History YMMV / RoaldDahl

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* CrossesTheLineTwice: He stated that all of his work was primarily trying to be funny, noting his short story "Lamb to the Slaughter". A woman murdering her husband is horrible, but if she does it with a frozen leg of lamb people will start chuckling, and if she then cooks the lamb and feeds it to the police who are looking for the murder weapon, it's hilarious.

* HilariousInHindsight: It's mentioned that the main character of "Pig" has created [[Anime/DragonBallZ over nine thousand]] recipes.

* UnintentionalUncannyValley: Some of the illustrations for his books can come off as this to some. There's just something about the way that the characters are drawn that's a little... off-putting.
* ValuesDissonance:
** Roald Dahl's anti-Semitic attitudes are quite jarring to learn about, although it should be noted that he personally viewed himself as more of an anti-Zionist than an anti-Semite.
** His joke about [[ShellShockedVeteran shell-shock]] in ''Boy'' was also rather disturbing now that we know more about the effects of shell-shock, or, as it's known now, ''PTSD.''
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Given the number of children's stories Dahl has written, some libraries will put any of his works in the children's section. This is ''not'' a good idea — his [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Uncle-Oswald-Roald-Dahl/dp/0140055770/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1247010383&sr=1-2 early work]] might best be described as "Creator/OHenry [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}''."

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Given the number of children's stories Dahl has written, some libraries will put any of his works in the children's section. This is ''not'' a good idea — his [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Uncle-Oswald-Roald-Dahl/dp/0140055770/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1247010383&sr=1-2 early work]] might best be described as "O. Henry [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}''."

** Roald Dahl's anti-Semitic attitudes are quite jarring to learn about, although it should be noted that he personally viewed himself as more of an anti-Zionist than an anti-Semitic.

* HarsherInHindsight: The entire premise of "The Great Automatic Grammatizator" has become this with the rise of AI text generators and AI art, and the subsequent fears that human writers and artists will be rendered obsolete and unable to make a living.

** Roald Dahl's anti-Semitic attitudes are quite jarring to learn about.

* FandomRivalry: Roald Dahl and Creator/DrSeuss fans tend to be a mixed bag due to the former's books and Quentin Blake's illustrations for said books being very similar to Seuss' books. While they've managed to avoid becoming rivals, they're dancing in-between. On the one hand, some people like Dahl's stories for their interesting plots and BlackComedy. On the one hand, [[ToughActToFollow Seuss' books are the one, true way to go]] and judging the books by their plots or art-style [[SacredCow will most likely get you judged in return]].

* ValuesDissonance: Roald Dahl's anti-Semitic attitudes are quite jarring to learn about. His joke about [[ShellShockedVeteran shell-shock]] in ''Boy'' was also rather disturbing now that we know more about the effects of shell-shock, or, as it's known now, ''PTSD.''

* ValuesDissonance: Roald Dahl's anti-Semitic attitudes are quite jarring to learn about. His joke about [[ShellShockedVeteran shell-shock]] in ''Boy'' was also rather disturbing now that we know more about the effects of shell-shock, or, as it's known now, ''PTSD.''

* ValuesDissonance: Roald Dahl's anti-Semitic attitudes are quite jarring to learn about.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: He stated that all of his work was primarily trying to be funny, noting his short story "The Lamb". A woman murdering her husband is horrible, but if she does it with a frozen leg of lamb people will start chuckling, and if she then cooks the lamb and feeds it to the police who are looking for the murder weapon, it's hilarious.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: He stated that all of his work was primarily trying to be funny, noting of an episode of ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' that he wrote, a woman murdering her husband is horrible, but if she does it with a frozen leg of lamb people will start chuckling, and if she then cooks the lamb and feeds it to the police who are looking for the murder weapon, it's hilarious.
* ValuesDissonance: Roald Dahl's anti-Semitic attitudes are quite jarring to learn about.

* DisownedAdaptation: Dahl famously hated ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'', due to various changes to the story and because his choice to play Wonka, SpikeMilligan, was ignored. He subsequently refused to allow the [[Literature/CharlieAndTheGreatGlassElevator sequel]] or any of his other books to be adapted for the big screen. He relented near the end of his life, and allowed ''Literature/TheWitches'' to be made into a film. He regarded that film as "utterly appalling" because the book's BittersweetEnding was changed to a HappyEnding, and he reportedly stood outside his local cinema with a megaphone urging people not to watch it.

* DisownedAdaptation: Dahl famously hated ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'', due to various changes to the story and because his choice to play Wonka, SpikeMilligan, was ignored. He subsequently refused to allow the [[Literature/CharlieAndTheGreatGlassElevator sequel]] or any of his other books to be adapted for the big screen. He relented near the end of his life, and by all accounts he didn't think much of 1990's ''Literature/TheWitches'' either.