stylized designs. Most viewers found them creepier than the actual monsters for that reason.

* WhatAnIdiot: Derek dumps Susan for the sake of his career without considering the worldwide fame their continued relationship would bring him, not to mention the millions of dollars in book deals and movie rights. It's a very stupid decision from someone who's already been characterized as a selfish asshole. [[spoiler:He ''does'' put things together, sort of, when he forgives her and offers to take her back at the end. Of course, mentioning that he was offered a network slot if he got an exclusive interview in the next sentence made Susan doubt his sincerity.]] Letting that detail slip only reinforced his stupidity.
-->'''Susan:''' Are the cameras running, sweetie?\\
'''Derek:''' Why, of course they are!

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The film claims to be a B-Movie parody, but doesn't take the idea very far. If one replaced the smaller monsters with super-powered humans, the film would mostly be unchanged.

* UncannyValley: The human characters all have realistically rendered skin which clashes with their stylized designs, making them come off as more creepy looking than the actual monsters.
* ViewerGenderConfusion: [[spoiler: Insectosaurus.]] The movie calls the monster a "he", but a behind-the-scenes book lists the monster as a female. This has lead to a BrokenBase amongst the fans of the movie as to which is truly canon regarding the monster's gender.

** The film wasn't the only DreamWorks film that had pop-culture references to the sci-fi genre [[Film/GalaxyQuest ten years ago]].

** The film wasn't the only one that had pop-culture references to the sci-fi genre [[VideoGame/JohnnyNeroActionHero in the game released five years ago.]]