History YMMV / TheSlap

** From the American remake: The judge in the final episode. She makes an apt assessment of the situation and lets Rosie know that even though she wins this case, the judge still gives her a dressing-down, going as far as to make Rosie feel guilty by pointing out that while she was milking her son's abuse, far worse things have been going on in the world like the rape of a 9-year-old. He also makes it very clear to the parents that l just because they ''won'' the case doesn't mean they're completely off the hook, deciding in his verdict to send Child Protective Services to their home and making it crystal-clear that the next time their child either hurts someone or is hurt, they '''will''' be held responsible to the full extent of the law.

** From the American remake: The judge in the final episode. She makes an apt assessment of the situation and lets Rosie know that even though she wins this case, the judge still gives her a dressing-down, going as far as to make Rosie feel guilty by pointing out that while she was milking her son's abuse, far worse things have been going on in the world like the rape of a 9-year-old.

** Long story short, in response to the "Whose side are you on?" tagline, it's very easy to say neither.

* MemeticMutation: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHZvUeAdzeI The Slap Part 2]] comedy skit from Open Slather has garnered a huge amount of popularity on the internet, easily becoming the most known skit form that show. The skit takes the premise UpToEleven and involves the main character slapping the child, the parents, the party goers, the police, a cat on a tree, and then the narrator. It's been the source of countless edits usually with a {{Memetic Badass}}'s face imposed on the slapper and a variety of their victims imposed on all the people getting slapped. It's gotten to the point where [[WeirdAlEffect quite a lot of people are more familiar with that skit than the show it was made to parody]].

* TakeThatScrappy: In the American version Rosie gets told off by the judge for being a negligent parent who needs to get over herself and realise there's bigger problems worth caring about. Having Melissa George reprise the role makes it all the more satisfying.

* HarsherinHindsight: The scene where during his disastrous attempt to apologise to Gary and Rosie for said slap, Rosie confronting Harry on mistreating his wife can be uncomfortable to watch after it is revealed that Melissa George (who played Rosie) recently separated from her husband due to allegations of domestic abuse.

** From the Australian series: Manolis is generally considered the most likeable character, since he's not as manipulative as the rest. Even when he manhandles Aisha and goes to a brothel, he's still not the worst person in the series. Since everyone around him is so overbearing, a lot of the audience will see him as just a regular guy struggling to handle the melodrama.

* HarsherinHindsight: The scene where during his disastrous attempt to apologise to Gary and Rosie for said slap, Rosie confronting Harry on mistreating his wife can be uncomfortable to watch after it is revealed that Melissa George recently separated from her husband due to allegations of domestic abuse.

* MemeticMutation: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHZvUeAdzeI The Slap Part 2]] comedy skit from Open Slather has garnered a huge amount of popularity on the internet, easily becoming the most known skit form that show. The skit takes the premise UpToEleven and involves the main character slapping the child, the parents, the party goers, the police, and then the narrator. It's been the source of countless edits usually with a {{Memetic Badass}}'s face imposed on the slapper and a variety of their victims imposed on all the people getting slapped. It's gotten to the point where [[WeirdAlEffect quite a lot of people are more familiar with that skit than the show it was made to parody]].

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Manolis is generally considered the most likeable character, since he's not as manipulative as the rest. Even when he manhandles Aisha and goes to a brothel, he's still not the worst person in the series. Since everyone around him is so overbearing, a lot of the audience will forgive him for any moral lapses.

* HarsherinHindsight: The scene where during his disastrous attempt to apologise to the Weschlers for said slap, Rosie confronting Harry on mistreating his wife can be uncomfortable to watch after it is revealed that Melissa George recently separated from her husband due to allegations of domestic abuse.

* MemeticMutation: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHZvUeAdzeI The Slap Part 2]] comedy skit from Open Slather has garnered a huge amount of popularity on the internet, easily becoming the most known skit form that show. The skit takes the premise UpToEleven and involves the main character slapping the child, the parents, the party goers, the police, and then the narrator. It's been the source of countless edits usually with a {{Memetic Badass}}'s face imposed on the slapper and a variety of their victims imposed on all the people getting slapped. It's gotten to the point where quite a lot of people are more familiar with that skit than the show it was made to parody.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: When Hector's son fights with his sister after she called him a fat pig. We're then treated to a full-body shot of the portly boy sitting on a bean-bag eating chips and playing video games. Even Hector could see the irony in that moment.

* MemeticMutation: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHZvUeAdzeI The Slap Part 2]] comedy skit from Open Slather has garnered a huge amount of popularity on the internet, easily becoming the most known skit form that show. The skit takes the premise UpToEleven and involves the main character slapping the child, the parents, the party goers, and the police. It's been the source of countless edits usually with a {{Memetic Badass}}'s face imposed on the slapper and a variety of their victims imposed on all the people getting slapped. It's gotten to the point where quite a lot of people are more familiar with that skit than the show it was made to parody.

* JerkAssWoobie: Harry and Rosie to some people.

** Long story short, it's impossible to side with anyone.

* CrowningMomentofFunny: When Hector's son fights with his sister after she called him a fat pig. We're then treated to a full-body shot of the portly boy sitting on a bean-bag eating chips and playing video games. Even Hector could see the irony in that moment.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: The {{NBC}} Remake, at the very least.

** The parents of the slapee are ineffectual, indulgent, and lawsuit-happy. And their non-parenting led to their kid into becoming an out of control brat.

* JerkAssWoobie: Harry and Rosie to some people

* TheScrappy: Aisha and Rosie. Aisha is a sourpuss just looking for a reason to turn on Hector's family and look like a saint, while Rosie has a victim complex and tries to milk the incident for all it's worth.

* JerkAssWoobie: Harry and Rosie to some people

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: The NBC Remake, at the very least.
** The slapper is an aggressive, Jerkass bigot little much else.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is Rosie a sweet, loving woman who needs to learn to control her child or a hysterical, irresponsible idiot? Is Harry a vile child abuser or a jerk who was in that instant justified in disciplining a bratty child
* JerkAssWoobie: Harry and Rosie to some people
* PapaWolf: Harry could be seen as this

* JerkassHasAPoint: Harry may be a bastard, but considering that Hugo was about to hit a kid with a cricket bat, he's pretty justified in wanting to do something about it. Slapping him might not have been the best idea, though, and especially not when the bat had already been taken away (as it harms his defence in court).

* JerkAssWoobie: Harry and Rosie to some people