History YMMV / SoWeird

* FanonDiscontinuity: As the first two seasons are considered brilliant examples of a well-written series, particularly for its channel and age group, most people reject the LighterAndSofter [[ExecutiveMeddling season 3]] (which had new writers, a new main character, and an entirely new plot) as not being part of the show, to the point where even non-fan critics have accused the third season of almost being a low quality rip off of the seasons before it. It's also telling that the most popular kind of ''So Weird'' fanfiction stories are the ones that [[FixFic redo the third season entirely]].

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: It's Creator/MackenziePhillips, so you could just randomly point to any of the songs she sings on the show and pick a winner. They managed to write or choose ones that fit the strange, creepy or even light-hearted mood that the episode required.
* CultClassic: Despite Disney's...not so stellar treatment of the show during its run time or after or the fact that they refuse to release [=DVDs=] of the episodes, ''So Weird'' still has fans that KeepCirculatingTheTapes online.
* FanonDiscontinuity: As the first two seasons are considered brilliant examples of a well-written series, particularly for its channel and age group, most people reject the LighterAndSofter [[ExecutiveMeddling season 3]] (which had new writers, a new main character, and an entirely new plot) as not being part of the show, to the point where even non-fan critics have accused the third season of almost being a low quality rip off of the seasons before it. It's also telling that the most popular kind of ''So Weird'' fanfiction is one that redoes the third season entirely.

* HilariousInHindsight: In "Pen Pal", Annie's alternate timeline evil twin describes Washington D.C. as "dank", meaning boring and uncool. A decade and a half later, and that word became slang for the exact opposite.

* ReplacementScrappy: Annie. That she was seen as the face for the entire overhaul of the series' original writers, character arcs and MythArc hurt her ''a lot''.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The show's original plot line was going to get so dark (involving Fiona going to Hell to rescue her father from demons, among other things) that Disney nixed the original plans for season 3 and instead tried to tone it down to make it [[LighterAndSofter more appropriate for children]]. In response to this the writers who had come up with, pitched, and written the show from the beginning quit, then Fiona's actress, Cara de Lizia, left the show, meaning that they needed new writers, a new main character, and an entirely new plot. What they threw together to replace what they lost resulted in Annie the ReplacementScrappy, every other [[CharacterArc character's arc]] being forgotten, and the FanonDiscontinuity listed above. Most think it would have been better if Season 3 had never been made.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The computers, mobile phones, and websites featured on the show instantly date it to the TurnOfTheMillennium, especially the chatrooms and instant messaging. Wireless internet access was also quite novel in 1999 but is less impressive to anyone who grew up in or after TheNew10s. However, it's worth noting that most of the websites featured on the show were exaggerated even for the time, as is common with Hollywood depictions of the internet. Also goes for the show's very era-specific fashions and musical guest stars like [=SHeDAISY=] and The Moffats.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The computers, mobile phones, and websites featured on the show instantly date it to the TurnOfTheMillennium, especially the chatrooms and instant messaging. Wireless internet access was also quite novel in 1999 but is less impressive to anyone who grew up after TheNew10s. However, it's worth noting that most of the websites featured on the show were exaggerated even for the time, as is common with Hollywood depictions of the internet. Also goes for the show's very era-specific fashions and musical guest stars like [=SHeDAISY=] and The Moffats.

* GeniusBonus: "Escape" takes place in "Bardo County," a reference to the Buddhist concept of the state between living and death (similar to Limbo).

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The computers, mobile phones, and websites featured on the show instantly date it to the TurnOfTheMillennium, especially the chatrooms and instant messaging. Wireless internet access was also quite novel in 1999 but is less impressive to anyone who grew up after TheNew10s. However, it's worth noting that most of the websites featured on the show were exaggerated even for the time, as with most Hollywood depictions of the internet. Also goes for the show's very era-specific fashions and musical guest stars like [=SHeDAISY=] and The Moffats.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The computers, mobile phones, and websites featured on the show instantly date it to the TurnOfTheMillennium, especially the chatrooms and instant messaging. Wireless internet access was also quite novel in 1999 but is less impressive to anyone who grew up after TheNew10s. However, it's worth noting that most of the websites featured on the show were exaggerated even for the time, as with most Hollywood depictions of the internet. Also goes for the show's very era-specific fashions and musical guest stars like SheDaisy and The Moffats.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The computers, mobile phones, and websites featured on the show instantly date it to the TurnOfTheMillennium, especially the chatrooms and instant messaging. Wireless internet access was also quite novel in 1999 but is less impressive to anyone who grew up after TheNew10s. However, it's worth noting that most of the websites featured on the show were exaggerated even for the time, as with most Hollywood depictions of the internet.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The computers, mobile phones, and websites featured on the show instantly date it to the TurnOfTheMillennium, especially the chatrooms and instant messaging. Wireless internet access was also quite novel in 1999 but is less impressive to anyone who grew up after TheNew10s. However, it's worth noting that most of the websites featured on the show were exaggerated even for the time, as with most of Hollywood's depictions of the internet.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The computers, mobile phones, and websites featured on the show instantly date it to the TurnOfTheMillennium, especially the chatrooms and instant messaging. Wireless internet access was also quite novel in 1999 but is less impressive to anyone who grew up after TheNew'10s. However, it's worth noting that most of the websites featured on the show were exaggerated even for the time, as with most of Hollywood's depictions of the internet.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The computers, mobile phones, and websites featured on the show instantly date it to the TurnOfTheMilennium, especially the chatrooms and instant messaging. Wireless internet access was also quite novel in 1999 but is less impressive to anyone who grew up after TheNew'10s. However, it's worth noting that most of the websites featured on the show were exaggerated even for the time, as with most of Hollywood's depictions of the internet.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The show's original plot line was going to get so dark (involving Fiona going to Hell to rescue her father from demons, among other things) that Disney nixed the original plans for season 3 and instead tried to tone it down to make it [[LighterAndSofter more appropriate for children]]. In response to this the writers who had come up with, pitched, and written the show from the beginning quit, then Fiona's actress, Cara de Lizia, left the show, meaning that they needed new writers, a new main character, and an entirely new plot. What they threw together to replace what they lost resulted in Annie the ReplacementScrappy, every other [[CharacterArc character's arc]] being forgotten, and the FanonDiscontinuity listed above. Most think it would have been better if Season 3 had never been made.

* FanonDiscontinuity: As the first two seasons are considered brilliant examples of a well-written series, most people reject the LighterAndSofter [[ExecutiveMeddling season 3]] (which had new writers, a new main character, and an entirely new plot) as not being part of the show, to the point where even non-fan critics have accused the third season of almost being a low quality rip off of the seasons before it. It's also telling that the most popular kind of ''So Weird'' fanfiction is one that redoes the third season entirely.

* RelationshipWritingFumble: Molly and her twenty-year-old guitarist.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: It's Mackenzie Phillips, so you could just randomly point to any of the songs she sings on the show and pick a winner. They managed to write or choose ones that fit the strange, creepy or even light-hearted mood that the episode required.

* FanonDiscontinuity: As the first two seasons are considered brilliant examples of a well-written series, most people reject the LighterAndSofter [[ExecutiveMeddling season 3]] (which had new writers, a new main character, and an entirely new plot) as not being part of the show, to the point where even non-fan critics have accused the third season of almost being a low quality rip off of the seasons before it. It's also telling that the most popular kind of So Weird fanfiction is one that redoes the third season entirely.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The show's original plot line was going to get so dark (involving Fiona going to Hell to rescue her father from demons, among other things) that Disney nixed the original plans for season 3 and instead tried to tone it down to make it [[LighterAndSofter more appropriate for children]]. In response to this the writers who had come up with, pitched, and written the show from the beginning quit, then Fiona's actress, Cara de Lizia, left the show, meaning that they needed new writers, a new main character, and an entirely new plot. What they threw together to replace what they lost resulted in Annie the ReplacementScrappy, every other [[CharacterArc character's arc]] being forgotten, and the FanonDiscontinuity listed above. Most think it would have been better if Season 3 had never been made.
** Disney's aversion to the dark content of ''So Weird'''s planned finale seems almost laughably hypocritical in the face of the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' finale a little over a decade later.

* CultClassic: Despite Disney's... not so stellar treatment of the show during its run time or after or the fact that they refuse to release [=DVDs=] of the episodes, So Weird still has fans that KeepCirculatingTheTapes online.

** Disney's aversion to the dark content of ''So Weird'''s planned finale seems almost laughably hypocritical in the face of the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' finale a decade later.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The show's original plot line was going to get so dark (involving Fiona going to Hell to rescue her father from demons, among other things) that Disney nixed the original plans for season 3 and instead tried to tone it down to make it [[LighterAndSofter more appropriate for children]]. In response to this the writers who had come up with, pitched, and written the show from the beginning quit, then Fiona's actress, Cara de Lizia, left the show, meaning that they needed new writers, a new main character, and an entirely new plot. What they threw together to replace what they lost resulted in Annie the ReplacementScrappy, every other [[CharacterArc character's arc]] being forgotten, and the FanonDiscontinuity listed above. Most think it would have been better if Season 3 had never been made.

* ReplacementScrappy: [[MarySue Annie]]. That she was seen as the face for the entire overhaul of the series' original writers, character arcs and MythArc hurt her ''a lot''.

* ReplacementScrappy: [[MarySue Annie]]. That she was seen as the face for the entire overhaul of the series' original writers, character arcs and MythArc didn't help her ''at all.''

* NeedsMoreLove: In its time it was considered one of the best shows Disney had ever aired, but its third season suffered heavily from ExecutiveMeddling and it wound up being ScrewedByTheNetwork without ever having released the series onto tapes or [=DVDs=]. Nowadays, barring it's [[CultClassic cult following]], the series isn't widely known about.

* CultClassic: Despite Disney's... not so stellar treatment of the show during its run time or after or the fact that they refuse to release [=DVDs=] of the episodes, So Weird still has fans that KeepCirculatingTheTapes. [[http://fuckyeahsoweird.tumblr.com/post/83128423987/looking-for-a-place-other-than-youtube-to-watch There's at least one blog set up specifically for this purpose.]]

* CultClassic: Despite Disney's... not so stellar treatment of the show during its run time or after or the fact that they refuse to release [=DVDs=] of the episodes, So Weird still has fans that KeepCirculatingTheTapes. It can usually be viewed on Youtube, though of admittedly with poor quality since no high quality copies of the series were ever released.

* FanonDiscontinuity: As the first two seasons are considered brilliant examples of children's television, most people reject the LighterAndSofter [[ExecutiveMeddling season 3]] (which had new writers, a new main character, and an entirely new plot) as not being part of the show, to the point where even non-fan critics have accused the third season of almost being a low quality rip off of the seasons before it. It's also telling that the most popular kind of So Weird fanfiction is one that redoes the third season entirely.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The show's original plot line was going to get so dark (involving Fiona going to Hell to rescue her father from demons, among other things) that Disney nixed the original plans for season 3 and instead tried to tone it down to make it [[LighterAndSofter more appropriate for children]]. In response to this the writers who had came up with, pitched, and written the show from the beginning quit, then Fiona's actress, Cara de Lizia, left the show, meaning that they needed new writers, a new main character, and an entirely new plot. What they threw together to replace what they lost resulted in Annie the ReplacementScrappy, every other [[CharacterArc character's arc]] being forgotten, and the FanonDiscontinuity listed above. Most think it would have been better if Season 3 had never been made.

* FanonDiscontinuity: As the first two seasons are considered brilliant examples of children's television, most people reject the LighterAndSofter [[ExecutiveMeddling season 3]] as not being part of the show, to the point where even non-fan critics have accused the third season of almost being a low quality rip off of the seasons before it. In the fandom, the most popular kind of fanfiction is one that redoes the third season entirely.

* ReplacementScrappy: Annie. Her character wasn't even that off-putting, it was just everyone liked Fiona better and they were mad at Disney for changing the show in its third season.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The show's original plot line was going to get so dark (involving Fiona going to Hell to rescue her father from demons, among other things) that Disney nixed the original plans for season 3 and instead tried to tone it down to make it [[LighterAndSofter more appropriate for children]]. After this, the writers for season one and two quit, then Fiona's actress, Cara de Lizia, left the show, meaning that they needed new writers, a new main character, and an entirely new plot. What resulted was Annie the ReplacementScrappy, every other [[CharacterArc character's arc]] being forgotten, and the FanonDiscontinuity listed above.