History YMMV / CuriousGeorge

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "Curious George, the curious little monkey..."

** Japan is an especially notewothy case. Not only is it constantly in the top 10 animated TV show ranking for the country every week (which is mostly domestic animation), but the show increased the popularity of the name George in the country (this is also unusual as traditional names are more common in Japan).

** The original book depicts George smoking The Man In The Yellow Hat's pipe with no ill effects. Becomes a case of ValuesResonance in the 1982 StopMotion special where George tries the pipe and hates it, convincing The Man In The Yellow Hat to give up smoking in the process.

** Both of Toots and the Germettes' [[VillainSong songs]] are very catchy.
*** "Well I'm a ramblin' germ / (Ramble, ramble, ramble) / I'm a ramblin' GE-E-ERM! / (Ramble, ramble, ramble)"

* {{Earworm}}: "Curious George, the curious little monkey..."

* {{Earworm}}: The theme song.

** The Man In The Yellow Hat threatens to spank George in the animated short "Curious George at the Laundromat". That would come across as flat-out animal abuse today in an era where spanking was a controversial form of discipline, even in 1980. When the episode was adapted into a picture book, The Man In The Yellow Hat instead says, "There you are, George. You've caused a lot of trouble. I'm taking you home."

** The Man In The Yellow Hat threatens to spank George in the animated short "Curious George at the Laundromat". While a controversial form of discipline, even in 1980; that would come across as flat-out animal abuse today. When the episode was adapted into a picture book, The Man In The Yellow Hat instead says, "You've caused enough trouble, George. I'm taking you home!"

* ValuesDissonance: The original book depicts George smoking The Man In The Yellow Hat's pipe with no ill effects. Becomes a case of ValuesResonance in the 1982 StopMotion special where George tries the pipe and hates it, convincing The Man In The Yellow Hat to give up smoking in the process.

!!The films
* AwesomeMusic: The original ''Curious George'' film has an exceptional soundtrack by Music/JackJohnson that at one point was #1 on the Billboard 200 and is arguably better-remembered than the film itself. A couple of the most notable tracks are the dreamy, mellow "Upside Down" and the catchy "People Watching."

* AwesomeMusic: The original ''Curious George'' film has an exceptional soundtrack by Music/JackJohnson that at one point was #1 on the Billboard 200 and is arguably better-remembered than the film itself. A couple of the most notable tracks are the dreamy, mellow "Upside Down" and the catchy "People Watching."

* AwesomeMusic: The original ''Curious George'' film has an exceptional soundtrack by Music/JackJohnson that at one point was #1 on the Billboard 200 and is arguably better-remembered than the film itself. A couple of the most notable tracks are the dreamy, mellow "Upside Down" and the catchy "People Watching."
* {{Sequelitis}}: The original film has gorgeous watercolor-style art and a nice soundtrack. The direct-to-video sequels resemble the cartoon more than the film. The plots are a bit more of a mixed bag, though they do seem to retain at least some of the spirit of the original film. For what it's worth, both sequels have reviewed very well at Amazon, and the third film actually does better than the second.
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* AwesomeMusic: The original ''Curious George'' film has an exceptional soundtrack by Music/JackJohnson that at one point was #1 on the Billboard 200. A couple of the most notable tracks are the dreamy, mellow "Upside Down" and the catchy "People Watching."

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Steve is always saying he's some kind of genius and belittling Betsy's age because Betsy is some kind of musical prodigy and he feels the need to compensate for his little sister being better than he at something.

* {{Sequelitis}}: The original film has gorgeous watercolor-style art and a nice soundtrack. The direct-to-video sequels resemble the cartoon more than the film.

* EasilyForgiven[=/=]KarmaHoudini: Some MoralGuardians have been critical of letting children read the Curious George books; they feel that George usually gets off easy or with no punishment at all. This is alleged to give kids an unrealistic view of actions and consequences.

* AccidentalInnuendo: "George and Jumpy played nut hockey until the sun went down."
** "George had to find a way to help the Chef with his weed problem."