History YMMV / Halloweentown

* NarmCharm: The cheesiness of the costumes, tv movie level special effects, and strangely un-spooky, sunny world of Halloweentown are all part of the appeal of the movie for most fans.

** Sara Paxton over Kimberly J. Brown? Yeah, no.

** The late William Piper, despite being the reason Gwen abandoned Halloweentown in the first place and, based on his one photo, not having died very long before the first film, is only mentioned a few times in the entire series. The audience learns little about him, or the impact he may have had on his wife and children -- all we know is he met Gwen on Halloween and liked her witch "costume", and that Gwen still gets upset when he is mentioned by the time of the first film.

** The late Mr. Piper, despite being the reason Gwen abandoned Halloweentown in the first place and being around long enough for Marnie to remember him [[note]] Sophie is 7 years old in the first film, and Mr. Piper had to have been alive long enough to conceive Sophie, so Marnie would have been 6 years old at the youngest when he died, probably older[[/note]], is only mentioned twice in the first film. The audience never learns anything about him, or the impact he may have had on his wife and children -- all we know is he met Gwen on Halloween and liked her witch "costume", and that Gwen still gets upset when he is mentioned by the time of the first film.

* PlotHole: In the first ''Halloweentown'', Aggie states that two hours in the mortal world can be two days or two weeks in Halloweentown. In ''Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge'', four hours in the mortal world became four hours in Halloweentown.
* RewatchBonus: From the first movie: After Sophie unsuccessfully begs Gwen to let her have a chocolate chip cookie before dinner, a cookie floats towards Sophie, until Gwen gobbles it up. A first-time viewer would probably assume that Aggie, the only character to perform any magic onscreen beforehand, levitated the cookie. However, a repeat watch would turn it into an early sign of Sophie developing her own magic.

** The late Mr. Piper, despite being the reason Gwen abandoned Halloweentown in the first place and being around for at least half of Marnie's life [[note]] Sophie is 7 years old in the first film, and Mr. Piper had to have been alive long enough to conceive Sophie, so the longest he could have been dead for is 7 years, probably less[[/note]], is only mentioned twice in the first film. The audience never learns anything about him, or the impact he may have had on his wife and children -- all we know is he met Gwen on Halloween and liked her witch "costume", and that Gwen still gets upset when he is mentioned by the time of the first film.

** The late Mr. Piper, despite being the reason Gwen abandoned Halloweentown in the first place and being around for at least half of Marnie's life [[note:]] Sophie is 7 years old in the first film, and Mr. Piper had to have been alive long enough to conceive Sophie, so the longest he could have been dead for is 7 years, probably less[[/note]], is only mentioned twice in the first film. The audience never learns anything about him, or the impact he may have had on his wife and children -- all we know is he met Gwen on Halloween and liked her witch "costume", and that Gwen still gets upset when he is mentioned by the time of the first film.

** Nancy, the [[OurFairiesAreDifferent wood nymph]] from the third movie, is an uncredited character with no lines. Nonetheless, her design and shipper smile make her memorable to a good chunk of the fanbase.

** Nancy, the [[OurFairiesAreDifferent wood nymph]] from the third movie, is an uncredited character with no lines. Nonetheless, her design and shipper smile make her memorable to a good chunk of the fanbase.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Benny. Being a taxi driver (and a very good skeleton animatronic) means he doesn’t get a lot of screen time, but he managed to make a lot of fans regardless.

** Both this and HeartwarmingInHindsight, Creator/KimberlyJBrown and Daniel Kountz eventually started dating after first meeting on the set of the second movie, reuniting for a ''Halloweentown''-themed video for Brown's Youtube channel. In July 2022, they [[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfb5sDPLzQX/ announced their engagement]]. Guess all that tension between Marnie and Kal wasn't just in the viewers' heads!

* ItWasHisSled: Kalabar being the main villain of the first movie is pretty common knowledge these days, if for no other reason than the fact that the second movie is literally subtitled ''Kalabar's Revenge''.

* ItWasHisSled: Kalbazar being the main villain of the first movie is pretty common knowledge these days, if for no other reason than the fact that the second movie is literally subtitled ''Kalbazar's Revenge''.

** Due to Kal never returning to franchise after ''Halloweentown II'', despite [[SequelHook promising he would be back]], a number of people have written their own sequels where Kal returns. In addition, with the actors who played Marnie and Kal later dating and getting engaged in real life, what would happen if their characters, who had UnresolvedSexualTension before Kal revealed he was evil, got together?

** Due to Kal never returning to franchise after ''Halloweentown II'', despite [[SequelHook promising he would be back]], a number of people have written their own sequels where Kal returns. In addition, with the actors who played Marnie and Kal later dating and getting engaged in real life, some have imagined the characters getting together in a similar fashion.

* FanficFuel: Due to Kal never returning to franchise after ''Halloweentown II'', despite [[SequelHook promising he would be back]], a number of people have written their own sequels where Kal returns. In addition, with the actors who played Marnie and Kal later dating and getting engaged in real life, some have imagined the characters getting together in a similar fashion.