History YMMV / KidNation

** Several of Sophia's lines count too. Such as "I stopped believing in god a ''long'' time ago."

* OvershadowedByControversy: The show is most known for accusations of child endangerment and being an ImmoralRealityShow. Other than some minor bruises and burns, however, there were no major issues for the most part. Although as {{WebVideo/JonTron}}'s interview with Jimmy shows, the controversies and the issues the detractors had was not exactly unfounded. It was also revealed that some of the kids drank bleach and needed to get their stomachs pumped, which naturally wasn't mentioned at all.

** [[LovableAlphaBitch Taylor]] is a standout character for many for being a leading whilst not giving a darn about public image and snarking at everyone. It really helps that she's a surprisingly effective leader [[WiseBeyondTheirYears that makes the right decisions while on the council]].

** [[AlphaBitch Taylor]] is a standout character for many for being a leading whilst not giving a darn about public image and snarking at everyone. It really helps that she's a surprisingly effective leader [[WiseBeyondTheirYears that makes the right decisions while on the council]].

* OvershadowedByControversy: The show is most known for accusations of child endangerment and being an ImmoralRealityShow. Other than some minor bruises and burns, however, there were no major issues for the most part. Although as {{WebVideo/JonTron}}'s interview with Jimmy shows, the controversies and the issues the detractors had was not exactly unfounded. It was also revealed that some of the kids drank bleach and needed to get their stomachs pumped, which naturally wasn't mentioned at all.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: For a lot of people, the basic concept of "leave 40 children unsupervised in a ghost town to see if they build a society" sounds more like an attempt to replicate Literature/LordOfTheFlies than enjoyable reality television.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Jimmy is one of the most well-liked contestants due to having the most common sense despite his extremely young age. Fully knowing that he isn't exactly cut out for the whole show's premise and choosing to leave when he had the chance. ''WebVideo/JonTron'' probably helped out in his popularity. Even though it has been quite a few years and Jimmy has grown up, Jimmy is still rather well-liked due to being a surprisingly nice, sweet, funny and cool with many of his fans wishing him well. Even wanting to see more of him because not only did he bounce off pretty well with Jon and overall was quite enjoyable.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: For a lot of people, the basic concept of "leave 40 children unsupervised in a ghost town to see if they build a society" sounds more like an attempt to replicate Literature/LordOfTheFlies then enjoyable reality television.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Jimmy is one of the most well-liked contestants due to having the most common sense despite his extremely young age. Fully knowing that he isn't exactly cut out for the whole show's premise and choosing to leave when he had the chance. ''WebVideo/JonTron'' probably helped out in his popularity.
** Even though it has been quite a few years and Jimmy has grown up, Jimmy is still rather well-liked due to being a surprisingly nice, sweet, funny and cool with many of his fans wishing him well. Even wanting to see more of him because not only did he bounce off pretty well with Jon and overall was quite enjoyable.

* OvershadowedByControversy: The show is most known for accusations of child endangerment and being an ImmoralRealityShow. Other than some minor bruises and burns, however, there were no major issues for the most part. Although as {{WebVideo/JonTron}}'s interview with Jimmy shows, the controversies and the issues the detractors had was not exactly unfounded. It was also revealed that some of the kids drank bleach and needed to get their stomachs pumped, which naturally wasn't mentioned at all.
* SoundtrackDissonance: The show often has uplifting adventurous riff during moments where it seems inappropriate. For example: when the council members are reading about dividing the town into arbitrary teams, which is a transparent attempt to so discord among the kids.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: With forty kids, it’s no surprise that some get more attention than others, but the amount of focus on kids such as Greg, Sophia, and Jared can feel a bit much given how other participants are hardly followed at all.

** Even though it has been quite a few years and Jimmy has grown up, Jimmy is still rather well-liked due to being a surprisingly nice and funny, with many of his fans wishing him well or wanting to see more of him because he bounced off pretty well with Jon Jafari.

* OvershadowedByControversy: The show is most known for accusations of child endangerment and being an ImmoralRealityShow. Other than some minor bruises and burns, however, there were no major issues for the most part. Although as {{WebVideo/JonTron}}'s interview with Jimmy shows, the controversies and the issues the detractors had was not exactly unfounded.

* OvershadowedByControversy: The show is most known for accusations of child endangerment and being an ImmoralRealityShow. Other than some minor bruises and burns, however, there were no major issues for the most part.

* SnarkBait: The show's entire premise is pretty much asking for people to make all kinds of remarks about it. With the most common ones being that it would probably end as badly as ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies''. It doesn't help that even ''executive producer himself acknowledged to critics and implied to be part of the pitch to network executives. That there will be comparisons to said literature''. ''WebVideo/JonTron'''s video about the show is rife with snark towards it's premise.

* OvershadowedByControversy: The show is most known for accusations of child endangerment. Other than some minor bruises and burns, however, there were no major issues.

* ImmoralRealityShow: Was accused of being this, as many were concerned that the show amounted to child endangerment, or that the work the children did was illegal child labor. In hindsight, the concerns were either overblown, or the show went smoother than expected; former participants have described it as being more akin to a summer camp.

* OvershadowedByControversy: The show is most known for accusations of child endangerment. Other than some minor bruises and burns, however, there were no major issues. One former participant described it as being more like a summer camp.

* OvershadowedByControversy: The show is most known for accusations of child endangerment. Other than some minor bruises and burns, there were no major issues.

* OvershadowedByControversy: The show is most known for accusations of child endangerment.

* BestKnownForControversy: The show is most known for accusations of child endangerment.