History YMMV / WaynesWorld

** Wayne and Garth host their show on Public Access TV, but many younger viewers have pointed out that their scrappy underdog aesthetic would easily translate to YouTube or Twitch if they made their show in the 2000's. Even getting sponsored or bought out by a bigger company has resonance, as many YouTubers or Twitch streamers have become successful enough to be sponsored, but viewers sometimes feel something special has been lost.

* OnceOriginalNowOverdone: The kung fu sequence in the second film may seem obvious and old hat today, but it was surprisingly fresh when it debuted; making fun of LipLock and over-the-top martial arts wasn't really done much before that film.

* ValuesResonance: While Cassandra is introduced as a HeadTurningBeauty, Wayne and Garth are pretty respectful of her, and her main romantic arc with Wayne as well as a good chunk of the first movie's plot revolves around her finding success in her career, and Wayne supporting her. She's a pretty positive portrait of a female musician in a rather male-centric genre, and well-developed for what could have easily been a one-note fanservice character or SatelliteLoveInterest in a different movie. As such, she compares favorably to bro-comedy love interests in movies made much later than 1992.
** Tia Carerre herself said that she was surprised that a non-white love interest was written at all.

* RetroactiveRecognition: In ''2,'' one of the nerds backstage at the Aerosmith concert is played by Creator/BobOdenkirk.

* ValuesDissonance: Wayne introduces himself as “bogus and sad” for arriving at adulthood still living with his parents without having found a career yet. Since the changes in the American economy after the turn of the 21st century, people in their 20’s and 30’s still living at home and having plenty of joe-jobs has become much more socially acceptable.

** In the second movie Wayne sounds more like an [[Franchise/Shrek ogre]] than a leprechaun.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The kung fu sequence in the second film may seem obvious and old hat today, but it was surprisingly fresh when it debuted; making fun of LipLock and over-the-top martial arts wasn't really done much before that film.

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: A platformer video game was created with the license, but was not received well.

* ToughActToFollow: While it followed the very well-received ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' as the second film based on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' characters to be released, ''Wayne's World'' managed to itself avert the trope. However, it ushered in an string of movies based on hit SNL characters in an attempt to recreate the magic, but they all flopped. Even its own sequel lives in its predecessor's shadow.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Wayne, Garth and their crew singing [[Music/{{Queen}} "Bohemian Rhapsody"]] while driving. Doubles as a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.

** Who has ever listened to "[[Music/{{Queen}} Bohemian Rhapsody]]" without headbanging during the guitar solo?

* SignatureScene: ''Everybody'' remembers the "Bohemian Rhapsody" scene from the first film, to the extent where it was a major contributor to Music/{{Queen}}'s public rehabilitation among American audiences (along with Freddie Mercury [[DeadArtistsAreBetter dying]] the previous year).

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Wayne, Garth and their crew singing [[Music/{{Queen}} Bohemian Rhapsody]] while driving. Doubles as a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.

** Mentioned above, Wayne at one point claims that ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', which was still running in 1992, "will never be as recognized as [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries the original]]." Nowadays, it's easily just as well known. [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine The]] [[Series/StarTrekVoyager subsequent]] [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise shows,]] on the other hand...

** The ProductPlacement scene parodies ad campaigns of its time. The Nuprin brand of ibuprofen stopped being sold in America shortly after the film released. Wayne also quotes Pepsi's then-current slogan, "The choice of a new generation," which had already been replaced by the time the film released. The Grey Poupon scene is also a parody of the then-current commercials. And that's not even getting into the logos of the products that ''are'' still around, although Pizza Hut did bring back their most IconicLogo in 2019.

* TheWoobie: Garth.

* ValuesResonance:
** For 1992, Garth's a pretty damn positive portrayal of an autistic person (though it's never addressed, he seems likely to have it).
** While Cassandra is introduced as a HeadTurningBeauty, Wayne and Garth are pretty respectful of her, and her main romantic arc with Wayne as well as a good chunk of the first movie's plot revolves around her finding success in her career, and Wayne supporting her. She's a pretty positive portrait of a female musician in a rather male-centric genre, and well-developed for what could have easily been a one-note fanservice character or SatelliteLoveInterest in a different movie. As such, she compares favorably to bro-comedy love interests in movies made much later than 1992.

* FirstInstallmentWins: ''Wayne's World 2'' had a lot to live up to, and while it wasn't exactly disliked, it never really became as cherished as the first. Funnily enough, in the first movie, Wayne invokes this trope in conversation.

** Nowadays Wayne would open a door on people training for an Austin Power's movie.

** The trope is actually discussed, and lampshaded, when Wayne reveals his big room full of ninjas.

* FirstInstallmentWins: ''Wayne's World 2'' had a lot to live up to, and it never really became as cherished as the first. Funnily enough, in the first movie, Wayne invokes this trope in conversation.

** Wayne tries to get an Oscar by going hysterical about not learning how to read. [[Creator/KateWinslet Somebody]] [[Literature/TheReader accomplished this later on]].

** Glenn, the manager of Stan Makita's Donuts, has a few bizarre and creepy rants. He has nothing to do with the plot, it's just funny.

* GeniusBonus: Cassandra's horrible jungle themed music video in the first movie is a possible reference to Music/PearlJam, who reportedly went through the same thing for their song Even Flow. They were so unhappy with the finished result they prevented its release and swore to not make a music video for their next three albums (with Yield breaking the streak).

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** {{Downplayed|Trope}} with the scenes that homage ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' (in the first film) and ''Film/JurassicPark'' (in ''Wayne's World 2''), as both films, while extremely recent releases at the time, remained iconic in the decades to come.* ValuesResonance:

** While Cassandra is introduced as a HeadTurningBeauty, Wayne and Garth are pretty respectful of her, and her main romantic arc with Wayne as well as a good chunk of the first movie's plot revolves around her finding success in her career, and Wayne supporting her. She's a pretty positive portrait of a female musician in a rather male-centric genre, and well-developed for what could have easily been a one note fanservice character or SatelliteLoveInterest in a different movie. As such, she compares favorably to bro-comedy love interests in movies made much later than 1992.

* UnnecessaryMakeover: Garth, briefly, in the second movie.
* ValuesResonance: