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* [[Acclaimed Flop]]: The feature film ''Kit Kittredge: An American Girl'', while critically well-received, barely made a profit at the box office. It did not help that theatres at the time were understandably leery about showing "another doll movie" after the disaster that is ''[[Bratz (film)|Bratz]]''.
* [[Fake Brit]]: The [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2259148/ actress] who plays Emily in Molly's movie is actually Australian.▼
* [[Dawson Casting]]: Some of the lead actresses from the films were a few years older than the characters they portrayed, namely [[Shailene Woodley]], who was 13 when she played Felicity, and Erin Pitt who was also 13 when she portrayed 9-year-old Isabelle Palmer. In some films, this would be averted like with Abigail Breslin who was ten years old when she played Kit, and Alyvia Alyn Lind who was actually a year younger than Maryellen. This was taken [[Up To Eleven]] with the cast of ''American Girl Live'', who are in their late teens to early adulthood, presumably to save both the production company and American Girl the trouble of having to deal with child labor laws as they were on a nationwide tour, with different states having differing legislation concerning child performers.
* [[Fake American]]: Maya Ritter and Erin Pitt, who played as Molly McIntire and Isabelle Palmer respectively, are Canadian. Ditto with English actresses Rebecca Mader and Julia Ormond playing the role of Samantha's aunt Cornelia and Kit's mother Margaret, respectively.
▲* [[Fake Brit]]: The [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2259148/ actress] who plays Emily in Molly's movie is actually an American of Australian descent.
* [[Irony as She Is Cast]]: Caitlin Waite, the former child model who lent her likeness to Kit, mentioned in a Reddit interview that she isn't actually much of a doll person.
* [[Market-Based Title]]: ''An American Girl: McKenna Shoots for the Stars'' was released internationally as ''American Girl: Shooting for the Stars'', likely as the brand is better-known amongst foreign audiences than the characters themselves.
* [[Mid-Development Genre Shift]]: Of the medium shift variety. Barring ''[[WellieWishers]]'', all theatrical/television media featuring the characters has been in the form of live-action productions; the film featuring 1980s Historical Courtney Moore was released as a stop-motion featurette in 2020 in lieu of a live-action production likely due to complications brought by the [[COVID-19 Pandemic]], which made work for child performers difficult if not hazardous due to obvious health risks.
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** Prior to release, McKenna went under the codename "Velma".
** An activity book for Rebecca shows a prototype doll for what appears to be her best friend Ana. Whether this was meant as a placeholder or plans for an Ana doll were made was unknown, but as the Best Friend line was discontinued, the Ana doll was scrapped.
** Tenney was apparently intended to be the Girl of the Year for 2017, but following calls for better racial diversity and representation in the doll line, Gabriella, an African-American character, was released in her place, based off an existing Truly Me doll with a repurposed collection from off-the-shelf American Girl accessories as an [[Author's Saving Throw]]. Tenney was used to launch a stopgap line called the "Contemporary Characters", which were similar to the Girls of the Year, but are not intended as a limited-edition character, followed by a boy doll named Logan and a Korean-American character named Suzanne "Z" Yang, who previously appeared in a series of promotional videos which cashed in on the AG stop-motion craze. Tenney was also hinted to have a movie based on teasers and production photos released on social media, but the film was silently canned long after Tenney was released.
* [[The Wiki Rule]]: [http://americangirl.wikia.com/wiki/American_Girl_Wiki Here].
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