History YMMV / RocketPower

* FridgeHorror: "Typhoid Sam" implies that Sam was a TyphoidMary, having somewhat of an immunity to the Fiji Flu because of his immune system - or that someone else they played with gave it to the players. Given that the qualifying match for the roller hockey tournament was won ''mostly'' by the other players getting sick, how are we to know that Eddie, Trish, and Sherry didn't get it afterwards?

* SnarkBait: For any actual skateboarders (or hell, pretty much anyone who grew up in the late 90s-early 2000s), mostly due it representing the height of the late 90s [[TotallyRadical "xtreme revolution"]], the massive amounts of Narm that inherently comes with that, and [[MemeticMutation the squid totally beefing it.]]

* ValuesDissonance: "A Rocket Power Christmas" has Reggie admitting she's willing to accommodate a vegetarian diet for a dog in an offhand comment. Nowadays feeding your dog a vegetarian or vegan diet is flat out abuse, and those who attempt it are considered either [[TooDumbToLive morons]] or [[{{Jerkass}} monsters]]. Even at the time the show was made, this was considered a bad idea.

** Really, anytime one of the kids, usually Otto and Twister, finding themselves in Life Threatening situations and it happened very often. From Snowboarding down a dangerous slope that broke Otto's leg, trying to explore down a restricted forest during and nearly freezing to death in a blizzard. Their closest encounter to death is when they went to get Twister's camera during the eye of a Hurricane and only through luck that parents found them in time before they drowned; seriously, when there's a natural disaster going on, you get to the nearest shelter, and ''stay the hell there'' because losing your life is not worth your material possessions, even if they're expensive to replace.

* DesignatedVillain: Merv Stimpleton. He's a short-tempered jerk but rarely does anything more than react to Otto and the gang's shenanigans. With this being a show centered around kids, he is constantly portrayed in the wrong for no good reason.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic[=/=]EarWorm: The intro, as performed by [[Music/{{Devo}} The Wipeouters]]. It made you actually want to go outside and do what the characters did.

* EarWorm: "Vegemite, Vegemite, we spread it on everything, it always tastes just right, Vegemite, Vegemite, [[EroticEating Yum Yum]] morning, noon, and night!"

** Otto himself. Opinions are generally mixed on whether he's a funny and amusing athlete or an absolutely insufferable bastard.

%% ** [=MacKenzie=] Benders, she was an overly violet and needlessly antagonistic BrattyHalfPint with a gratingly annoying voice who everyone feared (even her own parents!) meaning she always avoided comeuppance no matter what she did. Granted, she was probably written to be a scrappy ''[[HateSink on purpose]]''.
%% ** As mentioned above, Reggie's occasionally stuck up persona and obnoxiously petty levels of StrawFeminism can make her an irritating DesignatedHero.

*** [[Series/TheSecretWorldOfAlexMack Yes,]] [[ShoutOut it does.]]

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The intro. Seriously, it made you actually want go outside, and do all the things the characters did on the show.

** Conroy Blanc is also popular for being good mesh of a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who isn't afraid to lay down the rules when necessary

** Twister would often duct tape his camcorder onto his helmet, thinking it's a genius way to shoot his videos while leaving his hands free. About 10 years later, the [=GoPro=] is invented which is a small digital camera that can be mounted onto helmets.
** In one episode, after having skateboarding banned on the pier, Sam suggests that they substitute running on-foot for skating which everyone immediately shoots down as being lame. Considering how popular LeParkour is now, it's hilarious how ahead of the curve Sam was.
** Another episode features Sam going on an amusement park ride that violently falls apart while he's on it [[AllJustADream only to cut back to reality and reveal that he hasn't even got in line yet.]] [[Film/FinalDestination3 Does that sound familiar at all?]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoJhNWJGsS8&feature=related THAT'S THE SPIRIT!]]

* AcceptableTargets: Tourists.

** This is especially bizarre; because Sammy acted ''just'' like Oliver when he was first introduced. But to give the show a bit of credit, the crew accepts Oliver and find something he's good at: Keeping score and time.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: The episode where Squid makes friends with an asocial computer geek--don't hang out with them, they have no life!

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: In the episode with "Super Squid", Reggie actually gets off rather well compared to the rest of the cast - she isn't portrayed as a total idiot or [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments trapping people in boring flashbacks]]. Yet she still gets mad at Sam. It makes her come off as a total drama queen. Reggie has some moments that make her somewhat of a BaseBreaker.

%%* {{Anvilicious}}

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: In the episode with "Super Squid", Reggie actually gets off rather well compared to the rest of the cast - she isn't portrayed as a total idiot or [[CrowningMomentOfFunny trapping people in boring flashbacks]]. Yet she still gets mad at Sam. It makes her come off as a total drama queen. Reggie has some moments that make her somewhat of a BaseBreaker.

* InformedWrongness: In "Power Girl Surfers", Otto is painted as a selfish jerk because he decides to accept a magazine editor's offer of a cover story in his favorite surfing magazine, simply because the editor acts like a {{Jerkass}} to Reggie when she tries to convince him that she deserves a cover story more than her brother. We're never actually shown anything suggesting that she would have been a better candidate, and one can sympathize with Otto for refusing to throw away his shot at fame because of his sister's obvious jealousy, especially when she borderline disowns him and goes out of her way to upstage him.
** The shoobies in ''The Lingos.'' Their crime is that they think the slang the gang uses is cool and starts saying it. They seem to have freedom of speech confused with copyright infringement.

* IdiotPlot: ''Shark Bait.'' First, while it was understandable why Otto and Twister would think the shark prank would work, why would [[CloserToEarth Reggie]] and [[TheSmartGuy Sam]] be in on it? Second, if they didn't want to deal with shoobies, why didn't they just go to the Secret Spot?

** Really, anytime one of the kids, usually Otto and Twister, finding themselves in Life Threatening situations and it happened very often. From Snowboarding down a dangerous slope that broke Otto's leg, trying to explore down a restricted forest during and nearly freezing to death in a blizzard. Their closest encounter to death is when they went to get Twister's camera during the eye of a Hurricane and only through luck that parents found them in time before they drowned; seriously, when there's a natural disaster going on, you get to the nearest shelder, and ''stay the hell there'' because losing your life is not worth your material possessions, even if they're expensive to replace.

* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler: Twister pretending to have been DrivenToSuicide]] in "Escape From Lars Mountain" can be too home-hitting for those who have tried to [[spoiler: take their own lives, know loved ones who have, or been the victim of a similar prank.]]

** Really, anytime one of the kids, usually Otto and Twister, finding themselves in Life Threatening situations and it happened very often. From Snowboarding down a dangerous slope that broke Otto's leg, trying to explore down a restricted forest during and nearly freezing to death in a blizzard, to their closest encounter to death when they went to get Twister's camera during the eye of a Hurricane and only through luck that parents foundd them in time before they drowned.

** Really, anytime one of the kids, usually Otto and Twister, finding themselves in Life Threatening situations and it happened very often. From Snowboarding down a dangerous slope that broke Otto's leg, from trying to explore down a restricted forest during and nearly freezing to death in a blizzard to their closest encounter to death when they went to get Twister's camera during the eye of a Hurricane and only through luck that parent'd found them in time before they drowned.

* TheScrappy: Ironically, the main character, Otto Rocket, is this to many, for being a rude, lazy, selfish, and conceited JerkJock with a massive ego who regularly [[WithFriendsLikeThese mistreats his friends]] (especially [[ExtremeDoormat Sam]]). What's more, episodes regularly have him learn [[AesopAmnesia the exact same lesson]].

* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler:Twister pretending to have been DrivenToSuicide]] in "Escape From Lars Mountain" can be too home-hitting for those who have tried to [[spoiler:take their own lives, know loved ones who have, or been the victim of a similar prank.]]