History YMMV / LoisLane

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: While many comics fans reading older issues see Lois as a DamselScrappy for pestering Superman, it must be noted that Lois Lane's comics in the 50s were best-sellers and despite being a non-powered supporting character, she was one of the most popular women comics at the time. Likewise her [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks golden age]] version of Lois, [[http://glycon.livejournal.com/15725.html as pointed out]] by Creator/AlanMoore, a strong independent news journalist was a good deal more modern than LoveInterest in other stories from that era or afterwards.
--> '''Alan Moore''': She is a newspaper reporter, and had been so since the days when women newspaper reporters were very few and far between. Not only that, she is a star reporter whose byline is known and respected throughout Metropolis, if not the free world in its entirety. Now, if you think about a character like that realistically, you'd imagine that for a woman to have come so far she'd have to be capable, determined, tough and extremely resilient, wouldn't you? As opposed to being dopey, vain, gossipy, lovesick and accident prone? Sure you would. But the people at DC at the time obviously felt otherwise.

* ValuesDissonance: In one Golden Age story, Lois reluctantly goes on a date with Clark, but spikes his drink so he'll pass out and she can chase after a lead. With spiked drinks becoming synonymous with date-rape in the 21st century, this one moment can make Lois' early incarnation seem UnintentionallyUnsympathetic.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: While many comics fans reading older issues see Lois as a DamselScrappy for pestering Superman, it must be noted that Lois Lane's comics in the 50s were best-sellers and despite being a non-powered supporting character, she was one of the most popular women comics at the time. Likewise her GoldenAge version of Lois, [[http://glycon.livejournal.com/15725.html as pointed out]] by Creator/AlanMoore, a strong independent news journalist was a good deal more modern than LoveInterest in other stories from that era or afterwards.

** TheFifties comics and TookALevelInDumbass version continues to hamper her reputation rather than the far more interesting GoldenAge character.
** Lois Lane often gets mocked for being a supposedly brilliant journalist who can't tell that Clark Kent and Superman are one in the same. Leaving aside the two decades or so Post-Crisis in which she was Clark's SecretKeeper, stories about Lois strongly suspecting (but being unable to prove) the truth date all the way back to 1942. It doesn't help that any depiction where she knows right from the start ends up being the victim of TheyChangedItNowItSucks.

** Is she completely TooDumbtoLive going into hostile territories that would logically get her fired and be denied her last paycheck or secretly aware of her Idiot-ploy to lure Superman into saving her but she writes HERSELF as the GloryHound?

** This seems to be the case for the ''ComicBook/SupermanTruth'' storyline, when [[spoiler: the New-52 Lois discovers Superman's secret identity and ''blows it to the entire world like some tabloid sleaze!'', though most fans see the development as DorkAge since that is something no version of Lois in any adaptation would ever do]].

* WhatAnIdiot:
** In one story, Lois gets an interview with Superman... by jumping out of a window, completely certain that he would show up to rescue her.
** Amusingly referenced later, a powerless Clark does the same thing to get an interview with the new superhero Supernova in ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo''.
** She repeats this stunt in ''Film/SupermanII'', as an attempt to force Clark into revealing himself as Superman to her, with humiliating results.

* CantUnhearIt: Fans tend to hear Creator/DanaDelany as Lois Lane whenever they are reading her lines from just about anywhere, particularly because Delany has regularly voiced Lois over the years and her voice-acting handles Lois' snark incredibly well. Creator/PauleyPerrette and Creator/GreyDeLisle are also well regarded as Lois Lane voices go.

* SuperCouple: [[PunnyName Pun aside]], Lois and Superman, also nicknamed "The Power Couple", have pretty much achieved a mythical couple status since the 1930's. Actually, no other super-hero and his love interest, to this day, had a [[Series/LoisAndClark TV show]] solely devoted to their relationship.

* CantUnhearIt: Fans tend to hear Creator/DanaDelany as Lois Lane whenever they are reading her lines from just about anywhere, particularly because Delany has regularly voiced Lois over the years and her voice-acting handles Lois' snark incredibly well.

** Was her decision to reveal Clark/Superman to the world in ''ComicBook/SupermanTruth'' a MoralEventHorizon, or a relevant act that fits journalists today?

** Amusingly referenced later, a powerless Clark does the same thing to get an interview with the new superhero Supernova.

** Was her decision to reveal Clark/Superman to the world in ''Superman: Truth'' a MoralEventHorizon, or a relevant act that fits journalists today?

** Was her decision to reveal Clark/Superman to the world in Superman: Truth a moral event horizon, or a relevant act that fits journalists today?

** This is the characteristic once strongly associated with her. Ironically, it can be argued that Lois' role as a DamselInDistress was far more important to the Franchise/{{Superman}} plot than her role as a love interest, DependingOnTheWriter. In the 1940's, she did need to be rescued a lot (usually while pursuing a news story), but was fairly intelligent and could sometimes get herself out of scrapes by kicking ass and taking names. Once the 50's and 60's came around though. She constantly putting herself in danger for no reason, and whose sole goal in life was to have Superman marrying her. From the '70s onwards and in other media she's a much more well rounded and developed character, who is extremely competent and able to take care of herself. She still needs to be rescued sometimes, and the trope may pop up occasionally, but for the most part she's a very independent, intrepid and intelligent reporter who just needs a little help against super powered aggressors from time to time.

** This seems to be the case for the ''ComicBook/SupermanTruth'' storyline, when [[spoiler: the New-52 Lois discovers Superman's secret identity and ''blows it to the entire world like some tabloid sleeze!'', though most fans see the development as DorkAge since that is something no version of Lois in any adaptation would ever do]].

--->'''Lois:''' [[spoiler:She '''outted''' him!]] How could she destroy his-- '''our''' lives like that!

--->'''Lois:''' She '''outted''' him! How could she destroy his-- '''our''' lives like that!

* CantUnhearIt: Fans tend to hear Creator/DanaDelany as Lois Lane, particularly because Delany has regularly voiced Lois over the years and her voice-acting handles Lois' snark incredibly well.

* CantUnhearIt: Fans tends to hear Creator/DanaDelany as Lois Lane, particularly because Delany has regularly voiced Lois over the years and her voice-acting handles Lois' snark incredibly well.

** Being associated with this trope is probably what spurred John Byrne, in his ComicBook/PostCrisis retelling of Superman's origin, to make it very, very obvious that Lois was now an ActionGirl. This eventually led to an Inversion immediately after her wedding to Clark [[spoiler: when he was kidnapped after temporarily losing his powers]]. Lois took her Army brat background to extremes, becoming a GIJane in order to come to the rescue.