History YMMV / Weenies

* ValuesDissonance: As satisfying as the ending to ''The Substitute'' is, the concept of [[spoiler: a kid letting their classmates die out of frustration with them would be a much harder sell these days.]]

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: M.U.B is essentially about how, even though it can seriously frighten you, you need fear in your life sometimes.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments:
** Initially it seems like a family is surviving a zombie apocalypse during the protagonists' birthday and the dad occasionally coming out of their shelter to check the surroundings. Fortunately they survive. The twist? [[spoiler: There never was a zombie outbreak. The whole thing was a sham so that they could have the protagonists birthday inside. Why would they do this? ''They're afraid of the protagonist getting messy during the birthday parties and they think it's just cheaper to have it underground with no mess.'']]
** In the "A word or two about these stories" section in the Campfire installment, David Lubar talks about the Wanderban story (which is about a monster who's trying to get out of the hall of forgotten monsters by becoming known and having kids know his name). He claims that the idea literally just popped into his head, [[TrollingCreator as if someone was whispering into his ear.]]
** Some of them are funny for the sheer absurdity, such as the one about a kid who accidentally gets his dad in an accident that leaves him without a foot, and the foot returns every night to kick him in the butt.
** The titular ''Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies'' is also pretty funny, as two boys try to one-up each other by eating progessively hotter peppers. [[spoiler: [[PottyEmergency It ends poorly for both of them.]]]]
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: The story with the ShrinkingViolet boy who was invited to a party. [[spoiler:It turns out to be entirely made up of ghosts of kids who went to his school in the past. But they gently reassure him he isn't dead, nor do they want to kill him. They felt sorry for him, so invited him to their party. After the ringleader says that "When a ''dead kid'' feels bad for you, you know it's bad," he gently tells the boy to open up more and make friends, they all have confidence in him, and see him out.]] Pretty much the ''only'' non-scary story in the whole book, and the rare one with a happy ending.
** ''Franken Dance'' has a girl's dad create a monster to serve as a date for a dance. Despite one rude boy she used to like, the monster is nice and everything goes well. It's surprisingly pleasant for this series.
** ''Check Out the Library Weenies'' has more of these than usual, with perhaps the most notable example being ''Bald Truths'' which has a girl with cancer whose friends are very supportive. There are jerks who get comeuppance but not in an overly harsh way.

* TearJerker: The girl's curse in "The Touch". First she loses one of her beloved childhood toys, then she loses her ''mom!'' As she's sobbing her eyes out and hugging herself, she accidentally curses ''herself'' to disappear, but at that point it seems like a mercy.
** ''Mummy Misses You'' has a kid being a mistaken for a mummy's son, as the mummy seems to have been looking for him for centuries. The kid quietly tells the mummy he's not her son and she solemnly goes back to her sarcophagus. Lubar even acknowledges this turned out sadder than usual for the series.
** ''Camping Out'' has a girl waking up in her tent while camping, with no one else around. She goes outside to see what is going on. She finds her family and friends but it turns out that [[spoiler: she died a year ago and they are there to mourn her on the anniversary of her death.]]. The worst part is that she then [[spoiler: finds herself back where she was at the beginning of the story, meaning she's not at rest and will go through this again.]]
** The titular story in ''Land Of the Lawn Weenies'', while not bad in the usual way, results in a kid essentially losing his loving mom to the creepy lawnmowers that essentially force an adult to obsessively take care of their lawn.

** The titular "Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies" is also pretty funny, as two boys try to one-up each other by eating progessively hotter peppers. [[spoiler: [[PottyEmergency It ends poorly for both of them.]]]]

** The titular "Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies is also pretty funny, as two boys try to one-up each other by eating progessively hotter peppers. [[spoiler: [[PottyEmergency It ends poorly for both of them.]]]]

* ValuesDissoance: As satisfying as the ending to ''The Substitute'' is, the concept of [[spoiler: a kid letting their classmates die out of frustration with them would be a much harder sell these days.]]

* OlderThanTheyThink: The stories in the first book, ''In the Land of the Lawn Weenies'', are actually from two short collection David Lubar did previously called ''The Psycho Zone''. Lawn Weenies was simply one of the stories in the second one, and the rest is history.

** ''Check Out the Library Weenies'' has more pf these than usual, with perhaps the most notable example being ''Bald Truths'' which has a girl with cancer whose friends are very supportive. There are jerks who get comeuppance but not in an overly harsh way.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Quite a few tales actually. One particularly funny story is from the most recent installment. Initially it seems like a family is surviving a zombie apocalypse during the protagonists' birthday and the dad occasionally coming out of their shelter to check the surroundings. Fortunately they survive. The twist? [[spoiler: There never was a zombie outbreak. The whole thing was a sham so that they could have the protagonists birthday inside. Why would they do this? ''They're afraid of the protagonist getting messy during the birthday parties and they think it's just cheaper to have it underground with no mess.'']]
** In the "A word or two about these stories" section in the Campfire installment, David Lubar talks about the Wanderban story (which is about a monster who's trying to get out of the hall of forgotten monsters by becoming known and having kids know his name). He claims that the idea literally just popped into his head, [[TrollingCreator as if someone was whispering into his ear.]]
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: The story with the ShrinkingViolet boy who was invited to a party. [[spoiler:It turns out to be entirely made up of ghosts of kids who went to his school in the past. But they gently reassure him he isn't dead, nor do they want to kill him. They felt sorry for him, so invited him to their party. After the ringleader says that "When a ''dead kid'' feels bad for you, you know it's bad," he gently tells the boy to open up more and make friends, they all have confidence in him, and see him out.]] Pretty much the ''only'' non-scary story in the whole book, and the rare one with a happy ending.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Gruesome monsters, horrifying predicaments, characters that aren't even that villainous getting cruel punishments, people getting away with murder, the above mentioned FetishFuel, and yet it's commonly found in the children's section of libraries!

* FetishFuel: Some of the stories can cater to a particular fetish. More than one person found the story with the snake girl to be fetish-y. Then other stories have bondage, vore, hypnosis, de-aging, ''weight gain''...

* FetishFuel: Some of the stories can cater to a particular fetish. More than one person found the story with the snake girl to be fetish-y. Then other stories have bondage, vore, hypnosis...