History YMMV / KnockedUp

** When Ben is exercising he says "I'm breathing like Creator/JamesGandolfini here!" that became a lot less funny when James died of a heart attack in 2013.

* DesignatedVillain: Creator/KatherineHeigl's much-maligned declaration that the movie portrays women as demanding harpies may have had a bit of a point. The movie (or, at the very least, the fans) is ''way'' more sympathetic toward Ben. He's lovable despite getting well into his twenties with no ambitions or plans for the future, happily living off settlement money (and illegally in the country). At the dinner table, he openly talks about wanting to skip town when he found out Alison was pregnant. He did very little to prepare for her pregnancy and because she essentially has ''one'' moodswinging meltdown she's treated like a cruel bitch. Ben becomes the hero of the movie for realizing basic responsibility, and he never really has to apologize for being a bit of a {{jerkass}} to Alison. But still, Alison is the harpy.

** For all his schlubbiness, Ben is actually quite attractive.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: When Ben is exercising he says "I'm breathing like Creator/JamesGandolfini here!" that became a lot less funny when James died of a heart attack in 2013.
* HarsherInHindsight: The scene of Allison's interview with Creator/SteveCarell going off the rails ("Don't be an asshole!") is this considering Heigl's career getting torpedoed in part due to developing a reputation for being difficult to work with.

* HarsherInHindsight: The scene of Allison's interview with Creator/SteveCarell going off the rails ("Don't be an asshole!") is this considering Heigl's career getting torpedoed in part from developing a reputation for being difficult.

* WhatAnIdiot: You'd think Ben and his friends would've at least checked online to make sure that there wasn't already a website that catalogs nude scenes in popular films. Nope, they only find out after Ben explains the idea to Pete and he tells Ben about [=MrSkin.com.=]

* HollywoodHomely: For all his schlubbiness, Ben is actually quite attractive.

** Debbie mistakes one of Alison's pregnancy tests as her own and freaks out when it reads positive. In ''Film/ThisIsForty'', Debbie really is pregnant!

* DesignatedVillain: Creator/KatherineHeigl's much-maligned declaration that the movie portrays women as demanding harpies may have had a bit of a point. The movie (or, at the very least, the fans) is ''way'' more sympathetic toward Ben. He's lovable despite getting well into his twenties with no ambitions or plans for the future, happily living off settlement money (and illegally in the country). At the dinner table, he openly talks about wanting to skip town when he found out Alison was pregnant. He did very little to prepare for her pregnancy and because she essentially has ''one'' moodswinging meltdown she's treated like a cruel bitch. Ben becomes the hero of the movie for realizing basic responsibility, and he never really has to apologize for being a bit of a jerkass to Alison. But still, Alison is the harpy.
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: When Ben is exercising he says "I'm breathing like James Gandolfini here!" that became a lot less funny when James died of a heart attack in 2013.

** Debbie mistakes one of Alison's pregnancy tests as her own and freaks out when it reads positive. In ''This is 40'', Debbie really is pregnant!

%%* ValuesDissonance: The montage showing Ben finally getting his act together, finding a real job and moving into his own place within the space of a few weeks doesn't paint the most accurate picture of people who are unemployed, plenty of whom make genuine efforts to sort their lives out, but face any number of setbacks such as economic turmoil, competitive job markets and medical issues (Ben himself admits to coasting by on a lawsuit despite recovering from his injuries years ago). There's also the fact that in the years since ''Knocked Up'' came out, a multitude of vocations have become obsolete, while the jobs that have filled the void have much higher demands, making the whole "jobless people are lazy" vibe seem especially myopic.

* ValuesDissonance: The montage showing Ben finally getting his act together, finding a real job and moving into his own place within the space of a few weeks doesn't paint the most accurate picture of people who are unemployed, plenty of whom make genuine efforts to sort their lives out, but face any number of setbacks such as economic turmoil, competitive job markets and medical issues (Ben himself admits to coasting by on a lawsuit despite recovering from his injuries years ago). There's also the fact that in the years since ''Knocked Up'' came out, a multitude of vocations have become obsolete, while the jobs that have filled the void have much higher demands, making the whole "jobless people are lazy" vibe seem especially myopic.

* WhatAnIdiot: You'd think Ben and his friends would've at least checked online to make sure that there wasn't already a website that catalogs nude scenes in popular films. Nope, they only find out after Ben explains the idea to Pete and he tells Ben about MrSkin.com.

** How about [[TakeAThirdOption both?]]
* DesignatedVillain: Creator/KatherineHeigl's much-maligned declaration that the movie portrays women as demanding harpies may have had a bit of a point. The movie (or, at the very least, the fans) is ''way'' more sympathetic toward Ben. He's lovable despite getting well into his twenties with no ambitions or plans for the future, happily living off settlement money (and illegally in the country). At the dinner table, he openly talks about wanting to skip town when he found out Alison was pregnant. He did very little to prepare for her pregnancy and because she essentially has ''one'' moodswinging meltdown she's treated like a cruel bitch. Ben becomes the hero of the movie for realizing basic responsibility, and he never really has to apologize for being a bit of a jerkass to Alison. But still, Alison is the harpy. One needs to only look at the two actors for proof: for one, it propelled them to movie stardom. For another, it almost ruined their career.

* OneSceneWonder: Creator/CraigRobinson as the nightclub bouncer that Debbie curses out for not letting her and Allison in.

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* HarsherInHindsight: The scene of Allison's interview with Steve Carell going off the rails ("Don't be an asshole!") is this considering Heigl's career getting torpedoed in part from developing a reputation for being difficult.

** Pete revealing to Debbie that he saw Film/SpiderMan3 without her becomes this now that [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar Paul Rudd and Spider-Man are in a movie together.]]

** Also Harold frickin' Ramis as Ben's dad.

* DesignatedVillain: Katherine Heigl's much-maligned declaration that the movie portrays women as demanding harpies may have had a bit of a point. The movie (or, at the very least, the fans) is ''way'' more sympathetic toward Ben. He's lovable despite getting well into his twenties with no ambitions or plans for the future, happily living off settlement money (and illegally in the country). At the dinner table, he openly talks about wanting to skip town when he found out Alison was pregnant. He did very little to prepare for her pregnancy and because she essentially has ''one'' moodswinging meltdown she's treated like a cruel bitch. Ben becomes the hero of the movie for realizing basic responsibility, and he never really has to apologize for being a bit of a jerkass to Alison. But still, Alison is the harpy. One needs to only look at the two actors for proof: for one, it propelled them to movie stardom. For another, it almost ruined their career.

* HarsherInHindsight: The scene of Allison's interview with Steve Carell going off the rails ("Don't be an asshole!") is this considering Heigl's career getting torpedoed in part of developing a reputation for being difficult.