The Books
- In the final sequel Jo's Boys, Tom comes for a visit and tells Jo he's gotten into the worst scrape of his life. Every time Jo tries to guess, he just says, "Worse." Finally he confesses: "I'm engaged." Jo's reaction? "If Nan has yielded, I'll never forgive her!" Tom assures her, no, it's not Nan. Jo's response to that? Hurray! Finally! She doesn't care who it is, she loves her!
- In Little Men, the boys (+ Nan & Daisy) make a rule that anyone who comes into the room where they're amusing themselves has to tell a story. They get Silas, the hired man, and Jo, who tells them two stories because she's a sucker, but it takes them a while to get another one— Silas apparently warned Mary Ann, the maid, to stay away. Eventually, Emil hears Professor Bhaer singing to himself, and hisses, "It's Uncle Fritz, all laugh loud and he's sure to come in!" They do, and Fritz falls right for it.
- In Little Women Part 2 (or Good Wives if you prefer) when Laurie reveals his marriage to Jo:Laurie: Your mother has got her [Amy] down at Meg's. We stopped there by the way, and there was no getting my wife out of their clutches.Jo: Your what?Laurie: Oh, the dickens! Now I've done it.Jo: You've gone and got married!Laurie: Yes, please, but I never will again.And he went down upon his knees, with a penitent clasping of hands, and a face full of mischief, mirth, and triumph.
- After Jo sells her hair to pay for her mother's train ticket, there's a scene just a bit later where Jo is crying in bed. Meg asks if it's because she's upset about her father's illness, and she says, "No... My hair!"
- The entire scene of Laurie reacting to the birth of Daisy and Demi in "Good Wives."
The 1994 film
- Before Jo accidentally burns Meg's hair off, the latter is complaining that she's unlikely to get scores of suitors. Amy pipes in that she only needs one "if he's the right one". Hannah snickers and says "listen to the child".Beth: Meg isn't going to be married right away, is she?Meg: With Jo's help, I never will!
- This gets a Brick Joke at the ball when Jo points out to Laurie that Meg is "completely bald in front", even though Amy's bow strategically hides it.
- Jo trying to dodge a suitor she doesn't want to dance with. She sneaks behind an older woman, but ends up making her crinoline turn up, briefly exposing her bloomers. Jo ducks behind the curtains, and lands right in Laurie's lap. Laurie admits that he was entertained watching her beforehand.Laurie: What game were you playing?Jo: (giggling) I don't know but I think I won.
- Amy sees that Jo and Meg rode in Laurie's carriage home and Squees "oh you two have all the luck" literally as her sister with the sprained ankle is being sat down in the chair in front of her.
- Marmee launches into a spiel about how women shouldn't be confined to their needlework and "restrictive corsets" apropos of nothing, ignorant to how uncomfortable John Brooke looks at being given such information.
- While Meg and Jo are walking to work, and Amy to school, Jo grumbles "blast these wretched skirts". Amy tells her not to use the words blast and wretch, presumably because they're unladylike. Then she accidentally drops her slate in a puddle, which washes off half the chalk, and she lets loose with a "blast!" of her own.
- Jo reading to Aunt March. By the time the old woman has fallen asleep, Jo has put on a ridiculous voice to get through the process.
- In the 1994 film, after Marmee decides to withdraw Amy from school, she appoints Jo in charge of Amy's education. Both Jo and Amy have a look of "This Is Gonna Suck".
- Hannah nearly derails Jo and Friedrich's relationship with one simple sentence. Assuming the latter was a suitor of Amy's, given how unlikely Jo or Beth would be to have a man calling at the house, she told him that Amy lived next door with her husband. Jo squeals "oh Hannah, you didn't!", trying to get out of her apron and hurry down the road as fast as possible.
The 2019 film
- As they shove Jo out of the carriage, Amy yells "KISS HIM WITH TONGUE!" after her sister!
- Freidrich tells Jo she’s on fire. She thinks this is a compliment, only for him to tell her she’s actually on fire.
- Most of the stuff that Amy does and says in the 2019 version are worth a couple of laughs. It’s no wonder her character is the most memorable.
