Follow TV Tropes

Following

YMMV / Bao

Go To

  • Applicability: Growing up as a second generation immigrant in an immigrant family in the West and adopting values that scare your parents who love you so much that they (over-)protect you and don't want you to stop being their child. Not only was this story well-received for its relatability to Asian-American/Canadian audiences, but it also seems to appeal to other groups such as Hispanic/Latin groups as well.
  • Moe: The little dumpling son. So smooshy.
  • Most Wonderful Sound: The dumpling son's giggling and cooing is nothing short of adorable.
  • Narm: When the mother eats her dumpling boy, to some people. It's so sudden and out of nowhere that it's hard to take seriously.
  • Nightmare Fuel: The mother eats her dumpling boy. This is right before the All Just a Dream reveal, but damn. It's the equivalent of killing her son so he won't leave her. Rightly, she's devastated by what she's capable of.
  • Tear Jerker: A more heartwarming example, especially for a Pixar creation. The mother and son apologizing and reconciling by sharing their favorite buns, not helped by the fact they both break down crying as well.
  • Unintentionally Unsympathetic: For some viewers, the mother falls into this trope because of her actions when her son tried to leave. Although she and her son both failed to understand each other's points of view, she was the first to cross a line when she swallowed him to keep him from leaving (the implication being that she did or said something horrible to her son in a fit of anger and grief that she immediately regretted). It is also noted that when her son returns to the house to apologize, she gives him an angry look and turns away, implying that she does not feel she was at fault for her actions.
  • Viewer Gender Confusion: Along with age confusion; while the short itself provides enough context to easily tell that the protagonist is an adult woman, the preview clip did not, leaving some to mistakenly believe it was going to be about a young boy.
  • Viewer Species Confusion: A non-animal example. When the preview was first released, some viewers not familiar with Chinese dumplings mistook the main character for an onion.
  • Visual Effects of Awesome: The food looks realistically savory, and shows a large improvement from Ratatouille.

Top