History YMMV / VickyTheViking

** As a whole, ''Vicky'' is much more popular in Germany and Japan than in Sweden. In the latter case, the creator of ''Manga/OnePiece'' was inspired by ''Vicky the Viking''.

** As a whole, ''Vicky'' is much more popular in Germany and Japan than in Sweden, enough that the creator of ''Manga/OnePiece'' was inspired by it.

** As a whole, ''Vicky'' is much more popular in Germany and Japan than in Sweden, enough that the creator of ''Manga/OnePiece'' was famously inspired by it.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Not unlike ''Literature/MayaTheBee'', the original animated show achieved its greatest popularity in Germany, to the point of having a whole area themed afer it at Ride/EuropaPark, Germany's biggest and most famous amusement park.
** As a whole, Vicky is much more popular in Germany and Japan than in Sweden.

* ToyShip: Between Vicky and Ylvie especially in the musical and Live-Action film.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Not unlike ''Literature/MayaTheBee'', the original animated show achieved it greatest popularity in Germany, to the point of having a whole area themed afer it at Ride/EuropaPark, Germany's biggest and most famous amusement park.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Not unlike ''Literature/MayaTheBee'', the original show achieved it greatest popularity in Germany, to the point of having a whole area themed afer it at Ride/EuropaPark, Germany's biggest and most famous amusement park.

* ToyShip: Between Vicky and Ylvie especially in the musical and Live-Action film.

* ViewerGenderConfusion: It can be hard to tell from first glance that Vicky is supposed to be a boy. The name doesn't help.{{note:This is averted in the original Swedish, where he is named "Vicke," a boy's name.}} The English dub of the newer series shortens his name to Vic, probably for this reason.

* ViewerGenderConfusion: It can be hard to tell from first glance that Vicky is supposed to be a boy. The name doesn't help.[[note:This is averted in the original Swedish, where he is named "Vicke," a boy's name.]] The English dub of the newer series shortens his name to Vic, probably for this reason.

* ViewerGenderConfusion: It can be hard to tell from first glance that Vicky is supposed to be a boy. The name doesn't help. The English dub of the newer series shortens his name to Vic, probably for this reason.

* EarWorm: "Hey hey, Wickie, Hey Vickie hey..." (The original German theme)
** "Hi ho Vic, hi ho. Let's go, Vikings, let's go..." (The original UK theme) [[note]] At some point; the UK dub switched to an English version of the German theme [[/note]]
** Some of the songs in the musical such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NukJ9uI7V10 "Storm Op Zee"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCU2HdMVJOc "Lieve Freya"]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q92X7weMww "Zeg het haar wel, zeg het haar niet"]]

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Out of jealousy, Gilby challenges Vicky to a wolf hunt. During hunting, Vicky fails to capture a wolf and has to run away. Then, a forest fire erupts and the village is in danger. Vicky uses the water tap system he invented episodes earlier to put out the fire. He then saves Gilby, who was trapped in the fire. In the aftermath, Vicky lets out a sigh of disappointment because he failed yet again at capturing a wolf. [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre Gilby then rebukes him, praising that it was Vicky's courage that saved the village and his life.]] Everyone cheers and applauds at Vicky, who had regained his smile, as he was triumphantly being carried away by the crowd.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Out of jealousy, Gilby challenges Vicky to a wolf hunt. During hunting, Vicky fail to capture a wolf and had to run away. Then, a forest fire erupt and the village is in danger. Vicky use the water tap system he invented episodes earlier to take out the fire. He then save Gilby who was trapped in the fire. In the aftermath, Vicky let out sigh of disappointment because he failed yet again at capturing a wolf. [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre Gilby then rebuke him, praising that it was Vicky's courage that saved the village and his life.]] Everyone cheered and applauded at Vicky, who had regain his smile, as he was triumphantly being carried away by the crowd.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Not unlike ''Literature/MayaTheBee'', the original show achieved it greatest popularity in Germany.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Out of jealousy, Gilby challenges Vicky to a wolf hunt. During hunting, Vicky fail to capture a wolf and had to run away. Then, a forest fire erupt and the village is in danger. Vicky use the water tap system he invented episodes earlier to take out the fire. He then save Gilby who was trapped in the fire. In the aftermath, Vicky let out sigh of disappointment because he failed yet again at capturing a wolf. Gilby then rebuke him, praising that it was Vicky's courage that saved the village and his life. Everyone cheered and applauded at Vicky, who had regain his smile, as he was triumphantly being carried away by the crowd.

* ViewerGenderConfusion: It can be hard to tell from first glance that Vicky is supposed to be a boy. The name doesn't help. The English dub of the newer series shortens his name to Vic, probably for this reason.

* ViewerGenderConfusion: It can be hard to tell from first looks that Vicky is supposed to be a boy. The name doesn't help. The English dub of the newer series shortens his name to Vic, probably for this reason.

* EarWorm: "Hey Hey, Vickie, Hey Vickie Hey..." (The original German theme)
** "Hi Ho Vic, Hi Ho. Let's Go, Vikings, Let's Go" (The original UK theme) [[note]] At some point; the UK dub switched to an English version of the German theme [[/note]]

* GermansLoveDavidHasslehoff: Not unlike ''Literature/MayaTheBee'', the original show achieved it greatest popularity in Germany.

** "Hi Ho Vic, Hi Ho. Let's Go, Vikings, Let's Go" (The original UK theme) [[note]] At some point; the UK dub switched to an English version of the German theme [[/note]]