History YMMV / SabrinaTheTeenageWitch

** One episode has Sabrina rejecting the advances of a ski instructor (who is several years older then her) who kisses her, telling her that she's only OK with Harvey kissing her. This episode became even more relevant in the wake of MeToo which prompted a lot of discussion about consent.

** Archie Comics' reaction to Hart's sexy spread in Maxim (they tried to sue her) becomes this after ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'' and ''Series/ChillingAdventuresOfSabrina''. At the time, they were very protective of their brand and didn't want the sitcom, or Hart, to do anything to taint the wholesomeness of their IPs. Their views changed after the death of Richard Goldwater, son of Archie creator John Goldwater, thus paving the way for the more mature, and often crude, shows.

** It makes more sense when you learn that the character of [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Aaron]] was supposed to actually be Josh, but David Lascher refused to return to the show, and the storyline had already been planned out. Also considering that many fans prefer Aaron to Josh, quite a few don’t mind the new love interest(and those that do prefer Josh thought it would've been too cruel to have Sabrina leave him at the altar).

** Season 5 likewise relocated the show from high school to college, dropped most of the supporting cast and introduced a load of new characters. The storylines also got more 'mature', which clashed with the earlier fun feeling of Seasons 1-3(though some fans did enjoy the more mature tone feeling like it was an organic evolution with Sabrina growing up). Dropping Harvey resulted in fan outrage too. Seasons 6 was noted to be a little better than 5, though not as close to the quality of earlier seasons.

** Season 7 has Aaron for both Josh and Harvey, many felt that him and Sabrina's romance wasn't the least bit convincing(mostly due to how rushed it was with them getting engaged despite knowing each other for only a couple of months) and found him to be overly bland and lacking in personality by comparison.

** Sabrina's aunts are called Hilda and Zelda; Years later, in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'', we meet a version of Zelda from a MirrorUniverse called Hilda.

** The episode where Sabrina tries to convince Harvey to go to college by slipping him an ambition potion, only to realize she accidentally gave him a "Blind Ambition" potion that makes him a ruthless corporate tycoon who scales back environmental protections and turns America into a polluted Industrial wasteland; and the stinger involves Salem accidentally drinking the same potion and making the call, "Remember: Greed is Good! Get Trump on the phone!" Given how much the cost of college and student loan debt has skyrocketed since the episode's premiere, and Trump became president with a platform of rolling back environmental protections and giving ''huge'' Big Corporate and Big Oil tax handouts... the episode became a ''lot'' less harmlessly funny to watch, to say the least.

** "The Crucible" ends with a CharacterFilibuster from the teachers running the mock Salem Witch Trials. (For context, the kids in Sabrina's class were asked to find out who was a witch after being given cards that said either "WITCH" or "TOWNSPEOPLE".) Libby accused Jenny out of spite and Sabrina for defending Jenny, so they were put on trial. Jenny's sticking to her convictions gets her condemned and Sabrina is cleared for her honesty about being a witch because no one believes her confession; Sabrina has to do some magic to get Libby to admit she was committing perjury. The teachers then reveal that ''no one'' had a witch card; it was an idea planted in the students' heads, and they condemned one of their classmates. They created the witches, with classic mob psychology. The kids understandably walk onto the bus with some shame about how they egged on Jenny's conviction, with the exception of Harvey and Sabrina. [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot Sabrina says with annoyance that that if she hadn't lost her card]], she wouldn't have been so worried.]] Harvey in the meantime is relieved his friend and girlfriend weren't convicted.

* BestKnownForTheFanservice: Season 7's "Sabrina Unplugged" is remembered entirely for Sabrina getting BreastExpansion and being put into a tight pink minidress.

** [[{{Series/Castle}} Javier Esposito]] is one of Sabrina's classmates in Season 4.

** In "The Phantom Menace", Josh laments how unpopular their pumpkin flavored coffee is...a mere four years before Starbucks introduced the pumpkin spice latte.

** Season 4's "The Phantom Menace" has a joke about how unpopular the coffee shop's pumpkin flavored coffee is - dating it to before Starbucks introduced the pumpkin spice latte in 2003.

** In "The Phantom Menace", Josh laments how unpopular their pumpkin flavored coffee is.

* AudienceAlienatingEra: The era from the early 1990s to late 2000s. The first noticeable thing was Sabrina temporarily being changed from being a witch amongst humans to a witch living amongst supernatural creatures. They also changed her hair from having white bobbed hair to it being long and blond (as in the aforementioned live-action series). Next were the other [[RetCanon changes]] made due to the popularity of the TV series: Sabrina got a last name, her aunts look more normal, and Salem got a complete overhaul (he could talk, his fur changed from red to black, and he WasOnceAMan). Not soon after that, the comic was given an ugly, "[[{{animesque}} manga]]" redesign that turned off fans, even though the storyline is arguably one of the best the comic has had and they returned Sabrina to having short hair. After its cancellation, Sabrina has only appeared in ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' cameos within the last few years. With ''ComicBook/AfterlifeWithArchie'' and ''ComicBook/ChillingAdventuresOfSabrina'', it seems this age has completely passed.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Just look at Website/ThisVeryWiki and how it favors the [[Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch show]]. Not only do many people not know the show was based on a [[ComicBook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch comic]], or even that Sabrina is from the same comic family as the main ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'', many elements and characters from the show were used in later versions of the comics (such as Salem originally being human). There was also a 70s Saturday morning cartoon (''WesternAnimation/SabrinaAndTheGroovieGoolies'') that older audiences may recall, and a TV-movie before the show that no one remembers. This has been slowly changing with Sabrina's appearances in popular ''Archie ''spinoffs and her appearances in the main ''Archie'' comics themselves. This may change with the new ''Series/ChillingAdventuresOfSabrina''.

** [[Creator/MariaMenounos]] shows up as a journalist in season 7.