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* [[Strictly Formula]]: The central books always followed a pattern of 'Meet ____' (introduction), '___ Learns a Lesson' (school), '___'s Surprise' ([[Christmas Episode]]), 'Happy Birthday, ___!' (self-explanatory), '___ Saves the Day!' (adventure), and 'Changes for ___' (winter, New Year's, or some sort of closure to the story). The books broke the pattern with Kaya because Native Americans obviously didn't have things like schoolhouses or Christmas, and all dolls released after her have followed a similarly loose formula. |
* [[Strictly Formula]]: The central books always followed a pattern of 'Meet ____' (introduction), '___ Learns a Lesson' (school), '___'s Surprise' ([[Christmas Episode]]), 'Happy Birthday, ___!' (self-explanatory), '___ Saves the Day!' (adventure), and 'Changes for ___' (winter, New Year's, or some sort of closure to the story). The books broke the pattern with Kaya because Native Americans obviously didn't have things like schoolhouses or Christmas, and all dolls released after her have followed a similarly loose formula. |
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** This also counts as [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]. |
** This also counts as [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]. |
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* [[Take That]]: The racist class bully in ''Melody 1963: Love Has to Win'' is a thinly-veiled pot shot at [[Donald Trump]]. [[Word of God]] has it that the Donald character was to be named Douglas, only for someone misreading the script, and the name stuck. Given how Trump's political ambitions were all over the headlines in 2016, not to mention the rise of neo-fascist and racist movements in the United States along with Trump's connections to them have drawn the ire of many, this isn't surprising. |
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* [[Title Drop]]: Occurs in the last line of ''Really, Truly Ruthie''. |
* [[Title Drop]]: Occurs in the last line of ''Really, Truly Ruthie''. |
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* [[Token Minority]]: Josefina, Ivy, and Kaya all have unique ethnicities. Also seen in people's collections when people will have one or two minority dolls. This mostly consist of limited edition dolls or [[But Not Too Black|Just Like You #26, who appears biracial black.]] There have only been two Jewish dolls: Lindsey (who was only available for a short time) and Rebecca. |
* [[Token Minority]]: Josefina, Ivy, and Kaya all have unique ethnicities. Also seen in people's collections when people will have one or two minority dolls. This mostly consist of limited edition dolls or [[But Not Too Black|Just Like You #26, who appears biracial black.]] There have only been two Jewish dolls: Lindsey (who was only available for a short time) and Rebecca. |
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