History YMMV / NullmetalAlchemist

* HilariousInHindsight: "What's the worst that could possibly happen?" "[[LightNovel/SagaOfTanyaTheEvil Nazis. Magical Nazis]]."

* EarWorm: The theme song, which is basically a haiku.
** "Psiren's Call".

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Everything [[TheCaligula King Bradley]] says and does. He's dedicated an entire holiday to making fun of Mexicans, publicly executed anyone who wore green clothing on what is remembered as the worst St. Patrick's Day ever, and generally gets off to committing genocide and other atrocious acts. It should be horrifying, but his chipper attitude, combined with the more outlandish stunts he pulls, make it painfully funny.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Ed uses his "contextually insensitive" magic to defeat Father Cornello... through the power of "Don't Stop Me Now" by Music/{{Queen}}.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Faulerro is ''really'' good at editing, so many episodes have their entire contexts expertly changed with some additional animation.

** Aaaaand as of episode 11 Hughes is [[ShipperOnDeck effectively shipping]] Roy and Ed. Mustang also threatens Ed with telling all of Central that Ed has a "massive man-crush on his tight ass" (at least, according to [[OnlySaneMan Riza]]) and it's suggested throughout the episode that people are already whispering rumors about them. Mustang lampshades the playing-to-the-shippers by telling Hughes "don't be so {{Tumblr}}!"

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Falman was introduced as an ExtremeDoormat but future appearances have had him as TheSpock, with Fury picking up his doormat status.
** Scar appeared to be an ambiguously innocent PsychopathicManChild in his first two appearances, but in episode 14 he's a cold, skilled FauxAffablyEvil and rather scary psychopath.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: "I don't want to brag, but I'm a pretty good magician... You might even say I'm the greatest magician ''of all time''!" -Ed, just before magicking up a fight with a vicious chimera.
** In episode twelve, just try not to cheer when Scar calls Marcoh's name... and the elderly doctor answers, "Polo, [[PrecisionFStrike MOTHERFUCKER]]!"

** Scar appeared to be an AmbiguouslyInnocent PsychopathicManChild in his first two appearances, but in episode 14 he's a cold, skilled FauxAffablyEvil and rather scary psychopath.

* TearJerker: Nina's BodyHorror and death are arguably made ''darker'' in contrast [[AbridgedSeries to the kind of show this is]]. The fact that she was ''endearingly [[CloudCuckoolander wacky]]'' beforehand only makes it worse.
** YMMV, but the first half of episode 7 is tear jerking because of how depressed Ed has gotten. It also makes the military's treatment of his depression downright disgusting.

** YMMV, but the first half of episode 7 is tear jerking because of how depressed Ed has gotten. It also makes the military's treatment of his depression downright disgusting.

* CharacterizationMovesOn: Falman was introduced as an ExtremeDoormat but future appearances have had him as TheSpock, with Fury picking up his doormat status.