History YMMV / MyLifeMe

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: A North American show that focused on a manga fan? Interesting. [[SoOkayItsAverage The execution]]... not so much.

* SoBadItsGood: Thanks in large part to Mr. Towes' [[LargeHam gloriously insane antics]], the terrible animation, and its usage of anime cliches, the show has developed a significant ironic following online.

** The show first got big in Malaysia, which was where the show first aired. A lot of the early fanbase watched the show unironically, until show got canned for ''WesternAnimation/ZigAndSharko'' reruns on Creator/DisneyChannel, which lead to a small but noticeable outburst amongst Malaysians (and to a lesser extent, parts of Southeast Asia). It's also the only country to have the show air on ''three'' channels. First, Disney Channel, then local channel [=NTV7=], and now on the newly developed Creator/{{Dreamworks}} Channel. [[note]]Creator/{{Dreamworks}} actually owns the worldwide rights to the series, due to Classic Media, the previous rights holder being bought by said company.[[/note]]

%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * WereStillRelevantDammit: Everything about this feels like some sort of desperate attempt to appeal to kids.

%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * RelationshipWritingFumble: Some between [[KissingCousins Liam and Birch]].

* BaseBreakingCharacter:

* RelationshipWritingFumble: Some between [[KissingCousins Liam and Birch]].

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter:
** Birch actually could be an interesting look of a main character in high school who's an OccidentalOtaku does. Unfortunately, her rather DesignatedHero actions make her rather less than endearing.

* WereStillRelevantDammit: Everything about this feels like some sort of desperate attempt to appeal to kids.

* UncannyValley: Good god, they look like marionettes made out of human corpses! (Which is sad, because the character designer has done some decent work in the past.)

** Liam has a [[{{Kitsune}} fox]] [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom fursona]] and is a serial {{Uke}}. According to some, he's also [[CrossesTheLineTwice addicted to cocaine]].

** Raffi and Liam being in a [[HoYay homosexual relationship]] (and to a lesser extent, Birch and Sandra, or [[FoeYay Sandra and Amelia, or Birch and Amelia]]).

* FoeYay: While probably unintentional, Amelia and Sandra can veer into this dynamic. Similarly, Amelia and Birch; or Sandra and Birch.

* CriticalResearchFailure: A lot of things, especially naming somebody [[InterchangeableAsianCultures Miyazaki LEE]].

** Raffi and Liam being in a [[YaoiGuys homosexual relationship]] (and to a lesser extent, Birch and Sandra, or [[FoeYay Sandra and Amelia, or Birch and Amelia]]).

* BileFascination: How bad the show is draws many people to it.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff:
** The show first got big in Malaysia, where was where the show first aired. A lot of the early fan-base watched the show unironically, until show got canned for ''WesternAnimation/ZigAndSharko'' reruns on Creator/DisneyChannel, which lead to a small but noticeable outburst amongst Malaysians (and to a lesser extent, parts of Southeast Asia). It's also the only country to have the show air on ''three'' channels. First, Disney Channel, then local channel [=NTV7=], and now on the newly developed Creator/{{Dreamworks}} Channel. [[note]]Creator/{{Dreamworks}} actually owns the worldwide rights to the series, due to Classic Media, the previous rights holder being bought by said company.[[/note]]

** Then in Mexico, actually garnered most of its fandom, combined with being the only channel not to screw it over (Along with [[UsefulNotes/GermanTVStations KiKA]] back in Germany, which occasionally re-airs the show, usually near the end of the day during the Summer). Most of the fanart extends to Mexicans as well, especially fanart of Birch; which makes herself also an example of a more popular character in another country, since to many Mexicans, she's a AudienceSurrogate, compared to other countries, where she's a BaseBreakingCharacter at best, and a [[TheScrappy Scrappy]] at worst. It helps that she has the voice actress as the Latin American Spanish dub version of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Apple Bloom]].

* SoBadItsGood: Thanks in large part to Mr. Towes' [[LargeHam gloriously insane antics]] (and, at times, the terrible animation).

* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: Mr. Towes. His voice-actor, Creator/TerrenceScammell, ''seriously'' needs more work.

* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: Mr. Towes. His voice-actor ''seriously'' needs more work.

* TheScrappy: While everyone (apart from [[EnsembleDarkhorse Mr. Towes]]) [[BaseBreakingCharacter could be considered some]], usually the sizable {{Hatedom}} often consider [[DesignatedHero Birch and Liam this]].

* AlternateShowInterpretation: There's a persistent one that the series is a StealthParody of OccidentalOtaku culture.

* SnarkBait: A [[UsefulNotes/ToonBoom Toon Boom Harmony]] cartoon done in {{Animesque}} style, with character designs by the creator of ''{{Manga/Dramacon}}'', starring a OccidentalOtaku manga-fan-artist in a SliceOfLife style series? How can it '''not''' be? It actually got so bad that [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Life_Me its article]] on Wiki/ThatOtherWiki was locked for a time. Note that very few shows get locked that quickly, especially semi-obscure Canadian shows like this.

* EarWorm: The theme song, in the worst possible way.
--> "THIS IS MY LIFE SO DON'T GET IN MY WAAAAAAAAAAAY"

** Even ignoring that he probably is the only character who's not a BaseBreakingCharacter, Mr. Towes has become one of ''epic'' proportions. He's pretty much universally loved by both the genuine fans AND the series' mass hatedom and there is a mass demand among them that he be given his own show. Even the ''creator'' loves him (this being the same person who uses [[DesignatedHero Birch]] as a sort of AuthorAvatar), and even [[WordOfGod she's in support of him getting his own show.]])

* BrokenBase: Whether this show is SoBadItsGood, SoOkayItsAverage, [[GuiltyPleasure actually not that bad]], or just plain terrible.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Prior to the series' first airing in English-speaking territories (when all there was to go on were trailers that showed the characters to be either [[FlatCharacter flat]] or just plain [[MarySue awful]]), [=4chan=] assigned personalities to Pod 4:

%%** "GODDAMNIT BIRCH"
* MostWonderfulSound: Mr. Towes. His voice-actor ''seriously'' needs more work.

** Then in Mexico, actually garnered most of its fandom, combined with being the only channel not to screw it over (Along with [[GermanTVStations KiKA]] back in Germany, which occasionally re-airs the show, usually near the end of the day during the Summer). Most of the fanart extends to Mexicans as well, especially fanart of Birch; which makes herself also an example of a more popular character in another country, since to many Mexicans, she's a AudienceSurrogate, compared to other countries, where she's a BaseBreakingCharacter at best, and a [[TheScrappy Scrappy]] at worst. It helps that she has the voice actress as the Latin American Spanish dub version of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Apple Bloom]].

** To fans, is Birch an {{Adorkable}} OccidentalOtaku who represents how many anime fans feel in school, or is she a major case of SmallNameBigEgo, who gets [[SpotlightStealingSquad way too much focus]] [[CreatorsPet and is always in the right]]?

* CreatorsPet:
** [[BrokenBase What the]] {{Hatedom}} portion see Birch at worst, a blatant AuthorAvatar.
** Subverted with Mr. Towes, who's the [[CreatorsFavorite author's favourite]], [[EnsembleDarkhorse and the fan favorite.]]

* DesignatedHero: Birch [[BaseBreakingCharacter at her worst]] who can do no wrong because she's the AuthorAvatar CreatorsPet...even though by all means she does a ''lot'' of wrong.

** Sandra comes by a ''very'' distant second, or at least to barely make it out of TheScrappy label, mainly [[MisaimedFandom due to her enraging the]] CreatorsPet [[AuthorAvatar Birch]] constantly.

** Then in Mexico, actually garnered most of its fandom, combined with being the only channel not to screw it over (Along with [[GermanTVStations KiKA]] back in Germany, which occasionally re-airs the show, usually near the end of the day during the Summer). Most of the fanart extends to Mexicans as well, especially fanart of Birch; which makes herself also an example of a more popular character in another country, since to many Mexicans, she's a AudienceSurrogate, compared to other countries, where she's a BaseBreakingCharacter at best, and a CreatorsPet at worst. It helps that she has the voice actress as the Latin American Spanish dub version of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Apple Bloom]].

** Add to the fact that th show's animated with [[UsefulNotes/ToonBoom Toon Boom Harmony]].

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Prior to the series' first airing in English-speaking territories (when all there was to go on were trailers that showed the characters to be either [[FlatCharacter flat]] or jut plain [[MarySue awful]]), [=4chan=] assigned personalities to Pod 4: