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In 1972, Martin Charnin bought the rights to the comic strip ''[[Little Orphan Annie]]''. With Thomas Meehan and Charles Strouse, he created the Broadway musical ''Annie'' in 1977. After 2,377 performances, four national tours, and five Broadway Annies, the musical ended its run in 1983.
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In 1989, Charnin reunited the old team and they created a sequel to the play, ''Annie 2: Miss Hannigan's Revenge''. [[Development Hell|Two name changes, tons of rewrites, and three Annies later]], the play ended up off-Broadway as ''Annie Warbucks'' in 1993. You're probably hearing about it for the first time right here.
In 1995, a [[Made for TV Movie]] called ''Annie: A Royal Adventure!'' premiered on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. It is presumably a sequel to the 1982 film (at least that's how [[IMDb]] recognizes it), but it has [[The Other Darrin|none of the same cast]] and is not a musical (unless you count a single reprise of "Tomorrow" at the end). The film has a [[Sequel Goes Foreign]] plot in which Annie, Warbucks, and company travel to England with [[Joan Collins]] playing a [[Rich Bitch]] villainess. Features [[Hey, It's That Guy!|Emperor]] [[Star Wars|Palpatine]] as an [[Absent-Minded Professor]].
1997 marked Annie's 20th anniversary on Broadway.
In 1999, ABC-Disney produced another TV movie version of ''Annie'', which undid some changes the film made from the original play, but added some deviations of its own. It starred Alicia Morton.
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In 2006, a [[Documentary]] film called ''Life After Tomorrow'' was released, revisiting many of the women who played orphans in the musicals.
And a film version with a [[Race Lift|black Annie and Warbucks expy]] was released at Christmas 2014.
=== The musical and its spin-offs include examples of: ===▼
* [[Adaptation Expansion]] or [[Adaptation Distillation]]: It depends on which version you're seeing<ref>...and this includes both the two movies and later stage plays based on the original play</ref>.▼
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* [[Aluminum Christmas Trees]]: Why on earth does the radio show have a ventriloquist act? Surely that's ridiculous. Well maybe, but [[wikipedia:Edgar Bergen|that really happened]].▼
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* [[Adaptational Jerkass]]: Mr. Warbucks is a little stiffer than his counterpart "Daddy Warbucks" in the original ''[[Little Orphan Annie]]'' comic. Daddy Warbucks wanted to adopt Annie immediately. In the play, after learning that his secretary Grace chose a girl orphan, Mr. Warbucks asks rather brusquely why she didn't get a boy for the winter holidays. He feels bad, however, when Annie apologizes for not being a boy but hopes that she will be fun anyway, and takes her out to the movies as an apology. After one night, his heart has melted and he asks Annie politely the next day if he could adopt her.
▲* [[Aluminum Christmas Trees]]: Why on earth does the radio show have a ventriloquist act? Surely, that's ridiculous. Well maybe, but [[wikipedia:Edgar Bergen|that really happened]].
* [[Artistic License History]]: FDR's disability was concealed from the public during his lifetime with a variety of tricks used to make him appear able-bodied at public appearanes. He would not have attended a large party in his now iconic wheelchair, as occurs at the end of ''Annie'' (or at least in both film versions).
* [[Award Bait Song]]: "TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-'''MAH'''-ROW!!!!!"
* [[
{{quote|"I'm named for the hotel!"}}
* [[Enforced Plug]]: Spoofed when Annie and Warbucks go on a radio show to advertise for Annie's parents.
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Annie.
* [[Heartwarming Orphan]]: Annie, and all her friends at the orphanage.
* [[Hail to the Thief]]: "We'd Like to Thank You, [[Herbert Hoover]]".
* [[I Can Explain]]: Shortly after Annie's attempt to escape from Miss Hannigan's orphanage, a woman arrives and announces that she has been sent to talk to Miss Hannigan by the orphanage's board of directors. Miss Hannigan is in full self-justifying flight before the woman has a chance to explain that actually she's just come to arrange for one of the orphans to spend some time with Warbucks.
* [[Illegal Guardian]]: Rooster Hannigan and Lily St. Regis (or Miss Hannigan in the 1999 film) pretend to be Little Orphan Annie's "real parents" to scam reward money out of Daddy Warbucks.
* [[Ironic Echo]]: Miss Hannigan punishes any orphan she suspects of being dishonest: "What's the one thing I've taught you? Never tell a lie!" At the end, as Miss Hannigan is being carted away by the authorities, she pleads with Annie to witness that she's treated the orphans well; Annie's response is to apologize and remind her that there's one thing she's taught them...
* [["I Want" Song]]: "Maybe".
* [[The Makeover]]: Annie's transformation from raggedy orphan to pretty little girl in "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here".
* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]:
** Rooster.
** The orphans Pepper and Duffy, assuming those aren't their actual names.
* [[Orphan's Plot Trinket]]: Her broken locket.
* [[Plucky Girl]]: Annie.
{{quote|"The sun'll come out tomorrow!"}}
* [[Ship Tease]]: Warbucks and Grace
* [[That Reminds Me of a Song]]: Quite a few of the musical numbers, including "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile", where the orphans make a big number out of a radio toothpaste commercial.
* [[The Trap Parents]]: After Daddy Warbucks offers a reward for information about Annie's parents, they turn up to claim her and take her away; but it's not really her parents, just con artists trying for the reward.
** Also played with a bit in that Warbucks and company were [[Genre Savvy|aware of this trope]] and were rightfully suspicious of the ''many'' couples who showed up claiming to be Annie's parents. The con artists slipped through only because Miss Hannigan gave them confidential information about Annie.
* [[Villain Song]]: "Little Girls" and "Easy Street
* [[Wealthy Ever After]]
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* [[Borrowed Catchphrase]]: Warbucks says "Leapin' lizards!" when he finds out Annie's "parents" were con-artists.
* [[British Stuffiness]]: Warbucks is initally stuffy in every version, but only in this version is he played by a British actor. The film explains that he was born in Liverpool.
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* [[Locking MacGyver in the Store Cupboard]]: The baddies do this to the orphans who find out about their plot.
* [[Movie Bonus Song]]: Four of them; "Dumb Dog", "Let's Go to the Movies", "Sign", and "We Got Annie". None of them are included in the 1999 version.
* [[Product Placement]]: Parodied; when Daddy Warbucks goes on the radio, his message has had an advertisement put into it by the studio. He reads it without thinking about it, catches on, and ''snaps.''
{{quote|'''''[[Lampshade Hanging|"DID I JUST DO A COMMERCIAL?!?"]]'''''<ref>"Let's get out of here! I've never endorsed a product in all my career!"</ref>}}
* [[Stuffed Into a Trashcan]]: "[[Action Girl|All right, who's next?]]"
* [[That Reminds Me of a Song]]: "Let's Go To The Movies!" (which replaces "N.Y.C." from the musical).
* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: One of the boys Annie saves Sandy from attempts to punch her, but misses.
* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]] and [[Tyrant Takes the Helm]]: Ms. Christmas/Commissioner Stark. Somehow Warbucks is powerless in the face of a figurehead/minor politician.
* [[Excited Show Title!]]
* [[Made for TV Movie]]
* [[Remember the New Guy?]]: You remember Annie's best friend Hannah from the first movie, right?
* [[Sequel Gap]]: Came thirteen years after the 1982 film.
* [[Sequel Goes Foreign]]: Annie goes to England!
* [[Sequel Non Entity]]: Grace is gone, [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome|with no explanation]].
* [[Unexpected Successor]]: [[Joan Collins]] wants to blow up Buckingham Palace in order to become this trope.
* [[And There Was Much Rejoicing]]: "Miss Hannigan's gone forever!"
* [[Bad Bad Acting]]: Rooster and Miss Hannigan pretending to be Annie's parents slips into this when Warbucks gives them the check for $50,000.
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* [[Conflict Killer]]: The film opens with Annie breaking up a fight between July and Pepper.
{{quote|"Lay off July! If Hannigan wakes up, she'll get sore!"}}
* [[Denied Food as Punishment]]: Right after
{{quote|'''Girl with glasses:''' What about our dinner?
'''Miss Hannigan:''' What about it?
'''Girl with glasses:''' You didn't give us any.
'''Miss Hannigan:''' 'Cause I knew you was gonna be bad tonight, so I punished you ahead of time. Now scatter!
* [[Dirty Coward]]: When Lily and Rooster are found out and Miss Hannigan is standing alone, she tries to pin the blame on Rooster.
{{quote|"It was his idea. He made me do it. Annie, Annie, tell these people how good I've always been to ya, huh?"}}
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''You stack the aces, you roll the dice''
''Mother dear, oh we know you're...down there listenin'''
''How can we follow your sweet advice''
* [[Implied Death Threat]]: Downplayed.
{{quote|'''Annie:''' ''(to Pepper after she makes fun of Annie's parents' note)'' Do you wanna sleep with your teeth ''inside'' your mouth or ''out?''}}
* [[Ironic Echo]]: Miss Hannigan makes the orphan girls say "I love you, Miss Hannigan" all the time. Later, as she and Rooster are leaving the Warbucks mansion with Annie in tow, posing as her parents, the girls arrive at the door just in time to expose her true identity by shouting, ''"We love you, Miss Hannigan!"''
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* [[Kids Are Cruel]]: Mostly averted, but the orphan girls do get a moment when they all laugh at Annie's note.
* [[Leitmotif]]: Pieces of "Maybe" and "Tomorrow" seem to serve as one for Annie through the film. Rooster and Lily are followed around by "Easy Street".
* [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: When the orphans are left in the care of Lily St. Regis, she plays poker with them and ends up owing them $479.39.
{{quote|'''Lily:''' What?! Where am I gonna get that kind of loot?! ...Hey, why am I worryin'? I'll be rollin' in it once Rooster and Hannigan get back from Warbucks.
'''Molly:''' That's where Annie is!
** The girls proceed to force Lily to spill the beans, then trick her into [[What an Idiot!|going to the Warbucks mansion and demanding her share of the money from her cohorts.]]
* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: Rooster. Subverted near the end when it's revealed his real name is Daniel.
* [[Politically-Correct History]]: Grace is played by a black actress (Audra McDonald) and her romance with Warbucks is left intact. He even proposes to her at the end.
* [[Remake Cameo]]: Andrea McArdle, the original Broadway Annie, appears as the star-to-be in "N.Y.C.".
* [[Team Mom]]: Annie is this for the orphan girls, particularly regarding Molly, the youngest.
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