History YMMV / ReBootTheGuardianCode

* BileFascination: The main purpose to those who will watch this show.

* FanonDiscontinuity: Pretty much every fan is writing off ''Guardian Code'' due to its heavy departure from the original show.

* ToughActToFollow: It's generally agreed that while the show isn't good, it wouldn't have achieved the same level of scorn and disgust that it received had it not been saddled with the massive expectations that came with being associated with the ''Reboot'' brand.

** To ''[=MP4orce=]'', Michael Hefferson's previous passion project with a similar concept of a group of kids being transported to the web to fight viruses. The similarities between the two were so pronounced fans accused Hefferson of derailing the project to make it into an ''[=MP4orce=]'' sequel.

* SpiritualSuccessor: The updated plot and setting have made the series uncannily similar to ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' and its live-action sequel ''Series/CodeLyokoEvolution'', minus the boarding school and instead using an active human antagonist.

** The first Netflix "season" of ''The Guardian Code'', which comprises the first ten episodes of the full twenty-episode season. [[spoiler: Although Megabyte is a main villain, every other returning character is stuffed into the last episode and returned to their original 1994 configuration, implying Mainframe has been literally rebooted and the four original seasons have been undone. Hex's redemption and sacrifice, Matrix & [=AndrAIa=], Megabyte becoming a Trojan horse and hijacking the principal office; all these major plot points[=/=]character arcs are dropped.]]

* CanonDefilement: Any fans that remained of the original series were quick to cry foul when [[spoiler:Megabyte defeated Hexadecimal in a flat out fight]], as the entire point of the conflict between them is Megabyte could ''not'' win [[spoiler:a fight against his vastly more powerful (but less sane) sister]] and had to resort to convincing her to help or exploiting her when she was weakened by other occurrences.

** Some fans of the original feel this way about the idea of a hacker BigBad, which could be a legitimately dangerous or interesting for the Mainframe to face... And it's completely wasted on a ClicheStorm that might as well have nothing to do with the original series.
** Hell, the idea that us Users have become aware of the beings living inside our computers has so much potential in itself-- especially when we would learn that we've been inadvertently ''killing'' the residents simply by playing games for fun.

* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: As mentioned above, Timothy E. Brummund's spot-on performance of Megabyte is commonly cited as one of the show's few saving graces.

* TheScrappy: While most of the human characters are rather divisive, people seem to generally hate the Sourcerer, primarily for being the main villain over Megabyte, but also because his reasons for being evil are [[GenericDoomsdayVillain vague to almost non-existent]].
** The User in "Mainframe Mania" received more than his own fair share of scorn as a result of being little more than a poorly disguised TakeThatAudience taken too far. The MindScrew nature of his basement also featuring merchandise ''from'' the original series didn't exactly help quell matters all that much. Even worse when you take into account the actor is one of the ''writers from the original series'' who wrote the last two episodes of [=ReBoot=] season 2, and was completely okay with this.

* CanonDefilement: Any fans that remained of the original series were quick to cry foul when [[spoiler:Megabyte defeated Hexadecimal in a flat out fight]], as the entire point of the conflict between them is Megabyte could ''not'' win [[spoiler:a fight against his vastly more powerful (but less sane) sister]] and had to resort to convincing [[spoiler:her]] to help or exploiting [[spoiler:her]] when she was weakened by other occurrences.

* JustHereForGodzilla: Due to his fairly faithful characterization and Timothy Brummond doing an admirable Creator/TonyJay impression, some people watch the show primarily for Megabyte. [[spoiler:Hexadecimal's presence also perked some people up]].

* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: As mentioned above, Timothy E. Brummond's spot-on performance of Megabyte is commonly cited as one of the show's few saving graces.

* JustHereForGodzilla: Due to his fairly faithful characterization and Timothy Brummand doing an admirable Creator/TonyJay impression, some people watch the show primarily for Megabyte. [[spoiler:Hexadecimal's presence also perked some people up]].

* SpiritualAdaptation: The updated plot and setting have made the series uncannily similar to ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' and its live-action sequel ''Series/CodeLyokoEvolution'', minus the boarding school and instead using an active human antagonist.

* UncannyValley: V.E.R.A. once she gains a human body. Being a computer program, her attempts to act human are ''very'' off.

* SoOkayItsAverage: At least to non-fans who know little of the original series. The show is generally considered to be [[ClicheStorm another by the numbers]] Power Rangers-esque teen action show that does little to stand out, with even it’s very premise being done several times before. (see above) Indeed, it is a common agreement that if it didn’t have “Reboot” to it’s name, the show would not have achieved the level of scorn it has received.

* SoOkayItsAverage: At least to non-fans who know little of the original series. The show is generally considered to be [ClicheStorm another by the numbers]] Power Rangers-esque teen action show that does little to stand out, with even it’s very premise being done several times before. (see above) Indeed, it is a common agreement that if it didn’t have “Reboot” to it’s name, the show would not have achieved the level of scorn it has received.

* SoOkayItsAverage: At least to non-fans of the original series, The show is generally considered to be just another Power Ranger-esque teen action show that does little to stand out, with even it’s very premise being done before. (see above) Indeed, it is a common agreement that if it didn’t have “Reboot” to it’s name, the show would not have received the level of scorn it has received.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: At one point in one episode, the Sourceror picks up and eats a worm crawling along his desk. He's never shown doing anything similar at any other point in the series, and it doesn't offer any insight into his character, so one wonders why the show thought we needed to see that except to just be gross.

* NarrowedItDownToTheGuyIRecognize: Yes, ''Guardian Code'', we '''totally believe''' you hired perennial ''Series/TheXFiles'' creep Nicholas Lea just to play the love interest of the main character's mother.

%%** The User in "Mainframe Mania" received more than his own fair share of scorn as a result of being little more than a poorly disguised TakeThatAudience taken too far. The MindScrew nature of his basement also featuring merchandise ''from'' the original series didn't exactly help quell matters all that much.

* CanonDefilement: Any fans that remained of the original series were quick to cry foul when [[spoiler:Megabyte defeated Hexadecimal in a flat out fight]], as the entire point of the conflict between them is Megabyte could ''not'' win a fight against his vastly more powerful (but less sane) sister and had to resort to convincing her to help or exploiting her when she was weakened by other occurrences.

%%** The User in "Mainframe Mania" received more than his own fair share of scorn as a result of being little more than a poorly disguised TakeThat to the fanbase taken too far. The MindScrew nature of his basement also featuring merchandise ''from'' the original series didn't exactly help quell matters all that much.

* InternetBackdraft:
** It's safe to say that the trailer for ''Guardian Code'' generated [[RealityWarper Hexadecimal]]-level chaos in the fandom, having a massively unfavorable like-to-dislike ratio and plentiful comments reacting in a negative manner to the various changes ''Guardian Code'' takes on.
** While some of the complaints (including the fact that it seemed to be a retread of other "humans with powers in cyberspace" shows) could be mitigated by the fact that it was a sequel produced long after the original series, the final episode of the first "season" splintered the fanbase with a litany of reveals that appeared to have been done just to see how far the fanbase could be tested:
*** It's revealed that Bob, Enzo, Dot and Hexadecimal are all present in the rebooted Mainframe -- except they have been set to their appearances from the beginning of the original cartoon, with all the development that happened during the four seasons (which included [[spoiler:Hexadecimal's HeelFaceTurn and subsequent death]], along with Enzo and [=AndrAIa=] surfing the Net to return to the devastated Mainframe) all being rendered undone. Looks like the Norton Ghost image hasn't been updated in ''decades''.
*** Additionally, the original characters' personalities are greatly changed, even from their stock characterizations in the cartoon pilot. Contrary to her role as the resident ActionGirl in the cartoon, Dot ''hides behind her kid brother'' when Megabyte threatens the group.
*** The show reveals a fanboy who is implied to be the original User who played the Games during all four season of the original series. Yet, the character is presented as a [[BasementDweller basement-dwelling]] disheveled middle-aged man who is obsessed with the series, to the point that he drops everything he's doing to boot up an old computer game once he realizes Mainframe has been rebooted. Additionally, the character is portrayed as a [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption chronic loser]] who has never won a Game (never mind that the User did exactly that in the ''first episode of the original series'', as well as several times through seasons 3 and 4, including causing a DisneyDeath for Enzo as a result of winning one such game), and appears to exist solely to level [[TakeThatAudience cheap shots at fans of the original series]]. Ironically, the character is played by the writer of the episode itself, which could mean he actually ''chose'' to make his own character look like a fool to the audience. ThisLoserIsYou, or SelfDeprecation? You decide. ...At least if ''they'' won't.

*** The show reveals a fanboy who is implied to be the original User who played the Games during all four season of the original series. Yet, the character is presented as a [[BasementDweller basement-dwelling]] disheveled middle-aged man who is obsessed with the series, to the point that he drops everything he's doing to boot up an old computer game once he realizes Mainframe has been rebooted. Additionally, the character is portrayed as a [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption chronic loser]] who has never won a Game (never mind that the User did exactly that in the ''first episode of the original series'', as well as several times through seasons 3 and 4, including causing a DisneyDeath for Enzo as a result of winning one such game), and appears to exist solely to level [[TakeThatAudience cheap shots at fans of the original series]]. Ironically, the character is played by the writer of the episode itself, which could mean he actually ''chose'' to make his own character look like a fool to the audience. ThisLoserIsYou, or SelfDeprecation? You decide. ...Well, if they won't.

*** The show reveals a fanboy who is implied to be the original User who played the Games during all four season of the original series. Yet, the character is presented as a [[BasementDweller basement-dwelling]] disheveled middle-aged man who is obsessed with the series, to the point that he drops everything he's doing to boot up an old computer game once he realizes Mainframe has been rebooted. Additionally, the character is portrayed as a [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption chronic loser]] who has never won a Game (never mind that the User did exactly that in the ''first episode of the original series'', as well as several times through seasons 3 and 4, including causing a DisneyDeath for Enzo as a result of winning one such game), and appears to exist solely to level [[TakeThatAudience cheap shots at fans of the original series]]. Ironically, the character is played by the writer of the episode itself, which could mean he actually ''chose'' to make his own character look like a fool to the audience. TheLoserIsYou, or SelfDeprecation? You decide.

*** The show reveals a fanboy who is implied to be the original User who played the Games during all four season of the original series. Yet, the character is presented as a [[BasementDweller basement-dwelling]] disheveled middle-aged man who is obsessed with the series, to the point that he drops everything he's doing to boot up an old computer game once he realizes Mainframe has been rebooted. Additionally, the character is portrayed as a [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption chronic loser]] who has never won a Game (never mind that the User did exactly that in the ''first episode of the original series'', as well as several times through seasons 3 and 4, including causing a DisneyDeath for Enzo as a result of winning one such game), and appears to exist solely to level [[TakeThatAudience cheap shots at fans of the original series]].