YMMV / Motu Patlu

• Adaptation Displacement: The 2012 adaptation is the more well-known one. Not only is it an adaptation of the magazine Lotpot's Motu Patlu comics, it's actually the second animated adaptation of the comics; the first was released in 1985 and is easily recognizable through its very limited CGI animation.
• Americans Hate Tingle: It's popular in India, but in America, people poke fun at it and very few like it or take it seriously.
• Archive Panic: Has over 300 episodes. Since all of the episodes are about 22 minutes long (two 11-minute stories in each episode), it would take around five days to watch the entire series, and there's still new episodes being produced and aired to make it harder to keep up. There's also a large amount of movies based on the show (one had a theatrical release while the others are made for TV) to add to all this.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: Inspector Chingum has gained the hearts of many with his hammy, over-the-top personality and incompetence. It gets to the point that he got his own self-titled spin-off show in 2018.
• Even Better Sequel: The reboot is generally considered to have better animation and writing than the old series.
• Funny Moments:
  • In one episode, Chingum tries to get his mom's jewelry. When he comes back out of the house without any jewelry, a pitch shifted crying baby plays in the background. It's so out-of-place that it's just funny.
  • There's another episode where the characters are in a police station. Dr. Jhatka steals Chingum's gun and he shoots Motu, Patlu, and the ceiling. A coconut falls on Chingum's head from inside the police station and Chingum says, "Coconuts in the police station, impossible. Impossible! I mean it's impossible!" before another coconut hits him.
• Germans Love David Hasselhoff: If it means anything, it was the fourth most-searched show on Google in 2018 in China.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: Motu and Patlu look like the titular duo of Apple & Onion if they were humans.
• Memetic Mutation: The show underwent memetic mutation in the mid-2010's, bringing it to the attention of those outside of India who otherwise would not know about the series.
  • A commercial for Nickelodeon India (in celebration of Teacher's Day) featuring characters from this show (along with Gattu Battu and Ninja Hattori-kun) learning how to dab has become a huge "but every time they say X, Y happens" meme. The line "present!" from this ad also quickly became a meme.
  • It's also a huge meme to call this show "the best anime ever".
• Memetic Badass: Surprisingly enough, Motu has proven to be this. If he eats his Trademark Favorite Food Samosa, he becomes the most unstoppable and badass character in the show. Some people take this to an exaggerated level, saying he's more powerful than the likes of Goku.
• Older Than the Demographic: It's a cartoon aimed at the 10-and-under crowd but featuring grown men.
• Older Than They Think: A lot of people outside of India that only knew about this show from the memes it spawned are likely unaware that it's a property that has existed since the late '60s. That, and there's another Motu Patlu cartoon that predated the more famous 2012 one.
• Signature Scene:
  • Many people know about the one commercial where Chotu teaches everyone how to dab and they can't name any other scenes related to the work.
  • The episode "The Bulk", in which Motu becomes a muscular giant and fights against a similarly-powered-up John was once highly memetic due to comparisons to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Unfortunately, most meme videos of this seem to no longer be available.
• Special Effects Failure: In "Motu Banega Don", Motu and Patlu hide in one of the containers in a container yard to hide from John the Don's gang, who are chasing after them. Inspector Chingum notices John's gang entering the container and goes in as well. In the dark insides of the container, the characters can only be seen By the Lights of Their Eyes... but then they start to beat each other up, creating visible hit stars that light up the inside of the container just enough to make it noticeable that their eyes are actually the only part of their bodies that they animated for that scene, with the rest of their bodies nowhere to be seen.
• Superlative Dubbing: People tend to prefer the English dub over the original Hindi version. The dub translation is a lot better than the sub translation, and the English voice acting has a lot of personality.
• Values Dissonance: Despite being aimed at the same demographic as SpongeBob SquarePants, this show can be surprisingly violent at times, with some scenes featuring characters striking each other on-screen. This is likely one of the reasons why the show is so unpopular in the West, since it means it can't be shown to its intended demographic, while teenagers and adults can more easily see the show's flaws.
• Watch It for the Meme: The reason why people outside of India even know about this show is because of the "D Se Dab" video from Nickelodeon India.
• What Do You Mean, It's Not for Kids?: Not the show itself, but Wow Kidz has their channel set up for community contributions. A few episodes have had subtitles submitted by fans and approved by Wow Kidz to be shown on the channel. The catch is that the fan subtitles are profanity-ridden Gag Subs that definitely aren't appropriate for children. While these were eventually removed except for "Khazana khazana", one still has to wonder why Wow Kidz approved the community contributions in the first place.