History YMMV / Monopoly

* ShallowParody: ''Monopoly Socialism'' changes up the game in some creative ways, but the presentation combined [[DirtyCommunists a Cold War-appropriate view of socialist ideals]] with general digs at liberal mindsets like desires for greener technology and organic food, creating such an obvious strawman in the process that enraged consumers enough for Hasbro to eventually pull the game from sale. A Twitter user [[https://twitter.com/nick_kapur/status/1164233656799506433 explains]].

* WereStillRelevantDammit: The ''For Millennials'' edition was mocked hard for this. If Mr. Monopoly wearing sunglasses, taking a selfie on his phone, drinking from a plastic coffee cup, and listening to music through earbuds didn't give this away, then the 2 tokens being a "Tears of Joy" Emoji and Hastag and all the properties and cards being themed after Millennial stereotypes should.

* WereStillRelevantDammit: The ''For Millennials'' edition was mocked hard for this. If Mr. Monopoly wearing sunglasses, taking a selfie on his phone, drinking from a plastic coffee cup, and listening to music through earbuds didn't give this away, then the 2 tokens being a "Tears of Joy" Emoji and Hastag should.

* WereStillRelevantDammit: The ''For Millennials'' edition was mocked hard for this. If Mr. Monopoly wearing sunglasses and taking a selfie with his phone didn't give it away, then the 2 tokens being a "Tears of Joy" Emoji and Hastag should.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The major changes that have happened since the TurnOfTheMillennium saw that kind of reaction from a lot of long-time players. Those include the major graphical redesign in 2008 that ditched the hand-drawn Mr. Monopoly in favor of a [[UncannyValley creepy-looking]] CGI rendition among other changes, particularly to the North American edition [[note]](the cheapest properties changed color from purple to brown, the GO letters became black instead of red, the 10% option on Income Tax was removed and Luxury Tax was upped from $75 to $100; to be fair, all those changes were done to put the North American version in line with the UK and European versions, who had the brown group, black GO, no 10% tax and the £100 Super Tax from the start)[[/note]], the replacement of the iron token with the cat in 2013 and the replacement of the boot, thimble and wheelbarrow tokens with the T-rex, rubber duck and penguin in 2017.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The major changes that have happened since the TurnOfTheMillennium saw that kind of reaction from a lot of long-time players. Those include the major graphical redesign in 2008 that ditched the hand-drawn Mr. Monopoly in favor of a [[UncannyValley creepy-looking]] CGI rendition among other changes, particularly to the North American edition [[note]](the cheapest properties changed color from purple to brown, the GO letters became black instead of red, the 10% option on Income Tax was removed and Luxury Tax was upped from $75 to $100; to be fair, all those changes were done to put the North American version in line with the UK and European versions, who had the brown group, black GO, no 10% tax and the £100 Super Tax from the start)[[/note]], the replacement of the iron token with the cat in 2013 and the replacement of the boot, thimble and wheelbarrow tokens with the T-rex, rubber

* FollowTheLeader: Easy Money by Milton Bradley. Officially, both games are based on an older game called The Landlord's Game, but Easy Money was released as a direct response to Monopoly's success. Continues to be published, under license, by a third party company.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The major changes that have happened since the TurnOfTheMillennium saw that kind of reaction from a lot of long-time players. Those include the major graphical redesign in 2008 that ditched the hand-drawn Mr. Monopoly in favor of a [[UncannyValley creepy-looking]] CGI rendition among other changes, particularly to the North American edition [[note]](the cheapest properties changed color from purple to brown, the GO letters became black instead of red, the 10% option on Income Tax was removed and Luxury Tax was upped from $75 to $100; to be fair, all those changes were done to put the North American version in line with the UK and European versions, who had the brown group, black GO, no 10% tax and the £100 Super Tax from the start)[[/note]], the replacement of the iron token with the cat in 2013 and the replacement of the boot, thimble and wheelbarrow tokens with the T-rex, rubber duck and penguin in 2017.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: The main reason behind the creation of the "Electronic Banking" editions of the game, which replace the now-iconic paper monopoly money with four debit cards and a card reader. Because who uses ''cash'' these days?
** Well, that and when a version decides to scale the game up to modern standards, spends millions, in cash, on skyscrapers or corporate mergers makes little sense.
** Hasbro would even go on to reuse the same tech and the "Electronic Banking" moniker for a new version of ''The TabletopGame/GameOfLife''. [[RunningGag Because who uses cash anymore?]]

** Taken UpToEleven by "Monopoly: Longest Game Ever", which features '''66''' property squares[[labelnote:*]] but only 22 ''properties''; buying one makes you the owner of all three squares it represents[[/labelnote]] and only one die, meaning players crawl around the board at a snail's pace. The game only ends when one player owns every property on the board, and even going ''bankrupt'' doesn't get you out of the game.

* EarWorm: That jazzy theme song.

** Cropping the box-art to have the Monopoly Man point at the letters "NO", and use it as a reaction image.

* MisBlamed: Monopoly's infamous reputation for being a overly long game is usually caused by HouseRules, the two biggest ones being No Auctions and the Free Parking Jackpot. Games can still be tedious without these, it's not as well-balanced as modern tabletop games, and the fun of trading is only as fun as the people you're playing with, but those two house rules are still responsible for more of the grief than many rants will let on.

** "You won second prize in a beauty contest. Collect $11."

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The major changes that have happened since the TurnOfTheMillennium saw that kind of reaction from a lot of long-time players. Those include the major graphical redesign in 2008 that ditched the hand-drawn Mr. Monopoly in favor of a [[UncannyValley creepy-looking]] CGI rendition among other changes, particularly to the North American edition [[note]](the cheapest properties changed color from purple to brown, the GO letters became black instead of red, the 10% option on Income Tax was removed and Luxury Tax was upped from $75 to $100; to be fair, all those changes were done to put the North American version in line with the UK and European versions, who had the brown group, black GO, no 10% tax and the £100 Super Tax from the start)[[/note]], the replacement of the iron token with the cat in 2013 and the replacement of the boot, thimble and wheelbarrow tokens with the T-rex, rubber duck and penguin.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A lot of long-time players were not happy with the 2017 update of the game that retired the classic boot, thimble, and wheelbarrow tokens with the more arbitrary T-rex, rubber duck, and penguin. The previous retirement of the iron in favor of the cat in 2013 saw similar reactions.

** Passing up two experienced hosts of the genre ([[Series/DoubleDare1986 Marc Summers]] and [[Series/PressYourLuck Peter Tomarken]]) for a former ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' contestant who had no TV experience?

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Since it's been the best-known and most commonly played commercial board game in the Western world for nearly eight decades, it's probably not too surprising that a lot of folks have become a little sick of ''Monopoly'' by now. Check in at [[http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1406/monopoly BoardGameGeek.com]] sometime to peruse the litany of complaints that many folks have with the game.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A lot of long-time players were not happy with the 2017 update of the game that retired the classic boot, thimble, and wheelbarrow tokens with the more arbitrary T-rex, rubber duck, and penguin.

** "Do not pass Go, do not collect $200."
** GetOutOfJailFreeCard
** You won second prize in a beauty contest.

* EndingFatigue: The game has a reputation for being almost endless, but extremely long games are usually the result of HouseRules. Oddly enough it's this same reason which is why no one really understands why "free parking" is called that. Once the properties are all bought up, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin it's somewhere you can land that is free]].

** Not to mention having a little person as a living token in the pilot.

* BrokenBase: For many people, it's the first thing that comes to their minds when challenged to play a board game. For others, ''(in particular, more seasoned board gamers)'', it's a tedious, rage-inducing game tainted by house rules that gave the entire genre a bad name by causing people to think that all board games are long and boring.