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* HeyItsThatGuy: Paul Varjak is played by George Peppard, later known as [[TheATeam Hannibal Smith]].
** '''AudreyHepburn'''

Later it was adapted into that famous movie where AudreyHepburn wears a fabulous Givenchy dress and holds a cigarette in a holder. In this version Holly probably isn't a hooker, and the gay writer is now a heterosexual borderline gigolo named Paul Varjak who eventually sweeps Holly off her feet and into a decent world of heteronormative bliss.

* {{Qipao}}: In the film version, the two Chinese girls who show up at the party both wear qipaos.

* AdaptationDisplacement: No really, a novella, not just a movie.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Moon River", which was apparently written specifically to fit Audrey Hepburn's singing range.

* EthnicScrappy: Mickey Rooney's character. With {{yellowface}} makeup, silly accent, thick glasses and buck teeth, Mr. Yunioshi is one of the most notoriously racist caricatures in American film. In ''Dragon: The BruceLee Story'' it is used as an example of how Asians were depicted in Hollywood and how Lee was about to provide something better. Rooney himself stated he was heart-broken over this [[ImplausibleDeniability and has never received a complaint about his portrayal]].

* MemeticOutfit: The "little black dress", which has [[LittleBlackDress become a fashion term in its own right]].

* WTHCastingAgency: Ms. Hepburn has stated that she was terribly miscast. And yet she made it work. Mickey Rooney as a Japanese man, on the other hand...

* MeaningfulName: It's hard to expect a woman named "Golightly" to be anything other than a free-spirited, unserious ditz.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Moon River, which Audrey apparently had made specifically to fit her singing range.

* EthnicScrappy: Mickey Rooney's character. With {{yellowface}} makeup, silly accent, thick glasses and buck teeth, Mr. Yunioshi is one of the most notoriously racist caricatures in American film. In ''Dragon: The BruceLee Story'' it is used as an example of how Asians were depicted in Hollywood and how Lee was about to provide something better. Rooney himself stated he was heart-broken over this [[ImplausibleDeniability and has never received a complaint about his portrayal]].
* FakeNationality: Audrey herself is a FakeAmerican, though her foreign accent is explained as a result of speech lessons. In the movie the accent is so she can casually pass herself off as a FakeBrit, to make her more marketable as an aspiring actress.

* MemeticOutfit (the "little black dress", which has [[LittleBlackDress become a fashion term in its own right]])

Later it was adapted into that famous movie where AudreyHepburn wears a fabulous Givenchy dress and holds a cigarette in a holder. In this version Holly probably isn't a hooker, and the gay writer is now a heterosexual borderline gigolo named Paul Varjak who eventually sweeps Holly off her feet and into a decent world of heteronormative bliss. Purists would argue AdaptationDecay, but most would call it AdaptationDistillation, particularly the legions of suburban teen girls and gay boys who have drawn strength and a sense of identity from the charm of the flick.

The original is a novella by Truman Capote about a [[AuthorAvatar nameless gay writer's]] friendship with Holly Golightly, a bicurious, borderline HookerWithAHeartOfGold. The story was a touching meditation on the varying nature of love, and how people of disparate backgrounds can form unconventional family groups.

* MostTriumphantExample: A recent poll named Holly the greatest film character ever.

* WTHCastingAgency: Ms. Hepburn has stated that she was terribly miscast. And yet she made it work. Mickey Rooney as a Japanese man.

* EthnicScrappy: Mickey Rooney's character. With {{yellowface}} makeup, silly accent, thick glasses and buck teeth, Mr. Yunioshi is one of the most notoriously racist caricatures in American film. In ''Dragon: The BruceLee Story'' it is used as an example of how Asians were depicted in Hollywood. Rooney himself stated he was heart-broken over this [[ImplausibleDeniability and has never received a complaint about his portrayal]].

* FakeNationality: Audrey herself is a FakeAmerican, though her foreign accent is explained as a result of speech lessons.
** And of course, in the movie itself, the accent is so she can casually pass herself off as a FakeBrit, to make her more marketable as an aspiring actress.

* ThePaolo: Jose (the movie, mostly).

* WTHCastingAgency: Ms. Hepburn has stated that she was terribly miscast. And yet she made it work.
** And of course, Mickey Rooney as a Japanese man.
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* WTHCastingAgency: Ms. Hepburn has stated that she was terribly miscast.

* EthnicScrappy: Mickey Rooney's character.
* FakeNationality: Mickey Rooney as Mr. Yunioshi, Holly's neighbor. This has caused considerable controversy since then, though Rooney himself stated he was heart-broken over this [[ImplausibleDeniability and has never received a complaint about his portrayal]].
** With yellowface, thick glasses and buck teeth, Mr. Yunioshi is one of the most notoriously racist caricatures in American film. It's VERY hard to believe Rooney never received any complaints.
*** Especially since films like ''Dragon: The BruceLee Story'' use this as one of the gloomiest examples of how Asians were depicted in Hollywood.
** For that matter, Audrey herself is a FakeAmerican, though her foreign accent is explained as a result of speech lessons.