History YMMV / ChalkZone

* CounterpartComparison: The series premise bares resemblance to both ''Simon In The Land Of Chalk Drawings'' and ''Literature/HaroldAndThePurpleCrayon''.
** The show's creators have actually drawn points to ''Harry Potter'', comparing Rudy to Harry (ordinary kid who discovers extraordinary powers of a secret world), Snap to Ron (streetsmart wisecracker), and Penny to Hermione (girl genius). They once mentioned that if [=ChalkZone=] was ever revived or rebooted, Nickelodeon should make the effort to use those comparisons to promote the show.

** The show got a soundtrack in February 2003 entitled ''In The Zone'', and was released under Jive Records (which Nickelodeon was releasing its' soundtracks under at the time). Jive would release another album [[Music/BritneySpears of the same name]] later that year in November.

* {{Misblamed}}:

** It's also been misblamed for being a rip-off of the 1970s British cartoon ''Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings'' (which later aired on Nickelodeon in 1979 and throughout the '80s as part of ''Pinwheel''). Co-creator Bill Burnett stated in a recent interview that ''[=ChalkZone=]'' was ''never'' meant to be a rip-off of the show- in fact, he had never even heard of it until after ''[=ChalkZone=]'' finished production.

* ShallowParody: WordofGod states that "Chunky" was meant to be an AffectionateParody of [[Music/TheRollingStones The Rolling Stones']] style. The result sounds more like an ArenaRock anthem similar to {{Music/Aerosmith}} or {{Music/Foreigner}}.

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: As stated in {{Misblamed}}, a few viewers complained that the show was a rip-off of ''Simon In The Land Of Chalk Drawings'' despite the fact that WordOfGod states they didn't even know ''Simon'' existed until after ''[=ChalkZone=]'''s production.

* MostWonderfulSound: Rudy singing. While all three of the main trio's voice actresses can sing very well, E.G. Daily (Rudy) is the only one who made a career out of it. Doubles as TheCastShowOff.

* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Japan Loves ChalkZone]]: Thanks to the show's cute and sometimes bizarre nature.

* BizarroEpisode: "The White Board Zone". It has a plot [[MindScrew too screwed-up]] to explain but all we know is that in the end [[spoiler: it was all just a dream]].

** Here, we have a property involving a person creating whatever he wants using a special writing utensil... No, wait, I'm [[BaitAndSwitchComparison thinking of]] [[{{Scribblenauts}} something else]], nevermind.

** You wouldn't expect a show as cute as this to have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pACYbBhCzXc such a badass opening theme.]]

* AwesomeMusic:

** The show got a soundtrack in February 2003 entitled ''In The Zone'', and was released under Jive Records (which Nickelodeon was releasing its' soundtracks under at the time). Jive would release another album [[BritneySpears of the same name]] later that year in November.

* BaseBreaker: Snap for a little bit, as some fans (and even non-fans) loved him, while the other half didn't (which tends to be common for the "comic relief" characters). The majority of the fans in recent years love him.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: In Japan thanks to the show's cute and sometimes bizarre nature.

* CanonDiscontinuity: One of the two only Oh Yeah! shorts not to be shown on the show proper, "Chalk Rain". Also notable because it featured a fact about Chalkzone that never was mentioned again: the rain in Chalkzone is the chalk sidewalk drawing being washed away... [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment by the rain]]. Despite this, a clip of it still appears in the intro.

* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Japanese Very Much Enjoy Chalkzone]]: Thanks to the show's cute and sometimes bizarre nature.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork:
** Not only was the series premiere delayed for years, the last 6 episodes didn't air until 2008... a whole 3 years after the beginning of the final season. Even more, 2 additional episodes were planned but never aired at all.
** The show originally aired at 8:30 PM on Friday nights (for new episodes- repeats would air throughout the entire week) during season one and got extremely high ratings (even being the seventh highest-rated animated show for the 6-11 demographic and the fourth highest rated Nicktoon in 2002). Despite that, it took over a year for season two to air (to the point where some viewers had begun to think Nick canceled it after six episodes), and Nickelodeon moved the timeslot to 9:30 PM. While this may have worked for ''Invader Zim'', which was aimed at an older audience, ''[=ChalkZone=]'' was aimed at a younger audience than ''Zim'', and 9:30 PM is usually around the time the target audience would be going to bed. It got worse when Nick gave up all the show's airtime to more popular fare like ''[=SpongeBob=]'', ''The Fairly [=OddParents=]'', and ''The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'', leaving it with only its' 9:30 PM timeslot on Fridays and one timeslot on both Saturday (two if you count the show on Nick on CBS) and Sunday.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: Couldn't be any more sugar-overloaded even if it tried.

* AwesomeMusic: You wouldn't expect a show as cute as this to have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pACYbBhCzXc such a badass opening theme.]]

* BrokenBase: The music video segments. Fans either love them, hate them, are indifferent, love some but hate others, or liked them more when they were in the target audience. And then there are some fans who just skip the videos altogether.

* CanonDiscontinuity: One of the two only Oh Yeah! shorts not to be shown on the show proper, "Chalk Rain". Also notable because it featured a fact about Chalkzone that never was mentioned again: the rain in Chalkzone is the chalk sidewalk drawing being washed away... [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment by the rain]].
** Despite this, a clip of it still appears in the intro.
* EarWorm: The theme song, by far. To a lesser extent, the Accordion Worm song.

* HilariousInHindsight: Here, we have a property involving a person creating whatever he wants using a special writing utensil... No, wait, I'm [[BaitAndSwitchComparison thinking of]] [[{{Scribblenauts}} something else]], nevermind.

* MemeticMutation: "Rudy's got the chalk!"

* {{Misblamed}}: Fans of ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' complained that this show replaced their favorite show. While in reality, [=ChalkZone=] was delayed for two years. Not to mention that ''Zim'' was still running during the first season of the show.

* {{Moe}}: The main trio. Actually, the entire show is moe.

* NarmCharm: A lot of the music video segments could qualify. One example would have to be "Chunky", a rock song that features lyrics about...painting your room and going to the moon with chunky peanut butter. The lyrics in a lot of the songs are very goofy and cheesy, but the EarWorm quality mixed with Rudy, Penny, and Snap's voice actresses all being really good singers make them enjoyable for a number of fans.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Not only was the series premiere delayed for years, the last 6 episodes didn't air until 2008... a whole 3 years after the beginning of the final season. Even more, 2 additional episodes were planned but never aired at all.

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: As stated in {{Misblamed}}, a few viewers complained that the show was a rip-off of ''WesternAnimation/SimonInTheLandOfChalkDrawings'' despite the fact that WordOfGod states they didn't even know ''Simon'' existed until after ''[=ChalkZone=]'''s production.

* ToyShip: Rudy and Penny. Rudy's been shown to have a crush on Penny in numerous episodes, and some episodes hint that Penny may return his feelings.

* UncannyValley: The titular character of "Skrawl's Brain"

* WereStillRelevantDammit: The show happened to be made about five years ''after'' everyone stopped using chalk for things like school boards, restaurants, and the many uses that seem to pop up in the show.
** Due to hipster baristas, shop owners and street artists, Chalk seems to be making a comeback.

* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Japanese Very Much Enjoy Chalkzone]]

* AwesomeMusic: You wouldn't expect a show as cute as this to have [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZaSFLVa1PM such a badass opening theme.]]

* SeasonalRot: A number of fans felt as if season four was the weakest of the series, due to the plots generally feeling weaker, more generic, and less like the earlier seasons, the re-vamped art style, the songs being less memorable (Geoff Levin replacing Guy Moon as composer full-time- as he had already replaced him mid-season three for the background music although Guy Moon stuck around to work on the songs- and most of the songs being rehashes of earlier songs didn't do anything to help), and [[EnsembleDarkhorse Skrawl]] barely appearing and falling under VillainDecay.

* ToyShip: Rudy and Penny. Rudy's been shown to have a crush on Penny in numerous episodes, and some episodes hint that Penny may return

* TearJerker: For some, the song "Time to Go Home" due to being rife with EndOfSeriesAwareness (the episode it aired with was the last episode in production, however five episodes premiered after it). The same can be said for "Let's Go Wandering," which plays at the end of the second-to-last episode. [[spoiler: A FreezeFrameBonus even shows SKRAWL of all people waving goodbye to the ChalkZone gang!]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Skrawl.