History YMMV / Planes

* CriticProof: Critics hated the film, regarding it as a bland retread of ''Cars'' created only to sell more toys. This didn't stop the film from making back its budget.

* HilariousInHindsight: Dusty flying through the tunnel; in 2021, flight through a tunnel was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19fQAxys9q8 successfully performed]] for the first time.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq-pI4EiwQU Skipper's tragic backstory]] has been seen as one of the saddest scenes in both the {{WesternAnimation/Cars}} and {{WesternAnimation/Planes}} series, even to its detractors.

* MoralEventHorizon: Ripslinger sending Ned and Zed to sabotage Dusty during the China-Mexico stretch.

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* WhatAnIdiot: Well, well, well, Ripslinger. Had you not [[spoiler:turned yourself to the cameras near the finish line]], you wouldn't have [[spoiler:let Dusty win]]. Actually exploited on Dusty's part. Rip's habit of doing this was pointed out to him earlier in the film, and he took advantage of it to sneak by Ripslinger in his blind-spot and steal first place.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq-pI4EiwQU Skipper's tragic backstory]] has been seen as one of the saddest scenes in both the {{WesternAnimation/Cars}} and {{WesternAnimation/Planes}} duologies, even to its detractors.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq-pI4EiwQU Skipper's tragic backstory]] has been seen as one of the saddest scenes, even to its detractors.

* OneSceneWonder: John Ratzenberger's character, a ditzy and MotorMouth jet-tug. Probably one of few memorable things from the movie.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The music from the Planes "Take Flight" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7prGN78sME teaser]].

* MisBlamed: Much of the Hatedom for this movie is aimed at Pixar despite the movie being written and designed by [=DisneyToon=] Studios and animated by Prana Studios in India (due to outsourcing).

* TheScrappy: Some people consider Rochelle to be this while Dusty is considered an incredibly boring and generic protagonist.

* WhatAnIdiot: Well, well, well, Ripslinger. Had you not [[spoiler:turned yourself to the cameras near the finish line]], you wouldn't have [[spoiler:let Dusty win]].
** Actually exploited on Dusty's part. Rip's habit of doing this was pointed out to him earlier in the film, and he took advantage of it to sneak by Ripslinger in his blind-spot and steal first place.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar / LOL69: averted by changing the ''Flysenhower'' 's hull number from its real-life counterpart ''Dwight D. Eisenhower'' 's one of CVN-69 to CVN-81.

** Mark Holman's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkvBgNEU9Fg "Nothing Can Stop Me Now"]] that plays in the film's opening. A kickass rock song that even detractors to the film admit is awesome.

** Creator/MarkHolman's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkvBgNEU9Fg "Nothing Can Stop Me Now"]] that plays in the film's opening.

* SnarkBait: A favorite target for non-fans of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' movies and their definitive "proof" that the series is nothing but an [[CashCowFranchise embarrassing cash grab]] by [[Creator/{{Pixar}} a once-respected studio]].

* TastesLikeDiabetes

** Franz originally had a cute EarWorm-y polka song, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRXDKNeKuRQ "Ein Crop Duster Can Race"]]. Looks like it was cut for time, which is a pity.

* AwesomeMusic: The music from the Planes "Take Flight" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7prGN78sME teaser]].

* ClicheStorm: The film is just the typical [[UnderdogsNeverLose "underdog overcomes the odds and wins in the end"]] story, except the characters are vehicles.

* ClicheStorm: The film is just the typical "underdog overcomes the odds and wins in the end" story, except the characters are vehicles.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Since Dusty's daydream at the beginning of the film plays like a scene from ''Film/TopGun'', it's no surprise that the soundtrack strongly resembles Creator/KennyLoggins' "Danger Zone".

* TheScrappy: Some people consider Rochelle to be this.

* LoveItOrHateIt: Even moreso than the original ''Cars'' series. Despite the massive hatedom the film has built up, it still managed to garner fans in its own right. Particularly among ''Cars'' fans for... well, obvious reasons.