Junie B. Jones / YMMV

Accidental Innuendo: In "Junie B. Jones is (Almost) a Flower Girl," Junie B.'s Aunt is named Aunt Flo, a slang term for menstruation.
Broken Base:
- There have been two bases for the books that exist: One base consisting of some parents who recommend them to their kids; another base consisting of others who find them inappropriate and the title character annoying.
- Then there's one half of the base who like the First Grader series, and the rest who find it to file under They Changed It, Now It Sucks!.
Crosses the Line Twice: In Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! (P.S. So Does May), when Mr. Scary's class practices performing Jingle Bells, Junie B. loudly sings an insulting version of the song to May, involving her throwing May "right off the sleigh and then driving away", causing May to shout "HEY!". Junie B. can't stop laughing because, to her. May's "HEY!" fits right in the song.
Designated Villain: Bo, the flower girl at Aunt Flo's wedding in "Junie B. Jones is (almost) a Flower Girl", whom Junie B. has an intense hatred toward, merely out of jealousy for being chosen as the flower girl. Though they do warm up to each other in the end, and become friends — they both agree to spread the petals, while skipping barefoot during the wedding reception.
Memetic Mutation: "My name is Junie B. Jones. The B stands for [something that starts with B]." ^Explanation
Squick:
- In the first book, Junie B. remembers when she found a backpack in a trash can and wanted to keep it. She described it as "having a little bit of gushy on it". It's no surprise that her mother said no to that request.
- In the third book, there's a scene in which Junie eats some candy off the grass. The janitor calls her out on it.
Moment of Awesome: Junie B telling the class that, "Girls can be anything that boys can be," during career day at school. More than half the class even applauds her for it.
Sweetness Aversion: Some of the material in the stage shows, particularly the songs, trends much more towards sappy than anything you'll ever find in the books, but there's generally still enough of the trademark humor of the series that's it not too bad.
Tear Jerker: In Jingle Bells, Batman Smells (P.S. So Does May), class tattletale May is for once being non-maliciously happy as she anticipates the Christmas party. She says that having a Secret Santa makes you feel like you have a best friend — but some of the other students remind her they already have best friends. May, a bit deflated, says that having a Secret Santa makes her feel like she has a best friend too.
Values Dissonance: Shipwrecked, published in 2004, centers around Junie B.'s class putting on a play about how Christopher Columbus discovered America. While his legacy was already being brought into question at the time, the general opinion of him and his accomplishments would become even more negative in The New '10s and beyond, making it unlikely that he would've been made the play's subject had the book been written in the modern day.
Values Resonance: "is (Almost) a Flower Girl", published back in the late 90s, addresses young children getting into serious intimate relationships too early, which has become common since.

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