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* BaseBreakingCharacter: Harry Burns. See ValuesDissonance below.


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* ValuesDissonance: Today's audience [[https://www.vulture.com/2012/10/when-harry-met-sally-is-bad-for-ladies.html often takes issue]] with Harry's [[CrazyJealousGuy dominating]], mansplaining, [[DisproportionateRetribution verbally accusative and aggressive]], [[StalkerWithACrush creeping]], and slut-shaming behavior toward Sally. While Harry was seen [[FairForItsDay in the late-1980s]] as the [[DesignatedHero designated hero]] of the story, but with "typically boorish manchild behavior"; his interactions with Sally would be [[HarsherInHindsight rightly judged]] as those of a controlling, demeaning, and abusive jerk [[SocietyMarchesOn in the 2020's]].

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* BestKnownForTheFanservice: The SignatureScene of the film is when Sally fakes an orgasm in a crowded restaurant.



** "[[DeadpanSnarker I'll have what she's having.]]"

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** "[[DeadpanSnarker I'll %%** "I'll have what she's having.]]"" Explanation?



* SignatureScene: Sally's very public and very loud fake orgasm. Say it with us now...
** SignatureLine: "I'll have what she's having"

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* SignatureScene: Sally's very public and very loud fake orgasm. Say orgasm, widely considered the film's funniest scene, has been parodied so often even people who have never watched it with us now...
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have quoted Estelle Reiner's famous punchline: "I'll have what she's having"having."
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* AwardSnub: One of the most beloved and enduring films of 1989, it’s only Oscar nomination was for Nora Ephron's screenplay.

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* AwardSnub: One of the most beloved and enduring films of 1989, it’s its only Oscar nomination was for Nora Ephron's screenplay.
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* ComedyAgeGhetto: The likeliest explanation for the lack of awards love despite love on every other front.

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* ComedyAgeGhetto: ComedyGhetto: The likeliest explanation for the lack of awards love despite love on every other front.
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* AwardSnub: One of the most beloved and enduring films of 1989, it’s only Oscar nomination was for Nora Ephron's screenplay.


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* ComedyAgeGhetto: The likeliest explanation for the lack of awards love despite love on every other front.


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* SuperCouple: The titular Harry and Sally are widely considered one of the greatest pairings in RomCom history for their hilarious and sweet chemistry combined with the winning portrayals by Creator/BillyCrystal and Creator/MegRyan.
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* SignatureScene: Sally's very public and very loud fake orgasm. Say it with us now...
** SignatureLine: "I'll have what she's having"

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* OneSceneWonder: The director's mother saying "I'll have what she's having" is remembered maybe even more so than the film is.
* TearJerker: Harry and Sally's coping with their failed relationships can hit close to home for people who have gone through that kind of grief. Both claim to be "over it" until innocuous events trigger their sadness and it all just comes pouring out at once.

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* OneSceneWonder: The director's Creator/RobReiner's mother saying "I'll have what she's having" is remembered maybe even more so than the film is.
* TearJerker: Harry and Sally's coping with their failed relationships can hit close to home for people who have gone through that kind of grief. Both claim to be "over it" until innocuous events trigger their sadness and it all just comes pouring out at once.once.
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* BestKnownForTheFanservice: The most known scene of the film is when Sally fakes an orgasm in a crowded restaurant -- possibly approaching AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame.

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* BestKnownForTheFanservice: The most known scene SignatureScene of the film is when Sally fakes an orgasm in a crowded restaurant -- possibly approaching AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame.restaurant.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Men and women can never be just friends. Also increasingly a case of ValuesDissonance as people of both genders become more integrated.
** Averted as Harry and Sally were friends for a long time before falling in love. It also proves Harry's assertions wrong, as he's friends with Sally because they are genuine good friends, and he does not show any signs of wanting to have sex with her during their friendship, and only barely when he falls in love with her.
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* MemeticMutation: "When ______Met ______" . Almost thirty years later and people will recognize this as a riff on the movie's title.

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* MemeticMutation: "When ______Met ______ Met ______" . Almost thirty years later The movie was released in 1989, and people will still recognize this as a riff on the movie's its title.

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* OneLineWonder: The director's mother saying "I'll have what she's having" is remembered maybe even more so than the film is.


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* OneSceneWonder: The director's mother saying "I'll have what she's having" is remembered maybe even more so than the film is.
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* OneLineWonder: The director's mother saying "I'll have what she's having" is remembered maybe even more so than the film is.
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* Tearjerker: Harry and Sally's coping with their failed relationships can hit close to home for people who have gone through that kind of grief. Both claim to be "over it" until innocuous events trigger their sadness and it all just comes pouring out at once.

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* Tearjerker: TearJerker: Harry and Sally's coping with their failed relationships can hit close to home for people who have gone through that kind of grief. Both claim to be "over it" until innocuous events trigger their sadness and it all just comes pouring out at once.
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** "[[DeadpanSnarker I'll have what she's having.]]"

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** "[[DeadpanSnarker I'll have what she's having.]]"]]"
* Tearjerker: Harry and Sally's coping with their failed relationships can hit close to home for people who have gone through that kind of grief. Both claim to be "over it" until innocuous events trigger their sadness and it all just comes pouring out at once.
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* MemeticMutation: "When ______Met ______" . 20-something years later and people will recognize this as a riff on the movie's title.

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* MemeticMutation: "When ______Met ______" . 20-something Almost thirty years later and people will recognize this as a riff on the movie's title.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Men and women can never be just friends. Also increasingly a case of ValuesDissonance as people of all genders become more integrated.

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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Men and women can never be just friends. Also increasingly a case of ValuesDissonance as people of all both genders become more integrated.



** "I'll have what she's having."

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** "I'll "[[DeadpanSnarker I'll have what she's having."]]"
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** Averted as Harry and Sally were friends for a long time before falling in love. It also proves Harry's assertions wrong, as he's friends with Sally because they are genuine good friends, and he does not show any signs of wanting to have sex with her during their friendship, and only barely when he falls in love with her.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Harry is seen reading ''Literature/{{Misery}}'' by Creator/StephenKing. Guess what Creator/RobReiner's next film was?
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Men and women can never be just friends.

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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Men and women can never be just friends. Also increasingly a case of ValuesDissonance as people of all genders become more integrated.

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* MemeticMutation: "When ______Met ______" . 25 years later and people will recognize this as a riff on the movie's title.
** "I'll have what she's having."
* WhatCouldHaveBeen : Rob Reiner originally envisioned Susan Dey for the part of Sally, but she turned it down.

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* MemeticMutation: "When ______Met ______" . 25 20-something years later and people will recognize this as a riff on the movie's title.
** "I'll have what she's having."
* WhatCouldHaveBeen : Rob Reiner originally envisioned Susan Dey for the part of Sally, but she turned it down.
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* BestKnownForTheFanservice: The most known scene of the film is when Sally fakes an orgasm in a restaurant.

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* BestKnownForTheFanservice: The most known scene of the film is when Sally fakes an orgasm in a restaurant.crowded restaurant -- possibly approaching AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame.
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** "I'll have what she's having."
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* MemeticMutation: "When ______Met ______" . 25 years later and people will recognize this as a riff on the movie's title.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: When Sally is faking the orgasm in Katz's Deli, the woman who says "I'll have what she's having" is seated in the self service section and a waiter would not have come over to take here order. The waiter service section is against the wall to Sally's left.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Men and women can never be just friends.

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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Men and women can never be just friends.friends.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen : Rob Reiner originally envisioned Susan Dey for the part of Sally, but she turned it down.
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* EverybodyRemembersTheStripper: The most known scene of the film is when Sally fakes an orgasm in a restaurant.

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* EverybodyRemembersTheStripper: BestKnownForTheFanservice: The most known scene of the film is when Sally fakes an orgasm in a restaurant.
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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMo36SfyQhw The ending.]]
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny:
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-bsf2x-aeE "I'll have what she's having."]]
** The scene at Giants Stadium is definitely the funniest description of a divorce in cinema history. "Mr. Zero knew before you did?"
** "You made a woman [[HeadTiltinglyKinky meow]]?"
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCoKZNFftk8 "I want you to know, I will never want that wagon wheel coffee table."]]
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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMo36SfyQhw The ending.]]

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