History YMMV / BeMoreChill

* EveryoneIsGay: You'd be hard pressed to find anyone who headcanons any of the characters as entirely straight.

* NeverLiveItDown: This is the show that Creator/StephenSondheim left at intermission.

* {{Adorkable}}: Christine is the living embodiment of this trope. She fully embraces her love of theatre and weird quirks, and never lets anyone make her feel bad for it.
** Jeremy, Michael and [[spoiler:Rich after his squip gets deactivated]] have their moments.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Chloe, especially when it comes to "Do You Wanna Hang?" Some consider her to be a [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale sexual harasser]] with [[NeverMyFault no remorse for her actions]] who does not deserve redemption, while others believe she is capable of redemption like anybody else, pointing out her [[IJustWantToBeLoved own insecurities]] and that she technically could not consent due to being drunk (and she had no idea the SQUIP could control the whole situation). Opinions also largely vary on whether she just plays a stereotypical AlphaBitch role or if that role is deconstructed well enough. The debate about whether she's redeemable at all is more prominent in some parts of the fandom than others (Twitter seems to be a big hub for this discourse), but her amount of control during that song and her worth as a character is a hotly debated topic across the fandom as a whole.

* HypeBacklash: The rabid fans of this show really, really built it up as the next big thing, but many who saw it were very underwhelmed, with many saying it’s nothing special and others saying it’s straight up bad.

* HarsherInHindsight: The [=SQUIP=] decides to [[spoiler:destroy itself so that Jeremy can explain himself to Christine and free himself from terrible programming. In 2013, after he wrote the book, Ned Vizzini died by suicide after having struggled with depressive thoughts]]. ''Ouch''.
* MemeticMutation: When fans speak about Be More Chill, especially the fans of HoYay, page 80 gets referenced frequently. That's the page where Jeremy masturbates while talking to Michael on the phone.

* CompleteMonster: [[ManipulativeBastard The SQUIP]] is a sociopathic, brainwashing [[AIIsACrapshoot supercomputer]] in pill form designed to make the user popular. The second he uploads himself into high school student Jeremy Heere, he is excessively cruel, making cracks at Jeremy's self-esteem and forcing him to repeat suicidal remarks the SQUIP makes about him. However, he advances beyond simple bullying when he attempts to have another student rape Jeremy via puppeting his body. From then on, he reveals that he desires to TakeOverTheWorld, and as he is rejected by Jeremy, in his last-ditch effort to achieve his goal, he offers up Jeremy's LoveInterest as a mind-controlled slave.

* HilariousInHindsight: After getting the SQUIP, Mr. Reyes says he doesn't want to stay in New Jersey teaching unappreciative students and that he could go all the way to Broadway. Since the show moved beyond New Jersey to Broadway in 2019, he's not wrong.

* ItsPopularNowItSucks: For whatever reason, the show has gotten a lot of animosity from the more hardcore Musical Theatre fanbase, them generally dismissing it as "overrated" and "not even that good". It's fans usually blame the Broadway run, as it made the show a lot more accessible and mainstream, and thus the flaws that were originally seen as NarmCharm were suddenly compared to theatre juggernauts, which many fans of the show find unfair. The original Off-Broadway run remains a CultClassic, however, and is thus mostly untouched.

* MemeticMutation: '''IT'S FROM JAPAAAAAAAAN!!!'''

** While it's not nearly as popular as Jeremy/Michael, there are some fans who prefer Jeremy with Brooke instead of Christine, thinking that Jeremy ending with the girl ''he's'' pining for is too cliche. Also partly because people want [[TheWoobie Brooke]] to be happy.

* {{Narm}}: The SQUIP scatting in "The Pitiful Children" can be this for some, since it clashes with his sinister portrayal. Others think it comes off as NarmCharm.

* {{Tearjerker}}: Now has its own page.

* MoralEventHorizon: The second the SQUIP [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil tries to force Jeremy]] to have sex with Chloe, he goes from a verbally abusive bully to ''evil''.
** Some also consider Chloe to cross it in the same scene, even without taking the SQUIP's influence into consideration, for trying to trick her best friend's boyfriend into having sex with her (and later lying about it to said best friend), especially if you assume she ''could'' tell that Jeremy wanted to leave.

* ILikedItBetterWhenItSucked: Much like its [[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors inspiration]], many fans of ''Be More Chill'' prefer the earlier, lower-budget cast recordings and performances due to feeling that the more extravagant and high-budget version takes away the personal edge of the show that made it such a CultClassic.

* CultClassic: ''Be More Chill'' was a tiny show in 2015 that quietly died after its limited run, and yet it suddenly blew up in 2017 on the internet, quickly garnering quite the devoted fanbase two years after the show's closing. It eventually got an off-Broadway run in July through September of 2018, followed by a move to Broadway in February 2019!

* CompleteMonster: [[ManipulativeBastard The SQUIP]] is a sociopathic, brainwashing [[AIIsACrapshoot supercomputer]] in pill form designed to make the user popular. The second it uploads itself into high school student Jeremy Heere, it is excessively cruel, making cracks at Jeremy's self-esteem and forcing him to repeat suicidal remarks it makes about him. It forces him to exercise far beyond his normal capacities, and offers scraps of affection only to further manipulate Jeremy. Then it blocks [[TheCutie Michael]] from his line of vision by taking control of his optic nerve, persuading Jeremy to [[WhattheHellHero continue this]] and leave his best friend behind in pursuit of the better future the Squip promices. However, it advances beyond simple bullying and cruelty when it attempts to have another student rape Jeremy by puppeteering his body (additionally, she was far too drunk to consent herself). Not to mention if Jeremy displeases him in any way, if he does something so little as slouch, the SQUIP shocks him with electricity. From then on, it reveals that it desires to TakeOverTheWorld, and as it is rejected by Jeremy, it tortures him, forces his classmates and teacher to physically attack him and later Michael, puppets his body to the point that he has to strangle himself to be free of it just long enough to apologize, and finally, in its last-ditch effort to achieve his goal, it offers up Jeremy's Love Interest as a mind-controlled slave.

* EarWorm:
** "Whooooa, everything about you is so terrible. Whoooooa, everything about you makes me wanna die." (The catchiness can be a real problem in public.)
** "I am hanging in the bathroom, at the biggest party of the fall..."
** "'Cause a Halloween party's a rad excuse / to put your body through mad abuse!"
** "Let's save the pitiful children! Whoa!"
** '''UPGRADE UPGRADE UPGRADE'''

* EarWorm: Most of the songs.

* HarsherInHindsight: The [=SQUIP=] decides to [[spoiler:destroy itself so that Jeremy can explain himself to Christine and free himself from terrible programming. In 2013, after he wrote the book, Ned Vizzini died by suicide and was struggling with depressive thoughts]]. ''Ouch''.

** An abusive ''parent''.

** An abusive boyfriend. This is probably the most common interpretation.

* BrokenBase: Are the changes to the Broadway production- particularly the cast recording- for better or for worse? Downplayed in that most fans seem to respect both productions and casts regardless, even if they have a strong preference.

*** Jeremy being a [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furry]]. This is partially based on the musical's Halloween party scene where Jeremy compliments Brooke on her sexy dog costume, but was bolstered by a scene in the book where Jeremy finds a group of girls wearing animal tails hot. Also supported when Jeremy's SQUIP includes an anime girl with a cat tail in his suggestions for alternate SQUIP appearances.

** A lot of fanart depicts those under the influence of the SQUIP with glowing blue eyes that come and go, depending on how much the SQUIP is controlling at the moment. This would of course be impossible to pull off in a stage production, but damned if it doesn't look [[RuleOfScary creepy]] ([[RuleOfCool in the best way]]).

* LGBTFanbase: Much of the fanbase belongs to the LGBT community, between the attractive boys (particularly Michael and the SQUIP) and the ever-present HoYay throughout the show. Some versions actually embrace it by giving Michael a pride patch.