History YMMV / Seussical

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Mayzie: An AlphaBitch or TheDitz who is more vain than mean?
** When she leaves the show: is she ditching the egg with Horton, or does she genuinely believe she's made his life better by making him an egg sitting circus sensation"? The song could go either way. And is she self-aware enough to know that Horton will be a ''far'' better parent than her?

* BrokenBase: As with many adaptations made after Seuss's death, Seuss fans are divided over this being a beautiful and loving celebration of the Doctor’s legacy, or a soulless cash-grab with songs that sound as if they're written by a five-year-old. Then you have the Seuss fans in the middle who agree that the show and it’s songs are childish and simplistic; but find it a [[NarmCharm charming homage to Seuss and his work]] ''because'' they’re childish and simplistic.

* BrokenBase: As with many adaptations made after Seuss's death, Seuss fans are divided over this being a beautiful and loving celebration of Seuss’ legacy, or a soulless cash-grab with songs that sound as if they're written by a five-year-old. Then you have the Seuss fans in the middle who agree that the show and it’s songs are childish and simplistic; but find it a [[NarmCharm charming homage to the Doctor and his work]] ''because'' they’re childish and simplistic.

* BrokenBase: As with many of the adaptations after Seuss's death, many Seuss fans are divided over this being a beautiful and loving celebration of Seuss and his work, or a soulless cash-grab with songs that sound as if they're written by a five-year-old. Then you have the Seuss fans in the middle who agree that the show and it’s songs are childish and simplistic; but find it a [[NarmCharm charming homage to Seuss’ legacy]] ''because'' they’re childish and simplistic.

** When she leaves the show: is she ditching the egg with Horton, or does she genuinely believe she's made his life better by making him an "egg sitting circus sensation"? The song could go either way. And is she self-aware enough to know that Horton will be a ''far'' better parent than her?

* BrokenBase: As with many of the adaptations after Seuss's death, many Seuss fans are divided over this being a beautiful and loving celebration of Seuss and his work, or a soulless cash-grab with songs that sound as if they're written by a five-year-old. Then you have the Seuss fans in the middle who agree that the show and it’s songs are childish and simplistic; but find it a [[NarmCharm charming homage to Seuss’ legacy]] "because" of that.

* BrokenBase: As with many of the adaptations after Seuss's death, many Seuss fans are divided over this being a beautiful and loving celebration of Seuss and his work, or a soulless cash-grab with songs that sound as if they're written by a five-year-old. Then you have the Seuss fans in the middle who agree that the show and it’s songs are childish and simplistic; but find it a [[NarmCharm charming homage to Seuss’ legacy]] "because" it is childish and simplistic.

* BrokenBase: As with many of the adaptations after Seuss's death, many Seuss fans are divided over this being a beautiful and loving homage to Seuss and his work with music that the Doctor himself would’ve written, or a soulless cash-grab with songs that sound as if they're written by a five-year-old. Then you have the Seuss fans in the middle who agree that the songs ''are'' fairly childish (even by Seuss standards) as well as being a cash-grab; but find it [[NarmCharm charming]] in spite of it all.
* CultClassic: The play was a BoxOfficeBomb and received very mixed reviews from critics and audiences at the time. After it got reworked and high schools started performing it, many musical theatre fans have begun to appreciate the show for the charming tribute to Seuss that is.

* BrokenBase: As with many of the adaptations after Seuss's death, many Seuss fans are divided over this being a beautiful and loving homage to Seuss and his work, or a soulless cash-grab with songs that sound as if they're written by a five-year-old. Then you have the Seuss fans in the middle who agree that the lyrics ''are'' fairly simplistic and childish as well as a cash-grab but find it [[NarmCharm charming]] in spite of it all.

%%* TheWoobie: Jojo.

* BrokenBase: As with many of the adaptations after Seuss's death, many Seuss fans are divided over this being a beautiful and loving homage to Seuss and his work, or a soulless cash-grab with songs that sound as if they're written by a five-year-old. Then you have the Suess fans in the middle who agree that the lyrics ''are'' fairly simplistic and childish as well as a cash-grab but find it [[NarmCharm charming]] in spite of it all.
* CultClassic: The play was a BoxOfficeBomb and received very mixed reviews from critics and audiences at the time. After it got reworked and high schools started performing it, many musical theatre fans have begun to appreciate the show for the charming tribute to Suess that is.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Mayzie: The AlphaBitch or TheDitz who is more vain than mean?

* BrokenBase: As with many of the adaptations after Seuss's death, many Seuss fans are divided over this being a beautiful and loving homage to Seuss and his work, or a soulless cash-grab with songs that sound as if they're written by a five-year-old.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Pretty much all of it.

* BrokenBase: As with many of the adaptations after Seuss's death, many Seuss fans are divided over this being a beautiful and loving homage to Seuss and his work, or an soulless cash-grab with songs that sound as if they're written by a five year old.
* IronWoobie: Horton WILL hatch that egg!!
* TheWoobie: Jojo.

** The Cat has a few of these. Are they a {{Tulpa}}, created by Jojo? Are the more like a GreatGazoo (a trickster just having fun) or a benevolent version of [[Theatre/{{Pippin}} The Lead Player]] (a [[ComedicSociopathy slightly sociopathic]] and [[CreepyGood creepy]], but ultimately good-hearted character), or are they there specifically to help Horton save Who, Jojo to become a Thinker, and essentially help the characters along?

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: "Havin' a Hunch" comes out of NOWHERE, has basically nothing to do with the main story, has some weird dance involving glow-in-the-dark gloves, and is never referred to again. BLAM. The song ''does'' reunite Jojo with his parents, but almost no explanation is given as to how it did so.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Subverted in the fact that "A person's a person no matter how small," works.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Several, surprisingly, the most prominent being "If you get lost, go ahead and follow your hunch, and who knows, it might take you home!" Some others:
** If you like someone a lot, it's ok to [[{{StalkerWithACrush}} obsessively stalk them]], even when it causes yourself bodily harm. If you manage to get them what they want, both of you will definitely end up happy.
** If you imagine enough to make you space out randomly enough to flood your basement while taking a bath and get your parents worried enough to send you to the military academy, it's ok, you'll end up saving the world!
** It's okay to give up your egg. Make no effort to change your own frivolous lifestyle for your child and dump it off with some guy who may or may not have agreed to care for it.

* {{Earworm}}: Pretty much every song in the play. You will have "Oh, the Thinks You Can Think" and "Biggest Blame Fool" stuck in your head for ''days''.

* {{Tulpa}}: Post-revision, and depending on the individual production, Jojo's first scene often suggests that The Cat came to be part of the plot only because of Jojo's "Think" of such a being potentially owning the Hat. Supported by The Cat having his own agenda apart from Jojo's and his tendency to take part in scenes unnoticed by the rest of the cast.

* AwesomeMusic: Pretty much all of it.

** The Cat has a few of these. Are they a {{Tulpa}}, created by Jojo? Are the more like TheGreatGazoo (a trickster just having fun) or a benevolent version of [[Theatre/{{Pippin}} The Lead Player]] (a [[ComedicSociopathy slightly sociopathic]] and [[CreepyGood creepy]], but ultimately good-hearted character), or are they there specifically to help Horton save Who, Jojo to become a Thinker, and essentially help the characters along?

** When she leaves the show: is she ditching the egg with Horton, or does she genuinely believe she's made his life better by making him an "egg sitting circus sensation"? The song could go either way.

* AlternateAesopInterpretation: People have used the show and the book it's based on, specifically the [[{{Anvilicious}} repeated]] quotation "[[AnAesop A person's a person, no matter how small]]", as an argument against abortion ([[{{Irony}} which Seuss himself supported).]]

* {{Tulpa}} Post-revision, and depending on the individual production, Jojo's first scene often suggests that The Cat came to be part of the plot only because of Jojo's "Think" of such a being potentially owning the Hat. Supported by The Cat having his own agenda apart from Jojo's and his tendency to take part in scenes unnoticed by the rest of the cast.

* Tulpa: Post-revision, and depending on the individual production, Jojo's first scene often suggests that The Cat came to be part of the plot only because of Jojo's "Think" of such a being potentially owning the Hat. Supported by The Cat having his own agenda apart from Jojo's and his tendency to take part in scenes unnoticed by the rest of the cast.

* BrokenBase: As with many of the adaptation after Seuss's death, many Seuss fans are divided over this being a beautiful and loving homage to Seuss and his work, or an soulless cash-grab with songs that sound as if they're written by a five year old.

* UnfortunateImplications: The meaner characters get R&B and Latin-inspired music, while the nice characters get vaudeville and folk-pop material. The Sour Kangaroo is based off of Aretha Franklin (R-E-S-P-E-C-K! Woo, please take that speck a-WAY!), and the monkeys... Well...
** Though Mayzie, who gets the strongest Latin number, is only debatable as a villain. See AlternateCharacterInterpretation.
** The military camp has lost its context about being about the Cold War, making it sound as though it's dismissing all wars as frivolous. That runs counter to Seuss's own views who, while he criticized the Cold War as "crazy", [[http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/politicaldrseuss/seuss_fla.html could be VERY pro-war depending in the circumstance.]]
*** Or one could take it as simply being against sending children to military school instead of looking into what the real problem is/sending them to military school to "make men" out of them.

* {{Earworm}}: Pretty much every song in the play. You will have "Oh, the Thinks You Can Think" and "Biggest Blame Fool" stuck in your head for ''days''.