History YMMV / MrMagoo

* QuestionableCasting: Creator/LeslieNielsen in the live-action movie, where [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously he's clearly giving it his all]] and while he looks the part, it's quite painful to see such a respected actor given such mediocre material.

* EthnicScrappy: Charlie, the house boy has stereotypes, like having [[AsianBuckTeeth buck teeth]], [[AsianSpeekeeEngrish a thick accent]], and squinty eyes. And probably, his voice sounds a little bit like [[WesternAnimation/TheDickTracyShow Joe Jitsu]] due to them having the same voice actor.

* WTHCastingAgency: Creator/LeslieNielsen in the live-action movie, where [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously he's clearly giving it his all]] and while he looks the part, it's quite painful to see such a respected actor given such mediocre material.

* NeverLiveItDown: The live-action Disney adaptation did not do the character or the cartoon's legacy any favors; drawing considerable ire was the ending disclaimer stating the film was never meant as an accurate portrayal of blind individuals, an accusation that has stayed with the character among modern viewers.

* EthnicScrappy: Charlie, the house boy has stereotypes, like having [[AsianBuckTeeth buck teeth]], [[AsianSpeekeeEngrish a thick accent]], and squinty eyes. And probably, his voice sounds a little bit like [[WesterAnimation/TheDickTracyShow Joe Jitsu]] due to them having the same voice actor.

* EthnicScrappy: Charlie, the house boy has stereotypes, like having [[AsianBuckTeeth buck teeth]], [[AsianSpeekeeEngrish a thick accent]], and squinty eyes. And probably, his voice sounds a little bit like [[WesterAnimation/DickTracy Joe Jitsu]] due to them having the same voice actor.

* EthnicScrappy: Charlie, the house boy has stereotypes, like having [[AsianBuckTeeth buck teeth]], [[AsianSpeekeEngrish a thick accent]], and squinty eyes. And probably, his voice sounds a little bit like [[WesterAnimation/TheDickTracyShow Joe Jitsu]] due to them having the same voice actor.

* UnfortunateImplications: The movie [[https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1997-12-24-1997358095-story.html was savaged by blindness advocates]], to the point where Disney was forced to pull it from theaters after a few weeks. [[https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/mr-magoo-1997 Roger Ebert]] also saw nothing funny about Mr. Magoo's portrayal.

** In universe Magoo is actually an accomplished actor despite his visual problems.

* WTHCastingAgency: Leslie Nielsen in the live-action movie, where he's clearly giving it his all and while he looks the part, it's quite painful to see such a respected actor given such mediocre material.

** In ''Mr Magoo's Christmas Carol'', there are some truly frightening scenes when the [[BadFuture Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come]] shows up, such as when Scrooge sees the undertaker, the charwoman, and the maid selling his wretched goods off to the pawnbroker with much [[KickTheDog twisted glee all around]].

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is Magoo's nephew Waldo an idiot, or is he an [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent ordinary high school or college student]] who isn't allowed to get a word in edgewise. In ''The Mr. Magoo Show'', when Waldo is cast as sidekick to scheming Prezly, the former's definitely the case. The original theatrical shorts, and especially the movie, tend toward the latter.

* UnfortunateImplications: The movie [[https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1997-12-24-1997358095-story.html was ravaged by blindness advocates]], to the point where Disney was forced to pull it from theaters after a few weeks. [[https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/mr-magoo-1997 Roger Ebert]] also saw nothing funny about Mr. Magoo's portrayal.

* UnfortunateImplications: The movie [[https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1997-12-24-1997358095-story.html was ravaged by blindness advocates]], to the point where Disney was forced to pull it from theaters after a few weeks.

* SnarkBait: Its modern day reputation as noted above has made it an easy target of this, not at all helped by the failure of the live-action adaptation that only served to reinforce the poor taste some find in the character's main schtick.
** From the live-action movie itself, the ending disclaimer that explained that the film was not meant to be an accurate representation of blindness did '''nothing''' to soothe the complaints of critics and viewers, and was thoroughly mocked by Roger Ebert in his negative review of the movie.

* NeverLiveItDown: The live-action Disney adaptation did not do the character or the cartoon's legacy any favors; drawing considerable ire was the ending disclaimer stating the film was never meant as an accurate portrayal of blind individuals, an accusation that has stayed with the character among modern viewers.

* OvershadowedByControversy: The Disney live-action adaptation, which attracted the wrath of many blindness advocacy groups who found the film to be insensitive towards those with such visual impairments. The closing disclaimer addressing this didn't convince them otherwise, and the film was eventually pulled from theaters.
* SnarkBait: Its modern day reputation as noted above has made it an easy target of this, not at all helped by the failure of the live-action adaptation that only served to reinforce the poor taste some find in the character's main schtick.
** From the live-action movie itself, the ending disclaimer that explained that the film was not meant to be an accurate representation of blindness did '''nothing''' to soothe the complaints of critics and viewers, and was thoroughly mocked by Roger Ebert in his negative review of the movie.

* FairForItsDay: Magoo blindly stumbling through the world was originally created as a comment on old-world men who were "blind to progress." Nowadays, he's simply remembered as being a cheap excuse to make blindness jokes.

* ItsPopularSoItSucks: Fans of UPA cite Magoo's popularity as the beginning of the end for the studio, the point when they transitioned from the "artisy" alternative to Disney and Warner Bros. to just another cartoon studio pumping out formulaic gag-based shorts with stock characters.

* OvershadowedByControversy: The Disney live-action adaptation, which attracted the wrath of many blindness advocacy groups who found the film to be insensitive towards those with such visual impairments. The closing disclaimer addressing this didn't convince them otherwise, and the film was eventually pulled from theaters.