YMMV / Grossology

The Cartoon

• Adaptational Displacement: Raise your hand if you know the books this show was based on.
• Creepy Cute: The termites from Episode 1. Especially the little ones. (They could qualify for regular cute, but they're still giant insects under Insectiva's command.)
• Cult Classic: It still has a small yet dedicated fanbase to this day, despite never really receiving much mainstream attention.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: Chester/Kid Rot only appeared in two episodes, but is beloved by the fans for his status as The Woobie and Villainous Crush on Abby.
• Esoteric Happy Ending: "Go Fish" ends this way. While Ty and Abby repelled the mutant hagfish for the time being, they're still free to wreck havoc on other marine ecosystems, and could resurface at any time.
• Fandom-Specific Plot: Stories about new agents joining the Bureau of Grossology (usually Naomi, Paige, or Chester) have been making the rounds.
• Fridge Brilliance: Conjunctivitis (a.k.a pinkeye) can be caused by mold exposure. Now think of what happens in Pinkeye's debut episode...
• Heartwarming Moments: As scary as the whole situation was, it's refreshing to see Fartor treating Far-Ty so well, considering the usual trend of villain-minion interaction in fiction. He even said they were family!
• Hilarious in Hindsight: A tall, skinny female with long hair^note or, in the latter's case, wings that look like hair and an association with bugs...are we talking about Insectiva or UB-02 Beauty/Pheromosa?
• Nightmare Fuel: Can be found here. Have fun!
• Squick: What did you expect from a show called Grossology? The entire point of the series is to educate people on topics that most people would find disgusting!
• The Woobie:
  • Chester. A young scientist picked on by his classmates, he tried to make something that would wow them all...and ended up getting infected with a parasite that gave him a highly destructive Superpowered Evil Side that he has absolutely no control over. Poor kid needs a hug.
  • Fartor/Larry, who could also be considered a Jerkass Woobie. He grew up being continuously abused by his brother (via getting farted on) all while his parents did nothing to stop it and as a result mutated into an ugly monster who can't even move around without a flying suit or even breath oxygen. To top it all off, when confronting Gary as an adult, the latter didn't seem to have any concern over the fact that he had ruined his brother’s life, brushing off the bullying as just some typical “boys-will-be-boys” antics and only begging for forgiveness when threatened by the former’s wrath, and even the so-called "good-times" they had together were still ruined by a Dutch Oven prank. It really underlines how much of a Jerkass Gary is and it's no wonder why Larry was out for revenge.

The Game

• Audience-Alienating Premise: The game started to gain infamy after Vinesauce made a stream featuring it, resulting in people seeing it as a "crappy '90s game with gross-out humor".
• Cult Classic: People who grew up in the '90s have fond memories of the game and admit that it does do its job in being educational in an amusing and compelling way.
• Hilarious in Hindsight
  • The fact that Paul the Buttcrack Plumber is voiced by Charles Martinet, who would later be better known as the voice of another, much more famous plumber.
  • As Vinesauce had joked about, Buddy O'dor looks like 2-D.
  • Some have pointed out that Ginger looks like Mako Mankanshoku.
  • People may also notice that Ralph Alloverem looks a lot like Nigel Thornberry, even speaking in a British accent.
• Memetic Mutation: Thanks to Vinesauce, some of the narration has become this: ANAL SPHINCTER. You know...your BUTTHOLE.
• Narm: The game contains legitimate information about anatomy, but it’s often overlooked due to the way it’s presented and the ridiculous voices for the instructors.
• Nausea Fuel: The game pulls no punches talking about the gross parts of anatomy.
• Values Dissonance: The game uses a lot of ethnic stereotypes.

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