History YMMV / ThePiratesInAnAdventureWithScientists

** In fact, anything to do with the [[{{Americanitis}} American version.]]

** He's supposed to be a proper member of society though, and stealing someone's TeamPet is ''definitely'' not proper. The pirates are only doing what pirates do.

** Because they're amusing and it'd be a very sad world if you were only allowed to sympathise with a morally upstanding protagonist.

* AwardSnub: Losing the Oscar to ''{{Brave}}.''

* CompleteMonster: Queen Victoria. A heartless psychopath who will stop at absolutely nothing to wipe out pirates forever, collects exotic animals for the sole purpose of eating them and implicitly states that she is not above ''[[ImAHumanitarian cannibalism]].''
-->[[NightmareFuel It's a pity you can't eat pirates, really.]]
** The Bishop of Oxford in the book counts as well. He kidnapped Darwin's brother if he expedited Mister Bobo and has been [[spoiler: making women sweat so much that it kills them so he could turn it into bars of soap to make him look younger]] and it's been hinted that he's been doing it for seven or eight months!

* AcclaimedFlop: In the US at least. It received very strong reviews for an animated film in 2012, even having a higher RottenTomatoes rating than [[{{Brave}} Pixar's film that year]] yet is Aardman's lowest-grossing film in the U.S. to date. Opening sandwiched between ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/TheAvengers'' probably didn't help it's cause much either...

* AcclaimedFlop: In the US at least. It received very strong reviews for an animated film in 2012, even having a higher RottenTomatoes rating than [[{{Brave}} Pixar's film that year]] yet is Aardman's lowest-grossing film in the U.S. to date. Opening sandwiched between TheHungerGames and TheAvengers probably didn't help it's cause much either...

* AcclaimedFlop: In the US at least. It received very strong reviews for an animated film in 2012, even having a higher RottenTomatoes rating than [[{{Brave}} Pixar's film that year]] yet is Aardman's lowest-grossing film in the US to date. Opening sandwiched between TheHungerGames and TheAvengers probably didn't help it's cause much either...
* AndTheFandomRejoiced: The announcement of a new {{Claymation}} film from Aardman following a long hiatus from big screen projects after leaving Creator/DreamWorksAnimation.
** Not to mention the fact that this is their first {{Claymation}} film since 2005's ''WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit''.
** The casting of DavidTennant, MartinFreeman, and BrianBlessed got a lot of people excited.

** JerkassWoobie: In the beginning of the story and up until his betrayal by Queen Victoria.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: The announcement of a new {{Claymation}} film from Aardman following a long hiatus from big screen projects after leaving DreamWorksAnimation.

** Well, [[HarmlessVillain they are very bad at piracy]] so most looting and gutting they've actually gotten away with was pure luck.
* DesignatedVillain: Darwin in the first half of the film. Sure, he tried to steal Polly... After the pirates attacked his ship, threatened him with decapitation and tried to murder him for the hell of it.

* EnsembleDarkhorse:

* OneSceneWonder:

** Not to mention the fact that this is their first {{Claymation}} film since 2005's ''WallaceAndGromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit''.

* OneSceneWonder: '''BrianBlessed''' as the Pirate King.

** Darwin has also become popular with the ladies, for [[DavidTennant obvious reasons.]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The Albino Pirate has a lot of fans.

* FetishFuel: An in-universe example. Darwin is attracted to Victoria because of her PrimAndProperBun.

* DesignatedVillain: Darwin in the first half of the film. Sure, he tried to steal Polly... After the pirates attacked his ship, threatend him with decapitation and tired to murder him for the hell of it.

** Well, [[TheWoobie they are very bad at piracy]] so most looting and gutting they've actually gotten away with was pure luck.

** JerkassWoobie: In the beginning of the story.

-->[[HighOctaneNightmareFuel It's a pity you can't eat pirates, really.]]