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* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Froggy's many relatives.
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* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Stymie's frequently-mentioned jailbird father.
** Spanky's Uncle George in ''The Kid From Borneo''.
** Froggy's manyrelatives.relatives that have [[MixedMetaphor strange sayings]].
** Spanky's Uncle George in ''The Kid From Borneo''.
** Froggy's many
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* [[TelevisionGeography Film Geography]]: The Rascals supposedly live in California, though a New York-like city appears in several entries.
* SpecialGuest: Will Rogers in ''Jubilo Jr,'' [[Creator/LaurelAndHardy Laurel and Hardy]] in ''Wild Poses.''
* SpinOff: Hal Roach's ''The Boy Friends'' series of the early 1930's is considered by some to be a spin-off, especially since it makes a semi-reference to the Little Rascals in the 1932 entry ''Too Many Women''. Furthermore, former Rascals Mickey Daniels and Mary Kornman were among the series' stars.
* SpiritualSuccessor: Hal Roach produced two Our Gang-like films (''Curley'' and ''Who Killed Doc Robbin'') during the late 1940's.
* SpiritualSuccessor: Hal Roach produced two Our Gang-like films (''Curley'' and ''Who Killed Doc Robbin'') during the late 1940's.
* SyndicationTitle: ''The Little Rascals''.
** Also ''Mischief Makers'' and ''Those Lovable Scallawags With Their Gangs'' for the silent films.
** Also ''Mischief Makers'' and ''Those Lovable Scallawags With Their Gangs'' for the silent films.
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Porky in ''Three Smart Boys''.
* TitleDrop: In the later MGM shorts, the Rascals are sometimes officially called "Our Gang."
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* TookALevelInDumbass: Several of the kids seemed to get dumber as they got older. A notable example is both Spanky's and Alfalfa's stupidity in ''Canned Fishing''.
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* TheVoiceless: Buckwheat and Porky in their earliest appearances.
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* SeperateSceneStorytelling: ''Jubilo Jr.'' features Jubilo (Will Rogers) telling a three hobos about his childhood.
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* SeperateSceneStorytelling: SeparateSceneStorytelling: ''Jubilo Jr.'' features Jubilo (Will Rogers) telling a three hobos about his childhood. separate
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** The [[Series/FamilyGuy Family Guy]] episode ''Viewer Mail 1'' features a story titled ''Li'l Griffins'', which depicts the main adult cast as children. Several references to the Rascals are made, including the "We Hate Broads Club," Quagmire's Alfalfa-like cowlick, Cleveland's Buckwheat-like hairstyle, and the circle around Brian's eye.
** Several on [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Mystery Science Theater 3000]]. Of particular note is a running gag in which the cast refers to inappropriately chosen music for series scenes/movies as "Little Rascals music."
** [[Series/TheSimpsons The Simpsons]] episode ''Radioactive Man'' features Moe reminiscing about his days as a Little Rascal. He played "Smelly" ("the tough kid"). During the filming of a scene, an angry Moe beat up and killed Alfalfa. "Luckily, Alfalfa was an orphan owned by the studio."
*** ''Wild Barts Can't Be Broken''' features a scene in which the kids take electronics through a fence. Milhouse dresses as Alfalfa. A dog that looks similar to Pete the Pup accompanies them.
*** ''Marge vs. the Monorail'' - Joe Quimby asks Leonard Nimoy if he was one of the Little Rascals.
*** ''Homer the Smithers'' -
-->'''Marge:''' Homie, it's 4:30 in the morning. Little Rascals isn't until 6.\\
'''Homer:''' I know, I'm taping it.\\
** Several on [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Mystery Science Theater 3000]]. Of particular note is a running gag in which the cast refers to inappropriately chosen music for series scenes/movies as "Little Rascals music."
** [[Series/TheSimpsons The Simpsons]] episode ''Radioactive Man'' features Moe reminiscing about his days as a Little Rascal. He played "Smelly" ("the tough kid"). During the filming of a scene, an angry Moe beat up and killed Alfalfa. "Luckily, Alfalfa was an orphan owned by the studio."
*** ''Wild Barts Can't Be Broken''' features a scene in which the kids take electronics through a fence. Milhouse dresses as Alfalfa. A dog that looks similar to Pete the Pup accompanies them.
*** ''Marge vs. the Monorail'' - Joe Quimby asks Leonard Nimoy if he was one of the Little Rascals.
*** ''Homer the Smithers'' -
-->'''Marge:''' Homie, it's 4:30 in the morning. Little Rascals isn't until 6.\\
'''Homer:''' I know, I'm taping it.\\
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* RecurringExtra: Several.
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* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Waldo in ''Three Men in a Tub''.
* SmugSnake: Jerry Tucker in ''Hi'-Neighbor!''
* SmugSnake: Jerry Tucker in ''Hi'-Neighbor!''
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* ReTool: Occurred several times, usually when several crucial cast members left at the same time.
** Perhaps the most notable example is when MGM bought the rights to the series in 1938, and gradually turned the comedy series about a gang of kids getting in trouble into a series of wholesome morality plays about a gang of kids acting like mini adults.
* ReunionShow: Silent cast members Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels, Allen "Farina" Hoskins, Joe Cobb, and Johnny Downs were reunited on the television show ''You Asked For It''.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Alfalfa and Spanky.
* SeperateSceneStorytelling: ''Jubilo Jr.'' features Jubilo (Will Rogers) telling a three hobos about his childhood.
** ''Time Out For Lessons'' features Alfalfa's dad telling his son to imagine what college life will be like for him.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Waldo in ''Three Men in a Tub''.
* ShooOutTheNewGuy: Several, including Happy, who was brought in to replace Spanky following his departure in 1942. Happy was dropped after only a few episodes.
* SmugSnake: Jerry Tucker in ''Hi'-Neighbor!''
** Perhaps the most notable example is when MGM bought the rights to the series in 1938, and gradually turned the comedy series about a gang of kids getting in trouble into a series of wholesome morality plays about a gang of kids acting like mini adults.
* ReunionShow: Silent cast members Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels, Allen "Farina" Hoskins, Joe Cobb, and Johnny Downs were reunited on the television show ''You Asked For It''.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Alfalfa and Spanky.
* SeperateSceneStorytelling: ''Jubilo Jr.'' features Jubilo (Will Rogers) telling a three hobos about his childhood.
** ''Time Out For Lessons'' features Alfalfa's dad telling his son to imagine what college life will be like for him.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Waldo in ''Three Men in a Tub''.
* ShooOutTheNewGuy: Several, including Happy, who was brought in to replace Spanky following his departure in 1942. Happy was dropped after only a few episodes.
* SmugSnake: Jerry Tucker in ''Hi'-Neighbor!''
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* NiceGuy: Dickie Moore.
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* OfficialCouple: Darla and Alfalfa.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Several of the child actors.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Several of the child actors.
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Alfalfa, Mickey and Mary.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Several of thechild actors.characters.
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* TheOtherDarrin: Buckwheat was played by Willie Mae Taylor for two shorts, before the role permanently went to William Thomas (though some fans consider Taylor's Buckwheat and Thomas' Buckwheat to be two completely different characters).
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* PassingTheTorch: Occurred regularly, due to the series' [[RevolvingDoorBand revolving coor cast]].
* ThePeteBest: Following Ernie Morrison's departure from the series, a new character named "Powder-Puff" took his spot as the series' older black kid. However, Powder-Puff was only in two shorts, as the role was quickly given to Eugene "Pineapple" Jackson.
** Supporting player Marianne Edwards was slated to be the series' new leading lady during the mid-30s, but lost the role to Darla Hood.
* ThePeteBest: Following Ernie Morrison's departure from the series, a new character named "Powder-Puff" took his spot as the series' older black kid. However, Powder-Puff was only in two shorts, as the role was quickly given to Eugene "Pineapple" Jackson.
** Supporting player Marianne Edwards was slated to be the series' new leading lady during the mid-30s, but lost the role to Darla Hood.
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* PromotionToOpeningTitles: George "Spanky" [=McFarland=] had his name in the opening titles for three of the films, making him the only cast member to receive such an honor. His name also showed up on many of the 1930s' lobby posters.
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* RealSongThemeTune: For a brief period, the series' theme music was Ray Henderson's "That Old Gang of Mine..."
** ReplacedTheThemeTune: ...after which the theme music became "Good Old Days," an original piece by [=LeRoy=] Shield.
*** During the MGM years, the theme tune became David Snell's "Our Gang," a medley consisting of "London Bridge," "Mulberry Bush," and "The Farmer in the Dell."
** RearrangeTheSong: Happened to "Good Old Days" several times, notably shifting from a quiet piece to a louder, marching band piece in the mid-late 30's.
** ReplacedTheThemeTune: ...after which the theme music became "Good Old Days," an original piece by [=LeRoy=] Shield.
*** During the MGM years, the theme tune became David Snell's "Our Gang," a medley consisting of "London Bridge," "Mulberry Bush," and "The Farmer in the Dell."
** RearrangeTheSong: Happened to "Good Old Days" several times, notably shifting from a quiet piece to a louder, marching band piece in the mid-late 30's.
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* BeamMeUpScotty: The line "Otay!" is often said to have been coined by Buckwheat. In actuality, it was coined by Porky.
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Froggy's many relatives.
* IAmNotSpock: Carl Switzer was asked to reuse his [[HollywoodToneDeaf off-key singing]] shtick in several of his earliest post-Little Rascals films.
* LongRunner: Over twenty years (9/10/22-4/29/44).
* LongRunnerCastTurnover: Allen Hoskins (Farina) and George [=McFarland=] (Spanky) had two of the longest runs in the series. But both were eventually retired due to the series' [[RevolvingDoorBand revolving door cast]].
* LongRunnerCastTurnover: Allen Hoskins (Farina) and George [=McFarland=] (Spanky) had two of the longest runs in the series. But both were eventually retired due to the series' [[RevolvingDoorBand revolving door cast]].
* MissingMom: In ''Wedding Worries'', Darla's father remarries.
* MusicalEpisode: Several.
* SpeechImpediment: Buckwheat and Porky (actors William Thomas and Eugene Lee really did have speech impediments). Both eventually grew out of it.
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** In the 1994 movie, Alfalfa and Spanky were hiding from a group of bullies, but get stuck performing in a ballet. Throughout the ballet, Spanky made Alfalfa hide a frog in his tutu.
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* TheChick: Darla from the later, better-known shorts. In the earlier films, this role was filled by Mary Kornman, Jean Darling, Mary Ann Jackson, and Dorothy DeBorba, among others. After Darla's departure, the role was given to Janet Burston.
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* TheChick: Darla from the later, better-known shorts. In the earlier films, this role was filled by Mary Kornman, Jean Darling, Mary Ann Jackson, and Dorothy DeBorba, [=DeBorba=], among others. After Darla's departure, the role was given to Janet Burston.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Some of the earliest episodes focus attention on farm [[TalkingAnimal animals acting like humans]], à la Hal Roach's ''Dippy Doo Dads'' series.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Early episodes mostly focus on Ernie "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison. This is somewhat fitting, since Hal Roach had planned to star Morrison in his own series.
** Some of the earliestepisodes entries focus attention on farm [[TalkingAnimal animals acting like humans]], à la Hal Roach's ''Dippy Doo Dads'' series.series.
** The earliest talkies from 1929 - early 1930 move at a noticeably slower pace, and generally lack background music, solid dialogue delivery, and other aspects that became associated with the series.
* EgocentricTeamNaming: The sign outside of the kids' voice studio in ''Framing Youth'' regularly has the billing ("Spanky - Manager, Alfalfa - Crooner").
** Some of the earliest
** The earliest talkies from 1929 - early 1930 move at a noticeably slower pace, and generally lack background music, solid dialogue delivery, and other aspects that became associated with the series.
* EgocentricTeamNaming: The sign outside of the kids' voice studio in ''Framing Youth'' regularly has the billing ("Spanky - Manager, Alfalfa - Crooner").
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* FakingTheDead: Harry Spear in ''Spook-Spoofing''.
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* FiveTemperamentEnsemble: Spanky (Melancholic), Alfalfa (Choleric), Darla (Sanguine), Buckwheat and Porky (both Phlegmatic).
* Flanderization: The entire cast became goody two-shoes when MGM took control of the series. This was a far cry from the characters' lovable, mischief-making personas that made the series so popular.
* Flanderization: The entire cast became goody two-shoes when MGM took control of the series. This was a far cry from the characters' lovable, mischief-making personas that made the series so popular.
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* FramedFaceOpening: The 1936-1938 shorts features photos the main cast on the opening title cards.
** The earlier silents did something similar, using cartoon likenesses as opposed to photos.
** The earlier silents did something similar, using cartoon likenesses as opposed to photos.
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* BigDamnMovie: The box office bomb ''General Spanky''.
** The 1994 movie also probably falls under this trope.
** The 1994 movie also probably falls under this trope.
* TheBusCameBack: Sort of. Mickey Daniels returns to town in ''Fish Hooky'' as a truant officer.
* ButtMonkey: Farina and Bonedust.
* ButtMonkey: Farina and Bonedust.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Virtually every character in the series. That is, if one actually considers the series to have ever had any continuity.
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* ChristmasEpisode: ''Good Cheer'', where Mickey Daniels and Johnny Downs bring gifts to the poor kids.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Virtually every character in the series. That is, if one actually considers the series to have [[NegativeContinuity ever had anycontinuity.continuity]].
* CloudCuckoolander: Stymie.
* CoolCars: Several. Most notably the taxi cab in ''Tire Trouble'' and ''Free Wheeling''.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Virtually every character in the series. That is, if one actually considers the series to have [[NegativeContinuity ever had any
* CloudCuckoolander: Stymie.
* CoolCars: Several. Most notably the taxi cab in ''Tire Trouble'' and ''Free Wheeling''.
* Corpsing: When Wheezer and Uh-Huh pose as midgets (by walking on their knees) in ''Fish Hooky'', John Collum keeps tripping. Bobby Hutchins clearly tries not to laugh.
** Eugene (Porky) Lee tries to hold in his laughter after some of the adult characters fall victim to a bottle of laughing gas in ''Men in Fright''.
* Costumer: ''General Spanky''.
** Eugene (Porky) Lee tries to hold in his laughter after some of the adult characters fall victim to a bottle of laughing gas in ''Men in Fright''.
* Costumer: ''General Spanky''.
* CowboyEpisode: ''War Feathers''.
* TheDanza: Several of the cast members.
** Kendall [=McComas=] (Breezy Brisbane) was 14 when he joined the cast.
** Dick Henchen, a 19-year-old dwarf, played a kid in three of the silent films.
** Dick Henchen, a 19-year-old dwarf, played a kid in three of the silent films.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Some of the earliest episodes focus attention on farm [[TalkingAnimal animals acting like humans]], à la Hal Roach's ''Dippy Doo Dads'' series.
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* NegativeContinuity: As was common for short comedy series, ''Our Gang'' almost never contained any continuity.
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* NegativeContinuity: As was common for short comedy series, ''Our Gang'' almost never contained any continuity. For instance, in one film the kids might be seen living with parents, but may suddenly be living in an orphanage in the next outing.
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* TheArtifact: Darla didn't really seem to serve much of a purpose when Carl Switzer (Alfalfa) was dropped from the series.
* CatchPhrase: "O-tay!" (Porky), "Uh-huh" (Uh-huh), "Like my Aunt/Uncle always says..." (Froggy).
* CoveredInMud: Paul Toien in ''Olympic Games''.
* CrossDressingVoices[=/=]LarynxDissonance: Billy Bletcher dubbed Margaret Bert (as Froggy's mother)'s voice in ''Robot Wrecks''.
* CrossDressingVoices[=/=]LarynxDissonance: Billy Bletcher dubbed Margaret Bert (as Froggy's mother)'s voice in ''Robot Wrecks''.
* DeadpanSnarker: Spanky.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: ''The Big Show'':
-->'''Booker T.:''' "Let's give them a free show for nothing."
* DisguisedInDrag: Alfalfa and Spanky in ballerina drags in ''Rushin' Ballet''.
** Alfalfa as Darla's cousin Emilia in ''Mail and Female''.
** Froggy in ''Surprised Parties''.
-->'''Booker T.:''' "Let's give them a free show for nothing."
* DisguisedInDrag: Alfalfa and Spanky in ballerina drags in ''Rushin' Ballet''.
** Alfalfa as Darla's cousin Emilia in ''Mail and Female''.
** Froggy in ''Surprised Parties''.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Elmer
* FatComicRelief: Joe Cobb, Chubby Chaney, Porky Lee.
* FatComicRelief: Joe Cobb, Chubby Chaney, Porky Lee.
* GenderScoff: The boys in ''The Buccaneers'', ''Hearts Are Thumps'', and ''Mail and Female'', among others.
** Rich man Dick in ''Shrimps For a Day''.
** Mickey and Sally in ''The New Pupil''.
** Rich man Dick in ''Shrimps For a Day''.
** Mickey and Sally in ''The New Pupil''.
* JerkAss[=/=]SpoiledBrat[=/=]TheRival: Jerry Tucker in ''Hi'-Neighbor!''.
* MythologyGag: Several of the talkie shorts borrow gags from the silents.
* NumberedSequels: Parodied; Alfalfa's boat is called Darla the Fourth in ''Three Men in a Tub'' and his balloon in ''Party Fever'' is Darla 2nd.
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* [[RevolvingDoorBand Revolving Door Cast]]: Used to keep the group young.
* {{Schoolmarm}}: Miss Crabtree
* {{Schoolmarm}}: Miss Crabtree
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Waldo in ''Three Men in a Tub''.
* SmugSnake: Jerry Tucker in ''Hi'-Neighbor!''
* [[RevolvingDoorBand Revolving Door Cast]]: Used to keep the group young.
* {{Schoolmarm}}: Miss Crabtree
* SmugSnake: Jerry Tucker in ''Hi'-Neighbor!''
* [[RevolvingDoorBand Revolving Door Cast]]: Used to keep the group young.
* {{Schoolmarm}}: Miss Crabtree
* StarCrossedLovers: Mickey and Mary, Alfalfa and Darla.
* TokenMinority: Every generation of the series contained a token black kid - Ernie/Sunshine Sammy (1922-1924), Farina (1922-1931), Pineapple (1924-1925), Stymie (1930-1935), and Buckwheat (1933-1944).
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* TokenMinority: Every generation of the series contained a token black kid - Ernie/Sunshine Sammy (1922-1924), Farina (1922-1931), Pineapple (1924-1925), Stymie (1930-1935), and Buckwheat (1933-1944).
* TitleDrop: In the later MGM shorts, the Rascals are sometimes officially called "Our Gang."
* TookALevelInBadass: Alfalfa in ''Football Romeo''.
* VerbalTicName: Uh-huh is named that because it's the only thing he (usually) says.
* TookALevelInBadass: Alfalfa in ''Football Romeo''.
* VerbalTicName: Uh-huh is named that because it's the only thing he (usually) says.
** June Marlowe was supposed to have reprised her role as Miss Crabtree in ''Teacher's Beau'', but (having retired from show business) turned town the offer to appear in the film.
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* [[YourOtherLeft Your Other Right Hand]]: Unintentionally happens in ''Hide and Shriek'' when Alfalfa has Porky and Buckwheat raise their right hand to take an oath. Three-year-old Eugene Lee mistakenly raises his left hand, but switches when he notices William Thomas has raised his right.
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* FatComicRelief: Joe Cobb, Chubby Chaney, Porky Lee.
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* SmugSnake: Waldo, in virtually every revival of the series. The Waldo seen in the original series [[CharacterDerailment wasn't nearly as smug]].
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* SmugSnake: Waldo, in virtually every revival of Waldo. Though the series. The Waldo seen in the original series [[CharacterDerailment wasn't nearly as smug]].
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* A 1979 animated ChristmasSpecial on Creator/{{NBC}}, whose voice cast included Matthew "Stymie" Beard and Darla Hood, as well as a series of [[Main/PublicServiceAnnouncment public service announcements]].
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* A 1979 animated ChristmasSpecial on Creator/{{NBC}}, whose voice cast included Matthew "Stymie" Beard and Darla Hood, as well as a series of [[Main/PublicServiceAnnouncment [[PublicServiceAnnouncement public service announcements]].
* BigDamnHeroes: The kids fall under this trope in a handful of shorts, notably when they rescue their adopted grandma in ''Fly My Kite''.
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* BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce: Several examples, usually involving a character secretly spiking the food of another for revenge. Dickie does this to Spanky in "Birthday Blues" and Weezer does this to his spoilt stepbrother Sherwood in "Dogs is Dogs."
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* BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce: Several examples, usually involving a character secretly spiking the food of another for revenge. Dickie does this to Spanky in "Birthday Blues" and Weezer Wheezer does this to his spoilt spoiled stepbrother Sherwood in "Dogs is Dogs."
* TheBoxingEpisode: ''The Champeen!'', ''Boxing Gloves'', and ''Glove Taps''.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Alfalfa at the end of ''Came the Brawn''.
** The entire cast at the end of ''Saturday's Lesson''.
** The entire cast at the end of ''Saturday's Lesson''.
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* TheChick: Darla from the later, better-known shorts. In the earlier films, this role was filled by Mary Kornman and then by Mary Ann Jackson.
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* TheChick: Darla from the later, better-known shorts. In the earlier films, this role was filled by Mary Kornman and then by Kornman, Jean Darling, Mary Ann Jackson.Jackson, and Dorothy DeBorba, among others. After Darla's departure, the role was given to Janet Burston.
* NegativeContinuity: As was common for short comedy series, ''Our Gang'' almost never contained any continuity.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Most of the child actors.
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* SquirrelsInMyPants: In "Framing Youth", Alfalfa gets a frog stuck in his tuxedo while he is performing at a talent show
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* SquirrelsInMyPants: In "Framing Youth", Alfalfa gets a frog stuck in his tuxedo while he is performing at a talent showshow.
* TokenMinority: Every generation of the series contained a token black kid - Ernie/Sunshine Sammy (1922-1924), Farina (1922-1931), Pineapple (1924-1925), Stymie (1930-1935), and Buckwheat (1933-1944).
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** One notable exception is Weezer and Dorothy's wicked stepmother in "Dogs is Dogs".
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** One notable exception is Weezer Wheezer and Dorothy's wicked stepmother in "Dogs is Dogs".
* WrittenInAbsence: In ''All About Hash'', Buckwheat's absence from a scene is rather lazily thrown in by Alfalfa - he couldn't join the others because his dad brought home a chicken for dinner.
** In ''Canned Fishing'', Buckwheat explains that Porky decided to go to school instead of playing hooky with the others.
* WrittenInAbsence: In ''All About Hash'', Buckwheat's absence from a scene is rather lazily thrown in by Alfalfa - he couldn't join the others because his dad brought home a chicken for dinner.
** In ''Canned Fishing'', Buckwheat explains that Porky decided to go to school instead of playing hooky with the others.
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* TheChick: Every generation of the series contains at least one token girl - Mary (1923-1926), Jean (1927-1929), Mary Ann (1928-1931), Dorothy (1930-1935), Darla (1935-1941), and Janet (1940-1944) are the most well-known ones.
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* NegativeContinuity: As was common for short comedy series, ''Our Gang'' almost never contained any continuity.
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* {{Sequel}}: The 2014 film ''The Little Rascals Save The Day''. The film features a cameo from Bug Hall, who played Alfalfa in the 1994 original, and rewrites the character of Mary Ann as a tomboy who is best friends with the boys instead of Darla.
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* TokenMinority: Every generation of the series contained a token black kid - Ernie/Sunshine Sammy (1922-1924), Farina (1922-1931), Pineapple (1924-1925), Stymie (1930-1935), and Buckwheat (1933-1944).
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* WrittenInAbsence: In ''All About Hash'', Buckwheat's absence from a scene is rather lazily thrown in by Alfalfa - he couldn't join the others because his dad brought home a chicken for dinner.
** In ''Canned Fishing'', Buckwheat explains that Porky decided to go to school instead of playing hooky with the others.
** In ''Canned Fishing'', Buckwheat explains that Porky decided to go to school instead of playing hooky with the others.
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** Buckwheat is absent from ''Feed 'Em And Weep''. In his place is Philip Hurlic. He is also noticeably missing from a scene in ''All About Hash'', though [[Written-InAbsence it is explained briefly]] by Alfalfa.
** Porky is missing from ''Arbor Day'', ''General Spanky'', and the second half of ''Canned Fishing''. In the latter of the three films, Buckwheat [[Written-InAbsence briefly explains]] his absence.
** Darla is missing from a handful of episodes.
** Porky is missing from ''Arbor Day'', ''General Spanky'', and the second half of ''Canned Fishing''. In the latter of the three films, Buckwheat [[Written-InAbsence briefly explains]] his absence.
** Darla is missing from a handful of episodes.
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** Buckwheat is absent from ''Feed 'Em And Weep''. In his place is Philip Hurlic. He is also noticeably missing from a scene in ''All About Hash'', though [[Written-InAbsence [[WrittenInAbsence it is explained briefly]] by Alfalfa.
** Porky is missing from ''Arbor Day'', ''General Spanky'', and the second half of ''Canned Fishing''. In the latter of the three films, Buckwheat[[Written-InAbsence [[WrittenInAbsence briefly explains]] his absence.
** Darlais missing from a handful was occasionally absent.
* ActingForTwo: Carl Switzer played both Alfalfa and rich kid Cornelius in ''Alfalfa's Double''.
* AllJustADream: ''Seein' Things'', ''Mama's Little Pirate'', ''Our Gang Follies ofepisodes.1938'', and the nightmare sequence in the 1994 movie.
** Porky is missing from ''Arbor Day'', ''General Spanky'', and the second half of ''Canned Fishing''. In the latter of the three films, Buckwheat
** Darla
* ActingForTwo: Carl Switzer played both Alfalfa and rich kid Cornelius in ''Alfalfa's Double''.
* AllJustADream: ''Seein' Things'', ''Mama's Little Pirate'', ''Our Gang Follies of
* BreakOutCharacter: The series had several: Spanky, Alfalfa, Stymie, Farina, and Froggy, among others.
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** The Rascals appear alongside several other Hollywood stars in the [[Main/All-StarCast star-studded]] ''The Stolen Jools''.
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** The Rascals appear alongside several other Hollywood stars in the [[Main/All-StarCast [[Main/AllStarCast star-studded]] ''The Stolen Jools''.
* TagalongKid: Every generation of the series had one. Spanky, Stymie, Buckwheat, Porky, Scotty, Jackie Condon, and Farina were all in this position in their early years.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Spanky and Scotty, Buckwheat and Porky, Stymie and Wheezer.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Spanky and Scotty, Buckwheat and Porky, Stymie and Wheezer.
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* CatchPhrase: "Oooh-taaay!", "Uh-huh".
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* CatchPhrase: "Oooh-taaay!", "Uh-huh"."O-tay!", "Uh-huh".
* TheChick: Every generation of the series contains at least one token girl - Mary (1923-1926), Jean (1927-1929), Mary Ann (1928-1931), Dorothy (1930-1935), Darla (1935-1941), and Janet (1940-1944) are the most well-known ones.
* TheChick: Every generation of the series contains at least one token girl - Mary (1923-1926), Jean (1927-1929), Mary Ann (1928-1931), Dorothy (1930-1935), Darla (1935-1941), and Janet (1940-1944) are the most well-known ones.
* FatComicRelief: Joe Cobb, Chubby Chaney, Porky Lee.
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* SmugSnake: Waldo.
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* SmugSnake: Waldo.Waldo, in virtually every revival of the series. The Waldo seen in the original series [[CharacterDerailment wasn't nearly as smug]].
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* TokenMinority: Every generation of the series contained a token black kid - Ernie/Sunshine Sammy (1922-1924), Farina (1922-1931), Pineapple (1924-1925), Stymie (1930-1935), and Buckwheat (1933-1944).
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* WrittenInAbsence: In ''All About Hash'', Buckwheat's absence from a scene is rather lazily thrown in by Alfalfa - he couldn't join the others because his dad brought home a chicken for dinner.
** In ''Canned Fishing'', Buckwheat explains that Porky decided to go to school instead of playing hooky with the others.
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* A 1979 animated ChristmasSpecial on Creator/{{NBC}}, whose voice cast included Matthew "Stymie" Beard and Darla Hood, as well as a series of PublicServiceAnnouncements.
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* A 1979 animated ChristmasSpecial on Creator/{{NBC}}, whose voice cast included Matthew "Stymie" Beard and Darla Hood, as well as a series of PublicServiceAnnouncements.[[Main/PublicServiceAnnouncment public service announcements]].
* AbsenteeActor: Occasionally happened to principal cast members, usually due to illness.
** Wheezer doesn't appear in ''Hook and Ladder'', ''Free Wheeling'', or ''Birthday Blues''.
** Buckwheat is absent from ''Feed 'Em And Weep''. In his place is Philip Hurlic. He is also noticeably missing from a scene in ''All About Hash'', though [[Written-InAbsence it is explained briefly]] by Alfalfa.
** Porky is missing from ''Arbor Day'', ''General Spanky'', and the second half of ''Canned Fishing''. In the latter of the three films, Buckwheat [[Written-InAbsence briefly explains]] his absence.
** Darla is missing from a handful of episodes.
** Wheezer doesn't appear in ''Hook and Ladder'', ''Free Wheeling'', or ''Birthday Blues''.
** Buckwheat is absent from ''Feed 'Em And Weep''. In his place is Philip Hurlic. He is also noticeably missing from a scene in ''All About Hash'', though [[Written-InAbsence it is explained briefly]] by Alfalfa.
** Porky is missing from ''Arbor Day'', ''General Spanky'', and the second half of ''Canned Fishing''. In the latter of the three films, Buckwheat [[Written-InAbsence briefly explains]] his absence.
** Darla is missing from a handful of episodes.
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* {{Bowdlerized}}: A lot of the shorts have had scissors taken to them to remove scenes which have negative racial overtones.
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* {{Bowdlerized}}: A lot of the TV reruns of the shorts have had scissors taken to them to remove scenes which have negative racial overtones.
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** The Rascals appear alongside several other Hollywood stars in the star-studded ''The Stolen Jools''.
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** The Rascals appear alongside several other Hollywood stars in the star-studded [[Main/All-StarCast star-studded]] ''The Stolen Jools''.
* DemotedToExtra: Typically happened whenever a once popular cast member started to outgrow their roles.
** Wheezer's role was reduced when Spanky [=McFarland=] and Dickie Moore were added to the cast. He is practically unnoticeable in his last episode.
** Stymie has very little to do in his last few appearances, only getting one line in his last two episodes.
** Buckwheat in the MGM shorts.
** Wheezer's role was reduced when Spanky [=McFarland=] and Dickie Moore were added to the cast. He is practically unnoticeable in his last episode.
** Stymie has very little to do in his last few appearances, only getting one line in his last two episodes.
** Buckwheat in the MGM shorts.
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* FollowTheLeader: The shorts spawned a few imitators, such as ''Mickey McGuire'', ''Hey Fellas'', and ''McDougall Alley Kids''.
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* FollowTheLeader: The shorts spawned a few imitators, such as ''Mickey McGuire'', [=McGuire=]'', ''Hey Fellas'', and ''McDougall ''[=McDougall=] Alley Kids''.
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Hal Roach created this series of short comedy films in the 1920s. During the silent years (1922–28), Roach tried such titles as ''Hal Roach's Rascals'' and ''The Terrible Ten'', but since the first short was titled ''Our Gang'', moviegoers started calling them the "Our Gang Comedies". The child cast changed almost annually until the series ended in 1944.
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Hal Roach created this series of short comedy films in the 1920s. During the silent years (1922–28), Roach tried such titles as ''Hal Roach's Rascals'' and ''The Terrible Ten'', Rascals'', but since the first short was titled ''Our Gang'', moviegoers started calling them the "Our Gang Comedies". The child cast changed almost annually until the series ended in 1944.
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* A 1979 animated ChristmasSpecial on Creator/{{NBC}}, whose voice cast included Matthew "Stymie" Beard and Darla Hood.
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* TheBully: Butch, but in the shorts ''For the Love of Pete'' and ''The Lucky Corner'', the bully was played by Sidney Kibrick, who would later play Butch's toady, Woim.
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* TheBully: Butch, but in the shorts ''For the Love of Pete'' Pete's Sake!'' and ''The Lucky Corner'', the bully was played by Sidney Kibrick, who would later play Butch's toady, Woim.Leonard Kibrick.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Virtually every character in the series. That is, if one actually considers the series to have ever had any continuity.
* CrossOver: Spanky, Stymie and Tommy Bond appear in Charley Chase's ''The Cracked Ice Man''.
** Stymie also appears in Chase's ''Four Parts''.
** The Rascals appear alongside several other Hollywood stars in the star-studded ''The Stolen Jools''.
** Stymie also appears in Chase's ''Four Parts''.
** The Rascals appear alongside several other Hollywood stars in the star-studded ''The Stolen Jools''.
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* FollowTheLeader: The shorts spawned a few imitators.
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* FollowTheLeader: The shorts spawned a few imitators.imitators, such as ''Mickey McGuire'', ''Hey Fellas'', and ''McDougall Alley Kids''.
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* NegativeContinuity: As was common for short comedy series, ''Our Gang'' almost never contained any continuity.
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* UnfortunateImplications: FortunateImplications: Although the character of Buckwheat is considered an offensive racial stereotype by most people today, the most offensive thing about his character (at least to people in the deep South) was that he attended an integrated school along with all the other characters.
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* {{Tomboy}}: Mary Ann was the closest thing to this in the series.
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* {{Tomboy}}: Mary Ann was is the closest thing to this in the series.series. Dorothy also has her moments.
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* SpikedWheels: It happens during the go-kart race scene. The resident SpoiledBrat [[MoralEventHorizon uses his money-fueled rocket car to take out Alfalfa's new MacGyvered car.]]
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* SpikedWheels: It happens during the go-kart race scene. The resident SpoiledBrat [[MoralEventHorizon uses his money-fueled rocket car to take out Alfalfa's new MacGyvered car.]]car]].
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* TwoScenesOneDialouge: The boys and girls complain simultaneously about their troubles with the opposite sex, with the camera constantly switching between the boys' tent and the girls' SlumberParty.
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* TwoScenesOneDialouge: TwoScenesOneDialogue: The boys and girls complain simultaneously about their troubles with the opposite sex, with the camera constantly switching between the boys' tent and the girls' SlumberParty.
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* StockYuck: Chubby's Limberger cheese. Makes all but him hold their nose and cower.
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* UnfortunateImplications: FortunateImplications: Although the character of Buckwheat is considered an offensive racial stereotype by most people today, the most offensive thing about his character (at least to people in the deep South) was that he attended an integrated school along with all the other characters.
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* A direct-to-video sequel, ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2490004/ The Little Rascals Save the Day]]'', directed by Alex Zamm, scheduled for release in September 2014.
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* {{Sequel}}: The 2014 film ''The Little Rascals Save The Day''. The film features a cameo from Bug Hall, who played Alfalfa in the 1994 original, and rewrites the character of Mary Ann as a tomboy who is best friends with the boys instead of Darla.
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* ReCut: The film on DVD and VHS was actually trimmed ''down'' for time and content from the original theatrical release (Universal had done this to other films, including Ghost Dad and Problem Child 2). The extended edit on TV is actually the original theatrical cut with the scenes that were taken out for the home video release, although that version also edits a few scenes out for content or language (the girls referencing that boys like "farting and farting" as an example of grossness is one bit trimmed from TV airings).
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* ReCut: The film on DVD and VHS was actually trimmed ''down'' for time and content from the original theatrical release (Universal had done this to other films, including Ghost Dad ''Film/GhostDad'' and Problem Child 2).''ProblemChild 2''). The extended edit on TV is actually the original theatrical cut with the scenes that were taken out for the home video release, although that version also edits a few scenes out for content or language (the girls referencing that boys like "farting and farting" as an example of grossness is one bit trimmed from TV airings).
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* OrphanageofFear: "Mush and Milk" and "Shrimps for a Day."
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* [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleRascals A Saturday morning cartoon]] produced in the 1980s by Creator/HannaBarbera for Creator/{{ABC}}, as part of a 90-minute block with ''WesternAnimation/{{Pac-Man}}'' and ''ComicBook/RichieRich''. Its voice cast included Creator/PeterCullen, PattyMaloney, [[JulieMcWhirter Julie McWhirter Dees]], Creator/ScottMenville, [[Series/DiffrentStrokes Shavar Ross]] and Creator/BJWard.
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* A 2013 direct-to-video sequel, ''The Little Rascals Save the Day'', directed by Alex Zamm.
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* A 2013 direct-to-video sequel, ''The ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2490004/ The Little Rascals Save the Day'', Day]]'', directed by Alex Zamm.Zamm, scheduled for release in September 2014.
For the SaturdayMorningCartoon produced by Creator/HannaBarbera in 1982, see [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleRascals this page]].
For the SaturdayMorningCartoon produced by Creator/HannaBarbera in 1982, see [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleRascals this page]].
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** Dorothy DeBorba was let go after just a couple of years because of a growth spurt.
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* DawsonCasting: Norman Chaney was 15 when he was hired to play grade school-aged Chubby in 1929. A glandular disorder had stunted his weight and made him obese.
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* DawsonCasting: Norman Chaney was 15 when he was hired to play grade school-aged Chubby in 1929. A glandular disorder had stunted his weight and made him obese.
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A revolving cast of child stars came and went throughout the course of the series. Among the better-known personalities were George "Spanky" [=McFarland=], Matthew "Stymie" Beard, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Eugene "Porky" Lee, Tommy "Butch" Bond and Darla Hood.
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A revolving cast of child stars came and went throughout the course of the series. Among the better-known personalities were George "Spanky" [=McFarland=], Matthew "Stymie" Beard, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Eugene "Porky" Lee, Tommy "Butch" Bond and Darla Hood.
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Hal Roach created this series of short comedy films in the 1920s. During the silent years (1922–28), Roach tried such titles as ''Hal Roach's Rascals'' and ''The Terrible Ten'', but since the first short was titled ''Our Gang'', moviegoers started calling them the "Our Gang Comedies". The child cast changed almost annually until the series ended in 1944.
It is said that Hal Roach [[InspirationForTheWork got the idea]] for the comedies that revealed the world as seen from a child's point of view when he heard through his office window a conversation among some children in a lot next door arguing over discarded scraps of wood they were trying to split up for salvage;
In 1949, Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, which had purchased the series from Roach in 1938, sold the films back to him but retained the rights to the ''Our Gang'' name. When Roach packaged the films for television syndication in the mid-'50s, the series was retitled ''The Little Rascals'', leading to a certain amount of TitleConfusion over the years.
A revolving cast of child stars came and went throughout the course of the series. Among the better-known personalities were George "Spanky" [=McFarland=], Matthew "Stymie" Beard, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Eugene "Porky" Lee, Tommy "Butch" Bond and Darla Hood.
!!!Derivative works:
* The earliest issues of ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' in the late 1930s featured a ComicBookAdaptation of ''Our Gang'', drawn by legendary comics artist Dudley Watkins.
* A series of clay-animated ''Little Rascals Color Specials'', produced for television in the 1960s, presumably by Bura and Hardwick, the British studio responsible for ''WesternAnimation/CamberwickGreen''.
* A 1979 animated ChristmasSpecial on Creator/{{NBC}}, whose voice cast included Matthew "Stymie" Beard and Darla Hood.
* [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleRascals A Saturday morning cartoon]] produced in the 1980s by Creator/HannaBarbera for Creator/{{ABC}}, as part of a 90-minute block with ''WesternAnimation/{{Pac-Man}}'' and ''ComicBook/RichieRich''. Its voice cast included Creator/PeterCullen, PattyMaloney, [[JulieMcWhirter Julie McWhirter Dees]], Creator/ScottMenville, [[Series/DiffrentStrokes Shavar Ross]] and Creator/BJWard.
* A 1994 feature film, directed by Penelope Spheeris and released by Creator/{{Universal}} Pictures. It won Young Artist awards for no fewer than six members of the cast: Ross Bagley, Juliette Brewer, Bug Hall, Brittany Ashton Holmes, Travis Tedford and Kevin Jamal Woods.
* A 2013 direct-to-video sequel, ''The Little Rascals Save the Day'', directed by Alex Zamm.
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* AnimalReactionShot: Pete's specialty.
* AnimalsHateHim: In "Dogs is Dogs," Wheezer and Dorothy's spoiled, whiny stepbrother is pushed into a well by his own dog.
* BigFriendlyDog: Pete the Pup
* BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce: Several examples, usually involving a character secretly spiking the food of another for revenge. Dickie does this to Spanky in "Birthday Blues" and Weezer does this to his spoilt stepbrother Sherwood in "Dogs is Dogs."
* {{Bowdlerized}}: A lot of the shorts have had scissors taken to them to remove scenes which have negative racial overtones.
* BrattyHalfPint
* TheBully: Butch, but in the shorts ''For the Love of Pete'' and ''The Lucky Corner'', the bully was played by Sidney Kibrick, who would later play Butch's toady, Woim.
* BumblingDad: Mr. Hood, Darla's father, in particular.
* TheChick: Darla from the later, better-known shorts. In the earlier films, this role was filled by Mary Kornman and then by Mary Ann Jackson.
* CoolTeacher: Miss Crabtree with her fashionable looks, roadster and generally liberal approach to teaching.
* CrosscastRole: The character of Buckwheat was originally Stymie's little sister, played by Matthew Beard's real-life sister Carlena. Even after male actor Billie Thomas inherited the role, Buckwheat continued to be portrayed as a girl for several shorts. This has led to no small amount of ViewerGenderConfusion over the years.
* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: Several examples. They usually involve stern or bumbling fathers, but even Miss Crabtree loses her temper with the kids on one occasion (for giving her ridiculous answers in class) and threatens them with a good "trouncing" in "School's Out".
* FollowTheLeader: The shorts spawned a few imitators.
* FreeRangeChildren
* HeManWomanHater: TropeNamer, though '''NOT''' an actual example of the trope.
** GirlsHaveCooties: They actually fit under this trope.
* HeroicBSOD: Jackie at the end of ''Teacher's Pet''.
* HeyLetsPutOnAShow: Several examples. Sometimes goes awry, as when Spanky and the guys tried to stand in for the 'Flory Dory' girls.
* HollywoodToneDeaf: Alfalfa, to the point that it became a BerserkButton during public appearances, when fans asked him to sing off key.
* IdiotHair: Alfalfa's trademark.
* IGotBigger: Porky, hired to play Spanky's little brother, eventually grew taller than Spanky.
* MenaceDecay: Partially averted, even then the earliest stories have some kind of "shouldn't they be at school" undertone.
* MotivationOnAStick: In one short, ''Free Wheeling'', the boys have a "taxi" powered by a mule/donkey pushing from the back and a carrot on a stick in front of it that's used to make it push.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Jackie, at the end of ''Teacher's Pet''.
* NiceHat: Stymie's [[DashinglyDapperDerby derby]] (given to him by [[Creator/LaurelAndHardy Stan Laurel]]), Spanky's striped beanie.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Most of the child actors.
* PantyShot: A few in some early 1940a ''Our Gang'' shorts that involved music and dancing. Even Darla had a few panty shots in a few of the shorts.
* PrecociousCrush: Jackie Cooper for Miss Crabtree.
* PrinceAndPauper: ''Alfalfa's Double''
* [[RevolvingDoorBand Revolving Door Cast]]: Used to keep the group young.
* {{Schoolmarm}}: Miss Crabtree
* RegalRinglets: Dorothy.
* ShoutOut: The 1960s singing group Spanky and Our Gang, which derived its name from lead singer Elaine "Spanky" [=McFarlane=]'s facial resemblance to George "Spanky" [=McFarland=] (as well as their similar surnames).
* SquirrelsInMyPants: In "Framing Youth", Alfalfa gets a frog stuck in his tuxedo while he is performing at a talent show
** In the 1994 movie, Alfalfa and Spanky were hiding from a group of bullies, but get stuck performing in a ballet. Throughout the ballet, Spanky made Alfalfa hide a frog in his tutu.
* StageMom: Spanky has one in ''Beginner's Luck''.
* {{Tomboy}}: Mary Ann was the closest thing to this in the series.
* TheTonsillitisEpisode: Darla has a tonsillectomy in "Men in Fright", and Mickey has one in "No Noise".
* WackySoundEffect: The moaning noises coming from the cake filled with household items (thanks to Spanky) in "Birthday Blues".
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Among the child actors who auditioned for roles in the series, but were rejected, were Mickey Rooney and ShirleyTemple.
** Hal Roach toyed with the idea of keeping the original kids and following them through their teen years, but ultimately decided that the series should focus on young children, and wound up replacing the cast every few years. However, a remnant of the idea ''did'' remain in that a teenage Joe Cobb and Farina Hoskins showed up once during the Spanky era to give the younger kids some well-intentioned, but comically bad, advice.
** Roach also considered a series featuring [[Creator/LaurelAndHardy Oliver Hardy]] as the father of Spanky; presumably to involve family hijinks.
* WomenAreWiser: The adult women in this series (usually mothers or teachers) tend to be kinder and more grounded than the men, who are often bumbling or pompous at best and downright abusive at worst.
** One notable exception is Weezer and Dorothy's wicked stepmother in "Dogs is Dogs".
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* AllStarCast: Well, not the main characters, but there are a lot of familiar faces that show up as supporting or cameo characters.
* CashLure: The old "buck and a duck" trick.
* CatchPhrase: "Oooh-taaay!", "Uh-huh".
* ChekhovsSkill: Or lack there of. Buckwheat and Porky can't read and Alfalfa uses this to trick them into taking a love note to Darla, telling them it's a hate note. [[spoiler: It backfires when Porky destroys the note and Buckwheat tells Darla what it said from memory.]]
* ColonelBogeyMarch: Courtesy of a marching band at the fair; this establishes the mood for the club's money-earning mission.
* CoveredInMud: [[spoiler:At the end, Butch and Woim end up in a pig pen. Alfalfa punched Butch into it, and then Woim jumped in himself to ''avoid'' being punched.]]
* CrossDressingVoices[=/=]LarynxDissonance: Elizabeth Daily dubbed Froggy's voice.
* DeadpanSnarker: Stymie, though mostly with eye rolling and vocal intonation.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: During Alfalfa and Darla's first meeting with Waldo:
-->'''Darla:''' I'll be appearing in the talent show coming up.\\
'''Alfalfa:''' Yeah! The two of us will both be singing a duet. Together.\\
'''Waldo:''' [[LampshadeHanging How redundant.]]
* DisguisedInDrag: Alfalfa and Spanky in ballerina drags. Bullies Butch and Woim [[AttractiveBentGender find them quite attractive]].
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: When Alfalfa gets "excited", his IdiotHair spikes up.
* DontAsk: Alfalfa. He runs up to Porky wearing nothing but socks and underwear, prompting Porky to ask if he had a rough day.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Elmer
* FeudEpisode: "Love Has No Pride" by Rosanne Cash
* GenderScoff: The tent/sleepover scene, after Alfalfa and Darla break up.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "I whipped out my lizard!"
* HilariousOuttakes: Indeed, they are!
** FullyAutomaticClipShow: "Brittany, stop looking at the camera!"
* ICanExplain: See DontAsk.
* InsultBackfire:
-->'''Spanky:''' All the money in the world is no substitute for hard work and ingenuity.\\
'''Waldo:''' You lead a rich fantasy life.\\
'''Spanky:''' Thank you.\\
'''Waldo:''' Moron.
* JerkAss[=/=]SpoiledBrat[=/=]TheRival: Waldo.
* LintValue: The gang tries to buy materials from the lumber yard to rebuild the clubhouse. They ask the guy working there about how much they can get...for a little over three or four dollars (they took up a collection). The man holds up a single hinge and asks, "Paper or plastic?"
* MythologyGag: The movie borrows gags and situations from the original shorts:
** ''Three Smart Guys'' (1943): Porky and Buckwheat unknowingly reeling each other in while fishing.
** ''Anniversary Trouble'' (1935): The gang and the "hi/high-sign".
** ''Hearts are Thumps'' (1937): The gang spiking Alfalfa & Darla's lunch.
** ''Hook and Ladder'' (1932): The gang as firefighters.
** ''Teacher's Beau'' (1935): Spanky and Stymie imitating adults by [[TotemPoleTrench sitting on each other's shoulders in order to appear taller]]
** ''Mail and Female'' (1937): Porky and Buckwheat as messengers for Alfalfa's love letter
** ''Rushin' Ballet'' (1937): Alfalfa and Spanky in drag at a ballet recital
** ''Hearts are Thumps'' (1937): Alfalfa's "bubble song" (during the talent show)
** ''Hi'-Neighbor!'' (1934): building the go-kart (a fire engine in the original)
** ''Auto Antics'' (1939): the go-kart race
** ''Hi'-Neighbor!'' (1934) and ''Divot Diggers'' (1936): knocking over pedestrians in the go-kart
* NumberedSequels: Parodied; The go-kart that Alfalfa ends up driving is called "The Blur 2: The Sequel".
* OldFashionedRowboatDate: Alfalfa and Darla have one.
* ReCut: The film on DVD and VHS was actually trimmed ''down'' for time and content from the original theatrical release (Universal had done this to other films, including Ghost Dad and Problem Child 2). The extended edit on TV is actually the original theatrical cut with the scenes that were taken out for the home video release, although that version also edits a few scenes out for content or language (the girls referencing that boys like "farting and farting" as an example of grossness is one bit trimmed from TV airings).
* RoadSignReversal: While on their way to the race, Porky pushed the race track arrow from right to straight ahead. Three go-karts (Alfalfa/Spanky, Waldo/Darla, and Butch/Woim) follow that direction. A guy assigned by the arrow quickly moved the check back to right as the other go-karts were coming.
* SadTimesMontage: Occurs after Alfalfa tells off Spanky for ruining his chances of making up with Darla at the talent show.
* SamusIsAGirl: A.J. Ferguson
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Waldo did this a lot, as did [[spoiler: Uh-huh]], as revealed at the end of the movie, though [[spoiler: Uh-huh]] is actually a case of BrilliantButLazy, as he explains that while he may have an extensive vocabulary, he just chooses not to use it.
* SettingUpdate: A subtle variant. Waldo has a boom box, and the original "Our Gang" shorts predate the songs used in the talent show.
* SmugSnake: Waldo.
* SomethingElseAlsoRises: Darla flattens Alfalfa's hair point and then gives him a kiss, causing his hair to spring right back up again.
* SpikedWheels: It happens during the go-kart race scene. The resident SpoiledBrat [[MoralEventHorizon uses his money-fueled rocket car to take out Alfalfa's new MacGyvered car.]]
* StarCrossedLovers: Alfalfa and Darla
* TemptingFate: While running around town in his underwear, Alfalfa says, "Things couldn't possibly get any worse!", just before running straight into Butch and Woim.
** He even lampshades it
-->'''Alfalfa''': (After the above happens) And then the clouds opened up and God said "I Hate You Alfalfa".
* TitleDrop: "''YOU LITTLE RASCALS!''"
* TookALevelInBadass: Alfalfa, when he punches Butch into the pig pen after the race, and threatens to do the same thing to Woim, who just jumps into the mud with Butch.
* TwoScenesOneDialouge: The boys and girls complain simultaneously about their troubles with the opposite sex, with the camera constantly switching between the boys' tent and the girls' SlumberParty.
--> '''Spanky and Darla''': Why do they have to be so different?
* VerbalTicName: Uh-huh is named that because it's the only thing he (usually) says.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The surviving ''Our Gang'' cast making cameos or asked to be consultants in the making of the movie.
* YouAnsweredYourOwnQuestion: This might be justified, because Buckwheat is 5 years old.
--> '''Buckwheat:''' Quick! What's the number for 911?
* [[YourOtherLeft Your Other Right Hand]]
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It is said that Hal Roach [[InspirationForTheWork got the idea]] for the comedies that revealed the world as seen from a child's point of view when he heard through his office window a conversation among some children in a lot next door arguing over discarded scraps of wood they were trying to split up for salvage;
In 1949, Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, which had purchased the series from Roach in 1938, sold the films back to him but retained the rights to the ''Our Gang'' name. When Roach packaged the films for television syndication in the mid-'50s, the series was retitled ''The Little Rascals'', leading to a certain amount of TitleConfusion over the years.
A revolving cast of child stars came and went throughout the course of the series. Among the better-known personalities were George "Spanky" [=McFarland=], Matthew "Stymie" Beard, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Eugene "Porky" Lee, Tommy "Butch" Bond and Darla Hood.
!!!Derivative works:
* The earliest issues of ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' in the late 1930s featured a ComicBookAdaptation of ''Our Gang'', drawn by legendary comics artist Dudley Watkins.
* A series of clay-animated ''Little Rascals Color Specials'', produced for television in the 1960s, presumably by Bura and Hardwick, the British studio responsible for ''WesternAnimation/CamberwickGreen''.
* A 1979 animated ChristmasSpecial on Creator/{{NBC}}, whose voice cast included Matthew "Stymie" Beard and Darla Hood.
* [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleRascals A Saturday morning cartoon]] produced in the 1980s by Creator/HannaBarbera for Creator/{{ABC}}, as part of a 90-minute block with ''WesternAnimation/{{Pac-Man}}'' and ''ComicBook/RichieRich''. Its voice cast included Creator/PeterCullen, PattyMaloney, [[JulieMcWhirter Julie McWhirter Dees]], Creator/ScottMenville, [[Series/DiffrentStrokes Shavar Ross]] and Creator/BJWard.
* A 1994 feature film, directed by Penelope Spheeris and released by Creator/{{Universal}} Pictures. It won Young Artist awards for no fewer than six members of the cast: Ross Bagley, Juliette Brewer, Bug Hall, Brittany Ashton Holmes, Travis Tedford and Kevin Jamal Woods.
* A 2013 direct-to-video sequel, ''The Little Rascals Save the Day'', directed by Alex Zamm.
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[[AC:Contains examples of:]]
* AnimalReactionShot: Pete's specialty.
* AnimalsHateHim: In "Dogs is Dogs," Wheezer and Dorothy's spoiled, whiny stepbrother is pushed into a well by his own dog.
* BigFriendlyDog: Pete the Pup
* BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce: Several examples, usually involving a character secretly spiking the food of another for revenge. Dickie does this to Spanky in "Birthday Blues" and Weezer does this to his spoilt stepbrother Sherwood in "Dogs is Dogs."
* {{Bowdlerized}}: A lot of the shorts have had scissors taken to them to remove scenes which have negative racial overtones.
* BrattyHalfPint
* TheBully: Butch, but in the shorts ''For the Love of Pete'' and ''The Lucky Corner'', the bully was played by Sidney Kibrick, who would later play Butch's toady, Woim.
* BumblingDad: Mr. Hood, Darla's father, in particular.
* TheChick: Darla from the later, better-known shorts. In the earlier films, this role was filled by Mary Kornman and then by Mary Ann Jackson.
* CoolTeacher: Miss Crabtree with her fashionable looks, roadster and generally liberal approach to teaching.
* CrosscastRole: The character of Buckwheat was originally Stymie's little sister, played by Matthew Beard's real-life sister Carlena. Even after male actor Billie Thomas inherited the role, Buckwheat continued to be portrayed as a girl for several shorts. This has led to no small amount of ViewerGenderConfusion over the years.
* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: Several examples. They usually involve stern or bumbling fathers, but even Miss Crabtree loses her temper with the kids on one occasion (for giving her ridiculous answers in class) and threatens them with a good "trouncing" in "School's Out".
* FollowTheLeader: The shorts spawned a few imitators.
* FreeRangeChildren
* HeManWomanHater: TropeNamer, though '''NOT''' an actual example of the trope.
** GirlsHaveCooties: They actually fit under this trope.
* HeroicBSOD: Jackie at the end of ''Teacher's Pet''.
* HeyLetsPutOnAShow: Several examples. Sometimes goes awry, as when Spanky and the guys tried to stand in for the 'Flory Dory' girls.
* HollywoodToneDeaf: Alfalfa, to the point that it became a BerserkButton during public appearances, when fans asked him to sing off key.
* IdiotHair: Alfalfa's trademark.
* IGotBigger: Porky, hired to play Spanky's little brother, eventually grew taller than Spanky.
* MenaceDecay: Partially averted, even then the earliest stories have some kind of "shouldn't they be at school" undertone.
* MotivationOnAStick: In one short, ''Free Wheeling'', the boys have a "taxi" powered by a mule/donkey pushing from the back and a carrot on a stick in front of it that's used to make it push.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Jackie, at the end of ''Teacher's Pet''.
* NiceHat: Stymie's [[DashinglyDapperDerby derby]] (given to him by [[Creator/LaurelAndHardy Stan Laurel]]), Spanky's striped beanie.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Most of the child actors.
* PantyShot: A few in some early 1940a ''Our Gang'' shorts that involved music and dancing. Even Darla had a few panty shots in a few of the shorts.
* PrecociousCrush: Jackie Cooper for Miss Crabtree.
* PrinceAndPauper: ''Alfalfa's Double''
* [[RevolvingDoorBand Revolving Door Cast]]: Used to keep the group young.
* {{Schoolmarm}}: Miss Crabtree
* RegalRinglets: Dorothy.
* ShoutOut: The 1960s singing group Spanky and Our Gang, which derived its name from lead singer Elaine "Spanky" [=McFarlane=]'s facial resemblance to George "Spanky" [=McFarland=] (as well as their similar surnames).
* SquirrelsInMyPants: In "Framing Youth", Alfalfa gets a frog stuck in his tuxedo while he is performing at a talent show
** In the 1994 movie, Alfalfa and Spanky were hiding from a group of bullies, but get stuck performing in a ballet. Throughout the ballet, Spanky made Alfalfa hide a frog in his tutu.
* StageMom: Spanky has one in ''Beginner's Luck''.
* {{Tomboy}}: Mary Ann was the closest thing to this in the series.
* TheTonsillitisEpisode: Darla has a tonsillectomy in "Men in Fright", and Mickey has one in "No Noise".
* WackySoundEffect: The moaning noises coming from the cake filled with household items (thanks to Spanky) in "Birthday Blues".
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Among the child actors who auditioned for roles in the series, but were rejected, were Mickey Rooney and ShirleyTemple.
** Hal Roach toyed with the idea of keeping the original kids and following them through their teen years, but ultimately decided that the series should focus on young children, and wound up replacing the cast every few years. However, a remnant of the idea ''did'' remain in that a teenage Joe Cobb and Farina Hoskins showed up once during the Spanky era to give the younger kids some well-intentioned, but comically bad, advice.
** Roach also considered a series featuring [[Creator/LaurelAndHardy Oliver Hardy]] as the father of Spanky; presumably to involve family hijinks.
* WomenAreWiser: The adult women in this series (usually mothers or teachers) tend to be kinder and more grounded than the men, who are often bumbling or pompous at best and downright abusive at worst.
** One notable exception is Weezer and Dorothy's wicked stepmother in "Dogs is Dogs".
[[AC:Tropes specific to the 1994 movie:]]
* AllStarCast: Well, not the main characters, but there are a lot of familiar faces that show up as supporting or cameo characters.
* CashLure: The old "buck and a duck" trick.
* CatchPhrase: "Oooh-taaay!", "Uh-huh".
* ChekhovsSkill: Or lack there of. Buckwheat and Porky can't read and Alfalfa uses this to trick them into taking a love note to Darla, telling them it's a hate note. [[spoiler: It backfires when Porky destroys the note and Buckwheat tells Darla what it said from memory.]]
* ColonelBogeyMarch: Courtesy of a marching band at the fair; this establishes the mood for the club's money-earning mission.
* CoveredInMud: [[spoiler:At the end, Butch and Woim end up in a pig pen. Alfalfa punched Butch into it, and then Woim jumped in himself to ''avoid'' being punched.]]
* CrossDressingVoices[=/=]LarynxDissonance: Elizabeth Daily dubbed Froggy's voice.
* DeadpanSnarker: Stymie, though mostly with eye rolling and vocal intonation.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: During Alfalfa and Darla's first meeting with Waldo:
-->'''Darla:''' I'll be appearing in the talent show coming up.\\
'''Alfalfa:''' Yeah! The two of us will both be singing a duet. Together.\\
'''Waldo:''' [[LampshadeHanging How redundant.]]
* DisguisedInDrag: Alfalfa and Spanky in ballerina drags. Bullies Butch and Woim [[AttractiveBentGender find them quite attractive]].
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: When Alfalfa gets "excited", his IdiotHair spikes up.
* DontAsk: Alfalfa. He runs up to Porky wearing nothing but socks and underwear, prompting Porky to ask if he had a rough day.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Elmer
* FeudEpisode: "Love Has No Pride" by Rosanne Cash
* GenderScoff: The tent/sleepover scene, after Alfalfa and Darla break up.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "I whipped out my lizard!"
* HilariousOuttakes: Indeed, they are!
** FullyAutomaticClipShow: "Brittany, stop looking at the camera!"
* ICanExplain: See DontAsk.
* InsultBackfire:
-->'''Spanky:''' All the money in the world is no substitute for hard work and ingenuity.\\
'''Waldo:''' You lead a rich fantasy life.\\
'''Spanky:''' Thank you.\\
'''Waldo:''' Moron.
* JerkAss[=/=]SpoiledBrat[=/=]TheRival: Waldo.
* LintValue: The gang tries to buy materials from the lumber yard to rebuild the clubhouse. They ask the guy working there about how much they can get...for a little over three or four dollars (they took up a collection). The man holds up a single hinge and asks, "Paper or plastic?"
* MythologyGag: The movie borrows gags and situations from the original shorts:
** ''Three Smart Guys'' (1943): Porky and Buckwheat unknowingly reeling each other in while fishing.
** ''Anniversary Trouble'' (1935): The gang and the "hi/high-sign".
** ''Hearts are Thumps'' (1937): The gang spiking Alfalfa & Darla's lunch.
** ''Hook and Ladder'' (1932): The gang as firefighters.
** ''Teacher's Beau'' (1935): Spanky and Stymie imitating adults by [[TotemPoleTrench sitting on each other's shoulders in order to appear taller]]
** ''Mail and Female'' (1937): Porky and Buckwheat as messengers for Alfalfa's love letter
** ''Rushin' Ballet'' (1937): Alfalfa and Spanky in drag at a ballet recital
** ''Hearts are Thumps'' (1937): Alfalfa's "bubble song" (during the talent show)
** ''Hi'-Neighbor!'' (1934): building the go-kart (a fire engine in the original)
** ''Auto Antics'' (1939): the go-kart race
** ''Hi'-Neighbor!'' (1934) and ''Divot Diggers'' (1936): knocking over pedestrians in the go-kart
* NumberedSequels: Parodied; The go-kart that Alfalfa ends up driving is called "The Blur 2: The Sequel".
* OldFashionedRowboatDate: Alfalfa and Darla have one.
* ReCut: The film on DVD and VHS was actually trimmed ''down'' for time and content from the original theatrical release (Universal had done this to other films, including Ghost Dad and Problem Child 2). The extended edit on TV is actually the original theatrical cut with the scenes that were taken out for the home video release, although that version also edits a few scenes out for content or language (the girls referencing that boys like "farting and farting" as an example of grossness is one bit trimmed from TV airings).
* RoadSignReversal: While on their way to the race, Porky pushed the race track arrow from right to straight ahead. Three go-karts (Alfalfa/Spanky, Waldo/Darla, and Butch/Woim) follow that direction. A guy assigned by the arrow quickly moved the check back to right as the other go-karts were coming.
* SadTimesMontage: Occurs after Alfalfa tells off Spanky for ruining his chances of making up with Darla at the talent show.
* SamusIsAGirl: A.J. Ferguson
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Waldo did this a lot, as did [[spoiler: Uh-huh]], as revealed at the end of the movie, though [[spoiler: Uh-huh]] is actually a case of BrilliantButLazy, as he explains that while he may have an extensive vocabulary, he just chooses not to use it.
* SettingUpdate: A subtle variant. Waldo has a boom box, and the original "Our Gang" shorts predate the songs used in the talent show.
* SmugSnake: Waldo.
* SomethingElseAlsoRises: Darla flattens Alfalfa's hair point and then gives him a kiss, causing his hair to spring right back up again.
* SpikedWheels: It happens during the go-kart race scene. The resident SpoiledBrat [[MoralEventHorizon uses his money-fueled rocket car to take out Alfalfa's new MacGyvered car.]]
* StarCrossedLovers: Alfalfa and Darla
* TemptingFate: While running around town in his underwear, Alfalfa says, "Things couldn't possibly get any worse!", just before running straight into Butch and Woim.
** He even lampshades it
-->'''Alfalfa''': (After the above happens) And then the clouds opened up and God said "I Hate You Alfalfa".
* TitleDrop: "''YOU LITTLE RASCALS!''"
* TookALevelInBadass: Alfalfa, when he punches Butch into the pig pen after the race, and threatens to do the same thing to Woim, who just jumps into the mud with Butch.
* TwoScenesOneDialouge: The boys and girls complain simultaneously about their troubles with the opposite sex, with the camera constantly switching between the boys' tent and the girls' SlumberParty.
--> '''Spanky and Darla''': Why do they have to be so different?
* VerbalTicName: Uh-huh is named that because it's the only thing he (usually) says.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The surviving ''Our Gang'' cast making cameos or asked to be consultants in the making of the movie.
* YouAnsweredYourOwnQuestion: This might be justified, because Buckwheat is 5 years old.
--> '''Buckwheat:''' Quick! What's the number for 911?
* [[YourOtherLeft Your Other Right Hand]]
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