History YMMV / LollipopChainsaw

* ThatOneLevel: The wall-climbing level in stage 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 you aren't interrupted by an opening panel, and you can't even shoot through a panel either. 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 a middle finger at that point.

*** 2.) Nick is pretty much a GlassCannon and can only take about 4 or 5 hits at most.

*** Zombie Baseball is often a sticking point for first-time players, as many won't have realized by this point that the game has an auto-aim feature, which is on by default. With it disabled, the minigame is fairly easy; with it on, it's nearly impossible. It's likely to be the first place where you die.

* AngstWhatAngst: It's pretty much a RunningGag how almost no one in the main cast takes the ongoing ZombieApocalypse seriously. Juliet in partciluar is weirdly chill with the fact that all of her classmates, including her beloved cheersquad, have been turned into undead abominations who she is forced to MercyKill. While Nick treats the situation a little more seriously, even he doesn't really seem to grasp how much of a massacre the rotting of San Romero High is.

* BreatherBoss: Compared to the other Dark Purveyors, the battle against Josey is the least chaotic and he only has 2 phases (the others get 3 at least). Josey is also fought after Mariska (who utilizes a claustrophobic battle against Juliet) and before Lewis Legend (who has 8 phases and is the last of the Purveyors). That said, you do have to race against the clock during his second phase, which can quickly become stressful.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The boss themes for the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Dark Purveyors]] are often praised by fans. Considering that Jimmy Urine of Music/MindlessSelfIndulgence worked on the soundtrack, this isn't very surprising.

* BreatherBoss: Compared to the other Dark Purveyors, the battle against Josey is the least chaotic and he only has 2 phases (the others get 3 at least). Josey is also fought after Mariska (who utilizes a claustrophobic battle against Juliet) and before Lewis Legend (who has 8 phases and is the last of the Purveyors).
** That said, you do have to race against the clock during his second phase, which can quickly become stressful.

* ComplacentGamingSyndrome: One you unlock the Holy Chainsaw combo, you won't use much else.

* GoddamnedBats: The flying zombies.
** The cheerleader zombies. 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.

* HarsherInHindsight: The exchange between Juliet and Josey with Juliet claiming that he’s making fun of UsefulNotes/StephenHawking may now be a case of "too soon" after his death.
* 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.]]
*** And now VideoGame/DOOMEternal ''also'' has rainbows coming out of monsters killed with a chainsaw.
** 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 Killabilly, Rowen ''is'' the giant monster.]]

* SpiritualLicensee: The game is basically Grasshopper'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.

* ScrappyMechanic: The Chainsaw Blaster's auto targeting takes a lot of flak for jerking the camera around to wherever the closest zombie is near you. This can be mitigated, though, if you go into the options menu and switch to manual aim (which works way better).

* ThatOneLevel: The wall-climbing level in stage 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 you aren't interrupted by an opening panel, and you can't even shoot through a panel either. 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 also hurts your score, 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 a middle finger at that point.
* {{Woolseyism}}: Quite a bit of it, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkF9pHfFg88&feature=g-u-u as can be attested to by]] [[WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay Matt.]]

* 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 Grasshopper's most successful game, eventually selling over a million copies.

* DirectorDisplacement: Non-gamers think that Creator/JamesGunn directed the game rather than just wrote it.

* {{Woolseyism}}: Quite a bit of it, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkF9pHfFg88&feature=g-u-u as can be attested to by]] [[WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay Matt.]]

* BreatherBoss: Compared to the other Dark Purveyors, the battle against Josey is the least chaotic and he only has 2 phases (the others get 3 at least). Josey is also fought after Mariska (who utilizes a claustrophobic battle against Juliet) and before Lewis Legend (who has 8 phases and is the last of the Purveyors). That said, you do have to race against the clock during his second phase, which can quickly become stressful.

* BreatherBoss: Compared to the other Dark Purveyors, the battle against Josey is the least chaotic and he only has 2 phases (the others get 3 at least). Josey is also fought after Mariska (who utilizes a claustrophobic battle against Juliet) and before Lewis Legend (who has 8 phases and is the last of the Purveyors).

* BreatherBoss: Compared to the other Dark Purveyors, the battle against Josey is the least chaotic and he only has 2 phases in the battle (the others get 3 at the least). Josey was also fought after Mariska (who utilized a claustrophobic battle against Juliet) and fought before Lewis Legend (who has 8 phases and is the last of the Purveyors).

*** 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.

* 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]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Rikku]], [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Raven]], or [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]] wielding a chainsaw. There's even crossover fanart.

** Out of Juliet's family, Rosalind often gets the most focus (besides Juliet herself), likely due to her being even quirkier than our protagonist and her driving (lack of) skill bordering on CrazyAwesome.

* 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 [[PlayerCharacter Juliet Starling]] 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'''.

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

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

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The boss themes for the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Dark Purveyors]] is often praised by fans. Considering that Jimmy Urine of Music/MindlessSelfIndulgence worked on the soundtrack, this isn't very surprising.

* ThatOneLevel: The wall-climbing level in stage 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 you aren't even interrupted by an opening panel, whereas 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 also hurts your score, 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.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: When the game was released, Juliet was criticized for being a sexualized female lead and the creators were accused of sexism. In an interview with Destructoid, James Gunn addressed these criticisms and made a logical and rational argument in response. His argument was that sex positivity is often confused for sexism and the two can intertwine without anyone realizing it. How a woman dresses, be it conservatively, provocatively, or anywhere in between isn't sexist or demeaning to women. How a person acts or responds to a situation is what's important. Trying to make a character [[FlawlessToken as empowering and inoffensive as possible]] is just as sexist since you're still objectifying a person for selfish reasons.
--> "Well, listen, like it or not we are, actually, all objects," he responded. "Our physical forms -- and the idealized forms of those physical forms we find in pop culture -- are something most of us find appealing, whether it's Juliet's butt or Batman's ripped abs. Lollipop Chainsaw is titillating, for sure. A lot of that is just because Lollipop Chainsaw took an everything-and-the-kitchen-sink approach -- it's utterly shameless in that regard. And there's a lot of grindhouse and Russ Myer in LC -- a fun, floppy, over-the-top sexuality that plays with those old forms but is self–aware of them the entire time. But I think it's important people don't confuse sexuality with sexism. There is nothing in the game, ever, that makes females somehow less than males. To be honest, I think a lot of the criticisms of LC's 'sexism' are really coming from a place where the secret message is sex is bad, sexual attraction is bad, lust is bad. I was raised Catholic: I get it. Yes, Juliet Starling is hot as hell. And, yes, that probably helps to sell copies of the game. But my question is, so what? How in the world does that convey that women are less than men?"

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: When the game was released, Juliet was criticized for being a sexualized female lead and the creators were accused of sexism. In an interview with Destructoid, James Gunn addressed these criticisms and made a logical and rational argument in response. His argument was that how women are present themselves in public has no relevance or bearing on the stereotype of how women are seen as inferior to men. He also says how it's sexist to portray women as [[FlawlessToken characters who neither struggle nor have any personal flaws]], as [[PositiveDiscrimination it is still objectifying women for personal gain]]. Sexism is sexism, regardless of the justifications.

* AnnoyingVideoGameHelper: 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.

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

* 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]].

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

* FashionVictimVillain: Josey's outfit is not so much a statement as it is a haphazard collage of ideas. His head looks like it belongs on [[BorrowinSamedi Baron Samedi]] (including a massive top-hat with skulls on it), he wears a garishly pink fur-coat with hands full of bling, comically large high heeled boots and a ''diaper''.