History YMMV / PennyDreadfulCityOfAngels

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''City of Angels'' seems to be this to the original ''Series/PennyDreadful''. It's also got strong elements of the book/film ''Film/LAConfidential'' and ''Series/{{Carnivale}}''.
* ToughActToFollow: Compared to the original ''Penny Dreadful'', ''City of Angels'' was met with a lukewarm response. With regards to the choice of title, many fans expected the show to somewhat tie into the old series, yet were presented with a completely separate work. While viewers praised the highlighting of racial tensions and focus on LA's Latino community, others felt the show lacked the excitement and quality dialogue of its predecessor.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Molly's assertion in episode 3 that she ''isn't'' going to get kidnapped is ironic when you realize her character is based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reported_kidnapping_of_Aimee_Semple_McPherson Aimee Semple McPherson]], who was either kidnapped or faked her own kidnapping. Considering Aimee's "kidnapping" was in 1926 and "City of Angels" takes place in 1938, perhaps this has already happened once, and Adelaide has reason to be worried?

* CompleteMonster: [[VillainProtagonist Magda]] believes that humanity's true nature is as of a monster and they simply need to be [[TheCorrupter told so]] to embrace it. [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Starting the series]] by [[ManOnFire burning multiple humans alive]], Magda provokes tensions in 1930s LA, starting bloody race riots and manipulating multiple key players. As "Rio", she exacerbates tensions between the Latin community and police, having her gang murder a rapist officer to enrage the LAPD so they'll lynch the suspected killer. Magda murders the head of the Pachuco gang to give the leadership to a pawn, while another guise Elsa's lover Peter is manipulated to eventually begin supplying weaponry to the growing Nazi factions, with Magda intending on a grand war to [[KillAllHumans erase humanity]].

* HoYay: Mateo and Fly Rico. First, Rico saves Mateo's life in the hospital when the police officers are beating him, then buys the kid a soda and invites him to the pachuco club. When Mateo does visit the club, Rico dances with him in a manner identical to the way he was dancing with several women, and the two have some seriously prolonged eye contact. Rico then starts calling Mateo "baby" and "baby boy". Considering that Rico joins Mateo and Rio for a threesome, this is canon as of episode 5.
* JustHereForGodzilla: Viewers who were not interested in the premise continue to watch the series only to see Creator/NatalieDormer as a demon who takes on many different disguises.

* ToughActToFollow: Compared to the original ''Penny Dreadful'', ''City of Angels'' was met with a lukewarm response. With regards to the choice of title, many fans expected the show to somewhat tie into the old series, yet were presented a completely separate work. While viewers praised the highlighting of racial tensions and focus on LA's Latino community, others felt the show lacked the excitement and quality dialogues of its predecessor.

* HarsherInHindsight / HilariousInHindsight: Molly's assertion in episode 3 that she ''isn't'' going to get kidnapped is ironic when you realize her character is based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reported_kidnapping_of_Aimee_Semple_McPherson Aimee Semple McPherson]], who was either kidnapped or faked her own kidnapping. Considering Aimee's "kidnapping" was in 1926 and "City of Angels" takes place in 1938, perhaps this has already happened once, and Adelaide has reason to be worried?

* CompleteMonster: [[VillainProtagonist Magda]] believes that humanity's true nature is as of a monster and they simply need to be [[TheCorrupter told so]] to embrace it. [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Starting the series]] by [[ManOnFire burning multiple humans alive]], Magda provokes tensions in 1930s LA, starting bloody race riots and manipulating multiple key players. As "Rio", she exacerbates tensions between the Latin community and police, having her gang murder a rapist officer to enrage the LAPD and later lynch the suspected officer. Magda murders the head of the Pachuco gang to give the leadership to a pawn, while her guise, Elsa's lover Peter is manipulated to eventually begin supplying weaponry to the growing Nazi factions, with Magda intending on a grand war to [[KillAllHumans erase humanity]].

* ToughActToFollow: Compared to the original ''Penny Dreadful'', ''City of Angels'' was met with a lukewarm response. With regards to the choice of title, many fans expected the show to somewhat tie into the old series, yet were presented a completely separate work. While viewers praised the highlighting of racial tensions and focus on LA's Latinx community, others felt the show lacked the excitement and quality dialogues of its predecessor.

* NightmareFuel: The scene in episode 4 where Tommy Kraft sees [[spoiler: the living corpse of murder victim Florence Moore (the girl from the story that Frank told). Her eyes are wired open and her arms and legs are cut off, still bleeding.]]

* HoYay: Mateo and Fly Rico. First, Rico saves Mateo's life in the hospital when the police officers are beating him, then buys the kid a soda and invites him to the pachuco club. When Mateo does visit the club, Rico dances with him in a manner identical to the way he was dancing with several women, and the two have some seriously prolonged eye contact. Rico then starts calling Mateo "baby" and "baby boy".
** Considering that Rico joins Mateo and Rio for a threesome, this is canon as of episode 5.

* CompleteMonster: [[VillainProtagonist Magda]] believes that humanity's true nature is as of a monster and they simply need to be [[TheCorruptor told so]] to embrace it. [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Starting the series]] by [[ManOnFire burning multiple humans alive]], Magda provokes tensions in 1930s LA, starting bloody race riots and manipulating multiple key players. As "Rio", she exacerbates tensions between the Latin community and police, having her gang murder a rapist officer to enrage the LAPD and later lynch the suspected officer. Magda murders the head of the Pachuco gang to give the leadership to a pawn, while her guise, Elsa's lover Peter is manipulated to eventually begin supplying weaponry to the growing Nazi factions, with Magda intending on a grand war to [[KillAllHumans erase humanity]].

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The scene where Elsa Brenson absorbs her "son". It receives no explanation and makes zero sense in the context of the rest of the episode, or even the rest of the series thus far. It would fit better as a scene from ''Film/TheThing'' than this show.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The scene where Elsa Brenson absorbs her "son". It receives no explanation and makes zero sense in the context of the rest of the episode. It would fit better as a scene from ''Film/TheThing'' than this show.

* JustHereForGodzilla: Viewers who were not interested in the premise continue to watch the series only to see Creator/NatalieDormer as a demon who takes on many different disguises.

* HoYay: Mateo has it bad for Fly Rico. First, Rico saves Mateo's life in the hospital when the police officers are beating him, then buys the kid a soda and invites him to the pachuco club. When Mateo does visit the club, Rico dances with him in a manner identical to the way he was dancing with several women, and the two have some seriously prolonged eye contact.

* HilariousInHindsight: Molly's assertion in episode 3 that she ''isn't'' going to get kidnapped is pretty funny when you realize her character is based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reported_kidnapping_of_Aimee_Semple_McPherson Aimee Semple McPherson]], who reportedly faked her own kidnapping. Considering Aimee's "kidnapping" was in 1926 and "City of Angels" takes place in 1938, perhaps Molly has ''already'' tried this?

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The scene where Elsa Brenson absorbs her "son". It receives no explanation and makes zero sense in the context of the rest of the episode. It would fit better as a scene from ''Film/TheThing'' than this show.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The scene where the Elsa Brenson absorbs her "son". It receives no explanation and makes zero sense in the context of the rest of the episode. It would fit better as a scene from ''Film/TheThing'' than this show.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The scene where the German woman absorbs the boy. It receives no explanation and makes zero sense in the context of the rest of the episode. It would fit better as a scene from ''Film/TheThing'' than this show.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The Scene where the German woman absorbs the boy. It receives no explanation and makes zero sense in the context of the rest of the episode. It would fit better as a scene from ''Film/TheThing'' than this show.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The Scene where the german woman absorbs the boy. It receives no explanation and makes zero sense in the context of the rest of the episode. It would fit better as a scene from ''Film/TheThing'' than this show.