History YMMV / ThePiratesInAnAdventureWithScientists

* EvilIsSexy: Cutlass Liz. Helped a lot by her voice actress Creator/SalmaHayek.

* AwardSnub: Losing the Oscar to ''{{WesternAnimation/Brave}}'' (though Brave is no slouch).

-->'''Scarlett:''' Pirate Captain. Goodness me! I haven't seen you since that business in Madagascar!
-->'''Pirate Captain:''' Yes, I could've sworn they were girls.
* DesignatedVillain: Darwin in the first half of the film. Sure, he tried to steal Polly... After the pirates attacked his ship, threatened him with decapitation and tried to murder him for the hell of it.

** "Cutlass Liz" was a real-fake pirate long before this movie. That is, there were "accounts" of a female pirate supposedly named "Cutlass Liz," filled with glaring historical inaccuracies and contradicting years and just far-fetched scenarios. Long story short, "Cutlass Liz" was exactly the kind of over-the-top tall-tale kind of pirate that this movie is parodying. And this movie's Cutlass Liz seems a perfectly fitting depiction of the larger-than-life/not-very-historical figure.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The plot revolving around [[spoiler:a club that eats endangered and rare animals]] takes a new light when you learn [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19660_8-humans-whose-eating-habits-would-make-goat-puke.html Darwin himself was part of one (#6 there)]].

* MemeticMutation: "Well, yes, but actually no."[[labelnote: explanation]] A mishearing of "Good guess, but actually no," from the short ''So You Want to Be a Pirate!'' Very applicable in any scenario involving ByNoIMeanYes.[[/labelnote]]

* HilariousInHindsight: This isn't the first time Creator/DavidTennant has [[Recap/DoctorWho2007TDWASTheInfiniteQuest encountered pirates]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E2ToothAndClaw gotten on the bad side of Queen Victoria]].

* MemeticMutation: "Well, yes, but actually no."[[labelnote: explanation]] A {{Mondegreen}} of "Good guess, but actually no," from the short ''So You Want to Be a Pirate!'' Very applicable in any scenario involving ByNoIMeanYes.[[/labelnote]]

%%* EnsembleDarkHorse:
%%** The Albino Pirate has a lot of fans.
%%** Darwin has also become popular with the ladies, for [[TheWoobie obvious]] [[Creator/DavidTennant reasons.]]
%%** Mr. Bobo, anyone?

%%* MemeticMolester: Black Bellamy, for some reason.

%%* SoOkayItsAverage: Seems to be a common opinion among fans. Critics were more positive.
%%* TheyChangedItNowItSucks:
%%** The censoring of the Leper scene caused this.
%%** The news that Russell Tovey (the Albino Pirate) was being overdubbed with Anton Yelchin for the American release has been getting this reaction.
%%** In fact, anything to do with the [[{{Bowdlerise}} American version.]]

%%* TheWoobie:
%%** Charles Darwin. Dear god, Charles Darwin. He's also a JerkassWoobie in the beginning of the story and up until his betrayal by Queen Victoria.
%%** The Pirate Captain can count for regular {{Woobie}} or JerkassWoobie.

%%* DesignatedHero: Why are we rooting for the pirates again? The only thing they done that's even remotely close to genuine goodness is [[spoiler: saving [[EmpathyPet Polly]], who the Captain had himself sold]]. Let's not forget that these people have sworn themselves to looting and gutting people. They are the lesser of two evils in the story and it's a children's tale, but one can still wonder why we are supposed to sympathise with them.
%%** Well, [[HarmlessVillain they are very bad at piracy]] so most looting and gutting they've actually gotten away with was pure luck.
%%** Because they're amusing and it'd be a very boring world if you were only allowed to sympathise with a morally upstanding protagonist.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: It gets pretty dark and depressing at times and there are a few mild profanities throughout. Also, the regular mention of 'running people through', plus people getting stabbed onscreen.

* MemeticMutation: "Well, yes, but actually no."[[labelnote: explanation]] A {{Mondegreen}} of "Good guess, but actually no," from the short ''So You Want to Be a Pirate!''[[/labelnote]]

* DesignatedHero: Why are we rooting for the pirates again? The only thing they done that's even remotely close to genuine goodness is [[spoiler: saving [[EmpathyPet Polly]], who the Captain had himself sold]]. Let's not forget that these people have sworn themselves to looting and gutting people. They are the lesser of two evils in the story and it's a children's tale, but one can still wonder why we are supposed to sympathise with them.
** Well, [[HarmlessVillain they are very bad at piracy]] so most looting and gutting they've actually gotten away with was pure luck.
** Because they're amusing and it'd be a very boring world if you were only allowed to sympathise with a morally upstanding protagonist.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Downplayed. While Darwin isn't much of a villain, the fans still treat him with more sympathy than the movie itself does.
* EarWorm: The song in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWOFLtsDvbw UK trailer]], a cover of the traditional sea shanty [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGyPuey-1Jw "Drunken Sailor"]] by Paddy and the Rats.

* EnsembleDarkHorse:
** The Albino Pirate has a lot of fans.
** Darwin has also become popular with the ladies, for [[TheWoobie obvious]] [[Creator/DavidTennant reasons.]]
** Mr. Bobo, anyone?
* EstrogenBrigade: The Pirate Captain, the Pirate with a Scarf and Darwin all have a female following, probably helped by [[Creator/HughGrant their]] [[Creator/MartinFreeman voice]] [[Creator/DavidTennant actors.]]

* MemeticMolester: Black Bellamy, for some reason.

* SoOkayItsAverage: Seems to be a common opinion among fans. Critics were more positive.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks:
** The censoring of the Leper scene caused this.
** The news that Russell Tovey (the Albino Pirate) was being overdubbed with Anton Yelchin for the American release has been getting this reaction.
** In fact, anything to do with the [[{{Bowdlerise}} American version.]]

* TheWoobie:
** Charles Darwin. Dear god, Charles Darwin. He's also a JerkassWoobie in the beginning of the story and up until his betrayal by Queen Victoria.
** The Pirate Captain can count for regular {{Woobie}} or JerkassWoobie.