History YMMV / RedVsBlue

* YMMV/RedVsBlueTheBloodGulchChronicles: Seasons 1-5 plus "Out of Mind"

* ''YMMV/RedVsBlueTheBloodGulchChronicles'': Seasons 1-5 plus "Out of Mind"

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** Of the Viper crew, Diesel has [[FlatCharacter little actual characterization]] outside of being the sadistic brute, and unlike Phase, no reason is ever given for ''why'' he was following Zero. [[spoiler:To top it off, he's quickly killed by Carolina with little fanfare.]]

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: One of the biggest critiques of the season is how it ultimately feels like "Red Vs. Blue" InNameOnly. The only members of the original cast that return are Carolina & Wash [[spoiler:and later Tucker]], but only Carolina has any real importance. The series' staple sense of humor and character driven drama is either dropped or replaced with moments that fall flat, Shatter Squad is considered severely underdeveloped even by the season's conclusion, and the season is more focused on nonstop action scenes over actually exploring character dynamics, causing many scenes claiming the cast underwent development to feel like an InformedAttribute. And in a bit of irony, a reaction after the preceding and divisive story arc was some fans asking if the show could go different and without the old characters... only to [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor get exactly that, only not in a way they liked]].

* FanonDiscontinuity: Many fans were quick to pretend this season either never happened or wasn't apart of ''Red Vs. Blue'' due to the mediocre at best quality, and openly wish that should RVB get another season, that it ignore this season happened. It reached the point that when another ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'' collaboration ad was done for [[VideoGame/{{Halo}} Master Chief's]] inclusion, many commenters expressed displeasure at the inclusion of One and Raymond for being characters from ''Zero'', not helped by their depiction as stereotypical millennials and calling Sarge and Grif [[MemeticMutation boomers]].

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Axel was pretty well-received even by the fans who didn't like the season.

* CrazyIsCool: In the chorus trilogy, Doc of all people comes off this way, now that O'Malley exists in his head as a split personality. He now switches between his ineffectual NiceGuy persona to the violent and cartoonishly evil Saturday morning villain we all know and love.

* WinTheCrowd: The animation for the fight scenes in ''Zero'', from what little had been shown, immediately garnered a lot of attention and excitement from fans. However, this was '''MASSIVELY''' averted by the season's release.

* WinTheCrowd: The animation for the fight scenes in ''Zero'', from what little had been shown, immediately garnered a lot of attention and excitement from fans.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: Many of the initial concerns before the release of ''Zero'' (i.e., the season being focused on a different cast of characters from the Reds and Blues, an emphasis on drama and action over comedy, the quality of the new [=CGI=] animation and relatively fresh voice acting/writing talent, etc.) are practically identical to those expressed prior to the release of ''The Project Freelancer Saga'' years ago. The main difference seen post ''Zero'' is that Shatter Squad is completely new to the series and comes across as underdeveloped, whereas the Freelancers had already been introduced to the setting long beforehand, and were given time both before and ''during'' the saga to explore their characters and dynamics. Additionally, while action is a big part of both iterations of the series, ''Zero'' uses it more for spectacle in itself, whereas ''The Project Freelancer Saga'' uses it as a secondary element to the character driven nature of the story and to contrast between the elite Freelancers and the dysfunctional Blood Gulch Crew.

* {{Adorkable}}: Carolina occasionally gets a chance to display an endearingly dorky side.
** When she tries to loosen up in Season 13's "Along Came A Spider," and [[EpicFail fails miserably]].
---> '''Church''': (after Tucker's filled up their Warthogs with gasoline) Oh, that was fast. You filled up our car too?\\

** Comes back in "Previously On" during Season 15. In a period of time that included Caboose getting trapped in [[Series/StrangerThings the Upside-Down]], an army of evil robots attacking dinosaurs, the rest of the Reds and Blues constructing a water park (and Donut then burning it down), and Sarge's "War on Gravity" among other shenanigans, Carolina thought that Wash growing a beard and Grif convincing Simmons that ''Series/GameOfThrones'' really happened were the most noteworthy things to happen since they arrived. Additionally, she [[DreadfulMusician joined a band with Tucker, Grif, and Caboose,]] and did it [[{{Troll}} just to watch them squirm]] [[HollywoodToneDeaf at her awful singing voice]]. She also wanted Grif to teach her how to become "the best at being lazy."

** Once the season started, the ActionizedSequel nature split the fans who didn't like that the comedy that drove the series seemed like an afterthought, and others who were enjoying the flashy fights.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: One of the biggest critiques of the season is how it ultimately feels like "Red Vs. Blue" InNameOnly. The only members of the original cast that return are Carolina & Wash [[spoiler:and later Tucker]], but only Carolina has any real importance. The series' staple sense of humor and character driven drama is either dropped or replaced with moments that fall flat, Shatter Squad is considered severely underdeveloped even by the season's conclusion, and the season is more focused on nonstop action scenes over actually exploring character dynamics, causing many scenes claiming the cast underwent development to feel like an InformedAttribute.

* SuccessThroughInsanity: Caboose. He's both dumb as a stump and completely divorced from reality, but his insanity results in him doing things like shrugging off psychological torture from two separate ancient AIs, reviving Church, and figuring out how to time travel through his own backwards logic.

* CompleteMonster: [[YMMV/RedVsBlueTheRecollection Sigma]], [[spoiler: [[YMMV/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy Malcom Hargrove, Felix]]]],[[YMMV/RedVsBlueTheShisnoTrilogy Genkins]], and Zero (see ''Zero'' folder above)

* CompleteMonster:
** [[AIIsACrapshoot Sigma]], representing the Alpha's [[AmbitionIsEvil ambition]] and [[ManipulativeBastard creativity]], is the most evil [[Characters/RedVsBlueArtificialIntelligences AI]] in the Meta. [[spoiler:Interested in becoming human, Sigma gradually took over the mind of Agent Maine and increased his violence. He also manipulated Agent Carolina into getting two AI, leading to a mental breakdown, and helped torture the Alpha. Using Maine, Sigma stole Carolina's AI before nearly killing her.]] As part of the Meta, Sigma hunted down other Freelancer's for their equipment and AI. The AI would be forcibly implanted into the Meta, whether they were willing or not. He also slaughtered multiple simulation teams as well as any recovery agents encountered. In a final bid to steal the Alpha, Sigma and the Meta attacked Freelancer Command, killing everyone stationed there and cornering and almost killing Agent Washington. [[spoiler:Even with his destruction by EMP, Sigma's manipulation ensured that the broken Maine would continue to act as the Meta.]]
** [[spoiler: [[WarForFunAndProfit Chairman Malcom Hargrove]]]] is the [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corrupt CEO]] of [[Characters/RedVsBlueCharonIndustries Charon Industries]]. Using his position, [[spoiler:Hargrove]] illegally used UNSC soldiers as a private security force. [[spoiler:Starting up investigation against Project Freelancer, Hargrove used it to take Freelancer's technology for his own use while arresting anyone involved in the project, even going as far as releasing a serial killer from prison to help him.]] Finding alien artifacts on the planet Chorus, he hired a group of SpacePirates to kill everyone on the planet by manipulating them into a CivilWar. He sent ships containing cargo for the mercenaries to use to the planet, where the mercs killed everyone on the ship and steal the cargo for their own use. When the Reds and Blues got involved, [[spoiler:Hargrove]] took advantage by having them escalate the conflict with the intention to kill them when they were no longer necessary. When the mission was jeopardized, he threatened to kill his lead mercs by sending a new agent to finish the job. [[spoiler:When exposed, he decided to kill as many of the people as possible out of spite rather than surrender.]]
** [[spoiler:[[EvilAllAlong Felix]], real name Isaac Gates, is a PsychoForHire with a love for killing. When he fought in the Great War, he never showed any mercy to his enemies, even those that were trying to surrender. When one of his teammates, Locus, was broken by the war, Felix kept him from getting help and molded him into his partner. Hired to create a CivilWar on the planet Chorus, the mercenary took pleasure in infiltrating one of the sides while he was leading them to their deaths. He also led the raid on a prison ship where the entire crew is killed and the prisoners who are not worthy to join forces with him [[ThrownOutTheAirlock ejected from the ship]]. Hearing about the Purge, he was unable to resist being the one to personally kill off everyone, showing that he doesn't care about the orders and more about just killing for the hell of it, perfectly willing to sacrifice his own men to do so. When the Purge temple was destroyed, Felix pointlessly went after the Reds and Blues just so he can kill them]].
** [[JerkassGods Genkins]] TheTrickster was part of a false pantheon of gods, "the [[Characters/RedVsBlueCosmicPowers Cosmic Powers]]", meant to trick other species into subservience. Desiring true godhood, he joined forces with [[SealedEvilInACan Chrovos]] to remake the universe InTheirOwnImage. He proceeded to help manipulate the Reds and Blues into causing a TimeCrash, going as far as to exploit Wash's [=PTSD=] he gained from his neck injury and generating a mini black hole to sadistically murder Huggins when she tried to interfere. After the time crash, Genkins traveled around the time stream to cause further paradoxes to further weaken Chrovos's prison. Eventually, [[spoiler:Genkins steals Chrovos's power to devour them alive before trapping the Reds and Blues in the Labyrinth so they can be psychologically tortured to the point of committing suicide]].

* CrossesTheLineTwice: '''Lots''' of the humor in this series darts across the line so many times that one can't keep track, what with moments like [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheBloodGulchChronicles Private Jimmy's death at the hands of Tex]], [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheRecollection Freelancer Command having "Ctrl+F+U" as a keyboard shortcut for Caboose's teamkills]], [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheProjectFreelancerSaga the numerous injuries poor Maine suffers through during the highway fight]], [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy the Reds and Blues completely forgetting that Doc had been sucked away into the Future Cubes for several months]], [[Machinima/RedVsBlueSeason14 the interviews conducted for finding the "right" Red Team Sargent and Tucker-analogues]], [[Machinima/RedVsBlueSeason15 Sarge's rant about the "Whites"]], Grif ''immediately'' trying to kill himself when he learns that pizza's been erased from history (''The Shisno Paradox''), and Wash shooting Donut being repeated ''ad nauseam'' to point of becoming a hysterical RunningGag (''Singularity'') all being the '''tip''' of the proverbial iceberg.