History YMMV / ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop

* BadassDecay: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. While Penelope's performance in ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' was [[DependingOnTheWriter varied]], she could always fend for herself. Here, Penelope is a DamselInDistress who can still fend for herself, but there's almost never an episode where she ''isn't'' kidnapped.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Is Penelope a HiddenBadass ActionGirl beneath that {{Wide Eyed Idealis|t}}m, or is she just a DumbBlonde who's TooDumbToLive?

* FairForItsDay: Despite being famed for revolving around the DamselInDistress trope these days, it was intended more as a parody rather than playing it straight. It's surprisingly progressive that Penelope is often [[NeervesOfSteel comically stone-faced in the face of threat]], and frequently saves herself without the assistance of the Ant Hill Mob or has circumstances switch roles so that the Ant Hill Mob are the ones in danger and that Penelope is the one who saves their lives. In spite of the stereotypical characterisation of them both, this ironically makes it actually one of few cartoons where both the female and male leads hold the SmartBall pretty evenly or are at least [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass no more bungling and helpless than the other]].

* FairForItsDay: Despite being famed for revolving around the DamselInDistress trope these days, it was intended more as a parody rather than playing it straight. It's surprisingly progressive that Penelope frequently saves herself without the assistance of the Ant Hill Mob or that circumstances switch roles so that the Ant Hill Mob are the ones in danger and that Penelope is the one who saves their lives. In spite of the stereotypical characterisation of them both, this ironically makes it actually one of few cartoons where both the female and male leads hold the SmartBall pretty evenly or are at least [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass no more bungling and helpless than the other]].

* FridgeBrilliance: Also lapses into FridgeHorror. Why is it the Hooded Claw's perils are so needlessly time consuming and take so long to get to Penelope's fate? Beyond clear cut sadism, this way he has a chance to appear as Sylvester Sneekly elsewhere and avoid any suspicion of murder.

* BadassDecay: While Penelope's performance in ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' was [[DependingOnTheWriter varied]], she could always fend for herself. Here, Penelope is a DamselInDistress who can still fend for herself, but there's almost never an episode where she ''isn't'' kidnapped.

* BadassDecay: While Penelope's performance in ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' was [[DependingOnTheWriter varied]], she could at least fend for herself. Here, Penelope is a straight DamselInDistress.

* FridgeBrillaince: Also lapses into FridgeHorror. Why is it the Hooded Claw's perils are so needlessly time consuming and take so long to get to Penelope's fate? Beyond clear cut sadism, this way he has a chance to appear as Sylvester Sneekly elsewhere and avoid any suspicion of murder.

* FairForItsDay: Considering that the show's premise revolves around a woman being constantly put in peril, it's surprisingly progressive that Penelope frequently saves herself without the assistance of the Ant Hill Mob or that circumstances switch roles so that the Ant Hill Mob are the ones in danger and that Penelope is the one who saves their lives. In spite of the stereotypical characterisation of them both, this ironically makes it actually one of few cartoons where both the female and male leads hold the SmartBall pretty evenly or are at least [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass no more bungling and helpless than the other]].

* ValuesDissonance: Zigzagged. It's exactly what you'd expect from a silent film parody revolved completely around the female lead getting kidnapped ceaselessly. However the show seems careful not to make Penelope completely helpless, with several occasions she rescues herself through wit (or at fail, at least tries to) or undergoes a role reversal where she ends up saving her protectors the Ant Hill Mob, ironically making her less of a FauxActionGirl than some modern day examples.

* ValuesDissonance: Zigzagged. It's exactly what you'd expect from a silent film parody revolved completely around the female lead getting kidnapped ceaselessly. However the show seems careful not to make Penelope completely helpless, with several occasions she rescues herself (or at fail, at least tries to) or undergoes a role reversal where she ends up saving her protectors the Ant Hill Mob, ironically making her less of a FauxActionGirl than some modern day examples.

* FairForItsDay: Considering that the show's premise revolves around a woman being constantly put in peril, it's surprisingly progressive that Penelope frequently saves herself without the assistance of the Ant Hill Mob or that circumstances switch roles so that the Ant Hill Mob are the ones in danger and that Penelope is the one who saves their lives. In spite of the stereotypical characterisation of them both, this ironically makes it actually one of few cartoons where both the female and male leads hold the SmartBall pretty evenly or are at least no more bungling and helpless than the other.

* FairForItsDay: Considering that the show's premise revolves around a woman being constantly put in peril, it's surprisingly progressive that Penelope frequently saves herself without the assistance of the Ant Hill Mob or that circumstances switch roles so that the Ant Hill Mob are the ones in danger and that Penelope is the one who saves their lives.