History YMMV / SexAndTheCity

** Miranda's rather brash reaction to Samantha's sudden coming out, especially considering that the way Nixon accepted it would end up being [[IronicEcho not too dissimilar to the way Samantha did, in fact.]])

** Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte's bi-phobic reactions to her GuyOfTheWeek being bisexual and not believing bisexuality to being "a real thing".

* HarsherInHindsight: Any time Carrie mocks Samantha or the two have a falling out falls into this when you consider how Kim Cattrall has made it clear the rumors of an ongoing feud between her and Sarah Jessica Parker were ''not'' fake and because of this, she has refused to return for a third movie while Kirsten Davis and Cynthia Nixen are on-board.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** Miranda's reaction to Samantha's sudden coming out, considering the fact that Cynthia Nixon was engaged to another woman. (And has dealt with having fallen in love with a woman extremely well; [[IronicEcho not dissimilar to the way Samantha did, in fact.]])

** Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte's bi-phobic reactions to her GuyOfTheWeek being bisexual and not believing bisexuality to being "a real thing". Fast forward to actress Cynthia Nixton (Miranda) coming out years later as a bisexual.

* StrangledByTheRedString: Steve and Miranda. Throughout their on again/off again relationship, she seemed angry or annoyed at him most of the time, outright asking him "What are you, fucking crazy?" when he proposed to her after she got pregnant, explicitly saying that they were not in love--something he readily agreed with. They co-parent very effectively, but there's zero sign of them rebuilding their relationship. Literally out of nowhere, she declares herself to be madly in love with him and that he's the love of her life. She acts like a bitch to and about his perfectly nice new girlfriend, rebuffing the woman's sincere attempts at getting along with her, and ditches her own perfect new boyfriend to reunite with Steve. The whole thing comes across as though the writers just rushed them into it so that Miranda could EarnYourHappyEnding in time for the series finale. {{Justified|Trope}} because Miranda's character arc is her learning to [[DefrostingIceQueen let her guard down and open up to others,]] especially Steve. Steve's love for her is always clear, even when he dates other women, and there are hints even before Brady is conceived that Miranda is jealous of Steve's new flame but won't admit it.

** When Carrie storms over to Charlotte's apartment to demand why she didn't offer to lend her money, Charlotte points out that she is not responsible for fixing Carrie's finances and telling her she's thirty-five and needs to learn to stand on her own. Charlotte soon gives in and gives Carrie her wedding ring so that she can make a down payment on her apartment. However we ''never'' see Carrie pay Charlotte’s back, which is something Carrie agreed to do.

** When Carrie storms over to Charlotte's apartment to demand why she didn't offer to lend her money, Charlotte points out that she is not responsible for fixing Carrie's finances and telling her she's thirty-five and needs to learn to stand on her own.
*** Charlotte later gives in and gives Carrie her wedding ring so that she can buy her apartment. However we ''never'' see Carrie try to pay Charlotte’s loan back, which is something Carrie agreed to.

*** It’s spoiled later by Charlotte giving Carrie her wedding ring to help her out, however we’re ''never'' see Carrie paying Charlotte’s loan back.

** When Carrie storms over to Charlotte's apartment to demand why she didn't offer to lend her money, Charlotte points out that she is not responsible for fixing Carrie's finances and telling her she's thirty-five and needs to learn to stand on her own. Unfortunately it's spoiled later by Charlotte giving Carrie her wedding ring and Carrie is ''never'' shown paying Charlotte back for it as agreed.

* BrokenBase: Fierce debate still goes on to this day over whether Carrie or Charlotte was in the wrong in the "Ring a Ding Ding" episode. Was Charlotte a bad friend for not offering to help Carrie out, and a hyprocrite for telling her she needed to "learn to stand on [her] own" while living on inherited money? Or was Carrie an [[EntitledBastard Entitled Bastard]] for expecting Charlotte to bail her out of her self-induced money problems, disrespecting boundaries, and accepting Charlotte's wedding ring to sell as a down payment when the latter gave in?

** Trey during his and Charlotte's disastrous marriage. While he was certainly far from perfect, Charlotte conveniently overlooked the fact that she rushed into marrying him, rushed into having a baby two seconds after they reconciled, and went completely overboard with her efforts to procure a child once it was learned that she had fertility problems--infertility treatments, support groups, adoption lists, etc. When an exhausted Trey asks if they can simply take a break from all the baby-making efforts, his completely understandable request is treated like a horrible betrayal and it's pretty much the beginning of the end for them. She dumps the blame for the failure of their marriage squarely on his shoulders and never once sees where she contributed to it.

* BrokenBase: Fierce debate still goes on to this day over whether Carrie or Charlotte was in the wrong in the "Ring a Ding Ding" episode. Was Charlotte a bad friend for not offering to help Carrie out, and a hyprocrite for telling her she needed to "learn to stand on [her] own" while living on money inherited through family and her divorce? Or was Carrie an [[EntitledBastard Entitled Bastard]] for expecting Charlotte to bail her out of her self-induced money problems, disrespecting boundaries, and accepting Charlotte's wedding ring to sell as a down payment when the latter gave in?

* BrokenBase: Fierce debate still wages to this day over whether Carrie or Charlotte was in the wrong in the "Ring a Ding Ding" episode. Was Charlotte a bad friend for not offering to help Carrie out, and a hyprocrite for telling her she needed to "learn to stand on [her] own" while living on money inherited through family and her divorce? Or was Carrie an [[EntitledBastard Entitled Bastard]] for expecting Charlotte to bail her out of her self-induced money problems, disrespecting boundaries, and accepting Charlotte's wedding ring to sell as a down payment when the latter gave in?

** Miranda's reaction to Samantha's SuddenlySexuality, considering the fact that Cynthia Nixon was engaged to another woman. (And has dealt with having fallen in love with a woman extremely well; [[IronicEcho not dissimilar to the way Samantha did, in fact.]])

* HarsherInHindsight: Every Samantha/Carrie scene, after the rumors of a feud between their actors were confirmed in February 2018. In fact, pretty much ''every'' scene between the girls, after Creator/KimCattrall's statement that she was never really friends with ''any'' of them.

** Miranda's reaction to Samantha's SuddenlySexuality, considering the fact that Cynthia Nixon is engaged to another woman. (And has dealt with having fallen in love with a woman extremely well; [[IronicEcho not dissimilar to the way Samantha did, in fact.]])

** Big practically forcing himself on Carrie--grabbing and kissing her even while she pushes him away and says "Fuck you" (in other words, "''NO''") didn't look right even then and it sure as hell doesn't now.

* HoYay: Carrie has shades of this with a guy's mother in the episode "Shortcomings". Carrie even notes that she was really breaking up with ''her'', not him.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: The plot of one episode revolves around Carrie refusing to get an email address, because she considers it a weird sex thing. [[NewMediaAreEvil New Media Are Kinky]]?

* AesopAmnesia: In the series, Carrie and the girls complain that their married friends view them as a "threat" in their relationship and the unfairness of it. Come the second movie, Charlotte is fretting ''constantly'' about Harry cheating on her with the Nanny. To add insult to injury, the movie "fixes" this, not by saying that Harry wouldn't cheat on her, but by stating in a throwaway line that the Nanny is a lesbian. [[SarcasmMode Problem solved!]]

* ItsAllAboutMe: Carrie in the first film, after Big gets cold feet at the wedding. Not that what happened to her wasn't humiliating and devastating, but it's treated as by far the worst thing any of the characters on the show has been through -- in particular by Carrie herself, who at one point needs to be spoonfed by Samantha. This despite the other characters having gone through things like breast cancer (Samantha) and a miscarriage (Charlotte). Within the movie itself, it stands out the most in contrast to Miranda, whose husband of many years (who is also the father of her son) cheats on her and their marriage falls apart for several months. Somehow Carrie doesn't find that to be anywhere near as bad as what she herself is going through. In general, the characters don't give Miranda a fraction of the sympathy and support that they give to Carrie.

* MemeticMutation: Woke Charlotte is starting to make its rounds online, with people using Charlotte to point out and correct the problematic things the others (mainly Carrie) say, such as Carrie's infamous statement of ThereAreNoBisexuals.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Charlotte regarding hers and Trey's disastrous marriage. First, she rushes into it within five minutes of meeting him and it inevitably falls apart just as quickly. Then, after they've reconciled, they get all of another five minutes of happiness before she rushes into baby-making. And when that doesn't work out, she goes completely overboard in her efforts to procure a child--infertility treatments, support groups, adoption lists, etc, all without stopping to ask Trey how he feels about any of this, leading him to confide in his overbearing mother, which she blasts him for even though she blabbed about their problems to ''complete strangers'', ultimately driving him away. Lastly, she foolishly quit her job before she even got pregnant and following her divorce, not only cannot get bit back, but is overqualified for everything else. This all sucks, but she's the victim of her own stupidity.

* HarsherInHindsight: Every Samantha/Carrie scene, after the rumors of a feud between their actors were confirmed in February 2018. In fact, pretty much ''every'' scene between the girls, after Kim Cattrall's statement that she was never really friends with ''any'' of them.

* AmericansHateTingle: This American made TV series was considered to be very daring and groundbreaking for addressing issues of sex and relations that others shows to that point didn't discuss. Especially from a female standpoint. Other viewers in the US watched it because they felt it was ''hot and saucy''. In Europe the show was appreciated more for its comedy and camp value, because the fact that the main cast always has sex without removing their bra or with [[ModestyBedsheet the sheets covering up their genitals]] [[CoversAlwaysLie still comes across as very prudish for a show with the word ''sex'' in the title]].

** When Carrie storms over to Charlotte's to demand why she didn't offer to lend her money, Charlotte points out that she is not responsible for fixing Carrie's finances and telling her she's thirty-five and needs to learn to stand on her own. Unfortunately it's spoiled later by Charlotte giving Carrie her wedding ring and Carrie is ''never'' shown paying Charlotte back for it later as agreed.

* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: TheMovie ostensibly had a message about rejecting the importance of labels (in both senses of the word), despite large chunks of the movie which are practically in-movie commercials for designer labels. The orgiastic display of wedding dresses ''alone''... In a larger sense, the series as a whole falls victim to this concept. We're supposed to be at least somewhat horrified by the narcissism and shallowness that's all-too-frequently on display, but the characters and their environment are a bit too glamorous for the "moral" to really take. Bushnell's original columns were considerably more trenchant in their appraisal of their social milieu.
* HarsherInHindsight: Every Samantha/Carrie scene, after the rumors of a feud between their actors were confired in February 2018. In fact, pretty much ''every'' scene between the girls, after Kim Catrall's statement that she was never really friends with ''any'' of them.

* OneSceneWonder: Lexie Featherstone, an aging HardDrinkingPartyGirl played by Kristen Johnston who appeared in the show's third-to-last episode "Splat!", in which she complains about how bored life has become to her before falling to her death from an open window. It went to the point that ''Vulture'' [[http://www.vulture.com/2013/12/sex-and-the-city-oral-history-splat-episode.html made an article about the episode alone.]]

** [[Series/{{Suits}} Harvey Specter]] is an artist that has a thing for filming the sex he has with models. Apparently.

** Carrie smokes cigarettes a lot. Back when the series began, it was questionable- but acceptable. Nowadays it would not be acceptable- and would be a major turnoff towards a lot of dates. She also frequently lights up in other people's homes without asking permission, then acts appalled when someone asks her to smoke on the terrace. DesignatedHero much?

** None of the protagonists work in service professions or do volunteer work of any kind. All four of them are single women. This may have been passable in NYC- but it would have never been acceptable in the South, where it is highly encouraged (if not downright expected) for singles (and to a lesser extent of married and attached people, but not as severely) to do volunteer work unless they are in service professions (and still encouraged even if they are) due to Dixie being so religious.

** Considering all the other kinky and unorthodox things Samantha did, why all the fuss and controversy about her dating a Black man?
*** That wasn't the actual problem - the guy's sister was [[MySisterIsOffLimits incredibly overprotective and clingy towards her brother]] and told Samantha she didn't want him dating a white woman, but Samantha realised she actually just didn't want her brother dating ''any'' woman, period and when he refused to confront his sister, she dumped him.

** Carrie's love interest Berger when he starts feeling intimidated by Carrie's success. His reaction for Carrie pointing out some fashion mistake in his book - and she loved and praised the rest of all - is especially blown out.

** A few examples, but most notably with Carrie and Aiden after she had an affair with Big. He was still deeply hurt by it, could no longer trust her at all, and in the end they realized the damage was done and there [[AvertedTrope is no saving the relationship]].

* CriticalResearchFailure: In the second film, Miranda blithley informs the girls that 'Han ji' is how you say 'Yes', apparently after reading umpteen travel guides on the UAE. It's actually Hindi, and while there is a large Indian expat population in the Middle East, any decent guidebook would tell you that in Arabic one says 'Aywa'.

** Especially a KickTheDog moment in the second movie where, when Charlotte says it's not a wise idea for her to go out to dinner with Aidan, after all that's happened between them, Carrie retorts, "Okay, you're crazy, you are crazy in Abu Dabi. Just because you're worried about your marriage, everybody's gonna cheat. Have a nice night." Poor Charlotte is almost in tears after that, and Carrie ''does'' end up kissing Aidan, so Charlotte was right all along.
** And, as Big himself lampshades, she bitches him out in the second movie ''for buying a television'' and having the audacity to wanting to stay at home and watch it instead of going to parties all the time. Her treatment of Big overall is ridiculously petty and she comes off like ControlFreak, whining about him not wanting to go to the party with her, then going off to Abu Dabi for two weeks without him.
** Samantha in the second film. She's blatantly and ''constantly'' disrespectful towards the culture of the country she's visiting, repeatedly refuses to put something less revealing on even when Miranda begs her, acts like she did nothing wrong when she's arrested for public indecency - and ''then'' thinks it's a good idea to throw condoms at Muslim men on the way to prayer!
* HilariousInHindsight: The waiter in the first movie mistaking Miranda and Carrie for a couple when Cynthia Nixon is a bisexual in real life.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Carrie in the first film, after Big gets cold feet at the wedding. Not that what happened to her wasn't humiliating and devastating, but it's treated as by far the worst thing any of the characters on the show has been through - in particular by Carrie herself, who at one point needs to be spoon fed by Samantha. This despite the other characters having gone through things like breast cancer (Samantha) and a miscarriage (Charlotte). Within the movie itself it stands out the most in contrast to Miranda, whose husband of many years (who is also the father of her son) cheats on her and their marriage falls apart for several months. Somehow Carrie doesn't find that to be anywhere near as bad as what she herself is going through. In general, the characters don't give Miranda a fraction of the sympathy and support that they give to Carrie.

** In the second film Charlotte is incredibly stressed out with having to raise her two children...except that she's a stay-at-home mother, ''and'' has a full-time live-in nanny to help her! Well, fair enough, we all deal with stress differently...but the big breaking point, where she has to hide from her children in a closet? Happens because her elder daughter gets paint on her skirt while they were baking cupcakes. [[WhatAnIdiot A cream vintage Valentino skirt, which she decided to wear whilst baking cupcakes and finger-painting with her children]]. Not to mention, Charlotte was desperate for a baby in the series, but then when she finally has a child in the second movie that proves to be demanding, she seems to just shove her off on a Nanny, which comes off as a little ungrateful.

** Miranda calling Carrie out for going to Paris with Alexandr just to prove a point about how she's moved on from big and telling her she's living in a fantasy land. She's proved absolutely right when Alexandr spends all day working while Carrie wanders around Paris alone and doesn't fit in with the culture, speak the language or have any friends out there.

*** That wasn't the actual problem - the guy's sister was [[MySiserIsOffLimits incredibly overprotective and clingy towards her brother]] and told Samantha she didn't want him dating a white woman, but Samantha realised she actually just didn't want her brother dating ''any'' woman, period and when he refused to confront his sister, she dumped him.