History YMMV / FateGrandCarnival

* ItsTheSameSoItSucks: Critics of the show say that ''Grand Carnival'' takes a bit ''too'' much from its predecessor, to the point where they share many of the same running gags, especially when it involves characters that were already in ''Carnical Phantasm'' (i.e. Cú as the CosmicPlaything). As a result, ''Grand Carnival'' loses a lot of the voice of ''Grand Order'' even when using its own character roster.

*** Fiore also approves. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Fiore Yggdmillennia's Servant in ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'' is Chiron, who appears in F/GO in his centaur form when ascended sufficiently... which means, more horse jokes.[[/labelnote]]

** In the pilot episode, Ritsuka stated that there are too many versions of Cú Chulainn. Not even a month later after the pilot episode, ''Fate/Grand Order Arcade'' added a ''fifth'' version of Cú in the form of Setanta.

* ItsTheSameSoItSucks: Critics of the show say that ''Grand Carnival'' takes a bit ''too'' much from its predecessor, to the point where they share many of the same running gags, especially when it involves characters that were in ''Carnical Phantasm'' (i.e. Cú as the CosmicPlaything). As a result, ''Grand Carnival'' loses a lot of the voice of ''Grand Order'' even when using its own character roster.

** Finally, animated Tamamo.[[labelnote:Explanation]]One of the major running gags on the whole setting, especially the Moon Cell Holy Grail War, was that Tamamo was constantly denied the chance to get her time to shine in animation or promotional thing, with Nero [[SpotlightStealingSquad constantly hogging all the spotlight]] (she was just relegated as TheCameo for ''Anime/FateExtraLastEncore''), and she was being upstaged by her own tail (Tamamo Vitch/Koyanskaya) in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' main storyline. Therefore, the sight of Tamamo finally getting an animated self resounds to Tamamo finally [[ThrowTheDogABone getting a bone thrown to her.]][[/labelnote]]

** Helena Blavatsky in the first episode, who instead of being either her Caster or Archer self from the mobile game, she's classified as a Rider like the Christmas variant from the arcade version.

** In the pilot episode, Ritsuka stated that there are too many versions of Cú Chulainn. Not even a month later after the pilot episode, ''Fate/Grand Order Arcade'' added a ''fifth'' version of Cú in the form of Setanta. Not only that, but [[spoiler:the sixth Lostbelt revealed that the Caster Cú we're all familiar with isn't ''truly'' a Cú, rather a conduit for Odin. So we're really still stuck at 4 Cús.]]

** No one was expecting the female Ritsuka to be the main character when previous adaptations had used the male version, especially when the female version’s only animated appearance was a cameo in the first movie. Additionally when the full opening sequence was released, few would expect Artemis' True giant mecha form (as shown in the Atlantis Lostbelt) to appear.

* HilariousInHindsight: In the pilot episode, Ritsuka stated that there are too many versions of Cú Chulainn. Not even a month later after the pilot episode, ''Fate/Grand Order Arcade'' added a ''fifth'' version of Cú in the form of Setanta.

** Downplayed example with Helena Blavatsky in the first episode, who instead of being either her Caster or Archer self from the mobile game, she's classified as a Rider like the Christmas variant from the arcade version.

** The UEFA Euro Final was predicted by the opening credits: it's Italy (Nero Claudius) against England (Artoria)!

* FanDisservice: Lancelot in the Dangerous Beast Craft Essence outfit. That is all.

*** Fiore also approves. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Fiore Yggdmillennia's Servant in ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'' is Chiron, who appears in this game in his centaur form when ascended sufficiently... which means more horse jokes.[[/labelnote]]