History YMMV / PurpleMoon

** Veers into {{Some Anvils Need to be Dropped}}, especially when you remember the games were meant for middle schoolers.

* TooGoodToLast: The fandom lived on vibrantly even after the series was shut down, [[http://www.fullcirc.com/community/crink.htm prompting Mattel to keep the website open for a while afterwards]].

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: It's been mentioned that Raven (A temporary character who only appeared in the website) could have been more interesting if her fake personality actually was her genuine one. Having an influential, worldly, well-traveled transfer student who disliked cliques could have been a way to show the Whistling Pines kids that there was a whole world out there beyond middle school, and that the cliques they all were in could have been doing more harm than good. Maybe if she had been like this and stayed at Whistling Pines, the kids could have started [[CharacterDevelopment exploring new friendships and being more open to others]], eventually leading to many of the cliques dissolving. Unfortunately, Raven turned out to be a [[BitchInSheepsClothing hidden mean girl]] and ended up [[PutOnABus leaving for high school]] when everyone found out.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: It's been mentioned that Raven (A temporary character who only appeared in the website) could have been more interesting if her fake personality actually was her genuine one. Having an influential, worldly, well-traveled transfer student who disliked cliques could have been a way to show the Whistling Pines kids that there was a whole world out there beyond middle school, and that the cliques they all were in could have been doing more harm than good. Maybe if she had been like this and stayed at Whistling Pines, the kids could have started exploring new friendships and being more open to others, eventually leading to many of the cliques dissolving. Unfortunately, Raven turned out to be a [[BitchInSheepsClothing hidden mean girl]] and ended up [[PutOnABus leaving for high school]] when everyone found out.

* InNameOnly: The Creator/{{Mattel}} games, especially ''Secret Paths to Your Dreams'', which didn't even ''try'' to be a ''Secret Paths'' game.
* InternetBackdraft: Was it sexist to make games "just for girls," or is it sexist ''not'' to? This pops up in the comments whenever you see Purple Moon in an article of any sort, even today.

* {{Anvilicious}}: The detention scene in ''Rockett's Tricky Decision''. Yes, Wolf [=DuBois=] and Jasper Movado have learning disabilities and that doesn;t mean they're stupid, we get it.

* InternetBackdraft: Was it sexist to make games "just for girls", or is it sexist ''not'' to? This pops up in the comments whenever you see Purple Moon in an article of any sort, even today.
* TooGoodToLast: The fandom lived on vibrantly even after the series was shut down, [[http://www.fullcirc.com/community/crink.htm prompting Mattel to keep the website open for a while afterward]].

* InNameOnly: The Mattel games, especially ''Secret Paths to Your Dreams'', which didn't even ''try'' to be a ''Secret Paths'' game.

* TooGoodToLast: The fandom lived on vibrantly even after the series was shut down, [[http://www.fullcirc.com/community/crink.htm prompting Mattel to keep the website open for a while afterward]].

* InNameOnly: The Mattel games, especially ''Secret Paths to Your Dreams'', which didn't even ''try'' to be a ''Secret Paths'' game.