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* ItsAllMyFault: Bobby blames himself for the assassination of his brother, fearing that the enemies he made during his career killed Jack in revenge for his actions. Ethel is quick to assure him that this is not the case.



* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Robert “Bobby” Kennedy, who is presented as better than the rest of his family and lacks his brother’s [[TheCasanova womanizing nature]], gets assassinated after winning the California primary.

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* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Robert “Bobby” Kennedy, who is presented as better than the rest of his family and lacks his brother’s [[TheCasanova womanizing nature]], gets assassinated after winning the California primary.primary.

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* ReallyDeadMontage: Used when Bobby is killed.

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* ReallyDeadMontage: Used when Bobby is killed.killed.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Robert “Bobby” Kennedy, who is presented as better than the rest of his family and lacks his brother’s [[TheCasanova womanizing nature]], gets assassinated after winning the California primary.
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It aired April 2011 on Creator/ReelzChannel and History Television.

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It aired in April 2011 on Creator/ReelzChannel and History Television.



* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: During an argument with Governor Barnett over Barnett's refusal to desegregate the University of Mississippi, JFK threatens, if Barnett doesn't comply with the Supreme Court ruling, to pull Mississippi's Federal bailouts, cut Barnett's poultry subsidies and have the NCAA expel Mississippi from the March Madness tournament.

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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: During an argument with Governor Barnett over Barnett's refusal to desegregate the University of Mississippi, JFK threatens, if Barnett doesn't comply with the Supreme Court ruling, to pull Mississippi's Federal bailouts, cut Barnett's poultry subsidies subsidies, and have the NCAA expel Mississippi from the March Madness tournament.



** UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy, US Attorney General and presidential candidate for president in 1968.

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** UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy, US Attorney General and presidential candidate for president in 1968.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: During an argument with governor Barnett over Barnett's refusal to desegregated the University of Mississippi, JFK threatens to pull Mississippi's Federal bailouts, cut Barnett's poultry subsidies and have the NCAA expel Mississippi from the tournament if Barnett doesn't comply with the Supreme Court ruling.

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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: During an argument with governor Governor Barnett over Barnett's refusal to desegregated desegregate the University of Mississippi, JFK threatens threatens, if Barnett doesn't comply with the Supreme Court ruling, to pull Mississippi's Federal bailouts, cut Barnett's poultry subsidies and have the NCAA expel Mississippi from the tournament if Barnett doesn't comply with the Supreme Court ruling.March Madness tournament.

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Useful Notes pages aren't tropes. In this case they can go grouped in The Sixties.


* TheSixties: Set throughout the '60s. The UsefulNotes/ColdWar is shown via the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs invasion, and the fifth episode deals with the UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement and desegregation.



* UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement:
** The fifth episode deals with desegregation.
* UsefulNotes/ColdWar:
** The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs.

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A historical drama showing the lives of members of the Kennedy family, with historical events and personal tragedies the family goes through.

The MiniSeries stars Creator/GregKinnear, Creator/BarryPepper, Creator/KatieHolmes, and Creator/TomWilkinson.

The miniseries aired April 2011 on Creator/ReelzChannel and History Television.

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A [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_kennedys.jpg]]

''The Kennedys'' is a
historical drama miniseries showing the lives of members of the Kennedy family, with historical events and personal tragedies the family goes through.

The MiniSeries It stars Creator/GregKinnear, Creator/BarryPepper, Creator/KatieHolmes, and Creator/TomWilkinson.

The miniseries It aired April 2011 on Creator/ReelzChannel and History Television.



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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: During an argument with governor Barnett over Barnett's refusal to desegregated the University of Mississippi, JFK threatens to pull Mississippi's Federal bailouts, cut Barnett's poultry subsidies and have the NCAA expel Mississippi from the tournament if Barnett doesn't comply with the Supreme Court ruling.
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* PeriodPiece: Set throughout the 1960s.
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A sequel miniseries, ''Series/TheKennedysAfterCamelot'', was released in 2017.
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** Others include Creator/FrankSinatra, Rose Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy, among others.
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** UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy, US Attorney General and presidential candidate for president in 1968.

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** UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy, US Attorney General and presidential candidate for president in 1968.1968.
* ReallyDeadMontage: Used when Bobby is killed.
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The miniseries aired April 2011.

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The miniseries aired April 2011.
2011 on Creator/ReelzChannel and History Television.

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The mini-series stars Creator/GregKinnear, Creator/BarryPepper, Creator/KatieHolmes, and Creator/TomWilkinson.

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The mini-series MiniSeries stars Creator/GregKinnear, Creator/BarryPepper, Creator/KatieHolmes, and Creator/TomWilkinson.



* UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement:
** The fifth episode deals with desegregation.



** The Cuban Missile Crisis.

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** The Cuban Missile Crisis.Crisis and the Bay of Pigs.
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A historical drama showing the lives of members of the Kennedy family, with historical events and personal tragedies the family goes through.

The mini-series stars Creator/GregKinnear, Creator/BarryPepper, Creator/KatieHolmes, and Creator/TomWilkinson.

The miniseries aired April 2011.

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* CharacterDeath:
** John is assassinated in the seventh episode.
** Robert is killed in the eighth and final episode.
* UsefulNotes/ColdWar:
** The Cuban Missile Crisis.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter:
** UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy, US 35th President who was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald.
** UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy, US Attorney General and presidential candidate for president in 1968.

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