History YMMV / DropDeadFred

** Fred's existance. Is he [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin really an imaginary friend]], or is that [[InNameOnly merely a description]], with Fred being an [[Film/PetesDragon Elliott-esqe character]]? Basically speaking, is he (along with his so-called "friends") a spiritual entity that only appears to those who need him, and then leaves them when they no longer need him?

* IdiotPlot: The film seems to move along only because Elizabeth is clearly insane, and not a single character calls her out on it until halfway through the movie. Some of them even go out of their way to enable it!

* LesYay: What does it say about Lizzie that her imaginary friend, clearly representing aspects of herself, likes looking up women's skirts. [[FridgeHorror The skirt of her own mother, no less]]. The answer: it's pretty damn obvious Elizabeth is sexually repressed. Her mother and husband keep her controlled in a childlike state.

** The FanserviceExtra waiter is astonishingly popular. [[MrFanservice Although it's not hard to see why]].

* UncertainAudience: Probably the biggest reasoning for why it was so panned on release is not knowing who the film is meant for: is it a wacky fantasy comedy about an imaginary friend that just so happens to involve [[MoodWhiplash dead-straight themes of abusive parents and ex-lovers]]? Or an adult-oriented BlackComedy that just so happens to take its juvenile slapstick and ToiletHumor at face value? While its atonality has [[VindicatedByHistory ironically gained the film some praise in more recent years]], it's evidently quite limited.

* UncertainAudience: Creator/DougWalker [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ1HEpuiZpg#t=36m5s claimed that]] it can't mesh kids and adult entertainment very well.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The movie's themes involving mental illness are a lot less amusing if you know about Creator/CarrieFisher's own struggles with mental illness.

* HilariousInHindsight: In spite of the above mentioned HarsherInHindsight, the title can come off as a preemptive dig at [[WebVideo/{{Fred}} Fred Figglehorn]], one of the most detested video series on Youtube.

* HarsherInHindsight: The title itself, considering the death of Creator/RikMayall.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Everyone in the film is either a terrible person or is insane, so many viewers can't bring themselves to care about any characters.

* CultClassic: Died a quick death at the box office almost thirty years ago, yet look at how large the main entry page for the movie is here.

* HilariousInHindsight: In spite of the above mentioned HarsherInHindsight, the title can come off as a preemptive dig at [[WebVideo/{{Fred}} Fred Figglehorn]], one of the most detested video series's on Youtube.

** Also if you put some scenes to scary music, they could easily be from a horror movie.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJo6R73qvwk For your viewing pleasure]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Lizzie's father is portrayed as a good man that was driven away by his wife's controlling behaviour but he comes across as very unsympathetic when his response is to walk out of his daughter's life (thus leaving her with said controlling wife) and never contact her again.
** It could be that he did try to contact her off-screen but that Polly refused it to spite them both as Lizzie and her father seem to much prefer each other to Polly. It wouldn't be unheard of for the parent that retained custody of a child following a divorce refused the other parent contact and it would also aid Polly in keeping Lizzie under her thumb.

* FanPreferredCouple: Although it is implied that Lizzie gets together with [[spoiler: Mickey (her childhood friend) at the end of the film,]] fans seem to prefer the idea of Lizzie and [[ImaginaryFriend Fred]] being together. It makes sense, considering the fact that they both have way more chemistry and the fact that [[spoiler: they actually kiss towards the end of the film before saying goodbye.]]

* FanPreferredCouple: Although it is implied that Lizzie gets together with [[spoiler: Mickey, her childhood friend,]] fans seem to prefer the idea of Lizzie and [[ImaginaryFriend Fred]] being together. It makes sense, considering the fact that they both have way more chemistry and the fact that [[spoiler: they actually kiss towards the end of the film.]]

* FanPeferredCouple: Although it is implied that Lizzie gets together with [[spoiler: Mickey, her childhood friend,]] fans seem to prefer the idea of Lizzie and [[ImaginaryFriend Fred]] being together. It makes sense, considering that [[spoiler: the both of them kiss towards the end of the film.]]

* Fan-PreferredCouple: Although it is implied that Lizzie gets together with [[spoiler: Mickey, her childhood friend,]] fans seem to prefer the idea of Lizzie and [[ImaginaryFriend Fred]] being together. It makes sense, considering that [[spoiler: the both of them kiss towards the end of the film.]]

* HoYay: What does it say about Lizzie that her imaginary friend, clearly representing aspects of herself, likes looking up women's skirts. [[FridgeHorror The skirt of her own mother, no less]]. The answer: it's pretty damn obvious Elizabeth is sexually repressed. Her mother and husband keep her controlled in a childlike state.

* OneSceneWonder: The FanserviceExtra waiter is astonishingly popular. [[MrFanservice Although it's not hard to see why]].
** Bridget Fonda as Annabelle.