History YMMV / TheDoverBoys

* EnsembleDarkhorse: This short is one compared to the rest of the ''Looney Toons'' library, as it's generally fairly popular despite Warner Bros. [[PublicDomainAnimation not holding the copyright for it anymore.]] Special mention goes to [[LargeHam Dan]] [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Backslide]], as nearly all of his dialogue has gone memetic.

** To viewers of the MLP streaming site Bronystate, the cartoon will forever be linked with the mashup-remix "1000 PEOPLE CLICKED ON THE SUBSCRIBE BUTTON BY ACCIDENT", which features clips of Backslide and even uses "Confound those ponies!" during the intro. It got to the point where an alternate version of the video was made especially for Bronystate, which started off as ''The Dover Boys'' but cut to the mashup when Backslide was about to say "Confound those Dover Boys!" specifically to fool viewers who were seeing it for the first time via the stream.

** Mashed up with ''VideoGame/DreamDaddy'' in [[http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/thats-it-thats-his-whole-route this strip]] from ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings.''

** Mashed up with ''VideoGame/DreamDaddy'' in [[http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/thats-it-thats-his-whole-route]] this strip from ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings.''

** Was Dora really too dumb to understand the door was locked on ''her'' side, or was she hoping for the Dover Boys to show up and "rescue" her as a demonstration of how much they cared about her, and decided to leave with the bathing suit guy, unhappy that they took too long to "save" her.

** The Dover boys, in spite of their upstanding nature and heroic antics, are bland, self-righteous, and [[LastSecondWordSwap almost]] called "jerks" by the LemonyNarrator. Conversely, Dan Backslide is an IneffectualSympatheticVillain you can't help but [[TheWoobie feel sorry for]]. Of course, [[GreyAndGrayMorality this is encouraged]] [[IntendedAudienceReaction by the cartoon itself]], [[RuleOfFunny for humor]].

** In the first half of 2016, the cartoon ''exploded'' in popularity on Tumblr. Just search for it there, and count how many memes you find.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Every time the sailor comes into view.

** The Dover boys, in spite of their upstanding nature and heroic antics, are bland, self-righteous, and [[LastSecondWordSwap almost]] called "jerks" by the LemonyNarrator. Conversely, Dan Backslide is an IneffectualSympatheticVillain you can't help but [[TheWoobie feel sorry for]]. Of course, [[GreyAndGrayMorality this is encouraged by the cartoon itself]], [[RuleOfFunny for humor]].

** The above lines has evolved into: "A (X)... '''I'LL STEAL IT! ''NO-ONE WILL EVER KNOW!'''''

** Was Dora really too dumb to understand the door was locked on ''her'' side, or was she hoping for the Dover Boys to show up and "rescue" her as a demonstration of how much they cared about, and decided to leave with the bathing suit guy unhappy that they took too long to get to her.

** Why does Dora run off with the Old Sailor? Because she was still behind the door when the Dover boys knocked it open, and that was her way of getting payback.

** In the first half of 2016, the cartoon exploded in popularity on Tumblr. Just search for it there, and count how many memes you find.

** Recently, the cartoon has been EXPLODING in popularity on Tumblr. Just search for it there, and count how many memes you find.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: The Dover boys, in spite of their upstanding nature and heroic antics, are bland, self-righteous, and [[LastSecondWordSwap almost]] called "jerks" by the LemonyNarrator. Conversely, Dan Backslide is an IneffectualSympatheticVillain you can't help but [[TheWoobie feel sorry for]]. Of course, [[GreyAndGrayMorality this is encouraged by the cartoon itself]], [[RuleOfFunny for humor]].

-->''They drive me to UNPROTECTED [[WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies2010 BUTT FUN!]]''

* [[WatchItForTheMeme Confound these memes, they drive me to watch!]]

* GrowingTheBeard: This, along with "The Draft Horse", was a major turning point in Jones's career, when he decided to abandon his {{Disney}}-esque roots in favor of making funny cartoons.

** In an odd example, Dan Backslide's line "Confound those Dover Boys! ... They drive me to drink!" has become half the source for, of all things, a ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' meme. Someone took an out-of-context screencap of Twilight Sparkle with what looks like a bottle of liquor, tossed in Dan Backslide's line with "Ponies" replacing "Dover Boys," and just like that, the Dover Boys had made yet another lasting contribution to internet lore. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoxNyfdb_hE Also a YouTube video]].