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* AnonymousBenefactor: Daddy

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* %%* AnonymousBenefactor: DaddyDaddy %%ZCE



* GirlNextDoor: Sallie [=McBride=], as well as Judy herself.

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* %%* GirlNextDoor: Sallie [=McBride=], as well as Judy herself.herself. %%How?



* GrannyClassic: Mrs. Semple of Lock Willow Farm, and Sallie's grandma is said to be this.

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* %%* GrannyClassic: Mrs. Semple of Lock Willow Farm, and Sallie's grandma is said to be this. %%Explain?



* OldMoney: On both sides of Julia's family.

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* %%* OldMoney: On both sides of Julia's family.family. %%How?



* RichBitch: Julia, although she warms up enough that Judy grows to like her better.

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* %%* RichBitch: Julia, although she warms up enough that Judy grows to like her better.better. %%Is she rich? How is she a bitch?



* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Averted, especially for the time period. Judy does fall in love, but her main ambition is to fulfill what she sees as her obligation to her beloved benefactor and become a real writer. This is so much her ambition that when the man she loves proposes, she turns him down! [[spoiler: Then she finds out that they're the same person, so it all works out.]]

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* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Averted, especially for the time period. Judy does fall in love, but her main ambition is to fulfill what she sees as her obligation to her beloved benefactor and become a real writer. This is so much her ambition that when the man she loves proposes, she turns him down! [[spoiler: Then [[spoiler:Then she finds out that they're the same person, so it all works out.]]



* UnadoptableOrphan: Judy has spent her entire childhood at the John Grier Home, never getting adopted. At the start of the story, she is seventeen (one year above the general maximum age) and basically working as a servant for the orphanage in exchange for food, clothing, and permission to attend school. She feels like an utter FishOutOfWater for a long while after going to college, since she never knew any life except at the orphanage, and when the superintendent offers her to come back for the summer holidays, Judy feels she'd rather die. Several years later, by the time of the sequel, NostalgiaFilter has kicked in, however, and Judy's memories of the John Grier Home have become much rosier.



* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In the musical, Jervis is much more shy and withdrawn, compared to his more extroverted and confident personality in the book. [[spoiler: This is why he never tells Jerusha his identity as her benefactor.]]

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* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In the musical, Jervis is much more shy and withdrawn, compared to his more extroverted and confident personality in the book. [[spoiler: This [[spoiler:This is why he never tells Jerusha his identity as her benefactor.]]






* CanineCompanion[=/=]NonHumanSidekick: Sallie's beloved Chow-Chow, Singapore.

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* CanineCompanion[=/=]NonHumanSidekick: CanineCompanion: Sallie's beloved Chow-Chow, Singapore.



* FieryRedhead: It's more apparent in this story that Sallie qualifies; being of Irish heritage is a major contributing factor.

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* %%* FieryRedhead: It's more apparent in this story that Sallie qualifies; being of Irish heritage is a major contributing factor.factor. %%How is she fiery?



* LitFic: In the same vein as its predecessor.

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* %%* LitFic: In the same vein as its predecessor.predecessor. %%ZCE



* SirSwearsALot: Punch is a child version.
* SlapSlapKiss: [[spoiler:Sallie and the doctor]], eventually.

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* %%* SirSwearsALot: Punch is a child version.
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version. %%ZCE
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SlapSlapKiss: [[spoiler:Sallie and the doctor]], eventually.eventually. %%ZCE



* {{Tsundere}} : Sallie, to Gordon [[spoiler: and to Robin]].

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* {{Tsundere}} : %%* {{Tsundere}}: Sallie, to Gordon [[spoiler: [[spoiler:and to Robin]]. %%ZCE
* UnadoptableOrphan: The majority the story takes place at the John Grier Home with Judy's friend Sallie as the new superintendent, in which there are many heartbreaking stories about orphans who long for a home but don't get adopted. Some particularly tear-jerking cases are:
** Hattie, a sweet ProperLady in the making whom Sallie thought an ideal candidate for legal adoption, is ''unadopted''
and returned to Robin]].the orphanage due to [[DisproportionateRetribution taking a Communion cup from the church]], naively thinking it was a toy. Later, another potential adoptive parent rejects her because another girl is prettier. Thankfully, Hattie does end up adopted [[ChristmasMiracle around Christmastime]] -- by a minister's family, no less -- who make it clear that the Communion cup disaster wasn't her fault.
** Sallie recounts how she searches for a child for the Bretlands, potential adoptive parents with incredibly high standards, and must reject many sweet children because of foreign origins, bad heredity, [[BastardAngst illegitimacy]], or the existence of a living parent.
** Sophie is the only girl in the orphanage who meets the Bretlands' high standards. However, she whimpers and cries when Mr. Bretland comes to see her, and he refuses to even consider adopting her, instead deciding to adopt adorable, vivacious Allegra. However...
** Allegra's brothers Don and Clifford beg "DontSplitUsUp", while he refuses to take them too, and Sallie is [[SadisticChoice torn]] between letting him adopt Allegra and make sure at least ''she'' gets a good life and keeping the siblings together for an uncertain future at the orphanage. She chooses the latter, and Allegra isn't adopted. [[spoiler:After there is a fire at the orphanage and Allegra narrowly escapes, the Bretlands have a change of heart and adopt all three children.]]
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* InnocentInaccurate: Judy doesn't know anything about Daddy, who prefers to communicate through a representative. This frustrates her, especially when his motives for a decision are unclear.
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The book has received several [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptations]]. It was made in 1919 with Creator/MaryPickford and in 1931 with Creator/JanetGaynor, and looser adaptations in 1935 with Creator/ShirleyTemple (that one titled ''[[Film/CurlyTop]]'') and in 1955 with Creator/FredAstaire. The [[Film/DaddyLongLegs1955 1955 version]] was modified to the point where it almost qualifies for InNameOnly (among other things, Judy's name is changed to Julie, possibly because the character is now French). It was adapted into two anime productions: a 1979 TV special, and, eleven years later, an installment of Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater, ''Anime/MyDaddyLongLegs (Watashi no Ashinaga Ojisan)''. There's also a two person musical adaptation of it that's been going since 2009.

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The book has received several [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptations]]. It was made in 1919 with Creator/MaryPickford and in 1931 with Creator/JanetGaynor, and looser adaptations in 1935 with Creator/ShirleyTemple (that one titled ''[[Film/CurlyTop]]'') ''Film/CurlyTop'') and in 1955 with Creator/FredAstaire. The [[Film/DaddyLongLegs1955 1955 version]] was modified to the point where it almost qualifies for InNameOnly (among other things, Judy's name is changed to Julie, possibly because the character is now French). It was adapted into two anime productions: a 1979 TV special, and, eleven years later, an installment of Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater, ''Anime/MyDaddyLongLegs (Watashi no Ashinaga Ojisan)''. There's also a two person musical adaptation of it that's been going since 2009.
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The book has received several [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptations]]. It was made in 1919 with Creator/MaryPickford and in 1931 with Creator/JanetGaynor, and looser adaptations in 1935 with Creator/ShirleyTemple (that one titled ''Curly Top'') and in 1955 with Creator/FredAstaire. The [[Film/DaddyLongLegs1955 1955 version]] was modified to the point where it almost qualifies for InNameOnly (among other things, Judy's name is changed to Julie, possibly because the character is now French). It was adapted into two anime productions: a 1979 TV special, and, eleven years later, an installment of Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater, ''Anime/MyDaddyLongLegs (Watashi no Ashinaga Ojisan)''. There's also a two person musical adaptation of it that's been going since 2009.

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The book has received several [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptations]]. It was made in 1919 with Creator/MaryPickford and in 1931 with Creator/JanetGaynor, and looser adaptations in 1935 with Creator/ShirleyTemple (that one titled ''Curly Top'') ''[[Film/CurlyTop]]'') and in 1955 with Creator/FredAstaire. The [[Film/DaddyLongLegs1955 1955 version]] was modified to the point where it almost qualifies for InNameOnly (among other things, Judy's name is changed to Julie, possibly because the character is now French). It was adapted into two anime productions: a 1979 TV special, and, eleven years later, an installment of Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater, ''Anime/MyDaddyLongLegs (Watashi no Ashinaga Ojisan)''. There's also a two person musical adaptation of it that's been going since 2009.
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* HasTwoMommies: [[spoiler:Punch]] is adopted by two rich ladies.

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