History YMMV / ElementalGoddess

* IdiotPlot: Okay, the bad guys ''know'' where the PowerCrystal that allows them to win is, and none of the girls know where it is or even that it even ''exists.'' Yet instead of actually getting it and pwning everyone right away, the bad guys decide to fight the girls anyway. And the girls fight back, while ''still'' not knowing exactly why.
* MemeticMutation: After Chip & Ironicus' riffing on the second episode and its {{anvilicious}} anti-fundamentalist themes, "'''ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISTS'''" seems to be catching on.

* ShockingSwerve: The revelation that the series takes place in the Middle East and trying to shoehorn in Middle Eastern social issues can come off as this, due to the [[OnlySixFaces abundance of generic white characters]] and bland city setting not giving any hints as to this. The only real hint is the brief appearance of a mosque in one episode, which comes off as more of a BigLippedAlligatorMoment until the revelation.
** The laundromat where we are introduced to Mandana has Arabic writing on the shop front, but it's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment.

* {{HSQ}}: Surprisingly high. Say what you will about the level of quality, this is a show in which a character uses the ''[[MundaneMadeAwesome Star of David]]'' [[MundaneMadeAwesome as]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs a ]] ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs laser shuriken.]]''

* DarthWiki/MostAnnoyingSound: '''LUGATA-LUGATA!'''

* MostAnnoyingSound: '''LUGATA-LUGATA!'''

* SoBadItsGood: Aside from obvious tracing issues, the main reason to watch Elemental Goddess is to laugh at the show's absurd attempt to connect Sailor Moon with themes of religious intolerance.

** The laundromat where we are introduced to Mandana has Arabic writing on the shop front, but it's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment.

* {{Narm}}: Possibly starting with a transformed Jessica declaring, in all seriousness and with "epic music," ''"My name is Jessica!"'' And it just gets lulzier from there.

* HilariousInHindsight: In [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHMexk8zq40 Gypsy's revelation]], Gypsy mentioned how she once represented hope, but after making a FaceHeelTurn, she caused despair and destruction. A few years later, [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica a show]] comes where all the Magical Girls represent hope, [[spoiler: only to eventually fall to the dark side and become their EvilCounterpart, which represent despair and destruction]].

* DesignatedHero: Jessica. ChipCheezum puts it best--"You are a ''terrible'' role model for little girls."

* CluelessAesop: The special episode ''tries'' to teach religious tolerance, but it falls flat, mainly due to {{Narm}}y dialogue.

** The laundromat where we are introduced to Mandana has Arabic writing on the shop front, but it's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment.
* TheUntwist: "Gypsy's Revelation" will become this when it gets an episode.

* UnfortunateImplications: All of the main characters are white, while all of the members of the Demonic 5 and some of the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the Day]] are different racial stereotypes. ([[spoiler: Some of the members are goddesses themselves. But unlike the main characters, they were weak enough to be brainwashed by the bad guys.]]) A [[TokenMinority token black goddess]] was added years after work on the show started. But she has yet to show up beyond a few pieces of art or be given any sort of personality. There's also an instance in an unanimated episode of a minor Muslim character being threatened with death by her own father for having Western values and going against her religion by wanting to go to school and not wanting to go through with an ArrangedMarriage.
** The VerySpecialEpisode. "Jews have been worthless throughout history!"

* The laundromat where we are introduced to Mandana has Arabic writing on the shop front, but it's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment.

* ShockingSwerve: The revelation that the series takes place in the Middle East can come off as this, due to the [[OnlySixFaces abundance of generic white characters]] and bland city setting. The only real hint is the brief appearance of a mosque in one episode, which comes off as more of a BigLippedAlligatorMoment until the revelation.

* HilariousInHindsight: In [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHMexk8zq40 Gypsy's revelation]], Gypsy mentioned how she once represented hope, but after making a FaceHeelTurn, she caused despair and destruction. A few years later, [[PuellaMagiMadokaMagica a show]] comes where all the Magical Girls represent hope, [[spoiler: only to eventually fall to the dark side and become their EvilCounterpart, which represent despair and destruction]].

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Arguably Loretta--or as most people will know her, "Lugata." [[{{Retsupurae}} Chip and Ironicus]] seem to think so, anyway.

* {{HSQ}}: Surprisingly high. Say what you will about the level of quality, this is a show in which a character uses the ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome Star of David]]'' [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome as]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs a ]] ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs laser shuriken.]]''

* {{HSQ}}: Surprisingly high. Say what you will about the level of quality, this is a show in which a character uses the ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome Star of David]]'' [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome as]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs a ]] ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugslaser shuriken.]]''

* {{HSQ}}: Surprisingly high. Say what you will about the level of quality, this is a show in which a character uses the [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome ''Star of David'' as]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs a ''laser shuriken.'']]

* {{HSQ}}: Surprisingly high. Say what you will about the level of quality, this is a show in which a character uses the ''Star of David'' as a ''laser shuriken.''

* HilariousInHindsight: In [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHMexk8zq40 Gypsy's revelation]], Gypsy mentioned how she once represented hope, but after making a FaceHeelTurn, she caused despair and destruction. A few years later, [[PuesllaMagiMadokaMagica a show]] comes where all the Magical Girls represent hope, [[spoiler: only to eventually fall to the dark side and become their EvilCounterpart, which represent despair and destruction]].