History YMMV / TheLittleRascals

** Grand Palmer who plays Waldo, would later become [[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse a white haired boy]].

** From the animated series, an 11-year old Creator/ScottMenville got his first major animated role as Spanky.

** Waldo is an [[SmugSnake arrogant]], [[SpoiledBrat spoiled]] {{Jerkass}}, but he crosses into this territory when he uses tire spikes against Alfalfa and Spanky in the race, a potentially dangerous trick. Darla even calls him out on this, and proceeds to break things off with him and kicks Waldo out of his own racer.
** Likewise, Butch and Woim cross it when they throw a smoke bomb on Spanky and Alfalfa's racer.

* ReceptionDissonance: This film did poorly with critics but well with general audiences. On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has a rating of 23% from critics, but 70% from general audiences. Metacritic (critics only) only rated it 45 out of 100, but [=CinemaScore=] (general audiences) gave it a rating of A−.

** In "Fish Hooky", the kids decide to write phoney sick notes to their teacher in order to play hooky. Stymie suggests saying he has Pneumonia on his. Matthew Beard (the actor who played Stymie) died of pneumonia in 1981.

** Darla has an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome by kicking Waldo out of his own car and finishing the race herself.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:

* WeirdAlEffect: The Flory Dory act from "Our Gang Follies of 1936" was a parody of a popular Edwardian musical comedy called "Floradora."

* AdaptationDisplacement: Bring up ''"The Little Rascals'' to nearly anybody born after 1985 and they'll likely assume you're referring to this movie. Mention the original series, and you'll be met with surprised looks or head scratches.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "We got a dollar, we got a dollar, we got a dollar, hey hey hey hey..."
** The William Tell Overture, aka the theme from ''Franchise/TheLoneRanger'', shows up during the go-kart race.

ValuesResonance: The fact that Roach insisted on having at least 1 black child actor be a part of the gang at any time, going back so far as ''1922''. Not only that, but as stated above, no issue was raised about skin color and all the kids got to participate in the plots equally. It's a neat bit of progressiveness in a time period that no one would suspect.

ValuesRessonance: The fact that Roach insisted on having at least 1 black child actor be a part of the gang at any time, going back so far as ''1922''. Not only that, but as stated above, no issue was raised about skin color and all the kids got to participate in the plots equally. It's a neat bit of progressiveness in a time period that no one would suspect.

* ReceptionDissonance: This film did poorly with critics but well with general audiences. On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has a rating of 23% from critics, but 70% from general audiences. Metacritic (critics only) only rated it 45 out of 100, but [=CinemaScore=] (generalaudiences) gave it a rating of A-.

* ValuesDissonance: During the ballet scene, the teacher's response to Butch and Woim's intrusion and Alfalfa and Spanky inadvertently messing up her recital is to [[DraggedByTheCollar grab them by their ears to walk them out of the ballet school]] ([[{{Jerkass}} even going so far as to yell at the latter two to]] GetOut). This is PlayedForLaughs but a joke like that might not be as acceptable in a kids' movie nowadays when child abuse has a become more widely recognized issue. Not to mention that under those circumstances, the ballet teacher would probably be fired and potentially face legal action for that sort of conduct towards children.

** Farina and Buckwheat come off as an EthnicScrappy to modern viewers, but having a black character accepted as an equal by his white peers was still a huge step forward then.

** Farina and Buckwheat comes off as an EthnicScrappy to modern viewers, but having a black character accepted as an equal by his white peers was still a huge step forward then.

* EarWorm:
** "We got a dollar, we got a dollar, we got a dollar, hey hey hey hey..."
** [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic The William Tell Overture]], aka the theme from ''Franchise/TheLoneRanger'', shows up during the go-kart race.

* HarsherInHindsight:

* FollowTheLeader: The shorts spawned a few imitators, such as ''Mickey [=McGuire=]'', ''Hey Fellas'', and ''[=McDougall=] Alley Kids''.

* RealSongThemeTune: For a brief period, the series' theme music was Ray Henderson's "That Old Gang of Mine..."
** ReplacedTheThemeTune: ...after which the theme music became "Good Old Days," an original piece by [=LeRoy=] Shield.
*** During the MGM years, the theme tune became David Snell's "Our Gang," a medley consisting of "London Bridge," "Mulberry Bush," and "The Farmer in the Dell."
** RearrangeTheSong: Happened to "Good Old Days" several times, notably shifting from a quiet piece to a louder, marching band piece in the mid-late 1930s.

** Waldo is an [[SmugSnake arrogant]], [[SpoiledBrat spoiled]] JerkAss, but he crosses into this territory when he uses tire spikes against Alfalfa and Spanky in the race, a potentially dangerous trick. Darla even calls him out on this, and proceeds to break things off with him and kicks Waldo out of his own racer.

** Buckwheat comes off as an EthnicScrappy to modern viewers, but having a black character accepted as an equal by his white peers was still a huge step forward then.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Bring up "The Little Rascals" to nearly anybody under 35 and they'll likely assume you're referring to this movie. Mention the original series, and you'll be met with surprised looks or head scratches.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: For some fans of the original shorts, the fact that the children aren't poor and look like yuppies may stop them from seeing this version.

** Alfalfa demonstrating why you should BewareTheNiceOnes when he punches Butch hard enough to knock him into a muddy pig pen. Woim, intimidated by this, then throws himself into the mud so avoid getting punched.
** Darla kicking Waldo out of his own car and finishing the race herself.