History YMMV / HaroldAndThePurpleCrayon

* {{Moe}}: Harold himself is about as cute as it gets

** "I Remember Goldie". Harold's goldfish passes away, and he meets a mermaid who tells him death is a natural part of existence.

** On a lesser note, the book adaptation of the episode "Harold's Walk on the Wild Side" (retitled ''Animals, Animals, Animals!'') has the elephant getting offended over getting squirted by Harold's hose, and walking away sadly before Harold has the chance to apologize. (The original TV adaptation has the elephant politely shaking its head no after getting squirted by the hose, and then playfully squirting Harold back with its trunk. Harold then decides to pretend to be a different animal, and their interaction ends on a happier note.)

* TearJerker: "I Remember Goldie". Harold's goldfish passes away, and he meets a mermaid who tells him death is a natural part of existence.

** Similarly, the ending to "A Blast from the Past" in which Harold says goodbye to his new dinosaur friends, knowing that when he returns to his room, they won't be alive anymore.

* TearJerker: "I Remember Goldie". Harold's goldfish passes away, and he meets a mermaid who tells him death is a natural part of existence.

* TearJerker: "I Remember Goldie". Harold's goldfish passes away, and he meets a mermaid who tells him death is a natural part of our life.

* NightmareFuel: It's not a particularly scary book in the traditional sense; Harold is a little boy who draws things with his crayon and they come to life, and they're almost exclusively nice things. The creepiness [[FridgeHorror comes later]] when you realize that Harold is the ''only'' real character in the book. The whole world is empty, except for Harold and his crayon.
** Averted in the animated series which starts and ends in the Harold's room, with an art shift to make it clear what happens in Harold's imagination and what happens in the real world.[[note]]things happening in Harold's imagination has a purplish tint as it is drawn using the purple crayon.[[/note]] Also, Harold's parents are often mentioned and his mom ([[TheFaceless although only her hand is visible to the audience]]) appears at the start of the several episodes to [[{{Jossed}} joss]] the fact that Harold's alone in the world.
* RecursiveAdaptation: The HBO series actually spawned several baby books.
%%* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: The animated series is ''very'' musical and breaks into {{Disney Acid Sequence}}s very frequently, more than once an episode.

* TearJerker: "I Remember Goldie". Harold's goldfish passes away, and he meets a mermaid who tells him death is a natural part of our life. *sniff*

* {{Moe}} Harold himself is about as cute as it gets

[{{Moe}}] Harold himself is about as cute as it gets

[[{{Moe}}]] Harold himself is about as cute as it gets

* EarWorm: The animated series is chock full of these. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMEYl3nLSS8 The intro]] is only the tip of the iceberg.

* SweetDreamsFuel: Pretty much the whole HBO show, except for...

* EarWorm: The animated series is chock full of these.

* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: The animated series is ''very'' musical and breaks into {{Disney Acid Sequence}}s very frequently, more than once an episode.

** Averted in the animated series who starts and ends in the Harold's room, with an art shift to make it clear what happens in Harold's imagination and what happens in the real world.[[note]]things happening in Harold's imagination has a purplish tint as it is drawn using the purple crayon.[[/note]] Also, Harold's parents are often mentioned and his mom ([[TheFaceless although only her hand is visible to the audience]]) appears at the start of the several episodes to [[{{Jossed}} joss]] the fact that Harold's alone in the world.

* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: The animated series is ''very'' musical that it breaks into {{Disney Acid Sequence}}s very frequently, more than once an episode.

** Averted in the animated series who starts and ends in the Harold's room, with an art shift to make it clear what happens in Harold's imagination and what happens in the real world.[[note]]things happening in Harold's imagination has a purplish tint as it is drawn using the purple crayon.[[/note]] Also, Harold's parents are often mentioned and his mom ([[TheFaceless although only her hand is visible to the audience]]) appears at the start of the several episodes to joss the fact that Harold's alone in the world.

** Averted in the animated series who starts and ends in the real world, with an art shift to make it clear what happens in Harold's imagination and what happens in the real world.[[note]]things happening in Harold's imagination has a purplish tint as it is drawn using the purple crayon.[[/note]]

** Averted in the animated series who starts and ends in the real world, with an art shift to make it clear what happens in Harold's imagination and what happens in the real world.[[note]]things happening in Harold's imagination has a purplish tint as it is drawn using the purple crayon.

* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: The animated series is ''very'' musical that it breaks into {{Disney Acid Sequence}}s very frequently, more than once an episode.

* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: The animated series is ''very'' musical that it breaks into DisneyAcidSequences very frequently.

* NightmareFuel: It's not a particularly scary book in the traditional sense; Harold is a little boy who draws things with his crayon and they come to life, and they're almost exclusively nice things. The creepiness [[FridgeHorror comes later]] when you realize that Harold is the ''only'' real character in the book. The whole world is empty, except for Harold and his crayon.