History YMMV / SinginInTheRain

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: People would be lying if they said they sing or dance to at least one of the film's songs. It's easy to forget that most of their songs didn't even originate from this film (with the exceptions being "Make 'Em Laugh" and "Moses Supposes").

* SweetDreamsFuel: The titular song and dance sequence.

%%* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: People would be lying if they said they sing or dance to at least one of the film's songs. It's easy to forget that most of their songs didn't even originate from this film (with the exceptions being "Make 'Em Laugh" and "Moses Supposes").

* SignatureScene: Gene Kelly's exuberant dance to the title song, swinging around the lamppost and splashing with his umbrella as he's, well, singing in the rain. It's iconic enough to get its own parody trope: SpoofingInTheRain.

* JerkassWoobie: [[RuleOfThree Again, Lina Lamont.]] Yes, she's selfish, vain and manipulative to Don and Kathy, but she's also always gets overshadowed by her partner Don Lockwood, who doesn't even like her, isn't allowed to speak to her fans because the studio fears it'll tarnish her image, gets made fun of for her voice, and Kathy was being given full credit for dubbing over her, and Lina was worried about the effect it will have on her career, especially since she had far more experience on the silver screen than Kathy.

* EvilIsCool: Even after her FaceHeelTurn, she's still a fan favorite for turning out to be a NotSoHarmlessVillain who's capable of serious blackmail, and still being able to pull off a [[SoftSpokenSadist convincing innocent voice.]] Plus it's hard not to appreciate her hilarious one-liners.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Thanks to [[Film/AClockworkOrange a certain film]], it can be hard to watch the titular musical number without being disturbed.

** A character talks about taking Kathy's "credit card" out of the film they're making. At the time, this simply meant removing her name from the credits. Now, viewers might wonder why Kathy has a credit card in a film set in the 1920's.

* OneTrueThreesome: The fanfiction-writing fandom loves Don/Kathy/Cosmo, as evinced by sites like Archive of Our Own.

* ValuesDissonance: Don gives a completely false account of how he got into acting, mentioning having attended prestigious acting schools while he actually honed his acting skills as a street performer and in minor, lackluster roles. This would be an utterly baffling thing to do from the perspective of a modern viewer, who would be much more likely to relate to a classic "underdog" story instead of that of a person who rode his privilege all the way into glory. From TheTwenties to TheSixties, Hollywood promoted an idea of respectability, appealing to American middle-class values, so that meant hiding their past, their genuine RagsToRiches story and in some cases their origins (Irish in some cases, but Jewish especially) to make them fit the tastes of what they believed was "[[WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant WASP]] middle America", so it is actually quite accurate to the values of the silent era.

* WhatAnIdiot: Lina for thinking she could go on fooling audiences and derail Kathy's career by forcing Kathy to go on being her voice via dubbing. Even if the studio had been behind her in hopes of still being able to use her star power, and Kathy had been willing to forgo her own dreams by settling for the easy dubbing paycheck, Lina couldn't have kept up the charade forever as her whole plan hinged on no one finding out that the voice they were hearing in the films was not hers. If she hadn't shot herself in the foot on opening night by improvising her speech, she would ''still'' have been expected to speak unscripted or sing live sooner or later, the truth would have gotten out and Lina's career would have been over. Ironically, Lina probably would have been better off reinventing herself as a comedienne, using her squeaky awkward voice as a source of humor. It may not have been as glamorous as the regal leading lady image she had grown accustomed to, but it would have kept her in the spotlight.

* WhatAnIdiot: Lina for thinking she could go on fooling audiences and derail Kathy's career by forcing Kathy to go on being her voice via dubbing. Even if the studio had been behind her in hopes of still being able to use her star power, and Kathy had been willing to forgo her own dreams by settling for the easy dubbing paycheck, Lina couldn't have kept up the charade forever as her whole plan hinged on no one finding out that the voice they were hearing in the films was not hers. If she hadn't shot herself in the foot on opening night by improvising her speech, she ''would'' still have been expected to speak or sing live sooner or later, the truth would have gotten out and Lina's career would have been over. Ironically, Lina probably would have been better off reinventing herself as a comedienne, using her squeaky awkward voice as a source of humor. It may not have been as glamorous as the regal leading lady image she had grown accustomed to, but it would have kept her in the spotlight.

* WhatAnIdiot: Lina for thinking she could go on fooling audiences and derail Kathy's career by forcing Kathy to go on being her voice via dubbing. Even if the studio had been behind her in hopes of still being able to use her star power, and Kathy had been willing to forgo her own dreams by settling for the easy dubbing paycheck, Lina couldn't have kept up the charade forever as her whole plan hinged on no one finding out that the voice they were hearing in the films was not hers. Even if she hadn't shot herself in the foot on opening night by improvising her speech, she ''would'' have been expected to speak or sing live sooner or later, the truth would have gotten out and Lina's career would have been over. Ironically, Lina probably would have been better off reinventing herself as a comedienne, using her squeaky awkward voice as a source of humor. It may not have been as glamorous as the regal leading lady image she had grown accustomed to, but it would have kept her in the spotlight.

* WhatAnIdiot: Lina for thinking she could go on fooling audiences and derail Kathy's career by forcing Kathy to go on being her voice via dubbing. Even if the studio had been behind her in hopes of still being able to use her star power, and Kathy had been willing to forgo her own dreams by settling for the easy dubbing paycheck, Lina couldn't have kept up the charade forever as her whole plan hinged on no one finding out that the voice they were hearing in the films was not hers. Sooner or later, the truth would have gotten out and Lina's career would have been over. Ironically, Lina probably would have been better off reinventing herself as a comedienne, using her squeaky awkward voice as a source of humor. It may not have been as glamorous as the regal leading lady image she had grown accustomed to, but it would have kept her in the spotlight.

* OneTrueThreesome: The fanfiction-writing fandom loves Don/Kathy/Cosmo, as evinced by sites like AO3.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: When Don runs into the building that explodes, the characters off to the side change position with the cut.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Lina Lamont of all characters. True she was an arrogant, nasty, spoiled, petty, vindictive diva and her downfall was as much her own doing as it was the conversion from silence to sound, but she still represents the silent film stars who were put out of work by the coming of sound because their speaking voices were deemed unfit for whatever reason (being unpleasant to listen to such as Lina's or having thick foreign accents since many of them were immigrants). Some have even pointed out that Lina arguably made a ''better'' attempt at her first "talkie" role than Don did -- Lina's only issues were not being able to maintain her accent and forgetting where the microphone was, whereas Don ludicrously prances around the set, keeps addressing his dialogue to the camera instead of Lina, and refuses to memorize certain bits of dialogue and insists on ad-libbing simpler lines -- and if anything the studio screwed her over by casting her in a role she was clearly unsuited to.

* SignatureScene: Gene Kelly's exuberant dance to the title song, swinging around the lamppost and splashing with his umbrella as he's, well, singing in the rain.

* WhatAnIdiot: Lina for thinking she could go on fooling audiences and derail Kathy's career by forcing Kathy to go on being her voice via dubbing. Even if the studio had been behind her in hopes of still being able to use her star power, and Kathy had been willing to forgo her own dreams by settling for the easy dubbing paycheck, Lina couldn't have kept up the charade forever as her whole plan hinged on no one finding out that the voice they were hearing in the films was not hers. Sooner or later, the truth would have gotten out and Lina's career would have been over. Ironically, Lina probably would have been better off reinventing herself as a comedienne, using her squeaky awkward voice as a source of humor. It may not have been as glamorous as the regal leading lady image she had grown accustomed too, but it would have kept her in the spotlight.

* ValuesDissonance: Don gives a completely false account of how he got into acting, mentioning having attended prestigious acting schools while he actually honed his acting skills as a street performer and in minor, lackluster roles. This would be an utterly baffling thing to do from the perspective of a modern viewer, who would be much more likely to relate to a classic "underdog" story instead of that of a person who rode his privilege all the way into glory. From TheTwenties to TheSixties, Hollywood promoted an idea of respectability, appealing to American middle-class values, so that meant hiding their past, their genuine RagsToRiches story and in some cases their origins (Irish in some cases, but Jewish especially) to make them fit the tastes of what they believed was "{{WASP}} middle America", so it is actually quite accurate to the values of the silent era.

* HilariousInHindsight: A character talks about taking Kathy's "credit card" out of the film they're making. At the time, this simply meant removing her name from the credits. Now, viewers might wonder why Kathy has a credit card in a film set in the 1920's.

* HilariousInHindsight: A character talks about talking Kathy's "credit card" out of the film they're making. At the time, this simply meant removing her name from the credits. Now, viewers might wonder why Kathy has a credit card in a film set in the 1920's.

* MoralEventHorizon: Lina crosses it when he 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.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Rita Moreno, aka [[Theatre/WestSideStory Anita]], played Zelda.