History YMMV / OpenSeason

* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: Many people see Elliot as a terrible friend to Boog and a bad character in general, as, despite his claims that [[IJustWantToHaveFriends he only wants to be friends with Boog]], his actions still got him separated from his loving owner Beth, among other things. Shaw, meanwhile, gets a lot of praise from fans for being an [[LoveToHate entertaining villain]], having so many [[LaughablyEvil hilarious moments]], [[TakeThatScrappy targeting Elliot]], and displaying a significant amount of VillainousValour. This is also the case in ''Scared Silly'', where Elliot's negative qualities are {{Flanderized}}, while Shaw gets even ''more'' funny bits and shows his valour once again, up to and including [[spoiler:going one-on-one with Boog, a grizzly bear, even after his gun is destroyed]] in the climax.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Elliot is supposed to be seen as a foolish but well-meaning character who [[IJustWantToHaveFriends just wants to befriend Boog]] since he is regularly bullied by [[JerkJock Ian]] and hunted down by [[BigBad Shaw]]. That being said, he gets Boog in trouble with the law, relocated from his loving owner, and humiliated in the forest. He twists the knife by revealing he never even ''tried'' to get Boog home and just wanted his company. Accordingly, he instead comes off as a self-centered and remorseless jerk.

* MemeticMutation: Dumpy[[labelnote:Explanation]]During the scene in the convenience store, Boog sticks his butt directly in front of the camera and shakes it around. The bit was later rotoscoped for a viral animation of a crewmate from ''VideoGame/AmongUs'' twerking, leading it to widely catch on as a subject for edits and further redraws.[[/labelnote]]

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Elliot is supposed to be seen as a foolish but well-meaning character who [[IJustWantToHaveFriends just wants to befriend Boog]] since he is regularly bullied by [[JerkJock Ian]] and hunted down by [[BigBad Shaw]]. That being said, he gets Boog in trouble with the law, relocated from his loving owner, and humiliated in the forest. He twists the knife by revealing he never even ''tried'' to get Boog home and just wanted his company. He instead comes off as a self-centered and remorseless jerk.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Elliot is supposed to be seen as a foolish but well-meaning character who [[IJustWantToHaveFriends just wants to befriend Boog]] since he is regularly bullied by [[JerkJock Ian]] and hunted down by [[BigBad Shaw]]. That being said, he gets Boog in trouble with the law, causes Boog to become relocated from his loving owner, repeatedly gets Boog humiliated in the forest, and reveals he never even ''tried'' to get Boog home and just wanted his company, making him come off as a self-centered and remorseless jerk to many.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Elliot in the first film. He's supposed to be seen as a foolish but well-meaning character who [[IJustWantToHaveFriends just wants to befriend Boog]] since he is regularly bullied by [[JerkJock Ian]] and hunted down by [[BigBad Shaw]]. That being said, he gets Boog in trouble with the law, causes Boog to become relocated from his loving owner, repeatedly gets Boog humiliated in the forest, and reveals he never even ''tried'' to get Boog home and just wanted his company, making him come off as a self-centered and remorseless jerk to many.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Ian is a JerkJock, vain, pushy and a bully. But on the other hand, he isn't a coward and he does seem to be a pretty good leader of his herd. And Elliot is a loser and an idiot, and while we never find out what he did to be thrown out, it's pretty likely he did ''[[NoodleIncident something]]''.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Elliot. Some find him funny, while others find him an intolerable prick. The fourth film, where his more negative traits are {{Flanderized}}, hasn't done any favors.