YMMV / Cookie Run: Kingdom

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• Accidental Innuendo:
  • The Pomegranate Priestesses want you to cleanse the taint... That is to say, the taint Pomegranate Cookie left in their homeland by cursing the lands.
  • One of Affogato's lines, when you tap on him in the kingdom, is "Can I ask you for a favor? I can reward you..." which was instantly warped by the fandom. It got bad enough that Devsisters had to add "with coins" to the voiceline, without even changing his speech bubble.
  • Similarly, Royal Margarine Cookie's "Care to join me on a ride on my dragon?" and "Wanna know what riding a dragon feels like?" are also often jokingly misinterpreted as innuendos, not helped by his slightly sultry tone when he says them or the fact that he is actually a huge flirt.
• Adorkable: Stardust Cookie after he gains a level in cheerfulness is so sweet and adorable as he tries snacks for the first time and bonds with Space Doughnut. Helps that he's voiced by Robbie Daymond.
• Alternative Character Interpretation:
  • After Squid Ink Cookie's dream in "Crunchy Dream" reveals that they actually do remember everything that they did when out of control, is them saying "Can't remember" a mantra for them to deny that what they did was horrible?
  • Speaking of "Crunchy Dream" for Pumpkin Pie Cookie's dream, is her doll really possessed by the soul of her sister? Or is she completely in denial over the idea that something worse is in it, given how Devil Cookie flees in utter fear of whatever Pumpkin Pie is about to release?
• Alternative Joke Interpretation: In Knight Cookie's dream in the "Crunchy Dream" event, one of Princess Cookie's suitors happens to be Raspberry Cookie hoping to marry Princess Cookie to restore her family honor. Does Knight Cookie see Princess Cookie as lesbian/bi or is he just stressed out that he assumes that Princess Cookie will just go ahead and marry anyone she sees (as her other suitors were Eclair, Sparkling and Clotted Cream)? There is evidence that Princess Cookie does like girls as both OvenBreak and Cookie Puzzle World has her admire White Chocolate Cookie (a similar bifauxnen cookie good with a sword and also based off a famous shojuo bifauxnen).
• Angst Aversion: The entirety of the saga is generally not considered so because it is still idealistic to its core like the previous Cookie Run games before it despite being a Darker and Edgier spin-off to a mostly lighthearted series, but the "darker" parts of the backstory, such as the Dark Flour War before the events of the game and the wraparound story of the Dark Mode event, can be a bit hard to swallow for some gamers.
  • The Frost Queen and the Lantern in the Snow story is known to be the saddest story Kingdom has done and many fans have been known to break down in tears over it.
  • A Mermaid’s Tale is also quite dark, being the tragic origin story of Black Pearl Cookie showing her initial friendship with Lord Oyster before he eventually sold the pearl she gifted him for the sake of saving his family’s name, which caused her to become the vengeful destroyer of ships we know today. Notably, every player's reaction was to dread the Foregone Conclusion.
• Angst? What Angst?: In contrast to Cotton Cookie's anguish over her best friend dying in her arms, Sherbet's version of events has him quite chipper in regards to his resurrection, to the point he's making puns about it.
• Awesome Art:
  • The arts used in the game's main screen are all beautifully rendered, and they just get better every time. Take your look at the 'Lost Kingdom' update's splash screen...
  • For the August 2022 Disney crossover, the splash screen is a beautifully animated recreation of Cinderella's castle as seen in the current Disney Vanity Plate intro along with most of the Disney cookies interacting with the Cookie Run cast, ending with Mickey and GingerBrave shaking hands. It is absolutely breathtaking, like seeing one's childhood dreams coming to life.
  • For the BTS "Braver Together" crossover, the artwork for the BTS Cookies are not only well designed, but there are also small touches that reflect each member. For example, j-Hope's cookie has his mouth turn into a heart shape whenever he talks, reflecting his heart-shaped lips.
  • The loading screen for the "City of Wizards" event is gorgeous that shows Moonlight Cookie looking down over numerous cookies asleep on the clouds, showing off the beauty of the night time and stars.
  • The scenes of Pitaya Dragon Cookie unleashing his powers and Sea Fairy turning into the Tower of Frozen Waves are phenomenal, looking straight out of anime!
• Awesome Music:
  • In general, many cookies who debuted in Ovenbreak get beautiful remixes of their Cookie Trial themes when they debut in the game.
  • 'I Promise' is often jokingly compared to an anime opening because of its catchy pop melody, No Seung Ho's fantastic voice, and meaningful lyrics that will warm up your heart. They even go so far as to provide a sing-along version, and the voice actors of some cookies^note Madeleine, Espresso, Purple Yam, Ninja, Vampire decided to join in the fun themselves.
  • The Pomegranate Village's OST is a traditional-sounding melody which is likely a result of using traditional eastern instruments. It gives off a peaceful, serene feeling that differs from the usually cheerful or epic soundtracks seen in previous areas.
  • "My Kingdom" is a hopeful song about the Cookies finally obtaining a home to call their own, starting off with a surreal feeling as if we were in a church - appropriate to the setting of the latest maps, the holy Vanilla Kingdom.
  • "Everything You Need", Parfait Cookie's image song, is a rock ballad about how, despite life can get you down, things will get better and you have to take the step forward. She would later get "Sweet Serenade" for the Summer Soda Rock Festa.
  • The song for the Frost Queen and the Lantern in the Snow ("When the Snow is Warm") is a beautiful acoustic guitar melody that represents the beauty of winter and the friendship between Cotton and Sherbet Cookie. The end of the storyline has a lyrical version that warms one's heart while simultaneously have their heart break into a hundred pieces. It's not uncommon for many players to start crying the second this song starts playing.
  • For the Disney crossover, many characters are accompanied by an instrumental version of their most famous songs. For example, Ariel is given a beautiful harp rendition of "Part of Your World".
  • For the BTS crossover, "Dynamite" becomes their signature song. Expect this song to be playing when you get one of the cookies in their gacha.
  • In the Braver Together event, B.A.D 4's theme of "Bad and Dark" is a surprisingly catchy "I Am" Song that talks about how all four members are bad to the bone and proud of it. In-universe, Wizard Cookie admits it's not half bad and BTS are gracious enough to sing praise of it. A later update in November 2022 allowed players to play it in the same vein of the BTS songs in the "Braver Together" event.
  • Ever wanted Cookie Run lofi? Well here it is!
  • The Summer Soda Rock Festa is essentially a chance for Devsisters to really throw out a lot of bangers for the rock associated cookies from Shining Glitter's "Glittering Dreams", Black Lemonade's "Transfigure", to Rockstar's "Rocker's High". And the best part is that all the songs are on streaming services for everyone to have a listen to!
  • Winter 2023 is kicked off with Icicle Yeti's Winter Song, a fun and bouncy tune of how Icicle Yeti goes through their morning routine while hoping to find a friend of their own.
• Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: The coverage of the Dark Flour War where Cookies were effectively systematically killed, and had their corpses burned to the point of becoming nothing but ashes. It is never mentioned prior to its coverage, it has no impact on the game during its coverage, and it is never mentioned again.
• Captain Obvious Reveal: Healer Cookie is Pure Vanilla Cookie. You don't need to have a keen eye to see that they have similar hairstyles and voice, both hold a Magic Staff and use healing magic, identical effect when they cast their spell, and Healer Cookie‘s bandage conveniently hides where the king's trademark eyes would be. The only misleading point is that Healer Cookie acts completely unknowing of the kingdom he's supposed to rule...for reasons.
• Catharsis Factor:
  • The end of World 14 showing Dark Choco leaving the Cookies of Darkness for good is a "Hell, Yes!" Moment mixed with Tears of Joy.
  • Also from World 14 is the aforementioned Dark Choco using his sword to attack Pomegranate Cookie, which is rather satisfying considering the mistreatment the latter put him through.
  • Chapter 3 of the Cookie Odyssey has Captain Caviar Cookie calling out the Elders and especially Custard Cookie for trying to cover up the crimes committed by Mille-Feuille and Canele Cookie, with Oyster Cookie backing him up. Another satisfying moment is when Oyster coldly shuts Custard down and puts him in his place for daring to try and sic the Pearl Legion guards under her command.
  • The December 2022 storyline where an elderly Cotton Cookie finally reunites with Sherbet, with many fans screaming and crying of joy in seeing the two get a happy ending.
  • "A Mermaid's Tale" is undeniably tragic, but most players were definitely cheering on Black Pearl Cookie drowning Abalone Cookie and his crew for what their greed did to her, her sisters, and Frilled Jellyfish Cookie.
• Complacent Gaming Syndrome:
  • There are 3 Treasures that you need to upgrade at some point, the Squishy Jelly Watch, the Old Pilgrims Scroll, and the Dream Conductor's Whistle.
    • The Watch was so good for a common treasure that in fact when Devsisters introduced treasure variants, they made a epic variant of the Watch that also gave a 5% bonus in Attack
  • Adverted for the PVP Meta, due to the consistent introduction of Epic+ cookies and the endless Legendary buffs in the form of Crystal Jams.
    • Played Straight if you consider the type of cookies dominating the meta, always being Epics, Specials, Super Epics, Legendaries, Ancients, and Dragons.
  • For the toppings cookies need to equip you can almost always bet on this:
    • Raspberries. ^{used by...}Usually used by DPS.
    • Chocolate Chips ^{used by...}Mandatory for all healers and most supports.
    • And Almonds ^{used by...}Pretty much used solely by tanks.
  • And here's some toppings that anyone (except a beginner) will never use:
    • Healthy Hazelnuts ^why? Because resisting Critical Damage will surely come in handy for that 1/ 1 billion chance where Hazelnuts outperform Almonds.
    • Sweet Candy^why? While amplifying healing/damage is nice, you usually get more healing/damage by using raspberries/chocolate chips.
    • Hard Walnut ^why? While increasing Defence makes it seem like Walnuts should be better than Almonds, Almonds are much, much better, because while Walnuts just increase your defence numbers, Almonds make you take less damage by a certain percent, with the highest being 50.5%!.
    • and Fresh Kiwi ^why? Because resisting Debuffs and providing no other benefits will surely come in handy for that non-existent chance where Kiwis outperform anything, while debuffs are getting stronger with powercreep.
  • There have been however, aversions to this: here are some examples
    • The first Guild Dragon Meta saw Licorice Cookie using Hazelnuts^why? in order to prevent the dragon's damage reflection buff from one-shoting him.
    • Ice Yeti Cookie Zigzags this trope ^why? Because they are a frontline safeguard cookie, they don't need any almonds, however in place of almonds is instead Chocolate Chips.
    • Pumpkin Pie always uses Almonds ^why? Her skill involves summoning a really beefy Pom-Pom, but while Pom-Pom is tanky, Pumkin Pie herself isn't, so rather than something like Chocolate chips, she instead uses Almonds.
    • The Developers attempted this with Candy Diver Cookie, however due to the higher chance of success for every time you failed, they ended up falling right back into this trope with Chocolate Chips being the preferred option.
• Crack Pairing: Parfait Cookie/Licorice Cookie is popular on platforms like TikTok and Tumblr. Despite not meeting (as of now anyway), people love the concept of them being an Opposites Attract pairing (as well as Licorice either being a tsundere or Parfait turning him good).
• Demonic Spiders:
  • The plate-throwers at 10-04 are the bane to any player who doesn't heal up quickly.
  • The Cutpurses in Chapter 11 sport obscenely unfair attack power, launching ranged attacks that can instantly murder your entire team in seconds. If you see them, take them out immediately, as they're also a Glass Cannon.
  • Every enemy in Chapter 14 is an absolute annoyance to fight, with the Cursed Blades constantly inflicting the unremovable Injury debuff that stacks infinitely, shredding even your strongest tanks very quickly. Even worse is that the entire Chapter carries the nasty debuffs from Chapter 13, massively reducing healing and shields just to further increase the difficulty. As of the 2nd Anniversary update, not only have they become massively easier, but Pure Vanilla Cookie has been updated so that he reduces the Injury debuff in half and provides periodic healing if a cookie is unable to get an HP shield, not to mention that it's quite easy to get a free Pure Vanilla thanks to the Might of the Ancients event if you log in at the time.
  • Somnampules and Deadly Poison Shroomers tend to explode and cut down your cookie's health for a matter of seconds. While the earlier levels had their damage be not threatening, those at 18-13 (the former) and Master mode (the latter) had the power to kamikaze your cookies to oblivion.
• Diagnosed by the Audience: Eclair Cookie's narrow interests, tendency to overshare and infodump, and Innocently Insensitive moments all lead to neurodivergent fans commonly headcanoning him as autistic.
  • Thanks to his seeming inability to see anything past the incident with the strawberry jam sword, the fact that during the dark mode storyline, he has a flashback that causes him to have essentially a panic attack, and his heroic self-depreciation make many fans believe Dark Choco may have PTSD(or even C-PTSD).
• Ensemble Dark Horse:
  • Compared to Red Velvet Cookie, Esterházy — the butler Cake Werehound in Map 10 — has even less exposure, yet gains himself a considerable legion of fans for someone who appears for a total of several minutes in the entire game and gets Put on the Bus afterward. Some of them are not even in the Furry Fandom.
  • Sherbet Cookie is only an NPC Cookie but his backstory and relationship to Cotton Candy in The Frost Queen and the Lantern in the Snow which is quite dark for the game in and of itself, and becoming a Frost Spirit, left fans hoping that he’d become playable in the future. They eventually got their wish when he became playable as a Super Epic for the December 2022 update.
  • Mont Blanc Cookie has an adorable and unique design, not to mention being the NPC for Kingdom's costume gacha, which gained her plenty of fans who hope she becomes playable.
  • Captain Caviar Cookie was decently received when he was first introduced in Cookie Odyssey. Chapter 3 of the Cookie Odyssey would see his popularity skyrocket thanks to his status as the Only Sane Man among the Elders, and not hesitating to chew them all out for their infuriating belligerence (especially Custard Cookie) with Oyster Cookie backing him up. Combined with his cool and badass design, along with being voiced by Dave Fennoy (aka Lee Everett and Rodin), many fans wanted him to be playable. Said fans would get their wish as he was added as an Epic Cookie in the September 2022 update.
• Fanfic Fuel: Even though the Disney characters are considered "Guests"—meaning they can't participate in production or battles—how exactly would they function in battle? Better yet, what type of interactions would happen between the cookies? There is fan-art of numerous cookies interacting with Disney characters (like Sorbet Shark being a fan of Ariel Cookie or Caramel Arrow Cookie posing side by side with Mulan Cookie) and the quest has a cutscene which includes Custard III wanting to be as brave as Prince Charming for Snow White Cookie, Pumpkin Cookie ecstatic at Cinderella Cookie's Pumpkin Carriage and Strawberry Crepe happily agreeing to interact with both Lilo and Stitch Cookie. What other characters from Disney—or Pixar, or Marvel or Star Wars—could interact with the Cookies? Could there be a chance for Kingdom Hearts (and by extension Final Fantasy) characters interacting with the Cookies?
• Fan Nickname:
  • The majority of the fans prefer calling Almond Cookie "DILF Cookie" because of his incredibly attractive and handsome appearance. This continued when he was announced for OvenBreak and was given a Super Epic costume that just made him even more attractive to fans along with an adorable kitten pet before the Cookie Run Kingdom Twitter revealed that Almond is the father of Walnut Cookie. Another nickname is "Castiel Cookie" due to the fact that both Almond and Castiel wear trenchcoats and are detectives in magical cases. Others like to call him "Almond Daddy" combining his attractive looks and being Walnut's father.
  • After his English VA was introduced, GingerBrave is affectionately called "Finn the Cookie".
  • A number of fans who also play Genshin Impact tend to label Clover Cookie "Venti Cookie", due to both being highly androgynous male bards with a green-heavy color scheme.
  • When the BTS Cookies were announced, many fans were quick to call Jin Cookie either "Worldwide Crunchy" or "Worldwide Cookie", a play on his nickname of "Worldwide Handsome".
  • Once Sherbet Cookie was revealed to be a playable cookie, it didn't take long for fans to call him "Jack Frost Cookie" due to them having many similarities from the white hair, blue outfit, the staff, the ice powers, and the fact that they died and became reborn as a frost spirit through the love of a young girl that they were closed to (for Sherbet it was his friend Cotton Cookie, for Jack it was his little sister).
  • It's common to call Affogato Cookie "Fishgato" due to an idle comment of how he is a fish in the river of politics.
  • Kouign Amann Cookie immediately became known as "Princess Peach Cookie" due to her resemblance to the character (a spunky princess who wears a pink dress and has long blond hair) while debuting at the time The Super Mario Bros. Movie hit theaters, where Peach is now a bonafide Action Girl. Another nickname is "Queen Amann" Cookie due to the first part of her mind sounding similar to "Queen".
  • Black Lemonade is affectionately "Emonade" due to her black color palette.
  • Burnt Cheese Cookie has been nicknamed Cyno Cookie due to both characters having an Anubis motif.
  • Smoked Cheese Cookie is nicknamed "Affogato 2.0" due to his voice and use of a staff being similar to Affogato. Not to mention how he tries to usurp Golden Chese Cookie like Affogato tries with Dark Cacao.
  • Prior to her reveal, Stormfront Cookie was nicknamed "Zeus Cookie" since the silhouette made it look like she had a beard and her abilities of lightning were akin to Zeus being a Thunder God.
• Fanon:
  • You can't go through ten works that feature Espresso and Latte Cookie together without one depicting them as siblings or cousins, even though in the canon (as for now) they're only research partners.
  • In a similar vein to the above, it is common for fanworks to depict Eclair and Ovenbreak's Earl Grey (and occasionally Roguefort) as siblings or in some way related. The most common interpretation is that they are twins/triplets, but one being older than the others or them being cousins is also quite popular.
  • Despite them not even being in the same game (until June 2021's Butter Museum Incident event in OvenBreak), Almond Cookie being Walnut Cookie's father is a very popular headcanon in the fandom. Nearly every piece of work that features the two interacting portrays them as a father and daughter. Then it was confirmed in Walnut's relationship charts that her bond with Almond is that of "Family". In addition, it's also common to have Almond and Latte married.
  • In the same vein, fans like to think that Strawberry Crepe Cookie of this game and Bell Pepper Cookie in OvenBreak would be rivals due to them being children who have an interest in robotics but are on opposing sides.
  • It's quite common for Espresso to originate from Dark Cacao Kingdom following the artbook's publication. Madeleine coming from Vanilla Kingdom is also a headcanon to a lesser extent.
  • According to quite the amount of fans, Custard's claim to the throne is not so dubious after all, as the headcanon that Pure Vanilla Cookie is his (great) grandfather has been around. Even though this is eventually proven against since Premier Custard Cream Cookie—his actual grandfather—was the Prime Minister of Vanilla Kingdom and not Pure Vanilla's own descendant, people still make the king his granddad figure.
  • After the Duskgloom Sea storyline, fans assume that the cookie that betrayed Black Pearl Cookie is related to House Oyster (because Oyster Cookie wears a pearl and the pristine ship Black Pearl keeps intact is specifically from House Oyster) or Captain Ice Cookie (due to a shattered window that bears her image in Black Pearl's character lobby). Oyster Cookie's dream in the "Crunchy Dreams" event reveals that this was related to an incident with Oyster Cookie's descendant, Lord Oyster. The August 2023 event "A Mermaid's Tale" also confirms that House Oyster is connected to her fall.
  • For those who ship Cotton and Sherbet Cookie, many like to assume that when Cotton dies, she'll be reborn as a Frost Spirit like Sherbet so the two can still be together. Speaking of which, many fans state that the reason Cotton couldn't see Sherbet in the One Year Anniversary is probably due to her failing eyesight as he blends into the snow.
  • After Pumpkin Pie Cookie's dream in "Crunchy Dreams" reveals that her doll, Pompom, is actually the vessel for her sister's soul, fans came to the conclusion that the doll actually hosts a real demon that's pretending to be Pumpkin's sister, given how Devil Cookie is reacting in sheer horror of what Pumpkin planned to do and wants nothing to do with it.
  • After the Sumer Soda Rock Fest, some fans assume that Bassist Cookie can see that Black Lemonade has a crush on Shining Glitter and is trying to ship the two together.
• Foe Yay Shipping: Pastry Cookie/Red Velvet Cookie shippers have assembled themselves right in the 'Tiers of Chaos' update day, simply because of their rivalry as the protagonist and antagonist of the Tower of Sweet Chaos event. Fanworks of them predictably appeared just some days after.
• Fridge Brilliance:
  • Why have a crossover with Sonic the Hedgehog? Because both games have something in common: running.
  • Pastry Cookie's idle stance tends to show her with one eye shut. It's mentioned that she's Not a Morning Person, and has difficulty sleeping, which would also explain her constant frown.
• Friendly Fandoms: After the video announcing the English voice actors came out, fans of Genshin Impact quickly become friends with Kingdom since numerous voices for the latter are easily found in the former. Fans have been comparing as to who's who from both games.
• Game-Breaker: See here.
• Genius Bonus:
  • Smoked Cheese Cookie is mostly associated with red. In Ancient Egypt, red represented chaos, which rightfully foreshadows how he wants to usurp Golden Cheese Cookie.
  • The head and seat of Street Urchin Cookie's bike are designed to look like a shrimp (and is even called Black Tiger, a type of shrimp). Shrimp and sea urchins have been noted to have a symbiotic relationship in real life, specifically commensalism where the shrimp benefits from the urchin while the urchin is neither benefited nor harmed by the shrimp.
• Growing the Beard:
  • While the writing for many of the events and storylines have been amazing, the November 2021 storyline The Frost Queen and the Lantern in the Snow has been lauded as one of Devsisters' best, to the point that it gets a sequel the year after.
  • The "Crunchy Dreams" event for the January 2022 event has been praised by fans for how Devsisters can make a diverse set of scenarios. Ranging from horror (Devil Cookie and Pumpkin Cookie's dreams) to comedic (the Dark Choco Middle School au) to downright depressing while also giving in new lore for the cookies (Oyster Cookie and Black Pearl Cookie's fairy tale).
• Heartwarming in Hindsight:
  • In the New Year's Greeting Event in Cookie Run: OvenBreak on January 2021, Cream Puff Cookie's letter reads "I'm going to become a great wizard this year!".◊ Nearing the end of February 2021, Cream Puff Cookie's reveal in Cookie Run Kingdom shows that she has gained a True Wizard form, complete with a Magical Girl transformation to boot! This also counts as a Moment of Awesome!
  • Sorber Shark Cookie is based on The Little Mermaid from the story of how they became a cookie to even quoting a part of "Part of Your World" in the Tropical Soda Islands. Then in July 2022, it was revealed that Devsisters would have a crossover with Disney and one of the characters confirmed will be Ariel.
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • Back when promoting Parfait Cookie, the YouTube channel for Cookie Run Kingdom happened to do a "Top 10" list of songs and one of the songs was a reference to "Butter" by BTS (called "Cookie Cutter"). Fast forward to October 2022, and not only is BTS crossing over with Kingdom but "Butter" will be one of the songs playing!
  • Pitaya Dragon Cookie after their boss fight said that they will return and burn the Hollyberry Palace down. Come to the Mid-May 2023 update, and players will do just that at the chapter's levels. And even better... onto Hollyberry herself at the arena!
• Ho Yay:
  • The Cookie Odyssey storyline had shippers pair Wildberry and Crunchy Chip Cookie together due to their contrasting personalities and how they become Fire-Forged Friends. At one point, Wildberry carries Crunchy Chip Cookie and one of his wolves to safety, to which Crunchy Chip makes this comment.
  Crunchy Chip: Huh?! Wildberry Cookie? Huh, this is comfier than I thought.
  • Eclair Cookie really likes gushing over Tea Knight Cookie and his exploits.
  • For some odd reason, Knight Cookie's dream in the "Crunchy Dreams" event has him dreaming that one of Princess Cookie's suitors is Raspberry Cookie.
  • Summer Soda Rock Festa had fans pair Shining Glitter with Black Lemonade, due to the fact that they used to be part of a band and their interactions with one another scream "awkward exes". The end of the event has them reconcile while singing "Rocker's High" and Black Lemonade starts listening to some songs Shining Glitter recommended. Moreover, Bassist Cookie's comments sounds like he wants Black Lemonade and Shining Glitter to hook up already, even noting how Black Lemonade keeps following Shining Glitter online.
• Idiosyncratic Ship Naming: Pairing Herb, Vampire, Mint Choco and Sparkling Cookie together is referred to as "Juice Bar Regulars", after the name of their bond story.
• I Knew It!: On September 20th, 2022, Cookie Run Kingdom uploaded a short video on their YouTube page which showed a collection of purple heart gummies and the game later had an animation of seven purple balloons flying off into the sky. Many fans immediatelly stated that this meant that the next crossover event would be with BTS since purple is their signature color, purple hearts is one of their icons and the seven balloons equates to the seven members. The following day, Devsisters tweeted that, yes, BTS will be crossing over with Cookie Run Kingdom for the October update.
• Just Here for Godzilla:
  • Most fans of Kingdom are coming for the August 2022 event where Disney characters will crossover.
  • After Devsisters announced their BTS x Cookie Run Kingdom crossover for October 2022, many of the ARMYs started downloading the game in order to get their hands on the BTS cookies.
  • The December 2022 update had fans returning for Sherbet Cookie returning as a playable Cookie and to continue The Frost Queen and the Lantern in the Snow storyline, which is the saddest and most well-known storyline from the game, in the hopes that Sherbet and Cotton Cookie finally get a happy ending.
• LGBT Fanbase: Black Lemonade Cookie immediately garnered a fanbase for her androgynous looks and song, with many headcanoning that she's either trans (which was alluded in her song "Transfigure") or non-binary (due to her hair and outfit resembling the colors of the non-binary flag).
• Love to Hate:
  • Affogatto Cookie is such a slimy bastard yet his manipulations on Dark Cacao Cookie makes the already dark storyline even darker.
  • Abalone Cookie is the cause of everything that went wrong in "A Mermaid's Tale" but that's what make people love hating this asshole to crumbs.
• Memetic Mutation:
  • Maintenance = Crystals ^ExplanationDue to its various problems at launch, the game's maintenance time was often lengthened and to compensate for it, players were gifted with an amount of Crystals that ranged from 3000 to 12000 Crystals - which, according to many people, were worth the wait. This topic is brought up whenever the game needs maintenance and indeed, maintenance does tend to bring players a lot of crystals.
  • People are quick to notice the similarities between Team Rocket and Licorice Cookie's rival to Pomegranate Cookie, his "cloud-minded" friend Poison Mushroom Cookie and his flying companion Bat-Cat, eventually spawning a bunch of memes and fan-arts about Bat-Cat (Meowth), Pomegranate (Jessie), Licorice (James) and Poison Mushroom Cookie (Wobbuffet) as Team Rocket, additionally, some fans replaced Pomegranate Cookie to Black Raisin Cookie due to both Jessie and her having long hair.
  • "DILF COOKIE COME HOME" ^ExplanationBefore Almond Cookie was released in Kingdom, he gained the Fan Nickname "DILF Cookie" by the fanbase due to his handsome looks, and not only this phrase appeared even more commonly when he was announced for OvenBreak, his super epic costume "Commissioner of Parfaedia" makes him even more handsome to the fanbase. The official Cookie Run Kingdom Twitter/Instagram account revealed that Almond Cookie is in fact, Walnut Cookie's father, making fans explode.
  • Espresso Cookie Thirst Trap ^ExplanationThe nickname for that one Espresso Cookie TikTok video, as the replies are filled with people who find out/show the world they have a thing for attractive cookies, point out how amusingly ridiculous it is for Espresso to be The Tease, or just question what drugs Devsisters was on when they decided to create this. In other words, an absolute chaos.
  • When Sorbet Shark Cookie got announced for Cookie Run: Kingdom, fans couldn't resist leaving a whole bunch of comments with Sorbet Shark's speech patterns, have a look at the comment section here.
  • The announcement that Khoi Dao will be the VA for Herb Cookie has resulted in fountains of memes, which are more than often related to Khoi Dao's own series of Memetic Mutation.
  • After the video announcement for Costumes appearing for Halloween 2021, many fans were joking how newbies to the game (or those who don't know about Ovenbreak) were going to get mass disappointment when they find the gacha system not ruling to their favor.
  • WHY ARE WE CRYING OVER COOKIES?!^ExplanationThe Frost Queen and the Lantern in the Snow storyline has been known to make many fans weep and asking how this was possible over a bunch of talking cookies. It's very common to find a video where comments are all about how saddening the story is and hoping that Cotton Cookie and Sherbet Cookie get a happy ending (which they do a year later).
  • Dark Cacannibal Cookie/I'm sorry Gingerbrave ^Explanation After a short video involving Dark Cacao Cookie's English voice actor apologizing to and then promptly eating a macaron with Gingerbrave's face on it while using his voice went viral, some fans have joke-speculated that Dark Cacao may secretly be a cannibal with Horror Hunger or is straight up a vorarephile (someone who's into vore) and there have been plenty of videos recreating that short video but with the actual characters. If this were the case, it may not be too surprising since he's not the only ancient cookie to have expressed or done similarly dark thoughts or actions outside the games.
  • Pure evil Vanilla ^Explanation possibly originating from this video of Pure Vanilla's voice actor playing Among Us and becoming popularized by a fanmade costume for him that looks uneasily similar to Dark Enchantress Cookie, it is not uncommon for the fandom to depict him like he's a gender bent DE. This depiction of him is also common around Pure/Cacao shippers most likely due to the existence Foe Yay Shipping tropes.
  • LOVE WINS ^Explanation An edited macro of this artwork of Wildberry and Crunchy Chip kissing by Twitter user @G0zzie with the caption "LOVE WINS," edited from this image posted on GingerBrave's official Twitter account. Fans have heavily shipped the two cookies for the reasons mentioned in Ho Yay above.
  • We don't have Permission to Dance. ^ExplanationThe BTS Rhythm stage has various requirements for unlocking each song. Permission to Dance, the fourth song, has a requirement of having pulled three of the BTS Cookies, and is notable for being a bit of a wall. People made jokes.
  • So when does the sixth song release? ^ExplanationAfter completing the main storyline of the BTS event, the sixth song unlocks for the Rhythm Stage, with little fanfare and no in-universe discussion. The song in question happens to be titled "Yet to Come", and some players unfamiliar with BTS's discography mistook this for a "Coming Soon" placeholder.
  • Devil Cookie's dream in "Crunchy Dreams", in which they're stuck in an endless hallway unless they do a good deed, gave way to many Backroom memes. This would later get a resurgence in World 17 when Wizard Cookie explains that he, Black Raisin, and GingerBrave ended up in the backrooms of the Golden Cheese Kingdom.
  • Cookie Cookie Literature Club^ExplanationThe 2023 April Fool's Day event is a romantic visual novel where a main character can romance one of five cookies (Sea Fairy, Herb, Raspberry, Dark Choco and Madeline). Many fans immediately began making Black Comedy jokes regarding some of the major twists of DDLC. The secret sixth route with White Lily, who is revealed to have Medium Awareness and be running the whole thing as some kind of simulation, throws further fuel on the fire by drawing obvious comparisons with Monika.
  • Morally Grey Cookies
• Moe:
  • While this can be said to many of the cookies, the BTS cookies for the October 2022 crossover has gotten many fans — both CRK and ARMYs alike — to coo at how adorable they look and how they accurately display the charm of each member of the band.
  • Once Milky Way Cookie was revealed, numerous fans couldn't help but find her to be the cutest conductor ever. This became even more pronounced when her voice lines came out, portraying an Adorably Precocious Child who takes her job seriously.
  • White Pearl Cookie also elicits this effect during A Mermaid's Tale, being incredibly sweet, innocent and adorable, which stands in sharp contrast to how she appears in the present day as Black Pearl Cookie.
  • Frilled Jellyfish Cookie is such an adorable cookie with her unique way of speaking and her attire making her have a poofy dress. Many fans were absolutely devastated when she sacrificed herself to save White Pearl Cookie, ended near death and recovered...only to have forgotten about her friend.
• Moral Event Horizon:
  • In Dark Mode, Pomegranate Cookie psychologically tortures Dark Choco Cookie with his past trauma, guilt for failing his subjects' expectations and being (ambiguously) responsible for his kingdom's downfall, and the memory of the moment he slashed his father (the Strawberry Jam Sword may or may not to blame). Yes, Dark Choco, the ever-solemn and stoic swordsman, was brought to tears by this. Even Licorice Cookie was horrified. In Chapter 14 she also forces Dark Choco to attack his father Dark Cacao once again, but luckily this time, Dark Choco had enough of her mistreatment and attacks her instead.
  • Abalone Cookie crossed it when he manipulates Lord Oyster to give him White Pearl Cookie's sacred pearl and then launch an attack to destroy Teardom, slaughter as many Gem Mermaids as possible, and only caring more and more for money than anyone else's safety.
• Most Wonderful Sound:
  • The reveal of English VAs for Kingdom was met with great applause, with the main focus being Herb Cookie having the same VA as Albedo from Genshin Impact.
  • Fans have fallen in love with Ray Chase's voice work for Almond Cookie as he portrays a hardboiled detective perfectly.
  • Lilac Cookie's soft, husky baritone voice is very soothing.
  • Sorbet Shark's Korean dub voice for their bubble speak is adorable. The same goes to their English dub voice.
  • Kumiho Cookie's English dub voice is worth mentioning too. The fact that she speaks with a slight lisp makes her sound all the more endearing.
  • Hearing the Disney Cookies with voiced lines and their most famous songs being played out, really selling how magical the experience is. It becomes even better for the player if they can pinpoint just who is coming out of the oven.
  • The Tropical Soda Island storyline has Mango Cookie's Motor Mouth and it is glorious to hear how the voice actor doesn't even stumble.
  • For the BTS/Cookie Run Kingdom crossover for October 2022, all seven members of BTS will be voicing their own cookies which makes them sound very natural. Devsisters even posted behind the scene clips of BTS providing their lines. Hearing them say "(See you in) Cookie Run Kingdom" in English has been nothing more than a delight. Speaking of which, if you just so happen to obtain one of the BTS cookies in the gacha, you get to hear a clip of "Dynamite" that precedes their entrance.
  • Both acoustic and lyric-less version of "When the Snow is Warm" (Cotton and Sherbet Cookie's leitmotif) is a soothing song of hope, warmth and wintertime and is usually an indicator for the fans to start crying. Most notably, fans were weeping when it played when Sherbet and Cotton finally reunited in the Stories from the Fireplace storyline.

N-Z

• Narm: Before her Boss Battle in Chapter 11-27, Raspberry Cookie gets offended by Princess Cookie's words and challenges her to a duel. This otherwise serious moment is made unintentionally hilarious in the English dub, where her voice cracks when saying "flour".
• Narm Charm:
  • Stardust Cookie's declaration to save Space Doughunut is because they have not tasted "Starflour Crisps unpackaged" should sound cheesy and ridiculous, but it also comes off as endearing because this is how Stardust bonded with Space Doughnut in the first place, and after Stardust has escaped his suicidal thoughts from World 16.
  • This has generally become a charm point for the entire game. Kingdom's main story focuses on the aftermath of a large-scale fantasy war after the heroes run from their malevolent creators, being thrust into a position where they have to mediate the complicated political relations between kingdoms and dig up old secrets, some not meant to be found... all the while being cute, colorful cookies with silly names and sugary sweet designs. However, the way the game takes its setting and story completely seriously had managed to endear and earn the investment of many kinds of players.
  • "Frost Queen and the Lantern in the Snow" is a prime example of this trope at work. It's a tragic, bittersweet tale of friendship and love starring two adorable cookies, yet many fans still weep at the "Warm Yellow Light" chapter.
  • Their October 2022 event is a crossover with BTS of all things! But the Bangtan Boy Scouts truly give it their all in the voice acting and seemed to have lots of fun promoting the event, and their cookie forms are just as charming as their real selves.
• OT3: Not even before the release of the Triple Cone Cup event did the fandom start shipping its main leads: Capsaicin, Prune Juice and Kouign-Amann.
• Porting Disaster: THE ANDROID VERSION. On release, the game was subject to a disastrous launch build, but when the initial patch came in, Android users reported that the app store suddenly claimed the game was not compatible with their devices despite meeting all the system requirements and having been able to install the app prior. Even on devices where the app store allows the user to download it via some miracle, the game's optimization is so unbelievably poor that it has been reported that the phone can overheat and battery drainage rates go through the roof. Did we mention that the Android version requires 3 GB of RAM, despite the iOS version only needing 2 GB of RAM? On February 16th, 2021 (almost a month after release), the developers outright said they have no plans to fix these issues, leaving most Android players being forced to play the game via other means, the most popular of which was emulation... keyword, was, because as of the Guild Update, the most popular emulator, Bluestacks, cannot run the game because it too is incompatible with the app despite not even being a device and instead an emulator, leaving obscure emulators known for having errors in quality, redownloading the game and updating it via Qooapp, or downloading the .APK and installing it yourself (the latter of which is outright discouraged by the developers due to the general dubious nature of .APK sites).
• Portmanteau Couple Name:
  • Madeleine Cookie/Espresso Cookie is called "Espresseline" or "Madepresso", with no real difference between them in the Western fanbase.
  • Crunchy Chip Cookie/Wildberry Cookie is known as "Crunchyberry".
• Rescued from the Scrappy Heap: Clotted Cream Cookie was initially the fandom's punching bag when he inadvertently broke up the Ancient Cookies' bond by telling them about Dark Enchantress Cookie's real identity, with his utter lack of tact not helping. Chapter 3 of the Cookie Odyssey however, reveals that his ploy to obtain the Soul Jam was done out of desperation to defend against Dark Enchantress's attack, and sincerely apologizes to the Ancients for his actions in the past. That, combined with his excellent gameplay prowess at the time, has made the fanbase forgive him and redirect their wrath towards his terrible adoptive father instead.
• Scrappy Mechanic:
  • Storage. Dear sweet heavens, Storage. Unlike most games of this kind where storage of resources is done on a resource-by-resource basis and every resource has its own designated storage, every item in the game shares a united storage capacity and takes up a slot in it. And yes, every item (with the bizarre exception of toppings). Since late-game requires a lot of mass-production and stockpiling of resources, what tends to result is that players rapidly run out of resources as either niche items tend to clog up slots that basic resources could be using, or basic resources are vastly in surplus and niche items aren't able to be stored. Made even worse is that items such as Powder, Rarities, and even some key items all count towards this storage cap, and if you don't have space, you simply cannot progress. Need to put one of the sacred branches into World 6's sacred spots? Better have an open slot, or you can't get the branch to begin with until you make room for it. Did we mention that after the fourth upgrade, it costs gems to upgrade the space in lieu of the craftable resources it takes prior? And by the third one of these, it costs as much as a 10-cookie pull (3,000 crystals) at once for only 14 slots?
  • The game has a global chat feature available to everyone, which irritatingly notifies you whenever someone does something the game considers "interesting" (meeting a new cookie, upgrading a topping to max level, promoting a cookie to 5 stars, upgrading a treasure to max level, etc.). This feature was even worse at launch, where there was no way to turn it off. Thankfully, a switch is now implemented into the settings to keep it off indefinitely... the downside of which is that this makes it pointless for the opposite reason — everyone has global chat turned off because it was so annoying pre-update, so now it's constantly silent.
  • If you're playing on mobile, chances are that you've accidentally picked up a cookie off the ground instead of scrolling around your kingdom. Even worse if you mistakenly drop them off in a workshop. It can be avoided by scrolling with two fingers, but this too is fiddly because if you don't move your fingers with the exact same speed and direction, you'll zoom in or out as well.
  • Star Candies used to have to be collected from each house one-by-one, meaning you could tap on a house and get zoomed into it unwillingly while just trying to collect, or tapping on a cookie that just so happens to be nearby. And if you have houses that are faraway from each other for aesthetic reasons, have fun with the scrolling problem above. A feature has now been implemented to collect all Star Candies at once by tapping on one house.
  • While the Braver Together gacha event was praised as being better in many aspects than the Disney gacha — mainly that every item in the BTS Gacha will have mileage points, not just copies of landmarks and cookies — there is one aspect that many players have come to hate — if you don't have a certain BTS Cookie, you cannot buy their Soulstones from the shop. So if you're missing just one cookie and have the gacha points to buy soulstones to unlock them, tough luck.
  • The 3rd anniversary event introduced Beascuits, which are toppings, but worse, the tuning is a blatant attempt to drain your crystals and the drop rate for the Legendary ones are very, very low.
• Self-Fanservice: There's no doubt that the Cookies, especially new and higher-ranked ones, have some awesome and gorgeous designs going on there, but they're still literally cookies. Most fanworks give them a "human" or "anime form" and not only their attractiveness turns up to eleven, but some of them also gain nice curves and/or muscles.
• Sequel Displacement: Unlike previous spinoffs of Cookie Run, Kingdom has proven to be a massive success, helped by boosted player numbers jumping ship from other gacha roleplaying games such as Genshin Impact. While OvenBreak is far from dead, Kingdom’s investment in voice acting in several languages and crossovers with media giants Disney and BTS just goes to show how big this installment has become.
• Ships That Pass in the Night: Yes, Clover Cookie/Licorice Cookie is a thing, despite not having a single canon interaction and similarity aside from being first released in Cookie Run: Kingdom.
• Signature Line:
  • Pure Vanilla Cookie's Big "NO!" from "The Final Battle".
  • Mango Cookie's Motor Mouth moment from "Tropical Soda Island Adventures".
  • Cotton Cookie's Please, Don't Leave Me to Sherbet Cookie is by the far the most remembered line of The Frost Queen and the Lantern in the Snow storyline.
• Signature Scene:
  • Chapter 7 of The Frost Queen and the Lantern in the Snow is well-known for making everyone cry their hearts out due to how it shows Sherbet Cookie fading away into the snow and Cotton Cookie's desperate pleas for him to not leave before she ends up sobbing in despair.
  • The end of the December 2022 storyline, in which an elderly Cotton Cookie finally reunites with Sherbet Cookie.
• Signature Series Arc:
  • "The Frost Queen and the Lantern in the Snow" arc is by far the most well-known storyline of Kingdom due to its sentimentality, bittersweet ending, and the bond between Cotton and Sherbet Cookie. The storyline is so well known that not only did it get a continuation for the December 2022 update, but Sherbet became a playable character.
  • The first quarter of 2023 had the "Triple Cone Cup" arc, which fans love for the unique story of a tournament and the character development of its three main characters Prune Juice, Kouign-Amann and Capsaicin.
• Signature Song: "When the Snow is Warm", the leitmotif for Cotton and Sherbet Cookie, is the most well-known song from Kingdom due to its sentimentality between the two little cookie friends. Any time this song starts playing is an indicator for the players to start crying.
• Superlative Dubbing:
  • Many fans online have praised the English dub for Kingdom. In particular, the English voices for Cotton and Sherbet Cookie in The Frost Queen and the Lantern in the Snow storyline had many fans weep at their farewell scene with Cherami Leigh's reading of Cotton's Please, Don't Leave Me sounding like she's truly saying goodbye to a loved one.
  • The English voices for the Triple Cone Cup were lauded by fans for being just as emotional and high-stakes as the Korean one. Special note goes to Adam Gold as Capsaicin Cookie, who puts his heart into the scene where he breaks out of his shackles to the point that he damages his voice from all the screaming.
• Surprise Difficulty: It is not obvious at first, but for a kid-friendly game the World maps sometimes just get very difficult for no particular reason. Stage 7-25 is one example, and there's also Map 9 at launch—unless your whole party is at level 50, reaching just the first part of the map is already a painful struggle.
• That One Boss:
  • Simply having a red background Nightmare-ridden Librarian as a mini-boss in any stage will make those stages That One Level.
  • Pralina the Candle Staff from stage 10-20 onwards is a literal burning nightmare. The burnt status applied by her flame will grind down the Cookies' health bar like a hungry beast devouring its prey, and she burns you at an absurdly rapid rate as if Cooldown never existed. If you can't heal or put on a shield in time, before you even realize it, your team is deader than dead. What's worse? You're gonna see her thrice almost in a row. Guess three times ain't the charm in this case.
  • Stage 11-27 has you fight Raspberry Cookie, where she is simply just way too powerful for that point in the game. Her Triple Hit will easily knock down most Cookies, to the point that it's practically required to bring Pure Vanilla Cookie and Sorbet Shark Cookie into at least help with the fight. It's also worth noting that Raspberry Cookie has 3 million HP, which is 1 million more than the actual World boss. Mercifully, she's been nerfed as of 2023, which includes an HP reduction.
  • The last boss of Chapter 12 is Pitaya Dragon Cookie, with a two-phase fight. Their attacks don't hit very hard, and their first phase only has 3 million HP. That all changes once you reach their second phase, sporting an absurd 11 MILLION HP. The timer from the first phase carries over, making the fight a very tight DPS check before the timer runs out, with Pitaya Dragon sporting several attacks that stun your party to further waste time. Like Raspberry above, the fight has been nerfed, and they have significantly less HP in the second phase.
  • Season 2 of the Cookie Alliance has 3 painful bosses to face, despite the first one being a real boss. Raspberry Cookie (see above), a Pomegranate Beetle that has infinite shield protection (Twizzly Gummy Cookie required) & a Ginkgoblin Sniper that heals at maximum like it was nothing (Pumpkin Pie Cookie required).
  • Cocommando, the final boss of Black Lemonade Cookie's storyline in Summer Soda Festa, is widely regarded as one of the hardest bosses in the event and one of the hardest bosses in the game period. When it's not pelting you with surprisingly high damaging music blasts, it summons squads of Durianeers to swarm you and launch nets that not only entangle your back row, but also deal massive damage, and since your back row typically has your squisher Cookies like Healers and Magic Cookies, that's a big problem. Not to mention that it boasts an absurd 4 million health and has surprisingly high defense.
  • Out of all the bosses faced in the Golden Cheese Kingdom, none had struck the chord the hardest than a giant mouse cursor at 18-20. One of its attacks summons a trash can, devours one of your cookies, and would instantly kill him/her/them unless it's beaten in time. That, along with a few annoying attacks would make it one of the strongest bosses to date.
  • The impractical Smoked Cheese Cookie is the final boss of Stage 18 and he has an abysmal 28 MILLION HP, complete with a few set of moves, like him summoning a swarm of monsters that inflict Injury, that will stop your team for decimating him. Given between the heavy heath pool & the limited time you had, you're not likely to beat him easily.
• That One Level:
  • Stage 7-25 will be forever remembered by almost every single player as an absurdly painful miniboss fight that makes World 7's actual boss, Nightmare Archivist, seem like a mere ice cream cone in return. The red background Nightmare-ridden Librarian gets more powerful as their HP decreases and in just one or two hits can deal out terrifyingly high damage. Unless you have some good strategy and/or very high-level Cookies, your party will be used to wipe the floor shining clean in a matter of seconds.
    • This literally nightmarish Librarian shows up again in later stages, including the stage right before World 7's boss. After that, you'll have to deal with him in three other stages in World 8, though his difficulty will depend on what team you have on hand as well as your cookies' levels.
  • Stage 18-13 has a sudden swarm of Somnampules which can instantly kill your cookies in the blink of an eye. Even if some of your cookies survive, they can still be swatted down by another swarm of Frogg-os with a heavy poison count. Without the right cookies for the job, it would stop you from progressing further into the story.
• Toy Ship: Custard Cookie the Third is often shipped with Pancake Cookie. They are often portrayed to have a Childhood Friend Romance that eventually blossoms into a real romance (they also normally have a cute Childhood Marriage Promise too).
• Trans Audience Interpretation: Upon her reveal, many players like to headcanon that Black Lemonade is trans. Hints include her androgynous design, her husky voice, and that her Image Song "Transfigure" and its MV having numerous images of reflections and shattered mirrors can be alluding to wanting to change into something that reflects the true her, not to mention that the name "Transfigure" can be read as Trans figure. Others headcanon that Black Lemonade is non-binary since her appearance resembles the non-binary flag (Black, purple, yellow).
  • Shining Glitter also obtained this headcanon when fans pointed out that the colors of her hair now matched that of the transgender flag, and she decided to transition from her usual pop attire to a rock musician. She also faced opposition from Stink-Eye Tortuca and the Durian pirates for not being a "true" rock musician, as if to say that she's acting more like a poser.
• Unexpected Character: This is essentially the reaction whenever Cookie Run Kingdom has a crossover.
  • Similar to OvenBreak's Hello Kitty crossover event, no one expected Kingdom‘s first crossover event to be with Sonic the Hedgehog.
  • On July 13th, 2022, Kingdom announced that it was going to have another crossover with Disney with the event ultimately having twenty one cookies based off of Disney franchises. While it was obvious that Mickey and the gang would be coming in, they also got most of the Disney princesses (including Pocahontas) alongside Aladdin, Peter Pan Tinker Bell, and even Lilo and Stitch together! Even if they aren't used in production, leveling up, or battle, that is still a lot of characters crossing over, and all of them with voiced lines and renditions of their most famous songs^note The music will only stay until June 2023 though..
  • On September 21st, 2022, Devsisters revealed that Cookie Run Kingdom will be crossing over with BTS, with seven cookies based off of each member. Notably because this will be the first time they cross-over with real-life celebrities.^note This is likely due to Devsisters being a sponsor for the Yet to Come Busan 2022 concert Moreover, unlike the Disney Cookies, BTS will be playable, with each of them being a Support cookie but have the "Safeguard" effect of Candy Diver (meaning that they can't attack and once all other cookies in the party are gone, it's game over).
  • Choco Werehound Brute, the game's first boss, becomes a playble unit in October 2022.
  • The December 2022 storyline has Sherbet Cookie meeting with the elemental legendaries — Fire Spirit, Wind Archer and Millennial Tree Cookie — whom have had voice actors and art since the game launched.
• Unintentionally Unsympathetic: In "A Mermaid's Tale", Lord Oyster Cookie is a tragic character who lets peer pressure get the best of him, but many fans point out that he still put his full faith in Abalone Cookie, someone he saw first hand be a complete douchebag towards the Gem Mermaids, and didn't think that Abalone Cookie wouldn't try to get more treasures out of the mermaids. White Pearl Cookie had every right to forever hate House Oyster for his stupidity.
• Unpopular Popular Character: Licorice Cookie in-game is an Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain who gets virtually no respect from anyone he meets, save for Gingerbrave or Poison Mushroom Cookie at most; and works for the Darkness out of his desire to be strong and recognized. Little does he know outside of it, he's one of the most powerful offensive forces in gameplay and has the honor to be playable in OvenBreak before any of the other Ensemble Dark Horse can, not to mention his fanbase.
• Viewer Gender Confusion:
  • The earliest offender is Clover Cookie, whose pretty appearance had fooled many people before his boyish voice was released.
  • Rye Cookie was thought to be a long-haired cowboy, until her pronoun and voice slapped the thinkers in the face. To be fair, none of her demeanor is feminine. At all.
  • Espresso Cookie's deep voice caught plenty of people off guard as they assumed he was female, partly because of his outfit.
  • The three Cookies released in April 2021 - Pure Vanilla Cookie, Black Raisin Cookie, and Strawberry Crepe Cookie - all made players go through a case of this. Pure Vanilla is feminine-looking thanks to his attire which looks pretty much like a dress, Strawberry Crepe is this due to their pink palette and general cuteness, while Black Raisin wears a gender-neutral cloak and looks quite rough for a girl.
  • When Affogato Cookie's design was leaked, many mistook him for a female. However, he was later revealed to be male.
  • Black Lemonade Cookie's design was quite androgynous when first revealed The Summer Soda Rock Show event reveals that Black Lemonade is female.
• What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?: While not the most graphic example, the story's spotlight on warfare, religion, corruption, and the fact that cookies are "made to be eaten"^note Which has always been a part of the lore from the start, but is given much more focus and treated far more seriously than it was previously is kind of heavy for a colorful, cutesy game rated E10+.
• Win Back the Crowd: When the BTS crossover was announced, many fans of Kingdom weren't really into it or the plug-in promotion Devsisters was making^note Devsisters is one of the sponsors of the "Yet to Come" Busan concert, not helped by the previous crossover with Disney being rather divisive in terms of implementation. Then, Devsisters began revealing previews and behind the scene clips of BTS recording their lines, the advertising in which BTS had gotten into the crossover — even having two Run BTS episodes dedicated to creating their own art and storyline for the game — along with some more mechanics to alleviate the BTS gacha itself (like having a milage system that gives points for every decorative item drawn, not just landmarks like the Disney one), making BTS be Support cookies with the Safeguard effect (with powerful debuffs and healing that they've become popular to use in the Arena) that don't need skill powders to level up their skills (the skill gets powerful every time they level up) and fans have praised the work put into the crossover as well as the accurate designs of each cookie. By the time Jungkook's behind-the-scenes video came out, the pre-registration hit its three million download goal!
• The Woobie:
  • Cotton Cookie by far, to the point that she has the most entries on the tear-jerker page! Her focus story has her brave blizzards to see what happened to her friend Sherbet Cookie, learning the truth that he's a Frost Child that will become one with the snow, trying to find a rare flower just to prolong his life a little longer, seeing him fade away in her arms while she begs for him to stay and then having to see him become a Frost Spirit, meaning that they may never see each other again. The only light at the end of the story is that she grows up and there is a tradition of lanterns hung during the holidays in remembrance of their friendship. And then the One-Year Anniversary Side Stories event reveals that Sherbet Cookie is invisible to her, seemingly meaning that she can never really see him again. Thankfully Stories from the Fireplaces gives her a well-deserved happy ending when Sherbet Cookie appears.
  • Cream Puff Cookie is also this thanks to the Archwizard story in the Crunchy Dreams event. She dreams that she is in her Brainwashed and Crazy Dark Magic Hat form and is attacking the good and innocent cookies in cold blood only to find herself put into an alliance with Twizzly Gummy Cookie. And when she wakes up, she is reduced to a sobbing wreck, clearly worried and scared about this happening to her (or if it used to be her in the past). She really needs a hug after that experience!
  • NPC wise, Light Cream Cookie is pulled through the wringer throughout Parts 2 and 3 of Cookie Odyssey, all she wants more than ever is to just see her son again, but Custard Cookie gaslights her stating that Clotted Cream is needed for more important work and can't focus if she's in the way. It really says something that Stories from the Fireplace gives her a bone when Clotted Cream goes to visit her.

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