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* [[Anvilicious]]: [[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped|But then again]]...
* [[Complete Monster]]: Simon Legree.
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* [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]: Yes, there's one of these in the whole drama. More exactly, the extremely sly and tricky antics that the Shelby slaves use to delay the slave trader who purchased Harry and Tom so they can help Eliza run away with little Harry.
* [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]: {{spoiler|The reunion of the family at the end}}.
* [[Memetic Mutation]]:
** The phrase "sold down the river" is a metaphor for betrayal in modern American English, but most modern Americans don't know its origin.
*** The term was also used before the book; in fact, the modern map of Washington, D.C. (the part south of the Potomac being cut off) comes from when Washington abolished slavery, and those districts seceded. Today, the old slave market is now a farmer's market. Since going down the river was to an area which, if nothing else, made it more difficult to leave the United States, yeah.
** Another common idiom that came from the book: [[wikipedia:Uncle
* [[Overshadowed
* [[Purity Sue]]: Eva and Uncle Tom are this. Not surprisingly, they are also the least popular characters.
** This is probably [[Values Dissonance]], as Eva was easily the most popular character when it was first published due to representing what families openly wanted from little girls: a cute and kind [[Proper Lady]]... leading to an explosion of young girls named Eva in the northern states. Uncle Tom was also popular as a character, considering the popularity of Uncle Tom plays up until past the turn of the century, although racism tended to heavily color his depictions.
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