History YMMV / Ratatouille

* WhatAnIdiot: Enough for [[WhatAnIdiot/{{Ratatouille}} its own page.]]

*** Rémy the Ratatouille/The rat of all my dreams...

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Despite the movie's villains being stereotypical [[FrenchJerk French Jerks]] and a fair amount of criticism for the pretension of French cuisine, it was an enormous hit in France. When it opened there, it set a new record for the biggest ever opening for an animated feature, grossing US$11,794,353 (10,703,375.35 Euro) on its first week. It held the top spot for another five weeks, and eventually went on to become the highest-grossing film of 2007. France is also, appropriately enough, the first country to get an attraction based off of the film in Disneyland Paris' Walt Disney Studios Park, likely as a result of its huge popularity.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: The 2020 Tik-Tok musical perfectly encompasses the movie's themes. What started out as a simple original song stuck in a fan's head quickly spiraled into an internet meme where various theater fans came together and began contributing ideas, at a time when theater was all but shut-down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The collaboration began to spiral beyond music and songs to include choreography, set design and costume design, to form an actual stage-worthy production. This culminated on New Years 2021 when an actual Broadway production with the blessing of Disney was was streamed to a paying audience. This "one-night only" benefit event raised $1.9 million with the proceeds going to the Actors Fund and served as a reminder that great creative effort whether expressed in cooking or song or theater can come from anywhere.

** [[https://twitter.com/vegandumbass/status/1248737878370390016 This Twitter interaction]] about not realizing that the title is a pun on "rat" and "ratatouille", due to a language barrier and that the pun doesn't carry over to Polish since the Polish word for "rat" is "szczur".

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-pfJ5jW76Q Skinner's reaction]] to Renata's letter [[spoiler:revealing that Linguini is Gusteau's son]] has become popular as a meme and a reaction gif.

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: The movie was an enormous hit in France. When it opened there, it set a new record for the biggest ever opening for an animated feature, grossing US$11,794,353 (10,703,375.35 Euro) on its first week. It held the top spot for another five weeks, and eventually went on to become the highest-grossing film of 2007. France is also, appropriately enough, the first country to get an attraction based off of the film in Disneyland Paris' Walt Disney Studios Park, likely as a result of its huge popularity.

** Remy claims to be against stealing food and wants to create, but is he so noble? Even in the beginning, Remy's main argument with his father isnt that they're stealing, but that they're stealing literal garbage when they could just as easily steal food from the woman's house. Throughout the movie Remy steals ingredients without concern as long as it's for his own cooking: saffron (which is a ''very'' expensive spice) from the old woman's house, the old woman's copy of Anyone Can Cook, herbs from a neighbor's garden for the omelettes he makes for himself and Linguini. Is Remy really trying to be better than his roots? Or is he a NotSoDifferent hypocrite who tries to justify his theft with self righteousness about creating art?

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-pfJ5jW76Q Skinner's reaction]] to the letter containing Gusteau's will has become popular as a meme and a reaction gif.

* {{Applicability}}: Known as "''Literature/TheFountainhead'' With Cooking In Place Of Architecture" in [[UsefulNotes/{{Objectivism}} Objectivist]] circles, due to its protagonist longing to use his talent not for altruistic purposes like checking food for poison but "to make things, to add something to this world," his mentor who was a genius in his field and once considered the best eventually falling from grace due to his unorthodox methods, and its DesignatedVillain being a critic who seemingly likes to write negative reviews ForTheEvulz. It's ultimately the same critic's very high standards that leads to the film's CentralTheme that "not everyone can be a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere." He then redeems himself by becoming a small business investor.

* CrackShip: Yes, there is indeed ''[[InterspeciesRomance Remy x Linguini]]'' fanart out there, and not all of it is [[RuleThirtyFour SFW]].

** In late 2020, the fan song "Ode to Remy" led to a group of Tik-Tok users pitching and writing a Ratatoullie Musical. Soon, [[MemeAcknowledgement Disney joined in]] by filming a rap song filmed from the still-under construction ''Remy's Ratatouille Adventure'' at Epcot. An actual full-fledged 60-minute musical premiered via [=TodayTix=] on New Year's Day 2021, and starred Creator/TitussBurgess as Remy, Creator/WayneBrady as Django, Music/AdamLambert as Emile, Creator/KevinChamberlin as Gusteau (who also contributed the opening song "Anyone Can Cook"), Andrew Barth Feldman (''Theatre/DearEvanHansen'') as Linguini, Ashley Park (''Theatre/MeanGirls'') as Collette, Mary Testa (''Theatre/FortySecondStreet'', the 2018 revival of ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}!'') cross-cast as Skinner, Priscilla Lopez (''Theatre/AChorusLine, Theatre/InTheHeights'') as Mabel (the old lady in the beginning of the film) and Andre de Shields (''Theatre/TheWiz'', ''Theatre/{{Hadestown}}'') as Ego. Creator/PattonOswalt himself also thought it was hilarious and creative.
*** Remy the Ratatouille/The rat of all my dreams...

** [[https://giphy.com/gifs/eZjrixTYeiCT6/html5 The scene]] where Anton Ego immediately flashes back to his childhood by eating Remy's food has been occasionally used as a meme, usually with the caption "Me in (year decades into the future) when I remember the (popular meme in the present or recent past)".

** Remy driving Linguini by the hair. If one pictures a rat on top of someone's head controlling them by the hair, the first thing you will think of is this film.

* StrawmanHasAPoint: While Remy is right that eating people's garbage is hardly the noblest way of living, his attempts to elevate it to the level of stealing falls flat even if looked at from a human's perspective. Most humans would tend to agree with Django's justification that "It isn't ''stealing'' if no one wants it!", and it doesn't help that Remy's only counterarguments are cheap jabs that try to apply human standards to rats ("If no one ''wants it'', why are we ''stealing it?!''") and suggesting that they at least try taking the higher-quality food from humans instead of settling for trash...which actually ''would'' qualify as stealing and completely undermines his initial point, making him come off like a massive hypocrite.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: With the exception of Horst using his [[NoodleImplement deadly thumb]] off-screen, most we ever learn about the kitchen staff is what Colette briefly tells Linguini during the training montage. And what she tells him is ''fascinating'', [[spoiler:and would have better if the entire kitchen staff had returned to see that Linguini was telling the truth about Remy instead of just Colette. It also says a lot about how irrelevant they actually were when they don't even get a WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue montage after quitting Gusteau's]].

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The movie was an enormous hit in France. When it opened there, it set a new record for the biggest ever opening for an animated feature, grossing US$11,794,353 (10,703,375.35 Euro) on its first week. It held the top spot for another five weeks, and eventually went on to become the highest-grossing film of 2007. France is also, appropriately enough, the first country to get an attraction based off of the film in Disneyland Paris' Walt Disney Studios Park, likely as a result of its huge popularity.

* HarsherInHindsight: Colette's angry monologue about how much she had to fight tooth and nail to be [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the only female cook at Gusteau's]] becomes a little awkward after Pixar faced serious criticism over its lack of female leads in its movies, even more so with female staff members of this and other animation studios claiming [[MostWritersAreMale it resulted from a lack of projects headed]] ''[[MostWritersAreMale by]]'' [[MostWritersAreMale women]], in part due to a similar environment existing at Pixar that prevented women from gaining influence at the studio.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Why exactly did the kitchen staff leave after Linguini tells the truth about Remy? Did they think he finally lost his mind? Or did they believe him, but felt betrayed for being lied to and weren't willing to risk everything on a rat? Given that the look on Horst's face when he turns in his apron seems more one of sadness and pity than anger, the former seems most likely.

* PeripheryDemographic: Website/AVClub noted that that this movie has a cult following among artists of all media, because of how well it conveys the joy of creation. It is especially popular among culinary professionals, due to its focus on French cuisine and [[FoodPorn how appealing the food looks]].

** Anton Ego's flashback moment when he's eating Remi's Ratatouille meal along with his following food critic review.

* StrawmanHasAPoint: While Remy is right that eating people's garbage is hardly the most noble way of living, his attempts to elevate it to the level of stealing falls flat even if looked at from a human's perspective. Most humans would tend to agree with Django's justification that "It isn't ''stealing'' if no one wants it!", and it doesn't help that Remy's only counterarguments are cheap jabs that try to apply human standards to rats ("If no one ''wants it'', why are we ''stealing it?!''") and suggesting that they at least try taking the higher-quality food from humans instead of settling for trash...which actually ''would'' qualify as stealing and completely undermines his initial point, making him come off like a massive hypocrite.

** [[https://giphy.com/gifs/eZjrixTYeiCT6/html5 The scene]] where Anton Ego is immediately transported to his childhood by eating Remy's food has been occasionally used as a meme, usually with the caption "Me in (year decades into the future) when I remember the (popular meme in the present or recent past)".

** In late 2020, the fan song "Ode to Remy" led to a group of Tik-Tok users pitching and writing a Ratatoullie Musical. Soon, [[MemeAcknowledgement Disney joined in]] by filming a rap song filmed from the still-under construction ''Remy's Ratatouille Adventure'' at Epcot. An actual full-fledged 60-minute musical premiered via [=TodayTix=] on New Year's Day 2021, and starred Creator/TitussBurgess as Remy, Creator/WayneBrady as Django, Music/AdamLambert as Emile, Creator/KevinChamberlin as Gusteau (who also contributed the opening song "Anyone Can Cook"), Andrew Barth Feldman (''Theatre/DearEvanHansen'') as Linguini, Ashley Park (''Theatre/MeanGirls'') as Collette, Mary Testa (''Theatre/FortySecondStreet'', the 2018 revival of ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}!'') cross-cast as Skinner, Priscilla Lopez (''Theatre/AChorusLine, Theatre/InTheHeights'') as Mabel (the old lady in the beginning of the film) and Andre de Shields (''Theatre/TheWiz'', ''Theatre/{{Hadestown}}'') as Ego.

* PeripheryDemographic: ''Website/TheOnion'' Website/AVClub noted that that this movie has a cult following among artists of all media, because of how well it conveys the joy of creation. It is especially popular among culinary professionals, due to its focus on French cuisine and [[FoodPorn how appealing the food looks]].

* AlternateAesopInterpretation:
** The interpretation of Gusteau's ArcWords "Anyone CAN cook" is [[LostAesop easily lost]] on some literal-minded viewers. Gusteau states "anyone can cook" but then Gusteau, Remy and Ego all temper that blanket statement with some realistic caveats. Gusteau says "anyone can cook, but only the fearless can be great", Remy says "anyone can. That doesn't mean anyone should" and Ego has "Not everyone can become a great artist; but a great artist can come from anywhere".
** InUniverse it seems as well. In real life with patience, practice and following the recipe religiously... of course anyone can cook. The film however, has to build up a rat as the central protagonist, while appealing to comedy that Linguini will never be anything more than a LethalChef. Ego reinterprets Gusteau's message, saying that Gusteau meant "Not everyone CAN become a great artist; but a great artist can come from ANYWHERE" (i.e. a rat).

* {{Squick}}: Collette's reaction to seeing the rats working in the kitchen, but the audience knows that they went for a thorough cleaning in the dishwasher before starting.

* IAmNotShazam: The film's title comes from a dish featured in the movie's climax (and the obvious pun on "rat"), not from any of the characters.

*** Remy the Ratatoulle/The rat of all my dreams...

* AccidentalAesop: The movie is about Remy's efforts to make changes to improve his life so that he can cook and be recognized as a rat. [[spoiler:In the end, he doesn't change the populace's mind but wins over a few people and family who appreciate him for who he is and what he can do]]. While the main {{Aesop}} is that genius can come from anywhere, the other one seems to be, "Don't forget about common sense when initiating change" since Remy is a dead rat walking every time most people see him.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: If there's anything that perfectly encompasses the movie's themes, then it's likely the 2020 Tik-Tok musical. What started out as a joke quickly spiraled into an internet meme where various theater fans came together and contributed ideas, at a time when theater was stuck in limbo due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It wasn't just music and songs they were contributing either, but choreography, sets and costume designs, as though it were an actual Broadway production. Then New Years 2021 came and the concert was streamed with an AllStarCast of veteran Broadway actors, with the proceeds going to the Actors Fund. And it all started because someone was just joking around.

** Remy driving Linguini by the hair. If one pictures a rat on top of someone's head controlling them by the hair (admittedly an incredibly specific thing to imagine), the first thing you will think of is this film.