Little Orphan Annie: Difference between revisions

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* [[Action Girl]]: Annie can fight as well as any boy. April 7, 1936, she decks the toughest kid in school with one punch.

* [[Amoral Attorney]]: Mr. Busard.

* [[Anti Villain]]: In late February, 1936, a robber seeing Annie walking along the road makes her get into his car. The reason he gives is that he wants to give her a ride, but it's really in order to use her as protection if the police sees him; they wouldn't shoot at him if there's a risk of killing an innocent girl. He's impressed by the way she won't accept the stolen money he tries to give her, and says that he "could have been that way once, maybe... But it's too late now..." In the end, he tells her to leave him even though he knows that it will vastly increase the risk that the police kills him.

* [[Anti-Villain]]: In late February, 1936, a robber seeing Annie walking along the road makes her get into his car. The reason he gives is that he wants to give her a ride, but it's really in order to use her as protection if the police sees him; they wouldn't shoot at him if there's a risk of killing an innocent girl. He's impressed by the way she won't accept the stolen money he tries to give her, and says that he "could have been that way once, maybe... But it's too late now..." In the end, he tells her to leave him even though he knows that it will vastly increase the risk that the police kills him.

{{quote| '''The robber:''' "I'm not going to take any more chances o' letting you get hurt. I'm not ''that'' bad. I'm still man enough to meet my finish ''alone.''"}}

* [[Applied Phlebotinum]]: Eonite.

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* [[Remember the New Guy]]: After several years with many trials and tribulations for Annie and "Daddy" Warbucks, we're introduced to Z.Z. Hare, who apparently has always stood by Warbucks, in good times and hard. Even though Warbucks had been in a lot of trouble several times by then, and Hare hadn't been around.

* [[Scary Black Man]]: Warbucks' bodyguard, Punjab.

* [[Spin Off]]: Ma Green got her own comic strip after a while.

* [[Spin-Off]]: Ma Green got her own comic strip after a while.

* [[Socialite]]: Trixie Tinkle certainly ''wants'' to ''be'' one.

* [[Spoiled Brat]]: Tootsie Snoots.

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* [[Unexpected Inheritance]]: A welcome economic break for {{spoiler|"Uncle" Dan.}}

* [[Wealthy Ever After]]

* [[What Do You Mean ~~Its~~ Not Heinous]]: When Annie and an Italian-American immigrant friend of hers named Tony are watching a parade, Tony asks a man next to him to take his hat off when the American flag is passing by. The man in the hat refuses, so Tony ''hits him'' in the ''head.'' For wearing a ''hat.''

* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?]]: When Annie and an Italian-American immigrant friend of hers named Tony are watching a parade, Tony asks a man next to him to take his hat off when the American flag is passing by. The man in the hat refuses, so Tony ''hits him'' in the ''head.'' For wearing a ''hat.''

* [[Wham Episode]]: The strip for January 17, 1934.

* [[Wham Line]]: {{spoiler|"Is it kidnaping for a man and wife to speak to their own ''daughter?''}} from January 17, 1934.

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'''Annie:''' Then you ''did'' do it. I ''knew'' it! I ''knew'' it! }}

=== The radio series includes examples of: ===

* [[Merchandise Driven]]: The radio show was an [[Older Than They Think|early example]] of the trope, as anyone who's seen the lengthy [[Shout Out]] / [[Take That]] in ''[[A Christmas Story]]'' should know.

* [[Merchandise-Driven]]: The radio show was an [[Older Than They Think|early example]] of the trope, as anyone who's seen the lengthy [[Shout Out]] / [[Take That]] in ''[[A Christmas Story]]'' should know.

* [[Product Placement]]: Drink your Ovaltine!