History YMMV / Petscop

* HeartwarmingMoment: The ending of the soundtrack, [[spoiler: after Tiara talks about after Paul was born, she couldn't wait to be his friend. Paul's response? [[TrueCompanions "Family."]]]]

** 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]], though this died down after [=MatPat=] came to the same allegorical conclusion in a sequel episode.

* 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.

** Hudson.

** The Easter 2019 chaos, with ''five'' videos uploaded that contained many lore reveals, and also showed off the censored objects.

* 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. More positive interpretations rather treat all of this as a {{Deconstruction}}.

* FountainOfMemes: Hudson.

** BYE-BYE! BY-BY-BY-BYE-BY-BY-BYE-BY-BYE-BYE!

* 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"

* WhatAnIdiot: After Paul gets run over by a car in "Petscop 22", Tiara walks on-screen and starts repeatedly gesturing to the right, prompting Paul to press Right on his controller. Paul is utterly unable to comprehend this extremely obvious instruction and repeatedly asks what the hell she wants him to do in an increasingly frustrated tone. Meanwhile, Tiara's growing frustration at Paul's stupidity is made ''very'' clear by her gestures becoming more frequent and aggressive, and judging from the comments, a large portion of the fanbase shares her frustration.

* WhatAnIdiot: After Paul gets run over by a car in "Petscop 22", Tiara walks on-screen and starts repeatedly gesturing to the right, prompting Paul to press Right on his controller. Paul is utterly unable to comprehend this extremely obvious instruction and repeatedly asks what the hell she wants him to do in an increasingly frustrated tone. Meanwhile, Tiara's growing frustration at Paul's stupidity is made ''very'' clear by her gestures becoming more frequent and aggressive, and judging from the comments, a large portion of the fanbase shares in her frustration.

* WhatanIdiot: After Paul gets run over by a car in "Petscop 22", Tiara walks on-screen and starts repeatedly gesturing to the right, prompting Paul to press Right on his controller. Paul is utterly unable to comprehend this extremely obvious instruction and repeatedly asks what the hell she wants him to do in an increasingly frustrated tone. Meanwhile, Tiara's growing frustration at Paul's stupidity is made ''very'' clear by her gestures becoming more frequent and aggressive, and judging from the comments a large portion of the fanbase shares in her frustration.

*** 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 out by some of the creepier things in the game.

** But that one actually did solve Petscop.

* MemeticMutation: "I TURNED THE RIGHT AND BECAME A SHADOW MONSTER MAN" as a form of exclamation.

** For some reason, someone pointed out coincidences with Petscop and ''Series/{{Teletubbies}}'' of all things, leading to many "Teletubbies + Petscop" jokes.

** There is a lot of this in regards to who the characters are and what they represent. This is especially the case with "Marvin," who, while clearly being [[spoiler: an AbusiveParent towards Care,]] has multiple different interpretations for his motivations. Is he trying to hide a crime he committed? Is he trying to fix a mistake he made? Or is he trying to exact revenge for some unknown offense?

* InternetBackdraft: The fanbase went ''hard'' on WebVideo/NightMind's second video on the series for many reasons, right down to many unsubscribing from him. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Leave it at that, however.]]

** In video 2, Paul finds Mike's tomb. Upon reading his epitaph and concluding he was a child born around the time that he was upon dying, Paul proclaims: [[DullSurprise "...That's a dead kid. Yep."]].
** Mike's tombstone [[UnfortunateCharacterDesign looks like a toilet.]]

** 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 suggests he's an adult music teacher, at least.]]

** Hudson has been a common source for MemeticMutation in the fanbase after his debut, despite being an InUniverse WhatCouldHaveBeen character.

** Hudson.

** For some reason, someone pointed out coincidences with Petscop and ''Series/Teletubbies'' of all things, leading to many "Teletubbies + Petscop" jokes.

** The revelation that Episode 21, whose description simply reads "The Sign," [[spoiler:[[http://www.youtubemultiplier.com/5cbce5a2ef662-petscop-21-vs-ace-of-base-the-sign.php syncs up perfectly with]] [[Music/AceOfBase Ace of Base's]] "The Sign."]]