History YMMV / ANTFarm

** Sierra [=McCormick=] was also a regular on ''Series/AreYouSmarterThanAFifthGrader?''

** Oh, Fletcher, Fletcher, Fletcher. He is called dumb by everyone and it's always made fun of that his talent (art) is downright useless. The few times where his art is valued is by a guy who was implied to be high on cologne fumes and by his idol who ''takes Fletcher's gift and claims that it's his art''. His SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome in the Australia episode is also downplayed by Tazmanian Neville, who claims that he rescued Fletcher from the outback and belittles him in front of what is most likely a ''national audience''. Damn, he makes [[Series/ICarly Freddie Benson]] and [[Series/{{Victorious}} Robbie Shapiro]] look like Leprechauns.

** The end of "You're the One That I [=wANT=]" has [[ItMakesSenseInContext Lexi playing the male lead]] to Chyna's female lead. They sing a romantic song somewhat similar to "[[Film/{{Grease}} Summer Nights]]" that was originally supposed to end with a kiss. They don't kiss, but still...

** That fucking COCKBLOCK BOOMERANG! [[labelnote:explanation]]Chyna was about to confess that she liked Fletcher in "endurANTs", then the boomerang hit her head and collapsed. Fletcher badly wants to know what she was about to say. The phrase borrows from a ''Series/{{Glee}}'' meme, which had fans yelling at a "cockblocking piano" that blocked the view of Kurt and Blaine kissing[[/labelnote]]

* RetroactiveRecognition

** Paisley in "[=ANTswers=]".

* MemeticMutation: That fucking COCKBLOCK BOOMERANG! [[labelnote:explanation]]Chyna was about to confess that she liked Fletcher in "endurANTs", then the boomerang hit her head and collapsed. Fletcher badly wants to know what she was about to say. The phrase borrows from a ''Series/{{Glee}}'' meme, which had fans yelling at a "cockblocking piano" that blocked the view of Kurt and Blaine kissing[[/labelnote]]

* AwardSnub: Averted. While it only received one nomination at the 2012 Kids' Choice Awards (Jake Short for Favorite TV Actor), he won against quite modest competition (He faced Creator/TyBurrell and Creator/TimAllen, two middle-aged actors, and Alex Heartman of the male-targeted Franchise/PowerRangers -- and with the [=KCAs=] being heavily female-skewed, his odds were slim, at best). Favorite Show and Actress are maybe year or two down the road, but Favorite Sidekick should have been Creator/SierraMcCormick for Olive. Who got nominated? Jennifer Stone, Jerry Trainor, Nathan Kress and Jennette [=McCurdy=] (who won for the 2nd time in a row). Really? Three sidekicks from the same show? A show that the main protaganist seems the be the true sidekick to [[SpotlightStealingSquad Jennette McCurdy]]. It was as if NICK paved the way for her win by not putting anyone who posed a threat. Adding Gibby to the mix would've made much more sense, but he could've beat Jennette. YMMV on Sierra winning it, but she definitely deserved recognition.
** It's like they gave Creator/JakeShort the win to make up for it. But it wasn't even formally presented, just announced.

* DesignatedHero: One episode has the cast scamming a guy into buying Fletcher's paintings at inflated prices and [[KarmaHoudini managing to get away with it.]]

%%* AcceptableTargets:
%%** One might argue that there are ''way'' too many jokes at the expense of fat people than are warranted.
%%** Angus somewhat invokes this.

* LesYay / FoeYay:

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: "The [=informANT=]" features a montage of PoliceBrutality from Officer 3-9 that's PlayedForLaughs. Now, in the wake of the police shooting of Michael Brown and the death of George Floyd, the montage comes off as less hilarious and more disturbing.

* FanPreferredCouple: Fletcher has a crush on Chyna, but [[http://antfarm.wikia.com/wiki/Folive_Fanfiction most fanfiction you'll find will ship him with Olive instead]]. In fact, [[http://antfarm.wikia.com/wiki/Folive the article about the pairing]] is the longest article on the show's wiki. Fans got their wish... for the last three episodes of the final season. (They break up at the finale.)

* AwardSnub: Averted. While it only received one nomination at the 2012 Kids' Choice Awards (Jake Short for Favorite TV Actor), he won against quite modest competition (He faced [[Series/ModernFamily Ty Burrell]] and Tim Allen, two middle-aged actors, and Alex Heartman of the male-targeted Franchise/PowerRangers -- and with the [=KCAs=] being heavily female-skewed, his odds were slim, at best). Favorite Show and Actress are maybe year or two down the road, but Favorite Sidekick should have been Creator/SierraMcCormick for Olive. Who got nominated? Jennifer Stone, Jerry Trainor, Nathan Kress and Jennette [=McCurdy=] (who won for the 2nd time in a row). Really? Three sidekicks from the same show? A show that the main protaganist seems the be the true sidekick to [[SpotlightStealingSquad Jennette McCurdy]]. It was as if NICK paved the way for her win by not putting anyone who posed a threat. Adding Gibby to the mix would've made much more sense, but he could've beat Jennette. YMMV on Sierra winning it, but she definitely deserved recognition.

* MST3KMantra: A fairly common complaint people have against the show is that Olive is the only one of the [=ANTs=] whose gift would actually help her do well academically.

** Oh, Fletcher, Fletcher, Fletcher. He is called dumb by everyone and it's always made fun of that his talent (art) is downright useless. The few times where his art is valued is by a guy who was implied to be high on cologne fumes and by his idol who ''takes Fletcher's gift and claims that it's his art''. His SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome in the Australia episode is also downplayed by Tazmanian Neville, who claims that he rescued Fletcher from the outback and belittles him in front of what is most likely a ''national audience''. If ''[=Secret AgANT=]'' is anything to go by, he has a ''ZeroPercentApprovalRating in the entire country''. Damn, he makes [[Series/ICarly Freddie Benson]] and [[Series/{{Victorious}} Robbie Shapiro]] look like Leprechauns.
*** That whole ZeroPercentApprovalRating thing from ''[=Secret AgANT=]'' has been revealed to be false in ''[=FinANTial Crisis=]''[[spoiler: due to TheReveal that Kennedy is actually not a debate prodigy but actually [[TheMole Hashimoto's Daughter]] and she made it all up. On the other hand, it's also revealed she didn't love Fletcher after all. ]]

** Stefanie Scott's appearance in "Beethoven's Big Break" might also count since it was her first film role and she was roughly the same age (if not younger) as the [=ANTs=] are in-universe.

** Tazmanian Neville is hated for being a clueless {{Jerkass}} and for taking credit for Fletcher's SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome and belittling him in front of live TV.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Fletcher's talent is rarely used in the series, and if so, it's generally unimportant. The traits that the show most focuses on is his ButtMonkey status and his ditziness. In a lot of plots, he's rarely even used at all for anything other than humor.

* HarsherInHindsight: "The [=informANT=]" features a montage of PoliceBrutality from Officer 3-9 that's PlayedForLaughs. Now, in the wake of the police shooting of Michael Brown and the death of George Floyd, the montage comes off as less hilarious and more disturbing.

* {{Anvilicious}}: The Black History Month episode has shades of this not only for black heritage but also a little bit of women's heritage. Lampshaded when [[VisualPun an actual anvil falls]].

** Angus has been turning into one, due to his FatBastard traits and being used as an outlet for fat jokes. The fact that he's [[AscendedExtra replaced]] the far more likable [[PutOnABus Cameron]] [[ReplacementScrappy doesn't help.]] He's also a borderline CreatorsPet. No one ever calls him out for being rude, he gets away with being a jerk, and in a Season 3 episode he is related to royalty.
*** It certainly doesn't help that the first episode centered around him in the 3rd season had him acting like an entitled, egotistical jerk. Some people wished that Chyna should have just let him crash and burn.