History YMMV / TheBadGuys2022

* FanartAtFirstSight: The main cast (especially Mr. Wolf and [[FoxyVixen Diane Foxington]]) got a lot of fan art from the UsefulNotes/FurryFandom pretty much the second the first trailer dropped.

* CaptainObviousReveal: [[spoiler: If you've seen pretty much any animated film from TheNewTens, then it should be immediately obvious that Marmalade is the villain. Even if you haven't, then the fact that his defining character trait is being almost saintly generous, and constant "flower of goodness" comments should spell it out for you. Plus, in his EstablishingCharacterMoment, when a journalist mentions only Mother Theresa may be a bigger philantropist than him, he (slightly passive-aggressively) retorts that they'd tie in in the goodness department, which further cements the fact he's only doing good deeds to look good. [[WordOfSaintPaul According to head of character animation JP Sans]], this was meant to be obvious from the start, as despite being a philanthropist, his smarmy, condescending attitude [[IntendedAudienceReaction was meant to invoke the "I want to punch him in the face" feeling]].]]

* CaptainObviousReveal: [[spoiler: If you've seen pretty much any animated film from TheNewTens, then it should be immediately obvious that Marmalade is the villain. Even if you haven't, then the fact that his defining character trait is being almost saintly generous, and constant "flower of goodness" comments hinting that his actions are for show rather than altruism should spell it out for you. Plus, in his EstablishingCharacterMoment, when a journalist mentions only Mother Theresa may be a bigger philantropist than him, he (slightly passive-aggressively) retorts that they'd tie in in the goodness department, which further cements the fact he's only doing good deeds to look good. [[WordOfSaintPaul According to head of character animation JP Sans]], this was meant to be obvious from the start, as despite being a philanthropist, his smarmy, condescending attitude [[IntendedAudienceReaction was meant to invoke the "I want to punch him in the face" feeling]].]]

** Wolf and Snake, as per the books.

* CaptainObviousReveal: [[spoiler: If you've seen pretty much any animated film from TheNewTens, then it should be immediately obvious that Marmalade is the villain. Even if you haven't, then the fact that his defining character trait is being almost saintly generous, and constant "flower of goodness" comments hinting that his actions are for show rather than altruism should spell it out for you. [[WordOfSaintPaul According to head of character animation JP Sans]], this was meant to be obvious from the start, as despite being a philanthropist, his smarmy, condescending attitude [[IntendedAudienceReaction was meant to invoke the "I want to punch him in the face" feeling]].]]

** [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Lois]] is a police officer. [[labelnote:explanation]]Because Chief Misty Luggins is played by [[Creator/AlexBorstein the same person]] who plays Lois Griffin on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', it became very popular for ''Family Guy'' fans to joke about Lois becoming a police officer. [[/labelnote]]

** Some people have pointed out how Professor Marmalade has a similar appearance to Creator/JamesCorden.

** Diane Foxington from the bad guys is like Spamton from deltarune chapter 2 [[labelnote:Explanation]]A user by the name of [=Superfox369=] posted a theory on the ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' subreddit making comparisons between Diane Foxington and Spamton. This post was quickly mocked and memed for how reaching it is, and was made into a copypasta.[[/labelnote]]

* PopularWithFurries: Despite the popularity of the book series, it took until the movie's first trailer for a huge boom of furry fandom to gain interest in the series. Notable characters of interest include Mr. Wolf, Diane Foxington, and Mr. Shark, with some sapphic fans also taking a liking to Webs. Helping matters is a trailer scene where the main cast wear [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onesie_(jumpsuit)#Kigurumi kigu]], which are featured fairly prominently in the film itself.

* MisaimedFandom: For the brief time the film and ''WesternAnimation/{{Lightyear}}'' overlapped in theaters, some audiences protested ''Lightyear'' for being "too woke" and took children to see ''The Bad Guys'' instead. This is despite the message of ''The Bad Guys'' focusing on the pains of discrimination while also criticizing both the criminal justice system and the influence the wealthy have on people's perceptions.

** The movie has {{Creator/Awkwafina}} as Ms. Tarantula befriending a Diane Foxington, a fox. Two years later, in WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda4, she herself becomes a fox.