History Literature / PippiLongstocking

!!''Pippi Longstocking'' provides examples of:

* ExactWords: In the animated episode "Pippi Goes Home", while lost at sea, Pippi calculates they are over 4,000 kilometers from the nearest known land. Annika points out there's an island nearby, and Pippi clarifies they're still thousands of kilometers from '''known''' land, meaning the island is an undiscovered land. [[Spoiler: Which turns out to not be undiscovered after all.]]

* StockFootage: The opening sequence of the 1997 animated series uses clips from the 1997 film.

* StockFootage: The opening sequence of the 1997 animated series uses clips from the 1997 film, mostly from its opening sequence.

* ExactWords: In the animated episode "Pippi Goes Home", while lost at sea, Pippi calculates they are over 4,000 kilometers from the nearest known land. Annika points out there's an island nearby, and Pippi clarifies they're still thousands of kilometers from '''known''' land, meaning the island is an undiscovered land.

* DesiresPrisonLife: In their introductory episode in the 1997 series, Thunder-Karlsson and Bloom's jail sentence ends on a rainy day. They choose to stay in their cell until the rain stops. Of course, they change their minds when they learn of Pippi's gold coins. In a Christmas special, they try to get caught and sent to jail for the season, but everybody is too high spirits to be mad at them.

* GaveUpTooSoon: In the cartoon episode "Pippi Entertains Two Burglars", the burglars are so tired of Pippi's "entertainment" that, when she says she's got a surprise for them, they flee in fear and never learn the surprise was a gold coin for each of them.

** In the follow-up series, however, she is more a of an occasional nuisance in the form of a moral busybody at worst, a far cry from hiring a pair of criminals and outright kidnapping in the film.

** Mrs. Prysselius in the 1997 animated film and series. The original Prysselius from the 1969 TV series was not an antagonist; she was extremely silly, slightly annoying and completely incapable of seeing the value of anything non-conventional, but she was always well-meaning and genuinely wanted what was best for Pippi. The animated version, while still not ''much'' of a villain, is a lot more openly antagonistic and borders on being a ControlFreak; her goal seems to be to get Pippi (and, really everyone else) to ''behave'' and ''conform'' and ''do as she's told'', and is prepared to employ some rather dubious methods in order to reach her goals.

** Mrs. Prysselius at the end of the 1997 film, she escapes unscathed for the extreme methods- threatening to have the police fired, recruiting felons, outright kidnapping- that she took just to have Pippi put in the children's home.

* AmbiguousTimePeriod: The 1998 animated TV series, which is set in a quaint-looking village adhering to 1940s customs and architecture, but also contains dissonant elements to this (in episode 3, a couple with modern attire and a convertible which appears to be from at least TheEighties play a pivotal role in the episode searching for a house in the village), muddying the possibility of the show being set in any particular time period.

* AscendedExtra: The two burglars, Blom and Dunder-Karlsson, only appear in one chapter in the original books, but go on to become major recurring characters in the 1969 TV series and later adaptations. Likewise, Kling and Klang, the two police officers were nameless minor characters in the books and got names and larger roles in the TV series. Same with Willie, Bengt and his lackeys who all only appeared in one chapter in the book series, now make at least three appearances in the 1998 animated series.
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: The owner in the 1998 series episode "Pippi Trains Some Animals - and Their Owner" regularly mistreats his animals, and is about to whip his horse when Pippi intervenes. He learns his lesson by episode's end.

* CanonForeigner: Mrs. Prysselius doesn't appear in the original books, but after her introduction in the 1969 Swedish TV series has been in every later adaptation. She is pretty much an [[CompositeCharacter amalgamation of all the concerned women from the books who disapproved of Pippi living alone]], given a name and a much larger role.

* DependingOnTheWriter: In the 1998 series, Mrs. Prysselius jumps from ControlFreak to occasional [[HeelFaceTurn nicer attributes]] but this depends on the episode.
* DesiresPrisonLife: In their introductory episode in the 1998 series, Thunder-Karlsson and Bloom's jail sentence ends on a rainy day. They choose to stay in their cell until the rain stops..of course, they change their minds when they learn of Pippi's gold coins.

* DesiresPrisonLife: In their introductory episode in the 1998 series, Thunder-Karlsson and Bloom's jail sentence ends on a rainy day. They choose to stay in their cell until the rain stops.

''Pippi Longstocking'' (or Pippi Långstrump) began as a series of children's books by [[UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}} Swedish]] author Creator/AstridLindgren. They have since been adapted into multiple films and television series. The series is regarded as a classic of Swedish literature and the character has become a cultural icon.