History YMMV / Predator

* EvilIsCool: Given its bizarre weapons and technology and the unique design from StanWinston, the Predator inevitably fell to this.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Given that StanWinston was involved with the special effects, the Predator suits and cloaking device still look amazing years after they left theaters.

* {{Sequelitis}}: A good portion of critics and some fans consider this the case with Predator 2 and Predators, although to a much smaller degree with the latter.

* RootingForTheEmpire: Possibly invoked, as most of the humans are inefficient or weak in comparison to the Predator, especially in Predator 2 and Predators where most of the Predator's victims are unsympathetic drug lords, criminal scum or heartless soldiers.

** Back in its time, the film itself was considered shocking as it broke the action movie mold by having Arnie and his friends defeated by a stealthy being that used its brain and deception to defeat them. Nowadays its common practice for action movies such as ''Film/Die Hard'' have their protagonists rely on their brains instead of heavy firepower and shooting stuff.

* EvilIsCool: Given its bizarre weapons and technology and the unique design form Creator/StanWinston, the Predator inevitably fell to this.

* AwesomeMusic: Creator/AlanSilvestri's primal score.

* NightmareFuel: [[NightmareFuel/{{Predator}} Has its own page]].

* Sequelitis: A good portion of critics and some fans consider this the case with Predator 2 and Predators, although to a much smaller degree with the latter.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Blain and Mac.
* FreudWasRight:
** Harrigan calls the Predator "pussyface", noting the obvious resemblance.

--> '''Dutch''': "You're one ugly motherfucker."

** A smaller example: After ''KONY 2012'' came out, {{Trolls}} on Facebook and the like started posting pictures of Dillon (who - with his mustache and outfit - looks a lot like Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony, the target of ''KONY 2012'') saying nothing but variations of "This guy's awesome", to see how many people they could rile up. [[http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/people-who-think-carl-weathers-is-joseph-kony It worked.]]

* NightmareFuel:
** The world as seen through the Predator's heat vision. Also the distorted recordings of Billy's laugh and Mac's voice ("Over here", "turn around", "anytime")
** The part where Dillion looks around the jungle after hearing "anytime" and the Predator's cackles. As he looks around (we see from his point of view), you can clearly see him standing on the branch which [[DoubleTake Dillion went pass it before looking back again]].
** The Killers over in the comics, take a Predator and remove all forms of honor like not killing those that can't fight back and limiting their tech to make things even, they also use Aliens as hunting dogs.
** In a strange real life example, according to P.W. Singer's ''Wired for War'' during the 2004 battles for Fallujah the U.S military set up a system to broadcast the Predator's laugh throughout the city in an effort to intimidate the insurgents. It worked so well that a ''marine scout team'' had to request it be turned off because it was freaking them out.
** The Predator in general. In can camouflage itself and making itself near invisible (unless water comes into play), can mimic human voices to lure victims, collects human skulls and spines as trophies, etc.
** "Want some candy?"

** Blain calls his minigun "Painless", an obvious phallic reference.

* AwesomeMusic: AlanSilvestri's primal score.

** The part where Dillion looks around the jungle after hearing "anytime" and the Predator's cackles. As he looks around (we see from his point of view), you can clearly see him standing on the branch.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Blain and Mac.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: A camouflaged biped uses endurance, superior tech and stalking to kill targets, not for food but sport.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel:
** The world as seen through the Predator's heat vision. Also the distorted recordings of Billy's laugh and Mac's voice ("Over here", "turn around", "anytime")
** The part where Dillion looks around the jungle after hearing "anytime" and the Predator's cackles. As he looks around (we see from his point of view), you can clearly see him standing on the branch.
** The Killers over in the comics, take a Predator and remove all forms of honor like not killing those that can't fight back and limiting their tech to make things even, they also use Aliens as hunting dogs.
** In a strange real life example, according to P.W. Singer's ''Wired for War'' during the 2004 battles for Fallujah the U.S military set up a system to broadcast the Predator's laugh throughout the city in an effort to intimidate the insurgents. It worked so well that a ''marine scout team'' had to request it be turned off because it was freaking them out.
** The Predator in general. In can camouflage itself and making itself near invisible (unless water comes into play), can mimic human voices to lure victims, collects human skulls and spines as trophies, etc.

* NightmareFuel: "Want some candy?"

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: A camoflouged biped uses endurance, superior tech and stalking to kill targets, not for food but sport.

* CriticalDissonance: Although the first ''Predator'' film is now remembered fondly as a classic sci-fi action movie, upon its release it was the target of a scathing review from Roger Ebert who, among other things, accused the film of being racist because the Predator's "hair" resembles dreadlocks.
* MemeticMutation: Some of the one-liners are downright ''legendary''.
--> '''Blain''': Bunch of slack-jawed faggots around here, this stuff'll make you a Goddamn sexual Tyrannosaurus - just like me!
--> '''Blain''': "I ain't got time to bleed."
--> '''Hawkins''': "... it was 'cause of the echo."
--> '''Dutch''': "If it bleeds, we can kill it."
--> '''Mac''': "OH BABY, OH BABY, I'M GONNA HAVE ME SOME FUN, I'M GONNA HAVE ME SOME FUN, I'M GONNA HAVE ME SOME FUN...."
--> '''Dutch''': "Ruuuuun! Goooooo! Get to da choppa!"
--> '''Dutch''': "You're one ugly motherfucker."

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: a camoflouged biped uses endurance, superior tech and stalking to kill targets, not for food but sport.