History YMMV / SaladFingers

* HarsherInHindsight: In "Post Man," SF stops for a moment in realization and states: "It's almost three weeks until the Queen's birthday. How she must feel!" About half a year after the episode aired, Queen Elizabeth II would pass away on 8th September 2022, aged 96.

** The grub-shaped, unmoving thing that bursts from his guts in the ninth episode is made of this entirely.
*** Even more screwy is the last shot of the episode, where the object is revealed to be [[spoiler:a sandwich. [[HereWeGoAgain Which Fingers is now eating]]]].

* UglyCute: Salad Fingers can be this to some fans.

* TheWoobie: A few people who watch this think Salad Fingers is just too creepy, others find him creepy but also endearing. What both sides can agree on is that he is a truly pitiful creature. The "Cupboard" episode, especially, as there's a scene where he's crying and some fans said they forgot he's scary because they felt bad for him.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In "Post Man", SF stops for a moment in realization and states: "It's almost three weeks until the Queen's birthday. How she must feel!" About half a year after the episode aired, Queen Elizabeth II would pass away on 8th September 2022, aged 96.

*** Even more screwy is the last shot of the episode, where the object is revealed to be [[spoiler: a sandwich. [[HereWeGoAgain Which Fingers is now eating]].]]

** [[spoiler: The Salad Fingers-like entities eating Milford's corpse.]]

** In the mini-episode "Market", Salad fingers has a store where he sells some strange-looking meat he refers as "pickled cheeks". After some crows stole and ate them, Salad Fingers announces he has some "reserve stock" revealing those [[spoiler: were actually pieces of his own skin.]]

* ViewerGenderConfusion: Salad Fingers themselves. While he has a male figure and voice, a popular theory is that they are a mutated female [[{{Squick}} after having lactated when rubbing a nettle over their nipple]] and having a motherly relationship with some of their {{Companion Cube}}s. However, Fingers is seemingly confirmed male in episode 11 when their EvilTwin is referred to as their "brother" and Hubert Cumberdale calls them by "Mr. Fingers".

* [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct He Really Can Act]]: While David Firth has always been considered a pretty good voice actor as well as an animator (as he's done voice work other than SF), his performance in "Glass Brother" is truly exceptional, wherein he expresses intense emotion in the titular character's plight with his family, horror at Hubert Cumberdale's kidnapping and tranquil fury upon retaining him.

* CargoShip: Salad Fingers wants to marry all the gorgeous taps.

* UncannyValley: Salad Finger's mannerisms and appearance put him right in the dark depths of the valley.
** Come to think of it, every single character is in the dark depths of the valley, especially that innocent ginger girl.

* [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct He Really Can Act]]: While David Firth has always been considered a pretty good voice actor as well as an animator (as he's done voice work on other media as well), his performance in "Glass Brother" is truly exceptional, wherein he expresses intense emotion in the titular character's plight with his family, horror at Hubert Cumberdale's kidnapping and tranquil fury upon retaining him.

* HeReallyCanAct: While David Firth has always been considered a pretty good voice actor as well as an animator (as he's done voice work on other media as well), his performance in "Glass Brother" is truly exceptional, wherein he expresses intense emotion in the titular character's plight with his family, horror at Hubert Cumberdale's kidnapping and tranquil fury upon retaining him.

* RealismInducedHorror: Salad Fingers is an obviously mentally ill man ([[AmbiguousDisorder the exact specifications never clarified]]) and outside of the SurrealHorror imagery and art, the scariest moments of the show are often from him unintentionally hurting [[SelfHarm himself]] and [[AdultFear the people around him]], including [[DeathOfAChild children]], as a result of his delusions.

* [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: Salad Fingers rescuing Hubert Cumberdale in Episode 11 from his "Glass Family". After being called weak and useless for the whole episode, he manages to cleverly outsmart them and break off any communication with them -- all while subverting how he usually accidentially harms everyone he comes across!

* TheWoobie: A few people who watch this think Salad Fingers is just too creepy, others find him creepy but also endearing. What both sides can agree is that he is a truly pitiful creature. The "Cupboard" episode, especially, as there's a scene where he's crying and some fans said they forgot he's scary because they felt bad for him.

** In the mini-episode "Market", Salad fingers has a store where he sells some strange-looking meat he refers as "pickled cheeks". After some crows stole and ate those pieces of flesh, Salad Fingers announces he has some "reserve stock" revealing those [[spoiler: were actually pieces of his own flesh.]]

* EstrogenBrigade: Yes, even though it seems hard to believe, Salad Fingers actually has a few fangirls despite his eccentric appearance and mental instability.

* EstrogenBrigade: Yes, even though it seems hard to believe, Salad Fingers actually has his fair share of fangirls despite his eccentric appearance and mental instability.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Where to begin...who, or what is Salad Fingers? A ShellShockedVeteran who experienced war? A survivor of the earth AfterTheEnd? A simply delusional madman who looks ThroughTheEyesOfMadness? Nobody knows, except the creator himself.

* EpilepticTrees: Too many to list. The series keeps an open-endedness to it and starring [[UnreliableNarrator an obviously disturbed protagonist]] makes a lot of episodes and the characters in them open to many interpretations.

%%* EpilepticTrees: Too many to list.

* TheWoobie: A few people who watch this think Salad Fingers is just too creepy, others find him creepy but also endearing. The last episode, especially, as there's a scene where he's crying and some fans said they forgot he's scary because they felt bad for him.

* EpilepticTrees: Too many to list.

* ViewerGenderConfusion: Even the protagonist itself probably doesn't know.
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Actually, the creator has the words "Welcome to my Acid dungeon" at the top of his home-page, so maybe this is an aversion....

* NauseaFuel: It's everywhere, from Salad Fingers making his green hairy nipple lactate with a nettle, to him cannibalizing on his doppelganger's brains.

** Dr. Papanak eating the horses flesh.
** [[spoiler: The Salad Finger-like entities eating Milford's corpse.]]

** The little girl from the picnic in episode five is also fairly adorable, despite having more than a few CreepyChild traits.