History YMMV / StretchArmstrongAndTheFlexFighters

** In "Lie Sandwich", Jake wishes aloud that Rook were his father, shortly before he and his friends get a call from him. When Nathan picks up his phone, he comments, "Speak of the devil..." After "The Age of Flexarium", [[spoiler:Rook/Stretch Monster seems more like a devil than someone who'd make a cool dad]]. Additionally, season two reveals that this story has Jake both tell lies, and fall for one.[[note]]Specifically, Rook tries to pin Dr. C for crashing a plane to the Pearl Islands, but it turns out Rook crashed it himself.[[/note]]

** The lack of a season three leaves viewers to tie up the several loose ends themselves, from several criminals remaining at large[[note]]Stretch Monster/Rook most notably[[/note]], to Mark still unaware of his son's double life, to Jake and Riya continuing to have a non-romantic friendship.

** What happened to Rook's father, and why didn't Rook mention him in "Rook's Story"?

** The lack of a season three leaves viewers to tie up the several loose ends themselves, from Stretch Monster[[spoiler:/Rook remaining un-captured]], to Mark still unaware of his son's double life, to Jake and Riya continuing to have a non-romantic friendship.

** Blindstrike's OriginsEpisode leaves some holes that the viewers could fill, unless Hasbro plans to fill them in the future.[[note]]Specifically, how Riya figured out who killed her parents, and how she could get help from Dr. C. The brief appearance from Riya's aunt might also make some viewers wonder how she either would react or reacted to learning about her niece's transformation into a vengeful ninja.[[/note]] Earlier, the show also glosses over Blindstrike's reaction to discovering [[spoiler:the Flex Fighters' true identities.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The toyline squandered a lot of potential:
** The Wingspan and Omni-Mass figures [[NonindicativeName lack wings or mass-shifting abilities]], nerfing them down to re-skins of Stretch.
** Only three of the Flex Fighters' enemies -- Stretch Monster, Quick Charge, and Blindstrike -- received their own action figures[[note]]Blindstrike actually became an ally of the Flex Fighters by the time Hasbro released her figure[[/note]], shafting anyone else who seemed like they'd make a fun toy, or at least a nice-looking one. Additionally, [[NonindicativeName Stretch Monster's figure can't stretch]].

** [[spoiler:Rook]] is roughly about as handsome as he is evil.

* WinTheCrowd: Victor Cook becoming the Executive Producer and Supervising Director helped generate interest.

* RewatchBonus: Any hints the show planted about who leads the Tech Men[[note]]such as the above HarsherInHindsight entry[[/note]] seem ''very'' subtle. For instance, "Rise of the Tech Men" features [[spoiler:the Tech Men breaking into and hacking Rook Unlimited rather easily, as if they had a guy on the inside, and Kane focusing more on catching Stretch than on stopping the Tech Men.]]
* SpiritualSuccessor:
** The show has gotten some favorable comparisons to ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan''.
** A cartoon about three teenage superheroes who's powers come from a FreakLabAccident, an AppliedPhlebotinum that's the source of power for both heroes and villains, and one of the main antagonists is a [[spoiler: CorruptCorporateExecutive VillainWithGoodPublicity]]. Oh, and despite the lack of obvious evidence towards this fact, it's MerchandiseDriven. Is this ''Stretch Armstrong'', or ''WesternAnimation/Zevo3''?
** The setup-- a team of teenaged heroes whose equipment is provided by a [[HonestCorporateExecutive nice billionaire]] [[spoiler:who [[VillainWithGoodPublicity reveals his actual intentions and turns against them]]]] is similar to another Hasbro-toyline based show, ''WesternAnimation/AlphaTeensOnMachines''.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Only three of the Flex Fighters' enemies -- Stretch Monster, Quick Charge, and Blindstrike -- received their own action figures[[note]]Blindstrike actually became an ally of the Flex Fighters by the time Hasbro released her figure[[/note]], shafting anyone else who seemed like they'd make a fun toy, or at least a nice-looking one. Additionally, [[NonindicativeName Stretch Monster's figure can't stretch]].

* EvilIsSexy: [[spoiler:Rook]] is roughly about as handsome as he is evil.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: An exchange between [[spoiler:Riya and Stretch]] in "The Age of Flexarium" might make the former seem like a former SecretSecretKeeper.[[note]]After she and Dr. C tell Stretch the truth about themselves and Rook, Riya calls Stretch, "Jake", even though he still has his goggles on. The most obvious explanation would assume that she took them off while he recuperated from his poisoning, then put them back on before he woke. However, between "Crisis at the Cleo" revealing that the Flex Fighters and Blindstrike attend the same school, Stretch never covering his entire face in battle, and "Riya's Revenge" flashing back to Riya's AmateurSleuth days, she could've figured out Stretch's secret identity earlier.[[/note]]

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: An exchange between Riya and Jake in "The Age of Flexarium" might make her seem like a former SecretSecretKeeper.[[note]]After she and Dr. C tell Stretch the truth about themselves and Rook, Riya calls Stretch, "Jake", even though he still has his goggles on. The most obvious explanation would assume that she took them off while he recuperated from his poisoning, then put them back on before he woke. However, between "Crisis at the Cleo" revealing that the Flex Fighters and Blindstrike attend the same school, Stretch never covering his entire face in battle, and "Riya's Revenge" flashing back to Riya's AmateurSleuth days, she could've figured out Stretch's secret identity earlier.[[/note]]

* CounterpartComparison: Enough for [[CounterpartComparison.StretchArmstrongAndTheFlexFighters their own page]].

* FanficFuel: Blindstrike's OriginsEpisode leaves some holes that the viewers could fill, unless Hasbro plans to fill them in the future.[[note]]Specifically, how Riya figured out who killed her parents, and how she could get help from Dr. C. The brief appearance from Riya's aunt might also make some viewers wonder how she either would react or reacted to learning about her niece's transformation into a vengeful ninja.[[/note]] Earlier, the show also glosses over Blindstrike's reaction to discovering [[spoiler:the Flex Fighters' true identities.]]

* RewatchBonus:
** Any hints the show planted about who leads the Tech Men[[note]]such as the above HarsherInHindsight entry[[/note]] seem ''very'' subtle. For instance, "Rise of the Tech Men" features [[spoiler:the Tech Men breaking into and hacking Rook Unlimited rather easily, as if they had a guy on the inside, and Kane focusing more on catching Stretch than on stopping the Tech Men.]]
** "Gangs of Old Town'' makes [[spoiler: Kane's remarks about the changes in his life after leaving the Stick Shifts being difficult and frightening]] a lot more interesting.

* RewatchBonus: Any hints the show planted about who leads the Tech Men[[note]]such as the above HarsherInHindsight entry[[/note]] seem ''very'' subtle. For instance, "Rise of the Tech Men" features [[spoiler:the Tech Men breaking into and hacking Rook Unlimited rather easily, as if they had a guy on the inside, and Kane focusing more on catching Stretch than on stopping the Tech Men.]]

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: An exchange between Riya and Jake in "The Age of Flexarium" might make her seem like a SecretSecretKeeper.[[note]]After she and Dr. C tell Stretch the truth about themselves and Rook, Riya calls Stretch, "Jake", even though he still has his goggles on. The most obvious explanation would assume that she took them off while he recuperated from his poisoning, then put them back on before he woke. However, between "Crisis at the Cleo" revealing that the Flex Fighters and Blindstrike attend the same school, Stretch never covering his entire face in battle, and "Riya's Revenge" flashing back to Riya's AmateurSleuth days, she could've figured out Stretch's secret identity earlier.[[/note]]

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: An exchange between Riya and Jake in "The Age of Flexarium" might make her seem like a SecretSecretKeeper.[[note]]After she and Dr. C tell Stretch the truth about themselves and Rook, Riya calls Stretch, "Jake", even though he still has his goggles on. The most obvious explanation would assume that she took them off while he recuperated from his poisoning, then put them back on before he woke. However, with "Riya's Revenge" flashing back to her AmateurSleuth days, she could've figured out Stretch's secret identity earlier, especially since Blindstrike sees Stretch's face sooner than he sees hers.[[/note]]

* CaptainObviousReveal: [[spoiler: Riya]] being revealed as Blindstrike. [[spoiler: She openly expressed dislike for the Flex Fighters when Jake tried asking her out, she was a pretty [[FlatCharacter flat]] despite how much focus was given to her, and her talk to Jake about balancing her social life with her private life was practically FiveSecondForeshadowing]]. Now that the Flex Fighters know this secret, everyone at Creator/{{Hasbro}} seems to have pretty much given up trying to hide it, including Victor Cook; the figure also has an un-advertised unmasking feature.

* AwesomeMusic: The show's theme song -- written by all three of the show's developers -- is a very heroic tune, and you will be humming it to yourself all day.

* TheUntwist: "Endgame" left some viewers expecting [[spoiler:Dr. C]] to become revealed as Riya's mom, but the following episodes don't show Riya addressing her as such, then "Riya's Revenge" instead reveals Dr. Isha Dashti, [[spoiler:whom Stretch Monster killed in a plane crash]], as Riya's mother.