History YMMV / TheOogielovesInTheBigBalloonAdventure

* NauseaFuel: The flavors of the milkshakes the Oogieloves order, most of which are weird, gross, or silly... or all three.

* SweetnessAversion: This film has a low-stakes plot (with NoAntagonist), an overemphasis of ThePowerOfLove (to the point that [[spoiler: the day is saved by blowing kisses]]), and its setting (literally called "Lovelyloveville") populated by cute puppets, eccentric people, and a bright color palate. The extreme cutesieness is probably why it bombed as hard as it did. In fact, many who saw the film being advertised thought that it would turn out to be a parody of overly saccharine kids' films.

* HilariousInHindsight: Three years after this film was released, AMC Theaters introduced their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcuD3Y5ytLM Sensory Friendly Film screenings]], which encourage kids to do the same things in the theater that they're encouraged to do in this movie.

* MemeticMolester: Bobby Wobbly, an erratic cowboy trucker with an obsession with bubbles who invites children into his furnished truck bed to "wobble" with him.

* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Kenn Viselman wasn't deterred by the negative reviews and low box office numbers that this movie earned. [[https://www.thewrap.com/oogieloves-worst-ever-box-office-bow-notoriety-we-were-looking-54471/ In fact, he thought that the film's negative publicity would expand the Oogieloves' popularity,]] raising sales of Oogielove merchandise and media. Suffice to say he was proven wrong.

** Music/ToniBraxton also deserves credit for fully embracing the opportunity to do some [[AdamWesting self-parody]]. Her role as a ComicallySerious diva who performs an extravagant ballad about allergies feels like an AffectionateParody created specifically for Braxton, in a film that otherwise has some [[WTHCastingAgency bizarre casting choices]].

* SweetnessAversion: This film has a low-stakes plot (with NoAntagonist), an overemphasis of ThePowerOfLove (to the point that [[spoiler: the day is saved by blowing kisses]]), and its setting (literally called "Lovelyloveville") populated by cute puppets, eccentric people, and a bright color palate. The extreme cutesieness is probably why it bombed as hard as it did. In fact, many who saw the film being advertised thought that it would turn out to be aparody of overly saccharine kids' films.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: When the least weird things in the movie are a talking vacuum cleaner, an unintelligible pillow and a real grump of a fish, you know you're in for a ''hell'' of a ride.
* WTHCastingAgency: For some reason, the filmmakers decided to cast Creator/ChristopherLloyd and Creator/JaimePressly as a Mexican couple.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: As many reviewers have pointed out, the very concept of a film that encourages small children to make as much noise as possible in a movie theatre is not going to appeal to many parents. Your own children dancing around to a movie at home is one thing; dancing around in the crowded aisles of a theatre with dozens of other children is quite another. Though, considering the box office numbers, 'dozens' turned out to be wild optimism.

* BileFascination: Many who saw the film being advertised thought (and ''hoped'') that it would turn out to be an unintentional, or even intentional, parody of stupid, overly saccharine kids' shows and films.
* ClicheStorm: This film copies every cliché from live-action children's shows: {{Animate Inanimate Object}}s, randomly introduced songs, and overly eccentric people.

* SweetnessAversion: It's notorious for this to the point of mockery. Simply put, it makes ''WesternAnimation/ATrollInCentralPark'' look like ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''!

** Even Creator/BradJones, who called the movie "filth" noted that Creator/CaryElwes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9SGhX6-SMw#t=8m53s gave a great performance.]] Some even claim that Bobby Wobbly falls under CreepyAwesome instead of UnintentionalUncannyValley because he fully embraced the insanity of the role.

* BileFascination: Many who saw the film being advertised thought (and ''hoped'') that it would turn out to be an unintentional parody of stupid, overly saccharine kids' shows and films.

* AdaptationDisplacement: While ''Oogieloves'' is notorious for how bad it is, there's hardly anything on the entire Internet about ''Series/MyBedbugs'' aside from a few clips on Website/YouTube and some DVD listings on Amazon.

** Even Creator/BradJones, who called the movie "filth" noted that Creator/CaryElwes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9SGhX6-SMw#t=8m53s gave a great performance.]] Some even claim that Bobby Wobbly falls under CreepyAwesome instead of UncannyValley because he fully embraced the insanity of the role.

* UncannyValley:
** From Creator/NathanRabin's [[https://film.avclub.com/something-close-to-madness-case-file-24-the-oogielove-1798233892 "My World of Flops" article:]] "Oogieloves are supposed to look plush and friendly, but their big, dead eyes and mouths are as distractingly inexpressive as their movements are lumbering and awkward. There’s a thin line separating [[CreepyCute creepy-cute]] from just plain repulsive, which Oogieloves crosses early and often."This makes it particularly jarring that the Oogieloves shown in the [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cKLwprcW8Ew/hqdefault.jpg thumbnail]] of ''WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob'''s review actually ''do'' look cute and friendly.
** The human characters also [[HumanoidAbomination fall into this]]. Rabin's essay describes Creator/ClorisLeachman's grandmotherly character as "a cross between a human-sized candy cane and Creator/BetteDavis in ''Film/WhateverHappenedToBabyJane'' by way of Creator/FayeDunaway's Creator/JoanCrawford in ''Film/MommieDearest''". Creator/CaryElwes' cowboyish character is "something from a deleted scene from ''Film/BlueVelvet''". [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob Brad Jones]] sums up Leachman as the "Creator/DavidLynch version of a [[CrazyCatLady psycho cat lady]]."

* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Kenn Viselman is not deterred by the negative reviews and low box office numbers that this movie has. [[https://www.thewrap.com/oogieloves-worst-ever-box-office-bow-notoriety-we-were-looking-54471/ In fact, he thinks that the film's negative publicity will expand the Oogieloves' popularity,]] raising sales of Oogielove merchandise and media. If there had ever ''been'' any Oogieloves merchandise, we might be able to judge the validity of this argument, but we definitely know that it was an embarrassing flop.

* TheScrappy: Nobody in this movie is really liked to begin with (except ''maybe'' [[DeadpanSnarker Ruffy]]), but special mention goes towards Goofy Toofie, mainly for the [[OverlyLongGag neverending gag with his pants constantly falling off]].
-->'''Rotten Tomatoes Critical Consensus:''' Although it may serve as a passing diversion for very young viewers, ''The Oogieloves'' fails to offer much more than several brightly colored examples of the worst stereotypes of modern children's entertainment.

* BileFascination: Many who saw the film being advertised thought (and ''hoped'') that it would turn out to be a parody of [[TastesLikeDiabetes stupid, overly saccharine kids' shows and films]].

* TastesLikeDiabetes: It's notorious for this to the point of mockery. Simply put, it makes ''WesternAnimation/ATrollInCentralPark'' look like ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''!

* ItsNotSupposedToWinOscars: The director made the rather exact excuse that [[https://www.thewrap.com/oogieloves-worst-ever-box-office-bow-notoriety-we-were-looking-54471/ this wasn't made to win the Academy Award.]] Strangely enough, he wasn't the least bit concerned that the movie bombed either.

* AdaptationDisplacement: While ''Oogieloves'' is notorious for how bad it is, there's hardly anything on the entire Internet about ''Series/MyBedBugs'' aside from a few clips on Website/YouTube and some DVD listings on Amazon.

* HamAndCheese: Creator/CaryElwes was ''clearly'' having fun playing Bobby Wobbly in this movie. Same with Chazz Palminteri as Milky Marvin, as well as Creator/ChristopherLloyd [[FakeNationality as]] Lero Sombrero.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: A theatrical film aimed at extremely young children was already a tough sell, especially since it didn't have a big name attached to it. And, as many reviewers have pointed out, the very concept of a film that encourages small children to make as much noise as possible in a movie theatre is not going to appeal to many parents. Your own children dancing around to a movie at home is one thing; dancing around in the crowded aisles of a theatre with dozens of other children is quite another. Though, considering the box office numbers, 'dozens' turned out to be wild optimism.

* HilariousInHindsight: Three years after this film was released, AMC Theaters introduced their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcuD3Y5ytLM Sensory Friendly Film screenings]], which encourage kids to do the same things in the theater that they're encouraged to do in this movie. However, the reasoning behind these screenings is much more sound- they are for kids who normally wouldn't be able to see a movie in a theater because they normally behave like this.

* SnarkBait: Many reviews of the movie are filled to the brim with snark, mostly directed towards its TastesLikeDiabetes nature and its comically low box-office haul. In fact, some reviewers admitted to seeing the movie ''because'' of [[BileFascination its potential for snark]].

* EnsembleDarkhorse: WebVideo/CinematicExcrement admits in his review that Ruffy is his favourite character in the movie. This likely stems from Ruffy being [[DeadpanSnarker considerably grouchier than the rest of the cast]] (thereby giving him more characterization than literally every other character involved) and feeling like the OnlySaneMan among the Oogieloves (namely, his line "Will this day never end?!"), which makes it easy for non-fans of the movie to identify with him.

* HilariousInHindsight: Three years after this film was released, AMC Theaters introduced their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6WevmVPaJ4 Sensory Friendly Film screenings]], which encourage kids to do the same things in the theater that they're encouraged to do in this movie. However, the reasoning behind these screenings is much more sound- they are for kids who normally wouldn't be able to see a movie in a theater because they normally behave like this.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: A theatrical film aimed at extremely young children was already a though sell, especially since it didn't have a big name attached to it. And, as many reviewers have pointed out, the very concept of a film that encourages small children to make as much noise as possible in a movie theatre is not going to appeal to many parents. Your own children dancing around to a movie at home is one thing; dancing around in the crowded aisles of a theatre with dozens of other children is quite another. Though, considering the box office numbers, 'dozens' turned out to be wild optimism.

%%* SpecialEffectFailure

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: When the least weird things in the movie are a talking vacuum cleaner, a unintelligible pillow and a real grump of a fish, you know you're in for a ''hell'' of a ride.

* SpecialEffectFailure: Oh yeah. See UncannyValley below.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: As many reviewers have pointed out, the very concept of a film that encourages small children to make as much noise as possible in a movie theatre is not going to appeal to many parents. Your own children dancing around to a movie at home is one thing; dancing around in the crowded aisles of a theatre with dozens of other children is quite another. Though, considering the box office numbers, 'dozens' turned out to be wild optimism.

* EarWorm: ''Snap snap snap reach for the sky!''

* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Even Creator/BradJones, who called the movie "filth" noted that Creator/CaryElwes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9SGhX6-SMw#t=8m53s gave a great performance.]] Some even claim that Bobby Wobbly falls under CreepyAwesome instead of UncannyValley because he fully embraced the insanity of the role.

* ClicheStorm: This film copies every cliché from live-action children's shows: {{Animate Inanimate Object}}s, randomly introduced songs, overly eccentric people.