History YMMV / VsDaveAndBambi

* UnexpectedCharacter: Let's be honest, who was expecting [[VideoGame/LiterallyEveryFNFModEver Bob and Ron]] to show up in Splitathon 2?

*** [[SuddenlyShouting I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT ME!]] Look at my [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] me, look at me, [[SuddenlyShouting ALLISON, STOP]]! [[labelnote:Explanation]]Bambi says this after getting frustrated with Dave constantly telling him to be careful.[[/labelnote]]

** "Hello everybody, welcome back to another video of escaping from Bambi." [[labelnote:Explanation]]A snippet of the beginning of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTWDX1bTaiM&t=0s this video]], where the player, while trying to do the intro, gets interrupted by Bambi knocking down the wall in front of them and killing them.[[/labelnote]]

* AuthorsSavingThrow: One common criticism of the mod was that its spam-heavy songs often traded quality for their [[PatterSong signature challenge.]] As of the 2.5 update, new songs "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6o0eVnLY4U Polygonized]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d44tic94vwg Mealie]]" were added to the mod, replacing "Furiosity" and "Screwed" respectively, and both have been much more positively received. For some, this also gave hope that more of the music could receive similar overhauls in future updates. This was then validated by the mod's 3.0 update, which completely redid every single track save for "Polygonized", "Splitathon", and the anti-cheat songs and added a ton of others that received similar praise.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
** Say what you will about most of the 2.5 versions's music, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6o0eVnLY4U "Polygonized"]], its replacement for "Furiosity", is a significant stand-out for its intensity and catchiness.
** Not too far behind, though, is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em-87F0UL-w "Cheating"]]. While the song has a frustrating [[InterfaceScrew modchart]], the song itself is decently catchy if repetitive, [[NoFairCheating despite mainly being added as an anti-cheating measure]]. Heck, even the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuP2W0kGItA instrumental version]] is a bop!
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xljctI_xfA "Unfairness"]] is a fast-paced erratic song spiced up with {{Angrish}} and an ominous instrumental fitting the DigitalAbomination you are facing, culminating in a gorgeous piano at the end to crown your well-earned victory.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_9iYNDN_bw "Exploitation"]], the final song against Expunged, has a heavy final boss aura with a more solidified melody on Boyfriend's end and a few filters on Expunged's voice that manage to make its humorous singing sound legitimately menacing.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bct6NAkNng "House"]] is a rather calm song, yet it's also hard enough to get you ready for the rest of the mod.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeHGA2LqwUY "Insanity"]] is a smooth increase in difficulty from House, while also having an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3uc8S4p2aM amazing instrumental]] to go with the vocals.
** The first remake of a Bambi song teased for the 3.0 version, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3SDFnK0Pyw "Corn Theft"]], turns what was once a reviled spam track into a catchy beat reminiscent of rap music and even contains a few references to the [[RecursiveFanfiction recursive fanmod]] [[VideoGame/DaveAndBambiGoldenAppleEdition Golden Apple Edition]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nOJvrxMZiY "Blocked"]] is a great introduction to Bambi's week, hitting the player immediately with a high-energy, hype-filled dubstep beat that remains that way nearly the whole way through.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGKzXhD7TAI The updated version of "Maze"]] gives the song a trap-esque vibe in its instrumental and delivers on the funkiness from the previous songs, even ending with a few sections with a tuned Bambi voice.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9MOPEqq-j8 "Escape from California"]] is a surprisingly tense and fast-paced song that wouldn't sound out of place in a dramatic chase sequence.

** This is so Screwed![[labelnote:Explanation]]Bambi's angry face seen in the scrapped "Screwed" has become a popular NonSequitur response to various things (primarily posts relating to the mod's {{Hatedom}}), combined with the aforementioned phrase.[[/labelnote]]

** A good amount of the mod's haters will often post clips of songs featuring off-tune vocals and note-spam on a level so intense it becomes humanly impossible to play and unbearable to listen to... not realizing that these kinds of songs don't come from ''Dave and Bambi'' itself, but rather its numerous [[RecursiveFanfiction fanmade mods]] that suffer heavily from SturgeonsLaw. The only official songs that come near this level are Expunged's songs, which still remain at a density that can be feasibly beaten, and assuming these low-quality hyper-spam songs encompass all of ''Dave and Bambi'' ([[VideoGame/DaveAndBambiGoldenAppleEdition or even all]] [[VideoGame/FridayNightFunkinPopcornEdition fan-made songs]]) will guarantee the ire of the mod's fans.

** A good amount of the mod's sizeable {{Hatedom}} will often post clips of songs featuring off-tune vocals and note-spam on a level so intense it becomes humanly impossible to play and unbearable to listen to... not realizing that these kinds of songs don't come from ''Dave and Bambi'' itself, but rather its numerous [[RecursiveFanfiction fanmade mods]] that suffer heavily from SturgeonsLaw. The only official songs that come near this level are Expunged's songs, which still remain at a density that can be feasibly beaten, and assuming these low-quality hyper-spam songs encompass all of ''Dave and Bambi'' ([[VideoGame/DaveAndBambiGoldenAppleEdition or even all]] [[VideoGame/FridayNightFunkinPopcornEdition fan-made songs]]) will guarantee the ire of the mod's fans.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments: Meta example; the mod's director and primary composer, [=MoldyGH=], is a downright inspiring example of one's ability to improve impressively in a talent with enough support and dedication. The first handful of songs released in the early versions of the mod were received with much infamy and gained a reputation not dissimilar to that of [[VideoGame/VsMouse Welcome Old]], but despite this Moldy continued to compose and gain skill at a rapid pace. When the 2.5 version of the mod was released, not only did every song get a full instrumental overhaul, but one of Dave's most infamous songs, "Furiosity", was replaced by the much more popular [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6o0eVnLY4U "Polygonized"]]. Since then, Moldy's only continued to improve and release a wave of well-received music both in and out of the FNF fandom... and all in the span of just one or two years!

* FandomEnragingMisconception: "3D Bambi". While its identity had originally not been discussed, nowadays the entity in question is known to be a powerful eldritch being who takes the form of Bambi and is referred to as Expunged, so calling it Bambi or a variation thereof will invoke cries from the fandom.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: One common criticism of the mod was that its spam-heavy songs often traded quality for their [[PatterSong signature challenge.]] As of the 2.5 update, new songs "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6o0eVnLY4U Polygonized]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d44tic94vwg Mealie]]" were added to the mod, replacing "Furiosity" and "Screwed" respectively, and both have been much more positively received. For some, this also gave hope that more of the music could receive similar overhauls in future updates. This was then validated by the mod's 3.0 update, which completely redid every single track save for "Polygonized" and "Splitathon" and added a ton of others that received similar praise.

** Not too far behind, though, is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em-87F0UL-w "Cheating"]]. While the song has a frustrating [[InterfaceScrew modchart]], the song itself is usually seen as one of the best songs in the game, [[NoFairCheating despite mainly being added as an anti-cheating measure]]. Heck, even the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuP2W0kGItA instrumental version]] is a bop!

** Not too far behind, though, is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em-87F0UL-w "Cheating"]]. While the song has a frustrating [[InterfaceScrew modchart]], the song itself is usually seen as one of the best songs in the game, [[NoFairCheating despite mainly being added as an anti-cheating measure]]. Heck, even the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuP2W0kGItA instrumental version]] is a bop!

* FandomEnragingMisconception: "3D Bambi". While his identity has originally not been discussed, nowadays the entity in question is known to be a powerful eldritch being who takes the form of Bambi and is referred to as Expunged, so calling him Bambi or a variation thereof will invoke cries from the fandom.

* ThatOneLevel: Almost every song the mod has to offer is a PatterSong taken to the max, requiring rapid note spam on a level reminiscent of VideoGame/WiiFunkin, if not even greater. Even for the standards the mod sets up, however, "Unfairness" takes this to a degree so absurd that it could very well be considered the toughest song an FNF mod has ever released. Not only is the song just as spam-happy as...well, basically anything Bambi sings, but it also coats itself in a thick layer of deadly mechanics, from [[InterfaceScrew the notes spinning in a circle around the center of the screen to every arrow having a different scroll speed]] to automatically disabling ghost tapping (meaning the player will take damage for pressing an incorrect note). The fact that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vicmsm4YTlM people have managed to even beat it]] is frankly a miracle.