- Accidental Nightmare Fuel: Many children were actually terrified of them. Even worse were Furbies with improperly placed or dying batteries, which instead of odd speech, made horrid screeching noises if anyone interacted with it. Not helping matters, the odd Furby in the line would have too much power in the capacitor, so even if you took out the batteries, it would still speak.
- The 2012 and Boom models can count for this as well, due to their LED eyes (which can resemble Glowing Eyes of Doom in areas with low light levels) and the newly introduced personalities. It really doesn't help that the personality change seems to distress the Furby, as they flail around with their eyes flashing rapidly.
"Oo-bah? Over? M-m-m-me... ch-ch-ch-ch-change!"
— 2012 Furby, "baby"/"princess" changing personality
- Audience-Alienating Era: The Furby Connect was Hasbro's attempt to stay hip in 2016, with Kidz Bop covers of pop songs like "Cheap Thrills" and "One Call Away", references to cat videos and memes like ERMAGHERD. Oh, and all the Toilet Humour. Kids and parents alike stayed away, and the product was quietly discontinued, along with its corresponding app with the same name shutting down.
- Creepy Cute:
- Despite their unsettling appearances, many people find Furbies as Ridiculously Cute Critters.
- Special mention goes to the Emoto-Tronic Furby Babies. Their tiny ears and huge feet along with their Tuft of Head Fur makes them very adorable. Take a look!.
- Fan Nickname: Furby Knockoffs have been denominated as "Furby Fakes" by fans.
- Friendly Fandoms: Furby fans tend to get along well with fans of Teddy Ruxpin, Chuck E. Cheese and The Rock-A-Fire Explosion, as all three works involve animatronics.
- Germans Love David Hasselhoff: The franchise, specifically the 2012 incarnation, is so popular in Russia that knock-off versions, often called Pixy, are still produced to this day, even with the 2023 version being released.
- Hilarious in Hindsight: This video released in 2013 parodies many movie scenes using 2012 Furbies. The video ends with a Furby customized as Chewbacca. Two years later, Hasbro would release an official Furbacca.
- Memetic Psychopath: Furbies have a reputation for looking creepy, and as a result there are a lot of memes and jokes online about them being evil monsters or serial killers. Fictional Furby parodies are often portrayed in a similar way, to the point that Furby was the inspiration for Tattletail, a horror game, and The Mitchells vs. the Machines had the titular family being attacked by an army of them, including a giant one that shoots lasers.
- Newer Than They Think: For a toy so commonly associated with the 90s, it was only released in 1998.
- Periphery Demographic: Based off the wiki, there are people (adults included) who unironically like Furbies. Many adults enjoy creating a new toy out of these furbies, such as the popular "long furby", to the point where there's an entire online community surrounding this concept.
- Retroactive Recognition: The original prototype Furby commercial from 1998 featured a young Cristine Rotenberg of Simply Nailogical, in a small role (the girl appearing two-thirds of the way into the commercial that says "Your Furby sneezed, and gave mine a cold!") She had an even smaller role in one of the 15-second commercials from the revised ad campaign for the original Furbies, reacting to a Furby kissing by saying "Amazing!".