History YMMV / OlafsFrozenAdventure

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: With the release of all four songs online, "When We're Together" and "Ring In the Season" have been particularly well-received, particularly compared to the relatively lukewarm reception of "Making Today a Perfect Day," the song featured in ''Frozen Fever''. Ironically the songs in this short were ''not'' written by the Lopezes (who wrote the songs for ''Frozen'' and ''Frozen Fever''), probably because they were working on the songs for ''Coco'' at the time.

* OvershadowedByControversy: Any merit the film may have had otherwise has since been overshadowed by the controversy that ensued as a result of airing the full 21-minute short right before ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}''.

* HarsherInHindsight: Olaf getting a sugar rush on a [[GRatedDrug candy cane]] doesn't seem as funny anymore after Olaf's Japanese voice actor, Pierre Taki, was arrested for cocaine abuse. This is especially so given that drug abuse is basically a CareerKiller for Japanese actors.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Perhaps in response to criticism of the ''Frozen'' attraction shoved into [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Epcot's]] Norway Pavilion, it's implied that Arendelle is located in Norway rather than being a straight-up FantasyCounterpartCulture.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Olaf getting a sugar rush on a [[GRatedDrug candy cane]] doesn't seem as funny anymore after Olaf's Japanese voice actor, Pierre Taki, was arrested for cocaine abuse. This is especially so given that drug abuse is basically a CareerKiller for Japanese actors.

* PromotedFangirl: Kate Anderson and Elyssa Samsel, the songwriters for this short, grew up loving Disney movies such as ''The Little Mermaid'', ''Beauty and the Beast'', ''Pocahontas'', and ''The Lion King'', which influenced them to become songwriters.

* AmericansHateTingle: [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales In stark contrast to]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Coco}} the film that came right afterwards,]] Mexican audiences in general did not care for this short. The fact that its length was meant for television and ''not'' as an [[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts opener for a feature-length film]] is cited as the main reason[[note]]although making audiences wait twenty minutes to watch a movie ''about their own culture'' certainly did not help either[[/note]]. After a whole bunch of jokes and memes of the "I think there's a film about ''Día de los Muertos'' in Mexico after this film about Christmas in Norway" variety, most Mexican movie theaters downright ''removed'' the short from their showings of ''Coco'', a choice celebrated by most...except for those who actually wanted to see the short. (The short then suffered the same fate in the United States and Canada.)

* AmericansHateTingle: [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales In stark contrast to]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Coco}} the film that came right afterwards]], Mexican audiences in general did not care for this short. The fact that its length was meant for television and ''not'' as an [[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts opener for a feature-length film]] is cited as the main reason[[note]]although making audiences wait twenty minutes to watch a movie ''about their own culture'' certainly did not help either[[/note]]. After a whole bunch of jokes and memes of the "I think there's a film about ''Día de los Muertos'' in Mexico after this film about Christmas in Norway" variety, most Mexican movie theaters downright ''removed'' the short from their showings of ''Coco'', a choice celebrated by most...except for those who actually wanted to see the short. (The short then suffered the same fate in the United States and Canada.)
* AuthorsSavingThrow: Perhaps in response to criticism of the ''Frozen'' attraction shoved into [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Epcot]]'s Norway Pavilion, it's implied that Arendelle is located in Norway rather than being a straight-up FantasyCounterpartCulture.

* JustHereForGodzilla: [[WesternAnimation/FrozenFever Like the previous Frozen short]], there are many people who went to see ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'' solely because this short played before it, especially in countries like Japan and South Korea, where ''Frozen'' remains [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff wildly popular]].

* {{Sequelitis}}: Putting aside all of the controversy involving the special being shown ahead of ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'', the special is often accused of having inferior writing, songs, and dialogue to [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 the original film]].

* AmericansHateTingle: [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales In stark contrast to]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Coco}} the film that came right afterwards]], Mexican audiences in general did not care for this short. The fact that its length was meant for television and ''not'' as an [[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts opener for a feature-length film]] is cited as the main reason[[note]]although making audiences wait twenty minutes to watch a movie ''about their own culture'' certainly did not help either[[/note]]. After a whole bunch of jokes and memes of the "I think there's a film about ''Día de los Muertos'' in Mexico after this film about Christmas in Norway" variety, most Mexican movie theaters downright ''removed'' the short from their showings of ''Coco'', a choice celebrated by most... except for those who actually wanted to see the short. (The short then suffered the same fate in the United States and Canada.)

* AmericansHateTingle: [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales In stark contrast to]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Coco}} the film that came right afterwards]], Mexican audiences in general did not care for this short. The fact that its length was meant for television and ''not'' as an [[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts opener for a feature-length film]] is cited as the main reason[[note]]although making audiences wait twenty minutes to watch a movie ''about their own culture'' certainly did not help either[[/note]]. After a whole bunch of jokes and memes of the "I think there's a film about ''Día de los Muertos'' in Mexico after this film about Christmas in Norway" variety, most Mexican movie theaters downright ''removed'' the short from their showings of ''Coco'', [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing a choice celebrated by most]]... except for those who actually wanted to see the short. (The short then suffered the same fate in the United States and Canada.)

* UnfortunateImplications: A [[http://mashable.com/2017/11/26/coco-frozen-short-olafs-frozen-adventure/#9Wd7syidlOq7 popular]] [[http://www.thisisinsider.com/frozen-short-movie-coco-disney-pixar-2017-11 snarky]] talking point is suggesting that Disney put the short in front of ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'' because they were doubtful [[MinorityShowGhetto that white audiences would be interested in seeing a full length movie about brown people]] and thought the short would give ''Coco'' an added boost.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Olaf getting a sugar rush on a [[GRatedDrug candy cane]] doesn't seem as funny anymore after Olaf's Japanese voice actor, Pierre Taki, was arrested for cocaine abuse.

* BrokenBase: The short has garnered three different overarching opinions; people who liked ''Frozen'' and welcomed the short, people who felt fatigued by ''Frozen'''s popularity and were not happy about seeing a 20-minute short about it before seeing [[WesternAnimation/{{Coco}} Pixar's newest movie]], and people who were offended that a 20-minute ChristmasEpisode with an all-white cast of characters was showing before a movie set in Mexico about a more underrated holiday.

* JustHereForGodzilla: [[Disney/FrozenFever Like the previous Frozen short]], there are many people who went to see ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'' solely because this short played before it, especially in countries like Japan and South Korea, where ''Frozen'' remains [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff wildly popular]].

* {{Sequelitis}}: Putting aside all of the controversy involving the special being shown ahead of ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'', the special is often accused of having inferior writing, songs, and dialogue to [[Disney/{{Frozen}} the original film]].

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Perhaps in response to criticism of the ''Frozen'' attraction shoved into Epcot's Norway Pavilion, it's implied that Arendelle is located in Norway rather than being a straight-up FantasyCounterpartCulture.

* AmericansHateTingle: [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales In stark contrast to]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Coco}} the film that came right afterwards]], Mexican audiences in general did not care for this short. The fact that its length was meant for television and ''not'' as an [[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts opener for a feature-length film]] is cited as the main reason[[note]]although making audiences wait twenty minutes to watch a movie ''about their own culture'' certainly did not help either[[/note]]. After a whole bunch of jokes and memes of the "I think there's a film about ''Día de Muertos'' in Mexico after this film about Christmas in Norway" variety, most Mexican movie theaters downright ''removed'' the short from their showings of ''Coco'', [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing a choice celebrated by most]]... except for those who actually wanted to see the short. (The short then suffered the same fate in the United States and Canada.)

* AmericansHateTingle: [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales In stark contrast to]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Coco}} the film that came right afterwards]], Mexican audiences in general did not care for this short. The fact that its length was meant for television and ''not'' as an [[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts opener for a Pixar film]], which are usually beloved, is cited as the main reason[[note]]although making audiences wait twenty minutes to watch a movie ''about their own culture'' certainly did not help either[[/note]]. After a whole bunch of jokes and memes of the "I think there's a film about ''Día de Muertos'' in Mexico after this film about Christmas in Norway" variety, most Mexican movie theaters downright ''removed'' the short from their showings of ''Coco'', [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing a choice celebrated by most]]... except for those who actually wanted to see the short. (The short then [[HistoryRepeats suffered the same fate]] in the United States and Canada.)

* OvershadowedByControversy: Any merit the film may have had otherwise has since been overshadowed by the controversy that ensued as a result of airing the full 21-minute short right before ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'', which led to plenty of InternetBackdraft.

* InternetBackdraft: The short has been subjected to much anger from a large number of people for various reasons:
** The 21-minute length, the fact that it's a Christmas-themed short that played before a film about the ''Día de Muertos'' and the short simply being based on ''Frozen'' (which suffered from extreme HypeBacklash) annoyed some people.
** Conversely, when some theaters actually stopped showing the short due to these complaints, [[MortonsFork that angered people that actually]] ''wanted'' to see it.
** Norway being implied to exist within the world caused some disagreement amongst fans. Some accuse it of being a bad {{retcon}} due to ''Frozen Fever'''s map implying that Arendelle is a {{Fantasy Counterpart|Culture}} of the real-life country, despite the idea of Norway itself not existing in the ''Frozen'' world being {{fanon}}, having never actually been established within {{canon}}.[[note]]In fact, while not having been confirmed to have been a deliberate reference, Arendelle's name is similar to "Arendal," a city ''within'' Norway.[[/note]]
** Making Olaf the star of the short. While not a BaseBreakingCharacter like Prince Hans or Kristoff, many agree that Olaf isn't a character who can hold a short on his own.

** Norway being implied to exist within the world caused some disagreement amongst fans. Some accuse it of being a bad {{retcon}} due to ''Frozen Fever'''s map implying that Arendelle is a FantasyCounterpart of the real-life country, despite the idea of Norway not existing in the ''Frozen'' world being {{fanon}, having never actually been established within {{canon}}. [[note]]In fact, while not having been confirmed to have been a deliberate reference, Arendelle's name is similar to "Arendal," a city ''within'' Norway.[[/note]].

* ItsShortSoItSucks: Inverted. The "short' wasn't actually supposed to be a theatrical short in the first place, but was designed as a made-for-tv ChristmasSpecial, complete with the running time to go with it. When Disney decided to show it in front of screenings of ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'', audiences were taken off-guard by its length, which is much longer than typical for the short films usually played before feature-length presentations, and found themselves impatiently waiting for the actual movie to begin. The hatred reached MemeticMutation levels in Mexico, where moviegoers had started recommending others to arrive half an hour late to avoid it.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Perhaps in response to criticism of the ''Frozen'' attraction shoved into Epcot's Norway Pavilion, it's described that Arendelle is located in Norway rather than being a straight-up FantasyCounterpartCulture.

** Arendelle being implied to be an area inside of Norway (or at least co-existing in a world with a real Norway) instead of its counterpart caused some disagreement amongst fans. Some consider it a change for the better. Others accuse it of being a bad {{retcon}} due to ''Frozen Fever'''s map implying otherwise, despite the idea of Norway not existing in the ''Frozen'' world being {{fanon}, having never actually been established within {{canon}}. [[note]]In fact, while not having been confirmed to have been a deliberate reference, Arendelle's name is similar to "Arendal," a city ''within'' Norway.[[/note]].