YMMV / Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends

• Adaptation Displacement: Good luck trying to find someone who knows about the books the show is based on. Or better yet, the original TV special that aired on Teletoon a year before the show premiered.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: Nowadays, this show is best known for being the home of Spiderus. Being voiced by Tony "Judge Frollo" Jay certainly helps, as well as his bizarre character design.
• Genius Bonus: Those with an interest in entomology might pick up on how the show incorporates a lot of insect and arachnid facts, with some being plot-important and others being mentioned by the characters. One episode was even entirely about Mexican jumping beans!
• Memetic Mutation: People have discussed Spiderus's resemblance to U.S. politician Ted Cruz.
• Nightmare Fuel: Although it was just a dream, Wiggle's Guilt-Induced Nightmare where he turns into a mushroom in "Fungus Among Us" is as unsettling to the audience as it is to Wiggle. The low-quality animation exacerbates this.
• Sweet Dreams Fuel: Aside from Spiderus's creepy human-like face and the somewhat outdated CGI it's a sweet relaxing little show that is fondly remembered by those who grew up with it.
• Tear Dryer: In "Cry Buggie", Squirt is deeply distraught that he can't participate in a soccerberry game due to having injured one of his legs. He decides not to cry because Dragon's told him that older bugs don't cry over anything. His parents console him and say that everyone can cry sometimes, and he starts to sob. At that moment, a rainbow forms in the sky, and Squirt feels much better now that he's gotten it out of his system. He then comforts the equally-devastated Dragon.
• Unintentional Uncanny Valley:
  • Spiderus falls into this due to having a realistic human-like face.
  • Bounce has large, retractable human teeth; even when he smiles innocently, it comes across as a Slasher Smile.
• The Woobie: Squirt in the episode "Cry Buggie" between hurting his leg and spending most of the episode Trying Not to Cry you can't help but feel bad for him, When he finally does start to cry it's absolutely heartbreaking.

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