History YMMV / Mom

* AssPull: Wendy being raised by two moms came out of nowhere. In an earlier episode, she tried to impress Jeanine by mentioning an ex-boyfriend who came out, as if that was her only experience with queer people. Even the excuse that the other girls ignore her stories contradicts the few times she openly talked about her parents and family.[[note]] Especially a previous joke that she doesn't like to talk about [[TheMafia her family]].[[/note]]
** The very quickly put together explanation for Christy's absence in Season 8 (thanks to Anna Faris's decision to depart the series after Season 7) had shades of this, since Christy had previously been established as struggling to get accepted into even the most bottom-of-the-barrel law schools she could find, meaning suddenly getting a full scholarship to study at Georgetown University (one of the most prestigious and selective law schools in America,) as stretching the suspension of disbelief just a little too far. That said, just as many appreciated it, since Christy had spent so long struggling to put her life back together, so they enjoyed it as a cathartic EarnYourHappyEnding, regardless of how much of a stretch it seemed.

--> '''Bonnie:''' When did I eat corn?! [''points to sink''] '''CORN!'''\\

** In "Forged Resumes and the Recommended Dosage", during which time the family is temporarily lodging with Marjorie and her eight cats, Violet returns late at night, drunk. She doesn't make it in time and [[VomitDiscretionShot hurls on the kitchen floor]]; Marjorie's cats [[{{Squick}} immediately run to the unseen mess and start devouring it]]. This causes Christy to barf in the trash can and Bonnie the kitchen sink.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Violet seems to be the most controversial character in the series. Plenty see her as a sympathetic JerkassWoobie who is justifiably upset at the compounded trauma she's endured at the hands of an alcoholic mother ''and'' grandmother. Others, however, see her as a flat and badly-written stereotypical BrattyTeenageDaughter character who unfairly blames '''everything''' wrong in her life on Christy without acknowledging her own role in it, such as her teenage pregnancy, and whose interactions with Christy cross a line from "understandably frustrated" into "excessively petty," (especially considering the show has something of a running theme about the importance of acceptance and forgiveness; with both Christy ''and'' Bonnie having episodes devoted to learning they need to let go of the past and stop harboring resentment toward their own mothers.) Her final appearance in "Jell-O Shots and the Truth About Santa" only threw more fuel on the fire. Many agree with her decision to cut Christy out of her life entirely, while others felt like her countering everything Christy said with some kind of sneering put-down was overly cruel.

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome:

** The season 1 episode "Cotton Cady and Blended Fish" could be the pinnacle of this trope in the series. Christy managing to reconcile Marjorie and her son while using the experience to try to fix her own relationship with her kids hits a lot harder in "Jell-O Shots and the Truth About Santa", where it's revealed Marjorie and her son's reconciliation didn't last and Christy and Violet's relationship meets the same fate.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
** The end of "Free Therapy and a Dead Lady's Yard Sale". Violet, having learned her birth father was abusive, asks Christy if she is a reminder of a dark period of her life. Christy assures her daughter it's just the opposite: Becoming pregnant with Violet gave her the courage to leave her boyfriend for good. It's the least hostile interaction Christy and Violet have ever had.
** In "Illegal Eels and the Cantaloupe Man", Bonnie and Adam's Valentine's Day dinner is interrupted when their friends, all either single or having relationship problems, steadily all show up. Rather than be put out, the couple lets them stay and offers support. Adam even gets a single rose each (two for Bonnie) for the women.
** In the second season, Marjorie announces as of her last scan, she's cancer free. The whole group moves in to cheer and hug.
** Wendy reassuring Marjorie that her unusual response to Victor's death is completely normal because she's seen the grieving process start early for those who love someone with a terminal illness, so what she's seeing are the later stages of the grieving process.

-->'''Bonnie:''' Your sister is your mother, and your brother's your uncle? Oh, he's just your brother. Okay, got it. So, which one needs the kidney?

** Travis, Jodi's ex-boyfriend, was abusive towards Jodi and caused her death. Once we hear his side of the story, it's shown his life had been on a downward spiral as well, right around when Jodi started attending, and his addiction had been every bit as bad as hers. He is guilt-stricken. At the end of the day, no one could tell him it wasn't his fault, as even if he didn't mean to, it still was his fault.

* AssPull: Wendy being raised by two moms came out of nowhere. In an earlier episode, she tried to impress Jeanine by mentioning an ex-boyfriend who came out, as if that was her only experience with queer people. Even the excuse that the other girls ignore her stories contradicts the few time she openly talked about her parents and family.[[note]] Especially a previous joke that she doesn't like to talk about [[TheMafia her family]].[[/note]]

* InformedWrongness: When Luke tells his parents about Violet's pregnancy, his father says that they aren't getting married and wants a paternity test to confirm Luke is the father. He's portrayed as heartless and judgmental, but the fact is teen marriage is a bad idea, even the kids realized that eventually. The Plunkett women are outraged that he demanded a paternity test because Violet had never had sex with anyone else. But how was Luke's father supposed to know that, and why would he take their word for it?

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: When facing losing her job in "Teenage Vampires and a White Russian", Christy threatens to post the restaurant's health code violations online, which scares the regional manager into letting her stay. It's one of the few times when the mousy Christy oozes confidence. It also comes off as long overdue payback for being unfairly demoted back in Season 3 because of nepotism.

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: When facing losing her job in "Teenage Vampires and a White Russian", Christy threatens to post the restaurant's health code violations online, which scares the regional manager into letting her stay. It's one of the few times when the mousy Christy oozes confidence.

** Travis, Jodi's ex-boyfriend, was abusive towards Jodi and caused her death. Once we hear his side of the story it's shown his life had been on a downward spiral as well right around when Jodi started attending and his addiction had been every bit as bad as hers and is guilt-stricken. At the end of the day no one could tell him it isn't fault as even if he didn't mean to, it still was his fault.

* JerkassWoobie: Bonnie was abandoned by her mother, abused in foster care, went undiagnosed with ADD, abandoned by her daughter's father, got back together with him only to have him die almost immediately, and she relapsed because of prescription pain pills (which really were for pain).

* IdiotPlot: In "A Catheter and a Dipsy-Doodle," Christy becomes deathly ill and is forced to stay in the hospital, despite being the same day as her final exam at community college. This becomes a problem for two reasons. One, under normal circumstances, a hospital can't legally imprison its patients; Christy could probably just sign a waiver allowing her to leave against their wishes. Two, if Christy is literally sick enough to be, not only hospitalized, but under such a quarantine, it's really unlikely the school wouldn't offer her some chance to make-up the test. Some colleges even prohibit professors to ask for doctors' notes in such circumstances.