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{{quote|''"Follow your Inner Star!"''}}
The American Girls
'''The main Historical Characters currently consist of:'''
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* [[Fear of Thunder]]: Josefina (although it's actually lightning she's afraid of).
* [[Feud Episode]]: Kit and Ruthie, Molly and Emily...it's a common plot for a couple of the books, though the friends always make up in the end.
* [[First Love]]: This trope is alluded to in one of the
* [[Force Feeding]]: Addy's first book, when the slave driver forces Addy to eat slugs off the tobacco plants.
* [[Four-Girl Ensemble]]: The Montoya sisters: Ana, the oldest and the [[Team Mom]] (almost literally, since their mother is dead and she's already married with two kids); Francisca, the beautiful, fashionable, rebellious one; Clara, the diligent, prudent, preachy one; and Josefina, the youngest and the main character, who's chirpy and cheerful and tries to keep the peace between Francisca and Clara when Ana's not around.
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* [[Informed Flaw]]: Brad is described as a 'little pest' to Molly, but he never does anything in the books to antagonize or even annoy Molly.
* [[Karma Houdini]]: [[Alpha Bitch|Blair]] and [[The Dragon|Missy]] in Lindsey's story get away with [[Kick the Dog|everything they do to April.]] Blair even wins the Perfect World Collage contest.
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: Think of ''all'' the notable characters in ''all'' of the girl's series that you could apply tropes to. [[Your Head Asplode|Your head just exploded.]] As for dolls, there's 10 historical dolls, 5 historical best friend dolls, 11 GOTY dolls<ref>
* [[Live Action Adaptation]]: Some of the Historicals, namely Samantha, Felicity, Molly and Kit got to appear in their very own films. As for the contemporary girls, only Chrissa Maxwell and McKenna Brooks made it in front of the camera so far.
* [[Ludd Was Right]]: Samantha's grandmother believes this, anyway.
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* [[Missing Mom]]: Josefina's mom died a year prior to the first book. This becomes a plot point in ''Josefina's Surprise.'' Marie-Grace's mother has been dead for four years at the start of Mare-Grace's first book.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Why Kevin Zegers was cast as Ben Davidson in ''Felicity: An American Girl Adventure'' and likewise for Max Thieriot as Will Shepherd when the AG movies went theatrical in 2008 with ''Kit Kittredge: An American Girl''. This trope also appears in the books, where readers have admitted to crushing on male characters drawn beguilingly handsome such as Kit's older brother Charlie from her books.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Lindsey, [[Stop Helping Me!|over and over and over again.]] Although it's not just
* [[Not the Intended Use]]:
** In-universe with Kit's mother Margaret who used fabric from feed sacks to make Kit's birthday outfit.<ref>[https://americangirl.fandom.com/wiki/Birthday_Dress_and_Headband Birthday Dress and Headband]</ref> [[Truth In Television]] as housewives repurposed flour sack fabric into articles of clothing since the early 20th century. This led George P. Plant Milling Company and other firms to sell flour and feed packaged in dress-quality sacks especially during the Great Depression and World War II when fabric was in short supply.
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* [[Raised by Grandparents]]: Samantha
* [[Recursive Canon]]: Courtney Moore was given a Molly doll by her father during the year American Girl was founded. Assuming that the characters do have a shared universe, it could be implied that Molly and the rest of the cast were real people in the ''American Girl'' mythos, and that their toys and stories were based on their lives.
* [[Retcon]]: This is dramatically seen with Elizabeth
** A more minor example is Emily. She was originally portrayed as having a bob-like hairstyle, and was later reillustrated to have shoulder-length hair following Molly's movie.
* [[Rule of Three]]: The first three girls were released together: Samantha, Kirsten, and Molly.
* [[Shadow Archetype]]:
** Edith Eddleton to Samantha. They are both wealthy, upper-class girls, but Samantha befriends Nellie and her sisters while Edith looks down on them for being servants.
** Blair and Missy to Lindsey in a similar
* [[Shown Their Work]]: At the end of each historical book is a "Looking Back" section that goes into some detail about the time period, and helps to place the character in the time. Kaya and Josefina had cultural panels involved in their creation as well, which is why Kaya is the only doll with a closed mouth (showing one's teeth is considered offensive to Nez Perce).
* [[Spirited Young Lady]]: Felicity Merriman. In contrast, her friend Elizabeth Cole is more of a [[Proper Lady]].
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