History YMMV / ForgettingSarahMarshall

* HilariousInHindsight: The cell phone horror movie Sarah stars in sounds ridiculous... until you realize that [[Film/OneMissedCall an American remake of a Japanese horror movie with a very similar premise]] came out earlier in the same year that this movie came out.
** Among a few other references, Jason Segel drunkenly sings the ''Film/TheMuppets2011'' theme.

* TheWoobie: Sarah has bits of this. [[spoiler: She had her show cancelled--while on vacation(!) and it's clear to even her that she has no future in film. She finds out that she's dating the wrong kind of guy, which leads to getting jealous of Peter [[FromBadToWorse which leads to getting chewed out by both Aldous AND Peter]], etc.]] [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation Depending on how you see her,]] this could be seen as karmic justice, or that she makes really bad choices (which, considering her career choices...).

** Among a few other references, Jason Segel drunkenly sings the ''Film/TheMuppets'' theme.

* EarWorm: "Inside of you..."

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: As the movie develops, it allows room for some human shades of both Aldous Snow and Sarah, who were initially seen as antagonists from Peter's perspective. Not very many break-up movies let the 'bitchy ex-girlfriend' to also be seen as TheWoobie, or the other guy to also be a NiceGuy.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Aldous Snow was so popular that he got [[Film/GetHimToTheGreek his own spin-off movie]]

* TheWoobie: Sarah has bits of this. [[spoiler: She had her show cancelled--while on vacation(!) and it's clear to even her that she has no future in film. She finds out that she's dating the wrong kind of guy, which leads to getting jealous of Peter [[FromBadToWorse which leads to getting chewed out by both Aldious AND Peter]], ect.]] [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation Depending on how you see her,]] this could be seen as karmic justice, or that she makes really bad choices (which, considering her career choices...).

** Even Rachel has a moment when Peter confesses he tried to sleep with Sarah again. A lot of tourists probably try to use her as a vacation fling, and at that point it looks as though Peter was doing just that.

** Even Rachel has a moment when Peter confesses he tried to sleep with Sarah again. She's probably approached a lot of tourists who try to use her as a vacation fling, and at that point it looks as though Peter was doing just that.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: As the movie develops, it allows room for some human shades of both Aldous Snow and Sarah, who were initially seen as antagonists from Peter's perspective. Not very many break-up movies let the 'bitchy ex-grifriend' to also be seen as TheWoobie, or the other guy to also be a NiceGuy.

* TheWoobie: Sarah has bits of this. [[spoiler: She had her show cancelled- while on vacation(!) and it's clear to even her that she has no future in film. She finds out that she's dating the wrong kind of guy, which leads to getting jealous of Peter [[FromBadToWorse which leads to getting chewed out by both Aldious AND Peter]], ect.]] [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation Depending on how you see her,]] this could be seen as karmic justice, or that she makes really bad choices (which, considering her career choices...).

* DracoInLeatherPants: Sarah Marshall, despite being portrayed as a selfish, petty and genuinely unpleasant individual, will still have audience members defend her to the death...presumably because she's played by the very attractive Creator/KristenBell. The UnfortunateImplications in her negative portrayal don't help matters.

* HilariousInHindsight: The cell phone horror movie Sarah stars in sounds ridiculous... until you realize that [[OneMissedCall an American remake of a Japanese horror movie with a very similar premise]] came out earlier in the same year that this movie came out.

* RoleAssociation: [[Series/HowIMetYourMother Marshall Eriksen]] gets dumped by VeronicaMars and eventually ends up with [[That70sShow Jackie Burkhart]].

* DracoInLeatherPants: Sarah Marshall, despite being portrayed as a selfish, petty and genuinely unpleasant individual, will still have audience members defend her to the death...presumably because she's played by the very attractive Creator/KristenBell.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Sarah Marshall, despite being portrayed as a selfish, petty and genuinely unpleasant individual, will still have audience members defend her to the death...presumably because she's played by the very attractive KristenBell.

* FanDisservice: This movie has way, way too much male nudity - although it may be a FanService to female viewers.
** [[NakedPeopleAreFunny Or...]]

** It's quite sad when people are insecure enough to consider a very, very quick shot of male nudity a 'fan disservice' for male viewers. Can't it just be "scene that doesn't turn me on", no different from every other non-sexual scene in the film? I don't fancy women, but I don't consider very brief nudity to be a 'fan disservice'.

* TheWoobie: Sarah has bits of this. [[spoiler: She had her show cancelled- while on vacation(!) and it's clear to even her that she has no future in film. She finds out that she's dating the wrong kind of guy, which leads to getting jealous of Peter [[ItGotWorse which leads to getting chewed out by both Aldious AND Peter]], ect.]] [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation Depending on how you see her,]] this could be seen as karmic justice, or that she makes really bad choices (which, considering her career choices...).

** Among a few other references, Jason Segel drunkenly sings the Film/TheMuppets theme.

** It's quite sad when people are insecure enough to consider male nudity a 'fan disservice' for male viewers. Can't it just be "scene that doesn't turn me on", no different from every other non-sexual scene in the film?

* HilariousInHindsight: The cell phone horror movie Sarah stars in sounds ridiculous... until you realize that [[OneMissedCall an American remake of a Japanese horror movie with a very similar premise]] came out earlier in the same year that this movie came out.
** Among a few other references, Jason Segel drunkenly sings the [[Film/TheMuppets The Muppets]] theme.
* RoleAssociation: [[HowIMetYourMother Marshall Eriksen]] gets dumped by VeronicaMars and eventually ends up with [[That70sShow Jackie Burkhart]].
* TheWoobie: Sarah has bits of this. [[spoiler: She had her show cancelled- while on vacation(!) and it's clear to even her that she has no future in film. She finds out that she's dating the wrong kind of guy, which leads to getting jealous of Peter [[ItGotWorse which leads to getting chewed out by both Aldious AND Peter]], ect.]] [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation Depending on how you see her,]] this could be seen as karmic justice, or that she makes really bad choices (which, considering her career choices...).

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: As the movie develops, it allows room for some human shades of both Aldous Snow and Sarah, who were initially seen as antagonists from Peter's perspective. Not very many break-up movies let the 'bitchy ex-grifriend' to also be seen as TheWoobie, or the other guy to also be a NiceGuy.

* TheWoobie:Sarah tried really hard to fix Peter before cheating on him, had her show cancelled while she was on vacation, got dumped by Aldous and then got chewed out by Peter for loving him

* TheWoobie:Sarah tried really hard to fix Peter before cheating on him, had her show cancelled while she was on vacation, got dumped by Aldous and then got chewed by Peter for loving him

* FanDisservice: This movie has way, way too much male nudity.