Dash and Dot's Wild Ride/Tropes/YMMV


 * And You Thought It Would Fail: When the film was first announced, many people believed that a movie whose main characters are the mascots of a children's programming block would seem like a recipe for disaster. While the film did fail miserably at the box office, the same cannot be said for the reception it gained from both critics and audiences, which was for the most part positive.
 * Awesome Art:
 * The animation and backgrounds in the film are downright cool to look at, being designed similarly to the PBS Kids bumpers but with the addition of shading and shadows.
 * Just like the critically-despised The Cat in the Hat movie, even the Universal and Imagine Entertainment logos are animated in said style.
 * Just Here for Godzilla: Hey, who would ever wish that the mascots of PBS Kids would get their own piece of media, let alone a movie?
 * Love to Hate: Despite not having much screen time, Mason is surprisingly enjoyed by many fans of the movie, if not for the fact that he actually serves as a serious threat to our heroes.
 * Moral Event Horizon: If kidnapping Dennis and Denise wasn't bad enough for Mason, then leaving Dash and Dot to drown in a river inside his van probably is.
 * What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?: A mostly family-friendly animated film starring the mascots of a children's programming block. The key word is "mostly". The film also includes a kidnapper as the main antagonist and a few dark themes such as Dash and Dot nearly coming close to dying a few times and almost being attacked by a bear in the woods.