History YMMV / Tremors

** One of Burt's rants in his EstablishingCharacterMoment is him telling the rest of the townsfolk that if Rhonda discovers something in the valley like uranium, the government will arrive to kick everybody out by claiming "eminent domain". The battle of the residents of Perfection to stay in the valley with the government wishing to kick them out because the Graboids are considered an endangered species[[ ,spoiler:a battle that the government finally wins by ''Shrieker Island'' when Burt, the only resident remaining in Perfection after everybody else got fed up of the mess and left, decides to get out himself because they won't give him licensing to reinforce his home thanks to said eminent domain,]] are a constant subplot of the franchise from the third movie onward.

** One of Burt's rants in his EstablishingCharacterMoment is him telling the rest of the townsfolk that if Rhonda discovers something in the valley like uranium, the government will arrive to kick everybody out by claiming "eminent domain". The battle of the residents of Perfection to stay in the valley with the government wishing to kick them out because the Graboids are considered an endangered species [[spoiler:a battle that the government finally wins by ''Shrieker Island'' when Burt, the only resident remaining in Perfection after everybody else got fed up of the mess and left, decides to get out himself because they won't give him licensing to reinforce his home thanks to said eminent domain]] are a constant subplot of the franchise from the third movie onward.

** Many of the shows new monsters such as 4-12, the Giant Shrimp and the Mixmaster plant are often ranked as some of the shows best monsters for their terrifying moments of suspense and rampage through Perfection, in some regards almost taking over the small town.

** Regarding characters within the show, Melvin only appeared in 2 episodes, one of which (the pilot) involved him trying to sabotage the residents of Perfection by making El Blanco freak out so it could be killed and he could build homes over protected land. He would’ve made for a perfect recurring villain within the show, but aside from one other appearance in "Water Hazard", he’s never seen interfering with Perfection afterwords.

** One of Burt's rants in his EstablishingCharacterMoment is him telling the rest of the townsfolk that if Rhonda discovers something in the valley like uranium, the government will arrive to kick everybody out by claiming "eminent domain". The battle of the residents of Perfection to stay in the valley with the government wishing to kick them out because the Graboids are considered an endangered species [[spoiler:a battle that the government finally wins in ''Shrieker Island'']] are a constant subplot of the franchise from the third movie onward.

** One of Burt's rants in his EstablishingCharacterMoment is him telling the rest of the townsfolk that is Rhonda discovers something in the valley like uranium, the government will arrive to kick everybody out by claiming "eminent domain". The battle of the residents of Perfection to stay in the valley with the government wishing to kick them out because the Graboids are considered an endangered species [[spoiler:a battle that the government finally wins in ''Shrieker Island'']] are a constant subplot of the franchise from the third movie onward.

* IAmNotShazam: The monsters are called Graboids, not Tremors. Lampshaded in the third movie. The film title refers to the tremors, miniature earthquakes, caused by the monsters tunneling through the ground near the seismic sensors. Blame PopCulturalOsmosisFailure for people thinking the monsters were called Tremors.

** Happened a lot in the series and the later movies. Primarily the third and fourth, largely due to lower budgets.

* FirstInstallmentWins: The sequels largely avoid succumbing to {{Sequelitis}}, and offer up the same enjoyable B-movie fun as the original despite being lower-budget and going DirectToVideo. That said, in terms of writing, casting, and special effects, the original is still held to be the best of the bunch.

* FirstInstallmentWins: The sequels were lower-budget and went DirectToVideo, but still offer the same enjoyable B-movie fun as the original. Even with how much fans enjoy them, however, hardly any will say they surpass the first in any way.

* TheScrappy: Melvin and Grady, both in and out-of-universe.
* {{Sequelitis}}: Averted, by and large. The sequels were lower-budget and went DirectToVideo, but still offer the same enjoyable B-movie fun as the original.

* CultClassic: The entire series, which despite its direct-to-video nature, has very active and strong fanbase.