These are what we call the 'YMMV items.' Things that some people find in this work. We call them 'your mileage might vary' because not everyone sees these things in the same way. This starts discussions in the trope lists, a thing we don't want. Please use the discussion page if you'd like to discuss any of these items.
YMMV: Pippi Longstocking
Critical Research Failure: Except from useless pirates that is 300 years late to a country which never even practised pirating, do the useless polices in the live action series and movies paradoxically have the police uniforms of 1979, while there appears to only be two polices in the town, despite Sweden since 1973 have been divided into police districts. Also, no governmental organization has had the authority to take a child into custody of the Child- and Carity-organization, if the child resides in a house that either belongs to a legal guardian or a legal guardian have given to the child. The 1989 movie takes this Up to Eleven.
Concerning the child-service laws, it has to be taken to account that Pippi's father is originally presumed dead, and later, if Pippi were to be a normal child, his actions would constitute abusive neglect. Also, there has been plenty of piracy in the Baltic Sea, though not in the 20th century.
Ear Worm: Along with being a song just about every kid in Sweden can sing, the opening to the 1969 series is this.Big time. "Här kommer Pippi Långstrump, tjolla hopp, tjolla hej, tjolla hoppsan-sa..."
Rule-Abiding Rebel: You'd think a child with superhuman strength and a complete disregard for rules would be indiscriminately violent or even murderous, but she only gets into relatively innocent mischief. She was more rebellious in the original version of the book, which was published after Astrid L Indgren's death. It was given the title Ur-Pippi.
Values Dissonance: Pippi's father, titled "Negro King of the South Sea", or "Cannibal King."
