YMMV / Bunsen Is a Beast

• Base-Breaking Character:
  • You either find Amanda hilariously dark and entertaining, or an annoying and poorly written villain with a hideous design and annoying voice (despite being voiced by Kari Wahlgren), the facts that her hatred toward the beasts is unexplained and she had nothing to do in almost every episode but hopelessly try to get rid of Bunsen don't help.
  • Mikey and Bunsen themselves are either lovably awkward or insufferably annoying.
• Broken Base: The Crossover Episode "Beast of Friends" with The Fairly OddParents is either a funny and enjoyable episode, or tasteless and weak crossover with a huge Series Continuity Error/Ass Pull for the latter show^note If anyone who isn't or wasn't a miserable kid that has a fairy godparent had seen a fairy godparent, the kid who owns them will lose them, but this didn't happen in that crossover, probably because it follows Season 10's Ass Pull , and Timmy's Dad's unnecessary appearance (combined with Mr. Crocker being shoved out of character for the sake of the episode's plot) doesn't help at all.
• Just Here for Godzilla: Nickelodeon released a video that acts as a crossover to all of Hartman's shows to introduce Bunsen called Fairly Odd Phantom. The now-disabled comments section on YouTube will make it clear most were only interested in seeing Danny Phantom animated for the first time since 2007.
• Moe: Mikey, along with Bunsen, are both yet another example where a Nicktoon stars a couple of good-hearted children with cute expressions, Adorkable quirks and a close bond with each other; Nickelodeon seems to be on a roll with this trope.
• So Okay, It's Average: While Bunsen never reached the popularity of The Loud House due to its mixed reception (see Broken Base above), it's still considered an overall improvement from Nickelodeon's previous animated shows.
• Tough Act to Follow: Given by the fact, like among each show made by Butch Hartman (except The Fairly OddParents!' first five seasons and Danny Phantom's first two seasons), this one seems to fall right at the bottom of the category, as many did see some improvement over its predecessors, but it wasn't enough to match all of the other shows in terms of gathering attention.
• Ugly Cute: Bunsen, who else? Most of the characters do count, also.
• What Do You Mean, It's Not Political?: A plot about a kid who's much different than the rest, is part of a group that needs acceptance, and deals with one who opposes him because of that fact and tries to stop him from achieving the right to be treated as everyone else in society... gee, why does that sound familiar?
• The Woobie: The poor ice cream truck salesman. Good thing that everything ends well for him.

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