History YMMV / TheBurbs

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Art's BigEater characterization is played for laughs, but it's a bit less funny after the actor died from complications due to diabetes.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Music/JerryGoldsmith not least the ShoutOut to his own music for ''Film/{{Patton}}''.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: At a certain point, behavior and circumstances can be so suspicious and bizarre that "there's probably an innocent explanation" can be dangerously irresponsible (finding actual human remains is probably well past that point). This makes more sense today in the age of "if you see something, say something". Though doing the investigation yourself instead of going to the professionals ''is'' a really, really bad idea.

* HilariousInHindsight: A scene depicts Tom Hanks' character watching Mister Rogers Neighborhood. 30 years after this movie was filmed, and it was announced that he will be playing Mister Rogers in a movie about him.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Imagine how interesting of a twist it could be if Ricky(Corey Feldman's character) ended up being the murderer? Instead of the twist we already got. He has expressed some rather sociopathic tendencies. He did comment that he finds the chaos surrounding the neighborhood more entertaining than any movie or tv show he has seen. And he seemed unusually enthused by a murder that happened in his neighborhood.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: [[spoiler:Some people were disappointed that the Klopek's turned out be EvilAllAlong, feeling the movie passed up a moral about tolerance and understanding]].

* TheUntwist: [[spoiler:The Klopeks are set up as so blatantly mysterious, creepy and ominous that it's honestly more of a surprise when they ''don't'' turn out to be innocent in the end]].

* HilariousinHindsight: A scene depicts Tom Hanks' character watching Mister Rogers Neighborhood. 30 years after this movie was filmed, and it was announced that he will be playing Mister Rogers in a movie about him.
* NarmCharm: Ray and Art's reaction to finding the femur. It is presented in a humorous way, but Tom Hank's screams of horror sounding almost perfunctory and the repeated in-and-out camera zooming makes it even funnier than it was supposed to be.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Imagine how interesting of a twist it could be if Richie(Corey Feldman's character) ended up being the murderer? Instead of the twist we already got. He has expressed some rather sociopathic tendencies. He did comment that he finds the chaos surrounding the neighborhood more entertaining than any movie or tv show he has seen. And he seemed unusually enthused by a murder that happened in his neighborhood.

* HeyItsThatPlace: The set for this movie, Colonial Street at Universal Studios, would later become Wisteria Lane of ''Series/DesperateHousewives''. While all of the houses have appeared in various TV shows and films since, perhaps most recognizable was the Butlers', which was also the house of ''Series/TheMunsters''.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: [[spoiler: Some people were disappointed that the Klopek's turned out be EvilAllAlong, feeling the movie passed up a moral about tolerance and understanding. By that same token...]]
** TheUntwist: [[spoiler: The Klopeks are set up as so blatantly mysterious, creepy and ominous that it's honestly more of a surprise when they ''don't'' turn out to be innocent in the end.]]
** Interestingly enough, that was the original ending. See the WhatCouldHaveBeen in the main page for further details.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Imagine how interesting of a twist it could be if Richie(Corey Feldman's character) ended up being the murderer? Instead of the twist we already got. He has expressed some rather sociopathic tendencies. He did comment that he finds the chaos surrounding the neighborhood more entertaining than any movie or tv show he has seen. And he seemed unusually enthuzed by a murder that happened in his neighborhood.

** On the other hand;[[spoiler: Having the Klopek's end up being innocent all along would have brought the movie in a rather BittersweetEnding mood. Especially with Ray going to prison for his actions and his friendship with Art being in shambles.]]

** TheUntwist: [[spoiler: The Klopeks are set up as so blatantly mysterious, creepy and ominous that it's honestly more of a surprise when they ''don't'' turn out to be innocent in the end.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Some people were disappointed that the Klopek's turned out be EvilAllAlong, feeling the movie passed up a moral about tolerance and understanding. By that same token...
** TheUntwist: The Klopeks are set up as so blatantly mysterious, creepy and ominous that it's honestly more of a surprise when they ''don't'' turn out to be innocent in the end.

* HeyItsThatPlace: The set for this movie, Colonial Street at Universal Studios, would later become Wisteria Lane of ''Series/DesperateHousewives''. While all of the houses have appeared in various TV shows and films since, perhaps most recognizable was the Butlers', which was also the house of ''TheMunsters''.

** TheUntwist: The Klopeks are set up as so blatantly mysterious, creepy and ominous that it's honestly more of a surprise when they ''don't'' turn out to be innocent in the end.

* NarmCharm: Ray and Art's reaction to finding the femur.

* UnfortunateImplications: The Klopeks are the redheaded, asocial Hans, the toadish Reuben, and HerrDoktor Werner. Shades of NationalStereotypes abound.

* BrokenAesop: What could have been a lesson in tolerance and paranoia becomes subverted in the end, when it turns out they really are evil! Dang.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: AwesomeMusic/JerryGoldsmith

* AwesomeMusic/JerryGoldsmith

* UnfortunateImplications: The Klopeks are the redheaded, asocial Hans, the toadish Reuben, and HerrDoktor Werner. Shades of EvilForeigner and stereotypes abound.