History YMMV / XRayAndVav

* TheUnTwist: There were actually many fans who guessed that Mogar's mother [[spoiler: is a cow and that the Mad King was holding her hostage.]]

* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: Since their [[RelationshipVoiceActor VAs are married in real life]] there are people who ship Hilda and Mogar. Though they've shared a scene in Episode 6 of Season 2, but it took until the season finale for them to speak to each other at all.

* UncannyValley: Wheras the rest of the characters have simple, cartoonish eyes, [[NonStandardCharacterDesign The Mad King's eyes are very detailed.]] The effect is rather disturbing, [[InvokedTrope which is likely on purpose]].

* TheUnTwist: There were actually many fans who guessed that Mogar's mother [[spoiler: is a cow and that the Mad King was holding her hostage.]]
* WhatAnIdiot: [[spoiler: The Mad King]], in-universe, calls X-Ray and Vav idiots for spending all of their time whining and complaining about their problems instead of actually being heroes.
** [[spoiler: The Mad King]] himself falls into this as his entire plan in season 2 relied almost exclusively on X-Ray and Vav staying antagonistic towards each other despite the fact that he was previously defeated by the PowerOfFriendship.

** Everything about The Mad King's role in Season 2 became this when the truth about Ryan's character came out in 2020, [[Administrivia/{{RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment}} and let's leave it at that.]]

* HoYay: PlayedForLaughs in "Enter the Dragonfic", which was no doubt a reference to Rooster Teeth's hyper awareness over the Yaoi fanbase GavinFree (Vav) has garnered over the years thanks to his various [[HeterosexualLifePartners bromances]] with his co-workers.

** [[spoiler: The Mad King]] himself falls into this as his entire plan in season 2 relied almost exclusively on X-Ray and Vav staying antagonistic towards each other despite the fact that he was previously defeated by the PowerOfFriendship.
* WhatTheHellCastingAgency?: Some people feel that Adam would have made a better [[spoiler: Corpirate]] than Geoff.
** Though Geoff was the original version of the character in WWE, so it does seem like the natural choice.

** Mogar being shipped with [[WebAnimation/CampCamp David]] is even worse as the shows don't exist in the same universe as far as we can tell.

* HarsherInHindsight: The jokes about X-Ray's dad not being around were expected given his InkSuitActor jokingly started the gag himself as a form of SelfDeprecation during Let's Plays. In-Universe however the jokes become cringe worthy once we find out that X-Ray [[spoiler: has major abandonment issues stemming from his dad leaving him and his mom when he was very young, and can be easily manipulated because it.]] This makes moments like the [[spoiler: Corpirate]] pulling a (false) LukeIAmYourFather on him as a gag become this. Seeing X-Ray get excited and hopeful (and by god the look on his face!) for a few second, even despite the fact his so called "father" is about to kill him (which just makes it worse), only for the [[spoiler: Corpirate]] to shut him down and call him stupid for believing it. The look on X-Ray's face while [[spoiler: Corpirate]] laughs is just heartbreaking. And to think that this was just a 16-second long gag!

** The SadisticChoice in "The Anti-Vav Ray". [[spoiler:The big contention people have with it is why Vav didn't just go ahead and use the Slo-Mo Hands anyway despite being called a cheater by Mogar. Some think that Mogar's calling him out for using powers when the Slo-Mo Hands are obviously gadgets. Others think, probably the intended way, that he knows they're gizmos and he's trying to get him to prove he's better.]]

* HypeBacklash: When it was announced that Rooster Teeth was making a new animated series in the super hero genre, some fans were expecting something similar to RWBY with superheroes. They were less than pleased when trailers and more info came out that revealed what the actual tone of the series would be.