History YMMV / StressedEric

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: This show (the first series, that is) was brought to you by Klasky-Csupo, the same studio behind ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', but this show occasionally uses British profanity (i.e.: "arse"), there's an episode that's all about sex, and Eric [[NightmareFuel always getting strangled by his stress vein at the end of each episode]]. While the first series aired at 10 PM in the UK, the second was screened at 6.45 PM.

** Claire too, considering '''everything''' can make her ill, in addition to which she probably feels that she's been abandoned by her mum and she's too scared to talk to her dad about it because she's worried that it will probably lead to him getting strangled by that vein in his forehead. Again.

** '''''Eric'''''. The sheer amount of crap he puts up with is truly a sight to behold.

* AmericansHateTingle: This show is largely obscure in the United States, but when it ''has'' come up, typically in the context of YouTube "cartoon community" reviews, it gets outright panned for its mean-spirited nature and repetition; meanwhile, in its native UK, the show is a reasonably strong CultClassic.

* GrowingTheBeard: The second season was less formulaic and mean-spirited in its humour.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: The [[SadistShow sadistic nature]] of the show and the truly unfair ButtMonkey treatment Eric puts up with makes the show very painful to sit through, especially considering Eric never wins anything at the end of each episode. You are basically watching a sympathetic man get beaten down again and again with no ThrowTheDogABone moments in sight. Not helping is that, the few times [[ThrowTheDogABone something does go right]], it's just to [[YankTheDogsChain give Eric false hope]], making it impossible to feel happy for him when he gets a rare lucky break because you know it's just gonna end badly.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: This show (the first series, that is) was brought to you by Klasky-Csupo, the same studio behind ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats'', but this show occasionally uses British profanity (i.e.: "arse"), there's an episode that's all about sex, and Eric [[NightmareFuel always getting strangled by his stress vein at the end of each episode]]. While the first series aired at 10 PM in the UK, the second was screened at 6.45 PM.

* PeripheryDemographic: This cartoon has been watched by children, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKidseven though it wasn't really made for them]].

* GrowingTheBeard: The second season was less formulaic and mean-spirited in its humor.

* PeripheryDemographic: This cartoon has been watched by children, even though it wasn't really for kids.
* TooBleakStoppedCaring: The [[SadistShow sadistic nature]] of the show and the truly unfair ButtMonkey treatment Eric puts up with makes the show very painful to sit through, especially considering Eric never wins anything at the end of each episode. You are basically watching a sympathetic man get beaten down again and again with no ThrowTheDogABone moments in sight. Doesn't help that, the few times [[ThrowTheDogABone something does go right]], it's just to [[YankTheDogsChain give Eric false hope]], making it impossible to feel happy for him when he gets a rare lucky break because you know it's just gonna end badly.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: It's a British cartoon and the first series was brought to you by Klasky-Csupo, but this show occasionally uses British profanity (i.e.: "arse"), there's an episode that's all about sex, and Eric [[NightmareFuel always getting strangled by his stress vein at the end of each episode]]. While the first series aired at 10 PM in the UK, the second was screened at 6:45 PM.
* TheWoobie:
** '''''Eric'''''. The sheer amount of crap he puts up with is truly something.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: It's a British cartoon and the first series was brought to you by Klasky-Csupo, but this show occasionally uses British profanity (i.e.: "arse"), there's an episode that's all about sex, and Eric [[NightmareFuel always getting strangled by his stress vein at the end of each episode]].
** While the first series aired at 10 PM in the UK, the second was screened at 6:45 PM.

* GrowingTheBeard: Zig-zagged. The second season was less formulaic and [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy mean-spirited]] in its humor, but the animation quality declined.

* NightmareFuel: Eric's stress vein strangling him.

* TheWoobie: '''''Eric'''''. The sheer amount of crap he puts up with is truly something.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: The [[SadistShow sadistic nature]] of the show and the truly unfair ButtMonkey treatment Eric puts up with makes the show very painful to sit through, especially considering Eric never wins anything at the end of each episode. You are basically watching a sympathetic man get beaten down again and again with no ThrowTheDogABone moments in sight. Doesn't help that, the few times [[ThrowTheDogABone something does go right]], it's just to [[YankTheDogsChain give Eric false hope]], making it impossible to feel happy for him when he gets a rare lucky break because you know it's just gonna end badly.

** Claire too, considering '''everything''' can make her ill, in addition to which she probably feels that she's been abandoned by her mum and she's too scared to talk to her dad about it because she's worried that it will probably lead to him getting strangled by that vein in his forehead. Again.

** Claire too, considering '''everything''' can make her ill.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The whole premise of this show will be off-putting to many by today's standards, which is probably also why the show has vanished into obscurity.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: It's a British cartoon and the first series was brought to you by Klasky-Csupo, but this show occasionally uses British profanity (i.e.: "arse"), there's an episode that's all about sex, and Eric [[NightmareFuel always getting strangled by his stress vein]].