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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.
* [[Character Derailment]]: As a child and a young woman, Anne says what she thinks no matter how odd it sounds and can be drily sarcastic when angry. However, in ''Anne of Ingleside'', two of the key plots turn on Anne, of all people, being unable to speak up and say what she thinks. Older!Anne is unwilling to say a single thing that might hurt Mary Maria's feelings even if it might get the unwanted pest ([[The Thing That Would Not Leave|who overstayed her scheduled two-week visit with the Blythes by a YEAR]]) to finally leave. She is even more unwilling to ask Gilbert, who has turned quiet and distracted for a few weeks, ''why'' he's being quiet and what's distracting him, instead jumping to the conclusion that he must have stopped loving her and become interested in a former girlfriend.
* [[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.
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** Adopting an orphan for the purpose of having more help around the house or farm seems to be considered a perfectly acceptable motivation. Even Matthew and Marilla, who fully intend to provide the child they adopt with a good home and education, are in part motivated by the idea of Matthew having the extra help that he requires. Mrs. Blewett, who almost took Anne off Marilla's hands in ''Green Gables'' also wanted help around the house, and while Marilla felt concerned about how Mrs. Blewett would treat Anne, no one questioned Mrs Blewett seeking to take in a child to get some extra help. Today, this kind of motivation to adopt would be considered unacceptable.
*** "Home children" are mentioned several times throughout the series, and though mention of their being abused is treated negatively, nobody's at all surprised by it. Mary Vance is the most extreme example: the entire neighborhood knew she was being horribly abused by her "caretaker", but nobody bothered to do anything about it.
** ''Anne of Avonlea'' features a lot of talk about teachers whipping their students and Anne only gains respect from some as a schoolmistress when she beats one of her kids. (Even the kid she beats, Anthony Pye, only starts respecting her ''after'' she thrashes him. Anne, however, always feels that she failed with Anthony, as she had resolved to never hit a pupil.)
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