History YMMV / RubyGillmanTeenageKraken

** Ruby Gillman herself. While she does have a small group of friends, she has a hard enough time as a Kraken trying to pass off as "human". Then she discovers, to her horror, that she can turn into a '''Giant''' Kraken -- the kind that she and the humans have believed to be merciless monsters. Ruby's second uncontrolled transformation inadvertently causes collateral damage across the town, and she now fears what will happen when her friends and her crush will think if they ever find out she's a "monster". This also causes friction with her mother, upon learning she knew about this the whole time, coupled with her grandmah wanting Ruby to take her place on the Kraken royal throne, even though she clearly doesn't want to, and she is nearly killed at one point by the Kraken-obsessed Gordon Lighthouse. Finally, just when it seems Ruby's not only made a friend in a mermaid (the Kraken's arch-nemesis) and found a chance for peace between the two races, this turns out to be false hope. Not only was said Mermaid just using her, [[spoiler:but she was really the Mermaid Queen in disguise, who then proceeded to try and murder Ruby and her whole family]]. After all that, you just want to give poor, cute Ruby a big, Kraken-sized hug.
** Connor. He nearly drowns in the ocean after a failed prom proposal that Ruby made a mistake on, and the girl she likes, whom he wanted to invite her to prom, doesn't answer his messages or calls after the incident, due to his words earlier about calling her "A real life monster" within earshot. [[spoiler: He's seen in the prom boat, depressed and lonely, removing petals from a flower while thinking about Ruby]]. Despite his short appearance in the story, it's not hard to feel bad for him.
** Uncle Brill. His sister and his husband doesn't seem to take him well, seeing him more as TheLoad, and her mother, the queen of the krakens, doesn't allow him to join her hug with Ruby.

* FanartAtFirstSight: Ruby and Chelsea both quickly received fanart mere hours after the trailer's release.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15G3UppFqCo "Rise" by Freya Ridings]]: an uplifting pop tune that perfectly encapsulates Ruby coming to grips with herself. She performed the song live for the first time at Dreamworks's Glendale campus. She later re-recorded the song for her live album Blood Orange (Live At The Apollo).
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huJrJhXqAn4 "This Moment" by Mimi Webbs]]: A bouncy, upbeat song that plays during Ruby's first swim in the ocean and describes the sheer joy and freedom she's feeling in the moment. the song co-written by Ari Leff aka Somersault Sunday or Lauv, who unbeknownst to fans of Ruby, at the same time wrote and perform the song Steal The Show for the acclaimed Academy Award nominated film ''WesternAnimation/Elemental2023''

** Fans of Creator/DisneyChannel cartoons like ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'' seem to have taken a liking to the movie, with ''Amphibia'' fans in particular liking to compare Ruby and Chelsea's (initial) relationship with that of Anne and Sasha's, and unbeknownst to fans, one of that show's former artists Arielle Rosenstein ended up working on ''Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken'' as a result.

** Some fans compared this to the short-lived 2D Adult animated sitcom ''WesternAnimation/NeighborsFromHell'' because The Gillman family have some things in common that The Hellman family did, especially are non-humans living on earth in plain sight and protect their world from incoming threats. Ruby had a crush named Connor, just like Mandy having a crush on Wayne Killbride. The only difference is that The Gillman's came from the ocean, while the hellmans came from Hell. It was also a comparison that Pam Brady (who co-wrote Ruby Gillman) is the creator of the show.

** Before release, is safe to say most of the people interesed in seeing it was less because they found the plot of the war between Krakens and Mermaids particulary thrilling and more for Chelsea's existence being a very blatant TakeThat to Disney, which led to some detractors of the company to get interesed in the movie.
** Ruby herself. A lot of viewers admitted to not care much about the plot or the other characters but to like Ruby on her own right and even believe she makes the movie worth it.

** Because Chelsea is a CorruptedCharacterCopy of [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ariel]] and is positioned by the trailer as being the BigBad, many fans have made jokes about Chelsea being an evil Ariel or alternatively, the original Ariel jumping ship to Creator/DreamWorksAnimation as retaliation against Disney [[RaceLift for casting]] Creator/HalleBailey in the [[Film/TheLittleMermaid2023 live action remake]], but it backfired as The Little Mermaid became one of the top 10 highest grossing films of 2023, and gave Halle a nominated for the 2024 People's Choice Awards.

** A common criticism of the movie is how the plot incidentally takes elements from other animated movies and shows like Dreamworks's own ''WesternAnimation/NeighborsFromHell'', rival ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', and many more. leaving mostly nothing unique other than the main characters being heroic Krakens.

** Connor. He nearly drowns in the ocean after a failed prom proposual, and the girl she likes, whom he wanted to invite her to prom, doesn't answer his messages or calls after the incident. [[spoiler: He's seen in the prom boat, depressed and lonely, removing petals from a flower while thinking about Ruby]]. Despite his short appearance in the story, it's not hard to feel bad for him.

** Also has one with ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' with both movies about a coming of age story with girls being humans (or apparent humans) transforming into monsters and a [[BehemothBattle major battle with a giant monster]][[note]][[https://www.instagram.com/p/CbF1yfHLd92/ concept art]] shows that the fight between Mei and Ming was originally planned to have ''both'' of them be kaiju-sized[[/note]], one featuring Mei's mother and the other featuring Ruby Gillman's AlphaBitch rival antagonist. The Lee family are Chinese-Canadians, while the Gillmans' outward weirdness being attributed to being "Canadian", helping strengthen a connection between the two films.

** Also has one with ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' with both movies about a coming of age story with girls being humans (or apparent humans) transforming into monsters and a [[BehemothBattle major battle with a giant monster]][[note]][[https://www.instagram.com/p/CbF1yfHLd92/ concept art]] shows that the fight between Mei and Ming was originally planned to have ''both'' of them be kaiju-sized[[/note]], one featuring Mei's mother and the other featuring Ruby Gillman's AlphaBitch rival antagonist.

** Ruby Gillman herself. While she does have a small group of friends, she has a hard enough time as a Kraken trying to pass off as "human". Then she discovers, to her horror, that she can turn into a '''Giant''' Kraken -- the kind that she and the humans have believed to be merciless monsters. Ruby's second uncontrolled transformation inadvertently causes collateral damage across the town, and she now fears what will happen when her friends and her crush will think if they ever find out she's a "monster". This also causes friction with her mother, upon learning she knew about this the whole time, coupled with her grandmah wanting Ruby to take her place on the Kraken royal throne, even though she clearly doesn't want to, and she is nearly killed at one point by the Kraken-obsessed Gordon Lighthouse. Finally, just when it seems Ruby's not only made a friend in a mermaid (the Kraken's arch-nemesis) and found a chance for peace between the two races, this turns out to be false hope. Not only was Mermaid just using her, [[spoiler:but she was really the Mermaid Queen in disguise, who then proceeded to try and murder Ruby and her whole family]]. After all that, you just want to give poor, cute Ruby a big, Kraken-sized hug.

* TheWoobie: Ruby Gillman herself. While she does have a small group of friends, she has a hard enough time as a Kraken trying to pass off as "human". Then she discovers, to her horror, that she can turn into a '''Giant''' Kraken -- the kind that she and the humans have believed to be merciless monsters. Ruby's second uncontrolled transformation inadvertently causes collateral damage across the town, and she now fears what will happen when her friends and her crush will think if they ever find out she's a "monster". This also causes friction with her mother, upon learning she knew about this the whole time, coupled with her grandmah wanting Ruby to take her place on the Kraken royal throne, even though she clearly doesn't want to, and she is nearly killed at one point by the Kraken-obsessed Gordon Lighthouse. Finally, just when it seems Ruby's not only made a friend in a mermaid (the Kraken's arch-nemesis) and found a chance for peace between the two races, this turns out to be false hope. Not only was Mermaid just using her, [[spoiler:but she was really the Mermaid Queen in disguise, who then proceeded to try and murder Ruby and her whole family]]. After all that, you just want to give poor, cute Ruby a big, Kraken-sized hug.

** some fans compared this to the short-lived 2D Adult animated sitcom ''WesternAnimation/NeighborsFromHell'' because The Gillman family have some things in common that The Hellman family did, especially are non-humans living on earth in plain sight and protect their world from incoming threats. Ruby had a crush named Connor, just like Mandy having a crush on Wayne Killbride. The only difference is that The Gillman’s came from the ocean, while the hellmans came from Hell. It was also a comparison that Pam Brady (who co-wrote Ruby Gillman) is the creator of the show.

* FanPreferredCutContent:

** Before release, is safe to say most of the people interesed in seeing it was less because they found the plot of the war between Krakens and Mermaids particulary thrilling and more for Chelsea's existence being a very blatant TakeThat to Disney, which led to some viewers to get interesed in the movie.

** Fans of Creator/DisneyChannel cartoons like ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'' seem to have taken a liking to the movie, with ''Amphibia'' fans in particular liking to compare Ruby and Chelsea's (initial) relationship with that of Anne and Sasha's, and unbeknownst to fans, one of that show’s former artists Arielle Rosenstein ended up working on Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken as a result.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huJrJhXqAn4 "This Moment" by Mimi Webbs]]: A bouncy, upbeat song that plays during Ruby's first swim in the ocean and describes the sheer joy and freedom she's feeling in the moment. the song co-written by Ari Leff aka Somersault Sunday or Lauv, who unbeknownst to fans of Ruby, at the same time wrote and perform the song Steal The Show for the Academy Award nominated film ''WesternAnimation/Elemental(2023)''

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huJrJhXqAn4 "This Moment" by Mimi Webbs]]: A bouncy, upbeat song that plays during Ruby's first swim in the ocean and describes the sheer joy and freedom she's feeling in the moment. the song co-written by Ari Leff aka Somersault Sunday or Lauv, who unbeknownst to fans of Ruby, at the same time wrote and perform the song Steal The Show for the Academy Award nominated film ''WesternAnimation/Elemental''

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15G3UppFqCo "Rise" by Freya Ridings]]: an uplifting pop tune that perfectly encapsulates Ruby coming to grips with herself.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huJrJhXqAn4 "This Moment" by Mimi Webbs]]: A bouncy, upbeat song that plays during Ruby's first swim in the ocean and describes the sheer joy and freedom she's feeling in the moment.

** Because Chelsea is a CorruptedCharacterCopy of [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ariel]] and is positioned by the trailer as being the BigBad, many fans have made jokes about Chelsea being an evil Ariel or alternatively, the original Ariel jumping ship to Creator/DreamWorksAnimation as retaliation against Disney [[RaceLift for casting]] Creator/HalleBailey in the [[Film/TheLittleMermaid2023 live action remake]], but it backfired as The Little Mermaid became one of the top 10 highest grossing films of 2023, and gave Halle a nominated for the 2024 People’s Choice Awards

** Ruby Gillman has since become a highly requested character for crossover games such as ''[[VideoGame/NickelodeonAllStarBrawl Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2]]'' [[note]]which she got enough support from fans, to gain a support group, [[/note]] and ''VideoGame/DreamWorksAllStarKartRacing''.

** A common criticism of the movie is how the plot incidentally takes elements from other animated movies and shows like Dreamworks’s own ''WesternAnimation/NeighborsFromHell'' ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', and many more. leaving mostly nothing unique other than the main characters being heroic Krakens.

** some fans compared this to the short-lived 2D Adult animated sitcom ''WesternAnimation/NeigbborsFromHell'' because The Gillman family have some things in common that The Hellman family did, especially are non-humans living on earth in plain sight and protect their world from incoming threats. Ruby had a crush named Connor, just like Mandy having a crush on Wayne Killbride. The only difference is that The Gillman’s came from the ocean, while the hellmans came from Hell. It was also a comparison that Pam Brady (who co-wrote Ruby Gillman) is the creator of the show.

** Because Chelsea is a CorruptedCharacterCopy of [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ariel]] and is positioned by the trailer as being the BigBad, many fans have made jokes about Chelsea being an evil Ariel or alternatively, the original Ariel jumping ship to Creator/DreamWorksAnimation as retaliation against Disney [[RaceLift for casting]] Creator/HalleBailey in the [[Film/TheLittleMermaid2023 live action remake]], but it backfired as The Little Mermaid became one of the top 10 highest grossing films of 2023.

** A common criticism of the movie is how the plot incidentally takes elements from other animated movies and shows like Dreamworks’s own ''WesternAnimation/NeighborsfromHell'' ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', and many more. leaving mostly nothing unique other than the main characters being heroic Krakens.

** some fans compared this to the short-lived 2D Adult animated sitcom ''WesternAnimation/NeigbborsfromHell'' because The Gillman family have some things in common that The Hellman family did, especially are non-humans living on earth in plain sight and protect their world from incoming threats. Ruby had a crush named Connor, just like Mandy having a crush on Wayne Killbride. The only difference is that The Gillman’s came from the ocean, while the hellmans came from Hell. It was also a comparison that Pam Brady (who co-wrote Ruby Gillman) is the creator of the show.

** Fans of Creator/DisneyChannel cartoons like ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'' seem to have taken a liking to the movie, with ''Amphibia'' fans in particular liking to compare Ruby and Chelsea's (initial) relationship with that of Anne and Sasha's.

** Because Chelsea is a CorruptedCharacterCopy of [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ariel]] and is positioned by the trailer as being the BigBad, many fans have made jokes about Chelsea being an evil Ariel or alternatively, the original Ariel jumping ship to Creator/DreamWorksAnimation as retaliation against Disney [[RaceLift for casting]] Creator/HalleBailey in the [[Film/TheLittleMermaid2023 live action remake]].

** Ruby Gillman has since become a highly requested character for crossover games such as ''[[VideoGame/NickelodeonAllStarBrawl Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2]]'' [[note]]which she got enough support from fans, to gain a support group[[/note]] and ''VideoGame/DreamWorksAllStarKartRacing''.

* SoOkayItsAverage: The consensus is that the film isn't bad, with critics praising the strong AllStarCast's vocal performances, depictions of sea life and Oceanside's setting, the Gillmans' rubber hose design and character animation, along with its well-meaning messaging. However, its ClicheStorm-ridden ComingOfAge plot, mediocre TwistVillain, and fairly generic humor make the movie seem pretty unmemorable. The feeling is reinforced by this film came in the wake of the much acclaimed ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'', and therefore [[ToughActToFollow suffers the comparison with its predecessor]].

** A common criticism of the movie is how the plot incidentally takes elements from other animated movies like ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Luca}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIReturnToTheSea'' and to some extent, ''Film/SkyHigh2005'', leaving mostly nothing unique other than the main characters being heroic Krakens.

* UnintentionalUncannyValley: Some of the human designs can look off in comparison to the krakens' and mermaids' designs. Connor for example has very thin and elongated proportions with small eyes and a big nose that can look weird.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: [[spoiler: Queen Narissa.]] Many consider her a waste of potential who would probably be better off is she wasn't the BigBad, as it leads to a BrokenAesop about judging a book by its cover. Not to mention the trailers giving away her identity, making the "reveal" underwhelming. Others find her a [[EvilIsCool rather cool villain]] in spite of this, with her battle against Ruby, Agatha, and Grandmamah in the climax standing out.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Ruby hanging up a call from Connor. Is it she didn't want him to know her whereabouts or simply she's no longer interested to invite him to prom anymore since she wants to resolve the conflict between the krakens and mermaids? Or it could be she was afraid to talk to him because after Gordon's video went viral, she heared him calling her "A real life monster" (even tho he didn't knew that was her)?

** This can also apply to her friends. Did she felt betrayed for them for thinking her as a monster? Or she didn't want them to know what she's been up to in the last few days?

%%Do not add Broken Base or Base-Breaking Character until 6 months after the works release (December 30).

** A [[https://youtu.be/d1vfOdxyu4Q storyboard draft]] done by Jon Magram for the movie showcased Chelsea and Ruby's relationship as a lot more nuanced than presented in the film, where it's shown as a clear-cut black and white deal with Chelsea [[spoiler:using Ruby to get what she wants, and then being revealed to be Queen Nerissa all along]], with Chelsea [[spoiler:being a real person instead of a disguise for Queen Nerissa and is truly her daughter seeking revenge for her mother's death]]. Even without considering how popular Ruby/Chelsea as a ship is, some fans still prefer this idea over the final product, liking the thought of the main duo's relationship holding a degree of nuance in a movie that's fairly clear in what's good and evil and what many considered a pretty done-and-tired execution of the "twist villain" trope.

** Before release, is safe to say most of the people interesed in seeing it was less because they found the plot of the war between Krakens and Mermaids particulary thrilling and more for Chelsea's existence being a very blatant TakeThat to Disney, which lead to some viewers to get interesed in the movie.

%%Do not add Broken Base or Base-Breaking Character until 6 months after the works release.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Queen Narissa. Many consider her a waste of potential who would probably be better off is she wasn't the BigBad, as it leads to a BrokenAesop about judging a book by its cover. Not to mention the trailers giving away her identity, making the "reveal" underwhelming. Others find her a [[EvilIsCool rather cool villain]] in spite of this, with her battle against Ruby, Agatha, and Grandmamah in the climax standing out.

* UnfortunateImplications:
** [[spoiler: While the movie does have a positive message about trust and the bond between family members, it comes at the expense of implying that if your family is not only prejudiced towards a group by virtue of thier species (i.e. krakens are good and mermaids are evil), its best not to question or try to change that outlook because sometimes it can be true. Any attempt to do otherwise will backfire on you and put others in danger. The film does tries to debunk the prejudice at first but then doubles down on it by making Chelsea Queen Nerissa and repainting all of her good actions as just a manipulative attempt to kill Ruby and take over the oceans.]]