History YMMV / TheLegendOfTheTitanic

* RootingForTheEmpire: Just about everyone who's seen this movie sympathizes with the rats for [[UnintentionallySympathetic many]] [[LesserOfTwoEvils reasons]], namely because they want to kill Pingu. It should be noted that they ''do'' want to take over the world, but if the people on the surface is anything like our protagonists (Which is pretty likely given the radio-host calling the Titanic ''[[CriticalResearchFailure "mythical"]]''), then it's pretty easy to say [[TooDumbToLive they deserve to be taken over by rats.]]

* DesignatedVillain:
** Maltravers’s manservant Geoffreys is a total MinionWithAnFInEvil, who even feels immense guilt just for ''spying'' on Elizabeth and Don Juan, and it’s shown that he’s mainly serving Maltravers out of fear of retribution, as the [[BadBoss latter]] makes it abundantly clear that he’ll [[YouHaveFailedMe feed Geoffreys to the sharks should he fail him]], and yet Geoffreys is never given a chance to perform an HeelFaceTurn and suffers the same fate as his boss and Rachel at the end. Though he finally does get redemption at the end of ''Fantasy Island''.
** Taken to the extreme with Rachel and her sister’s two cats. Unlike all the other animals, they are entirely [[FurryConfusion non-anthropomorphic]], and they spend all of their screentime either in the women’s arms or being carried around in pet carriers, [[AnimalJingoism never once do they cross paths with or menace the mice or cause trouble for Smiley and the other dogs]]. And yet they somehow still deserve to get lost (and presumably die) in the polar waters with the human villains, just because of CatsAreMean?

** Maltravers’s manservant Geoffreys is a total MinionWithAnFInEvil, who even feels immense guilt just for ''spying'' on Elizabeth and Don Juan, and it’s shown that he’s manly serving Maltravers out of fear of retribution, as the [[BadBoss latter]] makes it abundantly clear that he’ll [[YouHaveFailedMe feed Geoffreys to the sharks should he fail him]], and yet Geoffreys is never given a chance to perform an HeelFaceTurn and suffers the same fate as his boss and Rachel at the end. Though he finally does get redemption at the end of ''Fantasy Island''.

* CriticalResearchFailure: You have no idea. ''Historically inaccurate'' doesn't even ''begin'' to describe these two catastrophes. If the cartoonish premise and talking mice didn't already drive it home for you, the film claiming from the very beginning that ''nobody died aboard the Titanic'' will certainly do it.

** The BigBad rat, he [[VillainHasAPoint makes the obvious point that the King of Atlantis is not someone to be trusted, his robe that covers his face for starters]], is only trying to escape because he was forced into the situation in the first place and is reduced to a CassandraTruth type of person.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: One of the most egregious and unforgivable examples in all of media. The idea of a film where the ''Titanic'' disaster is not only treated as a legend, but a '''misunderstanding where no one died''' would turn off pretty much anyone, especially those who were personally affected by it in some way.

* InferredHolocaust: It's mentioned that screwdrivers were banned from Atlantis. Later a sentient one shows up out of nowhere. As Doug Walker noted, if that screwdriver was alive, does that mean an entire community was banned from the city?

* {{Narm}}: When the Carpathia shows up to rescue everyone, the film tries to have a serious moment where Connors sheds a tear and reminds Ronnie of the "heroes" who gave their lives to make sure everyone else survived. But it rings hollow given that the only ones who died in the movie were Camembert the mouse and Tentacles the octopus. Everyone else, ''including the captain'', survived. [[spoiler: And then it turns out that Camembert and Tentacles survived too.]]

* TheScrappy: Pingo has that reputation.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The King of Atlantis is a good example. He's intended to be a good guy, yet he does not allow Elizabeth, Don Juan, or the others to return to the surface, makes them immortal without telling them, and forces them to live in Atlantis forever.

* RootingForTheEmpire: Just about everyone who's seen this movie sympathizes with the rats for [[UnintentionallySympatheic many]] [[LesserOfTwoEvils reasons]], namely because they want to kill Pingu. It should be noted that they ''do'' want to take over the world, but if the people on the surface is anything like our protagonists (Which is pretty likely given the radio-host calling the Titanic ''[[CriticalResearchFailure "mythical"]]''), then it's pretty easy to say [[TooDumbToLive they deserve to be taken over by rats.]]

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: A lot of "fans" (for a given value of that word) tend to think that the old mouse telling the story was either making it up entirely to entertain his grandchildren, or completely deluded about what actually happened to the ''Titanic.''

* OvershadowedByControversy: This movie is remembered mostly for two things. First, it's an [[TheyCopiedItSoItSucks obvious rip-off]] of Creator/JamesCameron's ''{{Film/Titanic|1997}}'' that was [[FollowTheLeader made to cash in on its success]]. Second, and much more grievously, it treats the sinking of the UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic with blatantly offensive disrespect, going so far as to state outright that the approximate 1,500 deaths never happened and was all a misunderstanding, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking as well as fabricating talking mice, magical whales and evil gangster sharks]]. Keep in mind, the sinking of the RMS Titanic is ''a RealLife historical tragedy''.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: A lot of "fans" (for a given value of that word) tend to think that the old mouse telling the story was either making it up entirely to entertain his grandchildren, or completely deluded about what actually happened to the''Titanic.''

* OvershadowedByControversy: This movie is remembered mostly for two things. First, it's an [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks obvious rip-off]] of Creator/JamesCameron's ''{{Film/Titanic|1997}}'' that was [[FollowTheLeader made to cash in on its success]]. Second, and much more grievously, it treats the sinking of the UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic with blatantly offensive disrespect, going so far as to state outright that the approximate 1,500 deaths never happened and was all a misunderstanding, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking as well as fabricating talking mice, magical whales and evil gangster sharks]]. Keep in mind, the sinking of the RMS Titanic is ''a RealLife historical tragedy''.

* OvershadowedByControversy: This movie is remembered mostly for two things. First, it's an [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks obvious rip-off]] of Creator/JamesCameron's ''{{Film/Titanic|1997}}'' that was [[FollowTheLeader made to cash in on its success]]. Second, and much more grievously, it treats the sinking of the RMS Titanic with blatantly offensive disrespect, going so far as to state outright that the approximate 1,500 deaths never happened and was all a misunderstanding, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking as well as fabricating talking mice, magical whales and evil gangster sharks]]. Keep in mind, the sinking of the RMS Titanic is ''a RealLife historical tragedy''.

** A whole scene is dedicated to a boy handing out newspapers about the Titanic's successful launch and the upcoming engagement of Elizabeth and Maltravers. A man asks for a copy. The boy gives it to him. We then get to watch the man silently reading the newspaper before it switches back to the actual plot.

* {{Narm}}: When the Carpathia shows up to rescue everyone, the film tries to have a serious moment where Connors sheds a tear and reminds Ronnie of the "heroes" who gave their lives to make sure everyone else survived. But it rings hollow given that the only ones who died in the movie were one mouse and Tentacles the octopus. Everyone else, ''including the captain'', survived.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: One of the most egregious and unforgivable examples in all of media. The idea of a film where the ''Titanic'' disaster is not only treated as a legend, but a '''misunderstanding''' would turn off pretty much anyone, especially those who were personally affected by it in some way.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Easily one of the most egregious and unforgivable examples in all of film. The idea of a film where the ''Titanic'' disaster is treated as a ''legend'' would turn off pretty much anyone, particularly those who were personally affected by it in some way.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Is the narrator telling the ''real'' story of the Titanic? Is he [[BlatantLies blatantly lying]] to his grandkids to keep them from learning the terrible truth of how the Titanic sank? Or is he just a senile old man who was rambling the whole time? His wife seems to imply at the end that he's just telling a sailor's story.

** StrangledByTheRedString: Both the romances in the film are pretty rushed.

** Connors and Stella also only share one or two scenes of any meaningful interaction yet still end up getting hitched as well. UncannyValley: The face of the octopus; there's just ''something'' offputting about a very doglike cartoon face plastered on a character designed like this.

* StrangledByTheRedString: Our hero and heroine.
* UncannyValley: The face of the octopus; there's just ''something'' offputting about a very doglike cartoon face plastered on a character designed like this.