History Characters / AnneOfGreenGables

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Her friends don't like her very much, but they still hang out with her. According to Di, Mary is like a bad habit--"we can't do without her even when we are furious with her".

* ParentalAbuse: Sort of. Like Anne, she was adopted as a servant; unlike Anne, her guardian was a nightmare who frequently beat and, it's implied, swore at her.

* GenkiGirl: The opposite of her younger sister
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: A bit headstrong, but a nice girl

* IllGirl: Described as very frail and weak.

* ParentalFavoritism: Susan isn't his mother, but she loves him the most out of all the Blythe children since Anne was ill after he was born, which resulted in Susan having to look after him herself for a while.

* OldRetainer

* FlatCharacter: Oddly, Shirley is the one character out of all the Blythe children who never gets a point-of-view chapter, and doesn't have much characterization beyond "sturdy" and "sensible." His biggest impact in the books is on Susan, not the family, to the point where he might as well be her own son instead of Gilbert and Anne's. Removing him entirely wouldn't change much of anything.
* ParentalFavoritism: Susan isn't his mother, but she loves him the most out of all the Blythe children since Anne was ill after he was born, which resulted in her having to look after him herself for a while.

* IAteWHAT: More like "I cooked with what?" Anne has such a terrible cold that she can't tell vanilla flavouring from anodyne liniment, a medicine that is rubbed into the skin to relieve stiff muscles. Hilarity Ensues when her cake is served for tea—at least Mrs. Allan (Marilla's guest) thinks it was hilarious. Anne is humiliated.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: With Anne, if it weren't for distance, they'd be closer to each other than to their beloved husbands.

* {{Asexuality}}: Matthew may be a straight example of an aromantic asexual; he has never married (like his sister Marilla, though she had a beau in John Blythe until they broke up due to a quarrel) and is described as feeling intimidated around women.

%%* {{Asexuality}}

* PosthumousSibling: Is born a year or so after Joyce's death, which is bittersweet for Anne. When Marilla suggests that Jem will [[ReplacementGolfish replace Joy,]] Anne rebuffs her.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Subverted in that Ken Ford was more like Jem and Walter's friend, but she they did technically grow up together.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Leslie has had a ''very'' difficult life. When she was only twelve years old, she witnessed her younger brother getting crushed to death under a wagon wheel, and a few years later she was the first to discover her father's body hanging from the ceiling after he committed suicide. Dick Moore eventually forced her to marry him when she was only sixteen so her mother wouldn't be evicted from their family home, and he was abusive towards her. Finally, Dick came home from a sea voyage after suffering brain damage; while he's no longer abusive to her, he requires constant care and this prevents Leslie from fulfilling any of her past ambitions.

* [[CluelessChickMagnet Clueless Man Magnet]]: She is clueless about how many men are infatuated with her.

* AffectionateNickname: Her brother Walter calls her "Rilla-my-Rilla" out of affection, and Kenneth Ford later calls her that as well.

* GoodStepmother: Due to the kid's reading of fairy tales, the manse children assmume all stepmothers are of the Wicked variety. By ''Rilla of Ingleside'', it's clear she's raised them well

* SiblingTriangle: He is in love with Faith Meredith, as is his brother, Jem. It's unclear whether Faith or Jem ever knew that.

* PrematureBirthDrama: Doesn't survive long after her birth due to being born too early. It's a very tragic moment that Anne never fully recovers from.

%%* ActualPacifist

* TragicStillbirth: Downplayed; while she isn't stillborn, she still doesn't survive long after her birth. It's still a very tragic moment that Anne never fully recovers from.

* CatchPhrase: "Isn't that just like a man?" (whenever she says something negative about a man) and "believe me".

* HappilyMarried: To everyone's surprise, she gets married at the end of ''Anne's House of Dreams'', and seems perfectly content.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's not so much a jerk as very, very blunt. As Captain Jim says, "She's got the bitterest tongue and the kindest heart in Four Winds."

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Her friends don't like her very much, but they still hang out with her.

* FieryRedhead: Subverted.

* MsImagination

* MamasBoy: He loves his mother, and actually fought another boy because the boy in question called Anne a witch.

* ParentalFavoritism: Susan isn't his mother, but she loves him the most out of all the kids since Anne was ill after he was born, which resulted in her having to look after him herself for a while.

* TragicStilbirth: Downplayed; while she isn't stillborn, she still doesn't survive long after her birth. It's still a very tragic moment that Anne never fully recovers from.