History YMMV / TailsAdventure

* FashionVictimVillain: Battle Kukku XVI, or Speedy, has been mocked by fans for the EggshellClothing he wears on the lower half of his body, which many have said looks like a giant diaper.

* MemeticPsychopath: Tails's frequent use of cartoonish weapons in this game usually gets a pass. Using ''Napalm Bombs'' as well?! Needless to say, that didn't fly unnoticed. On top of that, he uses the Remote Robot to drop a heavy rock on the head of Dr. Fukurokov (the Kukku Army's lead scientist) and implicitly kill him. Johnny of WebVideo/BrainScratchCommentaries [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZOnzCn-EOU took things even further]]. ''Adventure 2'' later gives another glimpse of this bloodthirsty side of Tails when he sees red after watching Robotnik seeming kill off Sonic for real, and breaks out the big laser cannon in the Cyclone Walker's nose for the bossfight in Dark Side Story.

* {{Woolseyism}}: The Western story makes a lot more sense when you consider certain things. Tails logically should not have been easy prey for Dr. Robotnik after already taking out an entire army on his own, obtaining medallions of people he's never met doesn't make sense, and him being on vacation -- and ultimately embarking on his own solo mission in the meantime -- would also explain Tails' absence in ''VideoGame/SonicBlast''. That said, however, most Western audiences (and Sega themselves in over the years) prefer calling the island the game takes place on "Cocoa Island" per the Japanese version (instead of the much sillier-sounding [[{{Egopolis}} "Tails Island"]] in the English manual), so elements from both takes on the story do tend to overlap.

* MemeticPsychopath: Tails's frequent use of cartoonish weapons in this game usually gets a pass. Using ''Napalm Bombs'' as well?! Needless to say, that didn't fly unnoticed. On top of that, he uses the Remote Robot to drop a heavy rock on the head of Dr. Fukurokov (the Kukku Army's lead scientist) and implicitly kill him. Johnny of WebVideo/BrainScratchCommentaries [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZOnzCn-EOU took things even further]].

* {{Woolseyism}}: The Western story makes a lot more sense when you consider certain things. Tails logically should not have been easy prey for Dr. Robotnik after already taking out an entire army on his own, obtaining medallions of people he's never met doesn't make sense, and him being on vacation -- and ultimately embarking on his own solo mission in the meantime -- would also explain Tails' absence in ''VideoGame/SonicBlast''. That said, however, most Western audiences (and Sega themselves in recent years) prefer calling the island the game takes place on "Cocoa Island" per the Japanese version (instead of the much sillier-sounding [[{{Egopolis}} "Tails Island"]] in the English manual), so elements from both takes on the story do tend to overlap.

* MemeticPsychopath: Tails's frequent use of cartoonish weapons in this game usually gets a pass. Using ''Napalm Bombs'' as well?! Needless to say, that didn't fly unnoticed. On top of that, he uses the Remote Robot to drop a heavy rock on the head of Dr. Fukurokov (the Kukku Army's lead scientist) and implicitly kill him.
** Johnny of WebVideo/BrainScratchCommentaries [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZOnzCn-EOU took things even further]].

* FanNickname: The Battle Kukku Empire members are sometimes referred to by fans as "bird Nazis". It helps that Archie Comics portray them as [[FantasticRacism Fantastic Racists who believed only birds are meant to fly]].

* FashionVictimVillain: Battle Kukku XVI, or Speedy, has been mocked by fans for his EggBasedClothing, which many have said looks like a giant diaper.

* FanNickname: The Battle Kukku Empire members are sometimes referred to by fans as "bird Nazis". It helps that Archie Comics portray them as [[FantasticRacism Fantastic Racists]].

** Johnny of LetsPlay/BrainScratchComms [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZOnzCn-EOU took things even further]].

** Johnny of LetsPlay/BrainScratchCommentaries [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZOnzCn-EOU took things even further]].

* SelfImposedChallenge: Beating the game with only one Chaos Emerald collected.[[note]]The one the game forces on you at Polly Mountain 1.[[/note]] This leaves you with only 20 HP and a 6-second flight timer[[note]]This can be circumvented by immediately pressing the jump button to re-fly as you start to fall.[[/note]] to tackle the rather relentless latter half of the game. A total low-item completion run -- using only the mandatory equipment such as the Remote Robot, Night Vision and the Wrench -- is also possible, to a point; [[MacrossMissileMassacre the underwater cannon gauntlet]] that leads to Kukku Island is brutally punishing to the point that getting through without the [[NighInvulnerable Mirror Armor]] is almost impossible.

* {{Woolseyism}}: The Western story makes a lot more sense when you consider certain things. Tails logically should not have been easy prey for Dr. Robotnik after already taking out an entire army on his own, obtaining medallions of people he's never met doesn't make sense, and him being on vacation -- and ultimately embarking on his own solo mission in the meantime -- would also explain Tails' absence in ''VideoGame/SonicBlast''. That said however, most Western audiences (and Sega themselves in recent years) prefer calling the island the game takes place on "Cocoa Island" per the Japanese version (instead of the much sillier-sounding [[{{Egopolis}} "Tails Island"]] in the English manual), so elements from both takes on the story do tend to overlap.

* SelfImposedChallenge: Beating the game with only one Chaos Emerald collected.[[note]]The one the game forces on you at Polly Mountain 1.[[/note]] This leaves you with only 20 HP and a 6-second flight timer[[note]]this can be circumvented by immediately pressing the jump button to re-fly as you start to fall.[[/note]] to tackle the rather relentless latter half of the game. A total low-item completion run (using only the mandatory equipment) is also possible, to a point - [[MacrossMissileMassacre the underwater cannon gauntlet]] that leads to Kukku Island is so punishing that getting through without the [[NighInvulnerable Mirror Armor]] is almost impossible.
* ThatOneBoss: The first encounter with Speedy is annoying because it's a vertical ascent where if he hits you or you bump into spikes, you might fall a long way before you can start going up again, and there's an esoteric glitch where you might fall out of the stage and get ejected to the world map for no good reason, meaning you have to hike it back there to try again.

* {{Woolseyism}}: The Western story makes a lot more sense when you consider certain things: Tails logically should not have been easy prey for Dr. Robotnik after already taking out an entire army on his own, obtaining medallions of people he's never met doesn't make sense, and him being on a solo vacation would also explain his absence in ''VideoGame/SonicBlast''. That said however, most Western audiences (and Sega themselves in recent years) prefer calling the island the game takes place on "Cocoa Island" per the Japanese version (instead of the slightly sillier-sounding [[{{Egopolis}} "Tails Island"]] in English), so elements from both stories can sometimes overlap.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The plot can easily be reframed as "local two-tailed kitsune narrowly survives being accidentally firebombed by a duck warlord's army, and retaliates with guerilla warfare with all the improvised explosive devices he can make, and aided by a support UAV and pocket submarine."

* GoodBadBugs: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsQJWEsxyE8 Thanks to a bug]], it's possible for the player to go through the lake tunnel that leads to Coco Island again, and be deposited onto the level's space on the map despite the Battle Fortress existing, allowing them to replay it. This technically averts the PermanentlyMissableContent example on the main page, but the devs intended for that trope to apply.
* MemeticPsychopath: Tails's frequent use of cartoonish weapons in this game usually gets a pass. Using ''napalm bombs'' too?! Now that didn't fly unnoticed. On top of that, he uses the Remote Robot to drop a heavy rock on the head of the Kukku Army's scientist and implicitly kill him.

* {{Woolseyism}}: The Western story makes a lot more sense when you consider certain things: Tails logically should not have been easy prey for Dr. Robotnik after already taking out an entire army on his own, obtaining medallions of people he's never met doesn't make sense, and this would also explain his absence in ''VideoGame/SonicBlast''.

* MemeticPsychopath: Tails's frequent use of cartoonish weapons in this game usually gets a pass. Using ''napalm bombs'' too?! Now that didn't fly unnoticed. On top of that, he explicitly drops a rock on one of the Kukku army's scientist's head and kills him.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The plot can easily be reframed as "local two-tailed kitsune narrowly survives being firebombed by a duck warlord's army, and retaliates with guerilla warfare with all the improvised explosive devices he can make, and aided by a support UAV and pocket submarine."

* MemeticPsychopath: Tails's frequent use of cartoonish weapons in this game usually gets a pass. Using ''napalm bombs'' too?! Now that didn't fly unnoticed...