History YMMV / AaronCarter

* "CriticalResearchFailure"/"CowboyBebopAtHisComputer": He's recently caught the ire of people online for using an artist's painting without permission to promote his merch brand, then refused to stop using it when requested by said artist. He lashed out at him, clearly not understanding how copyright law works, saying, "See you in small claims court," which is ''not'' the kind of court you get put in for copyright infringement.

* CriticalResearchFailure/CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: He's recently caught the ire of people online for using an artist's painting without permission to promote his merch brand, then refused to stop using it when requested by said artist. He lashed out at him, clearly not understanding how copyright law works, saying, "See you in small claims court," which is ''not'' the kind of court you get put in for copyright infringement.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: "Aaron's Party" includes the line "I'm gonna get picked off my family tree." His personal trauma actually resulted in him becoming estranged from his family.
* HarsherInHindsight: All the lighthearted banter he has with his brother Nick on "Oh, Aaron" is significantly more uncomfortable once you watch ''House Of Carters'' and see just how volatile their actual relationship is.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: His cover of "I Want Candy", as it's a song about sex and the titular "Candy" isn't (maybe) a name for a girl, but is an UnusualEuphemism for sex. It doesn't help that the original version was a song from the 60s sung by a band of adult men and not, as most assume, the version by the female-led Bow Wow Wow.

* TearJerker: His interviews for Lance Bass's documentary ''The Boy Band Scheme'' are by far the most difficult to watch. He's the only one interviewed who completely defends his former manager Lou Pearlman, whom Carter describes as being a better father figure than his actual father (who, mind you, fired a gun next to his ear forcing him to sign a recording contract, resulting in Aaron becoming partially deaf). Despite this, his attitude and eventual tearful breakdown, combined with allegations that Pearlman sexually harassed many of his clients, both male and female, makes it clear that, [[Administration/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement whatever their relationship was]], it was very complicated and Carter is a deeply traumatized man.

* TearJerker: His interviews for Lance Bass's documentary ''The Boy Band Scheme'' are by far the most difficult to watch. He's the only one interviewed who completely defends his former manager Lou Pearlman, whom Carter describes as being a better father figure than his actual father (who, mind you, fired a gun next to his ear forcing him to sign a recording contract, resulting in Aaron becoming partially deaf). Despite this, his attitude and eventual tearful breakdown, combined with allegations that Pearlman sexually harassed many of his clients, both male and female, makes it clear that, [[Administrative/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement whatever their relationship was]], it was very complicated and Carter is a deeply traumatized man.

* TearJerker: Just listen to or read about his personal, addiction, and family struggles and troubles from the last decade (hell, even since he was a kid) and try to not to wanna just give him a hug.

* HilariousInHindsight: Aaron and Shaq would go on to fight again only this time they [[Music/TheUltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny both get flattened by the Batmobile]]. Though this was probably intentional.

* HarsherInHindsight
** "Aaron's Party" has lines about how "Mom and dad, they be gettin' on my nerves." Hilariously corny, sure, but knowing how violent his parents were with him, it comes off as an understatement.
** All the lighthearted banter he has with his brother Nick on "Oh, Aaron" is significantly more uncomfortable once you watch ''House Of Carters'' and see just how volatile their actual relationship is.

** Like most everything that fell into the "kid empowerment" trend of the 90s and early 2000s, his faux bad boy persona was considered at best laughably uncool and at worst annoying. Songs like "Not To Young, Not Too Old" also drew attention to his age, making them harder to enjoy as an adult.
** The line "Mom and dad, they be gettin' on my nerves" from "Aaron's Party" has reached near-memetic status for perfectly summing up everything hilariously corny about his music. And as mentioned above, it's even more awkward knowing his relationship to his ''actual'' parents.

** As far as [[PissTakeRap white rappers go]], he was no Music/{{Eminem}}. It's hard to imagine his brother Nick being able to say "I want you to rap!" on "Oh, Aaron" with a straight face.

* SignatureSong: "Aaron's Party (Come Get It)", "I Want Candy", "That's How I Beat Shaq" and if old Radio Disney requests are taken into account, "America A O".

* MemeticBadass: His most popular song is about him ''beating Shaq''. 'Nuff said.

* TearJerker: Buckle up because he's got too many of these for one person to bare, in no particular order.
** He was thrust into the music business at such a young age because his mother wanted to capitalize on him being a kid/teen idol because she'd previously helped his brother, Nick, become part of the Backstreet Boys, but he wouldn't let her be his manager. She then negotiated his contract so that she was the sole earner of his money from the years she was his manager. This also caused him to file for bankruptcy in 2013, as the debt he accrued up to that point was amassed when he was at the height of his career years prior and he didn't have the money to pay the debt at the time.
** He had gotten involved with some drugs since his sister Leslie died, which he knows isn't good for him, so he's tried to get off of them.
** He got on such a rigorous tour schedule from 2013-2017 that caused him to not sleep correctly, which caused him to develop anxiety and tendencies which are typically associated with drug addicts, which also caused internet trolls to harass him on social media, thus leading to more anxiety from him, thus led to a turn that caused him to lose weight and look "shockingly gaunt," as it's been put, which led to him going on the reality show, ''The Doctors'' to get healthy and subsequently checked into a rehab facility to do so, for which he's seemingly doing a lot better.
** He also got checked out on the show for various diseases to rule out that it's any of those that caused him to lose the weight he did, such as HIV or AIDS, as he's bisexual and has admitted to not always being safe sexually with who he's been with.
** Some time before his father died, he tried to force Aaron to write him a check to apparently fuel his drug habits, even holding him at gunpoint and threatening him by having Aaron lie on the ground, put the gun next to his head, and fired it into the ground next to him, which caused Aaron to lose the ability to hear in that ear.
** His downward spiral caused him to be ostracized from several members of his family, most notably most of his siblings.
** His parents divorced when he was still relatively young.
** A malfunction with a car he was in on the morning of September 11, 2001 in New York City caused him to witness the plane that flew into the World Trade Center as it happened, resulting in a fear of flying at the age of 13.
** His older brother Nick has treated him like utter garbage in recent years by making fun of Aaron's drug habits and even sending him a news article about Music/WhitneyHouston's death after it happened, saying he'll be next after her.
*** With all of these known, you just wanna give the guy a big hug and you wonder how he's been able to survive with all of this weighing down on him.

* HarsherInHindsight: All the lighthearted banter he has with his brother Nick on "Oh, Aaron" is significantly more uncomfortable once you watch ''House Of Carters'' and see just how volatile their actual relationship is.

* HarsherInHindsight: How his interactions with his brother Nick come across if you remember how well they seemed to get along when they were younger, as discussed in the Trivia section.

* {{Narm}}: A big reason his music never had the same nostalgia resurgence as [[Music/BackstreetBoys his brother's band]] was that, even for dated pop music, his "young bad boy" persona is laughably uncool. And as far as [[PissTakeRap white rappers go]], he was no Music/{{Eminem}}.

* {{Narm}}: A big reason his music never had the same nostalgia resurgence as [[Music/BackstreetBoys his brother's band]] was that, even for dated pop music, his "young bad boy" persona is laughably uncool, ''especially'' the rapping and story-songs, which border on self-parody.

* OlderThanTheyThink: His song 'Stride (Jump on the Fizzy)' is partly a sample of the song 'Break My Stride' by OneHitWonder Matthew Wilder from the 80s.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: His cover of "I Want Candy", as it's a song about sex and the titular "Candy" isn't (maybe) a name for a girl, but is an UnusualEuphemism for sex. The original version was a song from the 60s sung by a band of adult men, so that's why this is.

* {{Signature Song}}s: "Aaron's Party (Come Get It)", "I Want Candy", "That's How I Beat Shaq" and if old Radio Disney requests are taken into account, "America A O".
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: His cover of "I Want Candy", as it's a song about sex and the titular "Candy" isn't (maybe) a name for a girl, but is an UnusualEuphemism for sex. The original version was a song from the 60s sung by a band of adult men, so that's why this is.
* TheWoobie: As stated on the Trivia page, he is this incarnate.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: His cover of "I Want Candy", as it's a song about sex and the titular "Candy" isn't (maybe) a name for a girl, but is an UnusualEuphemism for sex. The original version was a song from the 60s sung by a band of adult men, so that's why this is.

* CoveredUp: His cover of 'I Want Candy' is probably the most widely-known version, as it's eclipsed the other versions, even the original.

* SignatureSong: 'Aaron's Party,' 'I Want Candy,' 'How I Beat Shaq,' and, if old Radio Disney requests are taken into account, 'America A O.'
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: His cover of 'I Want Candy,' as it's a song about sex and the titular "Candy" isn't (maybe) a name for a girl, but is an UnusualEuphemism for sex. The original version was a song from the 60s sung by a band of adult men, so that's why this is.

* SignatureSong: 'I Want Candy,' 'How I Beat Shaq,' and, if old Radio Disney requests are taken into account, 'America A O.'

* SignatureSong: 'I Want Candy,' 'How I Beat Shaq,' and, if old Radio Disney requests are taken into account, 'America A O.'