History YMMV / AshVsEvilDead

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Ash is still the same snarky IdiotHero we know and love, but a few episodes (like "Ashes To Ashes") give Bruce Campbell a chance to flex his dramatic muscles, as Ash thinks back on his life and the tragedies he's experienced.
* HilariousInHindsight: During Ash's MushroomSamba in "Brujo", one of the images we see is Nancy Reagan's famous "Just Say No" speech. Bruce Campbell played Ronald Reagan on ''Series/{{Fargo}}'', concurrently with this show.

* TheWoobie: Brandi's life has gone down the utter tubes. Not only has she had to see her best friend possessed and killed, she then witnesses her beloved mother Candi killed in front of her and is stuck with Ash, [[spoiler: who has no idea how to be a father and whose well-meaning, but clumsy attempts to bond with Brandi only terrify and upset her more. Then Ash has to destroy a Deadite version of her mother at Candi's own funeral which traumatizes her even more, and then Ash has to destroy an undead version of Brandi's hitherto unknown grandfather. Making it worse is that Brandi has no true understanding or context of any of this, making her an ordinary teenager hit by one trauma after another with a father who's best known for being a local serial killer.]]

** Some people are split on deaths of both Amanda and Heather. For Amanda, many people feel that her death was unnecessary and because of her dying ala StuffedInTheFridge, her plot arc became an AbortedArc. For Heather, people feel TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter, as she could've been a good foil to the more brave and serious Kelly. The base was split even further with the casting of Michelle Hurd as Series Regular for season 2 as yet-to-named character who many feel is just a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute of Amanda as she will apparently fill the role of both Ash's love interest and foil.

* HeReallyCanAct: Ash is still the same snarky IdiotHero we know and love, but a few episodes (like "Ashes To Ashes") give Bruce Campbell a chance to flex his dramatic muscles, as Ash thinks back on his life and the tragedies he's experienced.

** The final moments of the series finale. [[spoiler: Kick ass homage to [[ExecutiveMeddling Army of Darkness's originally intended ending]] and a perfect way to end the franchise, or an extremely frustrating cliffhanger that will probably never be followed up on?]]

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Thomas. Being endlessly hounded by Ash as a kid likely made him the {{jerkass}} he is as an adult. Baal messing with his mind makes him even more sympathetic.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Much like the movies that spawned it, this show is not short of brilliantly ''disgusting'' humor and violence. Probably the best example has to be Ash's brutal battle with a zombified ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext rectum]]'' in Season 2.

** The CGI animated skeleton from "The Killer of Killers" looked like an enemy from a PS2 or original Xbox game.

** Baal, the progenitor of the Deadites and an effectively monstrous new villain.

** Eligos manages to be a truly scary new addition to the mythos, bringing the heroes face to face with something far above a Deadite. From his creepy design to his unsettling abilities; Eligos was a creepy ArcVillain.

** The CGI animated skeleton from "The Killer of Killers" looked like an enemy from a PS2 or original Xbox game.

** Like in the movies, Ash doesn't think back about his experiences fondly, but he tries to block them out with snarky one-liners just so he can get the job done. However, over the course of the first season, he actively dreads the thought of anything happening to his new friends. This is why [[spoiler:he abandons them to go to the cabin alone (which ultimately gets Amanda killed) and later accepts Ruby's DealWithTheDevil]]. "Ashes To Ashes" also shows he's still carrying around a lot of regret for what happened to Linda.

** The CGI animated skeleton from "The Killer of Killers" looked like something from a PS2 or original Xbox game.

** The [[EyesDoNotBelongThere eyeball]] that appears on Ash's severed hand in "Ashes To Ashes" is a pretty obvious composite shot.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Joanie the prostitute racked up quite a few fans, especially since she is one of series first LGBT characte and the first to be a T; being a transgender woman. [[spoiler: Veers into TooCoolToLive and WeHardlyKnewYe as she's killed off in her first episode.]]

* CompleteMonster: Baal, BigBad of season 2 and the GreaterScopeVillain of the entire [[Franchise/EvilDead franchise]] as a whole, was the demon responsible for the Deadites as their creator and father. Intending to allow evil to dominate earth and enslave or slaughter humanity, Baal has his children turn on their mother and sends them to [[KillAllHumans attack and slaughter humans]]. Baal then infiltrates the town of Elk Grove by [[FlayingAlive skinning]] and [[GenuineHumanHide impersonating]] multiple people before capturing Ash and subjecting him to [[MindRape mental torture]] where he traps him in a fantasy, making Ash believe that the entirety of the past 30 years have been an elaborate delusion, intending to use Ash to murder his own friends to destroy a threat to Baal. Upon being sent to the past, Baal has his ex-wife Ruby murdered by her still-evil 1982 incarnation and attempts to kill Ash in a duel, mocking Ash for ever thinking he would have intentions of honoring the deal should Ash win. Responsible for the loss of countless lives thanks to the Necronomicon and the actions of the Deadites, Baal stands apart from the other Deadites for his ambition and cruelty.

* PanderingToTheBase: Creator/SamRaimi has [[http://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/sam-raimi-interview/ admitted]] that the show's very existence is this, being made for the small, yet dedicated group of fans of the franchise, and even having Creator/BruceCampbell back in the role of Ash.

* PanderingToTheBase: Creator/SamRaimi has [[http://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/sam-raimi-interview/ admitted]] that the show's very existnce is this, being made for the small, yet dedicated group of fans of the franchise, and even having Creator/BruceCampbell back in the role of Ash.

** The [[EyesDoNotBelongThere eyeball]] that appears on Ash's severed hand in "Ashes To Ashes" is a pretty obvious composite shot.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Due to ExecutiveMeddling and creative differences, showrunner Craig [=DiGregorio=] stepped down late in production of season two, and the finale was radically altered. Among other things, [[http://www.avclub.com/article/craig-digregorio-leaving-ash-vs-evil-dead-and-orig-247262 the events were meant to lead into the beginning of the first Evil Dead movie, and Ash was to end up having sex with a woman who would turn out to be Kelly's mother, accidentally changing the past to make him Kelly's father, with that new dynamic affecting their character arcs in the third season.]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Joanie the prostitute racked up quite a few fans, especially since she is one of series first LGBT characte and the first to be a T; being a trans gendered woman. [[spoiler: Veers into TooCoolToLive and WeHardlyKnewYe as she's killed off in her first episode.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Due to ExecutiveMeddling and creative differences, showrunner Craig [=DiGregorio=] stepped down late in production of season two, and the finale was radically altered. Among other things, [[http://www.avclub.com/article/craig-digregorio-leaving-ash-vs-evil-dead-and-orig-247262 the events were meant to lead into the beginning of the first ''Evil Dead'' movie, and Ash was to end up having sex with a woman who would turn out to be Kelly's mother, accidentally changing the past to make him Kelly's father, with that new dynamic affecting their character arcs in the third season.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Due to ExecutiveMeddling and creative differences, showrunner Craig DiGregorio stepped down late in production of season two, and the finale was radically altered. Among other things, [[http://www.avclub.com/article/craig-digregorio-leaving-ash-vs-evil-dead-and-orig-247262 the events were meant to lead into the beginning of the first ''Evil Dead'' movie, and Ash was to end up having sex with a woman who would turn out to be Kelly's mother, accidentally changing the past to make him Kelly's father, with that new dynamic affecting their character arcs in the third season.]]

** The Season Two Finale. The [[NotHyperbole ENTIRETY of the Season 2 Finale.]] People are mostly fine that [[spoiler: Pablo is alive, the group are celebrated as heroes and Ash is given the praise he deserves.]] but others feel that [[spoiler: Pablo shouldn't have been the only one to comeback. Lacey, Chet, Brock and especially Amanda all should've been brought back as well]] and were ticked that Ash didn't even think to mention them when making his deal with [[spoiler: Baal]]. Others don't really care because they feel Ash has a one track mind and of course would [[spoiler: only want Pablo back.]] Also, [[spoiler: Ash getting together with Linda B.]]. One camp is made up of [[spoiler: Ash/Amanda shippers who are pulling DieForOurShip.]], another are people who just think [[spoiler: Linda B. shouldn't throw herself all over her ex-boyfriend so soon after losing her daughter and her husband.]] and other are fine because it means [[spoiler: that for the time being, Ash can be happy with a woman he loves.]].

** The [[EyesDoNotBelongThere eyeball]] that appears on Ash's severed hand in "Ashes To Ashes" is a pretty obvious composite shot.

* CompleteMonster: Baal, BigBad of season 2 and the GreaterScopeVillain of the entire [[Franchise/EvilDead franchise]] as a whole, was the demon responsible for the Deadites as their creator and father. Intending to allow evil to dominate earth and enslave or slaughter humanity, Baal has his children turn on their mother and sends them to [[KillAllHumans attack and slaughter humans]]. Baal then infiltrates the town of Elk Grove by [[SkinnedAlive skinning]] and [[GenuineHumanHude impersonating]] multiple people before capturing Ash and subjecting him to [[MindRape mental torture]] where he traps him in a fantasy, making Ash believe that the entirety of the past 30 years have been an elaborate delusion, intending to use Ash to murder his own friends to destroy a threat to Baal. Upon being sent to the past, Baal has his ex-wife Ruby murdered by her still-evil 1982 incarnation and attempts to kill Ash in a duel, mocking Ash for ever thinking he would have intentions of honoring the deal should Ash win. Responsible for the loss of countless lives thanks to the Necronomicon and the actions of the Deadites, Baal stands apart from the other Deadites for his ambition and cruelty.