History YMMV / Annie1982

** Warbucks claims the Bolsheviks want to kill him because he proves capitalism works. However, he was an arms dealer during UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne, so the Bolsheviks probably have a far less abstract reason to want to kill him.

* FridgeBrilliance: Warbucks claims the Bolsheviks want to kill him because he proves capitalism works. However, he was an arms dealer during UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne, so the Bolsheviks probably have a far less abstract reason to want to kill him.

* EvilIsSexy: Creator/TimCurry and Creator/BernadettePeters as Rooster and Lily St Regis. Of course, it's almost inevitable when you cast these two as your villains.

* EthnicScrappy: To many people, Punjab (for being a magical Indian played by a black guy), Asp (for being a Japanese man who does karate and his solo dance in "We Got Annie" using the "oriental riff" melody, which many people don't like), and the Bolsheviks for being portrayed as rather than just Russian, portrayed as Jews (with the Bolshevik who tries to blow up Daddy Warbucks's mansion having a thick dark beard and wearing conservative black clothes that make him look like a rabbi).

* EthnicScrappy: To many people, Punjab (for being a magical Indian played by a black guy), Asp (for being a Japanese man who does karate and his solo dance in "We Got Annie" using the "oriental riff" melody, which many people don't like), and the Bolsheviks for being portrayed as rather than just Russian, portrayed as Jews (with the Bolshevik who tries to blow up Daddy Warbucks's mansion looking like a rabbi).

** For that matter, why has Miss Hannigan never told Annie that her parents are dead, when she knows it all along? The novelization explains that she's been waiting for Annie to do something especially aggravating, so she can punish her in the cruelest way possible by springing the reveal on her. But is this true in the actual movie? Or does her deeply-buried inner decency make her reluctant to crush Annie's hopes?

* CharacterRerailment: The film keeps Daddy Warbucks' uncharacteristic friendship with FDR intact, but mitigates some of the damage by returning Warbucks to his staunch Republican mindset and [[VitriolicBestBuds having the two constantly toss barbs at each others' party affiliations]], as well as debate the New Deal.
* EthnicScrappy: To many people, Punjab (for being a magical Indian played by a black guy), Asp (for being a Japanese man who does karate and his solo dance in "We Got Annie" using the "oriental riff" melody which many people don't like), and the Bolsheviks for being portrayed as rather than just Russian, portrayed as Jews (with the Bolshevik who tries to blow up Daddy Warbucks' mansion looking like a rabbi).
* EvilIsSexy: Creator/TimCurry and Creator/BernadettePeters as Rooster and Lily St Regis. Of course it's almost inevitable when you cast these two as your villains.

* MoralEventHorizon: Rooster tells Annie that [[IllKillYou he's going to kill her]] after she escapes their clutches and tears up Warbucks's check, then chases her to the top of the drawbridge and tries to drop her from it. This triggers a HeelFaceTurn in Miss Hannigan, who didn't realize until now that he was really going to kill her (potentially Lily too, who is also horrified, though she'll still have to serve jail time, since she didn't actually act to stop Rooster like Miss Hannigan did).
* ToughActToFollow: This is actually the first of four adaptations of the Broadway musical, but is the most well-known and beloved of them.

** When Annie sings "Dumb Dog" to Sandy when they first meet, is she sincerely insulting him (even though she already rescued him, she claims it's just "what any decent person would have done"), but then does she warm up to him in spite of herself when he keeps following her anyway? Or is she just [[ShooTheDog faking disdain]] to make him go away because she has no way to feed him?

* FirstInstallmentWins: This is actually the first of four adaptations of the Broadway musical, but is the most well-known and beloved of them.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools A good example]]. It's notoriously corny, but it's still a classic for many people [[{{Camp}} because of it]].

* MoralEventHorizon: Rooster tells Annie that [[IllKillYou he's going to kill her]] after she escapes their clutches and tears up Warbucks's check. This triggers a HeelFaceTurn in Miss Hannigan, who was under the impression that he was really going to kill her (potentially Lily too, who is also horrified, though she'll still have to serve jail time, since she didn't actually act to stop Rooster like Miss Hannigan did).

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is Ms Hannigan really abusive, especially regarding the times she lives in?

* TheWoobie: All of the orphans, but especially Molly- being the youngest is the one little girl that one just wants to reach out to and comfort the most.

* EthnicScrappy: To many people, Punjab (for being a magical Indian played by a black guy), Asp (for being a Japanese man who does karate and his solo dance in "We Got Annie" using the "oriental riff" melody which many people don't like), and the Bolsheviks for being portrayed as rather than just Russian, portrayed as Jews with the Bolshevik who tries to blow up Daddy Warbucks' mansion looking like a rabbi).

* FirstInstallmentWins: This is actually the first of four adaptations of the Broadway musical, but is the most well-known and beloved of the them.

* FirstInstallmentWins: This is actually the first of four adaptations of the Broadway musical, but is the most well-known and beloved of the three.

* FirstInstallmentWins: This is actually the first of three adaptations of the Broadway musical, but is the most well-known and beloved of the three.

* HarsherInHindsight: One would think about how Carol Burnett didn't mind playing the role of an alcoholic matron despite herself being raised by alcoholic parents.

* FirstInstallmentWins: This is actually the first of three adaptations of the Broadway, but is the most well-known and beloved of the three.

** Annie also mentions that Pepper talked about going to the movies once before coming to the orphanage. If true, this would mean that Pepper, unlike most if not all of the others, has memories of life with her parents, and it would seem to have been a decent one, which would only make it even harder to cope with the abusive environment of the orphanage when she was thrust into it.

* MoralEventHorizon: Rooster tells Annie that [[IllKillYou he's going to kill her]] after she escapes their clutches and tears up Warbucks's check. This triggers a HeelFaceTurn in Miss Hannigan, who was under the impression that he was really going to kill her (potentially Lily too, who is also horrified, though she'll still have to serve jail time).