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** Wally's hairspray [[labelnote:explanation]]A common joke among the fandom is that Wally's hairstyle takes a lot of hairspray to accomplish. Likewise, Wally's hair is depicted as being comedically hard and firm, and he himself is depicted as being viscously protective of his hairspray.[[/labelnote]]

* HilariousInHindsight: Wally is desperate to communicate with the audience beyond the fourth wall but can't. ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' has a skit with a teenage [[WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer Dora]] at her quinceañera about to jump off a building asking the audience if they think she can fly, and then screaming, "I've never been able to hear you! That's the show's big lie!"

* FanNickname: The version of ''Beautiful Dreamer'' that Wally sings has been nicknamed "Wally's Lullaby."

* HilariousInHindsight: ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' has a skit with a teenage [[WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer Dora]] at her quinceañera about to jump off a building asking the audience if they think she can fly, and then screaming, "I've never been able to hear you! That's the show's big lie!"

** The Sans-ification of Wally Darling [[labelnote:explanation]]Welcome Home has recieved many, ''many'' fanmade [=AUs=], many of which center around Wally in some capacity. This has resulted in him receiving comparisons to Sans from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', who was rather infamously retooled into many different varients, to the point that the [=AUs=] had fandoms that wrote crossovers for the [=AUs=], some of which included AlternateSelfShipping. As a result, people on the internet like to joke that Wally is the new Sans.[[/labelnote]]

** The Sans-ification of Wally Darling [[labelnote:explanation]]Welcome Home has recieved many, ''many'' fanmade AUs, many of which center around Wally in some capacity. This has resulted in him receiving comparisons to Sans from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', who was rather infamously retooled into many different varients, to the point that the AUs had fandoms that wrote crossovers for the AUs, some of which included AlternateSelfShipping. As a result, people on the internet like to joke that Wally is the new Sans.[[/labelnote]]

** The Sans-ification of Wally Darling [[labelnote:explanation]]Welcome Home has recieved many, ''many'' fanmade aus, many of which center around Wally in some capacity. This has resulted in him receiving comparisons to San from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', who was rather infamously retooled into many different varients, to the point that the aus had fandoms that wrote crossovers for the aus, some of which included AlternateSelfShipping. As a result, people on the internet like to joke that Wally is the new Sans.[[/labelnote]]

** The Wally and Julie ship name is "Appleblossom." [[labelnote:explanation]]Apple due to Wally's love of them, and blossom due to Julie's association with flowers.[[/labelnote]]

** One of the more popular ship names for Wally x Howdy is "Walowdy."

** The Wally and Julie ship name is Apple Blossom. [[labelnote:explanation]]Apple due to Wally's love of them, and Blossom due to Julie's association with them.[[/labelnote]]
** The Wally and Frank ship name is Aware Husbands (or Aware Duo for a platonic varient).[[labelnote:explanation]]The "aware" part comes from the common headcanon that Frank is also aware of his status as a puppet.[[/labelnote]]

* DiagnosedByTheAudience: More than one fan has pointed out that Wally seems to have some form of Autism, citing his delayed reactions to things, general lack of social skills and incredibly subdued manner of speech as being examples of this.