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* [[Canon Defilement]]: ''Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story'', the third Kevin Sullivan film, is hailed as this by many fans of the book series. Unlike the first two films, which were fairly accurate to the series (for being films based on books), the third was an original film with an original script. Not only did it ignore any of the canon after "Anne of Windy Poplars," but it was set in World War I with Anne and Gilbert as newlyweds, moving the entire series forward nearly 30 years. The characters are out-of-character as a result.

* [[Double Standard]]: It's perfectly all right for impoverished, orphaned Anne Shirley to make up stories to make the world more bearable--but it's not remotely all right for Jenny Penny, who is also poor and who seems to have a horrible family, to use ''her'' imagination in a similar fashion. In fact, Anne doesn't want her daughter Nan associating with the Pennys because they're "unsuitable", a common euphemism of the time for "not of our social class." (Granted, Jenny's family is awful, with both children and adults being invasive, unmannerly bullies, but it's still strange to read of ''Anne'' looking down on Jenny for being poor, lower class, and imaginative, especially when the narrative agrees with her.)

* [[First Installment Wins]]: Raise your hand if at any point you believed there were only three books in the series.

** Three? Most people don't even realize that ''Anne of Green Gables'' is a series. So much emphasis is put on the first book, most people don't even know there ''are'' sequels.