History YMMV / Zoey102

* EnsembleDarkHorse: Almost everyone coincides that Todd is one of the best characters in the movie because he is handsome, funny, attentive to Zoey, and more helpful than the other characters[[spoiler:, which is why many prefer to ignore that the final scene shows that Todd was indeed the serial killer and pretend that it doesn't exist.]]
* FanonDiscontinuity: With the absence of fan-favorite characters like Lola (to the point that she's absent in this film) and Michael and the others acting bizarrely out-of-character, many fans prefer to pretend this special didn't exist and the series panned out in the far happier ending of "Chasing Zoey".
* FridgeLogic: [[spoiler:The PCA turning out to be uncredited and Dean Rivers using it for embezzlement has a lot of negative repercussions in-universe, like everyone’s high school accreditation being useless in Present day, but it’s never addressed how Zoey’s generation dealt with that issue.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Many complain that Michael, Logan, and Chase don't get any scenes getting some character development or interactions together. With the exception of Chase, both Logan and Michael get very little focus compared to the other characters, even ''below'' Stacey.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Many complain that Michael, Logan, and Chase don't get any scenes getting some character development or interactions together. With the exception of Chase, both Logan and Michael get very little focus compared to the other characters, even ''below'' Stacey.

* EnsembleDarkHorse: Almost everyone coincides that Todd is one of the best characters in the movie because he is handsome, funny, attentive to Zoey, and more helpful than the other characters[[spoiler:, which is why many prefer to ignore that the final scene where Todd was indeed the serial killer and pretend that it doesn't exist.]]

* FanonDiscontinuity: With the lack of focus of fan favorite characters like Lola (to the point that she's absent in this film) and Michael and the others acting bizarrely out-of-character, many fans prefer to pretend this special didn't exist and the series panned out in the far happier ending of "Chasing Zoey".

* FanonDiscontinuity: With the lack of focus of fan favorite characters like Lola and Michael and the others acting bizarrely out-of-character, many fans prefer to pretend this special didn't exist and the series panned out in the far happier ending of "Chasing Zoey".

* StrangledByTheRedString: The Zoey/Chase UnresolvedSexualTension, which was supposed to be resolved by the show’s Finale, is back once again because [[spoiler:Zoey got scared and stood him up in Hawaii with no explanation]]. The situation gets worse because the movie is full of cliché shenanigans[[note]]Zoey finds out that Chase has a girlfriend so she hires a actor to pretend to be her Australian surgeon boyfriend[[/note]]that look ridiculous considering that Zoey is already in her 30’s. [[spoiler:And conveniently, Chase broke up with his girlfriend before the wedding, so he won’t cheat on her with Zoey.]]

* OvershadowedByControversy: The sequel by itself isn't discussed without addressing Jamie Lynn Spears' feud with a lot of people:
** Jamie Lynn vs. Alexa Nikolas. Right after the movie was announced, Alexa wasted no time making her campaign against it, once again pointing fingers at Dan Schneider (despite his lack of involvement in the production) and her bullying from the rest of the cast.
** Jamie Lynn vs. Britney. The [=#FreeBritney=] movement did affect negatively the reception of the film for being a theme too close to Jamie Lynn's personal affairs.
** As mentioned above, people are not forgetting that Dan Schneider's name is still attached to the film, despite only being credited as "Created by".

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Many complain that Michael, Logan, and Chase don't get any scenes together. With the exception of Chase, Logan, and Michael get very little focus compared to the other characters, even ''below'' Stacey.