History YMMV / Emma

* ItGetsBetter: Crowd responses to her SHIMMER debut were lukewarm compared to tag team partner Rayna Von Tosh's. Yeah, Tenille Tayla was the bland one.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Emma got arrested for 'stealing' (in reality, she was using a self-scanner and forgot to scan an iPod case, and the store needed to meet a quota, so she got arrested) and ended up being fired. The fans went berserk, with quite a few questioning why Emma got fired when people like Cameron (who got arrested for a DUI, lied about where she worked and tried to bribe a cop) and Jack Swagger (who got busted with marijuana) are still on the roster. She was subsequently rehired within two hours. That she's the only Australian on the WWE roster and the company toured there just over a month later (with Emma being featured prominently) probably helped too.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Arguably after she debuted on the main roster. Apparently the idea behind her being teamed up with Santino was that since he's a ditzy comedic face and she's a ditzy comedic face, they'd make a good team... except that hardly any of the fans agreed, because on the one hand, Emma by herself is a fan favourite who is quite capable of getting over without assistance; and on the other hand, while it ''might'' have been possible to pair her up with a male superstar in a team that would actually work, Santino is ''definitely'' not that superstar. Nobody liked the resulting team, which resulted in the two of them getting progressively less screen time, which just led to fans getting angrier. In the end, it took Emma getting punished for accidentally shoplifting and Santino retiring from in-ring work for her to finally get to go solo.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Emma again. Jane Austen wrote before she started that, "I am going to take a heroine whom no-one but myself will much like."

* ItGetsBetter: Crowd responses to her SHIMMER debut were lukewarm compared to tag team partner Rayna Von Tosh's.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Arguably after she debuted on the main roster. Apparently the idea behind her being teamed up with Santino was that since he's a ditzy comedic face and she's a ditzy comedic face, they'd make a good team... except that hardly any of the fans agreed, because on the one hand, Emma by herself is a fan favourite who is quite capable of getting over without assistance; and on the other hand, while it ''might'' have been possible to pair her up with a male superstar in a team that would actually work, Santino is ''definitely'' not that superstar. Nobody liked the resulting team, which resulted in the two of them getting progressively less screen time, which just led to fans getting angrier. In the end, it took Santino retiring from in-ring work for Emma to finally get to go solo.

* BadassDecay: It's not her fault, though. It's pretty much impossible to find a fan who likes that she's been paired with Santino. A huge number of fans want Emma to go solo ASAP. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Since Santino retired, she's done a few singles matches on]] ''[[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Superstars,]]'' [[DownerEnding but nothing really high-profile.]]
* EarWorm: That entrance theme...

* BadassDecay: It's not her fault, though. It's pretty much impossible to find a fan who likes that she's been paired with Santino. A huge number of fans want Emma to go solo ASAP. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Since Santino retired, she's done a few singles matches on ''Superstars'', but nothing really high-profile.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Arguably after she debuted on the main roster. Apparently the idea behind her being teamed up with Santino was that since he's a ditzy comedic face and she's a ditzy comedic face, they'd make a good team... except that hardly any of the fans agreed, because on the one hand, Emma by herself is a fan favourite who is quite capable of getting over without assistance, and on the other hand, while it ''might'' have been possible to pair her up with a male superstar in a team that would actually work, Santino is ''definitely'' not that superstar. Nobody liked the resulting team, which resulted in the two of them getting progressively less screen time, which just led to fans getting angrier, though sadly, it took Santino retiring from in-ring work for Emma to finally get to go solo.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Emma got arrested for 'stealing' (in reality, she was using a self-scanner and forgot to scan an iPod case, and the store needed to meet a quota, so she got arrested) and ended up being fired. The fans went berserk, with quite a few questioning why Emma got fired when people like Cameron (who got arrested for a DUI, lied about where she worked and tried to bribe a cop) and Jack Swagger (who got busted with marijuana) are still on the roster. She was subsequently rehired within 2 hours. That she's the only Australian on the WWE roster and the company will be touring there just over a month later probably helped too.
* BadassDecay: It's not her fault, though. It's pretty much impossible to find a fan who likes that she's been paired with Santino. A huge number of fans want Emma to go solo ASAP.
** Since Santino retired from in-ring work, Emma's had at least one singles match, so she may well be going solo permanently.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Emma got arrested for 'stealing' (in reality, she was using a self-scanner and forgot to scan an iPod case, and the store needed to meet a quota, so she got arrested) and ended up being fired. The fans went berserk, with quite a few questioning why Emma got fired when people like Cameron (who got arrested for a DUI, lied about where she worked and tried to bribe a cop) and Jack Swagger (who got busted with marijuana) are still on the roster. She was subsequently rehired within 2 hours. That she's the only Austrailian on the WWE roster & the company will be touring there just over a month later probably helped too.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: She got arrested for 'stealing' (in reality, she was using a self-scanner and forgot to scan an iPod case, and the store needed to meet a quota, so she got arrested) and ended up being fired. The fans went berserk, with quite a few questioning why Emma got fired when people like Cameron (who got arrested for a DUI, lied about where she worked and tried to bribe a cop) and Jack Swagger (who got busted with marijuana) are still on the roster. She was rehired shortly afterwards.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Emma is ''really'' popular amongst the fans.
** Not just the fans, but her ''employers'' as well, on July 2, 2014, Emma was convicted with sixth-degree larceny for forgetting to pay of an "IPod or IPod case" at a self check-out at Wal-Mart. She was only charged with fines and 24-hours of community service, as a result of her misdemeanor, she was released from the WWE by the higher ups, but just a few hours later, they changed their decision and reinstated her back in the WWE.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: After she was fired in the wake of getting arrested for forgetting to scan an [=iPod=], which was due the store needed to meet a quota, and when the story blew up all over internet, she was promptly rehired.

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* AuthorsSavingthrow: After she was fired in the wake of getting arrested for forgetting to scan an [=iPod=], which was due the store needed to meet a quota, and when the story blew up all over internet, she was promptly rehired.

* TheWoobie: Miss Bates is pretty annoying for most of the book, but you want to give her a big hug after Emma insults her.

* HavingAGayOldTime: The now-hilarious sequence where Elton reveals to Emma he loves her, which is described as "making violent love."

* ValuesDissonance: Emma's ignorance of Harriet's rank and insistence that the circumstances of Harriet's birth should not deprive her of the same respect and opportunities open to richer, less-tender-hearted women is portrayed as a bad thing. [[hottip:* : In at least one adaptation, Emma lets her imagination run wild and assumes that Harriet's mysterious father is a member of the royal family! This is why she thinks Harriet is suitable for Mr. Elton - not because rank doesn't matter, but because she's imagined a much more illustrious background for Harriet than is plausible. (Mr. Elton would realize that no royal bastard would be enrolled in a school designed to turn out governesses and ladies' maids, but Emma doesn't.)]]

* {{Wangst}}: Miss Bates. Pull yourself together! (Notably the opinion of Emma herself, on her bad days.)

* {{Wangst}}: Miss Bates. Pull yourself together you fucking moocher (notably the opinion of Emma herself, on her bad days).

* CanonSue: Since she gets the guy despite a debatably effective bildungsroman arc, Emma herself occasionally appears to be one of these.

* TearJerker: With LOADS of [[{{Woobie}} woobieness]] added into it, the reaction of Miss Bates to Emma's slight in the 1996 film comes off as this, ''particularly'' when she says, just above the level of tears, "I must make myself very disagreeable for her to say such a thing to an old...friend..."
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The newest Austen mash-up ''[[http://www.amazon.com/James-Fairfax-Jane-Austen/dp/1607620383/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1281652588&sr=8-1 James Fairfax]]'' takes place in an AlternateUniverse where same-gender relationships are not the least bit unusual... and simply {{Gender Flip}}s Jane Fairfax into a male instead of making Emma/Harriet the OfficialCouple--although at least the {{subtext}} between them is openly acknowledged.

* {{Wangst}}: Miss Bates. Pull yourself together you fucking moocher (notably the opinion of Emma herself, on her bad days).

* CanonSue; Emma herself.
RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Emma again. Jane Austen wrote before she started that, "I am going to take a heroine whom no-one but myself will much like."

* {{Wangst}}: Miss Bates. Pull yourself together you fucking moocher.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Emma herself. Jane Austen wrote before she started that, "I am going to take a heroine whom no-one but myself will much like."