History YMMV / Galavant

* HilariousInHindsight: Joshua Sasse and Kylie Minogue started dating after meeting on set, [[http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/6882824/kylie-minogue-engaged-to-boyfriend-joshua-sasse-galavant and are now engaged]]. Gives the whole "Off with his Shirt" number a whole new subtext, doesn't it?

* CompleteMonster: Kingsley was a bully even as a teenager, and instead of accepting the responsibility of ruling his father's kingdom, decided to just RapePillageAndBurn for several decades, then returning to oust Richard from the throne at Madalena's urging. He takes sadistic pleasure in forcing his brother to fight his best friend to the death, and unlike any of the other characters, including [[CardCarryingVillain Card-Carrying Villains]] Madalena, Gareth, and Wormwood, has nothing at all to make him likable or sympathetic.

** Also especially popular from the get-go was Gareth thanks to his ComicallySerious tendencies and badassery
** Music/WeirdAlYankovic as the monk.

** Also especially popular from the get-go was Gareth thanks to his ComicallySerious tendencies and [[BadAss badassery]].

* SpiritualLicensee: To ''Series/{{Blackadder}}''

** "Do the D'Dew" is an evil version of [[Disney/{{Cinderella}} "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo"]] and/or [[Film/MaryPoppins "A Spoonful of Sugar"]].

* CompleteMonster: Kingsley was a bully even as a teenager, and instead of accepting the responsibility of ruling his father's kingdom, decided to just RapePillageAndBurn for several decades, then returning to oust Richard from the throne at Madalena's urging. He takes sadistic pleasure in forcing his brother to fight his best friend to the death, and unlike any of the other characters, including {{CardCarryingVillain Card-Carrying Villain}}s Madalena, Gareth, and Wormwood, has nothing at all to make him likable or sympathetic.

* NightmareFuel: The magic brainwashing tiara. The way Isabella's entire personality changes the ''instant'' she puts it on is quite creepy, and not helping is that her parents don't care at all.

* HilariousInHindsight: Joshua Sasse and Kylie Minogue started dating after meeting on set. Gives the whole "Off with his Shirt" number a whole new subtext, doesn't it?

** Meanwhile, Gwynne and Chef do almost nothing in season two, and Isabella spends half the season in captivity and a few more episodes brainwashed and bewitched. Even Galavant doesn't really do much of anything. All said, Richard is one of the only characters who can be said to have a distinctive, identifiable arc to him.

** The tune of the main theme comes back for the awesome "Galavant Recap" where the Jester breathlessly and flawlessly recaps the last few episodes for everyone, to the point where both armies applaud it in universe.

* ArcFatigue: Isabella's storyline in the first half of Season 2, where she's nothing but a straight-faced DamselInDistress killing time until Galavant can save her, complete with a brand new villain that no one cares about. [[spoiler: Untill it comes abruptly to an end and she ends up [[HesBack as badass and angry as you'd expect.]]The villain sort of redeems himself by tying all plotlines together, allying with much more beloved characters]].

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The king's tiny beleaguered chef is a scene stealer from episode 1. Towards the end of season 1 he gets his own sideplot and a love interest in Gwynne, and their morbidly sweet duets are some of the best moments in the show.

** "Do the D'Dew" is an evil version of [[Disney/{{Cinderella}} "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo."]]

** "Finally" is clearly ispired to "Summer Nights" from ''Film/{{Grease}}''.

* EndingAversion: While most people enjoyed the first 6 or 7 episodes, the fact that the show ends [[spoiler:on a rather dark cliff hanger and blatantly hoping for a second season despite originally being advertised as a MiniSeries]] has left many people frustrated.

* AwesomeMusic: Music/AlanMenken wrote the songs, AND is an executive producer. Are you surprised that it has some? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZvldziC134 Special mention has to go to the opening number.]] Apparently, ABC also loves the song, because every single trailer for an ABC show has a little ditty of its own, set to the same tune, with some rather nifty variations.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Love is Strange". Not only is this when Galavant and Isabella confess their feelings for each other the musical accompaniment has some of the most complex orchestration heard in the soundtrack.