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** Nat is caught telling a lie, and this is treated as a very serious issue. The problem is, a much older boy was threatening to beat him if he'd ran through the boy's veggie patch - which he'd done because he was being chased by another older boy - so Nat got scared and denied it. And [[Karma Houdini|neither of the other boys were punished or even given a talking-to]], leaving us with the message that lying to get out of a dangerous situation is not only wrong, but so much worse than threatening and bullying little kids who aren't able to defend themselves.
*** This was the Victorian Era. Lying ''was'' worse than anything but murder, esp if you were a child.
* [[Can't Get Away With Nuthin']]: If one of the kids commits a mistake, they suffer the consequences soon.
* [[The Caretaker]]: Jo, towards Beth in the second half of ''[[Little Women]]''.
* [[Caught in The Rain]]: When Jo shares an umbrella with Mr. Bhaer, a proposal soon follows.
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* [[Did Not Get the Girl]]: Laurie in ''Little Women''; Dan in ''Jo's Boys.'' Tommy doesn't get the girl he originally wanted and seemed to be the best bet.
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]:
** Amy ''burns'' Jo's manuscript of the book she'd labored over for ''years'' in order to make her sister "pay" for the [[What Do You Mean
** The next morning, Jo and Laurie go skating. Amy, after having her apology rejected by Jo, follows them to try and make amends. She skates on a dangerous part of the ice, but she doesn't know this. Jo does, but doesn't warn her. Amy almost drowns as a result. Jo suffers a [[My God, What Have I Done?]]. Many fans miss the fact that the chapter, which was titled ''Jo meets Apollyon'', was about Jo's fear that her tempestuous temper might make her harm her loved ones, rather than about Amy's pre-teen tantrums.
* [[Distracted From Death]]: {{spoiler|In the 1994 film, Jo gets up from Beth's deathbed when the wind opens some shutters. When she returns to the bedside, Beth has died.}}
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Laurie.
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** 1949, with June Allyson as Jo and [[Elizabeth Taylor]] as Amy
** 1994, with [[Winona Ryder]] as Jo
* [[First
* [[Fish Out of Water]]: Nat, when he first comes to Plumfield
* [[Flower Motifs]]: While Laurie and Amy are taking a walk through a rose garden, Laurie gets pricked by a red rose he tried to pick while thinking of Jo, whom he last saw when she turned down his marriage proposal. Amy then gives him a thorn-free white rose. Laurie instantly thinks of the [[Colour
* [[Foreshadowing]]: When introducing Beth, the narrator makes a remark about how her type of quiet kindness and cheerfulness is never fully appreciated until it is gone forever; the tone is such that there might as well be an arrow pointing to Beth with "DOOMED" written on it in letters of fire.
* [[Four Girl Ensemble]]: [[Trope Maker|The original!]]
* [[Four
* [[Forbidden Fruit]]: Meg is poised and ready to reject John Brooke's marriage proposal out of fear, until Aunt March shows up and, unaware of her decision, orders her not to accept him.
* [[Full Name Ultimatum]]: When Aunt March calls Jo "Josephine."
* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: Laurie gets this treatment from Amy after Jo rejects him. It works ''very'' well.
* [[The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry]]: Amy and Jo, especially in the chapter "Calls"
* [[Gossipy Hens]]: The old ladies that wonder if Meg is a [[Gold Digger]] in training. They also appear in at least one of the movie adaptations.
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* [[Make Up Is Evil]]: Meg pentinently confesses to having worn make-up among other sins at a party, and her mother says that she was wrong to let Meg stay with these people without knowing them better.
* [[Malaproper]]: Amy ("I know what I mean, and you needn't be 'statirical' about it! It's proper to use good words and improve your 'vocabilary.' ")
* [[May
* [[Mr. Imagination|Miss Imagination]]: Beth's "little world was peopled with imaginary friends," and she cares for her sisters' cast-off dolls as if they were invalids in a hospital.
* [[Most Writers Are Writers]]
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* [[Wham Line]]
{{quote| {{spoiler|Beth}}: [[It Was His Sled|"I feel so strange."]]}}
* [[What Do You Mean
* [[Writer Revolt]]: [http://community.livejournal.com/ship_manifesto/237830.html And how!]
* [[Your Door Was Open]]: Aunt March frequently barges in, [[Hypocritical Humor|complaining about how her family doesn't lock their door.]]
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