History Anime / MyDaddyLongLegs

%% * Age Lift: The opposite. See the top of the page.

%% * Berserk Button: Ms. Sloane hates anyone who calls her "Missus" or thinks that she's married.
%% * Beta Couple: [[spoiler: Julia and Jimmie.]]

* AgeLift: The opposite. See the top of the page.

* BerserkButton: Ms. Sloane hates anyone who calls her "Missus" or thinks that she's married.
* BetaCouple: [[spoiler: Julia and Jimmie.]]
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Julia, Sallie, and Judy

* IllGirl: Leonora Fenton. It looks like "consumption," because she coughs up blood; actually, it's a heart condition. [[spoiler: She gets better after surgery.]]

* {{Meganekko}}: Sallie.

* SettingUpdate: From pre-WWI to TheRoaringTwenties

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Ms. Lippet. In the sequel book ''Dear Enemy'', Sallie describes her as pocketing most of the money given by the trustees, giving the orphans the bare minimum needed to survive, and [[spoiler: actively prevented Judy from getting adopted]]. In this series, while still very strict, is kinder and genuinely loves the orphans in her care, only prevented from doing more for them by the trustees' stinginess.

* SpoiledBrat: Judy gets a part time job tutoring two of these, Karen and Cindy. [[WhenYouComingHomeDad Turns out they're just lonely due to their parents not paying any attention to them]]. They get better with Judy's help.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Julia's mother. In the original novel, she was simply a [[IdleRich rich woman that Judy thought was a bit snobbish but friendly enough]]. Here, however, she is much less genial, seemingly only concerned about wealth and status. In her first appearance, she forcibly takes Julia away from her friends for Christmas, and [[KickTheDog scolds her for crying]]. Later on, she tries to force Julia into an ArrangedMarriage and due to Julia turning the boy down, [[NeverMyFault she blames Judy for her daughter's sudden disobedience]]. She later [[spoiler: looks into Judy's background, knowing she's interested in Jervis (who is her younger brother), and plans to tell everyone Judy's humble beginnings to keep her away from him since a banker's daughter is interested in him. And it's glorious to watch her break down when Judy gains the courage to reveal her past]].

* CoolBigSis: Judy is this to Emily, a much younger orphan from the John Grier Home. [[spoiler: Judy was a little sad to hear that Emily was adopted by a rich family shortly after she left.]] Heck, she's this to all the younger orphans.

** [[spoiler: Emily. After Judy goes to high school, she is adopted by a rich family from California.]]

* {{Adorkable}}:
** Sallie.
** Judy also has her moments, especially early in the series when coping with life outside the orphanage

* {{Adorkable}}: Sallie.

* HappilyAdopted: Tommy, a boy from the John Grier Home around Judy's age, was adopted in the second episode by a middle-aged farming couple.

* OldMaid: Ms. Sloane, the girl's dorm mother. She doesn't seem to mind though.

* PluckyGirl: Mary Lambert, who works for the St. George Orphanage nearby the school. She has enough moxy and good humor to be adored by the orphans in her care.

* SailorFuku: Judy and other girls wear a variant [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R2yHiPgsajA/ScOsnsQu9AI/AAAAAAAABNk/PFZz5UA9cEM/s400/girls+basketball+detail.bmp with bloomers]] while playing basketball, common as girl's basketball uniforms through the '20s.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Judy's whole childhood. Due to being bullied so frequently for being an orphan, Judy lashed out at kids even who were being nice to her, believing they would bully her too. This also leads to [[TheCynic her attitude]] about there being no real charity and kindness in the world. She's even treated this way at college for a bit, but they grow to like her quickly.

* WhereAreTheyNow?Epilogue: The series ends by jumping ahead four years. Judy plays the role of narrator [[spoiler: as we watch her wedding]], bringing us up to speed on what's happened to some of the other central characters. [[spoiler: Judy and Jervis are married and Judy has become a writer, Julia and Jimmie are engaged, and Sallie is working at the John Greer Home.]]

** Jervis is aged down as well, from being in his early-30's to mid-20's
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Judy's whole childhood. Due to being bullied so frequently for being an orphan, Judy lashed out at kids even who were being nice to her, believing they would bully her too. This also leads to [[TheCynic her attitude]] about there being no real charity and kindness in the world. She gets better.

* CoolBigSis: Judy is this to Emily, a much younger orphan from the John Grier Home. [[spoiler: Judy was a little sad to hear that Emily was adopted by a rich family shortly after she left.]]

* SpoiledBrat: Judy gets a part time job tutoring two of these, Karen and Cindy. Turns out they're just lonely due to their parents not paying any attention to them. They get better with Judy's help.

* UnderdressedForTheOccasion: This is averted early in the anime, when Daddy's gift of clothing helps Judy dress properly for dinner at her new high school. Later, it happens in one of Judy's nightmares: she dreams that she encounters Jervis and a fashionable date of his while wearing her old orphanage clothing.

* WhereAreTheyNow?Epilogue: The series ends by jumping ahead four years. Judy plays the role of narrator [[spoiler: as we watch her wedding]], bringing us up to speed on what's happened to some of the other central characters.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Ms. Lippet. In the sequel book ''Dear Enemy'', Sallie describes her as pocketing most of the money given by the trustees, giving the orphans the bare minimun needed to survive, and [[spoiler: actively prevented Judy from getting adopted]]. In this series, while still very strict, is kinder and genuinely loves the orphans in her care, only prevented from doing more for them by the trustees' stinginess.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Julia's mother. In the original novel, she was simply a [[IdleRich rich woman]] that Judy thought was a bit snobbish but pleasant enough. Here, however, she is a cold woman, seemingly only concerned about wealth and status. In her first appearance, she forcibly takes Julia away from her friends for Christmas, and [[KickTheDog scolds her for crying]]. Later on, she tries to force Julia into an ArrangedMarriage and due to Julia turning the boy down, [[NeverMyFault she blames Judy for her daughter's sudden disobedience]]. She later [[spoiler: looks into Judy's background, knowing she's interested in Jervis, and plans to tell everyone Judy's humble beginnings to keep her away from him since a banker's daughter is interested in him. And it's glorious to watch her break down when Judy gains the courage to reveal her past]].

* NiceGirl: Sallie. She takes up charity work while in high school and [[spoiler: exactly like her novel counterpart, she grows up to work at the John Grier Home]]
** Mary Lambert, who works for the St. George Orphanage nearby the school. She has enough moxy and good humor to be adored by the orphans in her care.

* TownGirls: Judy's the Butch, Julia's the Femme and Sallie is Neither

* SettingUpdate: From the 1910s to TheRoaringTwenties

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Ms. Lippet. In the sequel book ''Dear Enemy'', Sallie describes her as pocketing most of the money given by the trustees and running the orphanage as "economically as possible". In this series, while still strict, is kinder and genuinely loves the orphans in her care, only prevented from doing more for them by the trustees' stinginess.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Julia's mother. In the original novel, she was simply a [[IdleRich rich woman]] that Judy thought was a bit snobbish but pleasant enough. Here, however, she is a cold woman, seemingly only concerned about wealth and status. In her first appearance, she forcibly takes Julia away from her friends for Christmas, and [[KickTheDog scolds her for crying]]. Later on, she tries to force Julia into an ArrangedMarriage and due to Julia turning the boy down, [[NeverMyFault she blames Judy]] for her daughter's sudden disobedience. She later [[spoiler: looks into Judy's background, knowing she's interested in Jervis, and plans to tell everyone Judy's humble beginnings to keep her away from him since a banker's daughter is interested in him]].

** Judy also has her moments, especially early in the series

* NiceGirl: Sallie. Like her book counterpart, she takes up charity work while in high school and [[spoiler:like her novel counterpart, she grows up to work at the John Grier Home]]

* TheUnfavorite: Arguably, Mrs. Lippet didn't seem to like Judy too much, due to her [[CuteClumsyGirl clumsiness]] and [[{{FieryRedhead}} short fuse]], often making her write essays as punishment, and blew off her dreams of being able to attend high school in favor of Sadie, a model orphan. Nonetheless, she does wish Judy a safe trip, offered her room and board during summer vacation, and even [[spoiler: attended her wedding]].

** Judy also has her moments, especially early in the seires

* BetaCouple: [[spoiler:Julia and Jimmie.]]

This series is the second anime adaptation of Webster's novel, preceded by a Creator/TatsunokoProduction TV special in 1979 which was directed by future ''{{Anime/Superbook}}'' director Masakazu Higuchi. Since Tatsunoko's version was dubbed into English and released in America while the Nippon Animation series was not, English-language sources sometimes confuse the two (and confounding this is the fact that Judy is a redhead in both versions).

** Judy also has her moments

* CoolBigSis: Judy is this to Emily.

* OrphanageOfFear: The St. George Orphanage is a mild case. They have a budget even lower than the John Grier Home, and don't get much money, so everything is particularly shabby and dirty, on top of having stricter regulations. Fortunately Mary is able to make it a decent OrphanageOfLove with her improvising and positive attitude, i.e. helping local farmer harvest apples in exchange for some crops for decent nutrition.

* SailorFuku: Judy and other girls wear a variant [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R2yHiPgsajA/ScOsnsQu9AI/AAAAAAAABNk/PFZz5UA9cEM/s400/girls+basketball+detail.bmp with bloomers]] while playing basketball, common as basketball uniforms through the '20s.

* TwentiesBobHaircut: A lot of the students, including Sallie (who's hair is curly brown) and Julia (sleek blonde).

* WhatTheHellHero: