History YMMV / WanderOverYonder

* CrazyIsCool: Wander, continually saving planets by basically acting like a complete goofball. Highlights include stopping a feud in "The Good Deed" by acting out an elaborate courtroom scene [[TalkingToHimself by himself]] and literally confusing everyone into submission, to saving an entire planet by [[ItMakesSenseInContext wining a dance off]] in "The Party Animal".

** Sourdough the Evil Sandwich after The Axe, for being a [[KillerRabbit threatening villain even by the fact that is a sandwich]].

* TheFireflyEffect: It's rather telling that the show's popularity skyrocketed ''only'' when it was announced that it was going to be canceled.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The melody of Emperor Awesome's theme song "Let's Get Awesome" almost completely sounds like "I Like To Move It" by Reel 2 Reel, made famous for the ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' series.

** Also, what he mean at the end of [[WhamEpisode "The Wanders"]] when he said that he don't want anybody to suffer like he did, was he talking about [[AndIMustScream his role in the episode]] or his past or both?
** [[spoiler: 'The Night Out' and 'The End of the Galaxy' paint one for Dominator. Is she really an irredeemable monster, or does she take her anger out on the universe because she is lonely and doesn't know what friendship is like? Also, did she really deny reforming in the finale, or did Wander get through to her? (at least to an extent) To add on to this, is she evil because she is lonely, or is she lonely because of her being evil? Was her loneliness the cause of her evil? Or is she conflicted between her love for destruction and her desire for companionship?]]

* EvilIsCool: Among the things in Lord Hater's army are catapults that launch flaming stone skulls and ''a giant robot''. Emperor Awesome too.

** The plot of "The Battle Royale" has stirred up the fanbase. While the fight scenes featuring recurring and [[EnsembleDarkhorse fan favorite villains]] along with Sylvia and Peepers getting development on their [[EnemyMine relationship]] was very well received by the fandom, the main criticism comes from Wander's romance plotline. Some have vocally expressed disgust over Wander trying to fix Hater up with Dominator [[UnfortunateImplications after discovering her secret since it feels that Wander is using her as a tool to make Hater good]]. Others have looked over this problem and have faith that Dominator will still be her own person, and vicious threat to the galaxy, and it will lead up to Wander's own character development. The ending to the episode, too: Some are excited to see what will happen now that Hater has a crush on Dominator, others are calling it a cop out and are worried the romance will take over the show. [[spoiler: It later turns out that the latter is not the case.]]

** The season 2 finale has raised one major question. [[spoiler:Should Lord Dominator be reformed? Or is she better off as a villain?]]

** The theme song. Dear Lord Hater, the theme song... Whether or not people like the show itself, the theme song either perceived as extremely catchy due to its upbeat kazoo and plucky banjo meshing well with the [[TitleThemeTune Title-Only Theme Tune]], while others absolutely despise it for repeating the same melody over and over and over again along with the show title, with no variety in the lyrics. But then again, even those who loathe the theme song are willing to admit that it is catchy at times...

** Lord Hater's change in personality between Seasons 1 and 2 is also subject to debate. To elaborate, in season 1, while still a PsychopathicManchild whose tyranny is being diminished by his obsession with Wander, he is still a badass force to be reckoned with. In season 2, he has been reduced to a BigBadWannabe, his PsychopathicManchild traits have been turned UpToEleven, and he is incapable of performing the simplest of tasks without Peepers' assistance. (Who himself went through a similar ''reversed'' change between seasons, but has been very well-received.) [[spoiler:Fans rejoiced at the sudden return of his utter badassery in the season finale.]]

** The episode "The Black Cube" is about a floating black cube's spiraling depression. The episode has a sense of silliness given the main character but the episode's continuous HumiliationConga and oppressive atmosphere successfully makes it rather sad.

%% * TastesLikeDiabetes: Bingleborp till Lord Hater invades it.

* FanPreferredCouple:
** So far there is no {{Love Interest|s}} for anyone in the show, but [[FoeYayShipping Wander/Lord Hater]] is already being hardcore shipped.
** [[PlatonicLifePartners Wander/Sylvia]] is gaining popularity, too.
** TheReveal [[spoiler:that Lord Dominator is actually an {{Adorkable}} girl not unlike Wander in terms of personality has resulted in many people shipping Wander/Lord Dominator or even Hater/Dominator]]
*** After the summary for The Battle Royale came out, Hater/Dominator spiked in popularity. [[spoiler: It helps that [[TheMatchmaker Wander]] ships it in canon.]]
** Heck, the fandom pretty much ships almost every character with every other character. Wander/Peepers, Peepers/Sylvia, Sylvia/Dominator, you name it. See IdiosyncraticShipNaming for more.

** Lord Dominator, who is essentially Lord Hater turned UpToEleven, such as having regenerating MechaMooks and [[MagmaMan powers over lava]].

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:
** An odd inversion. In "Battle Royale" [[spoiler: Wander]] defeats [[spoiler: Dr. Screwball]] with a BangFlagGun, prompting the latter to enact an overly dramatic death scene. Hilarious? Yes, only it recalls when [[spoiler: the DCAU Joker died due to a BrainwashedAndCrazy Robin shooting him with a lethal version of the gun.]] Bonus points for [[spoiler: Wander being in his "grim and gritty" heroic mode.]]
** Emperor Awesome hitting on Sylvia, especially [[AbhorrentAdmirer Sylvia's reaction]]. Then [[spoiler: Awesome tries the same on Dominator and gets coated in lava; then in the next episode "My Fair Hatey", being trapped in the dungeons, broken.]]
** Sylvia in "The Egg" stubbornly refuses to be affectionate to the titular egg, which provides for a lot of gags as Wander through banjo tries to convince Sylvia to act more motherly until they return the egg to its nest. Then you learn that [[spoiler:Sylvia ran away from home and has issues with her mother, and it can be very hard to watch her lack of affection.]]
** Wander thinking he got Lord Dominator a cactus in "The Sick Day" becomes drastically tragic when in "The Flower" [[spoiler:she chases him and Sylvia down just to destroy a flower they've rescued, and to take a selfie of them with PuppyDogEyes and BrokenTears]].

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: Tony Luke believes Lord Dominator to be plagiarised off his ''[[https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominator_(comics) Dominator]]'' character.

** There is a lot of fan-art between this show and ''{{WesternAnimation/Villainous}}'', usually with EVIL Sandwich involved.

* MoralEventHorizon:
** In "The Tourist", Trudi crosses it when she pops Wander's orbble and leaves him to die in space, just before he blows another orbble and realizes how jerky he's become.
** [[spoiler:Brad Starlight]] crosses it in "The Hotshot" when he and his cousin [[spoiler:plan to kill Wander and Sylvia for realizing Brad is the FakeUltimateHero Hotshot]].

** In "The Bot", we all lose our sympathy for Dominator when she [[spoiler:executes Bot 13[=/=]Beep Boop after undergoing its HeelFaceTurn]]. It serves as a reminder that despite her silliness and annoyance with Hater, Dominator is still a serious and threatening villain.

* VillainDecay:
** Hater has been suffering this ever since encountering Wander in the first season. This actually becomes a major plot point for him in season 2.
** ALL the villains in season two [[spoiler: once Dominator catches them and breaks them]].

** Prince Cashmere from "The Troll" episode is a tough and brave goat warrior... then he opens his mouth and out comes [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Patrick Star's]] voice.

** There's a small following for, of all things, Lord Dominator x [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 Launchpad]] [=McQuack=]. Which, considering the RunningGag about Launchpad's AmicableExes all around the world, at least one of which is an InterspeciesRomance, is not as out-of-place as it first seems.

* DracoInLeatherPants:
** Lord Dominator is getting a lot of this, especially after the reveal that she's actually a GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe under all that junk. In fact, her VillainSong in "My Fair Hatey" can be seen as a TakeThat towards this trope.
** Peepers too. Although he is TheDragon and quite ruthless, he also earns sympathy for being a [[{{Moe}} cute]] little eyeball that is good at his job and would have conquered the galaxy earlier if not for Hater's terrible leadership. He also spoke for so-called "nerds" everywhere in his HannibalLecture to Emperor Awesome.

** A magic green hat that gives you what you need, not necessarily what you want. [[WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons Sounds familiar.]]

* CrazyAwesome: Wander, continually saving planets by basically acting like a complete goofball. Highlights include stopping a feud in "The Good Deed" by acting out an elaborate courtroom scene [[TalkingToHimself by himself]] and literally confusing everyone into submission, to saving an entire planet by [[ItMakesSenseInContext wining a dance off]] in "The Party Animal".

** There's a bit of an overlap between fans of Wander Over Yonder and fans of [[Series/ThirtyRock 30 Rock]] due to [=Jack McBrayer=] playing similar characters in both shows.

** Dr Screwball Jones. Being voiced by Weird Al certainly helps.

* DesignatedHero: Wander in a few episodes. Heck, in "The Egg" he spends a good portion of it singing a song to Sylvia on how to nurture babies rather than actually helping her make the dangerous trek to the nest with the large egg, and in "The Showstoppers" he allows Hater to [[spoiler:take a planet of bunny aliens hostage so that Hater can impress Dominator with his rock concert]].