History YMMV / TheFutureIsWild

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Not only is it totally implausible that any ice age short of another Snowball Earth would wipe out anywhere near all marine mammals (who have so far survived many relatively recent ice ages), but doing so for the series cuts off many fascinating possibilities to explore. For instance modern river dolphins evolved when shallow inland seas retreated and became river basins, this could happen again perhaps in new ways. It would be fascinating to see what the first freshwater baleen whale might be like! Or, what might future pinnipeds be like if they evolved to become fully aquatic? Would they resemble modern cetaceans? In what ways would they be different? Could cetaceans ever develop a civilization?
** Similarly, the Babookaris are implied to be on the cusp of evolving sapience, but nothing more is ever made of this.
** The cartoon qualifies too, especially if you watched after seeing the original miniseries. Instead of using its admittedly cool premise--humans are threatened by an ice age and must travel further into the future to a time when the planet is hospitable again-- to its full potential, it spends most of its time focusing on the humorous antics of the various creatures (which can all now talk for some reason).

** The cartoon as a whole probably qualifies. Instead of using its admittedly cool premise--humans are threatened by an ice age and must travel further into the future to a time when the planet is hospitable again-- to its full potential, it spends most of its time focusing on the humorous antics of the various creatures (which can all now talk for some reason).

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Not only is it totally implausible that any ice age short of another Snowball Earth would wipe out anywhere near all marine mammals (who have so far survived many relatively recent ice ages), but doing so for the series cuts off many fascinating possibilities to explore. For instance modern river dolphins evolved when shallow inland seas retreated and became river basins, this could happen again perhaps in new ways. It would be fascinating to see what the first freshwater baleen whale might be like! Or, what might future pinnipeds be like if they evolved to become fully aquatic? Would they resemble modern cetaceans? In what ways would they be different?

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** The Poggle. Something about those big eyes and invisible mouth is enough to send chills down the viewer's spine.
* TheWoobie: Poggles. They're so cute. [[spoiler: And so tasty for spiders.]] That, and they're also the very last mammal species on the planet.

* TheWoobie: Poggles. They're so cute. [[spoiler: And so tasty for spiders.]]

* SpecialEffectFailure:
** The CGI is ''really'' bad. It's still better than that of ''Series/AnimalArmageddon'', though that show at least has more realistic-looking fur!
** One overhead animated schematic, depicting the Carakillers' hunting habits, shows the Babookari group fleeing with their butts facing forward.
* TastesLikeDiabetes: The children's series.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Again, the children's series!!

* UncannyValley: The human characters of the children's series.
** Also, the Babookaris. Their faces look disturbingly human.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Japan is the franchise's most successful market.

* CrazyAwesome: The Sharkopaths, super intelligent, super fast and super tough sharks with bioluminescence.

* SpecialEffectFailure: The CGI is ''really'' bad. It's still better than that of ''Series/AnimalArmageddon'', though that show at least has more realistic-looking fur!

** This series speculates that 200 million years in the future, nearly all land vertebrate life, including humanity, have been rendered extinct and sealife will move to land to fill the void, with squids becoming the new dominant species. Jump 12 years later and out comes [[{{VideoGame/Splatoon}} a game whose lore has that scenario actually happen]].

** The Poggle. Something about those big eyes and invisible mouth is enough to send chills down viewer's spine.

** This series speculates that 200 million years in the future, nearly all land vertebrate life, including humanity, have been rendered extinct and sealife will move to land to fill the void, with squids becoming the new dominant species. Jump 12 years later and out comes [[{{VideoGame/Splatoon}} a game who's lore has that scenario actually happen]].

** This series speculates that 200 million years in the future, nearly all land vertebrate life, including humanity, have been rendered extinct and sealife will move to land to fill the void, with squids becoming the new dominant species. Jump 12 years later and out comes [[VideoGame/Splatoon a game who's lore has it actually happen]].

** This series speculates that 200 million years in the future, nearly all land vertebrate life, including humanity, have been rendered extinct and sealife will move to land to fill the void, with squids becoming the new dominant species. Jump 12 years later and out comes [VideoGame/Splatoon a game who's lore has it actually happen]].

** This series speculates that 200 million years in the future, nearly all land vertebrate life, including humanity, have been rendered extinct and sealife will move to land to fill the void, with squids becoming the new dominant species. Jump 12 years later and out comes [[/VideoGame/Splatoon a game who's lore has it actually happen]].

** The Shagrat who [[spoiler: gets killed by a Snowstalker.]]

* SpecialEffectFailure: The CGI is ''really'' bad. It's still better than that of ''AnimalArmageddon'', though that show at least has more realistic-looking fur!

* SpecialEffectFailure: The CGI is ''really'' bad.
** It's still better than that of ''AnimalArmageddon'', though.
*** At least AnimalArmageddon has more realistic-looking fur!
* SoBadItsHorrible: Did they NEED to make a TV series?

* EarWorm: there's no doubt you'll be humming that surprisingly catchy theme song after hearing it.

* EarWorm: [[YourMilageMayVary YMMV]] with the cartoon itself, but there's no doubt you'll be humming that surprisingly catchy theme song after hearing it.