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* [[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>.

* [[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>.

* [[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]].

* [[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!!!!!"

* [[The Brainless Beauty]]: Lily St. Regis

* [[The Brainless Beauty]]: Lily St. Regis.

* [[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]]"

* [[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"

* [["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".

* [[Not Allowed to Grow Up]]: The recycling of Annies and orphans was usually matched with the onset of puberty.

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* [[Plucky Girl]]: Annie.

* [[Ship Tease]]: Warbucks and Grace. (~~They~~ get married at the end of the sequel.)

* [[Ship Tease]]: Warbucks and Grace (they get married at the end of the sequel).

* [[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."

* [[Villain Song]]: "Little Girls" and "Easy Street".

* [[Wealthy Ever After]]

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{{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)

* [[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.

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* [[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 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]]

* [[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.

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* [[Conflict Killer]]: The film opens with Annie breaking up a fight between July and Pepper.

* [[Denied Food as Punishment]]: Right after ''You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile:''

* [[Denied Food as Punishment]]: Right after "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile":

{{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! }}

'''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'' }}

''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?''}}

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* [[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! }}

'''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."

* [[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.