Dead End: Paranormal Park (TV Series)/YMMV

These things about  are subjective - not everyone will agree with all of them.


 * Anvilicious: Barney makes a speech to his parents about how they use their love as an obligation and that they didn't defend him where it counted. He says that parents are supposed to protect their children and support them, rather than hold it over their heads. It's necessary, and the blow lands where it should.
 * Angst? What Angst?: Parodied in the game show episode. Out of pure spite, the host kills Barney by pushing him down the lightning stairs. Pugsley tries nudging him awake, only to realize that his human is dead. Badiya and Courtney watch with dropped jaws before eating more popcorn. Norma immediately uses their lifeline, which creates a clone of Barney. This Barney sees his original body disintegrate into dust; he says with a Thousand-Yard Stare, "When we get out of here, remind me to call my therapist." No one brings this up again.
 * Crosses The Line Twice: Courtney and demons in general are keen at bringing up this humor:
 * Courtney spends most of "Night of the Living Kids" trying to scoop out Pugsley's eyes with a melon baller. She also casually tells the kids at the birthday party how to summon the Night Hag.
 * The game show features many instances of this.
 * The host actually kills Barney onscreen. This should be horrifying, especially when Norma is forced to use their lifeline. Then a new Barney is created, and sees his old body disintegrating. He comments with a traumatized expression that he needs to call his therapist.
 * When round three is called the Chamber of Cuddles, Norma wonders what it means. Barney suggests maybe they have to cuddle each other. Norma goes Oh Crap because she hates physical touching and says they're never passing the round.
 * Then the punchline: Cuddles is a giant crab creature that has to fight them to the death. When Barney attempts to wrestle him, Cuddles casually flicks him off like a person would do to an ant. Then when the host orders Cuddles to throw the fight, Cuddles does an overly dramatic death scene. He would make Shakespeare proud.
 * He Really Can Act (Sugar Wiki): Alex Brightman gets to shine in "Phantom of the Theme Park". Most people know him from the stage versions of School of Rock and Beetlejuice where he plays the gruff leads. As Pugsley and Temeluchus, he has a duet with himself where . The season finale follows up with a hilarious scene where Pugsley pretends to be Temeluchus briefly to.
 * Moe:
 * Pugsley is a Precious Puppy and becomes more adorable when he gains the power of speech and magic. Barney awards him with a fez, something that makes Pugsley look even cuter.
 * Patrick is cute as a button. Norma even mentions that his resemblance to Barney, his older brother, makes him adorable.
 * Moral Event Horizon:
 * Pauline crossed this thirty years ago by . This revelation completely breaks Norma, and it's revealed.
 * Zagan crosses this when . Season two lampshades this when Badyah schemes to.
 * Played straight when to manipulate Pugsley. Granted, the red flag was maybe.
 * She Really Can Act: Emily Osment is best known for playing Lily in Hannah Montana. During "Phantom of the Theme Park", while singing as Courtney, Emily gets to show off a lovely singing range while singing about all the levels of hell and torture rooms that she wants to visit, especially when Courtney tearfully begs Zagan to let her go home.
 * Signature Scene: Barney calling out his parents in the Western saloon in Phoenix Park is the one often advertised by Netflix and shown in Tumblr GIFs. It tells you that this isn't going to be an ordinary show where kids encounter adventure and danger.
 * Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped: Barney's calling out his parents is very pronounced, how they don't stand up for him against Grammy-Gram.
 * Barney's speech to his parents
 * Squick:
 * When Norma agrees to unleash and live through her worst fears for Harmony, aka.
 * The way that sings to a, "Succumb to me! Succumb to me!" seems less like a demonic possession and more like . And in case you need any reminders,
 * They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: Alas, in the season 2 finale owing to time constraints, we don't see . One can hope season three will pick up on that plot thread, with.