History YMMV / JohnMulaney

* LGBTFanbase: Many fans of his comedy (especially on sites like Website/{{Tumblr}}) are young members of the LGBT community, in part due to his many jokes about being CampStraight (saying he was supposed to be born gay and God just "forgot to flip a switch") and references to musical theater. However, this took a hit after one of his 2022 shows featured Creator/DaveChappelle, whose routine included homophobic and transphobic jokes. He seemingly alludes to his gay fanbase in ''Baby J'' when he tells adults who don't know him to ask their daughter who he is, "or your son if he's not an athlete."

* PlayAlongMeme: One of John's standup bits is about how he was bullied as a child for being Asian-American (which he is not) and was often mistaken for a woman, capping with him calling himself a "proud Asian-American woman." As such, fans will often jokingly celebrate John as an example of female Asian-American representation in comedy.

** A lot of people were surprised to find out that not only are JJ Bittenbinder and his classes on "STREET SMARTS!" real, but John was ''not'' exaggerating Bittenbinder's cartoonish mannerisms. The actual Bittenbinder is apparently not a fan of his depiction in John's routine, either.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Towards the end of The Comeback Kid special, John interrupts his story about meeting Bill Clinton to describe at length the climax of Film/TheFugitive. It barely ties into the anecdote and isn't mentioned again for the rest of the special, although there is one moment earlier when he suggests "I didn't kill my wife!" as a hypothetical way to show how punchy 'my wife' is as a phrase. Although it was probably meant as an OverlyLongGag.

* LGBTFanbase: Many fans of his comedy (especially on sites like Website/{{Tumblr}}) are young members of the LGBT community, in part due to his many jokes about being CampStraight (saying he was supposed to be born gay and God just "forgot to flip a switch") and references to musical theater. However, this took a hit after one of his 2022 shows featured Creator/DaveChappelle, whose routine included homophobic and transphobic jokes.

** Another story in ''New In Town'' made harsher due to his later relapse is "The Xanax Story," in which he lies to a doctor to get anxiety medication and gets an unnecessary [[AssShove prostate exam]] as a result. Mulaney would later reveal that on top of cocaine and alcohol, he also abused prescription drugs, including Xanax.

** In "Baby J," his anecdote of snorting coke of a diaper changing station elicits [[{{Squick}} audience groans]], so he doubles down by insisting they're not built for holding a human baby and were ''made'' to snort coke off.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Rarely, but:

** Another story in ''New In Town'' made harsher due to his later relapse is "The Xanax Story," in which he lies to a doctor to get anxiety medication and gets an unnecessary [[AssShove prostate exam]] as a result. Mulaney would later reveal that on top of cocaine and alcohol, he also abused prescription drugs.

* TearJerker: On ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', John Mulaney returned to host in 2022. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUgzDqniZgo He gives an opening monologue about his relapse]]. While it's certainly hilarious and sidesplitting, he looks a little sad, if calmer when talking about his friends staged an intervention.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Rarely, but in ''Kid Gorgeous'' he says Detective Bittenbinder "could look at a child and guess the price of their coffin." Lampshaded almost immediately as half the audience gasps.
-->'''Mulaney''': That line never gets a laugh, but once you write it, it stays in the act forever.

** His gung-ho affection for Anna, specifically his bits about how great it feels to call Anna his wife and his "my wife is a bitch and I like her so much" bit, become more sad after he divorced Anna in 2021.

* LGBTFanbase: Many fans of his comedy (especially on sites like Website/{{Tumblr}}) are young members of the LGBT community, in part due to his many jokes about being CampStraight (saying he was supposed to be born gay and God just "forgot to flip a switch") and references to musical theater.

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* TearJerker: On ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', John Mulaney returned to host in 2022. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUgzDqniZgo He gives an opening monologue about his relapse]]. While it's certainly hilarious and sidesplitting.

* TearJerker: On ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', John Mulaney returned to host in 2022. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUgzDqniZgo He gives an opening monologue about his relapse]].

* SignatureScene: "The Salt and Pepper Diner", "The One Thing You Can't Replace", "Street Smarts", or "There's a Horse Loose in a Hospital", thanks to their popularity as memes. If you know one John Mulaney skit, chances are it's one of those.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:

-->''I would never say, not even as a joke, that my wife is a bitch and I don’t like her. That is ''not'' true. My wife is a bitch, and ''I like her so much''. She is a dynamite, five-foot Jewish bitch, and [[SincerityMode she is the best]].''

** The "terrified of 13-year-olds" bit is also popular fuel for animatics, such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiBAR8vaAHk&ab_channel=atenahena this]] ''Manga/MobPsycho100'' one.[[labelnote: explanation]] The bit has him explain that he doesn't like 13-year-olds because "they make fun of you, but in an accurate way". He then describes an example of a group of them making fun of his high-waisted hips, which culminated in him yelling "No! That's the thing I'm sensitive about!".[[/labelnote]]

** In a sense, his "Horse in a hospital" bit comes off as a bit of eerie foreshadowing for 2021, as people started to take ivermectin, a horse dewormer, as a treatment for COVID-19 dues to the efforts of the anti-vaxx movement and other misinformation.

** His references to his alcoholism and drug abuse throughout his routines, such as in "[[https://youtu.be/xZFZhzfy98I?list=PLKkstHphtKZVXlmpGEzZqLbdhb6__LfLs The Top Part]]" where he recalls getting blackout drunk every night and doing crazy things and "[[https://youtu.be/Eb8Nqw3rWNE?list=PLKkstHphtKZVXlmpGEzZqLbdhb6__LfLs New In Town]]" where he riffs on how his former addiction surprises people due to his straight-laced appearance and what it was like when he quit drinking, are a lot harder to watch after John relapsed and attended rehab in late 2020 for cocaine and alcohol addiction.

* In a sense, his "Horse in a hospital" bit comes off as a bit of eerie foreshadowing for 2021, as people started to take ivermectin, a horse dewormer, as a treatment for COVID-19 dues to the efforts of the anti-vaxx movement and other misinformation.