History YMMV / TheSevenYearItch

* CommonKnowledge: A lot of people probably watch this movie to see the famous scene of Marilyn Monroe standing over the subway grate, but here's the thing... it's not in the film. A *version* of it can be seen, but it was re-shot on a soundstage (as opposed to on location, which is where the famous photographs come from) and edited so that her skirt is never seen above her waist.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The many elements of lascivious and edgy humor tend to get overlooked by many modern viewers, who [[TheMoralSubstitute enjoy the film for being "innocent."]]

* JustHereForGodzilla: Admit it guys... and [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer some girls]]. There's only ''one'' scene you care about in this film.

* ValuesDissonance: The Girl mentions that she posed for an "artistic" picture (called ''Textures'') in an issue of the photo anthology ''U.S. Camera''. Richard has a copy of this issue on his bookshelf, so he pulls it out and he and The Girl peruse it. We are [[TakeOurWordForIt not permitted to see the photograph]] in question at first, and the context of the film (especially Richard's mentioning that there must have been a large, gawking crowd) implies that the photo probably shows The Girl nude. But then Richard shows off the photo again - this time to one of his clients at work - and Billy Wilder finally permits the audience to see it as well. It shows The Girl wearing a ''bikini''. (In the mid-1950s, the bikini, [[EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench which was a French invention]], was banned in some parts of the United States, particularly in the Northeast.)

** The very first scene of the movie features white actors in red-face make-up portraying Native Americans and referring to them as "Indians". The scene itself is pretty tame as far as this stuff went but it's still jarring to a modern audience.

* AdaptationDisplacement: The film is based on a stage play, but the film is much better known due to its starring Creator/MarilynMonroe.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Helen (in a fantasy) shooting Richard to death [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill several times in the back and twice in the stomach]]. With his dying breath, Richard begs for a cigarette - which leads to....

* HarsherInHindsight: A character played by Tom Ewell contemplates having an affair with a much younger woman, begins to feel tremendous guilt about his feelings toward her, and briefly [[SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny entertains the thought of murdering her to stop her from "tempting" him]]. Forty-six years later, California Congressman Gary Condit - ''who looks almost exactly like Ewell'' - had an affair with a much younger woman and then was accused of murdering her. (Condit was eventually cleared, but it's still pretty eerie.)

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: A character played by Tom Ewell contemplates having an affair with a much younger woman, begins to feel tremendous guilt about his feelings toward her, and briefly [[SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny entertains the thought of murdering her to stop her from "tempting" him]]. [[BlackComedy Kind of unfunny to begin with]], but get this: forty-six years later, California Congressman Gary Condit - ''who looks almost exactly like Ewell'' - had an affair with a much younger woman and then was accused of murdering her. (Condit was eventually cleared, but it's still pretty eerie.)

* WatchItForTheMeme: Subverted, if you can believe it. A lot of people probably watch this movie to see the famous scene of Marilyn Monroe standing over the subway grate, but here's the thing... it's not in the film. A *version* of it can be seen, but it was re-shot on a soundstage (as opposed to on location, which is where the famous photographs come from) and edited so that her skirt is never seen above her waist.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film is a time capsule of the mid-1950s due to ValuesDissonance and other reasons. For starters, the entire plot is set in motion when the wives and children of New York City leave for New England to escape the summer heat, which would not be necessary just a few years later when air-conditioning became more prevalent and reliable. The female characters, almost without exception, are seen wearing the high-waisted, long-skirted "New Look" style of dress that was already starting to pass out of fashion when this movie was made. The script is littered with subtle and not-so-subtle references to the popular culture of the time period, some of them bordering on (and in one case even crossing) the CelebrityParadox: the characters going to a theater to see ''Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon''and a pretty blatant parody of ''Film/FromHereToEternity''. Perhaps most striking, however, is the characters' discussion of the [[Creator/MarilynMonroe Marilyn]] character wearing nothing but a bikini for a ''U.S. Camera'' photo shoot: we are told that police had to show up on the beach to keep the crowd under control, and until we actually see the photo, the way the characters refer to it leads us to believe that The Girl had actually been posing nude.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film is a time capsule of the mid-1950s due to ValuesDissonance and other reasons. For starters, the entire plot is set in motion when the wives and children of New York City leave for New England to escape the summer heat, which would not be necessary just a few years later when air-conditioning became more prevalent and reliable. The female characters, almost without exception, are seen wearing the high-waisted, long-skirted "New Look" style of dress that was already starting to pass out of fashion when this movie was made. The script is littered with subtle and not-so-subtle references to the popular culture of the time period, some of them bordering on (and in one case even crossing) the CelebrityParadox: the characters going to a theater to see ''Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon'', a pretty blatant parody of ''Film/FromHereToEternity'', etc. Perhaps most striking, however, is the characters' discussion of the [[Creator/MarilynMonroe Marilyn]] character wearing nothing but a bikini for a ''U.S. Camera'' photo shoot: we are told that police had to show up on the beach to keep the crowd under control, and until we actually see the photo, the way the characters refer to it leads us to believe that The Girl had actually been posing nude.

* WatchItForTheMeme: Subverted, if you can believe it. A lot of people probably watch this movie to see the famous scene of Marilyn Monroe standing over the subway grate, but here's the thing... it's not in the film. A *version* of it can be seen, but it was re-shot on a soundstage (as opposed to on location, which is where the famous photographs come from) and edited so that her skirt is never seen above her waist.

** The premise of the movie - that [[AManIsAlwaysEager all married men are just itching to cheat on their wives]] and will [[AllMenArePerverts pounce on an attractive woman the first chance that they get]], as a subject for ''light comedy''.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: A character played by Tom Ewell contemplates having an affair with a much younger woman, begins to feel tremendous guilt about his feelings toward her, and briefly [[SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny entertains the thought of murdering her to stop her from "tempting" him]]. [[BlackComedy Kind of unfunny to begin with]], but get this: forty-six years later, California Congressman Gary Condit - who looks ''almost exactly like Ewell'' - had an affair with a much younger woman and then was accused of murdering her. (Condit was eventually cleared, but it's still pretty eerie.)

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: A character played by Tom Ewell contemplates having an affair with a much younger woman, begins to feel tremendous guilt about his feelings toward her, and briefly entertains the thought of murdering her to stop her from "tempting" him. Kind of unfunny to begin with, but get this: forty-six years later, California Congressman Gary Condit - who looks ''almost exactly like Ewell'' - had an affair with a much younger woman and then was accused of murdering her. (Condit was eventually cleared, but it's still pretty eerie.)

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: A character played by Tom Ewell contemplates having an affair with a much younger woman, begins to feel tremendous guilt about his feelings toward her, and briefly entertains the thought of murdering her to stop her from "tempting" him. Kind of unfunny to begin with, but get this: forty-six years later, California Congressman Gary Condit - who looks almost exactly like Ewell - had an affair with a much younger woman and then was accused of murdering her. (Condit was eventually cleared, but it's still pretty eerie.)

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: "A cigarette? You know what Dr. Murphy told you about smoking!"

* EverybodyRemembersTheStripper: The film is remembered more for the publicity shot of Marilyn Monroe having her skirt lifted by a subway vent than any actual scene.
* SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}: "A cigarette? You know what Dr. Murphy told you about smoking!"
* JustHereForGodzilla: Admit it guys....and [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer some girls]]. There's only ''one'' scene you care about in this film.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Why is Mr. Brady shaving ''in his office''?
** Because he had been out all night "drinking bourbon, smoking cigars, and playing poker with the boys," before coming straight to the office.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The many elements of lascivious and edgy humor tend to get overlooked by many modern viewers, who [[MisaimedFandom enjoy the film for being "innocent."]]

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: "A cigarette? You know what Dr. Murphy told you about smoking!"

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The many elements of lascivious and edgy humor tend to get overlooked by many modern viewers, who [[CompletelyMissingThePoint enjoy the film for being "innocent."]]

* ValuesDissonance: The Girl mentions that she posed for an "artistic" picture (called ''Textures'') in an issue of the photo anthology ''U.S. Camera''. Richard has a copy of this issue on his bookshelf, so he pulls it out and he and The Girl peruse it. We are [[TakeOurWordForIt not permitted to see the photograph]] in question at first, and the context of the film (especially Richard's mentioning that there must have been a large, gawking crowd) implies that the photo probably shows The Girl nude. But then Richard shows off the photo again - this time to one of his clients at work - and Billy Wilder finally permits the audience to see it as well. It shows The Girl wearing a ''bikini''. (In the mid-1950s, the bikini, [[EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench which was a French invention]], was banned in some parts of the United States, particularly in the Northeast.)