YMMV / Republic of Doyle

• Ass Pull: Some saw the reveal that Sloan wasn't actually Jake's daughter to be this, as it contradicted certain earlier scenes such as Sloan realizing that she and Jake looked very similar, and her secrecy in getting the DNA testing done (as well as her shock when she saw the results) - her later telling Jake that it had been a faked test just seems awkwardly shoehorned in.
• Awesome Music: This show has it in spades, from the theme song (Great Big Sea's "Oh, Yeah") to the songs used in the episodes.
• Cargo Ship: Slightly in the case of Jake and his car.
• Ho Yay: Between Des and Jake, although it's more hero worship than anything. Seriously, Des is overly touchy with Jake, wears his clothes...
• Nightmare Fuel: Taylor Gossard's attack of claustrophobia after being locked in a closet (temporarily). Granted, he's an arse, but those who share his fear know just how terrified and sick he felt.
• One True Pairing: Jake/Leslie, Mal/Rose, Des/Tinny.
• Pandering to the Base: Shirtless Jake is blatantly pandering to the female fanbase (and probably not a few male fans as well). Yeowza◊.
• Retroactive Recognition:
  • Why is Hercules Hansen dressed as a biker and trying to kill Jake? Guess losing Chuck must have hit him harder than we thought.
  • Why is Mr. Quinlan getting smacked around by some random thug and becoming Jake's uncle-in-law? Isn't he a badass half-vampire?
• Rescued from the Scrappy Heap: Tinny. She was a right little arse in the beginning, but once she started training to become a cop, she became a lot more mature and responsible.
• The Scrappy:
  • Tinny (to some - also qualified initially as the load). She grew/dealt marijuana (which could have landed Jake/Malachy in serious trouble if she'd been caught), was a complete manipulative witch to Mal, Rose and Jake in the beginning (who were all honestly trying to help her), blatantly used Des, and seemed to have thrown her chance to go to England away - it turns out she actually did go to England, she just couldn't crack it and came back. She also got very tsundere over Des' relationship with Chandra, eventually culminating in his breaking up with her, and showed hints of yandere-ness. Thankfully, she gets Rescued from the Scrappy Heap as of season four.
  • Des can come across as a bit creepy (he absolutely worships Jake and even wore his pants for a while), and his habit of inappropriate babbling (while other characters look on uncomfortably) can be grating to some.
  • Sloan got a lot of hate from fans who felt she came out of nowhere and essentially took over the show, being someone portrayed as a gorgeous, sarcastic, brilliant young woman who out of nowhere was revealed to be Jake's daughter - although it turns out she was (apparently) simply conning him. Some reviewers commented that the show seemed to be becoming "Republic of Sloan". There were also complaints that she seemed to be the Replacement Scrappy to Tinny, as she shared a lot of similarities to Tinny in the early seasons. On the other hand, fans were also quite unhappy as to how her arc ended - see Ass Pull above.
• Special Effect Failure: A couple of times in season five in particular, the usage of a green screen during some stunts was very obvious. Also, if one pays close attention to when Jake is talking on his iPhone you can see it's on the home screen or actually locked (you can see the white "slide to unlock" bar, if it were in call mode, there would be a red "hang up/end call" button instead).
• Squick: Jake's reaction whenever Malachy and Rose start to get intimate.

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