History YMMV / TaleSpin

** In "Vowel Play", there's a weasel named Weasel, but prefers his name to be pronounced as "Wesel". A couple of decades later, we have the [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Duke of Weselton]] who hates that his kingdom is referred to as "Weasel Town".

* EnsembleDarkhorse: More than a few characters in the show have gained a plausible fanbase. However, Don Karnage may be the most outstanding example, ([[BreakoutCharacter even gaining his own solo outing in]] ''WesternAnimation/RawToonage'').

* TheScrappy: The High Marshal of Thembria is the one character that's unanimously disliked among the fanbase.

* ViewerSpeciesConfusion: Nobody seems to agree on Don Karnage's species. He's some sort of canine, but fans call him a fox, wolf or coyote. [[TakeAThirdOption Some fans compromise and make him a hybrid of at least two of those species]] [[FandomSpecificPlot and may even turn it into a plot and character point]].

* EvilIsCool: [[AmbiguouslyEvil Shere Khan]] isn't a full blown villain, but he still has the trappings of a villain and milks it for all its worth.

* EvilIsCool: [[AmbiguouslyEvil Shere Khan]] isn't a full blown villain, but he still has the trappings of a villain and melts for all its worth.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: One episode has Rebecca arrested and sentenced to death by Thembrians. [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill First by hanging and then by a firing squad]]. That's just sad and cruel. But Spigot presenting her different types of rope she can be hanged with, like a clothing store employee presenting ties and [[UpToEleven said firing squad being a bunch of tanks, however]]? Oh, and did we mention the This Is Your Life-esque presentation that precedes the execution?

** During the "A Bad Reflection on You" two-parter, Dumptruck (voiced by Chuck [=McCann=]) shouts, "[[Franchise/FantasticFour It's clobberin' time!]]" Some years later, [=McCann=] would voice Ben Grimm/The Thing on ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFour'' and as a guest spot on ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleHulk''.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: The message in "Save the Tiger": Be careful with what you promise. People might exploit the hell out of it.

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Jim Cummings' performance as Louie was so perfect, that Gia Prima (Louis Prima’s widow) threatened legal action, should Louie have another speaking role.

* HeReallyCanAct: Jim Cummings' performance as Louie was so perfect, that Gia Prima (Louis Prima’s widow) threatened legal action, should Louie have another speaking role.

* MagnificentBastard: Shere Khan. He practically owns the city and could have made himself a dictator if he didn't have enough scruples. He's willing to side with Baloo if it suits him and they usually pay off. And when things don't go his way, they're usually not much as a set back anyway.

** ''Oh boy'' is Shere Khan terrifying in his first scene.

* ShipTease: The show was very fond of giving some blatant tension between Baloo and Rebecca.

* EarWorm: Many Disney cartoons from this era had awesomely catchy theme tunes that you'd hum for hours, and ''[=TaleSpin=]'' was no exception.

*** [[https://twitter.com/buck_aye/status/711431814338912257 No kidding!]]

* EarWorm: The theme song.
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3y0-QjmAZ0 Sky Pirates]] song is a little ''too'' catchy for Baloo's own safety. (Probably [[MythologyGag a nod]] to a similar scene in ''Disney/TheJungleBook'' movie).

** Her daughter Molly as well. Fans either like her just fine or find her to be the most irritating character and wish that the writers had utilized and explored her sneakier, more manipulative side and LittleMissSnarker qualities more often rather than writing her as the secondcoming of [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 Webby Vanderquack.]]

** Her daughter Molly as well. Fans either like her just fine or find her to be the most irritating character and wish that the writers had utilized and explored her sneakier, more manipulative side and LittleMissSnarker qualities more often rather than writing her as the secondcoming of [[DuckTales Webby Vanderquack.]]

* UsefulNotes/FurryFandom: Rebecca, Baloo, Don Karnage and several of the GirlOfTheWeek characters have followings.
* HilariousInHindsight: Whenever Rebecca (voiced by Sally Struthers) goes into a GetRichQuickScheme, it's not hard to imagine her saying, "Do you want to make money? Sure, we all do!"

* CrossesTheLineTwice: One episode has Rebecca arrested and sentenced to death by Thembrians. [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill First by hanging and then by a firing squad]]. That's just sad and cruel. But Spigot presenting her different types of rope she can be hanged with, like a clothing store employee presenting ties and [[UpToEleven said firing squad being a bunch of tanks, however]]? Oh, and did we mention the ''ThisIsYourLife''-esque presentation that precedes the execution?

* ViewerSpeciesConfusion: Nobody seems to agree on Don Karnage's species. He's some sort of canine, but fans call him a fox, wolf or coyote.