History YMMV / WillAndGrace

* FanPreferredCouple: While Karen ends the show getting back together with her husband Stan, most fanfiction for the show instead pairs Karen with her boss Grace. This is mainly due to the chemistry between the two and the massive amounts of LesYay between them, as well as the fact that Stan is TheGhost. It also easily overshadows Grace with any of her canon love interests, such as her marriage to Leo. On Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn and Website/FanfictionDotNet, the Grace/Karen pairing makes up most of the shipping fanfiction for the show.

** Karen with Lorraine. Best summed up when Lorraine was trying to steal some of Karen's jewels. After the takes off the visible jewels, and the ones hiding in her cleavage, Karen merely responds, "And...?" Lorraine then spreads her legs further apart and ''more jewels fall to the floor.'' Karen's response? "Impressive. Had we met under different circumstances, this might be 'hello' instead of 'goodbye.'"

* MisaimedFandom: Megan Mullally has said that women constantly come up to her and say “I’m just like Karen. People at work tell me that all the time.” Mullally’s response? “You know what? The people at your office may not be giving you a compliment. You may be getting fired soon.”

** Reed Alexander appeared in the episode "A Little Christmas Queer". The very next episode, "Von Trapped", had fellow ''{{iCarly}}'' alumnus Creator/JennetteMcCurdy as a guest star.

* SugarWiki/SheCanReallyAct: Britney Spears is surprisingly convincing in her guest role as Amber Louise.

* He/SheCanReallyAct: Britney Spears is surprisingly convincing in her guest role as Amber Louise.

** Neil Patrick Harris had a guest role in Season 2 as a gay man who had been converted to heterosexuality. Six years later, Harris came out as gay.
** Victor Garber also had a guest appearance on the show before he came out.

* CrazyIsCool: Karen is a drunken drug addled CloudCuckoolander and the fans love her for it.

** Karen's treatment of her staff in general would qualify, especially with the way she often laughs at poor Smitty's misfortunes.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Snarker supreme Rosario is also popular with many fans especially thanks to her funny interactions with Karen.

*** "Rosario's Quinceañera", which also features a member of the Finster family, arguably outdoes the above. It is mentioned that Karen had a threesome with [[SitcomArchNemesis Lorraine Finster]] and Ly the latter's father. To top it all off, this information is revealed during Rosario's funeral.

*** Karen's treatment of her staff in general would qualify, especially with the way she often laughs at poor Smitty's misfortunes.

** "Rosario's Quinceañera" reveals that Karen had a threesome with her SitcomArchNemesis Lorraine Finster and the latter's father. To top it all off, this information is revealed during Rosario's funeral.

** "Rosario's Quinceañera" reveals that Karen had a threesome with her SitcomArchNemesis Lorraine Finster with the latter's father as the third party. To top it all off, this information is revealed during Rosario's funeral.

** In Season 5, Creator/GeneWilder appears in several episodes as Mr. Stein, one of the head partners of Will's law firm. In his introductory episode, Stein is extremely absentminded and has short-term memory loss, and routinely needs to be reminded of his identity and surroundings. Will later finds him having a breakdown in the men's room, and Stein admits that he's been absent from the firm because he was in a mental hospital; he claimed he was working in the firm's London office in order to protect his professional reputation. After Wilder's death in 2016, his family revealed that [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2016/08/31/gene-wilder-and-his-alzheimers-secret/#383b58e247e3 he was suffering from Alzheimer's]], and that he'd kept his illness a secret to avoid upsetting and disappointing young fans of ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory''.
** The series plays Grace's insecurity regarding her relationship with Leo for laughs several times, from her being jealous when she meets his ex-girlfriend to fearing he will cheat on her. These jokes become less funny when the season 6 finale reveals he cheated on her while they were in Cambodia.

** Both Jeanette [=McCurdy=] and Reed Alexander guest starred in an episode of this show before they became more famous for their roles in ''Series/ICarly''. ''iCarly'' itself would also get [[Series/ICarly2021 a revival]] just like ''Will & Grace''.

* WereStillRelevantDammit: The first episode of the season 9 revival relies almost entirely on {{Take That}}s against the Trump administration for its humor.

** Karen has quite a bit of FoeYay with Lorraine. Best summed up when Lorraine was trying to steal some of Karen's jewels. After the takes off the visible jewels, and the ones hiding in her cleavage, Karen merely responds, "And...?" Lorraine then spreads her legs further apart and ''more jewels fall to the floor.'' Karen's response? "Impressive. Had we met under different circumstances, this might be 'hello' instead of 'goodbye.'"

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:

* HarsherInHindsight:

* CrossesTheLineTwice: "Rosario's Quinceañera" reveals that Karen had a threesome with her SitcomArchNemesis Lorraine Finster with the latter's father as the third party. To top it all off, this information is revealed during Rosario's funeral.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: In episode 9 of season 11, the episode focuses on bi-erasure and biphobia and Will and Grace's insensitive attitudes on bisexuality are called out by Grace's niece's openly bisexual boyfriend.

* CrazyAwesome: Karen is a drunken drug addled CloudCuckoolander and the fans love her for it.

** Eric Allan Kramer guest starred in a Season 7 episode where Leigh-Allyn Baker's character also appeared. The two would co-star later in ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie''.

** A Season 8 episode has Will ask, "Where in the world are Matt Lauer's manners?". In 2017, Matt Lauer was exposed as one of numerous figures in entertainment guilty of rape and sexual harassment.
** The RunningGag about Grace's [[BigEater big appetite]] becomes this when Debra Messing [[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8605179/Debra-Messing-admits-way-skinny-Grace.html revealed she felt pressured to lose weight]] during the show's original run.