YMMV / Glenn Martin, DDS

• Angst? What Angst?: Not that it never comes up, but the Martins (particularly Jackie and the kids) seem more frustrated with being on a perpetual road trip than with the fact that the only reason they're on said trip is because they're (technically) homeless.
• Heartwarming Moment:
  • It's minor in a show like this,, but the moment when Wendy gets her Martin family sticker on the RV in Korea Opportunities is very sweet.
  • "H*e*i*s*t": Glenn is miffed that a few of his old army buddies got rich working together without him. It turns out they formed a crew that does high-profile robberies, like at casinos. At the end of the episode, they tell Glenn the reason they never included him was because they liked him the most of their unit and didn't want him getting hurt in a life of crime. They even share a Group Hug.
• Jerkass Woobie: Glenn's entire immediate family doesn't give him much sympathy, despite his best efforts. But, in their defense, it's not really all that hard to question their low opinion of him after he had dragged them on a road trip to see a tree that none of them cared about, which ultimately (albeit indirectly) led to their house being destroyed.
• Les Yay: Wendy's implied to have a crush on Courtney.
• Nightmare Fuel: Any scene of bloody violence. Not for nothing, this was co-created by one of the minds behind Celebrity Deathmatch.
• So Okay, It's Average: Those who don't downright loathe the show largely admire the stop-motion animation, but otherwise have called it largely forgettable.
• Squick: The dog's enlarged anus, which served as a running gag throughout the series.
  • One example is in the first episode were a kid bites off Glenn's finger and forces him to stick his whole arm down the kids throat and into his stomach the retrieve it. He even sticks his hand out of the kid's ass.
  • Probably the most extreme example would be the infamous "The Tooth Shall Set You Free." where Glenn actually ditches an appointment to check out his wife's birth, causing the patient's teeth to rot. It's surprisingly worse than you think.
  • One scene involves someone having their head shoved up an elephant's butt as part of a circus act.
  • Glenn pulling a hangnail from his finger to his elbow.
• Uncertain Audience: It's a family sitcom with some simplistic, kid-friendly designs, but the actual jokes are far too vulgar (or even violent) for children, with occasional bouts of gore not unlike shows such as South Park or Moral Orel. The confusing marketing campaign did nothing to alleviate this, and neither did poor scheduling that led to the mature Nick@Nite series airing directly after SpongeBob, resulting in a lot of angry parents whose children stumbled upon it.
• What Do You Mean, It's Not for Kids?: So much so that concerned parents complained to Nickelodeon about the show airing in the same time of day as other shows such as SpongeBob SquarePants (there were even ads for the show run on daytime Nick) prompting Nickelodeon to move the show to a later time slot. Airing on the kid-friendly Nicktoons channel didn't help either (though it only aired during the wee-hours of the morning on that channel).
• The Woobie:
  • Sometimes it's hard not to feel sorry for Glenn. All he wants is to be closer to his family and be their role model. Sure he messes up constantly, but at least he tries (unlike other sitcom dads). Sadly, no-one in his family seems to want his help in the first place (and sometimes even complain when he does and succeeds).
  • Wendy is from North Korea and spent her childhood undergoing training from Hell in order to become the perfect gymnast. She eventually escaped, but her life in America isn't a happy one. She's clearly starving for parental affection, but Glenn and Jackie don't treat her like their daughter. They usually see her as just their daughter's friend. Courtney sees her as just an employee.

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