History YMMV / LollipopChainsaw

** The Dark Purveyors have built up a fairly sizeable fanbase, with Zed seeming to get the most fanart.

* MostAnnoyingSound: Whenever Juliet switches to her chainsaw blaster, she ''has'' to announce it. "Chainsaw Blaster! Chain~saw~ Blasturr~! Chainsaw Blaster. Chainsaw Blaster!"
** Nick and Juliet's exchange at the beginning of the wall-climbing minigame in the Fulchi Fun Center level starts out funny, but quickly gets really irritating as [[ThatOneLevel every time you screw up is an automatic death, there's no pattern to how the zombies drop things from the windows, and the entire box around Juliet is a hitbox]], meaning you're going to die a ''lot'' and restart the minigame from the beginning a ''lot'' and have this little conversation memorized. "I hope those dudes below aren't looking at my pink butt," indeed.

* EarWorm:
** The Chordettes' "Lollipop" strikes again in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB17PMjE-nE the reveal trailer]], and plays in-game every time you go to [=Chop2Shop.zom=].
** [[Music/TheRunaways "Cherry Bomb"]] plays over the main menu.
** Stage 4 has a lot of catchy background music, including (appropriately enough) "Pac-Man Fever" by Buckner & Garcia.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGNiXGX2nLU The popular 80's song "You Spin Me Right 'Round"]], which plays during the combine sequences in stage 3.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h-HnjaSrz8 "Riot Rhythm"]].

* ScrappyMechanic: The Chainsaw Blaster's auto targeting takes a lot of flak for jerking the camera around where ever the closest zombie is near you. This is remedied though since you can go into options menu anytime to switch to manual aim (which works way better).

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Swan]] is a student at San Romero High School who uses [[BlackMagic necromancy]] to start a ZombieApocalypse as [[DisproportionateRetribution revenge for being mistreated at school]]. A [[EmoTeen gothic]] [[LonersAreFreaks outcast]] who was cruelly bullied, Swan subverts a FreudianExcuse by ordering the zombies under his control to infect everyone in their path rather than only those who tormented him; this results in the deaths of many innocent people. He states that being rejected by [[TheProtagonist Juliet]] was what sent him over the edge, but the game's cutscenes show [[StalkerWithACrush him watching her from afar without ever speaking to her]]. This suggests that [[SelfServingMemory he's exaggerating when he accuses her of "rejecting him,"]] and had taken it as a personal offense when she started dating another guy. His ultimate plan is to use Juliet as a pawn in his ritual to summon an enormous super zombie in order to destroy [[MisanthropeSupreme what he sees as a rotten world]], all because [[EvilIsPetty he got picked on and couldn't talk to a girl he liked]].
* CrazyAwesome: Vikke, a Viking with a flying longship and a living bear head called Yumil who can summon lightning by '''drumming'''.

** And [[Music/TheRunaways Cherry Bomb]] plays over the main menu.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGNiXGX2nLU The popular 80's song You Spin Me Right 'Round]], which plays during the combine sequences in Chapter 3.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h-HnjaSrz8 Riot Rhythm]].

** Morikawa-sensei. He's a DirtyOldMan and only appears in the first stage of the game [[spoiler: since he dies at the end of said stage]], but he's a fun old guy at the same time.

** And cheerleaders. For starters, they move pretty quickly, but if you cut off any part of the body without actually killing them, they go into a handstand, and their hitbox while in the handstand is such that only low attacks work on them.

** Nick and Juliet's exchange at the beginning of the wall climbing minigame in the Fulchi Fun Center level starts out funny, but quickly gets really irritating as [[ThatOneLevel every time you screw up is an automatic death, there's no pattern to how the zombies drop things from the windows, and the entire box around Juliet is a hitbox]], meaning you're going to die a ''lot'' and restart the minigame from the beginning a ''lot'' and have this little conversation memorized. "I hope those dudes below aren't looking at my pink butt" indeed.

** Some of the mini games count too, and failing them will make you lose a life, [[SelfImposedChallenge ruining your no death run]]. The mini-game that practically everyone hates is Zombie Baseball, due to three reasons:
*** 1.) It's a glorified escort mission that involves getting Nick around the baseball diamond three times. Nick goes somewhat at a snails pace and wastes time celebrating '''EVERY TIME''' he makes it to a base.

*** 3.) If you left the auto aim on, this section pretty much becomes a LuckBasedMission. As mentioned earlier, the scrappyness is reduced somewhat since you can turn off auto aim anytime. Though many first time players did not know about manual or auto aim.
* ThatOneLevel: The wall-climbing level in chapter four certainly counts. On top of all the objects falling on you (only one of which you can actually destroy) there's also opening/closing panels that will shake you off if you're on one for too long. As if that wasn't bad enough, the objects that come falling down at ya aren't even interrupted by an opening panel where as you can't even so much as shoot through a panel. Did we mention that every time you get hit or fall off, it results in a GameOver? Not only does this mean you have to take the entire minigame from the top, but it hurts your score as well, making getting a gold ranking for this stage quite the feat. Adding on to this, since this is a minigame, Nick Tickets won't work, meaning that one screw-up also means that ''Nick can't revive you''. That image of a crossed-out Nick Ticket may as well be replaced with an image of a middle finger at that point.
** The Zombie Baseball minigame in stage two is often a sticking point for first-time players, as many won't have realized by that point that the game has an auto-aim feature, which is on by default. With that disabled, the minigame is easy; with it, it's nearly impossible. It's likely to be the first place where you die.

** The BigBad, Swan, enacted all of this because apparently he was bullied in life (with the straw apparently being because Juliet "betrayed" him by dating Nick when he never bothered to talk with her). Flash forward four years later and the ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' villain, Rowen... enacts the exact same plot for similar reasons (save the "girlfriend" angle) albeit with ghosts rather then zombies. [[spoiler: Right down to summoning a towering behemoth monster at the end of the movie. The only difference where Swan killed himself to summon Rockabilly, Rowen ''is'' the giant monster.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: Glitter and sparkles coming out of baddies killed with a chainsaw, you say? [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/8/11/ Maybe Suda reads Penny Arcade.]]

** Nick and Juliet's exchange at the beginning of the wall climbing minigame in the Fulchi Fun Center level starts out funny, but quickly gets really irritating as [[ThatOneLevel every time you screw up is an automatic death, there's no pattern to how the zombies drop things from the windows, and the entire box around Juliet is a hitbox]], meaning you're going to die a ''lot'' and restart the minigame from the beginning a ''lot'' and have this little conversation memorized. "I hope those dudes below aren't looking at my pink butt," indeed.

* HollywoodPudgy: A RunningGag is Juliet thinking she's "fat" and talking about her "fat butt", and her profile card says that her secret kink is "being told she's not fat", when really, she's actually pretty fit. Is this a straight example, or does she have body dysphoria??

* HarsherInHindsight: The exchange between Juliet and Josey with Juliet claiming that he’s making fun of Main/StephenHawking may now be a case of TooSoon after his death.

* HollywoodPudgy: A RunningGag is Juliet thinking she's "fat" and talking about her "fat butt", and her profile card says that her secret kink is "being told she's not fat", when really, she's actually pretty fit.

%%* AwesomeMusic: The boss music, created courtesy of Jimmy Urine of Music/MindlessSelfIndulgence.

* CriticalDissonance: Critics had very mixed opinions on the game. Gamers, on the other hand, generally found it to be a great game, but far too short. It also became [=Suda51=]'s most successful game, with over 700,000 copies sold worldwide as of August 2012.

* SpiritualLicensee: The game is basically Suda's take on ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy the Zombie Slayer.]]'' Juliet is essentially TheChosenOne, who alone would stand against the demons and forces of darkness, just in a less serious and more zany manner.

* ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs: What else to expect from [[Creator/Suda51 your game designer on drugs?]]
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Well, knowing Creator/Suda51 it's actually possible that it ''was'' made on drugs.

** It also act as an ''VideoGame/{{Onechanbara}}'' game too; especially if you missed out on the 2012 (UpdatedReRelease in 2013) entry, ''OneChanbara Z: Kagura'' (unless you imported). Stripperific chick(s) fighting zombies. Check. One of them is armed with a chainsaw. Check. The only difference is that ''Lollipop Chainsaw'' is a game that is, arguably, more over top, campy, and a story that takes itself even way less seriously than the ''Onechanbara'' series.

* ClippedWingAngel: Lewis starts off the battle insanely fast, with an area of invincibility from which he can launch projectiles, zombie flunkies spawning everywhere and VERY few safe chances to hit him. As he goes through his phases, however, he starts to lose his touch: he slows down, loses his barrier and his zombie flunkies, his attacks become more telegraphed (and less accurate besides), and his combos end with clear chances to swat him a good number of times before he goes on the offensive again.

* LoveItOrHateIt: By no means is the game low-quality, but some see the over-sexualization of the protagonist to be intrusive, offensive, and/or disturbing. On the other hand, those who support the game maintain that Juliet a telling satire on video-game and zombie genre conventions, and a fun one to boot. Given Creator/Suda51's previous work, the latter is very likely the intention.
** What's weird is that Juliet, for all the fanservice she provides and despite the opening cutscene, still has a lot of agency and characterization. In addition, the fanservice is barely focused on through most of the game, unless the player decides to stick her in one of the more revealing outfits.
** To back up the satire claim, Nick and his situation could be seen as an apt metaphor for female objectification in video games: He’s an accessory for Juliet, a toy for her sisters, completely powerless to do anything, treated condescendingly by pretty much everyone, and his wishes to die are ignored by Juliet because SHE loves him and doesn’t want him to change or leave her. This article covers it in more depth: http://www.destructoid.com/objectification-and-lollipop-chainsaw-229700.phtml.

* CantUnHearIt: With Creator/TaraStrong as Juliet, a lot of people have claimed to have trouble ''not'' imagining that this game stars [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Bubbles]], [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack Ashi, Princess Verbina]], [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity Harley Quinn]], [[WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents Timmy Turner]], [[WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether Princess Clara, Toot Braunstein]], or [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]] wielding a chainsaw. There's even crossover fanart.

* CantUnHearIt: With Creator/TaraStrong as Juliet, a lot of people have claimed to have trouble ''not'' imagining that this game stars [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Bubbles]], [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity Harley Quinn]], [[WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents Timmy Turner]], [[WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether Princess Clara, Toot Braunstein]], or [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]] wielding a chainsaw. There's even crossover fanart.

* CantUnHearIt: With TaraStrong as Juliet, a lot of people have claimed to have trouble ''not'' imagining that this game stars [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Bubbles]], [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity Harley Quinn]], [[WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents Timmy Turner]], [[WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether Princess Clara, Toot Braunstein]], or [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]] wielding a chainsaw. There's even crossover fanart.

* LoveItOrHateIt: By no means is the game low-quality, but some see the over-sexualization of the protagonist to be intrusive, offensive, and/or disturbing. On the other hand, those who support the game maintain that Juliet a telling satire on video-game and zombie genre conventions, and a fun one to boot. Given Suda51's previous work, the latter is very likely the intention.

* ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs: What else to expect from [[GoichiSuda your game designer on drugs?]]
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Well, knowing {{Suda 51}} it's actually possible that it ''was'' made on drugs.

%%* AwesomeMusic: The boss music, created courtesy of Jimmy Urine of MindlessSelfIndulgence.

* LoveItOrHateIt: By no means is the game low-quality, but some see the over-sexualization of the protagonist to be intrusive, offensive, and/or disturbing. On the other hand, those who support the game maintain that Juliet a telling satire on video-game and zombie genre conventions, and a fun one to boot. Given Suda51's previous work, the latter is very likely the intention. This may or may not excuse content considered to be in bad taste.
** What's weird is that Juliet, for all the fanservice she provides and despite the opening cutscene, still has a lot of agency and characterization. In addition, the fanservice is barely focused on throughout most of the game (unless, of course, the player decides to stick her in one of the more revealing outfits).
** To back up the satire claim, Nick and his situation are a great metaphor for how women are objectified in video games. He’s an accessory for Juliet, a toy for her sisters, completely powerless to do anything, treated condescendingly by pretty much everyone, and his wishes to die are ignored by Juliet because SHE loves him and doesn’t want him to change or leave her. This article covers it in more depth http://www.destructoid.com/objectification-and-lollipop-chainsaw-229700.phtml

* AwesomeMusic:
** To be expected from Music/AkiraYamaoka.
** As well as some of the licensed music.
** The boss music, created courtesy of Jimmy Urine of MindlessSelfIndulgence.

* StopHelpingMe: You don't need Nick to tell you to jump on [[FinalBoss Killabilly]]'s body when you're unable to do so while fighting him, especially when you get on him after you defeat him.

* StopHelpingMe: Rosalind commandeers a wrecking ball to help Juliet in stage 5 -- and quickly becomes a bigger threat than the zombies. Do note this is commented on in the game.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Swan]] is a [[TeensAreMonsters student at San Romero High School]] who uses [[BlackMagic necromancy]] to start a ZombieApocalypse as [[DisproportionateRetribution revenge for being mistreated at school]]. A [[EmoTeen gothic]] [[LonersAreFreaks outcast]] who was cruelly bullied, Swan subverts a FreudianExcuse by ordering the zombies under his control to infect everyone in their path rather than only those who tormented him. This results in the deaths of many innocent people, which Swan could care less about. He states that [[NotGoodWithRejection being rejected]] by Juliet, the protagonist, was what sent him over the edge, but the game's cutscenes show [[StalkerWithACrush him watching her from afar without ever speaking to her]]. This suggests that [[SelfServingMemory he's exaggerating when he accuses her of "rejecting him,"]] and [[ItsAllAboutMe had taken it as a personal offense when she started dating another guy]]. His ultimate plan is to use Juliet as a pawn in his ritual to summon an enormous super zombie in order to destroy [[MisanthropeSupreme what he sees as a rotten world]], all because [[EvilIsPetty he got picked on and couldn't talk to a girl he liked]].