History YMMV / LePetitNicolas

* [[GermansLoveHasselhoff Germans Love Le Petit Nicolas]]: Outside of its native France, the series is also beloved in Germany under the title of "Der kleine Nick", in which Nicolas is named Nick.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: The second film has a scene where an attractive female tourist removes her clothes to go skinny dipping on a hiding spot of the beach and the camera shows her naked bottom from the back, while Nicholas' father is naked too but his intimate parts are hidden behind a piece of garment. Given that it has a G rating, this explicit content wasn't supposed to be featured on such film aimed at kids. [[https://www.imdb.com/review/rw3585270/?ref_=tt_urv Even an IMDB user reviewing the film complained about this.]]

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: The second film has a scene in which an attractive female tourist, whom Nicholas' father meets, removes her clothes to go skinny dipping on a hiding spot of the beach and the camera shows her naked bottom from the back, while the latter is naked too but his intimate parts are hidden behind a piece of garment. Given that it has a G rating, this explicit content wasn't supposed to be featured on a film like this.

** Nicolas is given spankings sometimes when he misbehaves too much. Physical punishment on children is considered a big no-no in most Western societies nowadays.

** Old-fashioned names, all French without clear immigrants.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The series is so very clearly set in TheFifties in France (or perhaps early Sixties as the currency is the new franc, introduced in 1959) and adaptations don't give it a SettingUpdate. Among other thing:

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The series is so very clearly set in TheFifties in France (at most, early Sixties) and adaptations don't give it a SettingUpdate. Among other thing:

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Le Bouillon confiscates Geoffroy's roulette, telling the boys how gambling is a vice that leads to poverty and prison.

** Nicolas is given spankings sometimes when he misbehaves too much. Physical punishment on child is considered a big no-no in most Western societies nowadays.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming

* ValuesDissonance: When the school inspector visits Nicolas' class, he tries to get them to loosen up by telling a certain joke about two deaf men fishing. Today such a joke comes across as at best a bit insensitive, and probably not the kind of joke an authority figure should be telling kids!

** A conversation between Nicolas and his Father's SitcomArchNemesis Bledurt as the later is trying to start a fire after being caught in the rain: "No good, the matches are wet." "You should make a fire to dry them out." "... You are truly your father's son."

** When Nicolas is invited to Geoffroy's (the rich kid), his dad stares wide-eyed at the BigFancyHouse before quickly driving off. When Nicolas sees all Geoffroy's toys, he agrees that they're cool, but that his father has a soapbox racer in the attic that he built himself, and it's a lot cooler. The story ends with Geffroy's father calling Nicolas' to ask if he could buy the racer, Nicolas' dad says no but agrees to help him build one, glowing with joy.

* HilariousInHindsight: The series is called "Lil' Nicolas", then came a certain French president noted for his small size named Nicolas Sarkozy...

CrowningMomentOfFunny
* The kids inadvertently get their junior recess guardian to run around pretending to be an aeroplane just as the headmaster and Mr Bouillon walk by.
* In the movie, the scene where Nicolas' parents have dinner with his dad's boss.
* Both the book and the movie versions of Nicolas cleaning the house by himself.
* A conversation between Nicolas and his Father's SitcomArchNemesis Bledurt as the later is trying to start a fire after being caught in the rain: "No good, the matches are wet." "You should make a fire to dry them out." "... You are truly your father's son."

CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming
* All the kids cheering for Clotaire in the movie after he has answred correctly.