History YMMV / JohnAdams

* OneSceneWonder: Tom Hollander as King George III. His total onscreen time is about minutes and their dialogue consists almost entirely of ''extremely'' formal avowals of mutual respect, but he holds his own against Paul Giamatti.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: The editing of the Declaration of Independence. Not so much for the content, which touches on slavery among other concerns, but for the way Thomas Jefferson, writer of one of the most important documents of all time, reacts like a moody teenager at the notes he's getting from Adams and Benjamin Franklin. And then the scene ends with Franklin happily playing with the swivel chair Jefferson has invented.

** After years of rivalry, schism and bitterness between the two, Jefferson and Adams make peace and resume their friendship, albeit mainly by correspondence, in their twilight years.

* FandomRivalry: With ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''. Each work provoked an increase in interest and appreciation for its own often-overlooked historical figure but is extremely dismissive of the other's star character. ''John Adams'' portrays Hamilton as frivolous and out of touch, while ''Hamilton'' has the whole cast scoff at Adams without the man even making an appearance.[[note]]Lin-Manuel Miranda liked ''John Adams'', his favourite scene being Adams’ meeting with George III, but he tweeted an apology to fans of the series about how Adams is treated in the musical: "Y’all got a whole miniseries. Let us have this."[[/note]] This is largely a reflection of the very deep and genuine enmity between the two in real life, since there's really no way to tell a story from the perspective of one in which the other is regarded as, at most favourable, an absolute ass.

* FandomRivalry: With ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''. Each work provoked an increase in interest and appreciation for its own often-overlooked historical figure but is extremely dismissive of the other's star character. ''John Adams'' portrays Hamilton as frivolous and out of touch, while ''Hamilton'' has the whole cast scoff at Adams without the man even making an appearance.[[note]]Lin-Manuel Miranda liked ''John Adams'', his favourite scene being Adams’ meeting with George III, but he tweeted an apology to fans of the series about how Adams is treated in the musical: "Y’all got a whole miniseries. Let us have this."[[/note]]

* FandomRivalry: With ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''. Each work provoked an increase in interest and appreciation for its own often-overlooked historical figure but is extremely dismissive of the other's star character. ''John Adams'' portrays Hamilton as frivolous and out of touch, while ''Hamilton'' has the whole cast scoff at Adams without the man even making an appearance.[[note]]Lin-Manuel Miranda liked ''John Adams'', his favourite scene being Adams’ meeting with George III, but he tweeted an apology to fans of the series about how Adams is treated in the musical: "Y’all got a whole miniseries. Let us have this."

* FandomRivalry: With ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''. Each work provoked an increase in interest and appreciation for its own often-overlooked historical figure but is extremely dismissive of the other's star character. ''John Adams'' portrays Hamilton as frivolous and out of touch, while ''Hamilton'' has the whole cast scoff at Adams without the man even making an appearance.

* FandomRivalry: The negative portrayal of Alexander Hamilton was naturally quite controversial among fans of the musical ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' if they came to the miniseries afterwards. Of course, this is also complicated by which portrayal is more historically accurate, as much as that can actually be known.