History YMMV / TheMask

*** Oh so much. When this movie was on TV when I was little and this song came on, I just started jumping up and down to the drumbeat.

* RomanticPlotTumor: YourMileageMayVary as there wouldn't be much plot without it.

** A year after this episode aired, the BillClinton - Monica Lewinsky scandal happened (though the idea of a corrupt city politician having an affair with a woman who has a job in the sex entertainment biz is more reminscient of Eliot Spitzer, which wouldn't happen until the late 2000s).

** The beginning of "Counterfeit Mask" where the Banana Republic Liberation Army freedom fighters hijack a plane. The whole thing [[spoiler:turns out to be a dream]], thankfully, which is more than what anyone can say about (say it with me now): "9/11."

* FetishFuel: The episodes [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIh01YGTTOI "Bride of Pretorius"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2USdO1FY1Q "Counterfeit Mask"]] are popular simply for being episodes involving a [[DistaffCounterpart woman putting on The Mask]]. There's even a [[http://the-shemask-club.deviantart.com/ fanbase]] devoted to this and as of today it has expanded to the point of having fanart of [[CrossOver other fictional characters getting The Mask]]. Yep.
** [[OlderThanTheyThink The plot device of said episodes isn't all that 'new' to The Mask]] if one counts the comic books and the original draft of the Jim Carrey movie ([[FetishRetardant Ms. Peenman puts on the Mask]]) either.
** Cookie [=BaBoom=] could also count. An AmbiguouslyBrown, [[GreenEyes green-eyed]] brunette {{Yandere}} strip--er, "exotic dancer" with a [[LarynxDissonance somewhat whiny little girl's voice]] (provided by CreeSummer) who [[CrazyAwesome turned two megatons of dynamite into a bikini]] and [[spoiler: ends up naked in public, with Kellaway and Doyle ogling her]].

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: There was a tie-in game released for the home consoles. The problem? As with any super hero that has infinite powers and is nearly invulnerable, the character has to be seriously stripped of powers and made weak to make the game work. As a result, The Mask is often beaten up by low-level thugs with pocket knives. And as you'd expect, the level layouts, bosses and plot progression really don't match the film in anything but the loosest sense.
** You also have to fight Dorian Mask, the final boss... while Stanley is still wearing the mask. Just think about that for a second.

* TearJerker: Parodied; see OscarBait on the main page.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: The original comic book.

*** Oh so much. When this was on TV when I was little and this song came on, I just started jumping up and down to the drumbeat.

* HilariousInHindsight: [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/Expelled Ben Stein]] tells Stanley "It's mythology" and reminds him that a book is metaphorical, not literal. This troper nearly [[SpitTake Expelled]] some lemonade, but it's clearly a [[YourMileageMayVary YMMV]]...

!!The original ''TheMask'' comic series has the following tropes:

!!The movie adaptation of ''TheMask'' has the following tropes:

!!The Saturday morning cartoon version of ''TheMask'' has the following tropes:

** The beginning of the episode, "Future Mask," has The Mask playing on a mini-golf course. The prop on the seventh hole can easily be mistaken these days as a character on the
AdultSwim cartoon, ''Squidbillies''.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: The original comic book.

** The beginning of the episode, "Future Mask," has The Mask playing on a mini-golf course. The prop on the seventh hole can easily be mistaken these days as a character on the AdultSwim cartoon, ''Squidbillies''.

* BetterThanItSounds: Former ''InLivingColor'' cast member JimCarrey stars in a special-effects heavy film based on a slightly obscure comic, in which his character, a shy, quiet bank worker, finds a mysterious mask in a river that when put on, turns him into a living cartoon character. And ''it works.''

* BetterThanItSounds: JimCarrey stars in a film based on a slightly obscure comic, in which his character puts on a mask and gains magical powers, relying heavily on special effects. And ''it works.''

* HilariousInHindsight: The episode "Broadway Malady" centers on a disastrous musical made from the "Mad Monkey" movie series, much like the Spiderman musical would years later.

* EverybodyRemembersTheStripper: Literally in "Flight as a Feather," with the one-time appearance of the Mayor's ex-girlfriend Cookie [=BaBoom=]. You know there's a plot about a Swedish karaoke contest and the Mask losing his feather and running through the city to get it, but once you see that entire sequence with Cookie, you'll forget about that right quick.
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The moment Pretorius, the {{Cyborg}} ''gets the mask on''... absolutely creepy. Induces nightmares for days. Look it up on YouTube.

* CharacterDerailment: In the CBS episodes, Mayor Tilton was an honest, respectable politician whose only beef was The Mask causing trouble in his fair city. In the syndicated/Cartoon Network episodes, the Mayor was more like a RealLife politician: not afraid to get into shady business, blowing the city's money on useless projects (such as the many statues of himself and the party for beauty contest winners), not putting a dime in rebuilding the crumbling buildings in the city (as seen in "Mr. Mask Goes to Washington"), and has dated a woman of dubious morals (Cookie [=BaBoom=]).

* MemeticOutfit: The banana yellow suit.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Hey, Pachuco! HEY!" And don't forget "Cuban Pete."

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Hey, Pachuco! HEY!"
** And don't forget "Cuban Pete."

The movie adaptation of ''TheMask'' has the following tropes:

The Saturday morning cartoon version of ''TheMask'' has the following tropes:

* {{Sequelitis}}: ''SonOfTheMask''. It won a RazzieAward.