History YMMV / RamonaQuimby

* FridgeBrilliance: Can be found here [[Fridge/RamonaQuimby

* FridgeBrilliance: Strange behaviors by older characters start to make more sense when you grow up:
** In ''Ramona the Pest'', Miss Binney gets uncharacteristically angry when Howie asks if her mother is coming to take her home when school is over. Being a young and inexperienced teacher, this was probably a sensitive subject for her. Her coworkers may have even made jokes about the subject.
** In ''Ramona Forever'', Ramona is surprised that Beezus is so willing to babysit her after school instead of going to rich and popular Pamela's house. Beezus later explains that she's not speaking to Pamela because she was always asking when Mr. Quimby is going to get a ''real'' job. Beezus was probably looking for an excuse to get out of seeing Pamela without having to tell the truth.
** In ''Ramona Forever'', Ramona assumes that her aunt's wedding isn't going to happen when she snaps at her fiance at the rehearsal party and they get into a fight. Aunt Bea was probably under a huge amount of stress. She was finishing teaching elementary school and writing progress reports, planning a wedding, preparing to move to Alaska, selling her car, etc... All of that finally got to her and she lost it at something fairly minor. Once she got that out, she and Hobart were able to make up pretty easily. It's just too bad it happened in front of their families.
* FridgeHorror: An ongoing behavioral tic of the Quimbys' cat is his refusal to eat cheap cat food. In ''Ramona Forever,'' he falls over and dies, supposedly of old age, but the gravestone Ramona makes for him says he was only 10 years old. Did the Quimbys inadvertently starve their cat to death?

* AdaptationDistillation:
** The ''Film/RamonaAndBeezus'' film takes plot elements from most of the books and keeps all the AgeAppropriateAngst and the drama, although the trailers emphasize the humor.

* AdaptationDistillation: The ''Ramona and Beezus'' film takes plot elements from most of the books and keeps all the AgeAppropriateAngst and the drama, although the trailers emphasize the humor.

** In ''Ramona Forever'', Ramona assumes that her aunt's wedding isn't going to happen when she snaps at her fiance at the rehearsal party and they get into a fight. Aunt Bea was probably under a huge amount of stress. She was finishing teaching elementary school and writing progress reports, planning a wedding, preparing to move to Alaska, selling her car, etc... All of that finally got to her and she lost it at something fairly minor. Once she got that out, her and Hobart were able to make up pretty easily. It's just too bad it happened in front of their families.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Ramona's father once gets accepted for a job teaching in Oregon, and the possibility of moving and what it would mean for Ramona (leaving behind her friends, her school and even [[spoiler:Picky-Picky's grave]]) is brought up. However, later on in the same book, Mr. Quimby reveals that he instead took a promotion to manager at the store where he's working.

** In ''Ramona Forever'', Ramona assumes that her aunt's wedding isn't going to happen when she snaps at her fiance at the rehearsal party and they get into a fight. Aunt Bea was probably under a huge amount of stress. She was finishing teaching elementary school and writing progress reports, planning a wedding, preparing to move to Alaska, selling her car, etc... All of that finally got to her and she lost it at something fairly minor. Once she got that out, her and Hobart were able to make up pretty easily. It's just too bad it happen in front of their families.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Ramona herself, whose series is a spin-off of the Henry Huggins series. Additionally, the first book (''Beezus and Ramona'') was written from Beezus' perspective; Ramona simply took over the series.

** Ramona definitely counts as well during her {{Age Appropriate Angst}} moments.

* HilariousInHindsight: Ramona has ideas and behaviors that may be regarded as eccentric and offbeat by others. And she lives in [[Series/{{Portlandia}} Portland]].

** In ''Ramona the Pest'', Miss Binney gets uncharacteristically angry when Howie asks if her mother is coming to take her home when school is over. Being a young and inexperienced teacher, this was probably a sensitive subject for her. Her coworkers may have even made jokes about the subject.

** In ''Ramona Forever'', Ramona is surprised that Beezus is so willing to babysit her after school instead of going to rich and popular Pamela's house. Beezus later explains that she's not speaking to Pamela because she was always asking when Mr. Quimby is going to get a ''real'' job.

** In "Ramona Forever", Ramona is surprised that Beezus is so willing to babysit her after school instead of going to rich and popular Pamela's house. Beezus later explains that she's not speaking to Pamela because she was always asking when Mr. Quimby is going to get a ''real'' job. Now that I've been a teenager and realize how peer pressure can be, I realize that the babysitting probably also offered Beezus an excuse not to hang out with Pamela.
** In 'Ramona the Pest", Miss Binney gets uncharacteristically angry when Howie asks if her mother is coming to take her home when school is over. Being a young and inexperienced teacher, this was probably a sensitive subject for her. Her coworkers may have even made jokes about the subject.
** In "Ramona Forever", Ramona assumes that her aunt's wedding isn't going to happen when she snaps at her fiancee at the rehearsal party and they get into a fight. Reading it as an adult I realize that Aunt Bea was probably under a huge amount of stress. She was finishing teaching elementary school and writing progress reports, planning a wedding, preparing to move to Alaska, selling her car, etc... All of that finally got to her and she lost it at something fairly minor. Once she got that out, her and Hobart were able to make up pretty easily. It's just too bad it happen in front of their families.

* TooGoodToLast: The [[Series/RamonaQuimby show]] was quite good, not to mention a faithful adaptation, but only lasted 10 episodes.

* FridgeBrilliance: In "Ramona Forever", Ramona is surprised that Beezus is so willing to babysit her after school instead of going to rich and popular Pamela's house. Beezus later explains that she's not speaking to Pamela because she was always asking when Mr. Quimby is going to get a ''real'' job. Now that I've been a teenager and realize how peer pressure can be, I realize that the babysitting probably also offered Beezus an excuse not to hang out with Pamela.

* FridgeBrilliance: In "Ramona Forever", Ramona is surprised that Beezus is so willing to babysit her after school instead of going to rich and popular Pamela's house. Beezus later explains that she's not speaking to Pamela because she was always asking when Mr. Quimby is going to get a ''real''job. Now that I've been a teenager and realize how peer pressure can be, I realize that the babysitting probably also offered Beezus an excuse not to hang out with Pamela.

* GuiltyPleasures: For some of the adult PeripheryDemographic. Of course, plenty of adults and teens enjoy the series quite openly as well.

* WallBanger: Nothing in the series itself, but one critic gave TheFilmOfTheBook a negative rating because it "wasn't gritty enough".

* FirstInstallmentWins: Averted, ''Ramona and Her Mother'' & ''Ramona & Her Father'' are very well known.

* WallBanger: Nothing in the series itself, but one critic gave TheFilmOfTheBook a negative rating because it "wasn't gritty enough".