History YMMV / Petscop

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Rainer's PrecisionFStrike|s in one episode.

* MostAnnoyingSound: "BYE,BYE - BYE,BYE - BYE,BYE - BYE,BYE - BYE,BYE - B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B- BYE,BYE - BYE,BYE - BYE,BYE - BYE,BYE - BYE,BYE - BYE-BYE"

* MostAnnoyingSound: "BYE-BYE-BYE-BYE-BYE-BYE-BYE-BYE-BYE-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-BYE-BYE-BYE-BYE-BYE-BYE-BYE-BYE-BYE-BYE-BYE-BYE"

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: [[spoiler:The game has heavy undertones of child abuse, especially in adopted families, and the monstrosity of it. In particular, the game seems to target those who believe adopting children is the same thing as getting a pet that must obey your every command.]]

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: [[spoiler:The game has heavy undertones of child abuse, especially in adopted families, and the monstrosity of it. In particular, the game seems to target those who believe adopting children is the same thing as getting a pet that must obey your every command.]]

** [[TheWoobie Care]] is pretty loved as well.

*** It's bit complicated since the game forces Paul to do these actions. So it could be more because he has no choice in that regard, regardless of his actual will. He does seem to be creeped put by some of the creepier things in the game.

** Pen is probably the most popular character in the series, despite only appearing in one scene and not having much to do with the plot.

* DudeNotFunny: When a lot of armchair critic vloggers reviewed Petscop, they interpreted the entire series as an allegory for the real-life [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candace_Newmaker Candace Newmaker case]], and criticized Petscop for making light of such issues. In actuality, it's looking like the series is critical of adopting parents who treat children as objects, instead of as people.

* HeReallyCanAct: Despite likely creating the game himself, Paul does an excellent job of acting as just some average guy who found an unfinished game. He reacts with appropriate surprise and confusion at the game's oddities and performs some convincing trial and error for some of its more cryptic elements.

* FunnyMoments: Rainer's PrecisionFStrike|s in one episode.

* NightmareFuel:
** The Lack of sounds and sudden scare chords tend to keep people on edge. The pictures and scenes in later parts of the game are very dimly lit, low resolution, and unsettling to the point that they bring Paranoia to the viewer.
** The Quitter room is this itself, with dim lighting and another figure on the other side of the mirror with a crudely drawn face. At times, the figure can disappear and reappear, and walk in erratic motions. The Face Sprite of the Quitter and some of the faces seen in puzzles can look uncanny. Also, her loading screen image [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/petscop/images/4/49/Exiting_even_care.png/revision/latest?cb=20170413020832]]
** A case of NothingIsScarier: in episode 7, Paul encounters something, but he edits the video to censor it out. We don't see it, but Paul's voice is shaky afterwards. It gets worse in episode 9, where...something comes out of the box.
-->'''Paul:''' ''What the fuck?''
** The ending of episode 13. [[spoiler:After capturing all pets available in the plane, the game's text boxes tell Paul (or the player) to simply leave the console on and walk away. Paul goes dead quiet, and we hear nothing but shuffling and bumping. Then the screen goes dark.]]

** A debunked yet still virulent fan theory is that the series is [[http://petscop.wikia.com/wiki/Candace_Newmaker_Connection an allegory for the tragic fate of Candace Newmaker]], an adopted child who was suffocated to death in a controversial therapy practice known as "rebirthing"; the murderers, including her [[AbusiveParents abusive mother]], [[KarmaHoudini were never really punished for it]]. Though the references are now seen as allegorical stand-ins adding context to in-game people, places and items, that hasn't stopped this particular fan theory from resurfacing whenever a vlogger on Youtube (such as Game Theory) brings it back up again. Members of the Petscop subreddit tend to dismiss these people as "Game Theory kids" because of their insistence that [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer Newmaker's case is what the game is entirely about]].

* EpilepticTrees: A formerly common fan theory is that the series is [[http://petscop.wikia.com/wiki/Candace_Newmaker_Connection an allegory for the tragic fate of Candace Newmaker]], an adopted child who was suffocated to death in a controversial therapy practice known as "rebirthing"; the murderers, including her [[AbusiveParents abusive mother]], [[KarmaHoudini were never really punished for it]]. Though the references are now seen as allegorical stand-ins adding context to in-game people, places and items, that hasn't stopped this particular fan theory from resurfacing whenever a vlogger on Youtube (such as Game Theory) brings it back up again.

** In video 2, Paul finds Mike's tomb. Upon reading his epitaphy and concluding he was a child from his age upon dying, he proclaims: [[DullSurprise "...That's a dead kid. Yep."]].

* DudeNotFunny: Downplayed but invoked; a good number of the analysis videos that discuss the Candace Newmaker theory, including the one from ''WebVideo/GameTheory'' emphasize that child abuse is not something to be talked about lightly. They take care to provide ample warning and ''not'' show the video footage associated with the fatal therapy session for Candace.

* EpilepticTrees: A common fan theory is that the series is [[http://petscop.wikia.com/wiki/Candace_Newmaker_Connection an allegory for the tragic fate of Candace Newmaker]], an adopted child who was suffocated to death in a screwed-up "therapy session"; the murderers, including her [[AbusiveParents abusive mother]], [[KarmaHoudini were never really punished for it]]. The community largely sees this theory as a RedHerring (in the sense that the creator may have been inspired by it and added references to make flavour, but the events in-universe have nothing to do with it at all), but it's gotten popular again after Game Theory's video.

** A case of NothingIsScarier: in episode 9, Paul encounters something, but he edits the video to censor it out. We don't see it, but Paul's voice is shaky afterwards. It gets worse in episode 11, where...something comes out of the box.

* ScrappyMechanic: The censor bars that censor objects and scenes that seem to be important to the plot for seemingly no reason.

** Rainer's "[[PrecisionFStrike Fuck You,]] Merry Christmas." note in Petscop 11.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Paul makes a lot of VideoGameCrueltyPotential decisions regarding NLM Care, and deceiving some of the pets to catch them. Is this Paul just being a OneHundredPercentCompletion gamer, or is Paul not that nice a person?
** There is a lot of this in regards to who the characters are and what they represent. This is especially the case with "Marvin" and just who is he? Is he supposed to be another but very aggressive child or is he supposed to be an abusive father? [[spoiler:Petscop 11 makes it clear he's an adult music teacher, at least.]]
* ClicheStorm: Some detractors of the series have said that it rings of average video game Creepypasta tropes, such as it beginning with a NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer, a simple looking game turning dark and dreary, the game seemingly having some sort of mind of its own[[note]]though Paul contests that this is actually the case[[/note]], and it possibly having disturbing correlations to real life events.

* EpilepticTrees: A common fan theory is that the series is [[http://petscop.wikia.com/wiki/Candace_Newmaker_Connection an allegory for the tragic fate of Candace Newmaker]], an adopted child who was suffocated to death in a screwed-up "therapy session"; the murderers, including her [[AbusiveParents abusive mother]], [[KarmaHoudini were never really punished for it]].
** The community largely sees this theory as a RedHerring, but it's gotten popular again after Game Theory's video.

** Care A's "[[PrecisionFStrike Fuck You,]] Merry Christmas." note in Petscop 11.
* NightmareFuel: The Lack of sounds and sudden scare chords tend to keep people on edge. The pictures and scenes in later parts of the game are very dimly lit, low resolution, and unsettling to the point that they bring Paranoia to the viewer.
** The Quitter room is this itself, with dim lighting and another figure on the other side of the mirror with a crudely drawn face. At times, the figure can disappear and reappear, and walk in erratic motions.
** The Face Sprite of the Quitter and some of the faces seen in puzzles can look uncanny.
** Also her loading screen image [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/petscop/images/4/49/Exiting_even_care.png/revision/latest?cb=20170413020832]]

** There is a lot of this in regards to who the characters are and what they represent. This is especially the case with "Marvin" and just who is he? Is he supposed to be another but very aggressive child or is he supposed to be an abusive father?