History YMMV / TheDefenders2017

* EarWorm: The Comic Con teaser had a remix of Music/{{Nirvana}}'s "Come As You Are" playing over it.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Iron Fist has been the least popular Defender, but some fans have remarked that his fight choreography looks better in the trailer and he seems much more likable.

** Daredevil has a better Iron Fist costume than Iron Fist does.[[note]]In the elevator teaser, Matt is seen wearing a bandanna-style mask over his face, which was probably based on the first mask he wore in his own show and might actually be Jessica's scarf, but looks like Danny's comic mask. Danny himself has thus far [[NotWearingTights not donned any sort of costume]] in the MCU continuity.[[/note]]

** Daredevil has a better Iron Fist costume than Iron Fist does.[[note]]In the elevator teaser, Matt is seen wearing a bandanna-style mask over his face, which was probably based on the first mask he wore in his own show and might actually be Jessica's scarf, but looks like Danny's comic mask. Iron Fist himself has thus far [[NotWearingTights not donned any sort of costume]] in the MCU continuity.[[/note]]

** Jokes about Daredevil having a better Iron Fist costume than Iron Fist does.[[note]]In the elevator teaser, Matt is seen wearing a bandanna-style mask over his face, which was probably based on his mask from season 1 of ''Daredevil'' and might actually be Jessica's scarf, but looks like Danny's comic mask.[[/note]]

** Jokes about Daredevil having a better Iron Fist costume than Iron Fist does.[[note]]In the elevator teaser, Daredevil is seen wearing a bandana-style mask over his face, which was probably based on his first costume in season 1 of Daredevil, but looks like Iron Fist's comic mask.[[/note]]

* WinTheCrowd: The announcement of Creator/SigourneyWeaver as the BigBad of ''The Defenders''. First Jeph Loeb got the crowd worked up just by revealing it would be a woman, and then everyone completely lost it as her name was announced and she walked out, before going into a chant of "HO-LY SHIT! HO-LY SHIT!" with the Defenders themselves joining in.

** The series only being eight episodes. Some fans are happy that it leaves little chance of its suffering the EndingFatigue that the first three MCU Netflix shows have all been accused of, or a SlowPacedBeginning similar to that of ''Iron Fist''.[[note]]The latter feels especially important considering ''Iron Fist'''s poor reception among impatient viewers, and dismal early reviews from critics whose pre-release sceeenings stopped at episode #6.[[/note]] Others say it might have finally filled a longer episode count well, given the team focus, and all of them bringing along a substantial amount of supporting characters.

** The series only being eight episodes. Some fans are happy that it leaves little chance of its suffering the EndingFatigue that the first three MCU Netflix shows have all been accused of, or a SlowPacedBeginning similar to that of ''Iron Fist''.[[note]]The latter feels especially important considering ''Iron Fist'''s poor reception among impatient viewers, and critics whose pre-release sceeenings stopped at episode #6.[[/note]] Others say it might have finally filled a longer episode count well, given the team focus, and all of them bringing along a substantial amount of supporting characters.

** The series only being eight episodes. Some fans are happy that it leaves little chance of its suffering the EndingFatigue that the first three MCU Netflix shows have all been accused of, or a SlowPacedBeginning similar to that of ''Iron Fist''.[[note]The latter feels especially important considering ''Iron Fist'''s poor reception among impatient viewers, and critics whose pre-release sceeenings stopped at episode #6.[[/note]] Others say it might have finally filled a longer episode count well, given the team focus, and all of them bringing along a substantial amount of supporting characters.

** The series only being eight episodes. Some fans are happy that it leaves little chance of its suffering the EndingFatigue that the first three MCU Netflix shows have all been accused of, or a SlowPacedBeginning similar to that of ''Iron Fist''. Others say it might have finally filled a longer episode count well, given the team focus, and all of them bringing along a substantial amount of supporting characters.

** The series only being eight episodes. Some fans are happy that it leaves little chance of its suffering the EndingFatigue that the other MCU Netflix shows have all been accused of, while others say it might have finally filled a longer episode count well given the team focus and all of them bringing along a substantial amount of supporting characters.

* MemeticMutation: "The Defenders will be fighting [[Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}} Zuul]]," after Creator/SigourneyWeaver was announced as the BigBad but the studio still played coy about exactly what character it would be.

** The fact that it's an InNameOnly adaptation, lacking any of the signature Defenders from the comics, like Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk, [[Comicbook/SubMariner Namor]], Comicbook/DoctorStrange or the Comicbook/SilverSurfer. Those who dislike the change view it as disrespectful to the source material and argue that Marvel could've chosen any other name, especially since the show's premise is ''very'' similar to that of ''Marvel Knights'', a short-lived team book from TheNineties about a group of street level superheroes. Those who don't mind the change argue that the name is much less awkward than "Marvel Knights," and that the name hadn't been getting much use anyway, since pretty much all of Marvel's attempts to revive the Defenders in the comics have ended up being cancelled.

** [[{{mondegreen}} You think the four of you can shave New York? You can't even shave yourselves.]]

* BrokenBase: The fact that it's an InNameOnly adaptation, lacking any of the signature Defenders from the comics, like Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk, [[Comicbook/SubMariner Namor]], Comicbook/DoctorStrange or the Comicbook/SilverSurfer. Those who dislike the change view it as disrespectful to the source material and argue that Marvel could've chosen any other name, especially since the show's premise is ''very'' similar to that of ''Marvel Knights'', a short-lived team book from TheNineties about a group of street level superheroes. Those who don't mind the change argue that the name is much less awkward than "Marvel Knights," and that the name hadn't been getting much use anyway, since pretty much all of Marvel's attempts to revive the Defenders in the comics have ended up being cancelled.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The announcement of Creator/SigourneyWeaver as the BigBad of ''The Defenders''. First Jeph Loeb got the crowd worked up just by revealing it would be a woman, and then everyone completely lost it as her name was announced and she walked out, before going into a chant of "HO-LY SHIT! HO-LY SHIT!" with the Defenders themselves joining in.

** And of course Luke Cage being part of the show means that he'll be getting out of jail after the {{Cliffhanger}} ending of his show's first season.

* SpoiledByTheFormat: Not that there was ever much doubt it would happen, but the announcement that Elektra would be on the show gives away her coming BackFromTheDead.

* MemeticMutation: "The Defenders will be fighting [[Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}} Zuul]]," after Creator/SigourneyWeaver was announced as the BigBad but the studio still played coy about exactly what character it would be.

* MemeticMutation: "The Defenders will be fighting [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} Zuul]]," after Sigourney Weaver was announced as the BigBad but the studio still played coy about exactly what character it would be.

* EarWorm: The Comic Con teaser had a remix of Music/{{Nirvana}}'s "Come As You Are" playing over it.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The Comic Con teaser had a remix of Music/{{Nirvana}}'s "Come As You Are" playing over it.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The Comic Con teaser had a remix of Music/{{Nirvana}}'s ''Come As You Are'' playing over it.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The Comic Con teaser had a remix of Music/{{Nirvanna}}'s ''Come As You Are'' playing over it.