History YMMV / FamilyGuyS9E9AndImJoyceKinney

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Joyce, because she was portrayed as an AntiVillain for her actions. While it was wrong for Joyce to hold a grudge against Lois, many people rooted for her to get back at Lois due to Lois' behaviour in post-cancellation seasons as well as for the horrible prank Lois pulled on her back in high school.

* AccidentalAesop: While not lampshaded, this episode actually teaches people to never reveal such controversial/sensitive information to people who you haven't had long term friendships with (especially if the person is someone you wronged). Lois and Joyce were friends for barely a week, and the former revealed to Joyce that she did a porno. [[TemptingFate You can guess what happens next.]]

* JerkassWoobie: Joyce. While she did backstab Lois by telling the public that she did a porno which caused Lois to suffer immense humiliation, considering the horrific prank she was subjected to by Lois herself back in high school and how unlikeable she became as of late, it's hard not to feel bad for her and root for her.

* RootingForTheEmpire: Considering how much of an AlphaBitch and {{Jerkass}} Lois has become over the course of the series, especially to her children, and the horrible prank she pulled on Joyce, it's probably safe to say that a lot of viewers were rooting for Joyce.

* TakeThatScrappy: Many fans found it satisfying for Lois to suffer humiliation because of how much of a KarmaHoudini she was in later seasons of the show.
* UnintentionallySympathetic: Joyce, because she was portrayed as an AntiVillain for her actions. While it was wrong for Joyce to hold a grudge against Lois, many people rooted for her to get back at Lois due to Lois' behaviour in post-cancellation seasons as well as for the horrible prank Lois pulled on her back in high school.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: While Joyce was the antagonist, many fans do not see Lois in the sympathetic light due to her behaviour in post-cancellation seasons on top of the horrible prank she pulled on Joyce back in high school. Had this occurred in earlier seasons when Lois was more likeable, Lois probably would have been more sympathetic.

* AccidentalAesop: While not lampshaded, this episode actually teaches people to never reveal such controversial/sensitive information to people who you haven't had long term friendships with. Lois and Joyce were friends for barely a week, and the former revealed to Joyce that she did a porno. [[TemptingFate You can guess what happens next.]]

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Joyce, because she was portrayed as an AntiVillain for her actions. While it was wrong for Joyce to hold a grudge against Lois, many people rooted for her to get back at Lois due to Lois' behavior in post-cancellation seasons.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: While Joyce was the antagonist, many fans do not see Lois in the sympathetic light due to her behavior in post-cancellation seasons. Had this occurred in earlier seasons when Lois was more likable, Lois probably would have been more sympathetic.

* AccidentalAesop: While not lampshaded, this episode actually teaches people to never reveal such controversial/sensitive information to people who you haven't had long term friendships with. Lois and Joyce were friends for barely a month, and the former revealed to Joyce that she did a porno. [[TemptingFate You can guess what happens next.]]

* JerkassWoobie: Joyce. Granted, she suffered for what she went through, but she came back in one of the most unhealthy ways possible rather than just ignore Lois and move on when Lois was trying to make friends with her.
* RootingForTheEmpire: Considering how much of an AlphaBitch and {{Jerkass}} Lois has become over the course of the series, especially to her children, and the horrible prank she pulled on Joyce, it's probably safe to say that a lot of viewers were rooting for Joyce.
* TakeThatScrappy:While some fans don't think she deserves it for a prank she did years ago, they mostly see it as LaserGuidedKarma for her jerkass behavior in post-cancellation seasons.
* UnintentionallySympathetic: Joyce, because she was portrayed as an AntiVillain for her actions. While it was wrong and unhealthy for Joyce to hold a grudge against Lois, many people rooted for her to get back at Lois due to Lois' behavior in post-cancellation seasons.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: While Joyce's retaliation towards Lois was DisproportionateRetribution and Joyce clearly wasn't shown in the right for her behavior, many fans do not see Lois in the sympathetic light, even though she wasn't that much of a jerk in this episode. Had this occurred in earlier seasons when Lois was more likable, Lois probably would have been more sympathetic.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: While it's obvious that grudge holding isn't healthy and that DisproportionateRetribution is wrong, this episode just teaches people that bullying and hazing people to the point that they are humiliated in front of the student body should be easily forgiven and swept under the rug.

* MisaimedFandom: While some fans felt Lois got what she deserved, Kinney's stunt [[DisproportionateRetribution was the more damaging]], as it resulted in Lois getting shamed by the entire town, and she did it years after the fact without confronting Lois about it first. Regardless of how you feel about Lois, this is not how you confront a former bully, who may instead wish to apologize, which Lois actually did. Had Lois not been sorry, then Joyce would have been a lot more justified.

** Some fans see this as EvilVsEvil due to Lois DesignatedHero status in the show and Joyce because she not only got revenge on Lois, but she (albeit understandably) refused to accept Lois' apology even after the latter showed remorse for the prank she pulled in high school.

* HilarityEnsues: In the real world, Joyce would have been fired immediately after airing her expose on Lois … not only because the story had no news value but that the story was meant only to humiliate someone with whom she held a grudge against (for making her the victim of a Carrie-style prank). WQHG would have been exposed to a huge libel lawsuit to boot.

* JerkassWoobie: Joyce. Granted, she suffered for what she went through, but she came back in one of the most unhealthy ways possible rather than just ignore Lois when Lois was trying to make friends with her.

* TakeThatScrappy: Lois did have that coming for some time now.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Okay, Lois has been a shitty person as of late, and did pull a cruel prank on Joyce in high school, but Joyce herself immediately descended to her level when she eclipsed it by using her new spot as Quahog news anchor as a bully pulpit, humiliating Lois in front of ''the entire town'' by revealing the porno Lois took part in, and didn't even confront her directly beforehand about it or give a chance to apologize. Fans still rooted for Joyce because Lois was finally getting blowback for post-cancellation, even though she should have suffered more for those other actions, and Joyce [[HeWhoFightsMonsters was being as bad as Lois]]. Joyce could have still just confronted her directly and be justified in not immediately forgiving her, and even retaliating afterwards, but only if Lois refused to apologize in the latter case.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Okay, Lois has been a shitty person as of late, and did pull a cruel prank on Joyce in high school, but Joyce herself immediately descended to her level when she eclipsed it by using her new spot as Quahog news anchor as a bully pulpit, humiliating Lois in front of ''the entire town'' by revealing the porno Lois took part in, and didn't even confront her directly beforehand about it or give a chance to apologize, and didn't even listen to Lois' apology. Fans still rooted for Joyce because Lois was finally getting blowback for past actions, even though she should have suffered more for those other actions, and Joyce [[HeWhoFightsMonsters was being as bad as Lois]]. Joyce could have still just confronted her directly and be justified in not immediately forgiving her, and even retaliating afterwards, but only if Lois refused to apologize in the latter case.
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: While it's obvious that grudge holding isn't healthy and that DisproportionateRetribution is wrong, this episode just teaches people that bullying and hazing people to the point that they are humiliated in front of the student body should be easily forgiven and swept under the rug (it doesn't help that Lois and the other cheerleaders were never seen getting punished by the administrators). Still, Joyce loses points for going behind Lois' back to pull the prank instead of talking it out with her.
* HilarityEnsues: In the real world, Joyce would have been fired immediately after airing her expose on Lois … not only because the story had no news value but that the story was meant only to embarrass and humiliate someone with whom she held a grudge against (for making her the victim of a Carrie-style prank). WQHG would have been exposed to a huge libel lawsuit to boot.
* JerkassWoobie: Joyce. Grranted, she suffered for what she went through, but she came back in one of the most unhealthy ways possible.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Joyce, because she was portrayed as a villain. While it was wrong and unhealthy for Joyce to hold a grudge against Lois, many people rooted for her to get back at Lois due to Lois' behavior in post-cancellation seasons.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: While Joyce's retaliation towards Lois was DisproportionateRetribution and Joyce clearly wasn't shown in the right for her behavior, many fans do not see Lois in the sympathetic light, even though she wasn't that much of a jerk in this episode. Had this occurred in earlier seasons when Lois was more likable, Lois probably would ave been more sympathetic.