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1	* AwardSnub: One of the most beloved and enduring films of 1989, its only Oscar nomination was for Nora Ephron's screenplay.
2	* BaseBreakingCharacter: Harry Burns. See ValuesDissonance below.
3	* ComedyGhetto: The likeliest explanation for the lack of awards love despite love on every other front.
4	* HilariousInHindsight: Harry is seen reading ''Literature/{{Misery}}'' by Creator/StephenKing. Guess what Creator/RobReiner's next film was?
5	* MemeticMutation:
6	** "When ______ Met ______" . The movie was released in 1989, and people will still recognize this as a riff on its title.
7	** Being the movie's SignatureLine, "I'll have what she's having." is used and referenced in countless other movies and TV shows.
8	* OneSceneWonder: Creator/RobReiner's mother saying "I'll have what she's having" is remembered maybe even more so than the film is.
9	* SignatureScene: Sally's very public and very loud FakeOrgasm, widely considered the film's funniest scene, has been parodied so often even people who have never watched it have quoted Estelle Reiner's famous punchline: "I'll have what she's having."
10	* SuperCouple: The titular Harry and Sally are considered by some to be one of the great RomCom pairings due to the comedic acting talents of Creator/BillyCrystal and Creator/MegRyan.
11	** By others, not so much. (See ValuesDissonance below)
12	* 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.
13	* TechnologyMarchesOn: The ''{{Film/Casablanca}}'' scene. Nowadays, instead of tuning into the same station at the same time, Harry and Sally would have just had a Zoom, Skype or even Discord call, while streaming the movie.
14	* ValuesDissonance:
15	** 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 of the story, but with "typically boorish {{manchild}} behavior", his interactions with Sally are viewed today as those of a controlling, demeaning, and abusive jerk.
16	** Likewise, the film's final scene where [[spoiler:Harry and Sally get together]] was considered [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther sweet]], and [[HappilyEverAfter worth the rest of the film]] in the 1980's. Today, it's seen as either [[NoAccountingForTaste unrealistic]] or [[AwfulWeddedLife pathological]], with many audience members seeing [[LoveMartyr Sally]] as an idiot to accept [[WhyWouldAnyoneTakeHimBack Harry]] after all he put her through.

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