History YMMV / MuppetsMostWanted

** Many critics are deriding this film because [[MisaimedFandom the human characters are being overshadowed by their Muppet counterparts]]... in a ''Muppet'' movie. Muppet fans, meanwhile, adore it for exactly that reason, with some considering it an EvenBetterSequel.

* ContestedSequel:
** This movie has been well-received overall, but not quite as much as ''Film/TheMuppets2011''. However, as noted below, some fans prefer ''Most Wanted'' due to Kermit and Piggy unambiguously being the main characters (with Walter in a major supporting role)[[note]] although it is worth noting that the rest of the Muppets don't have any larger roles than in ''The Muppets''[[/note]] and, consequently, the much higher proportion of Muppet songs to human songs. Outside Muppet fan sites however, ''Muppets Most Wanted'' has been nearly panned and ignored completely.
** Hilariously, the opening song [[LampshadeHanging even lampshaded]] that it WOULD be considered 'not quite as good' as the previous film, even using that exact turn of phrase!

** Many critics are deriding this film because [[MisaimedFandom the human characters are being overshadowed by their Muppet counterparts]]. In a ''Muppet'' movie. Muppet fans, meanwhile, adore it for exactly that reason, with some considering it an EvenBetterSequel.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsg5Ho5EYBY This sketch]] from ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' had the WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies playing WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}} and Miss Piggy wanted to be the titular character. The song "We're Doing A Sequel", in one of that song's many swipes at popular Hollywood movies, shows Miss Piggy dressed as Ariel.

** Website/ThisVeryWiki has featured an image of an evil Kermit as the page image for EvilTwin for quite a long time. Now this film actually does feature an evil Kermit look-alike.

* WTHCastingAgency: Many people had this reaction to learning Ricky Gervais was to be the human lead of the movie -- more specifically, MoralGuardians in particular felt the openly atheistic Gervais had no place alongside the kid-friendly Muppets (perhaps overlooking his memorable moments on ''Series/SesameStreet'').

* BaseBreakingCharacter: The Muppets themselves (except for Kermit, Walter, and Animal) are rather divisive in this movie, due to their taking levels in both [[TookaLevelInDumbass stupidity]] and [[TookaLevelInJerkass selfishness]]. Depending on the viewer, their behavior ranges from InnocentlyInsensitive and UnwittingPawn at best, to AcquiredSituationalNarcissism in the middle, to ItsAllAboutMe at worst.

* TheUnTwist: The ending reveals that [[spoiler:Dominic was The Lemur]] the whole time! Which would be more shocking if he hadn't had it as [[spoiler:his e-mail on his fake business cards]], been referred to as #2 by Constantine all movie [[spoiler:as an explicit dig on him being the #2 most wanted man]], and [[spoiler:openly left his Lemur calling card at the first crime scene]]. Naturally, this is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]], and the bigger twist of the scene is actually [[spoiler:Dominic's ridiculous costume,]] which had not been foreshadowed as much.

* OlderThanTheyThink: There was an episode of the Muppet Show where a bunch of pigs performed a HostileShowTakeover, one even impersonating Kermit like Constantine did, [[PaperThinDisguise though his disguise wasn't very convincing]], especially compared to Constantine nearly being identical to Kermit. Piggy went along with it since they offered her a song. Ironically, years later here, the more convincing Kermit impersonation who offers her everything she wants winds up making her feel like something is wrong.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: While it ''could'' be mistaken as CGI at first, Constantine's parkouring is actually really bad bluescreening. Which, considering how the first movie did such techniques quite successfully, is pretty bad. Averted for the rest of the movie, in which almost everything is done with the puppets and not computer animation[[note]]one of the only computer animated sequences in the film is when Constantine breaks the mirror in his room just before the climax[[/note]].

* TheUntwist: The ending reveals that [[spoiler:Dominic was The Lemur]] the whole time! Which would be more shocking if he hadn't had it as [[spoiler:his e-mail on his fake business cards]], been referred to as #2 by Constantine all movie [[spoiler:as an explicit dig on him being the #2 most wanted man]], and [[spoiler:openly left his Lemur calling card at the first crime scene]]. Naturally, this is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]], and the bigger twist of the scene is actually [[spoiler:Dominic's ridiculous costume,]] which had not been foreshadowed as much.

* {{Woolseyism}}: Dominic Badguy is named Dominic Fieslinger in the German Blu-ray version (Dominic Bösewicht in the German DVD version) in order to retain the joke.

** Many critics are deriding this film because [[MisaimedFandom the human characters are being overshadowed by their Muppet counterparts.]] In a ''Muppet'' movie. Muppet fans, meanwhile, adore it for exactly that reason, with some considering it an EvenBetterSequel.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: The Muppets themselves (except for Kermit, Walter and Animal) are rather divisive in this movie, due to their taking levels in both [[TookaLevelInDumbass stupidity]] and [[TookaLevelInJerkass selfishness]]. Depending on the viewer, their behavior ranges from InnocentlyInsensitive and UnwittingPawn at best, to AcquiredSituationalNarcissism in the middle, to ItsAllAboutMe at worst.

* ContestedSequel: This movie has been well-received overall, but not quite as much as ''Film/TheMuppets2011''. However, as noted below, some fans prefer ''Most Wanted'' due to Kermit and Piggy unambiguously being the main characters (with Walter in a major supporting role)[[note]] although it is worth noting that the rest of the Muppets don't have any larger roles than in ''The Muppets''[[/note]] and, consequently, the much higher proportion of Muppet songs to human songs. Outside Muppet fan sites however, ''Muppets Most Wanted'' has been nearly panned and ignored completely.

* CriticalDissonance: Many critics are deriding this film because [[MisaimedFandom the human characters are being overshadowed by their Muppet counterparts.]] In a ''Muppet'' movie. Muppet fans, meanwhile, adore it for exactly that reason, with some considering it an EvenBetterSequel.

* HilariousInHindsight: Website/ThisVeryWiki has featured an image of an evil Kermit as the page image for EvilTwin for quite a long time. Now this film actually does feature an evil Kermit look-alike.

* MemeticMutation: Not really related to the film, but stemming from a tie-in ad for Lipton released shortly before the film was: [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/but-that-s-none-of-my-business Kermit drinking tea.]]

* IdiotPlot: Kermit has his identity stolen by a criminal frog named Constantine and sent to a Russian gulag. You'd think that since Constantine, while he DOES look like Kermit (there are differences, but they're admittedly subtle), does not act or sound anything like Kermit, the other Muppets wouldn't believe for a second that he is Kermit, or at least be suspicious. Instead, they all fall for it, with the exception of [[EvilDetectingDog Animal]] - even Fozzie, Kermit's best friend, is fooled. [[note]] Ironically, three years after the film’s release, Kermit’s performer, Steve Whitmire, was dismissed from the Muppet cast and his voice for Kermit was replaced by Matt Vogel, Constantine’s performer, making the two characters sound more similar. [[/note]]

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper'', both being much more tongue in cheek heist films, with a much heavier focus on comedy than their respective predecessors

* HilariousInHindsight: Wiki/ThisVeryWiki has featured an image of an evil Kermit as the page image for EvilTwin for quite a long time. Now this film actually does feature an evil Kermit look-alike.

* MoralEventHorizon: If Constantine didn't cross this by stealing Kermit's identity and having him sent to the gulag, he definitely crosses it when he [[spoiler:proposes to Miss Piggy under his Kermit guise, then attempts to have her blown up with a time bomb disguised as a wedding ring after the ceremony]]. He totally deserved the beating he got from Piggy and Kermit slapping him in the face during the climax.

* UncannyValley: The incredibly geometric fireworks of the Muppets' heads during the credits.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: The Muppets themselves (except for Kermit, Walter and Animal) are rather divisive in this movie, due to their taking levels in both [[TookaLevelinDumbass stupidity]] and [[TookaLevelinJerkass selfishness]]. Depending on the viewer, their behavior ranges from InnocentlyInsensitive and UnwittingPawn at best, to AcquiredSituationalNarcissism in the middle, to ItsAllAboutMe at worst.

* ContestedSequel: This movie has been well-received overall, but not quite as much as ''Film/TheMuppets''. However, as noted below, some fans prefer ''Most Wanted'' due to Kermit and Piggy unambiguously being the main characters (with Walter in a major supporting role)[[note]] although it is worth noting that the rest of the Muppets don't have any larger roles than in ''The Muppets''[[/note]] and, consequently, the much higher proportion of Muppet songs to human songs. Outside Muppet fan sites however, ''Muppets Most Wanted'' has been nearly panned and ignored completely.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: "We're Doing a Sequel" mentions that "the studio considers [The Muppets] a viable franchise". Even following this film's middling box office returns and the axing of the [[Series/TheMuppets subsequent TV series]] after one season, Disney is still working hard at keeping the Muppets that way, starting with a 2016 live appearance at the [[https://www.sfoutsidelands.com/ Outside Lands Festival]] (albeit with just the Electric Mayhem) and a VERY well-received concert at the Hollywood Bowl a year later, a [[WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies2018 Muppet Babies reboot]] , then another concert at the O2 in London, followed by the announcement of the short-form series ''Muppets Now'' for Creator/DisneyPlus, and multiple other one-off appearances in between, it looks like the American public may never see the last of the Muppets anytime soon!

* SpiritualSuccessor: To Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper, both being much more tongue in cheek heist films, with a much heavier focus on comedy than their respective predecessors

* IdiotPlot: Kermit has his identity stolen by a criminal frog named Constantine and sent to a Russian gulag. You'd think that since Constantine, while he DOES look like Kermit (there are differences, but they're admittedly subtle), does not act or sound anything like Kermit, the other Muppets wouldn't believe for a second that he is Kermit, or at least be suspicious. Instead, they all fall for it, with the exception of [[EvilDetectingDog Animal]] - even Fozzie, Kermit's best friend, is fooled.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Did the Muppets genuinely not notice that Constantine wasn't Kermit, or did they know but decide to go along with it because Constantine let them do whatever they wanted?