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{{quote| '''Mytyl:''' Why do they have to have war? What makes war, anyway?<br />
'''Daddy Tyl:''' The same things that make trouble everywhere. Greed. Selfishness. Those who aren't content with what they have.<br />
'''Mytyl:''' But you're not like that, Daddy. Why should you have to go?<br />
'''Daddy Tyl:''' That's what's wrong about it, Mytyl. You can't be unhappy inside yourself without making others unhappy, too. }}
 
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==== This play contains examples of: ====
* [[And You Were There]]: The same actress plays both the children's mother and the Spirit of Maternal Love.
* [[Cats Are Mean]]: Tylette
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* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: {{spoiler|The bird Mytyl catches at the beginning which turns out to be the blue bird of happiness.}}
* [[Disney Death]]: {{spoiler|Tylette, who still has eight lives left.}}
* [[Follow the Leader]]: This was 20th Century Fox's answer to ''[[The Wizard of Oz (Filmfilm)|The Wizard of Oz]]''.
* [[In the Past Everyone Will Be Famous|In The Future Everyone Will Be Famous]]: When they go to the land of tomorrow, they meet the unborn versions of several famous people, including Abraham Lincoln.
 
=== The 1976 version contains examples of: ===
* [[All -Star Cast]]
* [[Composite Character]]: In this version, the old crone Berylune is revealed to be Light herself, rather than a fairy.
* [[Costume Porn]]: Elizabeth Taylor (as Light and Maternal Love), Jane Fonda, and Ava Gardner all get glamorous costumes.
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