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* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Why Kevin Zegers was cast as Ben Davidson in ''Felicity: An American Girl Adventure'' and likewise for Max Thieriot as Will Shepherd when the AG movies went theatrical in 2008 with ''Kit Kittredge: An American Girl''. This trope also appears in the books, where readers have admitted to crushing on male characters drawn beguilingly handsome such as Kit's older brother Charlie from her books.

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Lindsey, [[Stop Helping Me!|over and over and over again.]] Although it's not just Lindsey -- April indirectly gives her the idea to put smiley-face stickers on the neighbors' trash cans, which lands her in hot water with them, her mother, and the ''police.''

* [[Not the Intended Use]]:

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* [[Official Cosplay Gear]]: There were girl-sized outfits and accessories that matched the outfits available for the Historical Characters. Now this is generally only applied to their nightclothes and the modern outfits.

** In-universe with Kit's mother Margaret who used fabric from feed sacks to make Kit's birthday outfit.<ref>[https://americangirl.fandom.com/wiki/Birthday_Dress_and_Headband Birthday Dress and Headband]</ref> [[Truth In Television]] as housewives repurposed flour sack fabric into articles of clothing since the early 20th century. This led George P. Plant Milling Company and other firms to sell flour and feed packaged in dress-quality sacks especially during the Great Depression and World War II when fabric was in short supply.

** In terms of doll maintenance and repair, benzoyl peroxide, normally used and sold as acne treatment, is often if not always used to get rid of ink and marker stains off a doll's vinyl skin.

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* [[Official Cosplay Gear]]: There were girl-sized outfits and accessories that matched the outfits available for the Historical Characters. Now this is generally only applied to their nightclothes and the modern outfits. The BeForever reboot changed this to outfits ''inspired'' by the characters rather than ''directly based on'' their outfits.

* [[Orphanage of Fear]]: Nellie and her sisters get sent to one of these. Thank goodness Samantha helps them escape and they all end up [[Happily Adopted|adopted by Samantha's rich family]].

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: A few, like Samantha, the orphan. Addy is also a partial case of this, as only she and her mother make the initial journey north. In ''Addy's Surprise,'' she is reunited with her father.