- Awesome Music: Several examples, though "Black Diamond" and "Hunting High and Low" are generally cited as the fan favourites.
- Heartwarming Moments: The song "We Hold the Key" has one of these. After two verses describing how Humans Are Bastards, how we're destroying our own world and not caring, the bridge comes in with these lyrics.What will we find?
Mountains to climbMore destructionAnd hatred we'll discover- Still dark, still cynical, but then:Suddenly sounds awake meBirds singing beautifullyMaybe there is hope still left...In this world!
- Still dark, still cynical, but then:
- Misaimed Fandom: "Celestial Dream" is often misinterpreted as a Christian song, but it's actually about putting religious differences aside, or at least respecting them, for humanity's sake. That doesn't stop the religious arguments on YouTube, though...
- Moment of Awesome: Timo Kotipelto performing an entire show despite suffering from a bout of the flu, and performing an entire show even after burning his hand badly when the pyrotechnics went off unexpectedly underneath him as he was reaching for the microphone.
- Periphery Demographic: A positive side effect of the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai plagiarism controversy is that a number of Dragon Ball fans became Stratovarius fans.
- They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: How some fans feel regarding the self-titled album Stratovarius. Even Timo Tolkki said he didn't like it, as it wasn't anything like their usual style and was made totally wrong.
