History YMMV / Tremors

** Averted in the fifth and sixth movie, the CGI on the creatures is fantastic (if sparse) and it's almost impossible to believe it's from a straight to dvd movie.

* MemeticBadass: Burt Gummer. It's even a common joke in Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom that no matter what universe he ends up in or who you put him against, he will win through sheer CrazyAwesome and MoreDakka.

* CrazyAwesome:

** Burt Gummer is the number one fan favorite character, and the only one to appear in all six installments ([[IdenticalGrandson sort of]]).

** Miguel, a NiceGuy decent at {{MacGyvering}} whose MauveShirt survivor status stood out in the first movie. [[spoiler:Fans were not happy that he ended up knocked off a cliff n the third one]].

* PeripheryDemographic: The series has a noticeable following with gun enthusiasts who enjoy the films for their [[ShownTheirWork accurate depiction of proper gun safety and facts real life gun owners both abide by and follow]], citing it as one of the rare film series to depict these topics in a realistic manner.

* HarsherInHindsight: Try listening to one of Burt Gummer's rants about the government collecting people's information after hearing about the NSA scandal and the IRS targeting of political opponents, and see if you still find them funny.

* StrawmanHasAPoint: In the third film, ''Back to Perfection'', the three federal agents who show up in town to protect the Graboids from the protagonists are pretty clearly intended to seem like two intrusive bureaucrats and one useless bleeding heart, who are willing to take away the homes of the residents to protect monsters. At the same time, though...well, they ''do'' have a point. The Graboids are either incredibly bizarre living fossils that reflect an ancient lineage with no other representatives, or possibly even extraterrestrial in origin (scientists apparently haven't ruled this out, due to the possible age of the earliest fossil). No one knows how many of them there are, but it's clearly a very small population worldwide. Even when the scientist from the Smithsonian launches into a tirade about how Burt has been instrumental in their slaughter on "three separate occasions", he's only definitely wrong to condemn the first incident, which he may know little about. The others were ultimately done to protect an oil company's assets in Sonora and what was most likely an agricultural tract/chicken farm in the Pampas, with the goal of protecting isolated populations being a bit of ''post-hoc'' justification. Allowing either population to survive in an fenced-in reserve could have even made human survival in a more serious incident easier, since killing them ASAP has led to very spotty info about their life cycle. Burt was incredibly lucky that what showed up on the Pampas were still Shriekers. Ultimately, they're just three underpaid, poorly funded people trying to protect a dangerous but genuinely endangered species. Their decision to act like jerkasses on first appearance even comes across later more like it was a poorly thought out attempt to cow everyone into not fighting back. Particularly Burt, who has money and public support from his past "hunts".

* StrawmanHasAPoint: In the third film, ''Back to Perfection'', the three federal agents who show up in town to protect the Graboids from the protagonists are pretty clearly intended to seem like two intrusive bureaucrats and one useless bleeding heart, who are willing to take away the homes of the residents to protect monsters. At the same time, though...well, they ''do'' have a point. The Graboids are either incredibly bizarre living fossils that reflect an ancient lineage with no other representatives, or possibly even extraterrestrial in origin (scientists apparently haven't ruled this out, due to the possible age of the earliest fossil). No one knows how many of them there are, but it's clearly a very small population worldwide. Even when the scientist from the Smithsonian launches into a tirade about how Burt has been instrumental in their slaughter on "three separate occasions", he's only definitely wrong to condemn the first incident, which he may know little about. The others were ultimately done to protect an oil company's assets in Sonora and what was most likely an agricultural tract/chicken farm in the Pampas, with the goal of protecting isolated populations most likely being a bit of ''post-hoc'' justification done after the government had already made its decision. Allowing either population to survive in an fenced-in reserve would have frankly made human survival in a more serious incident easier, since killing them ASAP has led to very spotty info about their life cycle. Burt was incredibly lucky that what showed up on the Pampas were still Shriekers. Ultimately, they're three underpaid, poorly funded people trying to protect a dangerous but genuinely endangered species. Their decision to act like jerkasses on first appearance even comes across later more like it was a poorly thought out attempt to cow everyone into submission while they attempt to capture a live specimen. Particularly Burt, who likely has enough money, political leverage, and public support to win if he were to take the issue to court.

* trawmanHasAPoint: In the third film, ''Back to Perfection'', the three federal agents who show up in town to protect the Graboids from the protagonists are pretty clearly intended to seem like two intrusive bureaucrats and one useless bleeding heart, who are willing to take away the homes of the residents to protect monsters. At the same time, though...well, they ''do'' have a point. The Graboids are either incredibly bizarre living fossils that reflect an ancient lineage with no other representatives, or possibly even extraterrestrial in origin (scientists apparently haven't ruled this out, due to the possible age of the earliest fossil). No one knows how many of them there are, but it's clearly a very small population worldwide. Even when the scientist from the Smithsonian launches into a tirade about how Burt has been instrumental in their slaughter on "three separate occasions", he's only definitely wrong to condemn the first incident, which he may know little about. The others were ultimately done to protect an oil company's assets in Sonora and what was most likely an agricultural tract/chicken farm in the Pampas, with the goal of protecting isolated populations most likely being a bit of ''post-hoc'' justification done after the government had already made its decision. Allowing either population to survive in an fenced-in reserve would have frankly made human survival in a more serious incident easier, since killing them ASAP has led to very spotty info about their life cycle. Burt was incredibly lucky that what showed up on the Pampas were still Shriekers. Ultimately, they're three underpaid, poorly funded people trying to protect a dangerous but genuinely endangered species. Their decision to act like jerkasses on first appearance even comes across later more like it was a poorly thought out attempt to cow everyone into submission while they attempt to capture a live specimen. Particularly Burt, who likely has enough money, political leverage, and public support to win if he were to take the issue to court.

* StrawmanHasAPoint: In the third film, ''Back to Perfection'', the three federal agents who show up in town to protect the Graboids from the protagonists are pretty clearly intended to seem like two intrusive bureaucrats and one useless bleeding heart, who are willing to take away the homes of the residents to protect monsters. At the same time, though...well, they ''do'' have a point. The Graboids are either incredibly bizarre living fossils that reflect an ancient lineage with no other representatives, or possibly even extraterrestrial in origin (scientists apparently haven't ruled this out, due to the possible age of the earliest fossil). No one knows how many of them there are, but it's clearly a very small population worldwide. Even when the scientist from the Smithsonian launches into a tirade about how Burt has been instrumental in their slaughter on "three separate occasions", he's only definitely wrong to condemn the first incident, which he may know little about. The others were ultimately done to protect an oil company's assets in Sonora and what was most likely an agricultural tract/chicken farm in the Pampas, with the goal of protecting isolated populations most likely being a bit of ''post-hoc'' justification done after the government had already made its decision. Allowing either population to survive in an fenced-in reserve would have frankly made human survival in a more serious incident easier, since killing them ASAP has led to very spotty info about their life cycle. Burt was incredibly lucky that what showed up on the Pampas were still Shriekers. Ultimately, they're three underpaid, poorly funded people trying to protect a dangerous but genuinely endangered species. Their decision to act like jerkasses on first appearance even comes across later more like it was a poorly thought out attempt to cow everyone into submission while they attempt to capture a live specimen. Particularly Burt, who likely has enough money, political leverage, and public support to win if he were to take the issue to court.

* PeripheryDemographic: The series has a noticeable following with gun enthusiasts who enjoy the films for their [[ShownTheirWork accurate depiction of proper gun safety and gun facts real life gun owners abide by]], citing it as one of the rare film series to depict these topics in a realistic manner.

* PeripheryDemographic: The series has a noticeable following with gun enthusiasts who enjoy the films for their [[ShownTheirWork accurate depiction of proper gun safety and gun owning]], citing it as one of the rare film series to depict these topics in a realistic manner.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: Happened a lot in the series and the later movies. Primarily the third and fourth, largely due to lower budgets.
** Averted in the fifth and sixth movie, the CGI is fantastic (if sparse) and it's almost impossible to believe it's from a straight to dvd movie.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: ''Val and Earl''! Many felt they should’ve had at least one appearance within the show and explore what they’ve been up to since last they were seen.

* BetterOnDVD: Due to the series being aired OutOfOrder when it initially came out, many plot point and character introductory episodes don’t come until ''after'' they’re well established in the show [[note]] Episode 5, "Project 4-12" for instance introduces Cletus Poffenberger and the concept of Mixmaster, yet the 6th episode, "Ghost Dance", which already has his relationship with the Perfection citizens established, was aired as ''Episode 2''. [[/note]] The DVD release keeps its intended episode order making character development and plot points more coherent to understand.

* GrowingTheBeard: The first 4 episodes play out like basic Tremors fare not unlike the first 3 films. Episode 5 is where many fans agree the show slowly growing its own identity with the reveal of Mixmaster, a chemical that can mutate any animal and even plant life for new, strange adventures.

* BetterOnDVD: Due to the series being aired OutOfOrder when it initially came out, many plot point and character introductory episodes don’t come until ''after'' they’re well established in the show [[note]] Episode 5, "Project 4-12" for instance introduces Cletus Poffenberger, yet the 6th episode, "Ghost Dance", which already has his relationship with the Perfection citizens established, was aired as ''Episode 2''. [[/note]] The DVD release keeps its intended episode order making character development and plot points more coherent to understand.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: ''Val and Earl''!

** Cletus’ experiment itself, 4-12 is often ranked as one of the shows best monsters for its terrifying rampage and for being one of the rare monsters that can stack up against a Graboid.

** Cletus’ experiment itsel, 4-12 is often ranked as one of the shows best monsters for its terrifying rampage and for being one of the rare monsters that can stack up against a Graboid.

* {{Squick}}: At the end of the first film, the Graboid falls off the climb and just ruptures upon impact to the rocky ground, gushing out orange blood.

* TheScrappy: Melvin and Grady, both in and out of universe.

** Averted in the fifth movie, the CGI is fantastic (if sparse) and it's almost impossible to believe it's from a straight to dvd movie.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Burt Gummer is the number one fan favorite character, and the only one to appear in all six installments ([[IdenticalGrandson sort of]]).