Line #10 YMMV/SoWeird


1	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: It's Creator/MackenziePhillips, so you could just randomly point to any of the songs she sings on the show and pick a winner. They managed to write or choose ones that fit the strange, creepy, or even light-hearted mood that the episode required.
2	* CultClassic: Despite Disney's [[ScrewedByTheNetwork not-so-stellar treatment]] of the show during its original run or after, or the fact that they refused to release [=DVDs=] of the episodes, ''So Weird'' still has a dedicated fanbase that KeepCirculatingTheTapes online.
3	* FanonDiscontinuity: As the first two seasons are considered brilliant examples of a well-written series, particularly for its channel and age group, most people reject the LighterAndSofter [[ExecutiveMeddling season 3]] (which had new writers, a new main character, and an entirely new plot) as not being part of the show, to the point where even non-fan critics have accused the third season of almost being a low quality rip off of the seasons before it. It's also telling that the most popular kind of ''So Weird'' fanfiction stories are the ones that either ignore or [[FixFic redo the third season entirely]].
4	* GeniusBonus: "Escape" is about astral projection and takes place in "Bardo County," a reference to the Buddhist concept of the state between living and death (similar to Limbo).
5	* LesYay: A number of fans couldn't help but read some romantic subtext between Molly and Rebecca, especially with the song Molly sings about the latter and her heartache over her sudden disappearance from her life.
6	* HilariousInHindsight: In "Pen Pal", Annie's alternate timeline evil twin describes Washington D.C. as "dank", meaning boring and uncool. A decade and a half later, that word became slang for the exact opposite.
7	* MagnificentBitch: "Troll": Astrid is a pleasant-seeming old woman who is in truth a ruthless troll. Astrid runs a comfy inn in Minnesota where she plays riddle games with travelers. Unfortunately for them, Astrid is very good at riddles and anyone who fails to get seven questions right in a row is turned into a vegetable for her soup. Upon the arrival of Fi's family, Astrid targets the lot of them and gauges their weaknesses to ask any question she wants, even tricking Fi's brother Jack when he answers a question without even realizing he's playing and rejects the notion of fairness thanks to what the trolls have endured.
8	* ReplacementScrappy: Annie for Fi. The fact that she was effectively the face of the series' LighterAndSofter overhaul that saw the original writers leave and original plans for the characters' arcs and expansion on the MythArc set up throughout the first two seasons get abruptly cut short did not help her in the slightest.
9	* RetroactiveRecognition: A behind-the-scenes example. Several members of the show's creative team went on to work for far more famous projects in the years to come.
10	** Creator/ShawnLevy, who directed the pilot, went on to direct a slew of comedies in the 2000s and '10s. These days, he's probably best known as a director and executive producer on ''Series/StrangerThings'', which, given this show's tone and target audience, is oddly appropriate.
11	** Josh Stolberg, who wrote four episodes in season two, became best known as a horror screenwriter, having written ''Film/SororityRow'', ''Film/Piranha3D'', and (together with Peter Goldfinger) every ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' movie from ''Film/{{Jigsaw}}'' onward.
12	* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The original plans for Season 3 (which involved Fi traveling to Hell to rescue her father from demons, among other things) were deemed too dark and Disney instead tried to tone it down to make it [[LighterAndSofter more appropriate for children]]. In response to this, the writers who had come up with, pitched, and written the show from the beginning quit, and then Fi's actress, Cara de Lizia, left as well, meaning that they needed new writers, a new main character, and an entirely new plot. What they threw together to replace what they lost resulted in Annie the ReplacementScrappy, every other [[CharacterArc character's arc]] being forgotten, and the FanonDiscontinuity listed above. Most think it would have been better if Season 3 had never been made.
13	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Come on: you have Music/DionneWarwick and Music/BoDiddley guest star in a show about a traveling rock band and NEITHER of them sing? The latter especially feels like a missed opportunity, since that episode's plot is about a blues song that needs to be performed to satisfy a ghost and could have easily justified a performance from Diddley's character (instead of Mackenzie Phillips, who sings it instead).

Context YMMV / SoWeird