YMMV / Poppy

• Cargo Ship: This actually appears to be a point in some of Poppy's songs. "Computer Boy" and "Software Upgrade" blur the line of loving another person with loving your computer with tons of Double Entendres that make it unclear what her "Computer Boy" actually is.
• The Chris Carter Effect: One criticism of the project is that despite setting up potential ideas about the lore of Poppy and the universe she's in, rarely does it ever result in any kind of significant development. One could argue that the channel is more about experience and tone rather than unpacking mystery, but the lack of narrative may be a turnoff for some.
• Creator Worship: Which is ironic, since this is what they seem to be poking fun at, especially considering that the cult-like nature of her fandom means that people will defend absolutely everything about Poppy, either ironically, or sincerely.
• Creepy Cute: Poppy tends to give off this vibe, due to her youthful appearance and bizarre behavior.
• Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory: Everyone is eager to look for deeper meaning in every video, and assume that each one is a symbol for... something. And while this is definitely the case for a lot of the videos, many of them also are just trying to get Poppy attention, to get you to buy something, or are trying to get a reaction out of you.
• Epileptic Trees:
  • Due to the fact that Titanic never explains the intent behind any video, these abound. For example one theory states that she's under mind control by her record label. Another theory believes that originally, Poppy was a pretty good musician who used the name Moriah Poppy (who actually looked normal and such!) who then was taken under the wing of Titanic Sinclair who turned her into the Poppy we know today.
  • The fact that there are a view videos of Poppy before she became the Poppy we know of today (even being interviewed on FUSE with Sam Pepper of all people) that seem to approve of this theory. That and she was interviewed at one point and Poppy acted normal and acted less abstract/weird compared to her Youtube persona.
• Fandom Rivalry: Cult of Poppy vs Cult of Mars Argo. For a while this was one sided due to Mars going inactive around the time Poppy started and Titanic deleting all reference to her that he still could, but it kicked into high gear in April 2018 when Mars announced she was coming back and filed a lawsuit against Titanic and Poppy. After the lawsuit fiasco there was about an equal sized contingent of vocal fans from both cults, though some cult crossover has happened since Poppy dropped Titanic Sinclair, as he was the main point of contention.
• Funny Moments:
  • "Software Upgrade" contains a bunch of playful lyrics of Poppy being annoyed at someone/something because it can't "satisfy [her] in a human way", including this rather perplexing verse:
    You're not original, a true individual
    You only say what you're programmed to say
    You never make me any food and you are never in the mood
    So come on baby, tell me, are you gay?
  • "Chic Chick" is a simultaneously empowering and comically dismissive anthem of individuality, which contains this doozy of a line:
    Chic chick, I'm a chic chick, I'm a chic chick
    If you don't like it, suck my dick
  • The entirety of "X" is confusingly hilarious due to its sheer tonal yoyo-ing, perfectly introduced with Poppy's adorable and oddly inquisitive "Ooooooh! Heavy!"
• Germans Love David Hasselhoff: Sort of. Poppy has a surprisingly large Turkish fanbase, with many of her videos flooded with Turkish comments and a bounty of videos "exposing" her "connections" to The Illuminati. Many of the comments follow in the same accusatory vein, though exactly how many of them are in on the "joke" is just as variable as the English-speaking audience doing the same thing.
• Growing the Beard:
  • It's been widely agreed that while her Bubblebath-era music was decent, catchy pop music, her catalogue starting from 3:36 (Music to Sleep To) started to incorporate more elements and themes from her Youtube videos, becoming less Stylistic Suck and more like music from the surreal, vaguely ominous and technology-obsessed popstar we all know and love.
  • Am I a Girl? is considered by many to be an even bigger step forward, as it featured Poppy becoming lyrically more adventurous, emphasizing even more of the uniquely surreal, zany, and tongue-in-cheek tone of her character, as well as introducing more production collaborations to give her songs a more unique and experimental sound.
  • I Disagree, the last album Poppy would make before cutting ties with Titanic Sinclair, shifted gears to being a more overtly metal album. Featuring a much darker and heavier sound thanks to a heavy nu metal and industrial influence, this album brought in many metalheads who would have been turned off by Poppy's earlier pop albums.
• Harsher in Hindsight:
  • The fandom jokes about Poppy ripping off Mars Argo instantly stopped being funny when Mars Argo would sue her and Titanic Sinclair in 2018 for, among other reasons, plagiarism.
  • A decent amount of stuff relating to Sinclair would become worse following the breakup between him and Poppy, with it being revealed Sinclair tried to manipulate Moriah into staying with him by threatening to commit suicide if they broke up. Moriah finally cut ties with Sinclair in late 2019.
  • I Disagree takes on a much darker undertone in the light of Moriah's split from Sinclair, revealing its recurring themes of standing up against manipulation and abuse (especially present in the Title Track and "BLOODMONEY") being much more informed by their relationship as previously believed. Even Moriah herself — who at the time was still sorting out her own feelings regarding their situation — threw shade on this dynamic in the reissue's liner notes.
    • In a different regard, the song "Don't Go Outside" from the album aged very quickly into an oddity. While the song itself is about living in mass hysteria thanks to news media, 2020 gave it very unintentional, yet prescient new subtext thanks to the raging COVID-19 Pandemic, widespread calls for social distancing and self-quarantining, and increased attention to the news.
• Heartwarming Moments: At the end of "Flux", an album dedicated to recovering from her abuse at the hands on Sinclair, she finishes with "Never Find My Place", a song about how she'll be okay even if she never finds her place.
• LGBT Fanbase: With a little bit of wariness considering the Robot Girl act, Moriah seems to genuinely consider herself a non binary woman and bisexual, and got a queer fanbase with Am I A Girl?.
• Memetic Mutation: Some of her shorter videos (ex: "No", "You're Racist") have gained traction online due to being perfectly designed as forum weapons.
  • The one-frame of the deleted "How to Load a Gun" features Poppy breaking character is used by fans in the same notion of "DELET US", especially since it shows Poppy for once breaking stoic and "cold" persona Moriah is known for and showing what could be for once her actual self.
• Nightmare Fuel: See here.
• Overshadowed by Controversy: While a settlement was privately reached and all involved went their separate ways by 2020, the highly-publicized 2018 Mars Argo lawsuit and the behind-the-scenes allegations it brought to light are very likely to haunt Poppy and Titanic Sinclair for a while, especially the latter after Poppy broke ties with him and corroborated said allegations.
• Poe's Law: Magazines, fans, and even Radio Disney have all taken Poppy's music at face value. This was probably the producers' intent.
• Replacement Scrappy: Even before people unraveled the full truth, Poppy was one for all of the Mars fans that didn't carry over.
• Signature Song: "Lowlife" is one; "Interweb" and "Money" can be contenders as well. For Am I a Girl?, it's shaping up to be "X". With I Disagree it looks to be the title track and "Fill the Crown" (which features guest vocals from someone believed to possible be Marilyn Manson).
• Spiritual Successor: Perhaps infamously, Poppy is one to Titanic Sinclair's older project, Mars Argo, featuring very similar aesthetic presentation and ideas, namely the quirky exploration of media over their obsession with celebrities and the like.
• Stylistic Suck: A common — though unconfirmed — interpretation of her early music is that it's intentionally generic and basic as a statement on modern pop music, especially since her earliest video for "Lowlife" begins with her literally turning on a radio to start the song, though this has slowly died down as her later music has grown tighter and incorporated more themes of the rest of her surreal persona.
• Tear Jerker: "Hard Feelings", a heavy Reality Subtext song on how she feels like a doll/replacement for a certain someone. Whatever you think of Moriah's involvement in the case, she does sound so mournful.
• WTH, Costuming Department?: While it's possibly intentional, some of Poppy's outfits in many of her videos and live performances can get... outlandish.