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* OverprotectiveDad: Particularly as the girls get older and the suitors start arriving.
** When little Robert tells the other kids at school that his father created the most efficient way of showering[[note]]a method which, incidentally, is used in the American military to this day[[/note]], they convince him to demonstrate. Innocently mistaking their teasing for genuine interest, Robert shows them (while fully dressed) and is mercilessly bullied for days afterwards until Father finds out, shows up at school, and roars the bullies into meekness.
** When little Robert tells the other kids at school that his father created the most efficient way of showering[[note]]a method which, incidentally, is used in the American military to this day[[/note]], they convince him to demonstrate. Innocently mistaking their teasing for genuine interest, Robert shows them (while fully dressed) and is mercilessly bullied for days afterwards until Father finds out, shows up at school, and roars the bullies into meekness.
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* PrepareToDie: When a suitor of Ernestine's climbs a tree to see her undress, the other kids corner him up the tree with a torch. Anne tells him to say his prayers if he knows any.
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It was followed up by ''Literature/BellesOnTheirToes'', which chronicled the adventures of the family as they are raised by widow Lillian Moller Gilbreth. The two books were adapted to film in 1950 and 1952, respectively; an InNameOnly film was [[Film/CheaperByTheDozen released in 2003]].
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It was followed up by ''Literature/BellesOnTheirToes'', which chronicled the adventures of the family as they are raised by widow Lillian Moller Gilbreth. The two books were adapted to film in 1950 and 1952, respectively; an InNameOnly film was [[Film/CheaperByTheDozen [[Film/CheaperByTheDozen2003 released in 2003]].
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** The Gilbreths also believe (to a lesser degree) in CorporalPunishment. Mother, the psychologist, is very reluctant on the subject and gives so many restrictions on spankings ("Not on the base of the spine!") that Dad eventually gives up and resorts to other means to control his brood.
* TwerpSweating: Potential suitors find themselves grilled by the entire Gilbreth family on their fitness as boyfriend material. Dad's intimidating enough, but the younger siblings are actively trying to make them slip up
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* YankTheDogsChain: It seems that Martha is the only one who doesn't need her tonsils removed, and she goes to have a luxurious solo vacation with a CoolAunt that spoils her rotten. The doctor then reveals that it was Ernestine who didn't need her tonsils removed, and Martha has to go in for surgery after eating sweets for a few days. She understandably protests, saying that it wasn't fair, but the doctor with NoSympathy says that he's going to pretend her tonsils belong to Ernestine. The kids are sympathetic because Martha didn't ask for this and she had the hardest time with recovery.
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* YankTheDogsChain: It seems that Martha is the only one who doesn't need her tonsils removed, and she goes to have a luxurious solo vacation with a CoolAunt that spoils her rotten. The doctor then reveals that it was Ernestine who didn't need her tonsils removed, and Martha has to go in for surgery after eating sweets for a few days. She understandably protests, saying that it wasn't fair, but the doctor with NoSympathy says that he's going to pretend her tonsils belong to Ernestine. The kids are sympathetic because Martha didn't ask for this and she had the hardest time with recovery.recovery, particularly since she underwent anesthetic on a bellyful of doughnuts.
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*SickEpisode: In one chapter, all the kids except for Martha come down with measles.
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* GoToTheEuphemism: Dad and Mother consider public restrooms so diseased that they take the children into the woods to relieve themselves instead. To maintain delicacy, they come up with two euphemisms for it: "visiting Mrs. Murphy" (which is the name of the chapter) and "examining the rear tire."
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* BeingWatched: One of Ernestine's "sheiks", nicknamed Motorcycle Mac, drives around the neighborhood multiple times a night in hopes of catching a glimpse of her. One night, it occurs to Ernestine that she hasn't heard the motorcycle in a while. Looking out the window, she sees Motorcycle Mac up a tree in the yard. She angrily tells Anne, saying how lucky it was that her intuition warned her before she started to undress.
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* HugeGirlTinyGuy: Anne's first boyfriend, Joe Scales, wasn't even as tall as her shoulder.
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* HugeGirlTinyGuy: Anne's first boyfriend, Joe Scales, wasn't even as tall as her shoulder. When he sees the teen for the first time, Dad changes his mind about chaperoning their first date on the grounds that Anne could knock Joe out if he started getting fresh. Later, when Joe proposes and says that Anne "caught" him hook, line, and sinker, Dad yells that she should throw him back because he's too small.
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* MurderByCremation: Subverted. The girls threaten a peeping tom with this, but they explain to Mother that they were simply trying to "[[FromTheMouthsOfBabes scare the hell out of]]" him.
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* MurderByCremation: Subverted. The girls threaten a peeping tom with this, being burned in the tree he climbed, but they explain to Mother that they were simply trying to "[[FromTheMouthsOfBabes scare the hell out of]]" him.
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* MurderByCremation: Subverted. The girls threaten a peeping tom with this, but they explain to Mother that they were simply trying to "[[FromTheMouthsOfBabes scare the hell out of]]" him.
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* ThePeepingTom: The Gilbreth children deal with one of these by threatening to [[ MurderByCremation set his tree on]] fire.
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* ThePeepingTom: The Gilbreth children deal with one of these by threatening to [[ MurderByCremation [[MurderByCremation set his tree on]] fire.on fire]].
