History YMMV / TheMikado

** "I've Got a Little List" has as examples, "the [N-word] serenader, and the others of his race"[[note]]changed in some later perfromances the "the banjo serendare" in an attempt at trying to avoid offence[[/note]] and even "that singular anomoly, the lady novelist"!

** "I've Got a Little List" has as examples, "the [N-word] serenader, and the others of his race"[[note]]changed in some later perfromances the "the banjo serendare" in an attempt at trying to avoid offence[[/note] and even "that singular anomoly, the lady novelist"!

* ValuesDissonance: The show was originally intended to be performed in {{Yellowface}}, but this is becoming increasingly unacceptable to present-day audiences.

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: ''The Mikado'' has always been very popular in Japan. In an attempt at diplomatic politeness, the British Government banned the play for the duration of the Japanese Prince Fushimi Sadanaru's 1907 visit to London, only to be told that the Prince was ''looking forward'' to seeing the play. In a Japanese review of the play, the reviewer mentioned that he was "deeply and pleasingly disappointed" to find that instead of being insulting, it was a fun show to watch.

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: ''The Mikado'' has always been very popular in Japan. In a rather admirable attempt at political correctness, the British Government banned the play for the duration of Prince Fushimi Sadanaru's 1907 visit to London, only to be told that the Prince was ''looking forward'' to seeing the play. In a Japanese review of the play, the reviewer mentioned that he was "deeply and pleasingly disappointed" to find that instead of being insulting, it was a fun show to watch.

** Averted heavily with Japanese/Asian-''Americans,'' who frequently point out that while the ''intent'' was to satirize English culture, it hasn't aged well at all and still makes Asians the butt of the joke, writing it off as yet another excuse for white people to be racist towards Asians.

* ArtisticLicense: Completely ''and intentionally'' misrepresents Japanese culture for RuleOfFunny purposes. The intent was to satirize English culture, not mock Japanese culture.

* MemeticMutation: It's the source of familiar phrases such as "A short, sharp shock," "Let the punishment fit the crime," and even "grand Poohbah."

* WeirdAlEffect: Did you know that this is where the term "Grand Poohbah" originated?

* ToughActToFollow: This was arguably Gilbert and Sullivan's peek. Their next show, ''Theatre/{{Ruddigore}}'', was quite successful but looked like a flop in comparison; Gilbert (who made the equivalent of 600 000 USD in 2016 off ''Ruddigore'') remarked, "I could do with a few more such failures."

WeirdAlEffect: Did you know that this is where the term "Grand Poohbah" originated?

** Averted heavily with Japanese/Asian-''Americans,'' who frequently point out that while the ''intent'' was to satirize English culture, it hasn't aged well at all and it's still making Asians the butt of the joke, so most people will automatically call it "a racist play about Japan made by white people."

* ToughActToFollow: This was something of the climax of their career.
** Their next show, ''Theatre/{{Ruddigore}}'', was quite successful but looked like a flop in comparison; Gilbert (who made the equivalent of 600 000 USD in 2016 off ''Ruddigore'') remarked, "I could do with a few more such failures."

** Their next show, ''Theatre/{{Ruddigore}}'', was quite successful but looked like a flop in comparison; Gilbert remarked, "I could do with a few more such failures."

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: ''The Mikado'' has always been very popular in Japan. In a rather admirable attempt at political correctness, the British Government banned the play for the duration of Prince Fushimi Sadanaru's 1907 visit to London, only to be told that the Prince was ''looking forward'' to seeing the play. An Japanese review of the play would say that, the reviewer was "deeply and pleasingly disappointed" to find that instead of being insulting, it was a fun show to watch.

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: ''The Mikado'' has always been very popular in Japan. It helped when Prince Fushimi Sadanaru saw the play at his own insistence in 1907 and was "deeply and pleasingly disappointed" to find that instead of being insulting, it was a fun show to watch.

* StopHelpingMe: ''"Will you refrain from putting in your oar!?!"''

* ArtisticLicense: Completely '''and intentionally''' misrepresents Japanese culture for RuleOfFunny purposes.
** But subverts this by including an authentic Japanese marching song, ''Miya Sama''.
** Also subverted by dint of the fact that its actual purpose was (as with most things G&S) {{satire}} on contemporary ''British'' society.
*** Let's put it this way: Gilbert understood the correct way of writing period pieces: Do as much research as possible, and forget everything that doesn't fit what you're trying to write.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Pooh-Bah is one the more popular characters from GilbertAndSullivan's shows.

** Their next show, ''Ruddigore'', was quite successful but looked like a flop in comparison; Gilbert remarked, "I could do with a few more such failures."

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Poo-Bah is one the more popular characters from GilbertAndSullivan's shows.

* MemeticMutation: It's the source of familiar phrases such as "A short, sharp shock," "Let the punishment fit the crime," and even "grand Poohbah."

* CriticalResearchFailure: Completely '''and intentionally''' misrepresents Japanese culture for RuleOfFunny purposes.

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: ''The Mikado'' has always been very popular in Japan.

** MemeticMutation: It's the source of familiar phrases such as "A short, sharp shock," "Let the punishment fit the crime," and even "grand Poohbah."