History YMMV / PunchOut

* Good Bad Bugs: It's unkown whether the strategy of blocking Soda's uppercuts on the NES was intentional or a glitch, but it makes beating him insanely easy.

* DeathOfAThousandCuts: Arguably, how Little Mac fights, along with being a FragileSpeedster. While most of the other fighters have moves that deal roughly a forth of Macs health bar, Mac uses a flurry of jabs and uppercuts to whittle down his opponents health.

** Dragon Chan in Super Punch Out (arcade and Super NES). Blocks a lot, is fast and has that one hit kill kick.

* AcceptableTargets: The series is known for using national stereotypes, as opposed to racial stereotypes. People generally don't seem to be offended even though they recognize the stereotypes; the characters seem more cartoonish than realistic.

* AcceptableTargets: The weakest fighter in the series, Glass Joe, is a [[CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkey Frenchman]]. It's taken to the point where in the Wii version, you can literally ''punch the croissants out of him.''
** Amusingly, said Frenchman [[{{Determinator}} never gave up a single match]] despite [[{{Jobber}} his record]].

** [[spoiler:Donkey Kong]] comes closest to TD Bald Bull in terms of difficulty. You need good timing to get stars off of his taunts, and if you miss it, he follows up with a string of attacks that is very hard to predict, and unless you dodge them all, you won't be able to get much damage in on him. Not to mention that his damage output is on par with Bald Bull, and his taunting means he has a tendency to run down the clock.

** Dragon Chan in Super Punch Out. Blocks a lot, is fast and has that one hit kill kick.

*** "Mami!"

* {{Woolseyism}}: As mentioned in {{Bowdleri|se}}zation, changing the Russian boxer's name and drink of choice from vodka to soda pop in the NES version of the game. However, Soda Popinski was every bit as obviously drunk as Vodka Drunkinski. The idea of him being drunk off of soda pop, and the dialogue that resulted, was so ''funny'' that in the Wii version, he's ''actually'' drinking soda pop in both versions of the game.

*** [[TwoBestFriendsPlay No, he's gonna rape me!]]

* SugarWiki/AndTheFandomRejoiced: The announcement of the Wii game, followed by more cheers every time a fighter from one of the previous games was confirmed.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: The announcement of the Wii game, followed by more cheers every time a fighter from one of the previous games was confirmed.

** How Mac [[{{Squick}} reacts]] when he "[[YouWontLikeMeWhenImAngry transforms]]" afterwards is also hilarious.

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: Mr Sandman in the Wii version. Also, Aran Ryan and Bald Bull. All three of them get downright creepy close-up face shots among other things.
** In the Wii version, Great Tiger's special K.O. animation has him TeleportSpam before passing out. In Title Defense, at the end he disappears and ''doesn't come back.''

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[http://www.sportspickle.com/news/1082/definite-proof-doc-louis-has-been-trying-to-kill-little-mac Is Doc Lois actually trying to kill Little Mac?]]

* YourMileageMayVary: Depending on a variety of factors, players may find the series to be a fun, enjoyable experience, or a not-so-fun exercise in frustration which may or may not be seen as unfair.

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: Mr Sandman in the Wii version.