History JustForFun / DisneysAnneFrank

* DoNotTauntCthulhu: When Josef Menegle enters his OneWingedAngel form, Peter [[CallingTheOldManOut calls him out for his actions]] while making a {{pun}} on how his efforts were "all for a WildGooseChase". Menegle responds by knocking Peter to the wall with HardLight, rendering him unconscious. {{Downplayed|Trope}}, as Peter regains his consciousness after a brief moment, and shoots Menegle out of the sky.

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* DidYouJustTauntCthulhu: When Josef Menegle enters his OneWingedAngel form, Peter [[CallingTheOldManOut calls him out for his actions]] while making a {{pun}} on how his efforts were "all for a WildGooseChase". Menegle responds by knocking Peter to the wall with HardLight, rendering him unconscious for a brief moment.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: The gun with Sgt. Olga uses to shoot Anne Frank later winds up in the hands of Peter, who shoots the OneWingedAngel Menegle out of the sky with ImprobableAimingSkills.

* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: Various songs in the film are questionable in their relevance to the story. The most egrigous offender is "That Reminds Me Of A Song..." (sic), a duet between Kitty and Anne in which the the former tries to cheer the latter up with a {{medley}} of [[NothingButHits the most popular songs of that era]].

* ThatsRemindsMeOfASong: Various songs in the film are questionable in their relevance to the story. The most egrigous offender is "That Reminds Me Of A Song..." (sic), a duet between Kitty and Anne in which the the former tries to cheer the latter up with a {{medley}} of [[NothingButHits the most popular songs of that era]].

* ThisRemindsMeOfASong: Various songs in the film are questionable in their relevance to the story. The most egrigous offender is "This Reminds Me Of A Song..." (sic), a duet between Kitty and Anne in which the the former tries to cheer the latter up with a {{medley}} of [[NothingButHits the most popular songs of that era]].

* NotHelpingYourCase: The film was made partially to deflect criticism that Creator/WaltDisney - and by extension his company - is anti-Semitic. The company's lack of willingness to promote the film, along with [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope legal troubles with the Anne Frank Fonds]], have done nothing to qualm these comments.

* NotHelpingYourCase: The film was made partially to deflect criticism that Creator/WaltDisney - and by extension his company - is anti-Semitic. The company's lack of willingness to promote the film, along with [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope legal troubles from the Anne Frank Fonds]], have done nothing to qualm these comments.

* ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: {{Justified|Trope}}; Sgt. Olga spends the bulk of the film trying to capture (and later kill) Anne Frank, and this thus the greatest personal threat to her. She doesn't even see [[BigBad Josef Menegle]] until TheClimax.

* ImagineSpot: After listening to Winston Churchill's Autumn 1942 radio broadcast, the Annex residents imagine themselves on various WWII battles while singing "This Is Not The End (But The End Of Beginning)". This includes [[ArtisticLicenseHistory battles that historically wouldn't have occurred until later in the war]], including the Normandy landings and the Battle of Iwo Jima; clearly, Disney was going for SmallReferencePools.

* KnightTemplar: What else do you call someone whose idea of peace is to have everyone worship him and live in fear for their lives?

* IAmSong: "Anne Frank" at the beginning of the movie.

* ImagineSpot: After listening to WinstonChurchill's Autumn 1942 radio broadcast, the Annex residents imagine themselves on various WWII battles while singing "This Is Not The End (But The End Of Beginning)". This includes [[ArtisticLicenseHistory battles that historically wouldn't have occurred until later in the war]], including the Normandy landings and the Battle of Iwo Jima; clearly, Disney was going for SmallReferencePools.

** Private Ludvig.

* JewishAmericanPrincess: Half-literally, as Anne was originally intended to be a part of the DisneyPrincess lineup. She also embodies some of the nature of the trope, even though she's nicer than the norm for this trope.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: For the Disney Renaissance. It was in production the same time as ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'', and both Music/AlanMenken and Howard Ashman were too preoccupied with that project to give [[AlanSmithee the directors of this film]] any real guidance. Therefore, this film uses all of the tropes found in Disney's films during this period, but without [[TropeCodifier an understanding how to apply them]]; at times, it resembles more like Disney's imitators, such as ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'' or ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTheMovie''.

* JewishAmericanPrincess

* JewsLoveToArgue: Mr. and Mrs. Van Pels are heard arguing in the background of some scenes, whether it's on the decisions they made for survival [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking or the best Disney film]]. Anne intervenes and chastises them at one point.

* DisneyOwnsThisTrope: Surrisingly ''not'' Disney this time, but the Anne Frank Fonds at the time this film was made. The ''[[OldShame other]]'' reason for this film's absence from the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon is because it was produced under the assumption that ''Literature/TheDiaryOfAYoungGirl'' was in the PublicDomain, unaware it needed to be authorized by the Anne Frank Fonds. When the latter group filed their claims, [[PowerfulAndHelpless Disney's legal team knew they had no chance]]: not only were they clearly in the wrong, but the public backlash would have been too severe had it been taken to court (not to mention the film itself being UnderminedByReality). Therefore, they agreed on an undisclosed settlement, along with heavy royalties and stipulations with each copy of the film.

* DisneyOwnsThisTrope: {{Inverted|Trope}}; would you believe The Walt Disney Corporation actually tried to make an unauthorized film adaptation? Apparently, they assumed ''Literature/TheDiaryOfAYoungGirl'' was in the public domain, when in fact it was owned by the Anne Frank Fonds at the time. All the lawyers in the world couldn't have prevented the ensuing public backlash for going to court against an organization dedicated to Anne Frank, so Disney instead opted to pay an undisclosed settlement out of court, along with hefty royalties and stipulations. This is the ''[[OldShame other]]'' reason for this film's absence from the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon.

* DisneyOwnsThisTrope: {{Inverted|Trope}}; would you believe The Walt Disney Corporation actually tried to make an unauthorized film adaptation? Apparently, they assumed ''Literature/TheDiaryOfAYoungGirl'' was in the public domain, when in fact it was owned by the Anne Frank Fonds at the time. All the lawyers in the world couldn't have prevented the ensuing public backlash for going to court against an organization dedicated to Anne Frank, so Disney instead opted to pay an undisclosed settlement out of court, along with hefty royalties and stipulations. This is the ''[[OldShame other]]'' reason for this film's absence from the DisneyAnimatedCanon.

* DisneyOwnsThisTrope: {{Inverted|Trope}}; would you believe The Walt Disney Corporation actually tried to make an unauthorized film adaptation? Apparently, they assumed ''Literature/TheDiaryOfAYoungGirl'' was in the public domain, when in fact it was owned by the Anne Frank Fonds at the time. All the lawyers in the world couldn't have prevented the ensuing public backlash for going to court against an organization dedicated to Anne Frank, so Disney instead opted to pay an undisclosed settlement out of court, along with hefty royalties and stipulations. The ''[[OldShame other]]'' reason for this film's absence from the DisneyAnimated Canon.

* AlanSmithee: The movie went through several directors during development and filming with all of them ultimately deciding to abandon the project, which explains the film's uneven pacing and tone at points. Among the directors that worked on this project were Creator/TimBurton (who left to work on ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}''), Creator/JerryLewis, and Creator/MelBrooks.

** After Anne is captured and sent to Aushwitz, Sgt. Olga's animation becomes surprisingly smooth as she threatens Anne to run a film reel of ''Film/TriumphOftheWill''.

* AmericaWonWorldWarII: Surprisingly averted; in this version of the story, the Jews just save themselves. The army that parades through Amsterdam in the final scene is American, though.