History YMMV / Raven

** The Wolves' performance in Cursed Earth in episode 15 of ''The Dragon's Eye''. Both Hareb and Arros were eliminated and Lemec only had enough stones to bring one of them back. [[spoiler: She ultimately decided to bring back Hareb.]]

** One challenge involved pushing a boulder through an obstacle course; while the set looked fairly convincing for the most part, there was a cluster of obviously rubber bats that looked like they'd been purchased from a crappy Halloween shop.

* ThatOneLevel: The infuriatingly difficult ''Way of the Warrior'' challenge. Just [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7qc2zsmi6s look at it!]] (Granted, this challenge is ''designed'' to be difficult, as it serves as an Elimination Stage at the end of each episode, giving the contestant with the fewest remaining lives one last chance to stay on the quest). Only four contestants have completed the Way of the Warrior to date.

** An unstated but still obvious one when one thinks about is that those with disabilities are just as human and capable of great things as anyone else is and should be treated with respect as shown by Raven doiWarthis.* SpecialEffectFailure: Often gets away with it specifically ''because'' it keeps the special effects to a minimum. However that means when effects ''are'' used (such as the floating fireball from the challenge Fire Demon) it stands out like whoa. Plus, the men in cloaks aren't all that convincing.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: A few of the things Raven has said on the show e.g. telling the warriors who failed Way of the Warrior that they should not be ashamed of it. Another example is in Series 1 when he tells the viewers "it is not our fears that shape us; it is how we confront those fears that is important."
** An unstated but still obvious one when one thinks about is that those with disabilities are just as human and capable of great things as anyone else is and should be treated with respect as shown by Raven doing this.
* SpecialEffectFailure: Often gets away with it specifically ''because'' it keeps the special effects to a minimum. However that means when effects ''are'' used (such as the floating fireball from the challenge Fire Demon) it stands out like whoa. Plus, the men in cloaks aren't all that convincing.

* FanficFuel: a few fans have written their own series which involve either {{Original Character}}s or characters from other media competing in Raven's tournament.

* PeripheryDemographic: Even though it's a kids' game show, it has developed a strong following of teen and adult fans over the years, most of whom grew up watching the show.

** Conundrum from series 9 and 10 was a difficult mental challenge due to the fact that one warrior had to put a puzzle together, describe what the image was and the other warrior had to find the square with the matching image then do it again to find a ring; they had to find three rings total before time ran out or they would each lose a life. Most teams failed this one as they couldn't do it fast enough (2 teams won it in series 9 while no reams won it in series 10). This challenge was made much easier in series 11 in the sense of what images needed to be completed and described.

** Conundrum from series 9 and 10 was a difficult mental challenge due to the fact that one warrior had to put a puzzle together, describe what the image was and the other warrior had to find the square with the matching image then do it again to find a ring; they had to find three rings total before time ran out or they would each lose a life. Most teams failed this one as they couldn't do it fast enough. This challenge was made much easier in series 11 in the sense of what images needed to be completed and described.

** Some had this opinion as early as series 8 when Raven switched to it's current filiming location after having been filmed around Castle Toward for the first seven series. Another change fans disliked was showing CGI scoring in place of the live scoring scenes.

* MostAnnoyingSound: The warriors shouting "Ready!" when asked if they are ready to start a challenge is this for those who think the show jumped the shark when it switched filming locations in Series 8.

** In early 1998, Bruce Mitchell, a columnist for the wrestling newsletter ''The Pro Wrestling Torch'' held nothing back in his analysis of what he saw as the gay elements of Raven's Flock, saying that the group should be called "Raven's Rough Trade." He referenced what he saw as Raven and Wrestling/StevieRichards' "butch/fem abusive relationship," Wrestling/PerrySaturn's ''Biker Boyz Magazine'' look, Van Hammer's "peep shows" look and fishnet, Wrestling/{{Lodi}}'s "college gay bar" look, Wrestling/BillyKidman's "bus station runaway" look, and Raven's wanting to "recruit" Scotty Riggs (which Raven did, after giving Riggs an eye-injury with his trademark drop-toehold into a steel chair on the October 27 Nitro. Interestingly, after Raven had hit the move, Kidman came in and told Raven to lay off of Riggs. Raven defeated Riggs in a rematch at the ''World War 3 1997'' PPV on November 23, followed by Van Hammer carrying Riggs to the back. The next night on Nitro, Riggs, now wearing an eyepatch, climbed the guardrail to join Raven's Flock.)

** In early 1998, Bruce Mitchell, a columnist for the wrestling newsletter ''The Pro Wrestling Torch'' held nothing back in his analysis of what he saw as the gay elements of Raven's Flock, saying that the group should be called "Raven's Rough Trade." He referenced what he saw as Raven and Wrestling/StevieRichards' "butch/fem abusive relationship," Wrestling/PerrySaturn's ''Biker Boyz Magazine'' look, Van Hammer's "peep shows" look and fishnet, Lodi's "college gay bar" look, Wrestling/BillyKidman's "bus station runaway" look, and Raven's wanting to "recruit" Scotty Riggs (which Raven did, after giving Riggs an eye-injury with his trademark drop-toehold into a steel chair on the October 27 Nitro. Interestingly, after Raven had hit the move, Kidman came in and told Raven to lay off of Riggs. Raven defeated Riggs in a rematch at the ''World War 3 1997'' PPV on November 23, followed by Van Hammer carrying Riggs to the back. The next night on Nitro, Riggs, now wearing an eyepatch, climbed the guardrail to join Raven's Flock.)

* TearJerker: Moments before Trigon's first reign of Terror begins Zatanna spills the beans on what Raven did do get KidFlash to join the titans. Causing them all to distrust her and disband. Leaving her to tearfully beg them to come back for it is mere seconds until he arrives. What makes it a moment of heartwarming though is of all the Titans, Robin and Starfire are the ones that still believe her.

* InternetBackdraft:
** Mostly related to her acts as "Dark Raven" in the '90s ''New Titans'' run. Fans will debate at length if Raven deserved to be redeemed and forgiven by Starfire and her other teammates, or if she was beyond saving or potentially even worse than Hal Jordan and Hank Hall (two other DC heroes who had also undergone FaceHeelTurn at the time). The matters get more heated when Raven's mind control of Kid Flash is brought into the discussion, or her attempt to seduce Nightwing.
** The Beast Boy/Raven pairing can spark this as well, as there were both fans that loved the idea of them being together and those who were angered by the idea. And then to add to the complicated situation, the constant WillTheyOrWontThey played with their relationship (and writers either portraying Raven or Beast Boy as the more unstable partner) caused some fans to quickly tire of the relationship and deem it a mistake.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: His WCW theme was one of Music/{{Nirvana}}'s "Come As You Are".

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: A few of the things Raven has said on the show e.g. telling the warriors who failed Way of the Warrior that they should not be ashamed of it. Another example is in Series 1 when he tells the viewers "it is not our fears that shape us but how we confront those fears that is important."

* ArchivePanic: If you get your hands on all 10 series of the original show (20 episodes each) and the spinoffs (also 20 episodes each) plus the 2 most recent series (15 episodes each) and the 6 episodes of the Gaelic version, be prepared to spend a lot of time watching all 296 of them.

** In early 1998, Bruce Mitchell, a columnist for the wrestling newsletter ''The Pro Wrestling Torch'' held nothing back in his analysis of what he saw as the gay elements of Raven's Flock, saying that the group should be called "Raven's Rough Trade." He referenced what he saw as Raven and Wrestling/StevieRichards' "butch/fem abusive relationship," Perry Saturn's ''Biker Boyz Magazine'' look, Van Hammer's "peep shows" look and fishnet, Lodi's "college gay bar" look, Billy Kidman's "bus station runaway" look, and Raven's wanting to "recruit" Scotty Riggs (which Raven did, after giving Riggs an eye-injury with his trademark drop-toehold into a steel chair on the October 27 Nitro. Interestingly, after Raven had hit the move, Kidman came in and told Raven to lay off of Riggs. Raven defeated Riggs in a rematch at the ''World War 3 1997'' PPV on November 23, followed by Van Hammer carrying Riggs to the back. The next night on Nitro, Riggs, now wearing an eyepatch, climbed the guardrail to join Raven's Flock.)
** In this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O_-fOC2RD4 bizarre promo,]] Wrestling/{{Kanyon}} (an openly gay pro wrestler - although he didn't come out until years after this promo was shot) visits Raven at his swanky mansion. He and Raven go out for a night on the town, which mostly consists of shopping for Versace. They return to Raven's home dressed to the nines, but the scene cuts, and the next thing we see is Kanyon running down stairs to greet Raven's mom, while frantically trying to pull his pants back on (!). Raven follows after him, also dressed in his old grungey clothes. The surely unintentional subtext is that Raven took Kanyon out on a date, and they were getting hot and heavy upstairs before Raven's mom rudely interrupted them.

** Halsem, leader of the Otters in ''The Dragon's Eye'', for his arrogance, his LeadingFromTheRear strategy that saw Arkil practically carry the entire team, [[KickTheDog openly telling Vesak and Kesha he wouldn't by them back]], and outright lying to Kesha over the nature of the Torrent challenge so he could qualify ahead of her. Which makes the prompt LaserGuidedKarma of Vesak overtaking him at the last moment even more satisfying.

* TheScrappy: Linma is a borderline case: many did not think he deserved to win the fourth series as the other two finalists, Dejan and Kinsa, were more skilled and likeable.

* ArchivePanic: If you get your hands on all 10 series of the original show and the spinoffs (20 episodes each) plus the 2 most recent series (15 episodes each), be prepared to spend a lot of time watching them.

** The Wolves' performance in Cursed Earth in episode 15 of ''The Dragon's Eye''. Both Hareb and Arros were eliminated and Lemmec only had enough stones to bring one of them back. [[spoiler: She ultimately decided to bring back Hareb.]]

** Kinia failing to make the leap in Leap of Faith the first time she attempted the challenge in Series 2 when her fear got the better of her. At least she was able to make the leap in the final week when she had to face the challenge a second time.

** In the first season of the show, failing the Way of the Warrior twice would result in instant elimination. On Day 2 of the First Week, Lydav found himself in the middle of the pack, being a comfortable two lives ahead of last-place warrior Daala. You'd expect him to simply allow Daala to volunteer for the Way of the Warrior; even in the unlikely situation of her succeeding, he still wouldn't have been in danger of elimination. Instead, he inexplicably volunteered for the challenge alongside Daala, "won" the black feather draw, and promptly earned the dubious distinction of being the first ever warrior eliminated on the show. Even worse, he failed TWOT on the shields, an obstacle he managed to survive on his first attempt.

* FanficFuel: a few fans have written their own series which involve either {{Original Character}}s or characters from other media compete in Raven's tournament.

* FanficFuel: a few fans have written their own series having either {{Original Character}}s or characters from other media compete in Raven's tournament.

** Mygar and Beron's attempt at Riddle Bridge began with the former's reasonable guess of "Fire", which was very close to the correct answer, "Flame"...except the answer was five letters, not four. Not only did Beron not notice this, he also tried to spell fire "F-E" and promptly failed the challenge.