History YMMV / JoanOfArcadia

* CriticalResearchFailure: The episode "St Joan" frequently refers to the "British" winning the Battle of Agincourt and being driven out by Joan of Arc. [[UsefulNotes/BritainVersusTheUK For once]], this should be "English", given that no-one started referring to them as British until at least two centuries later and England and Scotland were very much separate countries at the time. (Given that the point of the episode is that the history teacher has lost his passion for the subject and is just going through the motions, this ''may'' be deliberate. But it probably isn't.)

* MostAnnoyingSound: Iris' voice.

* TheWoobie: Luke is very often neglected by his family in favor of Kevin and Joan, a fact he comments on frequently. His parents even forgot his birthday dinner, instead inviting Will's boss. Joan, Grace, Adam, and Friedman can all float into this territory once in a while, whereas Judith probably would as well if her problems weren't to a certain extent caused by herself.

* HoYay: Luke and Friedman.

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Quite a few. To give one example, when Helen shreds Vice Principal Price for telling Joan she has no academic future

* {{Glurge}}: you could make a drinking game for every time two people in the show tearfully hug in slow motion.

* MarySue: Joan, particularly during the second season, becomes much shallower and generically perfect, the fact that God spends a good 80 percent of the season simply informing Joan of just ''how great'' she really is doesn't really help.

* HollywoodGenetics: Luke doesn't look like he;s related to the rest of the Girardi family.

* UnfortunateImplications: In an episode where Will is talking with a rape victim, she snaps at him that rape is something that no man could ever possibly understand. Will agrees with her. [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale Way to make]] [[DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale male rape victims]] [[PrisonRape continue to feel ignored]].

* TooGoodToLast: It's like some kind of Greek tragedy. The show gets cancelled the moment it showed promise of recovering from SeasonalRot and beginning an absolutely ''epic'' battle with the devil.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Quite a few. To give one example, when Helen shreds Vice Principal Price for telling Joan she has no academic future
-->'''Helen''': See, I get that you are disappointed in your own life, I don't blame you, but this girl hasn't abandoned her dreams yet, and so to try to steal that from her, to try to rob someone of their future, I'm pretty sure you go to Hell for that. Tell her you were wrong.
** And he does.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: usually at least one an episode.

* HoYay: Luke and Friedman

* LargeHam: Ms. Lischak, the AP Chemistry/AP Physics teacher, is very...enthusiastic about her subject matter.
* LesYay: Between Joan and Judith.

* TearJerker: [[spoiler: Judith's death]]

* UnfortunateImplications: In an episode where Will is talking with a rape victim, she snaps at him that rape is something that no man could ever possibly understand. Will agrees with her. [[RapeIsOkIfItsFemaleOnMale Way to make]] [[RapeIsFunnyWhenItIsMaleOnMale male rape victims]] [[PrisonRape continue to feel ignored]].
* TheWoobie: Luke is very often neglected by his family in favor of Kevin and Joan, a fact he comments on frequently. His parents even forgot his birthday dinner, instead inviting Will's boss. Joan, Grace, Adam, and Friedman can all float into this territory once in a while, whereas Judith probably would as well if her problems weren't to a certain extent caused by herself.

* CharacterDerailment: Adam's out-of-nowhere infidelity.

* UnfortunateImplications: In an episode where Will is talking with a rape victim, she snaps at him that rape is something that no man could ever possibly understand. Will agrees with her. [[RapeIsOkIfItsFemaleOnMale Way to make]] [[RapeIsFunnyWhenItIsMaleOnMale male rape victims]][[PrisonRape continue to feel ignored]].

* UnfortunateImplications: In an episode where Will is talking with a rape victim, she snaps at him that rape is something that no man could ever possibly understand. Will agrees with her. [[RapeIsOkIfItsFemaleOnMale Way to make]] [[RapeIsFunnyWhenItsMaleOnMale male rape victims]][[PrisonRape continue to feel ignored]].

* UnfortunateImplications: In an episode where Will is talking with a rape victim, she snaps at him that rape is something that no man could ever possibly understand. Will agrees with her. [[RapeIsOkayIfItsFemaleOnMale Way to make]][[RapeIsFunnyWhenItsMaleOnMale male rape victims]][[PrisonRape continue to feel ignored]].

* UnfortunateImplications: In an episode where Will is talking with a rape victim, she snaps at him that rape is something that no man could ever possibly understand. Will agrees with her. [[ItsNotRapeIfItsFemaleOnMale Way to make]][[RapeIsFunnyWhenItsMaleOnMale male rape victims]][[PrisonRape continue to feel ignored]].

* WallBanger: Adam's out-of-nowhere infidelity.
** Also, the episode "The Rise and Fall of Joan Girardi" delivers two: Joan randomly going from a revered hero to a hated outcast based on one high school reporter asking completely unfounded questions about her heroism, and Adam's boss blatantly stealing his idea (i.e. committing plagiarism) and everyone's reaction is essentially "oh well, that's the risk of being a teen."

* {{Wallbanger}}: Adam's out-of-nowhere infidelity.

* TooGoodToLast