Awesome Music: The film features a great soundtrack filled with memorable songs from the 80's and 90's.
Notable examples include "Canned Heat" from Jamiroquai while Napoleon dances, as well as "The Promise" by When In Rome, which plays over the credits.
Crosses the Line Twice: Shooting a cow in the head isn't funny. Shooting her while a school bus full of children passing by is.
Epileptic Trees: Napoleon has been armchair diagnosed with autism, Aspergers, compulsive lying, and just about every personality disorder under the sun. While a lot of his behavior may suggest Ambiguous Disorder, his habits could just as easily be ascribed to regular quirky behavior, offbeat small town dynamics, and Rule of Funny. Nonetheless, some viewers persist in finding a deeply disturbing meaning behind Napoleon's weirdness.
Fountain of Memes: The whole damn script has appeared on a t-shirt at some point.
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Everything Napoleon says. "Gosh!" "Frickin' idiot!" "I like your sleeves." "Fine!"
Jerkass Woobie: Napoleon might get beaten up less if he wasn't so rude to his bullies when they ask him simple questions. Though since they often beat him up without being provoked anyway, he probably has a right to be a jerk at them back. It's kind of a chicken-or-egg thing.
Signature Scene: Napoleon's dance scene during the high school election.
Squick: The farm lunch scene. Sandwiches covered in flies? Nummy! How about orange juice infused with raw egg?
Values Dissonance: An in-universe example. When Pedro organizes an event featuring a piñata make to resemble his opponent in the Class President election, he is admonished by the administration, saying that what he did was not only wrong, but shocking. Pedro later tells Napoleon that in Mexico, political opponents do that all the time.
Watch It for the Meme: Or at least, the lines all your friends have been repeating ad nauseum.
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Animated Series
Jerkass Woobie: Uncle Rico. In the Animated Adaptation he is despised by pretty much by everyone. At the end of one episode it's revealed that he is a very sad and lonely guy.
So Okay, It's Average: Consensus is mixed like the movie it was based on. Also it didn't stand out much between the much revered Bob's Burgers and the much reviled Allen Gregory both airing around the time it debuted, and the series was quietly cancelled after six episodes.
and decide for yourself.
