YMMV / Nanalan'

• Accidental Nightmare Fuel: Straddles a fine, fine line between quirkily memetic and downright creepy. Mona's wide mouth, green skin, and solid black eyes don't really help.
• Awesome Music: Much of the second half of "Sunshine" is accompanied by a soft, beautiful piano piece that compliments the gentle nature of the episode.
• Cult Classic: The absurdity of this series has gained it this status long after it ended.
• First Installment Wins: The series of three-minute long shorts that this series originated as (which placed more of an emphasis on Mona than the other characters) is easily what this series is best known for.
• Fridge Brilliance: In recent years, Mona has been speaking in near complete sentences, compared to her near nonverbal state in the original installments. While this may seem like Later-Installment Weirdness, there also the possibility that Mona is averting Not Allowed to Grow Up, which would let her get old enough to speak normally.
• Friendly Fandoms: With other ironic fanbases such as Bee Shrek Test in the House. The Nanalan' fanbase also emerged at the height of the popularity of Undertale, leading to a lot of crossover art.
• Germans Love David Hasselhoff: Long after the series ended, it became a meme spread by Americans who were oddly intrigued and amazed at the weird show, embracing it as an absurdist gem while Canadians who'd grown up with the series shook their heads.
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • Fans of Markiplier may find the fact that there was a ton of Nanalan' x Undertale crossover fanart during the height of the former's Memetic Mutation hilarious due to the fact that Mark would name the fallen child "Peepo" on his second attempt at playing Undertale.
  • The infamous lollipop scene became this after Smiling Friends featured Charlie's grandma eating a lollipop in a very similar way, only this time, it wasn't an Accidental Innuendo.
• I Am Not Shazam: "Nanalan'" refers to the area around Nana's house ("Nana-land"), not the lead character (whose name is Mona) herself.
• Magic Franchise Word: "Peepo".
• Memetic Mutation:
  • The whole series has become notable for its quirky atmosphere and the characters' bizarre speech patterns. The episode where Mona and Russell are exploring Nana's garden and Mona points out things such as a "samado/snadder mado", "cushie", "shoosh", and a "peepo"^note a tomato/another tomato, cabbage, mushroom, and pea-pod respectively , in particular, became the series' most famous moment in the 2010s.
    Mona: Oh... nasa peepo!
    • Additionally, Mona freaking out over Russel stealing the "peepo" ended up becoming commonly used as a forum weapon over stolen memes.
      Mona: You took da peepo!
  • The "Lollipop" short has also become infamous due to how... erm... oddly dirty the short sounds without any visuals, and to a lesser extent how ridiculous Mona looks as she eats the lollipop.
    Mona: Dassa lolli!
  • "Who's that wonderful girl?"^ExplanationA musical scene from the episode "Play Day" involving Mona appearing in a princess outfit. In October 2023, the clip became a meme, specifically on TikTok.
  • Mona fawning over an injured baby bird and telling it, "Hey, birdie. It's okay, birdie, I'm gonna take care of you, birdie," also quickly became one for all kinds of reworks.
  • "No because no."^ExplanationA quote said by Mona in an interview when asked a question.
• Narm: The sad thing is, this was supposed to be an educational show (at least the full-length version), but the bizarre dialogue and overall surreal feel of the show meant that people were more likely to scratch their heads and laugh than they were to learn something.
• Popularity Polynomial: The series was never given much notice back when the shorts were still being produced. However, come late 2015 where most of the folks who remember watching it began talking about it on the internet, and the series suddenly became a lot more notable for its weirdness.
• Retroactive Recognition: So, what did the creators of Nanalan' go on to do after this show, you might be wondering? Why, none other than the infamous (and this time intentionally surreal) Mr. Meaty, of course.
• Signature Scene: The garden scene with the "peepo", as seen under Memetic Mutation.
• Special Effect Failure:
  • There are a number of times where the puppeteers' arms can be seen, particularly in the original shorts. One example can be seen in the "Lollipop" short as Russel tries to lick Mona's lollipop.
  • The YouTube live streams are also subject to this, with the puppeteer's arms (or extreme cases, hair) coming into view, although it might be due to the smaller set.
• Sweet Dreams Fuel: Nanalan is an adorable show featuring the adventures of a 3-year-old girl and her Nana's dog in the backyard, where bad situations are rare.
• Tear Jerker: Mona crying after breaking Nana's cat statue and lying that Russel did it, which led to him to have to go to his doghouse for lying, in "Russel Did It".
• Unintentional Uncanny Valley: Some of the facial expressions that the puppets make can look unintentionally creepy at times.

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