History YMMV / Beatmania

** "THE SAFARI", notorious for dashing the hopes of those trying to achieve 7th Dan and having been the final song of the 7th Dan course for many versions now.

** "CONTRACT" on Normal is rated a 9. For the first 97% of the song, the chart doesn't seem to warrant its level-9 designation, with its eighth-note scales posing next to no threat for players who can clear 8's and 9's. [[SurpriseDifficulty But then comes]] [[DifficultySpike the very last two measures]], which suddenly throw sixteenth-note scales and drumrolls combined with scratches. As a fine example of the pass/fail-score dissonance, there are players who have achieved an A or even AA grade on this chart and STILL fail it.

** "CONTRACT" on Normal is rated a 9. For the first 97% of the song, the chart doesn't seem to warrant its level-9 designation, with its eighth-note scales posing next to no threat for players who can clear 8's and 9's. But then comes the very last two measures, which suddenly throw sixteenth-note scales and drumrolls combined with scratches. As a fine example of the pass/fail-score dissonance, there are players who have achieved an A or even AA grade on this chart and STILL fail it.

** Just try playing "VANESSA" with the portrait in the background "video" staring at you.

* ThatOneAttack: "CONTRACT" [Normal] is generally around the difficulty of a level 7 chart...right until the very end which throws a series of mini-scales combined with scratches. It is ONLY because of this part that the chart is rated a 9, making it one of the three highest-rated Normal charts (the other being Sense 2007's and gigadelic's).

* ThatOneAttack: "CONTRACT" [Normal] is generally around the difficulty of a level 7 chart...right until the very end which throws a series of mini-scales combined with scratches. It is ONLY because of this part that the chart is rated a 9.

** [=G2=] on Normal is no slouch for a level 8 due to the masses of drumrolls near the end of the chart; there are plenty of level 9 songs that are easier to clear. Did we mention this is a level 8 ''Normal'' chart? Normal charts typically peak at level 7.

* [=G2=] on Normal is no slouch for a level 8 due to the masses of drumrolls near the end of the chart; there are plenty of level 9 songs that are easier to clear. Did we mention this is a level 8 ''Normal'' chart? Normal charts typically peak at level 7.

** [[RedZoneRemixVid Red Zone remixes]]
** "SigSig" and "smooooch・∀・" also get parodied to death as well

** Tell that to "I'm Screaming LOVE"

* Though, tell that to "I'm Screaming LOVE").

* TastesLikeDiabetes: Many of the more pop-ish songs in the franchise will inevitably have videos with this trait. Empress as a whole could also count as this, although thankfully it wasn't as bad as a lot of people thought it would be.

** The "smooooch・∀・" video also got parodied to death as well

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: [[{{AwesomeMusic/Beatmania}} Has its own page.]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse: [=SigSig=] and the "smooooch・∀ ・" princesses.

* {{Woolseyism}}: ''beatmania'' USA renamed the flashing "Great" mark to "Perfect", as in DanceDanceRevolution.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: Tatsh being in Resort Anthem sure as hell caused this.
** [=TANO*C=] artists, [=OSTER Project=] and HidekiNaganuma being in tricoro made everyone's day.

** Bemani and Pepsi (and occasionally other soft drink manufacturers) conspire to create new color-coded flavors for each installment. Every subtitled style has a flavor of Pepsi (or Mountain Dew in some cases) that seems literally made for each other; it has extended to other Bemani franchises on occasion, such as Pop'n Music with ''Carnival''-flavored Pepsi...

* {{Woolseyism}}: ''beatmania'' USA renamed the flashing "Great" mark to "Perfect", as in DanceDanceRevolution.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: [[AwesomeMusic/Beatmania Has its own page.]]

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: So, so many.

* MorePopularSpinoff ''IIDX'', '''and how.'''

** [=TANO*C=] artists and HidekiNaganuma being in tricoro made everyone's day.