!!Film
* AdaptationDisplacement: Many who grew up watching the Feature Films for Families version are unaware that it's a {{bowdlerize}}d version.
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Are we supposed to believe that Peggy's mother is in the right (in the Feature Films for Families version), or is she basically a depiction of an older character [[ToBeLawfulOrGood torn between standing by what she was taught was correct and sympathy for the Robbins children]]?
* BaseBreakingCharacter: Peggy's mother in the Feature Films for Families version. Some think her moralizing is [[{{Anvilicious}} over-the-top]] and [[BrokenAesop contradictory to the story]], while others appreciate her sentimentality in baking the wedding cake.
* TheWoobie: The Robbins children lost their mother, are placed in [[OrphanageOfFear a hellish home]], and have [[DepartmentOfChildDisservices a case worker with very little (if any) sympathy for them]].

!!Series
* RetroactiveRecognition: The show was vehicle for the Smolett siblings, with two of the siblings Creator/{{Jussie|Smollett}} and Creator/JurneeSmollett being the most famous out of the group.