History YMMV / Tremors

* SpecialEffectsFailure: Happened a lot in the series and the later movies. Primarily the third and fourth, largely due to lower budgets and/or increased use of ConspicuousCG.

* HilariousInHindsight: Ever wonder what the full name of "Desert Jack" from Tremors 3 was? The titles reveal it's [[{{Lost}} Jack Sawyer]].

* {{Sequelitis}}: An interesting case. The first movie was basically a semi-BlackComedy with KevinBacon. Not having to pay Bacon's salary meant the second could afford ''lots'' more StuffBlowingUp. The third is notable for reassembling the entire (surviving) supporting cast of the first, with no characters PutOnABus.

** The film title refers to the tremors, miniature earthquakes, caused by the monsters tunneling through the ground near the seismic sensors. Blame PopCulturalOsmosisFailure for fans thinking the monsters were called Tremors.

** The film title refers to the tremors, miniature earthquakes, caused by the monsters tunneling through the ground near the seismic sensors.

* FridgeBrilliance: Why does Burt transform from CrazySurvivalist ConspiracyTheorist to a sane CombatPragmatist? He has a physical enemy he can ''shoot'' at, instead of stockpiling weapons waiting for the never-going-to-happen government or Russian invasion of his compound.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: Happened a lot in the series and the later movies. Primarily the third and fourth.

-->'''Burt:''' I dropped the first wave with semi-auto fire, but they just kept coming. Sheer luck, most of them were in front of me, so I just put it in six-wheel and [[CarFu ran 'em down]]. Then I took down the ones that got aboard with a combination of small arms fire and hand-to-hand techniques.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: Happened a lot in the series and the later movies. Primarily the third and fourth.

* AlasPoorVillain: 4-12 from the TV series. It may have killed people, but it's handler genuinely loved it and, until the plant that kept its aggression under control became impossible to find, it was living peacefully with him. Unlike most monsters, its death is actually played tragically and it's even given a proper burial.

* AlsasPoorVillain: 4-12 from the TV series. It may have killed people, but it's handler genuinely loved it and, until the plant that kept its aggression under control became impossible to find, it was living peacefully with him. Unlike most monsters, its death is actually played tragically and it's even given a proper burial.

* MisBlamed: The TV series often gets the blame for the cancellation of ''{{Farscape}}'', which earned it a great deal of backlash. However, the series was actually picked up two months before the Sci-Fi Channel's decision to cancel ''Farscape'' (which at the time had a contractual obligation for a fifth season). In fact, ''Tremors'' was originally set to premiere in January 2002 (alongside the final half ''Farscape'''s fourth season), but was delayed to that summer months after ''Farscape'' concluded in March due to special effects delays.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: Happened a lot in the series and the later movies.

-->'''Burt:''' I dropped the first wave with semi-auto fire, but they just kept coming. Sheer luck, most of them were in front of me, so I just put it in six-wheel and [[CarFu ran them over]]. Then I took down the ones that got aboard with a combination of small arms fire and hand-to-hand techniques."

* SpecialEffectsFailure: Happens a lot on the TV Series and the later movies.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The Gummers in the 1st movie: blowing away a Graboid in their basement with high powered weapons fire.

* FridgeLogic: Burt has the head of the Graboid he killed in the first movie stuffed and mounted on his wall in the second. The Graboid that he and his wife killed by shooting it in the head for 2 minutes. Shouldn't it's head be in terrible shape?
** It probably was quite messed up but a good taxidermist can piece together a nice trophy even from a horrifically damaged head, a common occurrence in the 19th century when hunting really big game since a head shot is safer than trying to hit the heart of a cape buffalo or rhino charging your ass. Its likely Burt paid for the very best considering it was the first Graboid he ever killed, and for all he knew, the last he ever would (which is accurate to an extent; even after two more movies and a series, he never killed another Graboid that actually ''had'' a head left to preserve).
*** Most of the damage Burt and his wife did to the Graboid was inside its mouth, anyway, where it wouldn't have affected the outer appearance as much. The only problem is that the Graboid's tongue-tendrils were effectively obliterated. But even this isn't a huge problem... there were several other Graboids that Burt was involved with killing to some extent. He may have been able to salvage the tongues out of the Graboid that dropped off a cliff, since that was probably all that ''could'' be salvaged. It'd make it a bit of a frankentrophy, but hey, better than being incomplete.
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The one that stands out the most to this troper is in the first film, when Val lifts up a farmer's hat on the ground and finds [[spoiler:the farmer's disembodied head sticking out of the sand face first!]]

* MissedMomentOfAwesome: In the third movie, there is a scene where Burt is about to shoot El Blanko with his Grizzly. However, the Graboid sinks back into the ground before he can fire, leaving the audience still wondering about what that gun can do to the creatures Burt had ''actually'' intended it for.
** Anybody else feel this way after hearing Burt recount his first encounter with Shriekers?

*** Though it would have been interesting to see exactly how one uses "hand-to hand techniques" against shriekers.

-->'''Burt:''' I dropped the first wave with semi-auto fire, but they just kept coming. Sheer luck, most of them were in front of me, so I just put it in gear and [[CarFu ran them over]]. Then I took down the ones that got aboard with a combination of small arms fire and hand-to-hand techniques."