History YMMV / Ratatoing

* FetishRetardant: Carol is supposed to be MsFanservice, but the way she moves, the cheap CGI and animation, and the fact that she's a rat makes it fall flat.

** Greg's {{Catchphrase}} "Precisely!"

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPk122PiV3c dance scene]] is bizarre and looks trippy.

* FetishRetardent: Carol is supposed to be MrsFanservice, but the way she moves, the cheap CGI and animation, and the fact that she's a rat makes it fall flat.

* AccidentalAesop: Marcel's inability to cook exceptional dishes without using stolen ingredients seems to teach that you cannot become successful without leeching off other popular people. Oddly appropriate for a {{Mockbuster}}. Or maybe not, considering that (1) ''Ratatoing'' doesn't steal much from ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'' apart from the "a rat cooks" premise, and (2) ''Ratatoing'' was a critical and commercial failure.

** The English versions of the preparation scene and the dancing scene [[FillingTheSilence add]] some suggestive-sounding grunts. And of course, how can we not bring up that one part where Greg unintentionally appears to pull cheese straight out of his...well, you get it.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Why exactly did Marcel's rivals dance before scaring the human customers?
* BileFascination: Well, it’s not like there’s any other reason to watch Creator/VideoBrinquedo's {{Mockbuster}}s.
* DesignatedHero: [[YouDirtyRat Marcel]]. Not only does he steal food from a human restaurant and [[KarmicOverkill send his rivals to an animal testing lab]], but he's the protagonist of the story and we're ''apparently'' supposed to root for him.

* {{Narm}}: Marcel struggles to lift a chocolate bar, but when the cat starts chasing him, he's able to carry it while running with ease and even ''surfs on the table with it''. The cat's terrible animation doesn't help either.
* {{Padding}}: Despite the movie being about 42 minutes, there's many scenes designed to just pad out the running time, such as repeated scenes of the mice gearing up, about five minutes of Ratatoing's customers praising the food (which also doubles up as CharacterShilling), and the infamous minute-long dance number performed by the villains.
* SoBadItsGood: To some, thanks to the film's repetitious dialogue ("Precisely"), awful animation, and random scenes.
* UnintentionallySympathetic: Marcel's rivals. They only cut off his source of fresh ingredients because they believe his restaurant is hurting their business, and that having to risk their lives once a week just to get ingredients is unreasonable. When they find out that sabotaging Marcel's restaurant didn't really help their business, they're forced to try and steal food anyway. Sure, they try to threaten the "heroes" to give them their cheese, but they immediately agree when Greg tells them to get their own cheese because there's enough for everyone... and then the "heroes" decide to capture them and have them sent to a lab anyway.

* UncannyValley: Badly done CGI and poor character designs abound.

* DesignatedHero: [[YouDirtyRat Marcel]]. Not only does he steal food from a human restaurant and [[MoralEventHorizon send his rivals to an animal testing lab]], but he's the protagonist of the story and we're ''apparently'' supposed to root for him.

* MoralEventHorizon: [[DesignatedHero Marcel]] sends the rival rats to an animal testing lab [[DisproportionateRetribution for trying to steal recipes from him]]. It's made even worse because [[TheHypocrite his recipes]] [[MoralMyopia rely on stealing Food]] [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality from a human Restaurant]] -- when he tries to cook without them, his dishes end up being mediocre.

** An analysis of the movie (posted on Website/YouTube by user WebVideo/SchaffrillasProductions) is based on the thesis that the film delivers a powerful critique of class struggle entirely by accident.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Why exactly did Marcel's rivals dance before scaring the human customers?

** "Precisely!"

** Greg's "Oh, I forgot we do something special on Thursday night!"

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Why exactly did Marcel's rivals dance before scaring away the human customers?

** The commercial and to a lesser extent the video as a whole. Popularized by WebAnimation/WalrusGuy.

* {{Narm}}: The second scene of the rats trying to steal food. First Marcel struggles to lift a chocolate bar, but when the cat starts chasing him, he's able to carry it while running with ease and even ''surfs on the table with it''. The cat's terrible animation doesn't help.
* {{Padding}}: Despite the movie being about 42 minutes, there are many scenes designed to fill the time, such as repeated scenes of the mice gearing up, about five minutes of Ratatoing's customers singing Marcel's praises (which also doubles up as CharacterShilling), and the infamous minute-long dance number performed by the villains.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Marcel's rivals. They only cut off his source of fresh ingredients because they believe his restaurant is hurting their business, and that having to risk their lives once a week just to get ingredients is unreasonable. When they find out that sabotaging Marcel's restaurant didn't really help their business, they're forced to try to steal food anyway. Sure, they try to threaten the "heroes" to give them all their cheese, but they immediately agree when Greg tells them to get their own cheese because there's enough for everyone... and then the "heroes" decide to capture them and have them sent to a lab anyway.

** An analysis of the movie (posted on YouTube by user SchafrillasProductions) is based on the thesis that the film delivers a powerful critique of class struggle entirely by accident.

** An analysis of the movie (posted on YouTube by user Schafrillas Productions) is based on the thesis that the film delivers a powerful critique of class struggle entirely by accident.

** The English versions of the preparation scene and the dancing scene [[LullDestruction add]] some suggestive-sounding grunts. And of course, how can we not bring up that one part where Greg unintentionally appears to pull cheese straight out of his...well, you get it.

* {{Padding}}: Despite the movie being about 42 minutes, there are many scenes designed to fill the time, such as repeated scenes of the mice gearing up, and the infamous minute-long dance number performed by the villains.

* ItsPronouncedTroPay: At first glance you'd think the film's title's called 'Rat-a-to-ing' but it's actually 'Rat-a-toing' to rhyme with 'boing'.

* MoralEventHorizon: [[DesignatedHero Marcel]] sends the rival rats to an animal testing lab [[DisproportionateRetribution for trying to steal recipes from him]]. It's made even worse because [[TheHypocrite his recipes]] [[MoralMyopia rely on stealing Food]] [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality from a human Restaurant]] -- when he tries to cook without them, his dishes end up being mediocre.

* MoralEventHorizon: [[DesignatedHero Marcel]] sends the rival rats to an animal testing lab [[DisproportionateRetribution for trying to steal recipes from him]]. It's made even worse because his recipes rely on stealing food from a human restaurant -- when he tries to cook without them, his dishes end up being mediocre.

** The English versions of the preparation scene and the dancing scene [[LullDestruction add]] some suggestive-sounding grunts.

* UncannyValley: Badly done CGI and poor character designs are abound.

* MoralEventHorizon: [[DesignatedHero Marcel]] sends the rival rats to an animal testing lab [[DisproportionateRetribution for trying to steal recipes from him]]. It's made even worse because his recipes consist entirely of stealing food from a human restaurant.