Disney's Anne Frank/YMMV

""Even Douchey would have every right to troll me then.""
 * Anvilicious. Anne explaining how the family catching mice in mouse traps was just like Auschwitz was a little heavy handed.
 * Alternate Character Interpretation: The Dragged Off to Hell sequence for Josef was very arguable to some as either a Dying Dream for him or an actual ascent into heaven.
 * Big Lipped Alligator Moment: The ghost of Kaiser Vilhelm rising from the dead, only to sing his musical number ("I Used To Be Ze Bad Guy"), before playing with Hitlers moustache and returning to the dead.
 * Rumours have suggested the above scene was contextualised in a Cut Song where Hitler compared his current reign to what it might have been like if the Kaiser had still been in charge (the general gist being that Hitler was a preferable alternative). It was apparently storyboarded but cut for time (not the Unfortunate Implications)
 * The writers somehow manage to squeeze in a Bar Mitzvah at one point.
 * It being held for Joseph Goebbels just makes it all the stranger.
 * The "Dance of the Grateful Flesh" song by Joseph Mengele. Has no real purpose in the story.
 * Colbert Bump: Because of Disney's humiliation over the film, a lot of people hadn't heard of it until The Nostalgia Chick showed the poster in a review.
 * Complete Monster: Olga and Josef Mengele, then again these are Nazis we're dealing with.
 * Crossover Ship/Foe Yay: Since they were both Dragged Off to Hell, a lot of fans like to assume that Olga met Dr. Facilier there and hit it off. Of course, this brings up some Fridge Logic when you consider that he's a black man and she's a Nazi...
 * Dude, Not Funny: Or at least "Dude, not appropriate," a fairly common reaction to much of the movie.
 * It was defying this that caused The Nostalgia Critic to hastily announce, after Chick brought it back to infamy, that it would be his top 12th film he will never review, on the mere chance that a joke he would make would cross the line.


 * Fair for Its Day: Okay, not about the Nazi and Holocaust stuff, but keep in mind: along with The Little Mermaid (released a few months later), this was the first Disney movie to have a well-developed female lead--and in this case, one who actually saved her Love Interest instead of the other way around!
 * He Really Can Act: Wow, Madonna. There was seriously talk about her getting an Oscar, but the movie overall was so hated that she didn't even get nominated.
 * Love It or Hate It: While it has a vocal, if minor cult following, including some of the staff (who, when questioned, replied "Hey, if you can't laugh at yourself..." and asked to remain anonymous), ask the rest of them and they act like they had post-war depression. The Nostalgia Chick was rumored to, after completing her review of the film, tape Elisa upside down under the door way for four weeks straight without care, and then take the video down in humiliation.
 * Memetic Molester/Relationship Writing Fumble: Peter, whose expressions are a bit...well...creepy, particularly since Anne is supposed to be a young girl. /co/ sure had a field day with it, though.
 * There's actually a throwaway line that says that Anne is already supposed to be sixteen at this point (her bat mitzvah was four years ago). Hey, what's one more historical inaccuracy, right?
 * Misaimed Fandom : Although it depicts Nazis as the villains, this movie is disturbingly popular among neo-nazis and white supremacists (largely because of how it treats Mengele). This is probably a large part of the reason for which it will never see home video release.
 * Nightmare Fuel: Realy, when you make a movie about the Holocaust, can you really avoid it?
 * Rule of Awesome: Will Smith's voice cameo as Jackie Robinson, if you can get over Did Not Do the Research.
 * Tastes Like Diabetes: Several of the songs, especially Peter's song "It Feels Like Home".
 * Tear Jerker: When Anne's family thinks she is dead.
 * The ending song is often considered the only truly good thing about this movie, and became a pop hit, although officially has no connection with this movie after the soundtrack album plans were scrapped.
 * The Problem with Licensed Games: The NES game is seen as one of the worst licensed games ever made, and is one of the worst games ever made by Nintendo - indeed, Shigeru Miyamoto himself was head of the team that made it, saying that he wanted to personally "show the world my thoughts on that period in time". Seanbaby, in particular, said "after playing through the game, I can without qualification say that actually going through The Holocaust would be preferable".
 * No Problem With Licensed Games: The Sega Master System version, done by Sega and The Stamper Brothers, was viewed as one of the best games for the system despite its Brazil-only release. The MSX version, done by a one-off LJN/Titus merger, became the gold standard to which all games were held for nearly a decade.
 * Unfortunate Implications: Rivals the infamous Titanic adaptations in terms of this, and for more-or-less the same reasons.
 * Urban Legend: The following hoaxes have been spread about this film:
 * That you can see Anne in the Disney Princess merchandise and art. (not true, even if you squint)
 * That this movie inspired characters for My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic. (Although some who saw it did report similarities in character, the myth's especially popular among fan haters)
 * That there were plans to make this into an off-Broadway stage musical. (Popularized by Nash Bozard, who thought it was true)
 * That Disney took everything to do the film and threw it into a fire. (A joke spread by history buffs in reference to Nazi Book-Burning. They actually just shelved it, too ashamed to lock it away)
 * That Disney are responsible for the film's leak. (Source unknown, this has been neither confirmed nor denied)
 * Some people have claimed that watching the movie while listening to the Leonard Cohen album The Future results in surprising (and creepy) sync-ups between the music and what's on the screen. If this is the case then it is purely unintentional.
 * Watch It Stoned: Oddly enough, a contentious issue among reviews. Some say that trying to get high to enjoy it somehow makes it even more heinous. Others say it's the only way to watch this film without despairing for all humanity.
 * The Woobie: Ludvig.
 * WTH? Casting Agency:
 * Christopher Lee as the voice of Adolf Hitler. Admittedly, it's just one scene where we never see his face or hear his name, but Olga does address him as "Führer", so it's presumably him.
 * Well, it was either him or David Bowie.
 * It was actually both.
 * Some would also find the casting of Madonna as Sgt. Olga a bit questionable, though at times it's hard to tell it's her anyway