History Literature / RaggedyAnn

** Raggedy Ann
** Raggedy Andy

* TeamMom: Raggedy Ann is this for all of the toy's in Marcella's playroom.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: While her portrayal was positive, you'll never see the mammy doll, Beloved Belindy, in modern printings. The same goes for the black maid Dinah, who was rather racist in portrayal, and most modern reprints of the story she appears give a warning to parents about the racism.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: While her portrayal was positive, you'll never see the mammy doll, Beloved Belindy, in modern printings. The same goes for the black maid Dinah, who was rather racist in portrayal, and most modern reprints of the story she appears give a warning to parents.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: While her portrayal was positive, you'll never see the mammy doll, Beloved Belindy, in modern printings. The same goes for the black maid, who was rather racist in portrayal.

Following Gruelle's death in 1938, the book series continued under other authors and illustrators. Raggedy Ann and her adventures were also adapted into animation several times, including Creator/FleischerStudios[=/=]Creator/FamousStudios animated shorts, [[WesternAnimation/TheGreatSantaClausCaper Christmas]] and Halloween specials crafted by Creator/ChuckJones, a little-known animated series from the late 1980s and early 1990s, and even [[WesternAnimation/RaggedyAnnAndAndyAMusicalAdventure a big-screen movie]].

Raggedy Ann and her adventures were adapted into animation several times, including Creator/FleischerStudios[=/=]Creator/FamousStudios animated shorts, [[WesternAnimation/TheGreatSantaClausCaper Christmas]] and Halloween specials crafted by Creator/ChuckJones, a little-known animated series from the late 1980s and early 1990s, and even [[WesternAnimation/RaggedyAnnAndAndyAMusicalAdventure a big-screen movie]].

* AdaptationDistillation: The big-screen movie, ''WesternAnimation/RaggedyAnnAndAndyAMusicalAdventure''. It was made at the end of the 1970s and is seriously weird and trippy. Although in a case of OlderThanTheyThink, at least some of the weird and trippy elements are taken from the books!

* AdaptationDistillation: The big-screen movie. It was made at the end of the 1970s and is seriously weird and trippy. Although in a case of OlderThanTheyThink, at least some of the weird and trippy elements are taken from the books!

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''Raggedy Ann'' was a series of storybooks about the adventures of a living rag doll, created by American writer and illustrator Johnny Gruelle in 1918. Gruelle based the stories on a ragdoll he gave to his daughter, Marcella, who also became a character in the books as Raggedy Ann's owner. Seeing the possibilities with the character, the Gruelle family went on to market a line of Raggedy Ann rag dolls that have, arguably, become far better known than the books.

''Raggedy Ann'' was a series of storybooks, first introduced by writer and illustrator Johnny Gruelle in 1918, about the adventures of a living rag doll. Gruelle based the stories on a ragdoll he gave to his daughter, Marcella, who also became a character in the books as Raggedy Ann's owner. Seeing the possibilities with the character, the Gruelle family went on to market a line of Raggedy Ann rag dolls that have, arguably, become far better known than the books.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Ann and Andy.]]

''Raggedy Ann'' was a series of storybooks written by American author Johnny Gruelle about the adventures of a living rag doll. Gruelle based the stories on a ragdoll he gave to his daughter, Marcella, who also became a character in the books as Raggedy Ann's owner. Seeing the possibilities with the character, the Gruelle family went on to market a line of Raggedy Ann rag dolls that have, arguably, become far better known than the books.

Raggedy Ann and her adventures were adapted into animation several times, including Creator/FleischerStudios[=/=]Creator/FamousStudios animated shorts, Christmas and Halloween specials crafted by Creator/ChuckJones, a little-known animated series from the late 1980s and early 1990s, and even [[WesternAnimation/RaggedyAnnAndAndyAMusicalAdventure a big-screen movie]].

* DarkerAndEdgier: The 1984 stage musical ''Rag Dolly'' (with Ivy Austin as Raggedy Ann) was loosely based on the animated movie, but was a much darker take on the story, featuring Marcella as a [[IllGirl dying girl]] with a [[MissingMom mother who abandoned her]] and a [[AlcoholicParent father who's an alcoholic]], and the fear of death is a prominent theme. Even the song ''I'm Just A Rag Dolly'', one of the two songs reprised from the movie, had been given new lyrics and had gone from being a friendly welcoming song to a song about feeling lost and hopeless. The show was a big hit in Russia, but bombed on Broadway, closing down after only five performances.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The 1984 stage musical ''Rag Dolly'' (with Ivy Austin as Raggedy Ann) was loosely based on the animated movie, but was a much darker take on the story, featuring Marcella as a [[IllGirl dying girl]] with a [[MissingMom mother who abandoned her]] and a [[AlcoholicParent father who's an alcoholic]]. Even the song ''I'm Just A Rag Dolly'', one of the two songs reprised from the movie, had been given new lyrics and had gone from being a friendly welcoming song to a song about feeling lost and hopeless. The show was a big hit in Russia, but bombed on Broadway, closing down after only five performances.

* FairForItsDay: While Beloved Belindy has a minstrel-show design and is explicitly a mammy doll, she has a fairly positive portrayal and is spared the offensive FunetikAksent given liberbally to Dinah.

Raggedy Ann and her adventures were adapted into animation several times, including Creator/FleischerStudios[=/=]Creator/FamousStudios animated shorts, Christmas and Halloween specials crafted by Creator/ChuckJones, a little-known animated series from the late 1980s and early 1990s, and even [[RaggedyAnnAndAndyAMusicalAdventure a big-screen movie]].

* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: In the Christmas special, the wolf became trapped in an unbreakable substance. Ann and Andy broke the fourth wall and called upon this trope to set him free.

* {{Expy}}: In the Creator/ChuckJones holiday special, Ann and Andy end up saving Christmas from Wile E. Coyote's cousin.

Raggedy Ann and her adventures were adapted into animation several times, including FleischerStudios[=/=]FamousStudios animated shorts, Christmas and Halloween specials crafted by Creator/ChuckJones, a little-known animated series from the late 1980s and early 1990s, and even [[RaggedyAnnAndAndyAMusicalAdventure a big-screen movie]].

* AdaptationDistillation: The big-screen movie. It was made at the end of the 1970s and is seriously weird and trippy.

* {{Expy}}:
** In the Creator/ChuckJones holiday special, Ann and Andy end up saving Christmas from Wile E. Coyote's cousin.
** Billie from "The Enchanted Square" bears a strong resemblance to Paula from {{Earthbound}}.

Raggedy Ann and her adventures were adapted into animation several times, including FleischerStudios[=/=]FamousStudios animated shorts, Christmas and Halloween specials crafted by Creator/ChuckJones, a little-known animated series from the late 1990s and early 2000s, and even [[RaggedyAnnAndAndyAMusicalAdventure a big-screen movie]].

Raggedy Ann and her adventures were adapted into animation several times, including FleischerStudios[=/=]FamousStudios animated shorts, Christmas and Halloween specials crafted by ChuckJones, a little-known animated series from the late 1990s and early 2000s, and even [[RaggedyAnnAndAndyAMusicalAdventure a big-screen movie]].

** In the Chuck Jones holiday special, Ann and Andy end up saving Christmas from Wile E. Coyote's cousin.

''Raggedy Ann'' contains examples of:

* TheEeyore: The camel with the wrinkled knees, especially in the movie.
** He had a different personality in the book. There, he was described as absentminded and strange, but sure of himself. He also changed colors depending what story he's in. (White in the book, brown in the Fleischer cartoon, blue in the movie and TV series.)
* {{Expy}}: In the Chuck Jones holiday special, Ann and Andy end up saving Christmas from Wile E. Coyote's cousin.

* FieryRedhead: Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy both qualify.
* LivingToy: Pretty much the whole point.