Candy Candy/YMMV


 * Die for Our Ship: Susanna is clingy, but she still doesn't deserve half the shit that fandom throws at her.
 * Ear Worm: That blasted Mitsuko Horie theme song!
 * Fanon Discontinuity: The Italian fans hated the Bittersweet Ending so much that they pretty much forced the Italian editors to make them a sort-of Gecko ending where
 * And the French broadcasters just didn't want . Two of the episodes were edited later to fix the problem, but elements of the fake story remained in some other episodes.
 * Family-Unfriendly Aesop: "Be good, end up happy... but without a love interest"
 * Arguably, it can also be seen like this: "As long as you work hard and love what you do, you can give yourself a break and not need a romantic relationship to define your stance on life".
 * , but go tell that to
 * Germans Love David Hasselhoff: VERY popular in Latin America, and in France where it was the very first shojo ever seen.
 * Moral Event Horizon: Neil's Scarpia Ultimatum to Candy; and just as we were led to think there might be some hope for him. And specially considering that after said ultimatum, he insists that he loves Candy more than anything. Uhm, Neil, things don't work that way.
 * Eliza has several moments of dog kicking, but her worst action was framing Candy and Terry to get Candy expelled from St. Paul School. She also shares a MEH crossing with her mother Ruth in scheming to get Candy's reputation smeared after she takes the amnesiac Albert into her household.
 * Misaimed Fandom: Considering that Candy Candy is a Shoujo manga from The Seventies, it had pretty revolutionary 'messages': "Be honest to yourself", "Don't throw away your own beliefs", "Work hard to earn what you get in life", "Don't give up on your purposes", "Romance is important, yes, but not the end and be all to a woman's life". The fandom, however, ignores almost all of them (and specially the last one) only to focus on the romantic part of the plot, and specially on  Even older fans in their 30's and 40's, who should know better, fall into this trap.
 * The Scrappy: The Reagan family are loathed for being largely one-dimensional Rich Bitch archetypes who exist to be Hate Sinks and make Candy's life more miserable.
 * Unintentionally Sympathetic: Eliza and Neil are this to a few, being the products of a toxic, spoiling, enabling upbringing by their mother yet are positioned as being almost Ultimate Evil within the story despite being little more than bratty children.
 * The Woobie: Candy, Patty, Anthony.