History Comicstrip / LittleOrphanAnnie

** The comic strip ends with Annie, having survived being fed to sharks by drug dealers, being taken in by a war criminal on the run from The Hague. He tells her that her "new life" with him will consist of hiding from the authorities in a South American slum. Her beloved "Daddy" Warbucks meanwhile, has had a HeroicBSOD upon learning of Annie's apparent demise with it implied that he truly believes that she's dead. Ultimately subverted with the FullyAbsorbedFinale in ''Dick Tracy'', where Tracy reunites her with Warbucks (presumably for good).

In the strip, plucky redheaded orphan Annie is taken in by self-made millionaire Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks, the world's richest bald person (until Jeff Bezos, we guess). Most of the starting plots were Annie and Daddy dealing with thieves trying to steal the Warbucks millions. Either that, or people who'd try to kidnap Annie and hold her for ransom so they can get their hands on the Warbucks millions.

In the strip, plucky redheaded orphan Annie is taken in by self-made millionaire Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks, the world's richest bald person. Most of the starting plots were Annie and Daddy dealing with thieves trying to steal the Warbucks millions. Either that, or people who'd try to kidnap Annie and hold her for ransom so they can get their hands on the Warbucks millions.

* SkinnyDipping: The Sunday strip for June 14, 1925 has Annie go swimming naked and find herself in a predicament when some people find her clothes, forcing Annie to ask her son Sandy to distract the people so she can retrieve her clothing without being caught in her birthday suit.

* UnclePennybags: Warbucks.

* BalefulPolymorph: As punishment for their evil, Boris Sirob and his two closest men are turned into monkeys by Mr. Am.

* IllGirl: Annie gets sick on the DesertedIsland.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There's Annie, "Daddy" Warbucks, Sandy, Mrs. Warbucks, Miss Asthma, "Uncle" Dan, Flophouse Bill, Wun Wey, Mr. Kolossal, Janey Spangles, Trixie Tinkle, Charles C. Chizzler, Mr. Slugg, Claude Claptrap, Ginger, Eli Eon, Mr. Blabble, Punjab, the Ghost Gang, Jack Boot, Hunterdon Halk, Doc Lens, Jake, Pee Wee the elephant, Mr. and Mrs. Silo, Tony, Spike Marlin, Ma Green, Pat, Fred Free, George Chiselopolis, Z.Z. Hare, Abigail Alden, Phineas Pinchpenny, Jack Pepper, Tom Take, Libby and Boris Bleek, "Blinkie," Tootsie Snoots, The Asp, Mr. Am, "Gold Brick" Jack, Mr. Updown, Arunah Blade, Tim Silverfish, Obadiah Ritt, Cuthbert Jones, Henry Morgan, Phil O. Bluster, Mr. and Mrs. Futile, George Gamble.... Should we go on? Because we've only just begun.

** Sandy wasn't even there to start with. And when he appeared, he looked like [[{{Tintin}} Snowy]].

In the strip, plucky redheaded orphan Annie is taken in by self-made millionaire Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks, the world's richest bald person. Since there's only so many ways of doing "Thieves try to steal the Warbucks millions" and "Kidnappers try to steal Annie so they can get their hands on the Warbucks millions", Annie would often be separated from her protector for months at a time, living on the streets again and bringing sunshine into the lives of struggling small-businessmen, honest laborers, and little old ladies with evil bank-managers.

* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: Mrs. Bottle, who Annie lived with and worked for for a while, sent Annie to her room without dinner once. "You're not worth your salt" is all the explanation she gives.

* AuthorTract: The strips are infamous for being a platform where Harold Gray expresses his libertarian Republican views. This was eventually downplayed in later adaptations and the post-Gray strips, however.

In 1995, ''Film/AnnieARoyalAdventure'', a MadeForTVMovie starring Ashley Johnson, aired on Creator/{{ABC}}. Also released in 1995 was a relatively little-known animated special entitled ''[[WesternAnimation/LittleOrphanAnniesAVeryAnimatedChristmas Little Orphan Annie's A Very Animated Christmas]]'' produced by Creator/{{Gaiam}} and distributed by Freemantle Media, which is by far the only animated adaptation apart from [[WhatCouldHaveBeen a [=1990s=] Hanna-Barbera]] [[https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1171948 animated series]] that never took off the drawing board for whatever reason.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Warbucks uses a hidden camera to film Phil O. Bluster, Busard and their cronies when they're discussing their evil doings. Then, he presents this as evidence against them during their trial. This wouldn't really work in real life, (mostly because Warbucks would either have to admit that he filmed people secretly and without their permission, or present the movie as faked,) but later Warbucks admits that it won't work as evidence -- the real purpose of the footage is to turn people against Bluster & co, which will increase the odds that they'll be convicted. In other words, this is a [[SubvertedTrope subversion.]]