History YMMV / SweetValleyHigh

* DesignatedHero: Elizabeth Wakefield is purported to be the good twin who is nice to everyone - but, more often than not, she comes off as a meddling, sanctimonious hypocrite. As such, many find her to be even worse than the allegedly bad twin, Jessica.

* CreatorsPet[=/=]DesignatedHero: Elizabeth Wakefield is purported to be the good twin who is nice to everyone - but, more often than not, she comes off as a meddling, sanctimonious hypocrite. As such, many find her to be even worse than the allegedly bad twin, Jessica.

* BrokenBird: Elizabeth, in Sweet Valley Confidential. Alone in New York, estranged from her sister and basically making her living sneaking into off-Broadway plays for a third rate magazine that reviews off-Broadway plays, and socially isolated from everyone, even the various one-night stands she has.
** Winston as well; in Sweet Valley Confidential, he's gained power and wealth and the ability to get revenge on anyone who ever tormented him. But he's lost everyone who ever cared for him and when Elizabeth rejects him for reformed former tormentor Bruce Putman, he kills himself.
* ButtMonkey: Jessica, of all people. Her schemes and stunts consistently blow up in her face, leaving her humiliated (though given her sometimes malicious intent, this is often deserved). Her genuine efforts at improving herself (music lessons, cooking classes) end up the same way. Virtually everyone, even her own parents, appear to blatantly favor Elizabeth over her--not until she runs away, TWICE, does it finally dawn on anyone how troubled she is. When she aces the [=SATs=], instead of congratulating her, everyone, including her own sister, assumes she must have cheated somehow. Speaking of which, Elizabeth herself frequently treats her like something she stepped in. And the few times she genuinely likes a guy enough to have a steady relationship with him, it never works out.

** In ''Memories'' Elizabeth is going on about how Steven shouldn't date Jessica's friend Cara when Steven basically tells her to shut up. For readers sick of Elizabeth's sanctamonious lecturing, that moment is a thing of beauty.

** In ''{{Memories}}'' Elizabeth is going on about how Steven shouldn't date Jessica's friend Cara when Steven basically tells her to shut up. For readers sick of Elizabeth's sanctamonious lecturing, that moment is a thing of beauty.

** In ''{[Memories}]'' Elizabeth is going on about how Steven shouldn't date Jessica's friend Cara when Steven basically tells her to shut up. For the many readers sick of Elizabeth's sanctamonious lecturing, that moment is a thing of beauty.

* BrokenBase: Some laud the Junior High and Senior Year series for showing a more realistic portrayal of teenage life - while others condemn the series as being boring, compared to the earlier series. Still others think that they might be perfectly fine YA series on their own, but with [[PutOnABus a lot of the major characters from the original series gone]], and [[ReplacementScrappy a whole host of new characters (who would never show up in any of the later series)]], they just [[InNameOnly weren't Sweet Valley anymore]].
** Sweet Valley Confidential also has broken the base, since it's revelations about the current status of several major characters (most notably Winston and Todd/Jessica) was not what most fans wanted to see happen.

* BrokenBase: Some laud the Junior High and Senior Year series for showing a more realistic portrayal of teenage life - while others condemn the series as being boring, compared to the earlier series. Still others think that they might be perfectly fine YA series on their own, but with [[PutOnABus a lot of the major characters from the original series gone]], [[CharacterDerailment many of those left having changed beyond recognition]], and [[ReplacementScrappy a whole host of new characters (who would never show up in any of the later series)]], they just [[InNameOnly weren't Sweet Valley anymore]].

* BrokenBase: Some laud the Junior High and Senior Year series for showing a more realistic portrayal of teenage life - while others condemn the series as being boring, compared to the earlier series. Still others think that they might be perfectly fine YA series on their own, but with [[PutOnABus a lot of the major characters from the original series gone]], [[CharacterDerailment many of those left having changed beyond recognition]], and [[ReplacementScrappy a whole host of new characters (who would never show up in any of the later series]], they just [[InNameOnly weren't Sweet Valley anymore]].

* BrokenBase: Some laud the Junior High and Senior Year series for showing a more realistic portrayal of teenage life - while others condemn the series as being boring, compared to the earlier series.

* FridgeHorror: The inconsistencies made some things come across as this.
** In ''SweetValleyHigh'', Charlie Cashman is a racist bully with no redeeming qualities that we know of. In [[SpinoffBabies Sweet Valley Kids]], he's not only a likeable troublemaker, he also has a Japanese friend named Kisho. Was it a SeriesContinuityError or something much worse? The fact that Charlie's father was racist suggests that this could be the case.
** In the beginning of ''SweetValleyHigh'', we meet Bruce's mother Marie who is a snobby bitch. In The Patmans of Sweet Valley, we meet a teenage Marie who is likeable, down to earth and possibly selfless to a fault. Did she change that much?

* CreatorsPet: Elizabeth Wakefield is purported to be the good twin who is nice to everyone - but, more often than not, she comes off as a meddling, sanctimonious hypocrite. As such, many find her to be even worse than the allegedly bad twin, Jessica.
* DesignatedHero: Elizabeth. As mentioned above, the supposed "good" twin frequently shows herself to be a flaming hypocrite, constantly criticizing Jessica for behavior that she herself frequently participates in (promiscuity, snobbery, etc.)

* CreatorsPet: Elizabeth Wakefield is purported to be the good twin who is nice to everyone - but, more often than not, she comes off as a sanctimonious hypocrite. As such, many find her to be even worse than the allegedly bad twin, Jessica.

* CreatorsPet: Elizabeth Wakefield is purported to be the good twin who is nice to everyone - but, more often than not, she comes off as a sanctimonious hypocrite. As such, many find her to be even worse than the allegedly bad twin, Jessica.* DracoInLeatherPants: Even the writer was amazed at how much fans preferred the "bad twin" Jessica (who fans saw as more understandable and interesting) to "good girl" Elizabeth (who fans saw as hypocritical and self-righteous).

* DracoInLeatherPants: Even the writer was amazed at how much fans preferred the "bad twin" Jessica (who fans saw as more understandable and interesting) to "good girl" Elizabeth (who fans saw as hypocritical and self-righteous).

** The members of the wonderful [[http://1bruce1.livejournal.com 1bruce1]] community on LiveJournal have snarked nearly every book and TV episode.
* TheWesley: Elizabeth Wakefield is purported to be the good twin who is nice to everyone - but, more often than not, she comes off as a sanctimonious hypocrite. As such, many find her to be even worse than the allegedly bad twin, Jessica.

* RootingForTheEmpire: Jessica.

* TheWesley: Elizabeth Wakefield is purported to be the good twin who is nice to everyone - but, more often than not, she comes off as a sanctimonious hypocrite. As such, many find her to be even worse than the allegedly bad twin, Jessica.
* EarWorm: "Look right down in the crowded hall, you'll see there's a beauty standing..." You're welcome.