Astro Boy (film)/YMMV

Astro Boy

 * Memetic Hair: Astro Boy in all versions.

Astro Boy (manga)

 * Fridge Horror: At the end of the Scara time travel arc, New Astro can't be activated until Old Astro is destroyed (same Astro, different points in his own time stream), which of course is a brilliant excuse to show Astro's birth again... wait.
 * Germans Love David Hasselhoff: Australians make up a large fanbase, partly due to being one of the few countries outside Japan that got the 1982 series.
 * I Want My Jetpack: Despite nuclear energy being utilized rapidly for civilian purposes today, as Tezuka hoped, we're nowhere nearing jetpack stage.
 * The Woobie: Astro, during the retelling of his origin in the Scara arc.

Astro Boy (1963 TV series)

 * Woolseyism: The original title theme was instrumental. When NBC dubbed the show for their English audience, lyrics were added, sung by a children's chorus.

Astro Boy (1982 TV series)

 * Macekre: The English dub is abysmal, with the dialogue sounding like it was made up on the spot by the voice actors.

Astro Boy (2003 TV series)

 * Jerkass Woobie: Dr. Tenma.
 * The Problem with Licensed Games: The PlayStation 2 entry by Sega ended up being incredibly bland in terms of gameplay, among other problems.

Astro Boy: Omega Factor

 * That One Boss: Carabs, Pluto, Sharaku.
 * The Problem with Licensed Games: Averted greatly. Treasure knows their stuff when it comes to making fun games.

Astro Boy (2009 film)

 * Anvilicious: Just in case you kiddies haven't got that the first time, President Stone will say it again and again: he is the president, and for Metro City to depend on him he needs to make a war.
 * Big Lipped Alligator Moment: The attack of the giant alien at the end whose only purpose was to give a shirtless Astro an action shot, probably.
 * Crowning Music of Awesome: The title theme (played in variation the first time Astro flies, over the end credits, and a few other times) is truly gorgeous.
 * Fridge Horror: The end of the movie is supposed to be happy, but then you remember that Toby is still dead. Without a body to bury.
 * In Name Only: It's a Pixar-type CGI kid-flick which has nothing to do with any of the versions before it, with several concepts created out of whole cloth, often for sheer comedy value. That said, taken as its own movie, unconnected to the originals, it's not bad.
 * Older Than They Think: Quite a few people claimed that giving him butt lasers was disrespectful to the source material and Astro's creator...
 * The Problem with Licensed Games: The tie-in game tried to borrow gameplay from Omega Factor and failed miserably.
 * What the Hell, Casting Agency?: In Brazil, Astro Boy was voiced by this guy.