YMMV / Jellystone!

• Accidental Innuendo:
  • Doggie Daddy has always been called daddy, even before he became a father. Now consider the other connotation that "daddy" has.
  • The King kept calling Top Cat "Bottom Cat" starting shortly after referring to the gang as "simps". The Ho Yay implications were not lost among older viewers.
  • Shag Rugg referring to his revamped family restaurant/nightclub as "Shag Land" got quite a few chuckles out of British viewers.
• Aluminum Christmas Trees: Given that Cool Cat (featured in "Disco Fever") is so obscure, some people think he was actually created for the show, or confused him with the Looney Tunes Cool Cat. It doesn't help that the Looney Tunes Cool Cat was made as a Hanna-Barbera Expy. But this show's Cool Cat actually did exist; he was featured in the Heyyy, it's the King! episode "The King and His Jokers."
• Awesome Music: The intro theme, which midway through become suffused with kazoos to demonstrate how wacky the show is; the kazoos also continue through the Background Music and Ending Theme.
• Base-Breaking Character: Some fans find Shag hilarious, with his genuine admiration for his friends and the rest of Jellystone providing a reasonable balance to his more negative traits. Others, however, consider Shag to be a selfish Jerkass who hogs the limelight along with Yakky and Augie (who are both more popular than him, but still get dragged into criticism against the kid-centered episodes).
• Broken Base: Were the gender flips necessary to prevent the series from having a highly skewed gender ratio, or should the crew just have included the already existing H-B female animal characters (Lila, Sheena, Zelda, etc.)?
• Cargo Ship:
  • El Kabong x Susan, his guitar.
  • Winsome Witch with her broomstick, which she claims she is going to marry.
• Captain Obvious Reveal: The fact that Wally is the burglar in "Uh Oh! It's a Burglar!" is pretty easy to guess for anyone older than 5.
• Crosses the Line Twice:
  • Many instances of the show's Black Comedy Bursts, though of note is Boo Boo casually saying: "I'm being sued for malpractice!"^*which, as noted under Bowdlerise on the main page, was originally going to be "I killed a guy!" after he tries and fails to be a surgeon in Yogi's stead in "DNA, A-OK!"
  • In any other show, a parent forcing someone to eat their child would be horrifying. In Jellystone!, Yogi has eaten almost everyone in town but he refuses to eat Augie Doggie because he finds the song she was singing annoying, which Doggie Daddy takes offense to.
    Doggie Daddy: How dare you?! You eat up the whole town, but my little girl ain't good enough for you?!
• Cry for the Devil: The reveal that The Banana Splits turned to crime after they stopped being famous made every fan want to jump into the screen and give them a hug.
• Draco in Leather Pants: The fandom portrays the Banana Splits as more virtuous than they actually are. More in line with their classic selves.
• Ensemble Dark Horse:
  • The show's version of Loopy De Loop is a minor supporting character, but you wouldn't know this from the sheer mountain of fanart she has received since the show's debut due to her endearingly sardonic Snark Knight personality.
  • The show's version of Brain has also proven very popular due to her similar attitude to Loopy, her character design, and her status as the Only Sane Woman of Top Cat's crew. Spooky is another fan favorite, being a silent character with a Thousand-Yard Stare, communicating entirely with hand gestures and non-verbal sounds. In fact, Top Cat and his crew in general are rather popular characters with the fans.
• Fan Nickname: Some of the Gender Flipped characters that don't have explicitly different names (Like Bobbie Louie and Spooky). Jabberjaw is "Jabherjaw", Loopy De Loop is "Lupe De Loop", for example.
• Fanfic Fuel:
  • An unorthodox example; fans of the show are fond of redesigning characters from other media, particularly Funny Animal ones, in C.H. Greenblatt's style and calling them the Jellystone versions of them.
  • Since there are other Hanna-Barbera characters that have yet to appear, people are already redesigning them, too.
• Friendly Fandoms:
  • While minor, there's a slight overlap between fans of Jellystone! with the fans of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law and The Venture Bros.. The friendliness from the former is mostly because of the similar premises of characters from Hanna-Barbera crossing over into one large wacky universe and the fact that Peter Potamus is also part of the cast leads to the usual joke ^note "Did you get that thing I sent yah?". For the latter it's mostly because of Jonny Quest and Hadji being a part of the cast and how Unexpected that was. Considering the depiction of adult or grown up Jonny that people most remember was... the one from The Venture Bros..
  • Due to being created by C. H. Greenblatt, naturally the Chowder and Harvey Beaks fandoms either also watch this show or get along with the Jellystone fandom.
  • The theme of modernizing and updating old mythology makes it close to DuckTales (2017) fandoms.
  • When the series was new, it tended to be promoted alongside Centaurworld due to their very close release dates.
• Fridge Brilliance:
  • Bobbie Looey is now Cuban instead of Mexican. It might seem odd at first, but her original counterpart, Baba Looey, was named after the traditional Cuban song, "Babalú".
    • Also, Baba Looey was the Hyper-Competent Sidekick to Quick Draw McGraw, who always ignored his advice. Here, Bobbie puts her skills to good use and is a successful business-lady.
  • Magilla Gorilla lived in a store and was trying to get bought. Now he owns a store that gets a lot of customers.
  • Original Jabberjaw lusted after Shelley and claimed he got "no respect". Jellystone! Jabberjaw is now boy-crazy and wants to be assistant manager — she wants respect.
  • Original Yakky Doodle got himself into a lot of danger. Here, Yakky is a worrywart and often Properly Paranoid.
  • Original Loopy De Loop set out to show that wolves are misunderstood animals, which they are in real life. It's fitting Jellystone! Loopy gets along with Jabberjaw and they both work under Magilla Gorilla, as sharks and gorillas are also misunderstood animals.
  • Glump says he had a fear of meteorites, despite the fact stegosaurs like him had already died out when the K-Pg Extinction Event occurred. Part of getting over his fear may have been learning of that fact.
  • Charlie the Funland Robot being part of Elektra's mostly-girl friend group in "Girl, You My Friend!" makes sense because in his episode, "Foul Play in Funland," he was sabotaged by a woman.
• Fridge Horror: In "DNA, A-OK!", Top Cat says that cats hating Mondays and eating lasagna are harmful stereotypes. This makes Garfield the cat equivalent of a minstrel show.
• Genius Bonus: The sirens in "Balloon Kids" don't resemble the typical mermaid sirens, instead resembling manatees. Manatees have a history of being mistaken for mermaids, to the point where their scientific order is Sirenia.
• Growing the Beard: The third season is widely regarded by fans to be the best one yet. It's consistent in quality, has come crazy cameos and Mythology Gags, and features fan-favorite characters Dick Dastardly, Muttley, and Space Ghost. There are also less kid-focused episodes than the previous two seasons, which was a major complaint from some fans. While there are still a few episodes starring Augie, Yakky, and Shag, they are relatively well-written and give more focus to the other characters (ex: Peter and Little Rok in "Collection Protection," Space Ghost and his enemies in "Space Con," and Snooper, Blabber, Undercover Elephant, and Inch High in "Jellystone Noir.")
• Harsher in Hindsight: "Buisness" is about Augie starting a company, merging with every other company in Jellystone, and nearly destroying the town in the process. A few months after the episode dropped, Warner Bros would merge with Discovery, which would make Augie's corporate decisions almost foreshadowing.
• Ho Yay:
  • In "DNA A-OK!", Yogi blushes when Top Cat calls him a good man and a fellow cat.
  • Jabberjaw always talks about wanting to have a boyfriend, but she's quite close with Loopy de Loop. In "A Town Video: Welcome to Jellystone", they affectionately embrace. In "Lady Danjjer," Loopy calls Jabber a hot tamale.
  • In "My Doggie Dave", Doggie Daddy kisses 'Dave' (actually Augie) and claims that he kisses his all his adult friends when they're successful. Yogi wants a kiss from Doggie Daddy because he's a doctor, and grins widely when he gets one.
  • In "Boo Boots", Wally Gator becomes enamored with Boo Boo when he gets tall boots. He asks him to kiss his cast and hugs him.
  • In the "Lady Danjjer" episode, El Kabong ends up kissing the Banana Splits and Wally.
  • In "It's a Mad Mad Mad Rat Race," a poster parodying Brokeback Mountain can be seen with Zorak and Brak.
  • Jinks and Huck's moments walk the line between subtext and just plain text. They have worn matching costumes, held hands, and more. In "Augie's Baby," Jinks is shown taking Huck to hot yoga. A hot yoga session intense for parents and children. Jinks is shown gently cradling Huck like he's a baby.
  • "Boo-Boo and Benny: Little Buddy Trouble" has Boo-Boo and Benny essentially become a couple, while Yogi and TC act like jealous exes.
  • In "Hot Guys, Cold Turkey" Yogi mentions he and Boo-Boo are married, though Boo-Boo says they only got married for the tax benefits.
• It's the Same, Now It Sucks!: Turning the Banana Splits into villains. After there was a horror film centered around them ^note though in that film, that was more the animatronics then the characters themselves, fans of the characters were displeased the showrunners decided to run with the idea of a darker rendition of them, feeling this will taint the original image of the characters even further for new audiences. Though, granted, they are at least portrayed here as Tragic Villains who are more just a nuisance at worst instead of the Ax-Crazy killing machines their movie counterparts were.
• Jerkass Woobie: Shag can be manipulative and selfish, but you can't help but feel sorry for him when the Cattanooga Cats baby-shame him and everyone laughs at him, even his own friend Yakky. Even his strongest detractors pitied him.
• LGBT Fanbase: Word of God states that the Gender Flip of various characters, such as Jabberjaw and Choo Choo, can be freely interpreted as them being transgender. Unsurprisingly, this helped the show build up a pretty strong trans following. This is also helped by the numerous Ho Yay moments, canonically gay characters like Mildew, and shipping potential, with some fans interpreting the show as having a Cast Full of Gay.
• Moe: Virtually everybody, thanks to C. H. Greenblatt's more cutesy art style, but Augie Doggie probably stands out the most in terms of sheer adorability.
  • Yacky Doodle maybe even moreso. Helps that she's played by an actual child.
• No Yay: Jonny/Hadji for some fans, because they were adopted brothers in previous Jonny Quest installments. Others think it's fine because they technically aren't siblings here.
• Quirky Work: This show is what happens when you combine the H-B library with Chowder, Regular Show, and Nichijou. Choice plots include Yogi voring everyone, Cindy turning the entire town into gelatin, El Kabong transforming into a guitar, evil animatronics at a pizza arcade, a destructive VR game, and a random Animesque battle sequence.
• Shipping: When you have a large cast, you Gotta Ship 'Em All. Here are some popular ships in the fandom:
  • Mildew/Shazzan. One-sided in canon, reciprocated in Fanon.
  • Snagglepuss/Huckleberry. Already a popular ship within the Hanna-Barbera fanbase before Jellystone! came out.
    • Alternatively, Jinks/Huckleberry, helped by Jinks being undyingly loyal to Huck. Sometimes people make it an OT3.
    • Jinks/Doggie Daddy, based on their interactions in "Grocery Store".
  • Loopy/Jabberjaw - a Fan-Preferred Couple to Jabber's one-sided crush on El Kabong, who only loves his guitar Susan.
    • Loopy/Doggie Daddy.
    • Alternatively, Doggie Daddy/Chopper; they're both single dog parents of the opposite gender, and their daughters (Augie and Yakky) are already friends.
  • Top Cat with anyone of his crew members, or Yogi thanks to "DNA, A-OK!"
    • Some fans like to interpret TC and The King as exes.
    • Spooky/Fancy, possibly an allusion to their original designs.
  • Those who are uncomfortable with Jonny and Hadji being married here when they were adoptive brothers in the original Jonny Quest have taken to shipping Hadji with Shazzan instead.
  • Bobbie Looey/Squiddly Diddly - classic Uptight Loves Wild.
  • Wally Gator/Kitty Jo.
  • Brain/Peter Potamus.
  • Boo Boo/Benny gained traction after "Boo Boo and Benny: Little Buddy Trouble", which focuses on their budding Pseudo-Romantic Friendship.
• Signature Scene: The climactic animesque battle between Yogi and Huckleberry Hound from "Jellystone: A Town Video," mainly because it's funny since it comes completely out of left field, and it goes the extra mile for authenticity by using actual Japanese voice actors for the scene.
• Superlative Dubbing: The Latin Spanish dub has been universally acclaimed by Hispanic fans due to it (mostly) staying faithful to the original accents/voices for the characters. For example, Choo Choo, now called Cuchis, still has a Yucatecan accent, and Brain, now called Demostenas, regains her stutter. Plus it has a ton of Woolseyism, with tongue-in-cheek references to "La gato volador" and La rosa de Guadalupe. The one and only complaint fans have is that Mr. Jinks doesn't have his trademark Andalusian accent.
• Take That, Scrappy!:
  • The Great Gazoo's more antagonistic actions in this show can be seen as this, since he was considered a low point for The Flintstones.
  • A literal example. In "Bleep", Cindy is drinking a milk carton with Scrappy's face on it, indicating he has gone missing.
• Tear Jerker: Surprisingly for such a crazy series, there ARE some sad moments.
  • A notable one is in VIP Baby You Know Me, when the Banana Splits moan their past glory, giving them a Tragic Villain side. Reinforced by the fact that the scene is accompanied by a Dark Reprise of their classic theme.
    Shag: I JUST WANTED TO BE COOL!!
    Fleegle: Did you say... "cool"? "Cool". I haven't heard that word in years. Did you know we used to be cool? We used to be... the coolest.
    Shag: Oh, snap.
    Fleegle: Don't waste your time on being cool, kid. It doesn't last anyways.
  • Another notable example is in "My Doggie Dave", when Augie Doggie cries after Doggie Daddy yells at her because he doesn't want "Dave" around, even though "Dave" is her. Thankfully, he quickly realizes his mistake and makes up with her.
  • In "El Kabong's Kabong is Gone", El Kabong tries to teach his students about adjectives, but ends up having a crying meltdown in front of them because he just misses Susan so much.
• They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: Some long-time Hanna-Barbara fans weren't happy with the Gender Flip of a few of the characters, which was reportedly done to create a Gender-Equal Ensemble given that the most famous animal HB characters from the 60s, were predominantly male. Many took this as the showrunners being uninterested in using the more obscure female characters from those shows (Lila Lioness, Desert Flower, Roxy Bear, Zelda and Sheena, etc.), or felt that it would've been better to have more Original Generation characters instead of changing long-established ones. This did soften once the show premiered, with most accepting it as this show's rendition of the characters or as a general Alternate Universe.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: The conflict of "Mummy Knows Best" stems from a mummy awakening from its tomb in Quest Bowl. We do see Jonny and Hadji a bit in the episode, but all they do in the episode is have a lovers' quarrel. It would have been interesting to see Jonny and Hadji try to deal with the mummy, since they have dealt with a mummy in the past; but it's not clear whether the mummy is the same one from the Jonny Quest episode "The Curse of Anubis."
• Unexpected Character:
  • There was some surprise when the trailer revealed that characters from some of H-B's action-adventure works (like Shazzan, Jonny Quest and Hadji), also The Banana Splits after their adult horror movie, as well as more obscure characters (like the casts of The Biskitts and Heyyy, It's the King!), would be part of the series.
  • Possibly the most obscure of all the cameos (or at least the speaking ones) is "Glump, from the Valley of the Dinosaurs", who refers to himself as quoted to clue in viewers about his origin.
  • Fans initially cast doubt on Cartoon Network characters appearing in the series, so imagine their shock when a two-part special featuring CN characters was announced.
    • The Red Guy from Cow and Chicken makes a cameo in "Vote Raspberry" as the Devil.
  • Given the show's premise of spotlighting the lesser-used Hanna-Barbera characters, most fans never expected the enduringly-popular Mystery Inc. to actually appear beyond minor cameos and references. But rather surprisingly, they show up at the end of "Frankenhooky" in-person, with Frank Welker, Matthew Lillard, and Kate Miccuci even reprising Fred, Shaggy and Velma (Scooby and Daphne having no lines).
• The Woobie:
  • The Banana Splits. They had no choice but to turn to a life of crime because their coolness didn't last. The ending of "VIP Baby You Know Me" implies there's still a bit of good in them.
  • Mr. Jinks suffers misfortune every time he appears. Some fans call him "the most tortured man in Jellystone".
  • Poor Peter Potamus just wants to have friends, but everybody turns up their nose at him due to his anime interests.
  • Wally Gator. Like Jinks, he always has accidents and in "Spell Book", he laments how lonely he is after no one tries his snickerdoodles.
  • Mildew Wolf, yet another Cosmic Plaything. He's been turned into a frog, bloated with pickles, swallowed whole, and rejected by his crush. A deleted scene from "Jelly Wrestle Rumble" implies that his mom hates him.

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