The Oblongs / YMMV

Adaptation Displacement: Loosely based on a picture book by Angus Oblong, Creepy Susie And 13 Other Tragic Tales For Troubled Children, but the show is more well-known at this point.
Crosses the Line Twice: The show swings between it all the time. The material is so over the top because otherwise it would be more horrific and depressing than it already is if it were toned down or shown realistically.
Milo (gleefully), "Everyone loves (the sugar-filled sports drink) Manic! I even sold a bottle to Mrs. Conway, the diabetic? And a six-pack to the paramedics who rushed her to the hospital!"
Cult Classic: Like Mission Hill, this show has gained a sizeable fanbase thanks to reruns on [adult swim] and Teletoon (and to a lesser extent, TBS, as a part of their now-defunct Friday night block Too Funny To Sleep).
Ensemble Dark Horse:
- Beth and Pickles are two of the more popular Oblong family members. The former for being relatively cute, well, by this show's standards anyway. The latter for providing some of the best lines in the show and her status as a former resident of the Hill leaving fans to speculate why she'd give it up, there's surely a story behind it somewhere. Also another reason for Pickles' popularity is that in comparison to most female housewives in adult animation, Pickles is a loving and loyal wife to her husband despite his lack of limbs. Which is a breath of fresh air to most people in comparison to most adult animated couples that are willing or tempted to cheat on their spouses the moment they meet someone more desirable.
- Helga Phugly is very well-liked for having some of the funniest lines and moments. Think of her as something of a less-psychotic somewhat G-rated yet just as crass female Cartman.
- Creepy Susie is arguably the most popular character of the show, despite being more of a minor character that doesn't do much. Her popularity mostly stems for being another character that has great lines, scenes, lovely French accent, and also being the resident goth girl of the cast. Another reason might also because she was the titular character and was on the cover of a book the show was based on.
- Yvette is also popular, for being a Cute Monster Girl and also being unique among Hill-residents for being something beyond a rich asshole. Unfortunately, believing that Milo had been killed in an accident, reported back to her commander, who promptly remote-activated her hovercraft's Self-Destruct Mechanism and disintegrated her due to her returning "not being cost-effective".
Fan Nickname: Milo's friends are called the "Clubhouse Kids".
Harsher in Hindsight:
- The dichotomy between the rich and poor in the show reached a particularly absurd point in "Flush, Flush, Sweet Helga" when the rich had ready access to clean water that the poor didn't, and proceeded to use it for frivolous purposes like fountains and washing cars. When Helga gets stuck in a different pipe, blocking water for everyone except the Oblong family, the Hills charge an exorbitant amount so only they can afford it. This became slightly less absurd with the water crisis in California. The government has restricted wasteful water-use such as for landscaping, but large houses still have conspicuously-green lawns since the rich just casually pay the large fines on a regular basis.
- Similarly, the Flint, Michigan water crisis in 2015, when it was discovered that State officials were given bottled water months before the issue of contaminated water finally came to light.
Ho Yay:
- Jared & Blaine.
  Milo: Everyone says you two have sex with each other.
- The Show Within a Show Velva The Warrior, a parody of Xena: Warrior Princess. Gets Lampshaded by Bob of all people; when Pickles expresses concern about Beth's fondness for the show, Bob asks "Are you afraid it'll make her a lesbian?"
Nausea Fuel:
- Helga is pretty much the prime giver of this. A good example is the episode, "Narcoleptic Scottie", Helga eats all of Scottie's dog food, delighted that it's the kind that makes its own gravy. We see her with a brown ring of dog food gravy around her mouth.
- In "Disfigured Debbie", Bob is about to change Grammy Oblong's diaper. Bob doesn't have arms, and is accustomed to doing manual tasks with his mouth. The audience is mercifully spared the sight of how he changes the diaper.
Self-Fanservice: Due to being the resident goth girl of the show, Rule 34 art of Creepy Susie tends to age her up and make her a bit curvier, maybe even secretly curvy (or busty) underneath her dress.
Suspiciously Similar Song: In the first episode, while Bob is launched through the air, a song similar to Kenny Loggins' Danger Zone plays.
Take That, Scrappy!: Scottie grossing out the Debbies by defecating on the Klimers' lawn in "Narcoleptic Scottie", is a bit cathartic due to how horrible they are.
Ugly Cute: Beth but that's mostly because of the bumpy horn/tumor/whatever on her head. Nevertheless, she's rather Moe with her sweet and (usuallly) innocent personality.
Values Dissonance: Bob being shocked at Milo possibly being gay or trans because Pickles dressed him up as an Amazon scout so the troop can have more girls in it in "Li'l Amazons" will come off as distasteful today (if it didn't already back when it premiered). Especially in the scene where Milo admits that he's been crocheting and loving it and Bob happily asks Milo to crochet him a noose so Bob can hang himself with it.
Values Resonance:
- In an age where there are more sitcoms and dramas being critically praised for portraying people with disabilities and disorders, it is comforting to know that such a show depicting people with disfigurements, disabilities, or anything that would make them social outcasts^note existed.
- As mentioned above, Anita Bidet being trans, having her own business, and being friends with Pickles (who doesn't know or care that she used to be a man) is considered progressive today.
- Milo having multiple mental disorders and still being considered the Only Sane Man is also something that could be seen as progressive today.

YMMV / The Oblongs

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