* BigLippedAlligatorMoment:
** All of the musical numbers, but "Shook Out of Shape (Schick Out of Shave)" and "Choo Choo" in particular stand out. And we mean, ''stand out.'' These are sort of justified by the amusement-park cabaret setting, but plot-wise? ''Zilch.'' The main characters aren't even present for most of them. Given the quality of the story, however, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools this may not be such a bad thing]], as they allow the audience to see less of the movie.
** The ticket-selling monkey robot.
--->'''Crow''': "[[DidYouSeeThatToo Did you guys just see that]] or did I imagine it?"
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Ortega.
* HollywoodHomely: Estrella is supposedly an ugly hag whom even a fat, middle-aged drunk wouldn't deign to have sex with. She looks too much like Creator/ElizabethTaylor to qualify as hideous (the movie even shows that she has a nice body), and apparently the only effort made to "uglify" her is giving her a mole that is a tad off-putting.
* InformedAbility: The weird ballroom dancing couple at the beginning (Marge and Bill) are supposed to be really good, except lately the woman has been making mistakes because of her drinking problem. When we see the act, it looks like nothing but twirling and stretching. Later we see the manager (or whatever) looking concerned and upset at what's going on, even though nothing strange is happening until she falls down. There is literally nothing different between when they're supposedly good and when she's "making a lot of mistakes".
* {{Narm}}: The entire movie, but especially the aforementioned monkey robot.
* NightmareFuel: The opening credits and the kooky organ noises are actually pretty unnerving.
%%** Jerry's nightmare.
* {{Padding}}: Lots of it. Ignoring the completely pointless song and dance numbers, there are also many extended shots of the amusement park as well as a very long and uneventful chase scene at the end.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Jerry is supposed to be a likably free-spirited young man who meets a tragic end, but he comes off as a lazy deadbeat and crappy boyfriend instead. Hell, he only gets hypnotized in the first place because he ditches his girlfriend to try to win over a stripper. It's hard to feel very sorry for him at the end.
* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The cinematography is usually one of the few things praised, with the ''Psychotronic Film Guide'' calling it "Unbelievably well shot". Vilmos Zsigmond and László Kovács were the camera operators. Zsigmond later won two Oscars as Director of Photography for ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'' and ''Film/TheDeerHunter'', and was Cinematographer or Director of Photography for many others. Kovács was also a popular Director of Photography, with a resume including ''Film/EasyRider'', ''Film/FiveEasyPieces'' and ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'', among others.