YMMV / Alma's Way

• Alternate Aesop Interpretation: The moral of "Alma the Artist" is supposed to be "speak up," but it can also be interpreted as "ask for people's permission to change things" or "you must stifle your creativity in order to please the majority."
• Anvilicious: It has extremely heavy-handed Aesops, often repeated a few times in the episodes.
• Ass Pull:
  • The end of "Bomba or Baseball" can come off as this. Alma and Eddie decide to participate in the Bomba recital rather than go to the baseball game, then it turns out that the Bomba recital was the opening for the game — something Uncle Nestor never bothered to tell them.
  • The conflict of "Alma's Nochebuena" is that no one has an extension cord to light up the animal lights, including Rafia's family. But at the end of the episode, the Hudas conveniently arrive with all the extension cords from their apartment, which they didn't have in stock at the store.
• Awesome Music: The very infectious opening theme. Even Alma's rap portion has some great bars. Lin-Manuel Miranda, people.
• Base-Breaking Character: Alma. Is she a realistic, flawed but ultimately good role model for the target audience, or is she a selfish jerk who doesn't care about her friends?
• Friendly Fandoms:
  • Somewhat forming one with Molly of Denali — both are Slice of Life PBS Kids shows about brown girls and their respective cultures.
  • The Alma fandom gets along great with the Rosie's Rules fandom due to these shows being very similar.
• Just Here for Godzilla: There are some who watch it just because it's created by Sonia Manzano aka Maria.
• Unintentionally Unsympathetic: People on /r/DanielTigerConspiracy tend to criticize "Alma the Artist" for this reason. Alma is supposed to be a friendly if impulsive little girl, and the intended Aesop was supposed to be "speak up," but this episode made her look like a gigantic a-hole instead. First off, she didn't thank Mr. Huda for choosing her design to be on the mural. Next, she gets upset with Andre just for adding polka dots and spaceships to the mural. Then, she makes him go on an 'errand' so she can erase his designs. And finally, she was very ungrateful when Andre bought her a brownie instead of a muffin. In the end, Andre is forced to remove his additions to the mural.
• Watched It for the Representation: It's getting positive press from Puerto Ricans for its positive and authentic portrayal of Puerto Rican culture, including from US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

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