History YMMV / WaynesWorld

* HilariousInHindsight: Wayne tries to get an Oscar by going hysterical about not learning how to read. [[Creator/KateWinslet Somebody]] [[Literature/TheReader accomplished this later on]].

** Glenn, the manager of Stan Makita's Donuts, has a few bizarre and creepy rants. He never factors into the plot. However, he is incredibly awesome.
** "What are you going to do with these guys?"
*** "Oh nothing really. I just always wanted to open a door to a room where people are being trained like in [[Film/JamesBond a James Bond movie]]."
*** "Wicked!"
*** "[[CatchPhrase SHYA!]]" *Closes door*

* HilariousInHindsight: Wayne tries to get an Oscar by going hysterical about not learning how to read. [[KateWinslet Somebody]] [[Literature/TheReader accomplished this later on]].

*** "Oh nothing really. I just always wanted to open a door to a room where people are being trained like in [[Film/JamesBond James Bond movies]]."

* HilariousInHindsight: Wayne tries to get an Oscar by going hysterical about not learning how to read.[[KateWinslet Somebody]] [[Literature/TheReader accomplished this later on]].

** Really, the movies [[FountainOfMemes spawned]] an ''incredible'' amount of this, ranking right up there with [[Film/BillAndTed Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure]] for the amount of slang it introduced to the cultural landscape.

** Really, the movies spawned an ''incredible'' amount of this, ranking right up there with [[Film/BillAndTed Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure]] for the amount of slang it introduced to the cultural landscape.

** The OscarBait [[MemeticMutation I Never Learned To Read]] scene in the original movie, being [[GenreSavvu fully aware of what it was]].

* CrazyAwesome: Ed O'Neil's character.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The film features several, some of them simply for comedic value and others for other reasons. The encounter with [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} T-1000]] is one example.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In the second movie, Garth asks Wayne if Princess Di still lives in Buckingham Palace, saying that "She's hot." Princess Diana died in August 1997, four years after the movie came out.
** Ironically, another Mike Myers movie- ''Film/AustinPowers''- would also mention Princess Di in a joke; this time, mere ''months'' before she died.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The film features several, some of them simply for comedic value and others for other reasons. The encounter with [[Film/{{Terminator}} T-1000]] is one example.

*** "Oh nothing really. I just always wanted to open a door to a room where people are being trained like in [[JamesBond James Bond movies]]."

*** "[[{{Catchphrase}} SHYA!]]" *Closes door*

** Ironically, another Mike Myers movie- ''AustinPowers''- would also mention Princess Di in a joke; this time, mere ''months'' before she died.

* OlderThanTheyThink: The old "That's what she said!" joke is featured prominently in this movie, which came out over a decade before ''TheOffice'' did.

* CompleteMonster: If Del Preston's story about Sri Lanka is true, then it makes him a murderer who brutally killed a father and son just so he could steal some candy from their shop.

* HilariousInHindsight: Wayne tries to get an Oscar by going hysterical about not learning how to read. [[KateWinslet Somebody]] [[Literature/TheReader accomplished this later on]].

* SeinLanguage: An apparent specialty of Mike Myers, the film popularized a number of slang terms and saying, such as "No way!/Way!", "Schwing!", "Exqueeze me?" and "Shyeah right! And monkeys might fly outta my butt!"

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: WebOriginal/TheAngryVideoGameNerd lampshades this in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cWGZkK-KsY his review of two video game adaptations for the NES and SNES]].

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: TheAngryVideoGameNerd lampshades this in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cWGZkK-KsY his review of two video game adaptations for the NES and SNES]].

* MemeticMutation: "Schwing!", "We're not worthy!" and "ThatsWhatSheSaid!"

* HilariousInHindsight: Wayne tries to get an Oscar by going hysterical about not learning how to read. [[KateWinslet Somebody]] [[Film/TheReader accomplished this later on]].

* HilariousInHindsight: Wayne tries to get an Oscar by going hysterical about not learning how to read. [[KateWinslet Somebody]] [[TheReader accomplished this later on]].

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The film features several, some of them simply for comedic value and others for other reasons. The encounter with [[TheTerminator T-1000]] is one example.

** Really, the movies spawned an ''incredible'' amount of this, ranking right up there with BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure for the amount of slang it introduced to the cultural landscape.