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While a classic musical, ''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'' suffers from nearly-fatal [[Values Dissonance]] in the 21st century thanks to [[Society Marches On|Society Marching On]] where male-female relationships are concerned.
* [[Abduction Is Love]]: Former [[Trope Namer]]▼
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▲* [[Abduction Is Love]]: Former [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Adaptation Expansion]]
* [[Altar the Speed]]: Millie and Adam get married after knowing each other only a few hours.▼
* [[Alphabetical Theme Naming]] / [[Family Theme Naming]]: The brothers have been named alphabetically from the Old Testament: Adam, Benjamin, Caleb, Daniel, Ephraim, Frank (short for Frankincense, the Old Testament having no names beginning with F), and Gideon.
** And
▲* [[Altar the Speed]]: Millie and Adam get married after knowing each other only a few hours.
* [[Angry Mob Song]]: ''The Townspeople's Lament'' in the stage version.
* [[Babies Make Everything Better]]
* [[Barn Raising]]
* [[Berserk Button]]: Frank is incensed<ref>[[Rimshot]]</ref> by people knowing the long form of his name.
* [[Beta Couple]]: Gideon and Alice.
* [[The Cast Showoff]]: Brothers C-F were played by professional dancers. All the brides were as well, which gave us [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faQHDd1KEwg "June Bride"]. And Russ Tamblyn, playing Gideon, had training as a gymnast.
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: See [[Fiery Redhead]].
** Also, Gideon has a blue shirt in over half of the scenes.
* [[Courtly Love]]: Described in ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhgh3gsRCss Going Courting]''.
* [[Deliver Us From Evil]]: A rare male example, since the birth of his daughter makes Adam stop being a [[Jerkass]].
* [[Embarrassing First Name]]: The brothers' parents named them after Biblical characters going down through the alphabet. They hit a snag when they came to the letter F, so they named their son Frankincense. Let's say he's not exactly fond of it.
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: All seven Pontipee brothers.
* [[Flipping the Table]]: Done by Millie when she sees the men's atrocious table manners.
* [[Have a Gay Old Time]]
* [[She Cleans Up Nicely|He Cleans Up Nicely]]: Millie remarks how handsome her new brother-in-laws are when she makes them all bathe and shave.
* [[The Kindnapper]]: All of the six brothers who are bachelors in the beginning. They kidnap the women with the intention of marrying them, but they do state that they want to "make them Sobbin' women smile" and they intend for the kidnappings to result in ''happy'' marriages.
* [[No Social Skills]]: The first time the brothers see a girl, they try to start a conversation by offering them tobacco to chew. Even after another man steps in and accuses them of insulting a lady, the brothers are still clueless.
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* [[Pair the Spares]]: All six of them!
* [[Plank Gag]]: Frank is the victim of one of these during the barn-raising contest, except it was intention and was only (poorly) disguised as an accident.
* [[Plucky Girl]]: Millie.
* [[Religious and Mythological Theme Naming]]
* [[Screen to Stage Adaptation]]
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