History YMMV / Nativity

** Doru in ''Nativity Rocks!''.

** Desmond Poppy in the first film. While it is treated as a sad moment when Mrs Bevan fires him and [[PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure Maddens lays into him]] with TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, every word both characters say to him is ''completely true''. Poppy, who only got the position of teaching assistant out of nepotism in the first place, is the one who blew the story about the Hollywood production company out of proportion, in addition to which he encouraged a "rumble" between ''primary school children and grown men'' (a deleted scene also depicts him defending Mr Maddens by fighting the irate father of one of his students), [[InvasionOfTheBabySnatchers kidnapped two children]] (and made Maddens take them to Hollywood with him, without telling either the head mistress or their parents), and even ''forged permission papers'', not to mention stealing farm animals. The rest of the school has every reason to be angry at his irresponsible behaviour.

* TheScrappy: The {{Manchild}} that is Desmond Poppy, for reasons outlined above.

* NightmareFuel:
** Mr Maddens' dog Cracker being KilledOffscreen, Mr Poppy confesses to have filled her up with explosives until she blew up.
** Obviously it's bloodless because it's a play but Gordon Shakespeare has his students re-enact the slaughter of innocent infants at the behest of King Herod.
* Mr. Poppy poking his head through the curtains in his Christmas star costume, can be a bit unsettling, especially with only the bright white spotlight illuminating his face.
* At one point in the actual show, all the stage lights short-circuit, plunging the stage into darkness. The children are understandably scared and start screaming until Mr. Madden's and Mr. Poppy give them candles.

** Donald Peterson in the first sequel. He has spent his whole life living in his twin brother Roderick's shadow and his father's constant DisappointedInYou attitude towards him and generally being TheUnfavourite. All this has turned him into a NervousWreck who's concerned he'll be a bad father.

** Desmond Poppy in the first film. While it is treated as a sad moment when Mrs Bevan fires him and [[PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure Maddens lays into him]] with TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, every word both characters say to him is ''completely true''. Poppy, who only got the position of teaching assistant out of nepotism in the first place, is the one who blew the story about the Hollywood production company out of proportion, in addition to which he encouraged a "rumble" between ''primary school children and grown men'' (a deleted scene also depicts him defending Mr Maddens by fighting the irate father of one of his students), [[AdultFear kidnapped two children]] (and made Maddens take them to Hollywood with him, without telling either the head mistress or their parents), and even ''forged permission papers'', not to mention stealing farm animals. The rest of the school has every reason to be angry at his irresponsible behaviour.

* {{SoBadItsHorrible}}: The 2nd sequel.

* SoBadItsHorrible: The 2nd sequel.