Jeffrey Tambor voicing a womanizer like Larry in Box Office Bust becomes this after he was accused of sexual assault by several women.
Heartwarming Moments: Bizarrely, Magna Cum Laude for its emphasis on gross-out humor and such, has one of the sweeter routes in the series with Morgan the Adorkable Librarian. Not only do her and Larry Lovage have quite a few things in common with their hobbies, they have SURPRISINGLY cute chemistry and the ending is genuinely sweet (Well...for a Larry game that is). There is a reason most players tend to choose her as the final girl in the game.
Only the Creator Does It Right: When both Magna Cum Laude and Box Office Bust got harshly negative reception (especially the latter; the former at least has some fans), a lot of the blame came from the fact that they weren't made by Al Lowe.
Replacement Scrappy: Larry Lovage is far less popular than his uncle Larry Laffer thanks to his obnoxious personality.
Shipping Bed Death: Lowe invented the "LSL 4" running gag as a way to escape this and other problems caused by the end of LSL 3.
Scrappy Mechanic: At least one reviewer felt that the conversations in Magna Cum Laude are genuinely amusing, and then proceeded to lament that you cannot actually pay attention to them as you need to play the minigame to keep them going. Plus if you're drunk when you start a conversation the mini-game becomes considerably more difficult, but the game does nothing whatsoever to hint that you being drunk has anything to do with the sudden spike in difficulty of the mini-game.
They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: LSL 8 and 9 are much less subtle in their sexual humor, include less adventure elements, more mini-games and the latter installment uses Grand Theft Auto-based gameplay.
Al Lowe described Magna Cum Laude as "like getting a videotape from your son's kidnapper; on the one hand, you're glad he's still alive, but on the other, my God, look what they've done to him!"
Even before that, LSL 2 caught flak for having much less sexual content than the first game, and LSL 5 was derided for being much easier than the previous games, with no chances to die or make the game unwinnable, and it's possible to beat the game as normal without doing much at all.
What Do You Mean, It's Not for Kids?: Don't let the cartoony box art fool you. These games are PURELY intended for adults, with LOTS of raunchy moments.
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