History YMMV / OverlySarcasticProductions

* NeverLiveItDown: In the ''Dante's Paradiso'' video, Red lists [[UsefulNotes/ByzantineEmpire Justinian]] as an example of an obscure historical figure who nobody today really cares about, referring to him as "a guy?" and "some fifth century Roman emperor, I guess?" In reality, Justinian was extremely historically important, and is one of the few Byzantine emperors the average history student would likely be familiar with; among other things, he compiled the Corpus Juris Civilis[[note]]a comprehensive document of Roman law that massively influenced most modern legal systems; his portrait still hangs in the American Capitol building because of the impact it had on the Constitution[[/note]], survived the first outbreak of the Black Death in Europe[[note]]appropriately called either "The Justinianic Plague" or "The Plague of Justinian" depending on the source[[/note]], and ''reconquered Rome,'' making it rather bizarre that Red had no idea who he was and assumed no one else would, either. Now, whenever a video mentions Justinian, the comments are flooded with people good-naturedly making fun of Red for this.

** Fans of OSP mingle incredibly well with those of ''WebAnimation/ExtraCredits'' to the point that they crossed over on December 3, 2018. They also mingle pretty well with fans of ''WebVideo/{{Shadiversity}}'', ''WebVideo/JackRackam'', and ''WebAnimation/TerribleWritingAdvice''.

* {{Fandom Rivalry}}: With {{Podcast/EveryFrameAPause}} after the latter made an eight hour video criticizing Red for her {{Stuffed into the Fridge}} trope talk.

* {{Fandom Rivalry}}:
With {{Podcast/EveryFrameAPause}} after the latter made an eight hour video criticizing Red for her {{Stuffed into the Fridge}} trope talk.

With {{WebVideo/EveryFrameAPause}} after the latter made an eight hour video criticizing Red for her {{Stuffed into the Fridge}} trope talk.

* JerkassWoobie: Red portrays Theatre/{{Medea}} in this way; the [[OffingTheOffspring killing of her children]] is ''not'' glossed over, nor is her penchant for [[MurderIsTheBestSolution murdering anyone who she deems a problem]], but at the same time, she gave up everything for Jason. Her home, her family, her safety, ''everything'', all because she loved him and he swore an oath before the gods to love her back. And then, after years of always bailing him out of sticky situations he'd never survive on his own, she finally gets to live happily ever after with him as his wife and mother of his children... until he realizes she can't help him with his ''ultimate'' goal, becoming king. So he tosses her aside like a toy he's no longer interested in, and she's supposed to be grateful that he intends to keep her as his sidepiece. Killing her kids wasn't really ''justified'', but her utter hatred of Jason and desire to see him suffer ''absolutely'' was. The kicker is that it's Hera's fault she fell in love with Jason in the first place, since she convinced Eros to hit Medea with an arrow. Had that not happened, Medea might have fallen in love (organically) with some perfectly nice guy who ''wouldn't'' be dumb enough to cheat on his devoted MagicalGirlfriend, and she might have been able to live happily ever after. But we'll never know. Dammit, Jason!
* JustHereForGodzilla: A good chunk of the fanbase are only interested in Red's videos on mythology, famous stories, and fictional tropes. With them having little to no interest in Blue's history videos.
* LesYay:

** Dionysus also got an uptick in popularity not just for this series, but for mythology in general after Red's extremely detailed deep dive into his history in the mythos. The deep dive format itself proved popular too, as she'd later do so for Aphrodite, Hermes, TheWildHunt, Hades and Persephone (together), Loki and Apolo and Artemis (also together) as well.

** Dionysus also got an uptick in popularity not just for this series, but for mythology in general after Red's extremely detailed deep dive into his history in the mythos. The deep dive format itself proved popular too, as she'd later do so for Aphrodite, Hermes, TheWildHunt, Hades and Persephone (together), and Loki as well.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Red has an awesome singing voice, as heard with her covers of popular songs that she uses in the end credits.

** Fans of OSP mingle incredibly well with those of ''WebAnimation/ExtraCredits'' to the point that the crossed over on December 3, 2018. They also mingle pretty well with fans of ''WebVideo/{{Shadiversity}}'', ''WebVideo/JackRackam'', and ''WebAnimation/TerribleWritingAdvice''.

* JerkassWoobie: Red portrays {{Theatre/Medea}} in this way; the [[OffingTheOffspring killing of her children]] is ''not'' glossed over, nor is her penchant for [[MurderIsTheBestSolution murdering anyone who she deems a problem]], but at the same time, she gave up everything for Jason. Her home, her family, her safety, ''everything'', all because she loved him and he swore an oath before the gods to love her back. And then, after years of always bailing him out of sticky situations he'd never survive on his own, she finally gets to live happily ever after with him as his wife and mother of his children... until he realizes she can't help him with his ''ultimate'' goal, becoming king. So he tosses her aside like a toy he's no longer interested in, and she's supposed to be grateful that he intends to keep her as his sidepiece. Killing her kids wasn't really ''justified'', but her utter hatred of Jason and desire to see him suffer ''absolutely'' was. The kicker is that it's Hera's fault she fell in love with Jason in the first place, since she convinced Eros to hit Medea with an arrow. Had that not happened, Medea might have fallen in love (organically) with some perfectly nice guy who ''wouldn't'' be dumb enough to cheat on his devoted MagicalGirlfriend, and she might have been able to live happily ever after. But we'll never know. Dammit, Jason!

* NeverLiveItDown: In the ''Dante's Paradiso'' video, Red lists [[UsefulNotes/ByzantineEmpire Justinian]] as an example of an obscure historical figure who nobody today really cares about, referring to him as "a guy?" and "some fifth century Roman emperor, I guess?" In reality, Justinian was extremely historically important, and is one of the few Byzantine emperors the average history student would likely be familiar with; among other things, he compiled the Corpus Juris Civilis[[note]]a comprehensive document of Roman law that massively influenced most modern legal systems; his portrait still hangs in the American Capitol building because of the impact it had on the Constitution[[/note]], survived the first outbreak of the Black Death in Europe[[note]]appropriately called "The Justinianic Plague"[[/note]], and ''reconquered Rome,'' making it rather bizarre that Red had no idea who he was and assumed no one else would, either. Now, whenever a video mentions Justinian, the comments are flooded with people good-naturedly making fun of Red for this.

* SpiritualSuccessor: If someone were to make Website/TVTropes into a [=YouTube=] channel, it would look an awful lot like ''Trope Talk''- both are in-depth discussions of tropes, subtropes, archetypes and whatnot with plenty of wit. The site even gets referenced in some videos, and many videos are straight up titled after trope names, like "CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass" and "PlanetOfHats".
* {{Squick}}:

* BaseBreakingCharacter: In the story of "Medea", the titular character has divided the OSP fanbase. Medea got tired of Jason cheating on her and never appreciating her help, especially after he tossed her aside because [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness she couldn't help him become king]]. In response, Medea wanted vengeance on Jason, which she set out to achieve by (among other things) killing their children. To some OSP fans, Medea is a JerkassWoobie who, while not justified in OffingTheOffspring, at least had an understandable reason to be so angry, and believe that the majority of the fault should lie with Jason. To other fans, Medea ended up UnintentionallyUnsympathetic for killing children who had nothing to do with her husband's infidelity, and argue that Jason can't really be blamed for their deaths.

* HarsherInHindsight: When the "Trope Talk: Post Apocalypses" video was released in February 2019, Red comments that "the pandemic apocalypse [...] on its own doesn't really get as much airplay these days". Before the year 2019 even ends, the world has been plagued by the COVID-19 pandemic which, as of 2023, hasn't ended yet and said ending is only now visible on the horizon.
* HePannedItNowHeSucks: In their Detail Diatribe on Superman Satires, Red cited Homelander from ''Series/TheBoys2019'' as an example [[ShallowParody for satires of Superman that didn't work]]. This alone wouldn't have been much of a sticking point, except for the fact that not only did Red state she [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch didn't even watch the show or read the comic]], but she cited [[Comicbook/{{Irredeemable}} the Plutonian]] as an example of the concept done well, who many fans of The Boys consider to be very similar to Homelander in the show. This caused many fans of both OSP and The Boys to criticise the video by accusing Red's take on it to be riddled with errors. [[DearNegativeReader Her doubling down on the video]] [[https://twitter.com/OSPyoutube/status/1545625028531822593 on Twitter]] did not help matters.[[note]]Though, in a later podcast and on their twitter, both Red and Blue eventually apologized for misrepresenting the show that they did not watch.[[/note]]

** Although mostly left as subtext, and likely a consequence of Tripitaka being a DistressedDude, but the monk can often be found [[BridalCarry being carried]] by a smug looking Monkey at the end of every episode.
*** This actually has some precedent, as many adaptations or re-imaginings of Literature/JourneyToTheWest will either GenderFlip one of the two, usually Tripitaka, or keep the HoYay angle and pair them regardless.

** Red's brother has been dubbed "Magenta" by fans after his appearance in the "[=OSPlays=] Holiday Edition" video.

** Many fans of the ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' series of books and related material enjoy the Myths videos, and a new video from the series is often linked to new ideas in the fandom, and talk about the books and various details of them often appear in related myth videos. Red's discussion on the Mycenean versions of the Greek Gods notably correlates with the emergence of the growing fanon idea of Percy being the son of ''Mycenean'' Poseidon.