History YMMV / Mulberry

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: "My Fat Lady"'s replacement of Leslie Jones with Tracy Morgan might seem at least a little awkward to readers who remember ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' mainly as the catalyst of her receiving abuse and harassment online. For a story trying to predict the worst that could happen with that movie, it doesn't sound possible to get any further off than completely ignoring the cast member who suffered the most afterwards. Peter apparently just forgot Leslie Jones' name while writing "My Fat Lady", and didn't watch enough of her material to realize "Tracy Morgan in drag" could sound like an apt TakeThat of her schtick.

* HarsherInHindsight: "My Fat Lady" ends with the less crude Creator/MelissaMcCarthy helping ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' earn a reception as glowing as that of ''Film/Ghostbusters1984''. The hopes that ''Ghostbusters'' would boast one of [=McCarthy=]'s least crude performances would eventually come true, but it would only earn a SoOkayItsAverage critical reception and box office performance[[note]]a 73% Website/RottenTomatoes score vs. the original's 97%, and a worldwide gross that covered the production budget, but not advertising[[/note]]. As a less significant example, Mulberry's suggestion that Sony cast Creator/AubreyPlaza as Janine feels ironic considering they would end up giving the Ghostbusters a male secretary (played by Creator/ChrisHemsworth), and that he'd prove more {{ditzy| secretary}} and [[BaseBreakingCharacter base-breaking]] than Janine did.

* AlternativeJokeInterpretation: In "First World Problems," do those who vote for [[spoiler:Adolf Hitler]] to win the Greatest Person Alive Award truly love him? Mulberry does admit that she should've known either way not to let the online community choose the winner.

* AlternariveJokeInterpretation: In "First World Problems," do those who vote for [[spoiler:Adolf Hitler]] to win the Greatest Person Alive Award truly love him? Mulberry does admit that she should've known either way not to let the online community choose the winner.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: "Death By Captain and Tenille" [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=10&page=17 ends]] with Mulberry and her friends obtaining [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime]], but does not show any adventures they have with him.
* WhatAnIdiot: In "Disney Adventures", [[spoiler:Mulberry fails to find the more violent ''Black Cauldron'' because when she asks Little Hiawatha for help finding a lost Disney movie, she doesn't specifically tell him which one.]]

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Before Mulberry goes to help Melissa [=McCarthy=] prepare for ''Ghostbusters'' in "My Fat Lady", she uses a clip of ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' to demonstrate that she was ActuallyPrettyFunny before becoming pigeonholed as degrading BigFun and FatBastard characters, then hopes, "The damage is bad, but not irreversible. The funny person has to still be inside her, somewhere." In real life, Paul Feig must have managed to find her without Mulberry's help; while the next two roles [=McCarthy=] would play for him ([[Film/{{Spy}} Susan Cooper]] and the aforementioned Abby Yates) do have moments of social awkwardness and clumsiness, they ultimately seem more defined by their intellect and combat skills than their weight. (After the first ''Ghostbusters'' trailer premiered, Peter [[http://www.toonzone.net/first-full-ghostbusters-trailer-arrived-watch-now/ thanked God]] that it at least didn't contain any fat jokes.) Additionally, a Creator/{{Netflix}} ''Gilmore Girls'' revival, written by the original show's creator (Amy Sherman-Palladino), would give [=McCarthy=] the chance to ''really'' return to her old comedic style.

** Mulberry and her friends eventually go so deep into the Vault, that they meet a crowd whom the most PC readers might consider {{Ethnic Scrapp|y}}ies, including [[Disney/TheAristoCats Shun Gon]], [[WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies Little Hiawatha]], [[Disney/{{Fantasia}} Sunflower]], [[Film/SongOfTheSouth Uncle Remus]], and [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Apu]].

** Mulberry and her friends eventually go so deep into the Vault, that they meet a crowd of {{Ethnic Scrapp|y}}ies, including [[Disney/TheAristoCats Shun Gon]], [[WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies Little Hiawatha]], [[Disney/{{Fantasia}} Sunflower]], [[Film/SongOfTheSouth Uncle Remus]], and [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Apu]].
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: "Death By Captain and Tenille" [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=10&page=17 ends]] with Mulberry and her friends obtaining [[{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime]], but does not show any adventures they have with him.

** [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Alpha-5]] laments that he can't help the non-''Power Rangers'' characters who want to escape the Disney Vault, "...because I'm Alpha-5 and I suck!"

** Mulberry and her friends find [[Disney/{{Dinosaur}} Aladar]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheGoodDinosaur Arlo]] guarding the Vault, neither of whom the gang can remember, much to the dinosaurs' frustration.

* "Faces and Places #1" gives Walt [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=7&page=6 a death]] heavily inspired by [[Franchise/StarWars a certain movie series]] obtained by Creator/{{Disney}} six years later.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: "My Fat Lady"'s replacement of Leslie Jones with Tracy Morgan might seem at least a little awkward to readers who remember ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' mainly as the catalyst of her receiving abuse and harassment online. Peter apparently just forgot Leslie Jones' name while writing "My Fat Lady", and didn't watch enough of her material to realize "Tracy Morgan in drag" could sound like an apt TakeThat of her schtick.

** After Mulberry [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=8&page=7 prevents]] some [[CartoonAllStarsToTheRescue cartoon all-stars]] from making Jack endure anti-piracy lectures in "Jack the Ripper," she never mentions meeting them again. WordOfGod says this was originally going to be part of a BrickJoke, with additional cartoon characters appearing later to lecture Jack, but the second scene would have disrupted the flow.

*** [[spoiler:For readers who didn't like the thought of another all-male Ghostbusters team, its cancellation adds this tone to the last page's lack of support for the idea. Additionally, while Peter correctly predicted Chris Pratt getting signed on to the reboot, none of the other hypothetical men he listed did, including the one he dreaded would get top billing, Seth Rogen. (Some 2012 rumors listed him as a potential new Ghostbuster, but top billing for this film would have apparently instead gone to Chaning Tatum, whom this comic doesn't name-drop.)]]

*** [[spoiler:For readers who didn't like the thought of another all-male Ghostbusters team, its cancellation adds this tone to the last page's lack of support for the idea.]]

*** Kate [=McKinnon=]'s absence from Mulberry's list of alternate female Ghostbusters seems to suggest that [[ItWillNeverCatchOn she doubts McKinnon's potential to become one of her time's greatest comediennes]], which might sound ironic to readers who now [[AndYouThoughtItWouldFail consider her the funniest star]] of ''Ghostbusters (2016)''. [=McKinnon=] stealing [=McCarthy=]'s chances of becoming the most-beloved Ghostbuster of this movie can make this whole story either Hilarious or Harsher in Hindsight, depending on which actress the reader usually prefers.

*** Kate [=McKinnon=]'s absence from Mulberry's list of alternate female Ghostbusters seems to suggest that [[ItWillNeverCatchOn she doubts McKinnon's potential to become one of her time's greatest comediennes]], which might sound ironic to readers who now [[AndYouThoughtItWouldFail consider her the funniest star]] of ''Ghostbusters (2016)''.

** In "Mulberry's Epic Yarn", Mulberry [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=21&page=10 shoots]] [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Willow Rosenberg]] with her FingerGun, then proclaims, "That's official canon, by the way." Later, ''Webcomic/FreeSpirit'' would allow Jessie Harper, another TV character portrayed by Willow's actress, to become a key part of the Platypus Comix oeuvre.

** "Mulberry's 2004 Fall TV Preview" [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=1&page=3&seriesID=4 describes]] ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' as, "...the heartwarming tale of a misfit ninja who has a demon killer fox in his belly button!" Taking this quote out of context today, it could sound like a combination of ''Naruto'' and ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', the titular character of which has a magic gem in his belly button.

* HarsherInHindsight: "My Fat Lady" ends with the less crude Creator/MelissaMcCarthy helping ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' earn a reception as glowing as that of ''Film/Ghostbusters1984''. The hopes that ''Ghostbusters'' would boast one of [=McCarthy=]'s least crude performances would eventually come true, but it would only earn a SoOkayItsAverage critical reception and box office performance[[note]]a 73% Website/RottenTomatoes score vs. the original's 97%, and a worldwide gross that covered the production budget, but not advertising[[/note]. As a less significant example, Mulberry's suggestion that Sony cast Creator/AubreyPlaza as Janine feels ironic considering they would end up giving the Ghostbusters a male secretary (played by Creator/ChrisHemsworth), and that he'd prove more {{ditzy| secretary}} and [[BaseBreakingCharacter base-breaking]] than Janine did.

* HarsherInHindsight: "My Fat Lady" ends with the less crude Creator/MelissaMcCarthy helping ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' earn a reception as glowing as that of ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'', prompting Sony to greenlight yet another ''Ghostbusters'' movie. The hopes that ''Ghostbusters'' would boast one of [=McCarthy=]'s least crude performances would eventually come true, but it would only earn a SoOkayItsAverage critical reception and box office performance[[note]]a 73% Website/RottenTomatoes score vs. the original's 97%, and a worldwide gross that covered the production budget, but not advertising[[/note]], leaving Sony to question the feasibility of another ''GB'' movie. As a less significant example, Mulberry's suggestion that Sony cast Creator/AubreyPlaza as Janine feels ironic considering they would end up giving the Ghostbusters a male secretary (played by Creator/ChrisHemsworth), and that he'd prove more {{ditzy| secretary}} and [[BaseBreakingCharacter base-breaking]] than Janine did.

*** Mulberry's ImagineSpot about tasteless fat jokes ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' could make includes one where Melissa [=McCarthy=] loudly eats a sandwich during an investigation. Swap [=McCarthy=] with Kate [=McKinnon=], and replace the sandwich with Pringles, and this would perfectly match an actual gag in the movie.

* HarsherInHindsight: "My Fat Lady" ends with the less crude Creator/MelissaMcCarthy helping ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' earn a reception as glowing as that of ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'', prompting Sony to greenlight yet another ''Ghostbusters'' movie. The hopes that ''Ghostbusters'' would boast one of [=McCarthy=]'s least crude performances would eventually come true, but it would only earn a SoOkayItsAverage critical reception and box office performance[[note]]a 73% Website/RottenTomatoes score vs. the original's 97%, and a worldwide gross that covered the production budget, but not advertising[[/note]], leaving Sony to question the feasibility of another ''GB'' movie with her.

* HarsherInHindsight: "My Fat Lady" has this in spades.
** It ends with the less crude Creator/MelissaMcCarthy helping ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' earn a reception as glowing as that of ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'', prompting Sony to greenlight yet another ''Ghostbusters'' movie. The hopes that ''Ghostbusters'' would boast one of [=McCarthy=]'s least crude performances would eventually come true, but it would only earn a SoOkayItsAverage critical reception and box office performance[[note]]a 73% Website/RottenTomatoes score vs. the original's 97%, and a worldwide gross that covered the production budget, but not advertising[[/note]], leaving Sony to question the feasibility of another movie.
** The complete absence of Leslie Jones implies, unintentionally, that she didn't seem worth readers' attention.[[note]]Peter has admitted never hearing about her before she became a Ghostbuster.[[/note]] Hackers and harassers would eventually demonstrate otherwise, by targeting her. Fans would also express support and sympathy for Jones in the wake of their torment.