History YMMV / SaturdayNightFever

** Despite having one of the biggest selling soundtracks of all time, ''none'' of the songs that Music/TheBeeGees contributed were nominated for Best Song. Not "Stayin' Alive", not "Night Fever", not "How Deep Is Your Love?", not "Jive Talkin'", not "You Should Be Dancing", not "More Than a Woman", not "If I Can't Have You".

* CommonKnowledge: Because of [[DiscoSucks disco's general reputation]] in pop culture (at least until the 21st century), most people know this movie only as "that goofy comedy where John Travolta dances." If you actually ''watch'' the movie, you'd know that [[UnbuiltTrope nothing could possibly be further from the truth]].

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: There is a reason that the soundtrack album was certified 15x platinum. How awesome was the soundtrack? Music/AliceCooper remembers panning the album to fans and the public, but privately, thought it was (and still ''is'') the best album he's ever listened to.

* SignatureScene: Tony strutting down the street in the opening credits, set to The Bee Gees' "Staying Alive", has become one of the most oft-parodied scenes in movies.

** Poor, poor Annette.
** Bobby C., too. Tony is the only one who treats him vaguely like a human being.

** "Staying Alive" is popularly used in CPR training, due to having the perfect beat for chest compressions. Check out [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILxjxfB4zNk this educational video]] featuring Creator/VinnieJones.

* CommonKnowledge: Because of [[DiscoSucks disco's general reputation]] in pop culture, most people know this movie only as "that goofy comedy where John Travolta dances." If you actually ''watch'' the movie, you'd know that [[UnbuiltTrope nothing could possibly be further from the truth]].

* BrokenBase: ''Stayin' Alive'', the original film's much maligned 1983 sequel, has gotten this reaction in spades. Quite a bit of fans think of it as being SoBadItsGood (olden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book ''The Official Razzie Movie Guide'' put it in the "100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made" list). Plenty of viewers can't stand it in the slightest (the sequel has a whopping ''0%'' approval rating on Website/RottenTomatoes).
* CommonKnowledge: Because of [[DiscoSucks disco]]'s general reputation in pop culture, most people know this movie only as "that goofy comedy where John Travolta dances." If you actually ''watch'' the movie, you'd know that [[UnbuiltTrope nothing could possibly be further from the truth]].

** In possibly one of the strangest crossbred memes in Internet history, this film plays a major part in a ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' meme: Travolta's pose from the poster is extremely similar to the pose taken by Nagae Iku when she declares a spellcard, and fans did the rest. The meme is so prolific that [[Website/ImageBooru Danbooru]], usually dedicated to anime, manga, and video games, has tags for ''Saturday Night Fever'' and John Travolta.

** In possibly one of the strangest crossbred memes in Internet history, this film plays a major part in a ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' meme: Travolta's pose from the poster is extremely similar to the pose taken by Nagae Iku when she declares a spellcard, and fans did the rest. The meme is so prolific that Danbooru, usually dedicated to anime, manga, and video games, has tags for ''Saturday Night Fever'' and John Travolta.

** The film wasn't nominated for Best Picture.

** In possibly one of the strangest crossbred memes in Internet history, this film plays a major part in a ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' meme: Travolta's pose from the poster is extremely similar to the pose taken by Nagae Iku when she declares a spellcard, and fans did the rest. The meme is so prolific that Danbooru, usually dedicated to anime, manga, and video games, has tags for ''Saturday Night Fever'' and John Travolta.

* HilariousInHindsight: Stephanie asks Tony if he's ever heard of Creator/LaurenceOlivier, which he hasn't. Two years later, Olivier would star in ''Film/Dracula1979'', which was also directed by John Badham.

** Annette being gang-raped while drunk and high on ecstasy. Her audible protests against the acts forced upon her and Tony doing nothing to stop it from happening doesn't help either. What if they weren't using protection? Considering she wasn't"fixed", what if she had gotten pregnant from the rapes? And considering the film's time period, what if she or the guys had gotten AIDS or some other type of diseases?
** Bobby C.'s death falling from a great height off the bridge onto the cold waters below. Consider how many people in real life have fallen to their deaths like that. Whether it was suicide or accidentally from being under the influence at the time.

** Bobby C.'s death / suicide from cable-climbing. Falling a great height off the bridge onto the deep cold waters below. Considering how many people in real life would have fallen to their deaths like that. Whether it was suicide or accidentally from being under the influence at the time.