History YMMV / HalloweenHorrorNights

** The ''Film/BillAndTed's'' Halloween Adventure show at the Hollywood park in 2013 was utterly rife with these, with a disturbing number of jokes indulging in racism, homophobia, and a thinly-veiled allusion to DateRape. The park pulled the show after only a few days once word got out and protests started piling up.

** The BillAndTed's Halloween Adventure show at the Hollywood park in 2013 was utterly rife with these, with a disturbing number of jokes indulging in racism, homophobia, and a thinly-veiled allusion to DateRape. The park pulled the show after only a few days once word got out and protests started piling up.

* UnfortunateImplications: The ''Evil Takes Root'' blog features a blogger, PS, who deliberately obscures their identity with baggy hooded clothing and an altered voice. HHN fan forums, Youtube comments and the Horror Unearthed Facebook fan page mainly referred to PS as a he, a she, or a they. PS slowly revealed items in a specific order from a backpack planted by some unknown group that gave PS [[http://www.eviltakesroot.com/rules-are-made-to-be-broken/ a specific set of rules]] to follow while doing so, which lead to PS being purposefully vague on many things in their previous posts. When said HHN fan forums, Youtube comments, and the HU fanpage started complaining about PS's vagueness, not revealing much about their identity, their failure to go to the authorities, and (most commonly) not just revealing ALL the contents of the bag at once, PS eventually got frustrated (either by the mysterious group or all those demanding contents faster) and started deviating from the rules. About the time that these discussion places started getting frustrated with PS's approach to things, they started to near exclusively refer to PS as ''a she''. To top it all off, they also started hoping that ''she'' ends up dying. '''PS's gender hadn't been announced''' around the time those complaints started cropping up[[note]]The least covered footage shown of PS around that time is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XeRUebSwc_U&t=21 a glimpse of their face in profile]], possibly wearing a mask[[/note]]. Even though the Legendary Truth campaign revealed that PS was actually [[http://www.hhnyearbook.com/2013/11/legendarytruth-the-collective-the-reveal-of-ps/#more-4618 Paige Steerington]] (the daughter of the former Legendary Truth head no less), over the years, HHN hype build up from official sources and previous Legendary Truth campaigns have proven that being vague as all get out and having mysterious ways of operating is a Horror Nights tradition regardless of gender.

* UnfortunateImplications: The ''Evil Takes Root'' blog features a blogger, PS, who deliberately obscures their identity with baggy hooded clothing and an altered voice. HHN fan forums, Youtube comments and the Horror Unearthed Facebook fan page mainly referred to PS as a he, a she, or a they. PS slowly revealed items in a specific order from a backpack planted by some unknown group that gave PS [[http://www.eviltakesroot.com/rules-are-made-to-be-broken/ a specific set of rules]] to follow while doing so, which lead to PS being purposefully vague on many things in their previous posts. When said HHN fan forums, Youtube comments, and the HU fanpage started complaining about PS's vagueness, not revealing much about their identity, their failure to go to the authorities, and (most commonly) not just revealing ALL the contents of the bag at once, PS eventually got frustrated (either by the mysterious group or all those demanding contents faster) and started deviating from the rules. About the time that these discussion places started getting frustrated with PS's approach to things, they started to near exclusively refer to PS as ''a she''. To top it all off, they also started hoping that ''she'' ends up dying. '''PS's gender hasn't been announced yet'''[[note]] The least covered footage shown of PS is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XeRUebSwc_U&t=21 a glimpse of their face in profile]], possibly wearing a mask[[/note]]. Even if PS ends up being a woman, over the years, HHN hype build up from official sources and previous Legendary Truth campaigns have proven that being vague as all get out and having mysterious ways of operating is a Horror Nights tradition regardless of gender.

* BrokenBase: The news that all of the scarezones at the 2013 event in Orlando would be based on ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' in some form has caused this. Some are excited about the idea of a full-on ZombieApocalypse brought to life across an entire park, while others feel that the event is either sacrificing its creativity to make a quick buck and cash in on a popular show or [[ExecutiveMeddling AMC prioritizing Season 4 TWD promotion]] over Orlando's typical attention to cohesive theming.

* UnfortunateImplications: The ''Evil Takes Root'' blog features a blogger, PS, who deliberately obscures their identity with baggy hooded clothing and an altered voice. HHN fan forums, Youtube comments and the Horror Unearthed Facebook fan page mainly referred to PS as a he, a she, or a they. PS slowly revealed items in a specific order from a backpack planted by some unknown group that gave PS [[http://www.eviltakesroot.com/rules-are-made-to-be-broken/ a specific set of rules]] to follow while doing so, which lead to PS being purposefully vague on many things in their previous posts. When said HHN fan forums, Youtube comments, and the HU fanpage started complaining about PS's vagueness, not revealing much about their identity, their failure to go to the authorities, and (most commonly) not just revealing ALL the contents of the bag at once, PS eventually got frustrated (either by the mysterious group or all the demanding contents) and started deviating from the rules. About the time that these discussion places started getting frustrated with PS's approach to things, they started to near exclusively refer to PS as ''a she''. To top it all off, they also started hoping that ''she'' ends up dying. '''PS's gender hasn't been announced yet'''[[note]] The least covered footage shown of PS is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XeRUebSwc_U&t=21 a glimpse of their face in profile]], possibly wearing a mask[[/note]]. Even if PS ends up being a woman, over the years, HHN hype build up from official sources and previous Legendary Truth campaigns have proven that being vague as all get out and having mysterious ways of operating is a Horror Nights tradition regardless of gender.

* BrokenBase: The news that all of the scarezones at the 2013 event in Orlando would be based on ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' in some form has caused this. Some are excited about the idea of a full-on ZombieApocalypse brought to life across an entire park, while others feel that the event is either sacrificing its creativity to make a quick buck and cash in on a popular show or [[ExecutiveMeddling AMC prioritizing Season 4 TWD promotion]] over Orlando's typical attention to cohesive theming.

* MorePopularSpinoff: Horror Nights originally started off in Hollywood but ended up canned for several years after a scareactor got ran over during Terror Tram. It wasn't until Orlando tried to pull off its own Halloween event with "Fright Nights" that it eventually took on the Halloween Horror Nights name and ran with it. Universal Studios Hollywood would eventually reintroduce Halloween Horror Nights, with their version being more movie-centric, but it's the event in Orlando that most people are familar with.

* UnfortunateImplications: The ''Evil Takes Root'' blog features a blogger, PS, who deliberately obscures their identity with baggy hooded clothing and an altered voice. HHN fan forums, Youtube comments and the Horror Unearthed Facebook fan page mainly referred to PS as a he, a she, or a they. PS slowly revealed items in a specific order from a backpack planted by some unknown group that gave PS [[http://www.eviltakesroot.com/rules-are-made-to-be-broken/ a specific set of rules]] to follow while doing so, which lead to PS being purposefully vague on many things in their previous posts. When said HHN fan forums, Youtube comments, and the HU fanpage started complaining about PS's vagueness, not revealing much about their identity, their failure to go to the authorities, and (most commonly) not just revealing ALL the contents of the bag at once, PS eventually got frustrated (either by the mysterious group or all the demanding contents) and started deviating from the rules. About the time that these discussion places started getting frustrated with PS's approach to things, they started to near exclusively refer to PS as ''a she''. To top it all off, they also started hoping that ''she'' ends up dying. '''PS's gender hasn't been announced yet'''[[note]] The most that's been shown of PS is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XeRUebSwc_U&t=21 a glimpse of their face in profile]], possibly wearing a mask.[[/note]]. Even if PS ends up being a woman, over the years, HHN hype build up from official sources and previous Legendary Truth campaigns have proven that being vague as all get out and having mysterious ways of operating is a Horror Nights tradition regardless of gender.

* UnfortunateImplications: The ''Evil Takes Root'' blog features a blogger, PS, who deliberately obscures their identity with baggy hooded clothing and an altered voice. HHN fan forums, Youtube comments and the Horror Unearthed Facebook fan page mainly referred to PS as a he, a she, or a they. PS slowly revealed items in a specific order from a backpack planted by some unknown group that gave PS [[http://www.eviltakesroot.com/rules-are-made-to-be-broken/ a specific set of rules]] to follow while doing so, which lead to PS being purposefully vague on many things in their previous posts. When said HHN fan forums, Youtube comments, and the HU fanpage started complaining about PS's vagueness, not revealing much about their identity, their failure to go to the authorities, and (most commonly) not just revealing ALL the contents of the bag at once, PS eventually got frustrated (either by the mysterious group or all the demanding contents) and started deviating from the rules. About the time that these discussion places started getting frustrated with PS's approach to things, they started to near exclusively refer to PS as ''a she''. To top it all off, they also started hoping that ''she'' ends up dying. '''PS's gender hasn't been announced yet'''[[note]] The most that's been shown of PS is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XeRUebSwc_U&t=21 a glimpse of their face in profile and even then, they might be wearing a mask.[[/note]]. Even if PS ends up being a woman, over the years, HHN hype build up from official sources and previous Legendary Truth campaigns have proven that being vague as all get out and having mysterious ways of operating is a Horror Nights tradition regardless of gender.

* UnfortunateImplications: The ''Evil Takes Root'' blog features a blogger, PS, who deliberately obscures their identity with baggy hooded clothing and an altered voice. HHN fan forums, Youtube comments and the Horror Unearthed Facebook fan page mainly referred to PS as a he, a she, or a they. PS slowly revealed items in a specific order from a backpack planted by some unknown group that gave PS [[http://www.eviltakesroot.com/rules-are-made-to-be-broken/ a specific set of rules]] to follow while doing so, which lead to PS being purposefully vague on many things in their previous posts. When said HHN fan forums, Youtube comments, and the HU fanpage started complaining about PS's vagueness, PS not revealing much about their identity, their failure to go to the authorities, and (most commonly) PS not just revealing ALL the contents of the bag at once. PS eventually got frustrated (either by the mysterious group or all the demanding contents) and started deviating from the rules. About the time that these discussion places started getting frustrated with PS's approach to things, they started to near exclusively refer to PS as ''a she''. To top it all off, this was about the time that they started hoping that ''she'' ends up dying. '''PS's gender hasn't been announced yet''', let alone their identity. Even if PS ends up being a woman, over the years, HHN hype build up from official sources and previous Legendary Truth campaigns have proven that being vague as all get out and having mysterious ways of operating is a Horror Nights tradition regardless of gender.

** Some feel this way about the Iniquitus, the mysterious demonic characters who raised the legions from their graves in 2012. Despite being original content and generally far more interesting than the houses (which are almost exclusively based on existing properties), the Iniquitus are relegated to the background except for the Horror Unearthed interactive game that took place online and in the park.

** Music/AliceCooper has houses at the Orlando and Hollywood events. This is practically a given.
* BrokenBase: The news that all of the scarezones at the 2013 event would be based on ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' in some form has caused this. Some are excited about the idea of a full-on ZombieApocalypse brought to life across an entire park, while others feel that the event is sacrificing its creativity to make a quick buck and cash in on a popular show.

* * ShallowParody: The annual Bill and Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure shows can sometimes veer into this, occasionally settling for referencing the year's events and pop culture trends instead of making fun of them. The fact that they often have moments where they don't do this makes the parts that follow this trope stand out even more.

** Some feel this way about the Iniquitus, the mysterious demonic characters who raised the legions from their graves in 2012. Despite being original content and generally far more interesting than the houses (which are almost exclusively based on existing properties), the Iniquitus are relegated to the background except for some fan games.

** AliceCooper has houses at the Orlando and Hollywood events. This is practically a given.

** The Storyteller was used in event advertising for HHN 15 but only appeared in her own house and hasn't had much in the way of backstory revealed about her (and if one was to ask her about it at HHN 20, she'd threaten to [[TongueTrauma cut their tongue off]]!)

* CompleteMonster: The Icons, of course.

* HilariousInHindsight: During the "Sweet 16" event of 2006, Jack the Clown took over [[BedlamHouse Shady Brook]] and had the inmates run wild. In 2009, another MonsterClown [[{{VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum}} did something quite similar]].

* DidNotDoTheResearch: 2011's "Nightingales: Blood Prey" takes place in 1916 in the Battle of the Somme, but features soldiers with American weaponry many months before they would enter the war and two weapons (a Thompson and a Browning M1919) that are outright anachronistic.

** H.R. Bloodengutz, the lead character in HHN 22's "H.R. Bloodengutz Presents: Holidays of Horror" has a small but dedicated following that really, ''really'' wouldn't mind seeing him as an Icon in the near future.

* GrowingTheBeard: In Orlando, the 2003 event (which got covered in a Travel Channel documentary, "The Art of the Scare") and in Hollywood in 2006.

** H.R. Bloodenguts, the lead character in HHN 22's "H.R. Bloodengutz Presents: Holidays of Horror" has a small but dedicated following that really, ''really'' wouldn't mind seeing him as an Icon in the near future.

* EnsembleDarkHorse: ''Eddie and Cindy''.

* StuckInTheirShadow: "Eddie''. Originally intended to be a rival to Jack the Clown, the events of 9/11 led him to be retconned into Jack's brother then replaced entirely with Jack. He's gone from that to being given equal billing with other Icons in a house at HHN 14 (notable for being an Iconless year despite having an Icon house) to being given his own house yet treated as a sub-Icon at HHN 16 (where the website material implies he's very much aware of his status at this trope) and again given equal billing with the other Icons in a scarezone at HHN 20 (although technically, all the Icons were sub-Icons compared to the main Icon, Fear).
** Due to a string of child kidnappings in the Orlando area, Cindy Caine was replaced with her father, Albert Caine aka The Caretaker for HHN 12. She had made later cameos in houses when her father reappeared at the event but eventually got her own house and appeared on an equal footing with other icons in a scarezone in 2010. This trope would have been averted if one of the initial concepts for HHN 20 had gone through: instead of Fear, ''Cindy was going to be the icon''.

** The Storyteller was used in event advertising for HHN 15 but only appeared in her own house and hasn't had much in the way of backstory revealed about her (and if one was to ask her about it at HHN 20, she'd threaten to cut their tongue out!)