History YMMV / ShugoChara

* IncestYayShipping: Ikuto/Utau has it's fans. Considered NoYay for others, however.

** Magical Girl anime are no stranger to age gaps, with the ''Sailor Moon'' anime even featuring 14-year old Usagi dating a college student[[note]]In the manga, Mamoru is a high schooler[[/note]], but ''Shugo Chara'''s characters are a bit much. Amu is barely pubscent while Ikuto is much taller and more mature. He also acts quite flirty towards this girl who is several years his junior.

* InternetBackdraft: Amu and Ikuto's relationship. Is Ikuto a pedophile that has such a lust for Amu so {{Squick}} inducing? Or are all the cries about their age difference and all are just a DoubleStandard against men going in effect, and that Ikuto's love for Amu is just as legitimate and natural as any other couple? Regardless of what you think, watch out for the FlameWar.

* EndingAversion [[spoiler: The final chapters mostly just PairTheSpares and offer no real resolution to a lot of plot threads.]]

** Also Ikuto. Split between those who think he's a pedophile and those who consider him to be a DracoInLeatherPants.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Utau. Only natural since her seiyuu is Creator/NanaMizuki. Her most famous ones in the {{Fandom}} are [[MagicMusic "Meikyuu Butterfly" and "Black Diamond"]] both used to extract X-Eggs and let's not forget her other songs, "Heartful Song" and "Taiyou ga Niau Yo".

** PairTheSpares: Some people also like to pair him with Yaya. That is, if she isn't already paired with Kairi.

** Ikuto gets this too with Tadamu shippers, he's usually portrayed as a budding pedophile.

** Also Utau kissing Ikuto for some due to them being brother and sister.

** Amu. A complex character or a blatant MarySue?

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: ''Shugo Chara'' is a MagicalGirl anime aimed at [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForLittleGirls young girls]] where a primary schooler has a 17 year old love interest. Said love interest has an AbhorrentAdmirer in his ''[[BrotherSisterIncest own sister]'' Utau. Amongst other reasons, these are likely why the anime has been [[NoExportForYou stayed in Japan]] despite being a hit in Japan for years. It's still gained a following amongst international anime fans, but it's not to the degree of its Japanese popularity.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Amu. A complex character or a blatant MarySue?

* BrokenBase: A majority of the fangirls HATE each other depending on who they're shipping. They usually complain that the other ship's fanbase is immature (it's a case of the pot calling the kettle black).

* DracoInLeatherPants: Ikuto

* MemeticMutation: AMV makers got obsessed with Ikuto's pelvic thrusts in the second season's second OP.

* {{Squick}}: Regardless of what they ship, some fans view Ikuto's advances on Amu as this given that he's in high school while Amu is only in elementary school. The fact that he doesn't deny being a paedophile when one of his friends call him one doesn't help matters.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Some of the fans see Shugo Chara Party as this. Especially on Crunchyroll, where the show is simulcast. Many of them positively ''loathe'' the variety show elements (Party is hosted by Shugo Chara! Egg in live-action segments, and features a short anime segment with just the Charas, in addition to the main segment).
** Didn't help that it turned out to be a FranchiseKiller.
%%* ToyShip
* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Yaya. Gets no respect in-universe, but has a fair share of fans.

** "([[JapanesePronouns Pronoun]]) no kokoro, ANROKKU!"

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Amu. A complex character or a blatant MarySue?
* BrokenBase: A majority of the fangirls HATE each other depending on who they're shipping. They usually complain that the other ship's fanbase is immature (it's a case of the pot calling the kettle black).
** The ending of the manga. A fitting end to the series or just everyone getting StrangledByTheRedString?
* CultClassic: Considered this by the fans that look back on it nostalgically and don't consider the franchise to be DeaderThanDisco.

* {{Earworm}}: The [=OPs=], the [=EDs=], the insert songs, the image songs...in short, any and all songs that were made for or otherwise have to do with this show ([[TropesAreNotBad which isn't necessarily a bad thing either]]). In fact, the entire soundtrack could be considered this. It helps that HelloProject was involved.

* TheScrappy: Tadase gets this so bad by Ikuto fangirls, it's not even funny. Also Rikka in the third season of the anime.

* {{Squick}}: Regardless of what they ship, some fans view Ikuto's advances on Amu as this given that he's in high school while Amu is only in elementary school. The fact that he doesn't deny being a {{Lolicon}} when one of his friends call him one doesn't help matters.

* InternetBackdraft: Amu and Ikuto's relationship. Is Ikuto a [[{{Lolicon}} pedophile]] that has such a lust for Amu so {{Squick}} inducing? Or are all the cries about their age difference and all are just a DoubleStandard against men going in effect, and that Ikuto's love for Amu is just as legitimate and natural as any other couple? Regardless of what you think, watch out for the FlameWar.

* SuetifulAllAlong: One of the biggest criticisms of the series is that, for all the emphasis on the many facets of Amu's character, she displays a fair amount of Mary Sue traits. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment And that's all that will be said on the subject.]]
* ToyShip

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: In one episode of Dokki Doki (which is part of Party), Utau storms out of a recording session because she didn't want to change her singing style. After a brief battle with an X-Character however, she is "inspired" to return and record her new song in the style they wanted. This probably wasn't intentional, but it nonetheless implies that 1) you need to do what your told, even if you don't like it and 2) you need to accept "changes" to a product (e.g., ramen in one scene) even if you don't like them, and even if the company (or whatever) that makes it "sells its pride" (as Utau put it). The episode probably meant to give viewers the "try new things" message, but ended coming out the wrong way.

* {{Earworm}}: The [=OPs=], the [=EDs=], the insert songs, the image songs...in short, any all songs that were made for or otherwise have to do with this show ([[TropesAreNotBad which isn't necessarily a bad thing either]]). In fact, the entire soundtrack could be considered this. It helps that HelloProject was involved.

* RonTheDeathEater: 2/3 of the fanbase seem to antagonize Tadase for no other reason than being in the way of [[OneTruePairing Amu/Ikuto]]. But, in order to keep it PG, most ShugoChara fanfictions will use this to get rid of him.

** "[[VerbalTic Desu!]]" (joint meme with RozenMaiden, another Peach-Pit creation)

* DeaderThanDisco: Around the late 2000s this was ''the'' MagicalGirl anime. Now? Not so much. It hard to believe that people were ''comparing it to ''Franchise/SailorMoon'''' back when it was still relevant.

* IKnewIt: A few fans probably connected that Tsukasa is the [[spoiler: future Tadase.]]... or is he?

* SuetifulAllAlong: One of the biggest criticisms of the series is that, for all the emphasis on the many facets of Amu's character, she displays a fair amount of CommonMarySueTraits. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment And that's all that will be said on the subject.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: A main character comes into contact with supernatural beings who are related to wishes and gains unique powers as a result of being possessed by them, with a red one being the first to join her, followed by a blue one whose personality contrasts with the first, and a third one who's a klutz. Am I talking about ''Shugo Chara'' or ''KamenRiderDenO''?