History YMMV / SinginInTheRain

* MemeticMutation: Don declares March 23rd his lucky day. Tumblr users have made a habit of reblogging [=GIFs=] of this scene on March 23rd every year.

** "Beautiful Girl" seems to have one purpose and one purpose alone: So Cosmo can notice Kathy among the dancers, and tell Don, re-uniting the two (well, that and make fun of the types of musical numbers and songs that appeared in musicals back then, pre-''Film/FortySecondStreet''). The costume montage is especially BLAM-ish.
*** In fact, the entire song was added simply because the filmmakers really liked their costume guy and they wanted to give him a chance to show off his work.
** "Moses Supposes" also counts. The scene starts off alright with Don being given lessons in correct enunciation but when Cosmo enters the picture, things quickly go off the rails as he and Don hijack the lesson by spontaneously creating a song-and-dance routine out of a tongue-twister and the whole thing seems to exist purely for the sake of watching Don and Cosmo mess around for five minutes. As with the other examples though, [[RuleOfCool it's so much fun to watch that it's difficult to care about its BLAM status]].

* HarsherInHindsight: Lina's scheme to ruin Kathy's career and preserve her own is quickly foiled, but in reality Hollywood would secretly adopt this method and continue dubbing actors for decades to come. It wasn't until the release of ''Film/TheKingAndI'' in 1956 and the reveal of Marni Nixon dubbing all of Creator/DeborahKerr's singing that the industry's secret was exposed.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: After the proliferation of "[[JukeboxMusical jukebox musicals]]" in the 2000s, which contrived their stories around pre-existing songs, people very quickly soured on the idea. This can make it weird to realize that this film, considered one of the greatest musicals ever, is also a jukebox musical (even if the term didn't exist at the time) because it used existing songs from the 1920s and 30s. What helps this film is that it has a structured plot -- the advent of sound in Hollywood, and how the industry deals with it -- that's complimented by and yet not dependant upon the songs; the songs themselves were mainly written during the time of this transition (and mostly by the film's producer!) so they never seem out of place in the story; and by this point they're so old and so deeply associated with the film that watching it is likely the first time someone in the 2010s and 2020s would ever hear them, rather than having a pre-existing connection.

* HarsherInHindsight: Lina's scheme to ruin Kathy's career and preserve her own is quickly foiled, but in reality Hollywood would secretly adopt this method and continue dubbing actors for decades to come. It wasn't until the release of ''Film/MyFairLady'' in 1964 and the controversy over Creator/AudreyHepburn having 90% of her vocals dubbed (which many believed cost Hepburn an Oscar nomination for her role as Eliza Dolittle) that the industry's secret was exposed, and the practice of dubbing actors with better singers was mostly killed off.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/RitaMoreno, aka [[Film/WestSideStory1961 Anita]], played Zelda.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: After the proliferation of "[[JukeboxMusical jukebox musicals]]" in the 2000s, which contrived their stories around pre-existing songs, people very quickly soured on the idea. This can make it weird to realize that this film, considered one of the greatest musicals ever, is also a jukebox musical (even if the term didn't exist at the time) because it used existing songs from the 1920s and 30s. What helps this film is that it does actually have a structured plot -- the advent of sound in Hollywood, and how the industry deals with it -- that's complimented by and yet not dependant upon the songs; the songs themselves were mainly written during this transition in the history of film (often by the film's producer!) so they never seem out of place in the story; and by this point they're so old and so deeply associated with the film that watching it is likely the first time someone in the 2010s and 2020s would ever hear them, rather than having a pre-existing connection.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: After the proliferation of "[[JukeboxMusical jukebox musicals]]" in the 2000s, which contrived their stories around pre-existing songs, people very quickly soured on the idea. This can make it weird to realize that this film, considered one of the greatest musicals ever, is also a jukebox musical (even if the term didn't exist at the time) because it used existing songs from the 1920s and 30s. What helps this film is that it does actually have a structured plot -- the advent of sound in Hollywood, and how the industry deals with it -- that's complimented by and yet not dependant upon the songs; and the songs themselves were mainly written during this transition in the history of film (often by the film's producer!) so they never seem out of place in the story, and by this point are so old and so deeply associated with the film that watching it is likely the first time someone in the 2010s and 2020s would ever hear them, rather than having a pre-existing connection.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: After the proliferation of "[[JukeboxMusical jukebox musicals]]" in the 2000s, which contrived their stories around pre-existing songs, people very quickly soured on the idea. This can make it weird to realize that this film, considered one of the greatest musicals ever, is also a jukebox musical (even if the term didn't exist at the time) because it used existing songs from the 1920s. What helps this film is that it does actually have a structured plot -- the advent of sound in Hollywood, and how the industry deals with it -- that's complimented by and yet not dependant upon the songs; and by this point the songs themselves are both so old and so deeply associated with this story that watching the film is likely the first time someone in the 2010s and 2020s would ever hear them, rather than having a pre-existing connection.

* HarsherInHindsight: Lina's scheme to ruin Kathy's career and preserve her own is quickly foiled, but in reality Hollywood would secretly adopt and continue dubbing actors for decades to come. It wasn't until the release of ''Film/MyFairLady'' in 1964 and the controversy over Creator/AudreyHepburn having 90% of her vocals dubbed (which many believed cost Hepburn an Oscar nomination for her role as Eliza Dolittle) that the industry's secret was exposed, and the practice of dubbing actors with better singers was mostly killed off.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: After the proliferation of "[[JukeboxMusical jukebox musicals]]" in the 2000s, which contrived their stories around pre-existing songs, people very quickly soured on the idea. This can make it weird to realize that this film, considered one of the greatest musicals ever, is also a jukebox musical because it used pre-existing songs from the 1920s, even if the term didn't exist at the time. What helps this film is that it does actually have a structured plot -- the advent of sound in the Hollywood industry -- that isn't dependant on the songs.

* HarsherInHindsight: Lina's scheme to ruin Kathy's career and preserve her own is quickly foiled, but in reality Hollywood would secretly go on dubbing actors for decades to come. It wasn't until the release of ''Film/MyFairLady'' in 1964 and the controversy over Creator/AudreyHepburn having 90% of her vocals dubbed (which many believed cost Hepburn an Oscar nomination for her role as Eliza Dolittle) that the industry's secret was exposed, and the practice of dubbing actors with better singers was mostly killed off.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: After the proliferation of "[[JukeboxMusical jukebox musicals]]" in the 2000s, which contrived their stories around pre-existing songs, people very quickly soured on the idea. This can make it weird to realize that this film, considered one of the greatest musicals ever, was also one of them because it used songs from the 1920s, even if the term didn't exist at the time.

** Creator/GeneKelly and Stanley Donen weren't nominated for Best Director.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Cosmo is a famous example, considered by many to be the best character in the movie, and that's even by people who also love all other major characters. Lina, for her part, is a close second.

* MoralEventHorizon: Lina crosses it when she threatens to sue R.F. Simpson unless he cancels Kathy's big-screen buildup and forces her to continue working un-credited as Lina's voice, thereby ruining Kathy's career, and also when it's revealed she may be trying to take over the studio.