Noob (TV series)/YMMV

Character interpretation

 * Omega Zell : Mistaken for Gay Hero Worshipper or locked in a Transparent Closet ?
 * Corollary : Is Omega Zell/Fantöm just a Crack Pairing born from Gaea's Yaoi Fangirl mind or the only Official Couple until Kary/Arthéon appeared in Season 4?
 * Possible middle ground : Omega Zell is affected by Stupid Sexy Fantöm.
 * Word of God has stated that the "I ban any love or friendly relationship with woman so I can focus on the game" he gave Saphir was meant to establish that he's not homosexual. Nothing was said about him being bisexual or in the closet, however.

Tropes

 * Alt-Itis : All elements of the Double Play entry from the main page are actually mild cases of it. In one of the books, Arthéon is stated to have another avatar in each of the game's classes beacause of his background interest (but they're all guildless and stuck somewhere between levels 1 and 10 beacause of that), making him the only known possible case of the full-blown condition.
 * Badass Decay: Arthéon, when he was suddenly sent from level 100 to level 1. Dark Avenger also, in parallel to his Villain Decay.
 * Like You Would Really Do It: Gaea and Sparadrap getting kicked out by Judge Dead in early Season 2 ? Of course they were going come back one way or another. As for Master Zen, avatar banning has become a slap on the wrist by Season 3.
 * Moral Event Horizon: Gaea crossed it in Season 4 when . Two episodes later, Ivy stated that the act was unforgivable.
 * Another interpretation exists for that event :
 * Older Than They Think: The audience first assumed that the series was inspired from .hack. It was actually based on an older web series by Fabien Fournier, Lost Levels. However, an homage was done to this legend in Season 2 premiere : the first appearance of Kevin (the player behind Sparadrap) is in a wheelchair, (and with a Stephen Hawking voice) just like Subaru.
 * In addition to Lost Levels, Noob shares elements of an audio spoof of World of Warcraft. Gaea,Ystos and Zell (known at White Zell) existed as early as that spoof, but the noob was the tank, named Fungliboss.
 * Syrial, a movie made around the same time as later episodes of Lost Levels, had early apperances quite a few elements used in the books, especially the second one. Some of the characters ended up in the series, such as Pironess and Tabris. The general idea of Centralis first appeared in that movie also.
 * "Stop Having Fun!" Guys: Saphir seems to be this. There's also Spectre who considers Horizon to be a science that he's the only one to fully master.
 * They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: Fabien Fournier himself admitted things happened a little fast in Season 3 and having it covered in the first half of the third book did indeed help make things more clear. However, the plotline involoving  only got its surface scratched :  . However, the potential the situation held still feels under-exploited,.
 * The Woobie: Sparadrap