History YMMV / Beethoven

** The sequel is no slouch either, with the new song and love theme "The Day I Fall In Love" by Dolly Parton and James Ingram being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.

** In the sequel, Regina is already introduced as an obnoxious and unpleasant woman to be around, given her abusive behaviour toward Missy and snideness around Brillo and even Floyd. But what makes her cross this line is [[CruellaToAnimals her intention to drown her dog's puppies when she first discovered them]], cementing her as a repulsive villain that needs to be stopped.

** In the sequel, Regina is already introduced as an obnoxious and unpleasant woman to be around, given her abusive behaviour toward Missy and snideness around Brillo and even Floyd. But what makes her cross this line is [[CruellaToAnimals her intention to drown her dog's puppies when she first discovered them]], cementing her as a repulsive villain that needs to be stopped

** In the sequel, Regina is already introduced as an obnoxious and unpleasant woman to be around, given her abusive behaviour toward Missy and snideness around Brillo and even Floyd. But what makes her cross this line is [[CruellatoAnimals her intention to drown her dog's puppies when she first discovered them]], cementing her as a repulsive villain that needs to be stopped

** Following on from the above, Ryce, Ted and Emily can be viewed as incredibly selfish. They whine, plead and guilt trip their father into adopting Beethoven -- and then despite all their talk of 'learning responsibility' they feed Beethoven things that are bad for him and appear to foist off all the tedious parts of owning a dog (such as cleaning up after it or taking it for walks every day, regardless of the weather) onto George, just as he predicted would happen. They only take responsibility for all the dog chores when Beethoven angers George one too many times and they get scared that he'll actually get rid of their pet. Later on, when it seems that Beethoven should be taken to the vet to be put down, they cry and moan that their father has ''"always'' hated Beethoven", yet they never consider that George likely ''wouldn't'' hate Beethoven so much if he wasn't constantly forced to take care of a dog he didn't want in the first place. Finally, the children then proceed to pull another guilt trip on George in the second film, only this time it's about keeping ''four'' puppies.

* ValuesDissonance: There's been a crack down in the USA on pet stores selling dogs, cats and rabbits, in order to combat puppy mills, and people are encouraged to get animals from shelters instead. There's also much more of a drive to neuter or spay your pets, so in TheNewTwenties the Newtons as (hopefully!) responsible dog owners would have gotten Beethoven fixed.

* ValuesDissonance: There's been a crack down in the USA on pet stores selling dogs, cats and rabbits, in order to combat puppy mills, and people are encouraged to get animals from shelters instead. There's also much more of a drive to neuter or spay your pets, so in the NewTwenties the Newtons as (hopefully!) responsible dog owners would have gotten Beethoven fixed.

* ValuesDissonance: There's been a crack down in the USA on pet stores selling dogs, cats and rabbits, in order to combat puppy mills, and people are encouraged to get animals from shelters instead. There's also much more of a drive to neuter or spay your pets, so the Newtons, being (hopefully!) responsible dog owners, would have gotten Beethoven fixed.

** Following on from the above, Ryce, Ted and Emily can be viewed as incredibly selfish. They whine, plead and guilt trip their father into adopting Beethoven -- and then despite all their talk of 'learning responsibility' they feed Beethoven things that are bad for him and appear to foist off all the tedious parts of owning a dog (such as cleaning up after it or taking it for walks every day, regardless of the weather) onto George. They only take responsibility for all the dog chores when Beethoven angers George one too many times and they get scared that he'll actually get rid of the dog. Later on, when it seems that Beethoven should be taken to the vet to be put down, they cry and moan that their father has ''"always'' hated Beethoven", yet they never consider that George likely ''wouldn't'' hate Beethoven so much if he wasn't constantly forced to take care of a dog he didn't want in the first place. Finally, the children then proceed to pull another guilt trip on George in the second film, only this time it's about keeping ''four'' puppies.
** Alice is also rather unsympathetic; she chastises George for focusing on his career so much that he's neglecting his family, but at the same time she doesn't want to re-enter the workforce for the present because she wants to be there for the children. So George has to support five people ''plus'' a large and expensive dog on a single salary, yet Alice is meant to be the one in the right for telling him he has to provide for them on his own one moment ''and'' guilt tripping him for prioritizing his work the next. And again, George seems to be the only one taking care of Beethoven for a large portion of the film, which would naturally add to his stress.

* HarsherInHindsight: Ryce is nearly date raped early on in the movie by her boyfriend. Later on, Ryce goes on to date a character played by Danny Masterson. In 2017, Masterson was accused of rape by four women.

** Following on from the above, Ryce, Ted and Emily can be viewed as incredibly selfish. They whine, plead and guilt trip their father into adopting Beethoven -- and then despite all their talk of 'learning responsibility' they feed Beethoven things that are bad for him and appear to foist off all the tedious parts of owning a dog (such as cleaning up after it or taking it for walks every day, regardless of the weather) onto George. They moan about their father "always hating Beethoven", yet they never consider that George likely ''wouldn't'' hate Beethoven so much if he wasn't constantly forced to take care of a dog he didn't want in the first place. They only take responsibility for all the dog chores when Beethoven angers George one too many times and he declares that "The dog has to go!" Finally, the children then proceed to pull another guilt trip on George in the second film, only this time it's about keeping ''four'' puppies.
** Alice is also rather unsympathetic; she chastises George for focusing on his career so much that he's neglecting his family, but at the same time she doesn't want to re-enter the workforce for the present because she wants to be there for the children. So George has to support five people ''plus'' a large and expensive dog on a single salary, yet Alice is meant to be the one in the right for telling him he has to provide for them on his own one moment ''and'' guilt tripping him the next. And again, George seems to be the only one taking care of Beethoven for a large portion of the film, which would naturally add to his stress.

* MisaimedFandom: One professional critic found George to be UnintentionallySympathetic and his family and Beethoven to be UnintentionallyUnsympathetic. According to him, George works his hands to the bone trying to provide a good life for his family, who thank him by foisting a dog on him that he doesn't want, making him do all the gross parts of taking care of it, and then ostracize him when he gets rid of it. In his opinion, the family isn't just ungrateful and unappreciative but downright nasty towards George. The critic did at least admit that he wasn't a big fan of dogs in the first place though.

** Following on from the above, Ryce, Ted and Emily can be viewed as incredibly selfish. They whine, plead and guilt trip their father into adopting Beethoven -- and then despite all their talk of 'learning responsibility' they feed Beethoven things that are bad for him and appear to foist off all the tedious parts of owning a dog (like cleaning up after it or taking it for walks every day, regardless of the weather) onto George. They moan about their father "always hating Beethoven", yet they never consider that George likely ''wouldn't'' hate Beethoven so much if he wasn't constantly forced to take care of a dog he didn't want in the first place. They only take responsibility for all the dog chores when Beethoven angers George one too many times and he declares that "The dog has to go!" Finally, the children then proceed to pull another guilt trip on George in the second film, only this time it's about keeping ''four'' puppies.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Some people may sympathize with George even though the narration paints him as in the wrong for not wanting to adopt Beethoven, since he's perfectly right when he points out owning a dog (particularly a breed as large as a St Bernard) has many constraints. Especially sympathetic are those who are/have been put into the same situation of having to deal with a dog they didn't want, and all the negative consequences that entails when it comes to dirtiness, because they were outvoted by the rest of the family. Doubly so when George confesses to Beethoven that he hated his father for having to put his childhood dog down and new when the time came that would be his job too.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Some people may sympathize with George even though the narration paints him as in the wrong for not wanting to adopt Beethoven, since he's perfectly right when he points out owning a dog (particularly a breed as large as a St Bernard) has many constraints. Especially sympathetic are those who are/have been put into the same situation of having to deal with a dog they didn't want, and all the negative consequences that entails when it comes to dirtiness, because they were outvoted by the rest of the family.

** Alice is also rather unsympathetic; she chastises George for focusing on his career so much that he's neglecting his family, but at the same time she doesn't want to re-enter the workforce for the present because she wants to be there for the children. So George has to support five people ''plus'' a large and expensive dog on a single salary, and yet Alice is meant to be the one in the right for telling him he has to provide for them on his own one moment ''and'' guilt tripping him the next. And again, George seems to be the only one taking care of Beethoven for a large portion of the film, which would naturally add to his stress.

** Alice is also rather unsympathetic; she chastises George for focusing on his career so much that he's neglecting his family, but at the same time she doesn't want to re-enter the workforce for the present because she wants to be there for the children. So George has to support five people ''plus'' a large and costly dog on a single salary, and yet Alice is meant to be the one in the right for telling him he has to provide for them on his own one moment ''and'' guilt tripping him the next. And again, George seems to be the only one taking care of Beethoven for a large portion of the film, which would naturally add to his stress.