Broken Base: Audiences are split regarding the risque content and deliberately unsympathetic lead, with some feeling it goes so far it becomes mundane while others who enjoy such comedy lapped it up.
Critical Dissonance: Critics praised it, while general audiences were less welcoming due to the reliance on gross-out humour and the unlikable main character.
Designated Villain: Pirate is set up as a girlfriend-stealing prat who tries to publicly humiliate Shane, but Caitlin only got with Pirate after breaking up with Nick and Shane was an amateur DJ masquerading as professional DJ Hammerhead, so all Pirate was doing was protecting Hammerhead's reputation.
It's the Same, Now It Sucks!: Audiences who didn't like The Festival often claim it's far too similar to The Inbetweeners, which makes it seem like Iain Morris and Joe Thomas are one-trick ponies.
Nick ejaculates on his graduation robes. When his mother spots a white stain, she starts scratching it off and then licks her thumb.
Amy's homemade "chafney" recipe. Not only does it look like toxic waste, but ingredients include both horse and crab meat.
Goat-fucking.
After a drug-fueled night of partying, Nick wakes up with a pierced nipple. He accidentally snags it climbing over a wire fence and due to being unable to get it loose in time, ends up having his entire nipple torn off. During the end credits we see the aforementioned goat eating it.
The Woobie: Shane and Amy both have their sympathetic moments due to Nick treating them like annoying hangers-on with no regard for their feelings.
