History YMMV / TheLegendOfFrostyTheSnowman

* InformedWrongness: While Walter's mother is pretty overbearing, adding to Walter's anxiety, the narrative treats her worry when she discovers Walter waltzing in from the cold after dark, when she thought he was in his room, as a rather silly reaction (she ''faints'' over the slightest bit of disobedience) to a harmless bit of mischief. Meanwhile, most normal parents would be concerned if their child had snuck outside, seemingly alone, on a cold, snowy night without them realizing it. It doesn't help that Walter later gets in trouble for breaking town curfew rather than for safety reasons.

** The narrator carves a "Tommy + Sara" heart into a tree at one point. While on first watch this looks like ShipperOnDeck, [[spoiler: it's actually a bit of foreshadowing since the narrator is a grown-up Tommy.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: There was a Christmas short on Nickelodeon called "Patrick The Snowman", with Patrick playing a character like Frosty The Snowman. His voice actor, Creator/BillFagerbakke, would voice the actual Frosty in this movie.

* InformedWrongness: While Walter's mother is pretty overbearing, adding to Walter's anxiety, the narrative treats her worry when she discovers Walter waltzing in from the cold after dark, when she thought he was in his room, as a rather silly reaction (she ''faints'' over the slightest bit of disobedience) to a harmless bit of fun. Meanwhile, most normal parents would be concerned if their child had been outside, seemingly alone, on a cold, snowy night without them realizing it. It doesn't help that Walter later gets in trouble for breaking town curfew rather than for safety reasons.

* InformedWrongness: While Walter's mother (as with most of the adults) is pretty overbearing, adding to Walter's anxiety, the narrative treats her worry when she discovers Walter waltzing in from the cold after dark, when she thought he was in his room, as a rather silly reaction (she ''faints'' over the slightest bit of disobedience) to a harmless bit of fun. Meanwhile, most normal parents would be concerned if their child had been outside, seemingly alone, on a cold, snowy night without them realizing it. It doesn't help that Walter later gets in trouble for breaking town curfew rather than for safety reasons.

* InformedWrongness: While Walter's mother (as with most of the adults) is pretty overbearing, adding to Walter's anxiety, the narrative treats her worry when she discovers Walter waltzing in from the cold after dark, when she thought he was in his room, as a rather silly reaction (she ''faints'' over the slightest bit of disobedience) to a harmless bit of fun. Meanwhile, most normal parents would be concerned if their child had been outside, seemingly alone, on a cold, snowy night without them realizing it.

* InformedWrongness: While Walter's mother (as with most of the adults) is pretty overbearing, adding to Walter's anxiety, the narrative treats her worry when she discovers Walter waltzing in from the cold after dark, when she thought he was in his room, as rather silly (she ''faints'' over the slightest bit of disobedience) when that's actually a concern most normal parents would have.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Mr. Tinkerton's reunion with Frosty in ''Legend of Frosty the Snowman'' after years of thinking he had made the snowman up. And all made possible by his younger son, who frequently felt pushed aside for his "perfect" older brother and ignored in the wake of his father's mayorally duties.

* NightmareFuel: When Plankley [[spoiler: get's Walter to convince Frosty into skating on thin ice, and the ice breaks, melting Frosty when he falls in the water.]] It's unnerving because Plankley had basically made [[spoiler: Walter an accessory to ''murder.'' Walter's pretty heartbroken about what happened to Frosty, as he had no idea what Plankley really wanted.]]
** Gets worse [[spoiler:when you take into account Plankley also put Walter in danger to, with a complete LackOfEmpathy to his own ''student'' !]]

* TearJerker: The little comic Tommy finds quickly takes a turn for the sad when, after having tons of fun with Frosty, the boy is told by his magician father (who appears to be [[SameCharacterButDifferent Professor Hinkle]]) that real magic, "the kind you can't explain", doesn't exist and when he tries to find Frosty after that, the snowman has disappeared entirely. As Tommy reads on, he discovers Frosty disappeared because another boy was jealous of Frosty's kindness to the main character and stole Frosty's hat and locked it in a trunk. Then Tommy realizes, to his horror, that the boys are actually his father and the assistant mayor, the latter of whom [[ToxicFriendInfluence is constantly pressuring Mr. Tinkerton to sap fun and life out of the town with rules.]] He's noticeably shaken by this revelation.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The Mayor. While he does undergo CharacterDevelopment, he spends the most of the film as an ObliviouslyEvil ControlFreak. The most notable example is him [[ParentalNeglect neglecting his son Tommy]] while [[ParentalFavoritism putting his other son Charlie on a pedestal]] resulting in Tommy's inferiority complex...and then later neglecting Charlie too and showing more open affection toward his ''clipboard'' than toward either of his sons!

* HilariousInHindsight: There was a Christmas short on Nickelodeon called "Patrick The Snowman", with Patrick playing a character like Frosty The Snowman. His voice actor, Bill Fagerbakke, would voice the actual Frosty in this movie.

* TearJerker: The little comic Tommy finds quickly takes a turn for the sad when, after having tons of fun with Frosty, the boy is told by his magician father (who appears to be [[SameCharacterButDifferent Hinkle]]) that real magic, "the kind you can't explain", doesn't exist and when he tries to find Frosty after that, the snowman has disappeared entirely. As Tommy reads on, he discovers Frosty disappeared because another boy was jealous of Frosty's kindness to the main character and stole Frosty's hat and locked it in a trunk. Then Tommy realizes, to his horror, that the boys are actually his father and the assistant mayor, the latter of whom [[ToxicFriendInfluence is constantly pressuring Mr. Tinkerton to sap fun and life out of the town with rules.]] He's noticeably shaken by this revelation.

** Gets worse [[spoiler:when you take into account Plankley also put Walter in danger to, with a complete LackOfEmpathy.]]

* ContestedSequel: To be expected of a sequel to a holiday classic, mainly due to the DarkerAndEdgier mood.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The Mayor. While he does undergo CharacterDevelopment, he spends the most of the film as an ObliviouslyEvil ControlFreak. The most notable example is him [[ParentalNeglect neglecting his son Tommy]] while [[ParentalFavoritism putting his other son Charlie on a pedestal]] resulting in Tommy's inferiority complex...and then later neglecting Charlie too and showing more open affection toward his ''clipboard'' than toward either of his sons!

* DesignatedHero: Frosty vandalizes the Mayor's car for no reason. In addition, he encourages the kids to neglect their responsibilities and do dangerous things such as sneaking out after dark and causing avalanches.

* UnfortunateImplications: [[https://youtu.be/2FhzFHHNJUs In his review,]] {{WebVideo/Bobsheaux}} criticized how the film tried to be so accurate a representation of the 1950s that it portrays StayInTheKitchen as a good thing. Particularly highlighted at the end when [[spoiler:Sarah gave up her dreams of being an urban planner to live with Tommy in the mountains]].

* UnfortunateImplications: [[https://youtu.be/2FhzFHHNJUs In his review,]] {{WebVideo/Bobsheaux}} criticized how the film tried to be so accurate a representation of the 1950s that it has a StayInTheKitchen [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop Aesop]]. Particularly highlighted at the end when [[spoiler:Sarah gave up her dreams of being an urban planner to live with Tommy in the mountains]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The Mayor. While he does undergo CharacterDevelopment, he spends the most of the film as an ObliviouslyEvil ControlFreak. The most notable example is him [[ParentalNeglect neglecting his son Tommy]] while [[ParentalFavoritism putting his other son Charlie on a pedestal]] resulting in Tommy's inferiority complex.

* UnfortunateImplications: {{WebVideo/Bobsheaux}} criticized how the film tried to be so accurate a representation of the 1950s that it has a StayInTheKitchen [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop Aesop]]. Particularly highlighted at the end when [[spoiler:Sarah gave up her dreams of being an urban planner to live with Tommy in the mountains]].

* DesignatedHero: Frosty vandalizes the Mayor's car for no reason. He encourages the kids to neglect their responsibilities and do dangerous things such as sneaking out after dark and causing avalanches.