History YMMV / LegendsOfTomorrow

* TastesLikeDiabetes: Sara's whole argument to allow a brainwashed Rip Hunter go free with a fragment of TheSpearOfDestiny because it's Christmas and Jax is a hero who should let the holiday spirit show him the gift of life might come across as too sugary.

** The CGI used to render Mallus' true form is [[SpecialEffectFailure less smooth]] than that of, say, Grodd, but it has the effect of making him [[UncannyValley subtly unsettling to look at]].

* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** The singing cowboy narrator.
** Lord Knoxacrillion proved to be a very popular antagonist.

** Towards the end of its run, ''Legends'' has received perhaps the most intense criticism for its RevolvingDoorCasting and replacing canonical comic book characters with original characters who get a mixed reception at best. However, many of these elements were already present in the show's early days. Ever since the first season ended, Captain Cold was killed off and Hawkman and Hawkgirl were given the shaft and replaced by Nate and Amaya in the second season. However, back then such a thing didn't receive intense scrutiny because the series was still fresh, the hawks didn't get a great audience reception to begin with, and Nate would go on to become one of the most well-loved characters on the show. Additionally, new additions to the Legends like Amaya and Zari had their comic book precedence so nobody minded back then and characters like Martin Stein and Jefferson being written off was justified since [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Stein's actor wanted to leave the show to join Broadway]]. However, as the show reached its later stages, particularly when Ray Palmer was written off against the actor's wishes, one couldn't help but notice the revolving door nature of the show and how the founding members of the Legends were being retired at an alarming rate and being replaced by [[CanonForeigner Canon Foreigners]] that the writers seem to favor above all else. By then, fan criticism towards the show's revolving-door tendencies became much more vocal.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: All throughout the show, the Legends are allowed to fix time anomalies despite creating as many problems as they fix. This wasn't such a problem in Season One (where the Time Masters flatly refused to deal with Vandal Savage because of their alliance with him) or Season Two (where the Time Masters are dead as an organization and have no replacement). By Season Three, however, the Time Bureau, for all of their years of training and experience, still regularly grab the IdiotBall and prove useless against Mallus after they arrested Rip, leaving the Legends to resume their work.

* ShockingSwerve: Hank Heywood was originally intended to be the season's Big Bad, but the writers changed their minds halfway through and gave him what was supposed to be a noble motivation for his actions. Unfortunately, it doesn't fit at all with the way he was acting in the season's first half, and no one seems to have really thought through what they came up with for what he was trying to do, which essentially makes him into the villain from ''Film/SpaceJam'' who we're still supposed to somehow like.

* ShockingSwerve: Zari goes from [[spoiler: being angry that John going off his own led to Behrad being killed to almost kissing him in the next episode, with no mention being made of her being angry at him again.]]

* ShockingSwerve: The reveal that [[spoiler:Gary was an alien all along.]] The show further takes the piss by having several characters comment that it makes perfect sense in retrospect. The crew eventually acknowledged that this was never part of any plan with him and they only got the idea while setting up this very season.

** In the episode ''Doomworld'' the brainwashed Sara snaps the alternate reality Felicity's neck after beating the crap out of her in the scene before. Considering Felicity's status as TheScrappy, more then a few fans were [[CatharsisFactor watching the scene with glee]] as opposed to the horror that was probably intended.

** In Season 3, "[[PortmanteauCoupleName Avalance]]", or Sara Lance and [[FoeYay Ava]] [[FoeRomanceSubtext Sharpe]], at least until it became canon in 3x12.

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%%Main characters can't be Ensemble Darkhorses, so no members of the Legends, please.

* RefugeInAudacity: [[spoiler: Booster Gold]] deciding to use a frozen WWI battlefield as the perfect place to golf and then stealing a German general's food and coat.

* RefugeInAudacity: [[spoiler: Booster Gold]] deciding to use a frozen WWI battlefield as the perfect place to golf and then stealing a german general's food and coat.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: After 7 seasons of fans asking where he was [[spoiler: Booster Gold at long last joins the cast of Legends of Tomorrow.]]

* {{Anvilicious}}: The season is blunt as a hammer to the head with its newfound obsession with political Aesop's. Not to mention every episode bagging on Nate for being a white guy for seemingly no reason.

*** The BarBrawl in Episode 1
*** Future Oliver Queen returning to action to fight Grant Wilson in Episode 6
*** Leonard Snart apparently killing Mick Rory in Episode 7

** Season 3: In the finale, the epic battle of Mallus vs. Beebo.
* The fun montage when Zari is stuck in a [["Groundhog Day" Loop]].

** Season 5: The "Thong Song" fight between the Legends and the Encores in the finale.
* Ray and Nate's goodbye.

** Season 3:
*** From the finale, the epic battle of Mallus vs. Beebo.

** Marc Guggenheim revealed even before the 2016 seasons of the Arrowverse began that "for the sake of my ulcer" the season's big crossover event would not involve ''Supergirl'' beyond Kara herself going to Earth-1 and joining the other teams. This means that at the time when Alex Danvers has just started accepting that she's a lesbian, she doesn't get to talk with Sara about it.

** Sara and Leonard, or [[PortmanteauCoupleName Captain Canary]] are very popular among fans, helped in no small part by the actors' [[ThrowItIn ad-libbing plenty of dialogue]] which helps their onscreen chemistry really shine. The two of them share a kiss in the 15th episode of the first season...just before Leonard sacrifices himself to stop the Time Masters by destroying the Occulus.

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* {{Anvilicious}}: Being a team primarily composed of women and people of colour stranded in the 1920's, the Legends are often operating against significant disadvantages and Nate's comparative privilege is acknowledged and exploited by the team.

* {{Anvilicious}}/SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Being a team primarily composed of women and people of colour stranded in the 1920's, the Legends are often operating against significant disadvantages and Nate's comparative privilege is acknowledged and exploited by the team. Whether this is a good or bad writing choice is debated.

* {{Anvilicious}}: The season is blunt as a hammer to the head with its newfound obsession with political Aesop's. Not to mention every episode bagging on Nate for being a white guy for seemingly no reason.

* WinTheCrowd:
** The announcement that the producers successfully persuaded Creator/MattRyan to reprise his role as Constantine on the show for a two episode arc excited a lot of fans. This even got the crew to announce that he'd be bumped up to regular for Season 4, before a renewal was even announced.
** Grodd becoming a recurring villain, after his occasional appearances on ''The Flash'' tended to leave fans wanting a lot more.