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* AdaptationalNameChange: Annie's siblings have different names than they did in real life, and "Oakley" is portrayed as her real surname, when really her original surname was "Mosey" (or "Moses") and "Oakley" was just a stage name.

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A 1946 musical developed by Music/IrvingBerlin and siblings Herbert and Dorothy Fields, under the supervision of producers Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein. Creator/EthelMerman originated the title role, and sang many a classic standard, including "There's no business like show business." A film version, with Betty Hutton in the lead, was released in 1950. The musical has been revived several times since on Broadway, most recently starring Creator/BernadettePeters, Music/RebaMcEntire, and Susan Lucci (''Series/AllMyChildren'').

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A 1946 musical developed by Music/IrvingBerlin and siblings Herbert and Dorothy Fields, under the supervision of producers Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein. Creator/EthelMerman originated the title role, and sang many a classic standard, including "There's no business like show business.No Business Like Show Business." A film version, with Betty Hutton in the lead, was released in 1950. The musical has been revived several times since on Broadway, most recently starring Creator/BernadettePeters, Music/RebaMcEntire, and Susan Lucci (''Series/AllMyChildren'').



* AnythingYouCanDoICanDoBetter: The TropeNamer. Annie and Frank argue over who is the better shot, the better singer, best knitter etc.

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* AnythingYouCanDoICanDoBetter: The TropeNamer. Annie and Frank argue over who is the better shot, the better singer, best knitter etc.


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* MetaphorIsMyMiddleName: "Who Do You Love I Hope?"
-->I heard your question\\
The answer you know\\
Love is my middle name
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%%* CounterpointDuet: "An Old-Fashioned Wedding"

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%%* * CounterpointDuet: "An Old-Fashioned Wedding"Wedding." Frank sings about the simple wedding he wants, while Annie imagines the most lavish wedding possible in counterpoint.
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%%* IAmSong: "Doin' What Comes Naturally."

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%%* * IAmSong: In "Doin' What Comes Naturally."Naturally," Annie sings about how she and her family members have no education, but know how to get by all the same.



** In the 1999 revival script, Dolly Tate serves as her teenage sister Winnie's guardian. (In the original 1946 version, Winnie was her daughter, but the revised script [[RelatedDifferentlyInTheAdaptation changes their relationship.])

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** In the 1999 revival script, Dolly Tate serves as her teenage sister Winnie's guardian. (In the original 1946 version, Winnie was her daughter, but the revised script [[RelatedDifferentlyInTheAdaptation changes their relationship.])]])



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%%* * YouNoTakeCandle: The Sioux Indians.Indians speak this way.

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%%* ArgumentOfContradictions: "Anything You Can Do" is basically this trope in musical form.

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%%* * ArgumentOfContradictions: "Anything You Can Do" is basically this trope in musical form.form. Every time Annie says she can do something better than Frank, or vice-versa, the next lines are "No you can't!" "Yes I can! "No you can't!" "Yes I can!"



* ListSong: "I'm An Indian, Too" lists many American Indian [[StockForeignName names]] of this type.

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* ListSong: "I'm An Indian, Too" lists many American Indian [[StockForeignName names]] of this type.and well-known tribes.
* MalignedMixedMarriage: The BetaCouple Tommy Keeler and Winnie Tate go through this. Winnie's mother (or older sister) Dolly opposes their relationship because Tommy is half Native American and has their secret marriage annulled. But they reunite and remarry once Winnie turns eighteen and can legally marry without Dolly's consent.



** In the 1999 revival script, Dolly Tate serves as her teenage sister Winnie's guardian. (In the original 1946 version, Winnie was her daughter, but the revised script [[RelatedDifferentlyInAdaptation changes their relationship.])

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** In the 1999 revival script, Dolly Tate serves as her teenage sister Winnie's guardian. (In the original 1946 version, Winnie was her daughter, but the revised script [[RelatedDifferentlyInAdaptation [[RelatedDifferentlyInTheAdaptation changes their relationship.])



* SheCleansUpNicely: Annie puts on a formal gown for the reception before the merger and Frank takes it as a sign that she's becoming a lady.

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* SheCleansUpNicely: Annie puts on a formal gown for the reception before the merger and Frank takes it as a sign that she's becoming a lady. Even before that, Annie trades her dirty hillbilly clothes for clean, respectable outfits and starts bathing regularly after she joins Buffalo Bill's show, and Frank comments on how much better she looks and smells.

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%%* BetaCouple: Tommy Keeler and Winnie Tate,

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%%* * BelligerentSexualTension: Annie and Frank's competitive egos repeatedly get in the way of their romance until the end.
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BetaCouple: Tommy Keeler and Winnie Tate, two fellow performers in Buffalo Bill's show. The film version and the revised 1966 stage script cut them out, but the 1999 revival restored them.



* LadykillerInLove: Frank when he falls for Annie. The song "My Defenses Are Down" is all about this.



* PromotionToParent:
** Annie takes care of her four younger siblings.
** In the 1999 revival script, Dolly Tate serves as her teenage sister Winnie's guardian. (In the original 1946 version, Winnie was her daughter, but the revised script [[RelatedDifferentlyInAdaptation changes their relationship.])



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A 1946 musical developed by Music/IrvingBerlin and siblings Herbert and Dorothy Fields. Creator/EthelMerman originated the title role, and sang many a classic standard, including "There's no business like show business." A film version, with Betty Hutton in the lead, was released in 1950. The musical has been revived several times since on Broadway, most recently starring Creator/BernadettePeters, Music/RebaMcEntire, and Susan Lucci (''Series/AllMyChildren'').

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A 1946 musical developed by Music/IrvingBerlin and siblings Herbert and Dorothy Fields.Fields, under the supervision of producers Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein. Creator/EthelMerman originated the title role, and sang many a classic standard, including "There's no business like show business." A film version, with Betty Hutton in the lead, was released in 1950. The musical has been revived several times since on Broadway, most recently starring Creator/BernadettePeters, Music/RebaMcEntire, and Susan Lucci (''Series/AllMyChildren'').
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* AnythingYouCanDoICanDoBetter: Annie and Frank argue over who is the better shot, the better singer, best knitter etc.

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* AnythingYouCanDoICanDoBetter: The TropeNamer. Annie and Frank argue over who is the better shot, the better singer, best knitter etc.

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''like no business I know."'']]

->''"Folks are dumb where I come from,''
->''They ain't had any learning.''
->''Still they're happy as can be''
->''Doin' what comes naturally (doin' what comes naturally)."''

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->''"Folks are dumb where I come from,''
->''They
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They
ain't had any learning.''
->''Still
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Still
they're happy as can be''
->''Doin'
be\\
Doin'
what comes naturally (doin' what comes naturally)."''
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-->-- '''Annie Oakley''', in '''Doin' What Comes Naturally'''.

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-->-- '''Annie Oakley''', in '''Doin' "Doin' What Comes Naturally'''.
Naturally"
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A 1946 musical developed by Music/IrvingBerlin and siblings Herbert and Dorothy Fields. Creator/EthelMerman originated the title role, and sang many a classic standard, including "There's no business like show business." A film version was released in 1950. The musical has been revived several times since on Broadway, most recently starring Creator/BernadettePeters, Music/RebaMcEntire, and Susan Lucci (''Series/AllMyChildren'').

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A 1946 musical developed by Music/IrvingBerlin and siblings Herbert and Dorothy Fields. Creator/EthelMerman originated the title role, and sang many a classic standard, including "There's no business like show business." A film version version, with Betty Hutton in the lead, was released in 1950. The musical has been revived several times since on Broadway, most recently starring Creator/BernadettePeters, Music/RebaMcEntire, and Susan Lucci (''Series/AllMyChildren'').
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Annie and Frank were real life show shoters and they got married but much of this story is fabricated.

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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Annie and Frank were real life show shoters shooters and they got married but much of this story is fabricated.

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->''"There's no business like show business''
->''like no business I know"''
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A 1946 musical developed by Music/IrvingBerlin and siblings Herbert and Dorothy Fields. Creator/EthelMerman originated the title role, and sang many a classic standard, including "There's no business like show business." A film version was released in 1950. The musical has been revived several times since on Broadway, most recently starring SusanLucci.

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A 1946 musical developed by Music/IrvingBerlin and siblings Herbert and Dorothy Fields. Creator/EthelMerman originated the title role, and sang many a classic standard, including "There's no business like show business." A film version was released in 1950. The musical has been revived several times since on Broadway, most recently starring SusanLucci.
Creator/BernadettePeters, Music/RebaMcEntire, and Susan Lucci (''Series/AllMyChildren'').
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* ListSong: "I'm An Indian, Too" lists many American Indian [[StockForeignName names]] of this type.
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-->--'''Annie Oakley''', in '''Doin' What Comes Naturally'''.

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-->--'''Annie -->-- '''Annie Oakley''', in '''Doin' What Comes Naturally'''.
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A 1946 musical developed by IrvingBerlin and siblings Herbert and Dorothy Fields. Creator/EthelMerman originated the title role, and sang many a classic standard, including "There's no business like show business." A film version was released in 1950. The musical has been revived several times since on Broadway, most recently starring SusanLucci.

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A 1946 musical developed by IrvingBerlin Music/IrvingBerlin and siblings Herbert and Dorothy Fields. Creator/EthelMerman originated the title role, and sang many a classic standard, including "There's no business like show business." A film version was released in 1950. The musical has been revived several times since on Broadway, most recently starring SusanLucci.
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* AnythingYouCanDoICanDoBetter: Annie and Frank, leading to the [[TropeNamer song of the same name]].
* ArgumentOfContradictions: "Anything You Can Do" is basically this trope in musical form.
* BetaCouple: Tommy Keeler and Winnie Tate, who are written out of most productions.

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* AnythingYouCanDoICanDoBetter: Annie and Frank, leading to Frank argue over who is the [[TropeNamer song of better shot, the same name]].
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better singer, best knitter etc.
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ArgumentOfContradictions: "Anything You Can Do" is basically this trope in musical form.
* %%* BetaCouple: Tommy Keeler and Winnie Tate, who are written out of most productions.



* CallAndResponseSong: "Anything You Can Do."
* CounterpointDuet: "An Old-Fashioned Wedding"
* TheElevenOClockNumber: "Anything You Can Do."
* IAmSong: "Doin' What Comes Naturally."

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* %%* CallAndResponseSong: "Anything You Can Do."
* %%* CounterpointDuet: "An Old-Fashioned Wedding"
* %%* TheElevenOClockNumber: "Anything You Can Do."
* %%* IAmSong: "Doin' What Comes Naturally."



* MenActWomenAre: Inverted for most of the musical. But the reason she gets the guy is because she holds back on her competition [[spoiler: (courtesy of a rigged gun)]].

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* MenActWomenAre: Inverted for most of the musical. But musical, where Anne is doing all the acting and Frank is not. The reason she gets the guy is because she holds back on her competition [[spoiler: (courtesy of a rigged gun)]].



* SlapSlapKiss
* SweaterGirl: At least a reference to it.

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* %%* SlapSlapKiss
* SweaterGirl: At least a reference to it.%%* SweaterGirl:



* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory
* YouNoTakeCandle: The Sioux Indians.

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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory
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VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Annie and Frank were real life show shoters and they got married but much of this story is fabricated.
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YouNoTakeCandle: The Sioux Indians.
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* BetaCouple: Tommy Keeler and Winnie Tate, who are written out of most productions these days.

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* BetaCouple: Tommy Keeler and Winnie Tate, who are written out of most productions these days.productions.



* SheCleansUpNicely: Annie, ''and how.''

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* SheCleansUpNicely: Annie, ''and how.''Annie puts on a formal gown for the reception before the merger and Frank takes it as a sign that she's becoming a lady.
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* IncrediblyLongNote: "Anything You Can Do" - specifically, "Any note you can hold, I can hold longer." [[spoiler:She can.]]
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-->--'''Annie Oakley''', in '''Doin What Comes Naturally'''.

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-->--'''Annie Oakley''', in '''Doin '''Doin' What Comes Naturally'''.
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* ArgumentOfContradictions: "Anything You Can Do" is basically this trope in musical form.

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* AnythingYouCanDoICanDoBetter: Annie and Frank, leading to the song of the same name.

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* AnythingYouCanDoICanDoBetter: Annie and Frank, leading to the [[TropeNamer song of the same name.name]].


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* CallAndResponseSong: "Anything You Can Do."

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* [[IAmSong "I Am" Song]]: "Doin' What Comes Naturally."

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* [[IAmSong "I Am" Song]]: IAmSong: "Doin' What Comes Naturally."



* TheOtherMarty: The film version has two cases. Frank Morgan and JudyGarland were initially cast as Buffalo Bill and Annie, respectively; but when he died, and she had to bow out, Louis Calhern and Betty Hutton took over.
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->''"There's no business like show business
->like no business I know"''

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->''"There's no business like show business
->like
business''
->''like
no business I know"''
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->Folks are dumb where I come from,
->They ain't had any learning.
->Still they're happy as can be
->Doin' what comes naturally (doin' what comes naturally).

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->Folks ->''"Folks are dumb where I come from,
->They
from,''
->''They
ain't had any learning.
->Still
learning.''
->''Still
they're happy as can be
->Doin'
be''
->''Doin'
what comes naturally (doin' what comes naturally)."''



->There's no business like show business
->like no business I know

A 1946 musical developed by IrvingBerlin and siblings Herbert and Dorothy Fields. EthelMerman originated the title role, and sang many a classic standard, including "There's no business like show business." A film version was released in 1950. The musical has been revived several times since on Broadway, most recently starring SusanLucci.

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know"''

A 1946 musical developed by IrvingBerlin and siblings Herbert and Dorothy Fields. EthelMerman Creator/EthelMerman originated the title role, and sang many a classic standard, including "There's no business like show business." A film version was released in 1950. The musical has been revived several times since on Broadway, most recently starring SusanLucci.
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* TermsOfEndangerment: Pawnee Bill and Buffalo Bill refer to each other, respectively, as "you big bandit" and "you old pirate". They may or may not mean this lovingly.

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* IAmSong: "Doin' What Comes Naturally."

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* IAmSong: [[IAmSong "I Am" Song]]: "Doin' What Comes Naturally."

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->Folks are dumb where I come from,
->They ain't had any learning.
->Still they're happy as can be
->Doin' what comes naturally (doin' what comes naturally).
-->--'''Annie Oakley''', in '''Doin What Comes Naturally'''.

->There's no business like show business
->like no business I know

A 1946 musical developed by IrvingBerlin and siblings Herbert and Dorothy Fields. EthelMerman originated the title role, and sang many a classic standard, including "There's no business like show business." A film version was released in 1950. The musical has been revived several times since on Broadway, most recently starring SusanLucci.

It follows the tale of one Annie Oakley: sharpshooter, and the man she'll one day marry, Frank Butler: sharpshooter. They meet when he's the star of Buffalo Bill's Circus, but [[SlapSlapKiss it's rivalry, not love, at first sight.]] It's going to be hard, but eventually, they do finally get together in the end.
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!!This show features examples of:
* AnythingYouCanDoICanDoBetter: Annie and Frank, leading to the song of the same name.
* BetaCouple: Tommy Keeler and Winnie Tate, who are written out of most productions these days.
* ButtMonkey: Dolly Tate. She is constantly mocked by everyone, especially Charlie, but Annie and Frank get in on it too. Justified in that she is a mean-spirited, bigoted snob who hates everyone regardless.
* CounterpointDuet: "An Old-Fashioned Wedding"
* TheElevenOClockNumber: "Anything You Can Do."
* IAmSong: "Doin' What Comes Naturally."
* MenActWomenAre: Inverted for most of the musical. But the reason she gets the guy is because she holds back on her competition [[spoiler: (courtesy of a rigged gun)]].
* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Why Annie sings "You Can't Get A Man With A Gun."
* TheOtherMarty: The film version has two cases. Frank Morgan and JudyGarland were initially cast as Buffalo Bill and Annie, respectively; but when he died, and she had to bow out, Louis Calhern and Betty Hutton took over.
* RightInFrontOfMe: When Annie meets Frank, she not only doesn't know who he is, but she calls him a "big swollen-headed stiff."
* SheCleansUpNicely: Annie, ''and how.''
* SlapSlapKiss
* SweaterGirl: At least a reference to it.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory
* YouNoTakeCandle: The Sioux Indians.
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