History YMMV / TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde

* ItWasHisSled: In a ''big'' way; the TwistEnding is [[AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame pretty much the ]]''[[AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame only ]]''[[AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame thing most people will know]] when asked about this story, even if they've never read the book or watched the adaptations.

!! The 1931 film provides examples of:
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The scene towards the beginning where the overwhelmingly {{Narm}}y little girl discovers that she can walk again seems to be setting up her recrippling from the book, but this never actually happens, so the scene just seems bizarre and out of place with zero bearing on the plot.

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: One of WebVideo/JoueurDuGrenier most hated game and It's WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd's least favourite (or [[VideoGame/{{ET}} second least favourite]]) game. And he plays a ''lot'' of bad ones.

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: It's WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd's least favourite (or [[VideoGame/{{ET}} second least favourite]]) game. And he plays a ''lot'' of bad ones.

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: It's WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd's least favourite game. And he plays a ''lot'' of bad ones.

** In the book Jekyll pretty much admits that his motive for inventing the serum was nothing other than ForTheEvulz; he wants to be able to act immorally, but as Jekyll he'll always be worried about his respectable image (not really anything to do with conscience). As Hyde he doesn't have to worry, as the worst people think of him is that Hyde might be blackmailing him (and / or could be his BastardBastard son).

* MainstreamObscurity: Just ask a member of the general public to give you even a vague summary of the plot! As mentioned above, most people ''don't even know'' that the dual identity was originally a TwistEnding, and it is not uncommon to see [[Film/VanHelsing parodies]] [[TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen of it]] where Hyde is literally an ogre monster- rather than simply an evil (but not even particularly ugly) man. To be fair, Hyde is described in the book as a misshapen dwarf so ugly he inspires hatred in people without them even understanding why (possibly an uncanny valley effect due to looking somewhat inhuman).

* ItWasHisSled: In a ''big'' way; the TwistEnding is pretty much the ''only'' thing most people will know when asked about this story, even if they've never read the book or watched the adaptations.

** In the book Jekyll pretty much admits that his motive for inventing the serum was nothing other than ForTheEvulz; he wants to be able to act immorally, but as Jekyll he'll always be worried about his respectable image (not really anything to do with conscience). As Hyde he doesn't have to worry, as the worst people think of him is that Hyde might be blackmailing him (and / or could be his BastardBastard son). He never, ever expresses remorse for anything Hyde does; he only bemoans that when Hyde goes too far, they both might get caught.

** Actually this troper thought that Jekyll had a darker side he felt scared/bad for so he wanted to turn into Hyde for Hyde can do those things and he didn't feel bad for sense it wasn't him really and he Hyde doing it is getting it out so Jekyll didn't no longer have to feel those things, but he started to feel bad about it once Hyde was going too far and was actually killing people.

** A lot of people will assume the two girlfriends are part of the book's plot as well; they were introduced in the 1931 film and added to many subsequent versions.

** In the book Jekyll pretty much admits that his motive for inventing the serum was nothing other than ForTheEvulz; he wants to be able to act immorally, but as Jekyll he'll always be worried about his respectable image (not really anything to do with conscience). As Hyde he doesn't have to worry, as the worst people think of him is that Hyde might be blackmailing him (and / or could be his BastardBastard son). He never, ever expresses remorse for anything Hyde does; he only bemoans that when Hyde goes too far, they both might get caught.

* ItWasHisSled: In a ''big'' way.

* NightmareFuel: The game has two endings. One of them is reached by simply getting to the church as Jekyll before Hyde. It just shows the church and the word "END" appears while the wedding march plays. A second ending, somewhat hidden, is earned by reaching Level 6 as Jekyll and then proceeding to the end as Hyde. Hyde then fights a boss "demon" at the church, and, upon beating it, turns back into Jekyll. Jekyll's able to reach the church unhindered (all the enemies disappear) and an extended cutscene of the wedding plays. "END" appears when the screen fades out after bride and groom kiss. However, after waiting a while, the music will abruptly stop and the sound effect for the bomb is played. When the bomb "explodes", lightning flashes, the word "END" appears reversed, and Mr. Hype appears as a red silhouette with what appears to be a giant cross embedded into his back. Like everything else about the game, the extended ending is unexplained, leaving it ambiguous (for the wrong reasons) as to whether or not it can be considered a "good" or "bad" ending. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdrFR76Bs6E This video suggests the latter is a good ending]].

* MainstreamObscurity: Just ask a member of the general public to give you even a vague summary of the plot! As mentioned above, most people ''don't even know'' that the dual identity was originally a TwistEnding, and it is not uncommon to see [[Film/VanHelsing parodies]] [[TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen of it]] where Hyde is literally an ogre monster- rather than simply an evil (but not even particularly ugly) man. To be fair, Hyde is described in the book as a misshapen dwarf so ugly he inspires hatred in people without them even understanding why.

* CompleteMonster: Hyde. Jekyll writes that all men are "commingled out of good and evil" except Hyde, who's pure evil.

** Not to mention his fears that Hyde was Jekyll's lover, and was using that to blackmail him.

* MainstreamObscurity: Just ask a member of the general public to give you even a vague summary of the plot! As mentioned above, most people ''don't even know'' that the dual identity was originally a TwistEnding, and it is not uncommon to see [[Film/VanHelsing parodies]] [[TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen of it]] where Hyde is literally an ogre monster- rather than simply an evil (but not even particularly ugly) man.
** To be fair, Hyde is described in the book as a misshapen dwarf so ugly he inspires hatred in people without them even understanding why.

* MisaimedFandom: Many people will use the idea of being a "Jekyll and Hyde" as an excuse for either their own bad behaviour or that of their loved ones: "The real me (Jekyll) would never do such a thing, it was this alien force (Hyde) that took over my body and made me do it." This overlooks the fact that Jekyll willingly took the potion because EvilFeelsGood and arguably inverts the moral of Stevenson's story.

*** A short story by KimNewman, "Further Developments in the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", riffs on this; [[spoiler: Essentially, Hyde is a separate person. And he's Jekyll's lover.]]

* MainstreamObscurity: Just ask a member of the general public to give you even a vague summary of the plot! As mentioned above, most people do not know that the dual identity was originally a TwistEnding, and it is not uncommon to see [[Film/VanHelsing pastiches]] [[TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen of it]] where Hyde is literally an ogre-like monster rather than simply an evil (but not even particularly ugly) man.
** To be fair, Hyde is described in the book as a misshapen dwarf so ugly he inspires hatred in people without them understanding why.
** A lot of people will assume the two girlfriends are part of the plot as well; they were introduced in the 1931 film and added to many subsequent versions.
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Inverted. Stevenson wrote the first draft in one-sitting during a speed binge.