History YMMV / MinecraftStoryMode

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Antimo and Welles’ and Anadel’s soundtrack for the game manages to mix the original game's ambient, fairly minimalist music with rock quite well.

* PanderingToTheBase: Episode 5-8 have shades of this, given that Axel and Olivia are both PutOnABus (although they [[spoiler:appear again in the final episode]]), and the characters that work with Jesse in the episodes are Petra, Lukas, and [[spoiler:Ivor]], three of the most popular characters in the game.

* ShipMates: There are some people who split Jesse into [[OppositeSexClone a female and a male version]] to ship them with Petra and Lukas, ending the ShipToShipCombat. Though, the order of who is paired with who [[YuriFan depends]] [[YaoiFangirl on]] preferences.

* DesignatedVillain / DesignatedMonkey: A downplayed example with Lukas (at least for the former trope) for the opening half of Episode 3. Despite him having done nothing wrong and asking to use the Amulet to get it to work, the game [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality forces the player to go against any of his suggestions and try to yank the amulet away from him]] (Y'know, despite the fact that we're supposed to make the choices in this game?), and doesn't even give them an option to support him while the other characters seem rather against him in his suggestions to help. Add in the fact that the game seems to love [[ButtMonkey treating him badly]] during the first half of the episode (Axel constantly crashing on top of the poor guy in the first half doesn't help) and even gives the player to [[KickTheDog make fun of his fear of Endermen]], and it just seems like the world loves taking the chance to crap on him. Thankfully the game gives the player more chances to treat him better as the story progresses.

* AccidentalAesop: Sometimes, it's best not to meet your idols. The first four episodes revolve around the gang travelling far and wide to bring together The Order of The Stone, their heroes, to take down the Witherstorm. [[spoiler: Magnus ended up being a jerk, Ellegaard was narcissistic and awful to Olivia, Soren deserted his allies when the final battle came, and all members turned out to be frauds.]]

** Radar. Some like him for being one of the purest characters in the game, his {{Adorkable}} personality, his... ''unique'' CharacterDevelopment, and that [[spoiler: if you left him behind at the end of Episode 4, he is the one who comes and saves everyone, without Romeo having to sacrifice himself]]. Others think he's the most annoying character in the game, hate his [[Creator/YuriLowenthal voice]] and really want him to shut up,and think his CharacterDevelopment is pathetic.

** Ivor netted some sympathy points after it was revealed that [[spoiler: he was a member of the Order but was [[{{Unperson}} removed from the legend]]]].

** Out of the five kids ActionGirl Petra appears to be the most popular. Notable since she arguably gets the least screen-time out of all the kids, especially if you [[spoiler: choose Gabriel over her near the end of episode 1.]]

** The Admin is a popular villain due to his [[RealityWarper powers]], [[ItsAllAboutMe personality]] and [[BigEgoHiddenDepths hidden depths]]. [[spoiler: Redeemed Romeo has very little screentime but has also received quite a bit of love for being genuinely repentant, for having a good redemption quest and for the heroic sacrifice he may pull if certain decisions were not made.]]
** While Ivor himself has to much screentime to qualify as a Darkhorse, [[spoiler: ''[[EverythingsBetterWithNinjas Ninja]]'' Ivor is only around for parts of Episodes 4 and 5 of Season 2, and the fanbase pretty much fell in love with him.]]

** Magnus and Ellegaard for some people who think that their continuous snark at each other is the result of a past romance gone sour. After [[spoiler: one of them dies]] the other will reminisce about them in a way that pretty clearly says that they didn't actually hate each other.

** Petra's complaints about a gold sword being "Too heavy, and too soft" in Season 1 Episode 1 become amusing from Season 1 Episode 5 onward, as not only does she wield an enchanted gold sword as her primary weapon, but in Season 2 we learn that she's fond of it enough [[ICallItVera to give it a name]]--"Miss Butter"--and go through all sorts of ridiculous tasks to get it back from the leader of a neighboring city after the latter swindled it from her.

** [[spoiler: Reuben's death scene actually manages to hurt quite a bit after having had him with you through the whole game, especially with his sacrifice being to help save the world. What's less painful though is the way he finally keels over and turns into a porkchop. It's enough to completely ruin the drama of the scene, though it is funny at least. [[NarmCharm Despite this, many people were still moved by his death]].]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: It would have been interesting if whether or not you helped the whole town in Episode 1 [[spoiler: determined their behavior in Episode 5 under Admin-As-Jesse's rule; for instance, they could have been more suspicious if you'd helped everyone since the Admin's behavior is so unlike what they know Jesse as. Instead, beyond some background details when you return from the Sea Temple, helping everyone in town does nothing for the story but get Petra upset that Jesse was late for their adventure as a result.]]

** Lukas. Poor, poor Lukas. His team permanently let him out, you can choose to be rude to him, yet he's just helping out. Even later on, he gets accused of murder (which most of the mansion's guests actually believe until the real one is revealed), gets [[spoiler: chipped by PAMA]], [[spoiler: dies in Spleef early on regardless of player choices]], all just in Season 1. In Season 2, not ONLY is he put down for being "not up for the task", but later on [[spoiler: He believes Romeo in disguise IS the real Jesse, only becoming corrupt after going mad with power, leading him to form the New Ocelots from those Romeo locked away in the tower, wanting to remind Jesse of who they really were. And then he learns that the whole thing was a lie and the real Jesse had only just returned to Beacontown.]]
** Petra, possibly even more so than Lukas. (Poor, poor, POOR Petra.) In the first half of Season 1, she either [[spoiler: gets Wither sickness, which almost kills her]] or [[spoiler: almost dies from the Witherstorm, but survives with amnesia.]] In Episode 7, [[spoiler: she gets chipped, and depending on the player’s actions, she can remain chipped the entire episode.]] In Episode 8, [[spoiler: she either gets crushed to death or stabbed by a gladiator (but thankfully respawns).]] It’s unknown what happened between the 5-7 years between Season 1 and Season 2, but it’s highly possible that she was abandoned without a purpose in life for almost this long. In Episode 10, if you sent her to get the clock, [[spoiler: she will become the Admin’s champion; otherwise, she will get sent to the Sunshine Institute with everyone else.]] On top of all that, [[spoiler: she thinks her friends don’t care about her anymore and has an existential crisis - not knowing what her “thing is” until the cabin scene in Season 2 Episode 4.]]
** Radar could also qualify as this. In the first episode of Season 2, nothing bad really happens, with him having a more minor role as Jesse's intern. [[spoiler:And then comes the rest of the episodes. In the second episode, he's put down by The Admin ''SEVERAL'' times for not being anywhere near as strong as the others or to fight at all, as if Stella saying the same thing beforehand wasn't enough. And he's CLEARLY upset by it.]] Then comes [[spoiler: Episode 3. Very early on, he's outright ''tortured'' by the Warden through suffocation JUST to convince Jesse to become an Associate. Gets worse if you refuse as the Warden will trip him up, causing him to break his glasses and gain a black eye. Not long even after, he decides he's now "Prison Radar" because he apparently has to "really step it up" because we'll, it's prison. Although it is clear that that's REALLY not his true self, and can come across as him trying to change who he is due to the previous episode.]] [[spoiler: Episodes 4 and 5 seem to tone this down a bit, but still aren't particularly nice to him either especially with him being chased by the Giant Enderman for quite a lot of the 4th episode.]]

** Season 1 Episode 3 was released before the Combat Update (1.9), so the End doesn't have features such as Chorus Plants and End Cities. However, it does have multiple islands separate from the main island, another feature that was added in 1.9. Shulkers would eventually be featured in Season 2 Episode 2.
** A major plot point of Season 1 Episode 4 is the gang traveling to the Far Lands. While the area itself is depicted accurately (minus the glitches) and the Far Lands are perhaps well known enough in the Mincraft community for most players to be familiar, the Far Lands themselves have been patched out of the main game.

*** WebVideo/{{Stampylonghead}}'s voice acting in particular is quite divisive as some felt his utterly hammy and overtly child-friendly demeanor felt very out of place. Others felt it was awesome to hear his voice in the game.

* IKnewIt: Several correctly guessed that the ninja in Season 2 was Ivor.

* TheScrappy:
** Most players were annoyed by Magnus and Ellegaard's childish/bratty behavior in the second episode. However, the sentiment largely died down by the time episode 3 rolled around.
** In terms of villains, [[spoiler:Hadrian and Mevia]] from Episode 8 are disliked for being bland BreadAndCircuses villains who lack the menace or HiddenDepths that made the previous villains interesting.

** Stampy Cat from Episode 6 due to his constant chatter, being pretty much useless in a fight and the fact that he's also a [[spoiler:thief]].

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: During ''Story Mode'''s development, Telltale worked closely with Mojang in order to keep up with new updates and gameplay features added to the main game and incorporate them into the story. After the series concluded, it became inevitable that world of ''Story Mode'' would become outdated as the main game continues to receive updates even to this day.

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome:
** Jesse, Olivia and Axel have one when they finish their build and it attracts a crowd.
** Petra killing the spider to save Jesse in the start of Episode 1.
** Ivor spawning the Witherstorm.
-->'''Ivor:''' Nothing built can last forever, Gabriel.
-->'''Gabriel:''' Ivor, no!
** Jesse potentially punching Ivor in the Nether.
** [[spoiler:The FinalBattle with the Wither Storm: the group builds a contraption to launch Jesse into the body of the Wither Storm, leading to a battle with the Wither Storm, ending with Jesse destroying the Command Block at its heart and killing it.]]
** Lluna spitting in Stella’s face and turning away from her in Season 2 Episode 2.
** If you decided to bring [[spoiler: Romeo]] out of the Terminal zone with you, the forward roll he does to avoid the lava is pretty awesome.

** In "Access Denied", after learning she's [[spoiler:an Old Builder]], Ivor asks Harper if she can't just clap her hands and make PAMA disappear. [[spoiler:As the Old Builders are just brilliant inventors]], Harper says she can't. Come season 2, however, the gang meets someone who not only can make things disappear by clapping his hands but also loves to do so.

** Episode 6 of Season 1 has become this in regards to the Let's Players appearing in it. At the time, all of them were massively popular on [=YouTube=], with Captain Sparklez being the biggest out of the bunch. Over time, most of them have faded considerably in popularity, with [=DanTDM=] and [=LDShadowLady=] being the only two who have been able to remain consistently popular in the years since the release of the game, though Dan has mostly moved on to other games.

** The ocean biome surrounding the Sea Temple in Episode 1 of Season 2 was uniquely made for to this game. At the time, Minecraft only had a few ocean variants and, aside from the occasional ruin, monument (which the Sea Temple itself is based on), or shipwreck, they weren't very interesting visually. After the Update Aquatic completely overhauled Minecraft's oceans, the Sea Temple biome in ''Story Mode'' seems out of place in comparison.
** A major plot point of Episode 4 is the gang traveling to the Far Lands. While the area itself is depicted accurately (minus the glitches) and the Far Lands are perhaps well known enough in the Mincraft community for most players to be familiar, the Far Lands themselves have been patched out of the main game.

* AwardSnub: Despite most fans agreeing that [[EvenBetterSequel Season 2 is better than Season 1]], it was not nominated for any awards; whereas Season 1 was nominated for five.

* JerkassWoobie: He may be a {{griefer}}, but it's pretty hard not to feel bad for Magnus when [[spoiler:his kingdom gets swept away by the Wither Storm]].

* AccidentalAesop: Sometimes, it's best not to meet your idols. The first four episodes revolve around the gang travelling far and wide to bring together The Order of The Stone, their heroes, to take down the Witherstorm. [[spoiler: Magnus ended up being a jerk, Ellegaard was narcissistic and awful to Olivia, and all members turned out to be frauds.]]

* AccidentalInnuendo:
** In season one episode four, after they've blown a hole into the Witherstorm, Jesse says "That hole looks big enough to fit into!", which really sounds like the start of a ThatsWhatSheSaid joke.
** Two from Radar:
*** At the beginning of Episode 4, [[ThinkingOutLoud he asks nobody in particular]] if they'd rather "stay under the [[IncrediblyLamePun radar]]", which sounds less like a profound metaphor and more like him asking the player if they'd like to intercourse.
*** Also in Episode 4, he uses Lluna as a weight for pushups, with the noises he makes ("Oh yeah!") sounding more like he's using her for [[BestialityIsDepraved something else]].

* {{Flanderization}}: Lukas. In the first half of Season 1, he was always a NiceGuy but had flaws (e.g. his [[DirtyCoward cowardice]]), but in Episode 5 onward, he’s pretty much a PurityStu.

* {{Flanderization)): Lukas. In the first half of Season 1, he was always a NiceGuy but had flaws (e.g. his [[DirtyCoward cowardice]]), but in Episode 5 onward, he’s pretty much a PurityStu.

* AccidentalAesop: It's best not to meet your idols. The first four episodes revolve around the gang travelling far and wide to bring together The Order of The Stone, their heroes, to take down the Witherstorm. [[spoiler: Magnus ended up being a jerk, Ellegaard was narcissistic and awful to Olivia, and all members turned out to be frauds.]]