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** Originally, Jody and Buffy were supposed to be different ages before producers - likely noting how well Johnny Whittaker and Creator/AnissaJones played off each other and their [[SeparatedAtBirthCasting very close resemblance to each other]] - decided to make the characters twins.

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** Originally, Jody and Buffy were supposed to be different ages before the producers - likely noting how well Johnny Whittaker and Creator/AnissaJones played off each other and their [[SeparatedAtBirthCasting very close resemblance to each other]] - decided to make the characters twins.
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axing Names The Same entry as per bulletin.


* NamesTheSame:
** Buffy and... [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer take a wild guess.]]
** Actor Sebastian Cabot, no known relation to explorer Sebastian Cabot (birthname: Sebastiano Caboto) [1474?-1553?], the son of Italian explorer John Cabot.
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** A ReunionShow was proposed in the 1980s, but it never materialized since the actors for both Buffy and Mr. French were dead by then and they didn't want to recast the characters.
** Uncle Bill and Cissy were considered to be played by different actors than in the final product. At one point, Creator/GlennFord was considered for Uncle Bill, but turned the role down; allowing for Creator/BrianKeith to take the role. Meanwhile, Kathy Garver was a last-minute replacement as Cissy for an unknown actress who was fired after gaining 15 pounds during a trip to Europe.
** Originally; Jody and Buffy were supposed to be different ages before producers - likely noting how well Johnny Whittaker and Creator/AnissaJones played off each other and their [[SeparatedAtBirthCasting very close resemblance to each other]] - decided to make the characters twins.

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** A ReunionShow was proposed in the 1980s, but it never materialized since the actors for both Buffy and Mr. French were dead by then then, and they didn't want to recast the characters.
** Uncle Bill and Cissy were considered to be played by different actors than in the final product. At one point, Creator/GlennFord was considered for Uncle Bill, but turned the role down; down, allowing for Creator/BrianKeith to take the role. Meanwhile, Kathy Garver was a last-minute replacement as Cissy for an unknown actress who was fired after gaining 15 pounds during a trip to Europe.
** Originally; Originally, Jody and Buffy were supposed to be different ages before producers - likely noting how well Johnny Whittaker and Creator/AnissaJones played off each other and their [[SeparatedAtBirthCasting very close resemblance to each other]] - decided to make the characters twins.

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* RomanceOnTheSet: Kathy Garver dated Gregg Fedderson, who played Cissy's boyfriend Gregg Bartlett and was the son of executive producer Don Fedderson, for a time.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A ReunionShow was proposed in the 1980s, but it never materialized since the actors for both Buffy and Mr. French were dead by then and they didn't want to recast the characters.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WhatCouldHaveBeen:
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A ReunionShow was proposed in the 1980s, but it never materialized since the actors for both Buffy and Mr. French were dead by then and they didn't want to recast the characters.characters.
** Uncle Bill and Cissy were considered to be played by different actors than in the final product. At one point, Creator/GlennFord was considered for Uncle Bill, but turned the role down; allowing for Creator/BrianKeith to take the role. Meanwhile, Kathy Garver was a last-minute replacement as Cissy for an unknown actress who was fired after gaining 15 pounds during a trip to Europe.
** Originally; Jody and Buffy were supposed to be different ages before producers - likely noting how well Johnny Whittaker and Creator/AnissaJones played off each other and their [[SeparatedAtBirthCasting very close resemblance to each other]] - decided to make the characters twins.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A ReunionShow was proposed in the 1980s, but it never materialized since the actors for both Buffy and Mr. French were dead by then and they didn't want to recast the characters. Although before ethics and taste finally prevailed, an executive had suggested Creator/KaleenaKiff, then starring in “Love, Sidney”, but later of the Series/LeaveItToBeaver SequelSeries, as a possible candidate for the role of Buffy Davis.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A ReunionShow was proposed in the 1980s, but it never materialized since the actors for both Buffy and Mr. French were dead by then and they didn't want to recast the characters. Although before ethics and taste finally prevailed, an executive had suggested Creator/KaleenaKiff, then starring in “Love, Sidney”, but later of the Series/LeaveItToBeaver SequelSeries, as a possible candidate for the role of Buffy Davis.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A ReunionShow was proposed in the '80s, but it never materialized since the actors for both Buffy and Mr. French were dead by then and they didn't want to recast the characters.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A ReunionShow was proposed in the '80s, 1980s, but it never materialized since the actors for both Buffy and Mr. French were dead by then and they didn't want to recast the characters. Although before ethics and taste finally prevailed, an executive had suggested Creator/KaleenaKiff, then starring in “Love, Sidney”, but later of the Series/LeaveItToBeaver SequelSeries, as a possible candidate for the role of Buffy Davis.
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* DawsonCasting: Present in the original, averted in the revival. Kathy Garver was 21 playing 15-year-old Cissy while Anissa Jones was eight playing six in the first season but in the revival, Sasha Pieterse was six playing...six.

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* DawsonCasting: Present in the original, averted in the revival. Kathy Garver was 21 playing 15-year-old Cissy while Anissa Jones was eight playing six in the first season but in the revival, Sasha Pieterse Creator/SashaPieterse was six playing...six.

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* ContractualPurity: Anissa Jones.

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* %%* ContractualPurity: Anissa Jones.



* {{Defictionalization}}: Sometime after the series aired, Mattel made a line of actual Mrs. Beasley dolls that people could buy.



* WrittenInInfirmity: Buffy's broken leg.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A ReunionShow was proposed in the '80s, but it never materialized since the actors for both Buffy and Mr. French were dead by then and they didn't want to recast the characters.
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WrittenInInfirmity: Buffy's broken leg.

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* ActorAllusion: Mr. French, played by Sebastian Cabot, is sometimes seen reading ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'' stories to the children. Cabot, of course, narrated Disney's cartoon adaptations of the books (and in one episode, he is reading from a Disney-illustrated book).



* DawsonCasting: Present in the original, averted in the revival. Kathy Garver was 21 playing 15-year-old Cissy while Anissa Jones was eight playing six in the first season but in the revival, Sasha Pieterse was six playing... six.

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* DawsonCasting: Present in the original, averted in the revival. Kathy Garver was 21 playing 15-year-old Cissy while Anissa Jones was eight playing six in the first season but in the revival, Sasha Pieterse was six playing... six.



* SuppressedMammaries: Anissa Jones as Buffy.

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* SuppressedMammaries: Buffy in later seasons. It did not end well for Anissa Jones as Buffy.Jones, her actress.

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* NamesTheSame: Buffy and... [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer take a wild guess.]]

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* NamesTheSame: NamesTheSame:
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Buffy and... [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer take a wild guess.]]


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* SuppressedMammaries: Anissa Jones as Buffy.
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* DawsonCasting: Present in the original, averted in the revival. Anissa Jones was eight playing six in the first season but in the revival, Sasha Pieterse was six playing... six.

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* DawsonCasting: Present in the original, averted in the revival. Kathy Garver was 21 playing 15-year-old Cissy while Anissa Jones was eight playing six in the first season but in the revival, Sasha Pieterse was six playing... six.
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* DawsonCasting: Present in the original, averted in the revival. Anissa Jones was eight playing six in the first season but in the revival, Sasha Pieterse was six playing... six.
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** Actor Sebastian Cabot, no known relation to explorer Sebastian Cabot (birthname: Sebastiano Caboto) [1474?-1553?], the son of Italian explorer John Cabot.

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* NamesTheSame: Buffy and... [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Take a wild guess]]
* WrittenInInfirmity: Buffy's broken leg.

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* NamesTheSame: Buffy and... [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Take take a wild guess]]
guess.]]
* WrittenInInfirmity: Buffy's broken leg.leg.
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* ActorAllusion: Mr. French, played by Sebastian Cabot, is sometimes seen reading ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'' stories to the children. Cabot, of course, narrated Disney's cartoon adaptations of the books (and in one episode, he is reading from a Disney-illusrtated book).

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* ActorAllusion: Mr. French, played by Sebastian Cabot, is sometimes seen reading ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'' stories to the children. Cabot, of course, narrated Disney's cartoon adaptations of the books (and in one episode, he is reading from a Disney-illusrtated Disney-illustrated book).
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* NamesTheSame: Buffy and... [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Take a wild guess]]

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* NamesTheSame: Buffy and... [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Take a wild guess]]guess]]
* WrittenInInfirmity: Buffy's broken leg.
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* ActorAllusion: Mr. French, played by Sebastian Cabot, is sometimes seen reading ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'' stories to the children. Cabot, of course, narrated Disney's cartoon adaptations of the books (and in one episode, he is reading from a Disney-illusrtated book).
* ContractualPurity: Anissa Jones.
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* NamesTheSame: Buffy and... [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Take a wild guess]]

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* NamesTheSame: Buffy and... [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Take a wild guess]]
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* [=~Name's The Same~=]: Buffy and... [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Take a wild guess]]

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* [=~Name's The Same~=]: NamesTheSame: Buffy and... [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Take a wild guess]]

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