History YMMV / ThreeNinjas

* EvilIsSexy: Medusa from the final movie wears a HellBentForLeather wardrobe that leaves a good bit of her legs uncovered .

* HollywoodPudgy: Michael from the first movie is meant to be the Token-Fat Kid typicalyl found in Famly films like this, always seen stuffing his face with junk-food and is even given the nickname "Tum-Tum" by his grandfather. With that said, he is no more fat than his brothers. In fact, he's the ''smallest'' one.

* TemptingFate: In the first movie one of the kidnappers said that the boys were probably nice kids. Several buttkickings later, however...
-->'''Fester:''' [Still out of breath from his earlier garroting] I say we kill those little boogers!
-->'''Hammer:''' But, like, I thought we wanted them alive?
-->'''Fester:''' I want ''us'' alive, dude!

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In the original film, when the titular ninjas were returning home from their summer break with their grandfather, they joked about murdering their teacher, though they never made any indication that they would actually do it. Long after the release of this movie, there have been several high-profile school shootings, Columbine being the most famous. No, this movie was not the impetus for the killings.

-->'''Fester:''' I want "us" alive, dude!

* AntiClimaxBoss: In the third movie the brothers beat their way past [[TheDragon JJ]] and several other goons with practically no difficulty in the film's final fight scene outside the courthouse, which probably lasts less than a minute. These are goons they have already beaten up several times over the last couple days (demonstrating both the boys' superior skills and leaving those thugs sore all over and not at their best) and the suspense is less about the fight than getting into the courthouse in time to let the witness on the stands know his kidnapped daughter is safe and he can tell the truth. It is further justified due to being the only movie in the series were none of their opponents are trained martial artists, with the possible exception of a random biker -a short guy in a bandanna- who matches Colt move for move briefly in the middle of the ghost town fight. They're just thugs with fists, baseball bats, rifle buts and the like (although there are a ''lot'' of those thugs).

* FoeYay: In the fourth movie Medusa is EatingTheEyeCandy when the heroic shirtless wrestler played by Wrestling/HulkHogan is taken prisoner, half seriously saying she might take him with her as her boy toy. He does not reciprocate the feeling.

** This is a film series about Ninjas, the fourth film had a ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' expy, and one of the villains (specifically the DragonInChief) was named Lothar. Is this where Disney got the idea for ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm?''

* ValuesDissonance: In the first movie, Rocky calls his brothers "retarded" when they keep [[ShesNotMyGirlfriend saying he loves Emily]]. While it was still an insult in TheNineties, the word hadn't yet gained its modern-day reputation as an offensive slur against the mentally handicapped.

* AntiClimaxBoss: In the third movie the brothers beat their way past [[TheDragon JJ]] and several other goons with practically no difficulty in the film's final fight scene outside the courthouse, which probably lasts less than a minute. This is arguably a JustifiedTrope though. These are goons they have already beaten up several times over the last couple days (demonstrating both the boys' superior skills and leaving those thugs sore all over and not at their best) and the suspense is less about the fight than getting into the courthouse in time to let the witness on the stands know his kidnapped daughter is safe and he can tell the truth. It is further justified due to being the only movie in the series were none of their opponents are trained martial artists, with the possible exception of a random biker -a short guy in a bandanna- who matches Colt move for move briefly in the middle of the ghost town fight. They're just thugs with fists, baseball bats, rifle buts and the like (although there are a ''lot'' of those thugs).

* HilariousInHindsight: This is a film series about Ninjas, the fourth film had a ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' expy, and one of the villains (specifically the DragonInChief) was named Lothar. Is this where Disney got the idea for ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm?''

* ValuesDissonance: In the first movie, Rocky calls his brothers "retarded" when they keep [[ShesNotMyGirlfriend saying he loves Emily]]. While it was still an insult in TheNineties, the word hadn't yet gained its modern-day reputation as an offensive slur against the mentally handicapped.
* VindicatedByHistory: Downplayed, but the second and third film's receptions have gotten slightly better over the years.

* CompleteMonster: Jack Harding in the third movie is an utterly irredeemable creep. He throws around bribes to the mayor and chief police with a smug sense of entitlement. He's dumping illegal toxic waste near a Native American reservation, which is explicitly said to have killed people. He has protestors viciously beaten the second the news crews are out of sight. He abducts a man who has proof of the dumping and starves him for several days trying to force him to hand over incriminating evidence. And on the verge of the trial set to expose him he kidnaps a pre-teen girl and gleefully threatens her in an effort to make her father perjure himself on the stands.

* MemeticMutation: Rocky loves Emily.

* AntiClimaxBoss: In the third movie the brothers beat their way past [[TheDragon JJ]] and several other goons with practically no difficulty in the film's final fight. The whole thing probably lasts less than a minute. This is arguably a JustifiedTrope though. These are goons they have already beaten up several times over the last couple days (demonstrating both the boys' superior skills and leaving those thugs sore all over and not at their best) and the suspense is less about the fight than getting into the courthouse in time to let the witness on the stands know his kidnapped daughter is safe and he can tell the truth. It is further justified due to being the only movie in the series were none of their opponents are trained martial artists (with the possible exception of a random biker -a short guy in a bandanna- who matches Colt move for move briefly in the middle of the ghost town fight-but just thugs with fists baseball bats, rifle buts (although there are a ''lot'' of those thugs).
* CompleteMonster: Jack Harding in the third movie is an utterly irredeemable creep. He throws around bribes to the mayor and chief police with a smug sense of entitlement. He's dumping illegal toxic waste near a Native American reservation, which is explicitly said to have killed people. He has protestors viciously beaten the second the news crews are out of sight. He abducts a man who has proof and starves him for several days trying to force him to hand over incriminating evidence. And on the verge of the trial set to expose him he kidnaps a pre-teen girl and gleefully threatens her in an effort to make her father perjure himself on the stands.

* EvilIsSexy: Medusa from the final movie wears a HellBentForLeather wardrobe.

* HilariousInHindsight: This is a film series about Ninjas, the fourth film had a ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' expy, and one of the Big Bads was named Lothar. Is this where Disney got the idea for ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm?''

* NeverLiveItDown: The third movie is often viewed as having good fight scenes and somewhat interesting characters but a lot of criticism or ridicule comes from how a long break in filming caused the actors playing the boys to grow taller between scenes (although it's easy to overlook in the middle of the action scenes).

* VindicatedByHistory: Downplayed, but the second and third film receptions have gotten slightly better over the years.

* CriticalBacklash: There are those who don't find the sequels (or at least not all of them) as bad as their said to be.

* AntiClimaxBoss: In the third movie the brothers beat their way past [[TheDragon JJ]] and several other goons with practically no difficulty in the film's final fight. The whole thing probably lasts less than a minute. This is arguably a JustifiedTrope though. These are goons they've already beaten up several times over the last couple days (demonstrating both the boys superior skills and leaving those thugs sore all over and not at their best) and the suspense is less about the fight than getting into the courthouse in time to let the witness on the stands know his kidnapped daughter is safe and he can tell the truth. It's further justified due to being the only movie in the series were none of their opponents are trained martial artists (with the possible exception of a random biker -a short guy in a bandanna- who matches Colt move for move briefly in the middle of the ghost town fight-but just thugs with fists baseball bats, rifle buts (although there are a ''lot'' of those thugs).