YMMV / Dash and Dot's Wild Ride

• And You Thought It Would Fail: When the film was first announced, some people believed that a movie whose main characters are the mascots of a children's programming block would seem like a recipe for disaster. Lo and behold, they were ultimately proven wrong when the film premiered to a great box office performance and equally-great reviews from critics and audiences.
• Awesome Art:
  • The animation and backgrounds in the film are downright cool to look at, being designed similarly to the PBS Kids bumpers but with the addition of shading and shadows.
  • Just like the critically-despised The Cat in the Hat movie, even the Universal and Imagine Entertainment logos are animated in said style.
• Just Here for Godzilla: Hey, who would ever wish that the mascots of PBS Kids would get their own piece of media, let alone a movie?
• Love to Hate: Despite not having much screen time, Mason is surprisingly enjoyed by many fans of the movie, if not for the fact that he actually serves as a serious threat to our heroes.
• Moral Event Horizon: If kidnapping Dennis and Denise wasn't bad enough for Mason, then leaving Dash and Dot to drown in a river inside his van probably is.
• What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?: A mostly family-friendly animated film starring the mascots of a children's programming block. The key word is "mostly". The film also includes a kidnapper as the main antagonist and a few dark themes such as Dash and Dot nearly coming close to dying a few times and almost being attacked by a bear in the woods.