History YMMV / MrsDoubtfire

** Many commenters who watched this movie as children but have since grown up noted that nobody, not the in-universe characters, the audience, or the MoralGuardians made a big fuss when Daniel mentioned his kids' "Uncle Frank and Aunt Jack", basically confirming they were an openly gay and married couple (and good guys, too) in a kids' movie.

** The ending scene where it is revealed that Daniel was promoted to host of a children's program in his Mrs. Doubtfire persona, with nobody making up a fuss... in contrast to the 2020s drama about "Drag Queen Story Hour".

** Harvey Fierstein's character is depicted in a relatively positive light, if a bit camp. That he has a healthy relationship with his partner is downright progressive for a movie from 1993.

** Harvey Fierstein's character is depicted in a relatively positive light, if a bit camp. That he has a healthy relationship with his partner is downright progressive from a movie from 1993.

** Daniel gets [[LineOfSightName his titular alias from a newspaper headline saying "Police Doubt Fire Was Accidental"]]. In January 2015, the house used for the Hillard home got attacked by an arsonist.

** With trans panic being prevalent in TheNewTens and [[TheNewTwenties '20s]], a middle-aged man who crossdresses and hangs around children would be considered lucky to just be kept under court-mandated supervision instead of being publicly vilified and possibly attacked by violent reactionaries.

** With trans panic being prevalent in TheNewTens and 20s, a middle-aged man who crossdresses and hangs around children would be considered lucky to just be kept under court-mandated supervision instead of being publicly vilified and possibly attacked by violent reactionaries.

** In ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' Magazine's parody of this movie, there's a panel where the judge in the final hearing asks, "And now for the next case: Should the career of Creator/PierceBrosnan be declared legally dead?" Ummmm....[[Franchise/JamesBond no]].
** In the "Pudgy and Grunge" cartoon that Daniel is recording for at the beginning of the film, Pudgy at one point says, "Eat your heart out, Creator/MerylStreep" after Grunge has taken him from his cage. And then later, when Grunge is planning on cooking Pudgy, he says "Eat your heart out, Julia Child". Well, [[Film/JulieAndJulia guess who Meryl Streep went on to portray 16 years after this film's release]]?

** Relatedly, Mrs. Doubtfire's children's show at the end is pretty much the "Drag Queen Story Hour" that became a moral panic for American conservatives in 2022.

** While the judge restricting Daniel's visitation rights over his stunt is understandable, referring to Daniel as a social deviant just because he dressed up as an old lady seems a bit discriminatory by today's standards.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The Oscar-winning Mrs. Doubtfire getup, which took four hours to apply. Williams would often walk around town as Mrs. Doubtfire as it was such a pain to remove and reapply, which doubled as a handy way to test how believable it was. He never got caught, even when he visited a sex shop and handled several bits of merchandise.
* WTHCastingAgency: And featuring Harvey Fierstein as Robin Williams' brother! Wait, what? [[RuleOfCool He's a delight to see, though.]]

* HarsherInHindsight: Daniel gets [[LineOfSightName his titular alias from a newspaper headline saying "Police Doubt Fire Was Accidental"]]. In January 2015, the house used for the Hillard home got attacked by an arsonist.
** Daniel saying he "can't live without air" during his speech in court became this after Robin Williams commited suicide.

** Daniel saying he "can't live without air" during his speech in court became this after Robin Willliams commited suicide.