History YMMV / TeamAmericaWorldPolice

** Before prepping him for a mission, Spottswoode warns Gary that he will probably want to kill himself if captured...but instead of a CyanidePill, he gives Gary [[spoiler: a ''hammer.'']]

** The film's aesop essentially boils down to "dicks should fuck assholes instead of pussies".

* FanDisservice: The uncut version of the puppet sex scene gets very... [[{{Squick}} gross]]. (See Below)

** Mixed with HilariousInHindsight (albeit in a cringeworthy way), for anyone who would scoff that any American celebrity could be charmed or fooled into siding with a North Korean despot, cut to a few years later Kim Jong-Un inviting his favorite basketball player Dennis Rodman who did vociferously defend him.
** On a similar note, Steven Seagal would become a significant defender of UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin and approve Russia's aggression against Ukraine, becoming another celebrity who would endorse the actions of a warmongering despot.
** The film features Kim Jong Il trying to get his hands on weapons of mass destruction. In 2006, North Korea announced it had successfully performed a nuclear test, and its nuclear arsenal has only grown larger since then.
** It turned out that Kim Jong Il had a thicker skin for parody [[Film/TheInterview than his son did.]]

** The song "End of an Act" eviscerates Creator/BenAffleck and praises Creator/CubaGoodingJr based on their work in Creator/MichaelBay's ''Film/PearlHarbor''. The film was made in 2004, when Affleck was in the middle of his career slump and Gooding still living off the high of his ''Film/JerryMaguire'' Oscar win. Several years later, the former made a significant comeback with his directorial works ''Film/GoneBabyGone'' and ''Film/TheTown'' (the latter of which also received praise for his performance) while the latter was relegated to doing straight-to-DVD schlock and one-off TV roles after appearing in disasters like ''Film/{{Norbit}}'' and ''Film/DaddyDayCamp.''

** The song "End of an Act" eviscerates Creator/BenAffleck and praises Creator/CubaGoodingJr based on their work in Creator/MichaelBay's ''Film/PearlHarbor''. The film was made in 2004, when Affleck was in the middle of his career slump and Gooding still living off the high of his ''Film/JerryMaguire'' Oscar win. Now, Affleck has made a significant comeback with his directorial works ''Film/GoneBabyGone'' and ''Film/TheTown'' (the latter of which also received praise for his performance) while Cuba is doing straight to DVD schlock after appearing in disasters like ''Film/{{Norbit}}'' and ''Film/DaddyDayCamp.''

** "America, Fuck Yeah!" started dating itself once Bed Bath and Beyond, which is mentioned in the song, started closing its stores in 2023 as it files for bankruptcy.

* FanonDiscontinuity: Many fans refuse to acknowledge the uncut sex scene ever existed, due to its inclusion of [[NauseaFuel scat and urination]], which, even by the movie's own standards, is just ''fucking disturbing''...

** Much of the humor is directed against targets like Creator/MichaelMoore, [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea Kim Jong-il]], the films of Creator/MichaelBay, anti-war celebrity activists like Creator/GeorgeClooney and Creator/SeanPenn, and America's gung-ho behavior in UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror, all of which were political and cultural touchstones of the year (2004) when the film came out. Now that America's (mostly) left Iraq (which is now considered to be a major foreign policy blunder) and terrorism has faded from the agenda (with ISIL defeated), it can feel rather dated, especially with Kim Jong-il's death in December 2011.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Much of the humor is directed against targets like Creator/MichaelMoore, [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea Kim Jong-il]], the films of Creator/MichaelBay, anti-war celebrity activists like Creator/GeorgeClooney and Creator/SeanPenn, and America's gung-ho behavior in UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror, all of which were political and cultural touchstones of the year (2004) when the film came out. Now that America's (mostly) left Iraq (which is now considered to be a major foreign policy blunder) and terrorism has faded from the agenda (with ISIL defeated), it can feel rather dated, especially with Kim Jong-il's death in December 2011.

** It turned out that Kim Jong Il had a thicker skin for [[Film/TheInterview than his son did.]]

** "I'm So Ronery" and "You Are Useless Arec Bardwin" are sad enough that you might actually feel a bit of pity for Kim Jong-Il (the character, not the actual person obviously).

*** Creator/AlecBaldwin cracked up when his daughter's classmates quoted Kim Jong Il's, "You are useress to me, Arec Bardwin!"

** Less ambiguously, the movie very openly mocks actors with public political causes as out-of-touch and narcissistic idiots who don't know what they are talking about.

** AlternateAesopInterpretation: A more positive way of looking at it is "violence is bad, of course, but promoting peace and diplomacy to people who are just too [[BloodKnight violent]] or [[KnightTemplar self-righteous]] to be reasoned with [[GoodIsImpotent just leaves you helpless]], [[NecessarilyEvil so it is at times quite necessary]]. The trick is to know when and where it is necessary to use it, and in what amounts, [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer and to not get too attached to it]]."

** Less ambiguously, the movie very openly mocks actors with public political causes as out of touch, narcissistic idiots who don't know what they are talking about.

** Hans Blix apparently found his portrayal so hysterical that he referenced it in a lecture. He also said he was disappointed that he couldn't buy the puppet of himself from the crew.

* HomegrownHero: Is played [[PlayedForLaughs for laughs]], with Americans doing their part to stop a North-Korean/Arabian conspiracy from Paris to Egypt.
* HoYay: The film's aesop essentially boils down to "dicks should fuck assholes instead of pussies".

* LesYay: Sarah is very close to Lisa, and has a photo of the two of them in the cockpit of her fighter plane. It's easy to conclude that she isn't mad at Lisa for taking the guy she liked, but for choosing Gary over ''her''.

** Many fans are in the US government and foreign policy field, and as explained in Main/MisaimedFandom below, many Americans love the theme song, "America, Fuck Yeah!".

* SpiritualAdaptation: Creator/GerryAnderson himself said this movie was what he wished the Live Action ''Thunderbirds'' movie was like. The only thing he disapproved of was the gross parts -- it meant that kids couldn't watch it.

* AcceptableTargets: The Film Actors Guild (F.A.G.) are all famous Hollywood actors with [[KnowNothingKnowItAll delusions of grandeur]] that use their reputations and acting ability to influence world politics. The directors did this because they believe that A-list actors are some of the most narcissistic people out there. Their use of puppets instead of actual people was a result of their assumption that it would be easier than working with professional actors (there are only about ten voice actors in the entire movie, most of whom are in bit roles; the majority of characters are voiced by Parker and Stone, [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark again]]).
--> '''Alec Baldwin:''' What the world needs is an international advisory committee who truly understands global politics. Namely: ''us''.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Much of the humor is directed against targets like Creator/MichaelMoore, [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea Kim Jong-il]], the films of Creator/MichaelBay, anti-war celebrity activists like Creator/GeorgeClooney and Creator/SeanPenn, and America's gung-ho behavior in UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror, all of which were political and cultural touchstones of the year (2004) when the film came out. Now that America's (mostly) left Iraq (which is now considered to be a major foreign policy blunder) and terrorism has faded from the agenda (until ISIS came along), it can feel rather dated, especially with Kim Jong-il's death in December 2011.

*** For that matter, ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' has a scene where Peter Quill seems to mix up the definition of "Dicks" and "A(ss)holes" as defined by this movie, saying that he and his team are "A-holes" but "not 100% dicks."

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: As shown in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaiHffR6dlM this]] Music/SiivaGunner rip, "America, Fuck Yeah!" can sound a lot like Music/BlackSabbath's ''Paranoid''.

** There's even word that ''Kim Jong Il himself'' saw this film and was tickled by it, saying something along the lines of "This is a very funny movie." On the other hand, there's also word he wasn't impressed and tried to convince the Czech Republic to [[BannedInChina ban the film]] (for what it's worth, this is what Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} has to say on the matter).

** The theme song, "America, Fuck Yeah!", ironically gets a lot of use from people who spout pro-American rhetoric, despite the song lampooning/parodying their nationalistic views.

-->'''Kim Jong Il''': Congratulations, Team America. [[ThisMeansWar You have stopped]] '''''[[ThisMeansWar
NOTHING]]'''''.

-->'''Kim Jong Il''': Congratulations, Team America. You have stopped '''''NOTHING'''''.

* FightSceneFailure: [[StylisticSuck Done deliberately]], all of the "brawls" in the movie are just puppets [[WimpFight ineffectually slapping at each other.]] According to Parker and Stone, the puppeteers were actually good enough to do realistic fight scenes, but the duo had the crew make the puppet fights look [[StylisticSuck as half-assed as possible]] both because more realistic movements would have been [[UncannyValley uncomfortably distracting]] and it was [[RuleOfFunny funnier if the fights looked like shit.]]

* UncannyValley: Seriously, just look at the main page's image and you'll see. The faces are very unsettling. It may explain the directorial decision to leave the strings visible, to stop the marionettes looking too human.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Much of the humor is directed against targets like Creator/MichaelMoore, [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea Kim Jong-il]], the films of Creator/MichaelBay, anti-war celebrity activists like Creator/GeorgeClooney and Creator/SeanPenn, and America's gung-ho behavior in UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror, all of which were political and cultural touchstones of the year (2004) when the film came out. Now that America's (mostly) left Iraq and terrorism has faded from the agenda (until ISIS came along), it can feel rather dated, especially with Kim Jong-il's death in December 2011.

* AcceptableTargets: The Film Actors Guild (F.A.G.) are all famous Hollywood actors with [[KnowNothingKnowItAll delusions of grandeur]] that use their reputations and acting ability to influence world politics. The directors did this because they believe that actors are some of the most narcissistic people out there. Their use of puppets instead of actual people being under the assumption that it would be easier than working with professional actors (there are only about ten voice actors in the entire movie, most of whom are in bit roles; the majority of characters are voiced by Parker and Stone, [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark again]]).