YMMV / Fuller House

• Adorkable:
  • DJ has a few of these moments. Particularly when she tries to play the drums by putting colors in them like Rock Band, or when she thought it was a good idea to make up an Irish name just because they were crashing an Irish wedding (she was close to faking an admittedly fairly accurate Irish accent if not for Stephanie flat out prohibiting it).
  • Jackson's attempts to look cool in front of Lola end failing hilariously, and she still thinks he is cute.
  • Duane, after giving Kimmy a successful Pep Talk, Kimmy kisses him in the cheek, which turns him again into a shy boy while brushing it with an awkward "Whatever".
• Ass Pull: Throughout the the entire series it's stressed that Stephanie can't have children to the point where two seasons focus on Stephanie having a baby in vitro. Yet in the last second of the final episode she reveals to everyone she's pregnant.
• Awesome Music: The show's rearranged theme song, "Everywhere You Look," sung by Carly Rae Jepsen. Also, Jesse sings "Forever" in the debut episode. Sure, it was overdubbed, but it's still a flood of nostalgia to those old enough to remember the original series.
• Base-Breaking Character:
  • Steve. Some people feel he's been flanderized, and his attempts to win DJ back in the first few episodes are annoying at best and creepy at worst. He does get better by the end of the season.
  • Matt. He's either a great choice for DJ, or a pointless Romantic False Lead.
  • Max. He's a Large Ham, and people think he's either the best part of the show, considering him charming, squeaky adorable and hilarious to watch, or the worst part of the show, considering him irritating and unrealistic as a kid character.
• Best Known for the Fanservice: When season 1 of the show was released on Netflix, it didn't take very long for thousands of Twitter users to comment on how busty Stephanie Tanner has gotten, given her actress Jodie Sweetin was 33 years old by the time production began. The show's writers seemed to anticipate the audience would react this way, as there are a few gags related to Stephanie's bust size.
• Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: The fourth wall-breaking joke in Episode 1 when the whole cast looks directly at the audience for a quite extensive amount of time after explaining Michelle's absence. Although the meta-narrative is crystal clear, it comes completely out of nowhere if you are unaware of the context of Mary-Kate and Ashley turning down appearing on the show, and it goes completely against the usual style of the show. Plus, with the arguable exception of Jesse's referencing the show's (now absent) iconic Sentimental Music Cue in Episode 2, the show is not as outwardly blatant when doing similar lampshading style jokes.
• Broken Base:
  • Some fans are split about the more adult-oriented humor, since the kids watching it can't understand the jokes, while others are OK with it, since the original fans are now grown-ups.
  • The rearranged theme of the show by Carly Rae Jepsen is either a good homage or a bad one.
  • The Indian party scene. Some people saw it as a highly offensive example of cultural appropriation.
  • Stephanie's confession to DJ about not being able to have children of her own is either the most genuinely heartbreaking scene of all of Season 1, and a moment that gives Stephanie a lot of extra depth, or poorly written and acted (especially on Cameron-Bure's part) with a badly executed Mood Whiplash.
• Critical Dissonance: So far, the critics' reactions and the fans' reactions to the show have been very different; while fans are praising the show (although not unanimously), it'll be very hard to find a positive critic review on the show. Candace Cameron-Bure (who plays DJ) has commented on this by saying the show is made with the fans in mind from the start, and that critics never have had anything good to say about the original show anyway. The distinction is how both sides perceive the creative intentions behind the show, which are also extreme opposites of each other. Fans consider it earnest and a sincere love letter to both the original show and its fan base, with a honest intention of updating the formula in the process. Critics, on the other hand, consider it a cynical cash-grab, which only reason to exist is to capitalize on its fans' nostalgia (a nostalgia that most critics consider misplaced in the first place).
• Ensemble Dark Horse:
  • Like in the original series, Jesse is still the fan favorite, guest-starring in more episodes out of the rest of the former household members (although this last point is helped by the fact that John Stamos is producer of the show).
  • Fernando was one of the new characters who was well received by the fans, which promoted him to main cast in the opening credits starting in Season 2.
• Fan-Preferred Couple: Jackson and Ramona for a time being, more than the official one of Jackson and Lola (though they later break up). DJ also with either Steve or Matt, largely depending on which side of the Broken Base they fall on in that case.
• Flanderization: Jackson, to some extent. In earlier seasons, he was not naturally book smart like his brother, but he still had some intelligence, being able to manipulate Max into doing his chores and managing to sneak away with the help of an unwitting Jesse. Later seasons toned his lack of intelligence up until this was a large part of his characterization.
• Growing the Beard: Compared to the cheesiness of the first season, the second season seems to have addressed the chief concerns from critics: the jokes are much less cheesy, the Narm is toned down substantially, and the show looks and is structure much more like a modern sitcom (additional meta jokes like Fernando's pixelation, use of single camera shots, more cynical sense of humor and an episode may wrap up without the mandatory Golden Moment). The end result is a show that doesn't pander strictly to the fans, but still retains the charm of the series.
• Harsher in Hindsight:
  • Danny vividly recalling a Near-Death Experience to DJ that triggered his Hollywood Mid-Life Crisis gets a little uncomfortable to sit through after Bob Saget's sudden death while on his comedy tour in January 2022.
  • In one episode, Stephanie reads several rock star biographies, including one of Ariana Grande, and later remarks, "You would not believe what they put Ariana Grande through on Sam & Cat!" In 2022, Grande's Sam & Cat co-star Jennette McCurdy released an autobiography that alleged serious emotional abuse on the set of her shows, especially during Sam & Cat, and expresses a belief that Grande didn't seem to undergo the same level of disrespect that she did.
• It's the Same, Now It Sucks!: A common criticism of the series is how it is basically a modernized gender flipped rehash of its predecessor.
• Narm: DJ's "This breaks my heart" line when Stephanie explains to her she can't have children. There are people who thought it was one step too far, to the point of bringing the scene down.
• Narm Charm: Just like its predecessor, a lot of fans love the show because of its cheesiness.
• Never Live It Down: Stephanie's skimpy outfits. She wears a red dress with an Impossibly-Low Neckline in the first episode, which she wears for just a family party (something that legitimately rose some eyebrows). After that, though, she doesn't wear similar clothing that often, and when she does, it's for situations where it's not particularly out of place, like clubbing. However, if you were to believe some critics, she wears next to nothing 50% of her screen time for no reason.
• Older Than They Think: A lot of people were surprised by the content, but the thing is that's nothing new in the franchise. Just go back to the original series and watch the episodes around the time right after when Jesse and Becky got married, or when Becky got pregnant. Uncle Jesse even said "hell" in the first episode, and there was plenty of Ho Yay subtext in the third episode's shower scene between Jesse and Joey.
• Sweetness Aversion: Just like its predecessor, the saccharine tone is by far the most common criticism to the show. Some people argue it's even worse, given just how much harder it is to live in San Francisco nowadays compared to the 90s, and yet all characters have the same living conditions as 20 years ago, if not better. This makes the Wish-Fulfillment aspect of the show even harder to get into.
• The Woobie: Danny. First he loses his first wife, then his parents get divorced, then he goes through relationships he can't maintain (particularly with Vicky), and just when he finally has a new wife, Teri divorces him afterwards. To make matters worse, near the end of season 3, he lost his job at Wake Up, USA and then only Becky is asked to return to their own San Francisco TV station, so he takes it upon himself to move back into his old Tanner-Fuller house. Until things eventually begin to turn in his favor in season 4, Stephanie and DJ observe he spends all his days either in the house or shopping at Costco. Someone give this poor man a hug.

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