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A series of made-for-TV movies by Kevin Sullivan, adapting the classic novel ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'' and some parts of its sequels. It stars Creator/MeganFollows as the titular Anne Shirley, alongside Creator/ColleenDewhurst as Marilla Cuthbert, Creator/RichardFarnsworth as Matthew, Creator/SchuylerGrant as Diana, Creator/JonathanCrombie as Gilbert, and Creator/PatriciaHamilton as Rachel Lynde.
In the first film, young, redheaded orphan Anne Shirley is mistakenly adopted by Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, who run Green Gables Farm near the town of Avonlea on Prince Edward Island. Anne's high spirits and dreamy imagination win over Matthew and eventually Marilla. Anne eventually comes of age in Avonlea, helped along by her 'bosom friendship' with her classmate Diana Barry, and her rivalrous relationship with Gilbert Blythe.
The 1985 film was followed by three sequels, ''Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel'' in 1987 (also known as ''Anne of Avonlea'', it adapted parts of the second, third and fourth books) and ''Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story'' in 2000, and ''Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning'', a finale in 2008. Films three and four do not follow the plots of the subsequent novels; Creator/BarbaraHershey took over the role of Anne for ''A New Beginning''. There is also a spinoff television show, ''Series/RoadToAvonlea'', about the town's residents.
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!!Tropes:
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Marilla can be seen smirking when Anne admits she smashed the slate over Gilbert's head "very hard I'm afraid" - and says that Anne's trial is over now and she can stay at Green Gables.
* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The third film is an original film with an original script, as Sullivan had reportedly lost the rights to adapt the other books in the series. This film moves the timeline up 30 years and involves Gilbert volunteering to fight in World War I and Anne going to Europe to look for him after he's reported missing in action.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: It sounds weird, given Gilbert's reputation as a DoggedNiceGuy in the book series, but he is a much more sympathetic character in the first film than he is in the first novel. This might be due to the AgeLift he's given in the adaptation; he's 16 in the film to 13 in the book, and his actions (particularly the way he "ruthlessly torments" the girls in class), might have come off as too immature for a 16-year-old.
* AdaptedOut: The second film omits pretty much all of the secondary characters from ''Anne of Avonlea'' and ''Anne of the Island''.
* AdaptationAmalgamation: The second film combines the story arcs of ''Anne of Avonlea'', ''Anne of the Island'', and ''Anne of Windy Poplars'' into a single mini-series. Story arcs are sometimes portrayed out of order so it makes sense within that narrative, but it's still a fairly faithful adaptation.
* AgeLift: Anne is 13 at the beginning of the first miniseries, whereas she was 11 at the beginning of the original novel.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: While the scene is nearly identical to the one from the book (only with Davy replaced by Minnie May, since Davy [[AdaptedOut does not exist]] here), this trope is combined with a BirthDeathJuxtaposition since Anne and Diana are admiring baby Fred -- and laughing -- when Minnie May innocently asks Anne if she's heard that Gilbert is dying when pressed for more interesting news than growing an inch. It's effective in achieving the same 180-degree MoodWhiplash as the book.
* AskAStupidQuestion: The scene in which Gilbert rescues Anne after she nearly drowns while re-enacting ''Literature/TheLadyOfShalott'' is tweaked a bit to be funnier to a modern audience. In the book, he asks what happened, and she tells him. In the film, as he comes upon her soaked and clinging to a bridge:
-->'''Gilbert:''' Anne Shirley, what in the heck are you doing?\\
'''Anne:''' ''[acidly]'' Fishing for lake trout.
* CanonForeigner: Roy, Anne's college boyfriend and near fiance, is replaced with Morgan Harris, who serves the same function in the narrative but enters at a different time than Roy does in the book series.
* CompositeCharacter: Mrs. Lynde took on many of the characteristics of another irascible neighbor, Mr. Harrison, in ''Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel'', partially as a result of PragmaticAdaptation. Other plot functions of Mr. Harrison's were given to Gilbert (for example, he is the one who gives Anne advice on her writing now). Emmaline Harris in the same movie is a combination of "little Elizabeth" Grayson and Sophy Sinclair, with a touch of Paul Irving.
* CulturallySensitiveAdaptation: The casual xenophobia and racism portrayed in the book series is omitted.
* DanceOfRomance: Gilbert and Anne share one in ''Anne of Avonlea''. It's one of the first signs that Anne may have feelings for Gilbert; they dance for a few moments before she gets flustered and pulls away, apologizing and blaming it on her "two left feet".
* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story" miniseries, and the musical, which, while still very lighthearted, has a decidedly darker edge to its humour, mostly derived from DeliberateValuesDissonance.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Matthew's death scene in the film is much longer and more emotional than how it is portrayed in the book.
* DeadpanSnarker: Marilla's sharp wit is the source of much humor.
-->'''Anne:''' ''(after saying her prayers)'' Did I do alright?\\
'''Marilla:''' Yes, if you were addressing a business letter to the catalogue store.
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: Gilbert confesses his love to Anne while suffering from typhoid fever. Cue the waterworks.
* HeldGaze: Gilbert and Anne share a passionate look when the two reconnect in a gazebo in the second miniseries. After having held each other's gaze at least ''twice'' in the first miniseries, during important tests at school.
* LongingLook: Gilbert does this a ''lot'' in ''Anne of Green Gables'' (1985). One scene in particular has Anne and Diana wistfully gazing at each other, and then Gilbert in the background casts a LongingLook in Anne's direction. Naturally, she doesn't notice.
* LoveInformant: Marilla informs Anne that Gilbert is in love with her in ''Anne of Avonlea.''
* MythologyGag: When Anne is informed of what Mrs. Blewett is looking for in adopting a home child, and guesses that she has twins, Mrs. Spencer asks how she knew that. Anne resignedly says that "twins seem to be my lot in life", which is funny for anyone who has read the book series and knows she grows up to ''have'' twins.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: You can hear that Schuyler Grant, who played Diana, is not Canadian.
* OneHeadTaller: Gilbert and Anne, when played by Jonathan Crombie and Megan Follows in the Sullivan production.
* PragmaticAdaptation:
** In the first film, the producers didn't want Anne to give up her academic dreams at the end, so a throwaway comment of Anne's in the book that she's planning to keep up her studies turns into a full-blown correspondence course.
** In ''Anne of Windy Poplars'', Anne is appointed principal of a school immediately following graduation from college. She is qualified because she has a B.A., even though Katherine Brooks has many more years' experience. Since this would [[ValuesDissonance have seemed odd to a 1980s audience]], the Sullivan adaptation ''Anne of Avonlea'' flips it so Anne is the teacher and Ms. Brooks is the principal. [[invoked]]
* TitleTheAdaptation: ''Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story'' and ''Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning.''
* TrainStationGoodbye: Anne and Gilbert part at a train station in the third film, as Gilbert is sent to fight in World War I.
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A series of made-for-TV movies by Kevin Sullivan, adapting the classic novel ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'' and some parts of its sequels. It stars Creator/MeganFollows as the titular Anne Shirley, alongside Creator/ColleenDewhurst as Marilla Cuthbert, Creator/RichardFarnsworth as Matthew, Creator/SchuylerGrant as Diana, Creator/JonathanCrombie as Gilbert, and Creator/PatriciaHamilton as Rachel Lynde.
In the first film, young, redheaded orphan Anne Shirley is mistakenly adopted by Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, who run Green Gables Farm near the town of Avonlea on Prince Edward Island. Anne's high spirits and dreamy imagination win over Matthew and eventually Marilla. Anne eventually comes of age in Avonlea, helped along by her 'bosom friendship' with her classmate Diana Barry, and her rivalrous relationship with Gilbert Blythe.
The 1985 film was followed by three sequels, ''Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel'' in 1987 (also known as ''Anne of Avonlea'', it adapted parts of the second, third and fourth books) and ''Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story'' in 2000, and ''Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning'', a finale in 2008. Films three and four do not follow the plots of the subsequent novels; Creator/BarbaraHershey took over the role of Anne for ''A New Beginning''. There is also a spinoff television show, ''Series/RoadToAvonlea'', about the town's residents.
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!!Tropes:
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Marilla can be seen smirking when Anne admits she smashed the slate over Gilbert's head "very hard I'm afraid" - and says that Anne's trial is over now and she can stay at Green Gables.
* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The third film is an original film with an original script, as Sullivan had reportedly lost the rights to adapt the other books in the series. This film moves the timeline up 30 years and involves Gilbert volunteering to fight in World War I and Anne going to Europe to look for him after he's reported missing in action.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: It sounds weird, given Gilbert's reputation as a DoggedNiceGuy in the book series, but he is a much more sympathetic character in the first film than he is in the first novel. This might be due to the AgeLift he's given in the adaptation; he's 16 in the film to 13 in the book, and his actions (particularly the way he "ruthlessly torments" the girls in class), might have come off as too immature for a 16-year-old.
* AdaptedOut: The second film omits pretty much all of the secondary characters from ''Anne of Avonlea'' and ''Anne of the Island''.
* AdaptationAmalgamation: The second film combines the story arcs of ''Anne of Avonlea'', ''Anne of the Island'', and ''Anne of Windy Poplars'' into a single mini-series. Story arcs are sometimes portrayed out of order so it makes sense within that narrative, but it's still a fairly faithful adaptation.
* AgeLift: Anne is 13 at the beginning of the first miniseries, whereas she was 11 at the beginning of the original novel.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: While the scene is nearly identical to the one from the book (only with Davy replaced by Minnie May, since Davy [[AdaptedOut does not exist]] here), this trope is combined with a BirthDeathJuxtaposition since Anne and Diana are admiring baby Fred -- and laughing -- when Minnie May innocently asks Anne if she's heard that Gilbert is dying when pressed for more interesting news than growing an inch. It's effective in achieving the same 180-degree MoodWhiplash as the book.
* AskAStupidQuestion: The scene in which Gilbert rescues Anne after she nearly drowns while re-enacting ''Literature/TheLadyOfShalott'' is tweaked a bit to be funnier to a modern audience. In the book, he asks what happened, and she tells him. In the film, as he comes upon her soaked and clinging to a bridge:
-->'''Gilbert:''' Anne Shirley, what in the heck are you doing?\\
'''Anne:''' ''[acidly]'' Fishing for lake trout.
* CanonForeigner: Roy, Anne's college boyfriend and near fiance, is replaced with Morgan Harris, who serves the same function in the narrative but enters at a different time than Roy does in the book series.
* CompositeCharacter: Mrs. Lynde took on many of the characteristics of another irascible neighbor, Mr. Harrison, in ''Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel'', partially as a result of PragmaticAdaptation. Other plot functions of Mr. Harrison's were given to Gilbert (for example, he is the one who gives Anne advice on her writing now). Emmaline Harris in the same movie is a combination of "little Elizabeth" Grayson and Sophy Sinclair, with a touch of Paul Irving.
* CulturallySensitiveAdaptation: The casual xenophobia and racism portrayed in the book series is omitted.
* DanceOfRomance: Gilbert and Anne share one in ''Anne of Avonlea''. It's one of the first signs that Anne may have feelings for Gilbert; they dance for a few moments before she gets flustered and pulls away, apologizing and blaming it on her "two left feet".
* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story" miniseries, and the musical, which, while still very lighthearted, has a decidedly darker edge to its humour, mostly derived from DeliberateValuesDissonance.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Matthew's death scene in the film is much longer and more emotional than how it is portrayed in the book.
* DeadpanSnarker: Marilla's sharp wit is the source of much humor.
-->'''Anne:''' ''(after saying her prayers)'' Did I do alright?\\
'''Marilla:''' Yes, if you were addressing a business letter to the catalogue store.
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: Gilbert confesses his love to Anne while suffering from typhoid fever. Cue the waterworks.
* HeldGaze: Gilbert and Anne share a passionate look when the two reconnect in a gazebo in the second miniseries. After having held each other's gaze at least ''twice'' in the first miniseries, during important tests at school.
* LongingLook: Gilbert does this a ''lot'' in ''Anne of Green Gables'' (1985). One scene in particular has Anne and Diana wistfully gazing at each other, and then Gilbert in the background casts a LongingLook in Anne's direction. Naturally, she doesn't notice.
* LoveInformant: Marilla informs Anne that Gilbert is in love with her in ''Anne of Avonlea.''
* MythologyGag: When Anne is informed of what Mrs. Blewett is looking for in adopting a home child, and guesses that she has twins, Mrs. Spencer asks how she knew that. Anne resignedly says that "twins seem to be my lot in life", which is funny for anyone who has read the book series and knows she grows up to ''have'' twins.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: You can hear that Schuyler Grant, who played Diana, is not Canadian.
* OneHeadTaller: Gilbert and Anne, when played by Jonathan Crombie and Megan Follows in the Sullivan production.
* PragmaticAdaptation:
** In the first film, the producers didn't want Anne to give up her academic dreams at the end, so a throwaway comment of Anne's in the book that she's planning to keep up her studies turns into a full-blown correspondence course.
** In ''Anne of Windy Poplars'', Anne is appointed principal of a school immediately following graduation from college. She is qualified because she has a B.A., even though Katherine Brooks has many more years' experience. Since this would [[ValuesDissonance have seemed odd to a 1980s audience]], the Sullivan adaptation ''Anne of Avonlea'' flips it so Anne is the teacher and Ms. Brooks is the principal. [[invoked]]
* TitleTheAdaptation: ''Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story'' and ''Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning.''
* TrainStationGoodbye: Anne and Gilbert part at a train station in the third film, as Gilbert is sent to fight in World War I.
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