YMMV / Fangbone!

• Adaptation Displacement: While the original Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian graphic novels sold quite well with kids, their existence is largely unknown to most non-fans of the show who don't deal with children's literature.
• Broken Base: The Reveal at the very end of the Grand Finale that Drool's Toe was sentient caused a bit of a stir among fans of the show. While some saw it as a great way to tease a second season and leave viewers eager for more adventures from Fangbone and Bill, others felt like it raised too many questions and consequently ruined the otherwise incredibly satisfying way that the finale wrapped up the show's story.
• Cant Unhear It: For those who have also read the original Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian graphic novels, it's pretty hard not to imagine Fangbone and Bill without Taylor Abrahamse and Colin Doyle's voices.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: Cid. She’s not the most frequently recurring character on the show, but her kickass characterization has definitely made her popular with fans.
• Fandom Rivalry: As you might notice from reading this page, the show's fanbase and that of Star vs. the Forces of Evil do not get along with each other very much, if at all, due to the series' similarities. Star fans see Fangbone as little more than a cheap copycat that tried and ultimately failed to eclipse the vastly more influential Disney show, while Fangbone fans see their show as having done everything that Star did far better in every way. The Grand Finales for both series stand out especially in this regard, as Fangbone fans believe their show's finale executed all aspects of Star's controversial finale far better and left Fangbone with a much more positive legacy, while Star fans argue that their show's finale does not eclipse the superior heights Star reached and that Fangbone never achieved those same heights during its lifetime.
• Friendly Fandoms: With Atomic Puppet and Counterfeit Cat, due to both shows being Canadian in origin, having similar tones and directions, and being shown in the exact same timeslot on Disney XD in the United States in the same brief span of time.
• Fridge Brilliance: In the Expository Theme Tune, Bill is described as a Cloud Cuckoolander whose "weapon is he's weird", despite being The Straight Man to Fangbone in the actual show. However, the heavily Skullbanian-themed nature of the song means it could be interpreted as that Bill is "weird" from the average barbarian's point of view, as his knowledge of Earth, his natural cleverness and problem-solving skills, and his ability to negotiate with and reach out to other people would be highly unusual to a Proud Warrior Race like the Skullbanians and their blunt, straightforward, "sword first, questions second" attitude to dealing with strangers.
• Growing the Beard: While the show did not have a weak start by any means, its first few episodes were little more than just the original books as a TV show. Then Fangbone! really started showing off what it could do with the source material in its longer episodes like "The Duck of Always" (which was said by many who have seen it to be the episode that ultimately sold them on the show) and "The Field Trip of Mayhem", which really began to expand upon the world of Skullbania, the characters, and the series' driving conflicts and relationships, with the second half of the season cranking all of this up to eleven.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: With all the accusations the show gets of being a Star vs. the Forces of Evil clone, it becomes humorously ironic how Fangbone!'s finale featured a Merged Reality very prominently nearly three years before Star vs. the Forces of Evil did (although with vastly different execution). That said, those who have seen both will typically tell you that Fangbone! did it far better in virtually every way.
• Ho Yay: The close friendship between Bill and Fangbone that is central to the series leads to a lot of “bromantic” moments between them, to the point where "FangBill" is arguably the most popular pairing with fans of the show.
• Nausea Fuel:
  • Venomous Drool's Toe can be rather icky to look at; it's even got a visible bone sticking out. Also the scene in the finale where the characters rip the Toe of Evil out of Drool's foot.
  • Fangbone's broken leg in "The Leg of Broken" can be quite unpleasant to look at, depending on how you feel about broken bones.
• Older Than They Think: The Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian books were released in 2012, yet the series draws accusations of ripping off Star vs. the Forces of Evil which came out in 2015. And to add insult to injury, Fangbone! was originally meant to be debut in 2014 on the Canadian feed of Disney XD (with the pilot episode even being aired on the channel to positive reception), but due to a shake-up among the network higher-ups, the series had its release delayed to 2016! Furthermore, Daron Nefcy originally had Star as just an ordinary girl who thought she was a magical princess until Executive Meddling asked her to change it, while Michael Rex had Fangbone as a barbarian warrior from another dimension from the beginning.
• Shocking Moments: "The End of the Beginning" doesn't hold back with all of its big wham moments and major twists, such as Venomous Drool successfully merging Earth and Skullbania, Drool then taking back his Toe of Evil from Fangbone, all of Bill and Fangbone's allies returning to help them defeat Drool, and The Reveal that the Toe is intelligent and has now replaced Drool himself as the Big Bad.
• They Copied It, So It Sucks!: The series’ non-fans frequently dismiss the show as nothing more than a "no girls allowed" ripoff of Star vs. the Forces of Evil with the magical princess being replaced with a Barbarian Hero. While it really doesn’t help that both shows aired on Disney XD around the same time (and Star vs. FOE was at the height of its popularity when Fangbone! debuted), Fangbone! was actually based on a book series that came out a few years before anyone had even heard of Star vs. the Forces of Evil. Some have even claimed the Canadian studios behind the show chose to adapt the books specifically because the similarities would have made it a good cash-in on Star vs. the Forces of Evil, despite the fact Fangbone! was originally planning for debut in 2014, a year before Star vs. the Forces of Evil came out.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: In "The Mom of No Return", Bill's mom discovers her son has been helping Fangbone fight monsters the whole time and ultimately comes to accept this. Unfortunately, this major change in the series' status quo is reverted at the end of the episode when Twinkle-Stick erases her memories of the whole thing.
• Too Good to Last: Despite being a very promising series with quality animation, great action, excellent usage of its fantasy elements, and solid writing that made great use of its source material and the main characters, the series ultimately lasted only a single season and was massively Screwed by the Network, leaving it on a cliffhanger. Michael Rex eventually confirmed that this was because the series, while doing fairly well with audiences, just wasn't doing spectacularly enough for Family Channel to order more seasons.
• Vindicated by History: When it came to the United States, Fangbone! had a rough time, being wholly ignored by Disney XD and dismissed as little more than a poor man's Star vs. the Forces of Evil by many viewers. Not helping matters was that Atomic Puppet quickly took its timeslot, painfully overshadowing the show. However, in the years since its brief run, renewed appreciation for the show and its strengths in writing and characterization has arisen, alongside wider awareness of its true origins as an Animated Adaptation from before Star vs. the Forces of Evil was even a thing. This was especially compounded by Star vs. the Forces of Evil falling into major Hype Backlash due to Seasonal Rot (especially after its infamous finale, which was worsened by how Fangbone!'s finale was generally well-received by viewers). In fact nowadays, some people now believe Fangbone! to be the superior series, even going as far to say that it would likely have had a better run and more satisfying conclusion than Star vs. the Forces of Evil did if it hadn't ended on a cliffhanger.

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