History YMMV / BattlestarGalacticaReimagined

** A more serious example of this would be Leoben Conoy. While he is certainly a MagnificentBastard, has genuine (Albeit twisted) love for Starbuck and can even be [[AffablyEvil pleasant company]], many fans ship him with Starbuck as though it were a storybook romance, ignoring little things like him keeping her locked up for months, kidnapping a child and trying to force her into motherhood and her stabbing him to death every night, only for him to download again the next day (which is straight out of a horror movie). It probably doesn't help that Creator/KateeSackhoff herself said she supports the relationship.

** While [[spoiler:John Cavil]] is introduced as an amusing DeadpanSnarker, as the series goes on you come to learn what a twisted psychotic piece of work he truly is and you'll ''hate'' him for it which makes [[spoiler: his death all the more satisfying.]] Solidified in The Plan, as mentioned under MoralEventHorizon. [[spoiler:A child has been coming to, and generally getting shooed out of Cavil's chapel throughout the film. Cavil almost seems to be warming up to the kid... until he runs a knife through him. Cavil must ''really'' hate his name John, which the kid has the misfortune of sharing.]]
** There's also Cain, who crossed the horizon a lot during the series. She cannibalizes a fleet of refugee ships for parts before leaving them at the mercy of the Cylons, also taking any able bodied man aboard and killing their families so they don't have an excuse to stay, witholds supplies from the Fleet, and leads the Fleet into fighting with the Cylons despite ''Pegasus'' and ''Galactica'' being the only combat-worthy ships.
** Aaron Doral/Number Five also counts, being almost as bad as Brother Cavil. He has complete and utter disdain for humans and sees absolutely nothing wrong with annihilating Them through methods like suicide bombing (Though he was very quick to play the victim card when Cylons were the ones being killed in similar ways). His worst moment comes when he holds a gun to Gauis Baltar's head and forces him to sign a document allowing Them to conduct mass executions of innocent civilians, murdering a copy of Caprica when she tries to stop him.

** Ellen has (hate)sex with a Cavil in "Precipice". Gross enough. The squick ''really'' sets in in "No Exit", when we learn [[spoiler: that Ellen created Cavil in her father's image, and considered him as a son, making this all kinds of incestuous.]] Unlike Ellen, Cavil knew all along, perhaps proving that he's a CompleteMonster.
** Heck, Boomer/Cavil. Cavil/anyone is kinda Squicky, be it middle-aged cougars or hot young chicks.

*** It also doesn't help that several scenes in earlier episodes that would have made the events make more sense were deleted, and the whole thing was meant to lead into a whole storyline (which Baltar's mysterious whisper to Gaeta was also supposed to tie into) that ended up getting thrown out.

Chronologically speaking, she crosses it in flashback in ''Razor'' when she [[spoiler:executes her XO for insubordination when's merely trying to talk her out diving into a suicide mission. What's more, by this point we already know that she's ordered Gina raped as well--what's uncovered over the course of ''Razor'' is that Gina was the love of her life and she ordered her raped out of pure ''[[WomanScorned seething spite]]'']].

** "The Woman King". Of all the so-called stand-alone episodes ("Black Market", "Scar", "A Day in the Life", "Dirty Hands", etc.) it is the only one no connections to the over-all plot of the series, can be completely excised from the show without losing any vital story developments, everyone in it acts wildly out of character and [[WordOfGod even Ron Moore hated it]].

* InferredHolocaust: [[spoiler: "Daybreak Part Two". Despite their stated intention to create an agrarian society, it would take another 140,000 years for humanity to do so and coupled with Hera dying apparently young, it's very likely they failed to survive for long in the Middle Paleolithic]].

* InferredHolocaust: [[spoiler: "Daybreak Part Two". Despite their stated intention to create an agricultural and agrarian society, it would take another 140,000 years for humanity to do so and coupled with Hera dying apparently young, it's very likely they failed to survive for long in the Middle Paleolithic]].

* EsotericHappyEnding: [[spoiler:The ending is both very religious (a large part involves a ''literal'' DeusExMachina, though admittedly this part of it had been foreshadowed for most of the series) and very LuddWasRight, both attributes which pissed off a rather large portion of the sci-fi fans who'd watched it. It doesn't help that without their modern technology, most of the survivors would have both greatly shortened life expectancies and greatly reduced quality of life. A large number of fans found it rather unbelievable that the entire population of ''Galactica'' would consent to giving up ''all'' their technology without any apparent major objections. Romo even points out the impossibility that it could work, but somehow it still apparently does.]]

** A more serious example of this would be Leoben Conoy. While he is certainly a MagnificentBastard, has genuine (Albeit twisted) love for Starbuck and can even be [[AffablyEvil pleasant company]], many fans ship him with Starbuck as though it were a storybook romance, ignoring little things like him keeping her locked up for months, kidnapping a child and trying to force her into motherhood and her stabbing him to death every night, only for him to download again the next day (which is straight out of a horror movie). It probably doesn't help that KateeSackhoff herself said she supports the relationship.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Baltar is an insufferable, irritating, self-proclaimed genius (okay, he does have that going for him), and is arguably one of the major villains for a couple of seasons, but still the ladies swoon over his macho stubble. In show as well given his successes. Though this is helped by him being amusing, oddly sympathetic despite his narcissism, hugely charismatic and genuinely a genius, if out of his depth in the circumstances he finds himself in. And mad.
** In the series finale, Baltar makes the leap from being DracoInLeatherPants to being a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass by being Horatius at the Bridge in his defense against the Cylon borders. Thus, he finally did something that, as Apollo demanded, didn't even indirectly benefit Gaius Baltar. Aside from proving Apollo wrong, which has got to be satisfying on ''some'' level.
** A more serious example of this would be Leoben Conoy. While he is certainly a MagnificentBastard, has genuine (Albeit twisted) love for Starbuck and can even be [[AffablyEvil pleasant company]], many fans ship him with Starbuck as though it were a storybook romance, ignoring little things like him keeping her locked up for months, kidnapping a child and trying to force her into motherhood and her stabbing him to death every night, only for him to download again the next day (Which is straight out of a horror movie).

** & Felix is a woobie for the entire series. He's very rudely disillusioned by his then-hero, Baltar, by the latter's actions on New Caprica. He's the fleet navigator yet never even gets an official military promotion, unless you count the time when [[spoiler: Zarek]] promotes him [[spoiler: during the mutiny]], which may or may not have been official or legal. It's clear from his interview in D'Anna's documentary film that he dislikes his job and finds it very difficult to de-stress, and is something of an odd man out among his colleagues. In season 3, after [[spoiler:the fleet returns to Galatica, he is beaten and then almost executed by The Circle for being a collaborator, and is hated throughout the fleet until Chief clears his name]]. Outside of the webisodes he never had any romantic relationships or love interests. And in the webisodes, [[spoiler: his lover on New Caprica betrays him, making him think that she's getting prisoners released when in reality she's killing most of them]]. [[spoiler: The loss of his leg]] could have been prevented; plus, no one faces any consequences for what happened to Felix. After [[spoiler: he loses his leg]], he doesn't even get many visitors while in sick bay. Later on,[[spoiler: Dualla, who had been his friend, commits suicide right after talking to him]].

* EsotericHappyEnding: [[spoiler:The ending is both very religious (a large part involves a ''literal'' DeusExMachina, though admittedly this part of it had been foreshadowed for most of the series) and very LuddWasRight, both attributes which pissed off a rather large portion of the sci-fi fans who'd watched it. It doesn't help that without their modern technology, most of the survivors would have both greatly shortened life expectancies and greatly reduced quality of life. A large number of fans found it rather unbelievable that the entire population of ''Galactica'' would consent to giving up ''all'' their technology without any apparent major objections.]]

*** It also doesn't help that several scenes in earlier episodes that would have made the events make more sense were deleted, and the whole thing was meant to lead into a whole storyline that ended up getting thrown out.

* RecycledScript: Two Season 3 episodes which are definitely NOT fan favorites are often criticized for their perceived similarities to episodes of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'':
** [[http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Hero "Hero"]] and [[http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/The_Defector "The Defector"]] (the writing of the latter, ironically, credited to Ron Moore) both revolve around someone in a small ship being chased by the enemy and seeking refuge under questionable circumstances. In both cases, subsequent review of the data shows that the enemy was shooting to miss, and as a result the crew realize that the enemy was allowing the fugitive to escape to further their own sinister motives.
** [[http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/A_Measure_Of_Salvation "A Measure of Salvation"]] and [[http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/I,_Borg "I, Borg"]] both involve the crew capturing a member (or members) of the enemy, and then plotting to return him/them to their own kind with a genocidal virus.

* NightmareFuel:
** [[spoiler:Dualla's sudden, shocking and violent suicide after pretending to be happy]] will leave a mark on even the most well-adjusted.
** In season 4.0, [[spoiler: even though she was TheScrappy, Cally's death by airlock (in front of her son no less) is absolutely chilling.]] Even worse, [[spoiler: before Tory showed up, there was every indication that Cally planned to throw herself out the airlock, along with the aforementioned '''''infant''''' son. Let's repeat: a baby, being subjected to all the horrible things empty space does to you before killing you. Thankfully, the writers didn't take it that far; just dangling the possibility was horrifying enough.]]
** Being informed you and [[CloningBlues everyone like you]] will be [[HumanPopsicle boxed]] [[NeverSayDie indefinitely]].
** Finding out you're a Cylon [[DeepCoverAgent sleeper agent]].
** If you're even accused, possibly even [[KangarooCourt tried]] for treason, good [[PardonMyKlingon frakking]] luck.
** A humorous in-universe example occurs when Baltar sees Head Baltar and is clearly only restrained from ''wigging out'' by remembering he's in public.

** Season 2 - ''Allegro'', ''Reuniting the Fleet'', ''Roslin And Adama'', ''Pegasus'', ''Prelude to War'', ''One Year Later'', ''Worthy of Survival'', ''Something Dark Is Coming''

* [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Woobie Destroyer of the Fleet]]: The above discussion of [[spoiler: Gaeta's]] mutiny indicates that he probably qualifies. Though 'Destroyer of the Fleet' is more a metaphorical term in this instance...

** While usually sympathetic and a protagonist, Kara Thrace can be a ''bitch.'' Her ability to be a [[KarmaHoudini Karma Houdini]] rivals Baltar's at times.

* FollowTheLeader: The series has been very influential in popularizing (mostly) realistic JitterCam TV series, so much show that ''any'' show with said camera technique is likely to be compared to Galactica, regardless of subject matter.

** BizarroEpisode: "The Woman King," intended to lead into a storyline that ended up getting tossed out, and it also had a few scenes that would have led up to it in previous episodes deleted, so you're left with this bizarre standalone story with everyone acting out of character, which never has any more impact on the plot.