History YMMV / PlatypusComix

** "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/onlyme/ootwalkthrough.html My Ocarina of Time Walkthrough]]" claims that beating Film/TheRunningMan in a race will grant the player a werewolf's curse. Five years later, ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' starred a Link who could turn into a wolf.

** Reading Peter write, "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/kidzone/gack.html Spidey is red-hot and Batman is red-not. But stuff happens.]]", evidently unable to foresee ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'' rebuilding Franchise/{{Batman}}'s fame, and ''Film/SpiderMan3'' causing Franchise/SpiderMan to lose his.

** "The Ancient Lost Art of ''TV Guide'' Advertising" Vol. 7, "The Bicentennial", shares [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/bored/bicentennial24.JPG a cover]] promoting the ''Series/WonderWoman'' TV show. Underneath, Peter laments that Franchise/WonderWoman apparently doesn't seem relatable enough for her own theatrical movie, with the rejection of a Creator/JossWhedon-penned screenplay prompting him to declare, "if Joss can't make it work, no one can." Eventually, Allan Heinberg and Creator/PattyJenkins would respectively pen and direct [[Film/WonderWoman2017 Wonder Woman's first big-screen solo movie]], and turn it into the first critical darling among the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse's films. This statement might have also become HarsherInHindsight during the year of that movie's premiere, due to the scathing receptions of Joss' leaked ''Wonder Woman'' script, and the first released DC film with him as a credited screenwriter, ''Film/JusticeLeague2017''; the latter would even receive a recut four years later, [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague either replacing or deleting all of his material]].

* TheWoobie: Reading about Peter Paltridge's real life can get depressing sometimes, especially in the article about middle school bullies.

** [[http://platypuscomix.com/bored/tvguidesimpsons5.html In his review]] of the ''America's New Love Affair With Cartoons'' issue of TV Guide from 1990, he comments on the fact that ''Film/SuperMarioBros'' [[WhatCouldHaveBeen was going to be animated]], claiming that the viewers got shafted and that had it stuck to the same plot but was animated, it would've been a CultClassic, leading to it being a real Mario movie. Years after the article was published, [[WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie an actual animated Mario movie]], which got much better reception among fans of the franchise, was released.

*** The article closes with "It's a real tragedy moments like [[WesternAnimation/BobbysWorld "Fish Don't Stink"]] can't be legally bought." Five years after the article was published, the entire series of ''Bobby's World'' was released to DVD and the On Demand service Kabillion.

* ArchivePanic: Averted by the archive's arrangement by issue, and by Peter's conscious decision to keep each individual story as self-contained as possible so anyone can jump in anywhere. ''Electric Wonderland'' is the exception, being more continuity-heavy. The banners don't have their own archive, though.

** It feels jarring now to read [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/bored/tvguideads13.html this volume]] of "The Ancient Lost Art of ''TV Guide'' Advertising" and remember a short time when Peter would talk about ''Series/FreeSpirit'' without batting an eyelash, never mind [[SugarWiki/GushingAboutCharactersYouLike gushing about Winnie Goodwin]] or desiring to [[Webcomic/FreeSpirit2014 write better stories for her]].

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Peter advises in "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/educational/bestsets.html The Five Best Sets Ever]]" that since Time-Life cut the price of ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'': The Complete Collection in half, an '80s kid "...should buy this yesterday." Some time afterward, the ''Real Ghostbusters'' DVD rights reverted to Creator/SonyPictures, causing the Time-Life collection to go out-of-print, in favor of {{Vanilla Edition}}s containing fewer episodes, and no bonus features.
* HarsherInHindsight: The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/kidswbyourself/thelastday.html review]] of Creator/KidsWB's final day includes a lament about the likelihood that ''WesternAnimation/WorldOfQuest'' would end after 13 episodes, then never air on US televisions again "until it appears on Creator/ToonDisney at 3 in the morning in the year 2014." Not only did the second season of ''World Of Quest'' air only in Europe, but Peter just happened to write that review mere months before Disney announced they had decided to replace Toon Disney with Creator/DisneyXD. On the bright side, his ExactWords don't give a ''completely'' correct prediction of the future of ''World Of Quest''; he feared it would disappear from the face of the Earth.

*** The section on ''[[WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984 Muppet Babies]]'' has an offhand comment that NBC took so long to release ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' season one on DVD, that "...they'll never get to [[DorkAge the seasons nobody cares about]]." This took on a new meaning after NBC decided to stop releasing ''SNL'' complete season DVD boxsets after season five, the last one to include any of the Not Ready For Primetime Players as regular cast members.

** [[http://platypuscomix.com/kidzone/worstshowever.html His article]] on ''WesternAnimation/LaverneAndShirleyInTheArmy'' contains a note that it was the only children's show show Creator/RobinWilliams ever starred on. It became this because he landed a role in [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants another children's show]] a few years after the article was published.

** [[http://platypuscomix.com/kidzone/worstshowever.html His article]] on ''WesternAnimation/LaverneAndShirleyInTheArmy'' contains a note that it was the only children's show show Creator/RobinWilliams ever starred on. It became this, seeing as he landed a role in [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants another children's show]] a few years after the article was published.