YMMV / The Nutshack

• Aluminum Christmas Trees:
  • In "Pimp My Jeepney", Jack gets a vehicle called a "jeepney". While it may sound like it's a made-up vehicle to non Filipino viewers, they really do exist, and are commonplace in the Philippines.
  • "Duck Karma" features an appearance of balut. While it may seem like a made-up food to non Filipino viewers, it's a real and commonplace street food in the Philippines.
• Awesome Music: Despite its Narm Charm, the Expository Theme Tune is DEFINITELY this.
• Big-Lipped Alligator Moment:
  • Nump's rapping going from providing exposition to talking about "grapes"^note or, weed has nothing to do with the rest of the Expository Theme Tune and only serves to set up an obscure reference to his one hit.
  • The show itself seems to be entirely based around this trope ^note along with traces of Aborted Arc, Makes Just as Much Sense in Context, Negative Continuity, and What Happened to the Mouse? as it lacks any real focus or structure, resulting in the heavily bizarre and severely disjointed writing that viewers have come to expect.
• Bile Fascination: Thanks to it appearing on several "Worst Animated Cartoon" lists (like those by RebelTaxi and The Mysterious Mr. Enter), some people watch it just to see how awful it really is.
• Ensemble Dark Horse:
  • Cherry. She may be an exaggerated stereotype and just as much of a Jerkass as the rest of the cast, but she's happy with what she is, and delivers some of the best, snarkiest remarks.
  • Chita, for having the only half-decent voice actor in the entire show.
  • Tito Dick "Dickman" (Baby) for no other reason than having that name and a Gag Penis.
  • Also, the white version of Jack in "Bomb China Part 2".
• Harsher in Hindsight: Bob Saget's (double) shooting at the hands of Phil in "420" is this after the death of his real-life counterpart.
• Hype Backlash: Expected as a result of the show's Memetic status, however a lot of it has to do with the theme song rather than the show itself. Aside from trolls using the song as spam, many are sick of the people trying really hard to keep it as a meme, despite having outgrown its welcome by now. Some also believe that it never was a meme in the first place, as its presence was only limited to videos talking about the show rather than spreading on social media. It doesn't help that many detractors accuse the intro song for stealing the beat from the Genitallica song "Chiquitita" (see Suspiciously Similar Song below for further information).
• Memetic Mutation: Has its own page.
• Moe:
  • Jack can appear this way, considering he's one of the only characters in the show that isn't butt-ugly. His comparatively nice personality definitely helps.
• Nausea Fuel: The grotesque character designs and abundant reliance on grossout humor make this a very unpleasant show to watch at best.
• Praising Shows You Don't Watch: There's a great deal of people who love to spam the theme song's lyrics on comments... yet haven't even watched a single episode of the show or heard the full song.
• So Bad, It's Good: Not the show itself, which does not pass the So Bad, It's Good test, but there are two things about it that qualify.
  • The theme song, especially thanks to its Memetic Mutation, mainly because of the strange but catchy beat and repetitive lyrics that consist of "It's the Nutshack" repeated over and over, with a random rapping solo in between.
  • The alternative theme song for "TT Boy and Kid Utot" also counts, for similar reasons.
• Squick:
  • The horrid animation simply looks disgusting at many times, especially when mixed with this show's abuse of Toilet Humour.
  • The male chihuahua with the over-sized genitalia. The fact he can talk and stand up makes it even worse.
  • The scene in the second episode where Horat gives Jack a drink by... pissing Jägermeister. This even turns into a plot point.
    • Add to that, when Jack and Chita do try to get it on, Chita learns Jack has... a third nipple. Cue Squick with a dose of Serial Escalation.
    • And then the entire pornography shooting Phil goes through. When Phil realizes that Cherry Pie is the director of the actually bestiality and LGBT-oriented films, he has a mental breakdown (with Horat) when the shower scene is filled with speedo-clad bodybuilders dancing around him. Jack isn't too pleased either when he sees the film by accident on the hotel suite's television.
  • For some female viewers, the mere fact that most female characters in the show are drawn with large boobs (usually coupled with notable bouncing) for Fanservice. Hell, even minor and background characters are prone to this.
• Strawman Has a Point: Not a specific character, but the series itself. While it makes frequent homophobic jokes and keeps referring to Cherry Pie as a man, "Bomb China Pt. 2" makes a surprisingly progressive joke. A gay (cis) man is hit with a beam that "normalizes" him, turning him to a woman. He's immediately repulsed, unlike others who cheerfully carry on with their new whitebread-ized selves. Substantially more progressive shows have had issues differentiating between a cis gay male and a straight trans woman.
• Suspiciously Similar Song: Mexican viewers have noticed a strong similarity to the 90's Rock song "Chiquitita" by Genitallica, especially the opening beat which sounds very similar to the memetic opening intro.
• Unintentional Period Piece: The show's references are rather dated, especially since they usually rely on mid-2000s youth culture. The Pimp My Ride references in "Jeepney" and Tuquack & Snoop Duck are two examples of them.
• Watch It for the Meme: There's probably not a single person who has watched the show after 2016 for reasons other than this.
• The Woobie:
  • Jack is definitely the nicest character in the show, and yet is constantly treated as a Chew Toy, as well as being influenced negatively by Phil.
  • Dwayne as well, being a disrespected caring person and basically the Ned Flanders Expy for the show.

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