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* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: If the concluding gun fist is any indication, it was attended by both the good guys and the bad guys. In the end, EverybodyLives and the bad guys go to jail.
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* ChineseLaunderer: At one point, the kids accidentally wreck a Chinese laundry as part of their penchant for getting in trouble.
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* {{MacGuffin}}: After it's found, the gold nugget quickly becomes one. Many related tropes:
** AccidentallyBrokeTheMacGuffin: Accidentally dynamited by (naturally) Amos and Theodore
** LivingMacGuffin: In a certain sense, the kids themselves become [=MacGuffins=] once it's established that adopting them provides access to the gold
** MacGuffinMelee: The film's climax
** MineralMacGuffin: It's a gold nugget
** NoMacGuffinNoWinner: No one gets the gold, except for tiny pieces of it picked up by the people in the street
** AccidentallyBrokeTheMacGuffin: Accidentally dynamited by (naturally) Amos and Theodore
** LivingMacGuffin: In a certain sense, the kids themselves become [=MacGuffins=] once it's established that adopting them provides access to the gold
** MacGuffinMelee: The film's climax
** MineralMacGuffin: It's a gold nugget
** NoMacGuffinNoWinner: No one gets the gold, except for tiny pieces of it picked up by the people in the street
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* HeartwarmingOrphan: Three of 'em. It's a Disney movie, after all.
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* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Amos and Theodore come off as this.
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* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Amos and Theodore come off as this. They're criminals but they're so pathetic it's hard not to feel sorry for them.
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* ForeignLanguageTirade: The GiantMook rants in Spanish during the climactic fight.
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* AgonyOfTheFeet: Amos gets a chest of gold dropped on his feet.
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* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Amos and Theodore come off as this.
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''The Apple Dumpling Gang'' is a 1971 novel written by Jack Bickham. A [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] was produced by Creator/{{Disney}} in 1975, and was followed by a sequel, ''The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again'', in 1979. The initial movie is noteworthy for being the most commercially successful Disney film of the [[TheSeventies 1970s]].
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''The Apple Dumpling Gang'' is 1971 novel written by Jack Bickham. A [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] was produced by Creator/{{Disney}} in 1975, and led to was followed by a sequel, ''The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again'', in 1979. The initial movie is noteworthy for being the most commercially successful Disney film of the [[TheSeventies 1970s]].
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''The Apple Dumpling Gang'' is 1971 novel written by Jack Bickham. A [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] was produced by Creator/{{Disney}} in 1975 1975, and spawned led to a sequel, ''The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again'', in 1979. The initial movie is noteworthy for being the most commercially successful Disney film of the [[TheSeventies 1970s]].
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''The Apple Dumpling Gang'' is 1971 novel written by Jack Bickham. A [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] was produced by Creator/{{Disney}} in 1975 and spawned a sequel, ''The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again'', in 1979. The initial movie is noteworthy for being the most commercially successful Disney film of the [[TheSeventies 1970s]].
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The story of the novel and movie follows a group of orphaned children during the California gold rush. They encounter Russell (played in the film by Bill Bixby), a gambler who reluctantly helps them, as well as Theodore (Creator/DonKnotts) and Amos (Tim Conway), a pair of hapless robbers who are after the gold the children have found. Dusty (Susan Clark), the female stagecoach driver, is persuaded to marry the gambler who is currently taking care of them in an attempt to keep the children off the streets and away from those who would take their gold from them. Meanwhile, Amos and Theodore's former boss (Slim Pickens) also tries to steal the gold and ends up kidnapping the children.
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The story of the novel and movie follows a group of orphaned children during the California gold rush. They encounter Russell Donovan (played in the film by Bill Bixby), a gambler who reluctantly helps them, as well as Theodore (Creator/DonKnotts) and Amos (Tim Conway), a pair of hapless robbers who are after the gold the children have found. Dusty (Susan Clark), the female stagecoach driver, is persuaded to marry the gambler who is currently taking care of them in an attempt to keep the children off the streets and away from those who would take their gold from them. Meanwhile, Amos and Theodore's former boss (Slim Pickens) also tries to steal the gold and ends up kidnapping the children.
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The story of the novel and movie follows a group of orphaned children during the California gold rush. They encounter Russell (Bill Bixby), a gambler who reluctantly helps them, as well as Theodore (Creator/DonKnotts) and Amos (Tim Conway), a pair of hapless robbers who are after the gold the children have found. Dusty (Susan Clark), the female stagecoach driver, is persuaded to marry the gambler who is currently taking care of them in an attempt to keep the children off the streets and away from those who would take their gold from them. Meanwhile, Amos and Theodore's former boss (Slim Pickens) also tries to steal the gold and ends up kidnapping the children.
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The story of the novel and movie follows a group of orphaned children during the California gold rush. They encounter Russell (Bill (played in the film by Bill Bixby), a gambler who reluctantly helps them, as well as Theodore (Creator/DonKnotts) and Amos (Tim Conway), a pair of hapless robbers who are after the gold the children have found. Dusty (Susan Clark), the female stagecoach driver, is persuaded to marry the gambler who is currently taking care of them in an attempt to keep the children off the streets and away from those who would take their gold from them. Meanwhile, Amos and Theodore's former boss (Slim Pickens) also tries to steal the gold and ends up kidnapping the children.
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The story of the novel and movie follows a group of orphaned children during the California gold rush. They encounter Russell (Bill Bixby), a gambler who reluctantly helps them, as well as Theodore (Creator/DonKnotts) and Amos (Tim Conway), a pair of hapless robbers who are after the gold the children have found. Dusty, Dusty (Susan Clark), the female stagecoach driver, is persuaded to marry the gambler who is currently taking care of them in an attempt to keep the children off the streets and away from those who would take their gold from them. Meanwhile, Amos and Theodore's former boss (Slim Pickens) also tries to steal the gold and ends up kidnapping the children.
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''The Apple Dumpling Gang'' is 1971 novel written by Jack Bickham. A film of the novel was later converted into a movie by Creator/{{Disney}} produced in 1975 and spawning a sequel film ''The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again'' which aired was released in 1979. The initial movie is noteworthy for being the most successful Disney film of the [[TheSeventies 1970s]].
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* {{Bandito}}: this being the characterization of the only Hispanic in the cast.
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The story of the novel and movie follows a group of orphaned children during the California gold rush. They encounter a gambler who reluctantly helps them, as well as a pair of hapless robbers who are after the gold the children have found. Dusty Dusty, the female stagecoach driver driver, is persuaded to marry the gambler who is currently taking care of them in an attempt to keep the children off the streets and away from those who would take their gold from them. Meanwhile Meanwhile, Amos and Theodore's former boss also tries to steal the gold and ends up kidnapping the children.
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''The Apple Dumpling Gang'' is 1971 novel written by Jack Bickham. A film of the novel was later converted into a movie by {{Disney}} Creator/{{Disney}} produced in 1975 and spawning a sequel film ''The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again'' which aired in 1979. The initial movie is noteworthy for being the most successful Disney film of the [[TheSeventies 1970s]].
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* StupidCrooks: The two robbers Amos and Theodore, who are after the gold the children found certainly count, with Don Knotts and Tim Conway as the robbers in the FilmOfTheBook.
** How dumb are they? They were once captured by a lawman who took pity on them and told them he couldn't hang them because he didn't have any rope, but if they came back tomorrow with some rope he'd take care of it. After they leave, the sheriff tells his deputy that if they're dumb enough to come back with a rope, he'll hang them for being TooDumbToLive. The only reason they didn't come back to be hung was because ''they couldn't find any rope''.
* RuleOfFunny
* RunningGag: When Amos and Theodore try to do ''anything'' illegal, their plans ''always'' fail.
** How dumb are they? They were once captured by a lawman who took pity on them and told them he couldn't hang them because he didn't have any rope, but if they came back tomorrow with some rope he'd take care of it. After they leave, the sheriff tells his deputy that if they're dumb enough to come back with a rope, he'll hang them for being TooDumbToLive. The only reason they didn't come back to be hung was because ''they couldn't find any rope''.
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* RunningGag: When Amos and Theodore try to do ''anything'' illegal, their plans ''always'' fail.
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* RunningGag: When Amos and Theodore try to do ''anything'' illegal, their plans ''always'' fail.
* StupidCrooks: The two robbers Amos and Theodore, who are after the gold the children found certainly count, with Don Knotts and Tim Conway as the robbers in theFilmOfTheBook.
**FilmOfTheBook. How dumb are they? They were once captured by a lawman who took pity on them and told them he couldn't hang them because he didn't have any rope, but if they came back tomorrow with some rope he'd take care of it. After they leave, the sheriff tells his deputy that if they're dumb enough to come back with a rope, he'll hang them for being TooDumbToLive. The only reason they didn't come back to be hung was because ''they couldn't find any rope''.
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The story of the novel and movie follows a group of orphaned children during the California gold rush. They encounter a gambler who reluctantly helps them, as well as a pair of hapless robbers who are after the gold the children have found. Dusty the female stagecoach driver is persuaded to marry the gambler who is currently taking care of them in an attempt to keep the children off the streets and away from those who would take thier their gold from them. Meanwhile Amos and Theodore's former boss also tries to steal the gold and ends up kidnapping the children.
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* LiteralMetaphor: Theodore and Amos scouting out the bank, plotting to steal the gold:
-->'''Theodore''': It's a piece of cake.\\
'''Amos''': You mean it ain't gold?
-->'''Theodore''': It's a piece of cake.\\
'''Amos''': You mean it ain't gold?
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* {{Bandito}}: A source of some UnfortunateImplications given this being the characterization of the only Hispanic among an otherwise completely white cast.
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* ChekhovsSkill: Clovis delivers a summary shin-kick to [[HatesBeingTouched anyone who touches him]]. [[spoiler:When the Stillwell gang attempts to kidnap the kids, Clovis takes umbrage to being grabbed and kicks Stillwell in his injured leg, making him let go.]]
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* MarriageBeforeRomance: [[spoiler:Donovan and Dusty]].
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* DumbISGood: Amos and Theodore really want to be bad criminals, but their kindness (and stupidity) always trips them up.
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* DumbISGood: Amos and Theodore really want to be bad criminals, guys/criminals, but their kindness (and stupidity) always trips them up.
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* HamToHamCombat: Yes, it's Creator/DonKnotts and [[TheCarolBurnettShow Tim Conway]] together as a comic team. HilarityEnsues and devours all the scenery in sight.
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* HamToHamCombat: Yes, it's Creator/DonKnotts and [[TheCarolBurnettShow [[Series/TheCarolBurnettShow Tim Conway]] together as a comic team. HilarityEnsues and devours all the scenery in sight.
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* HamToHamCombat: Yes, it's Creator/DonKnotts and [[TheCarolBurnettShow Tim Conway]] together as a comic team. HilarityEnsues and devours all the scenery in sight.
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* AdultChild: Amos and Theodore generally act like this.
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''The Apple Dumpling Gang'' is 1971 novel written by Jack Bickham. A film of the novel was later converted into a movie by {{Disney}} produced in 1975 and spawning a sequel film ''The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again'' which aired in 1979. The initial movie is noteworthy for being the most successful Disney film of the [[TheSeventies 1970s]].
The story of the novel and movie follows a group of orphaned children during the California gold rush. They encounter a gambler who reluctantly helps them, as well as a pair of hapless robbers who are after the gold the children have found. Dusty the female stagecoach driver is persuaded to marry the gambler who is currently taking care of them in an attempt to keep the children off the streets and away from those who would take thier gold from them. Meanwhile Amos and Theodore's former boss also tries to steal the gold and ends up kidnapping the children.
Conway and Knotts play the leads in the sequel, in which Bixby and the rest of the original cast don't appear.
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* AdultChild: Amos and Theodore generally act like this.
* AffectionateParody: Towards Westerns.
* {{Bandito}}: A source of some UnfortunateImplications given this being the characterization of the only Hispanic among an otherwise completely white cast.
* BankRobbery: Ironically, Amos and Theodore, the men who tried to rob the bank first, become bystanders to the ''successful'' heist.
* ChildrenAreInnocent
* ConMenHateGuns: When Mr. Donovan is forced to fight, he prefers to use his fists.
* TheDitz: Both Amos ''and'' Theodore.
* DumbISGood: Amos and Theodore really want to be bad criminals, but their kindness (and stupidity) always trips them up.
* GoldFever: At first nobody wants the children, that all changes when it's discovered that they are the sole owners of the huge gold chunk. It's actually rather disgusting to watch all the town's people trying to take advantage of them.
* HatesBeingTouched: Clovis.
* HostageSituation: Celia gets taken by the BigBad in order to prevent anyone from following him.
* InsaneTrollLogic: How the kids convince Amos and Theodore into taking the gold for themselves.
* ProfessionalGambler: Donovan.
* StupidCrooks: The two robbers Amos and Theodore, who are after the gold the children found certainly count, with Don Knotts and Tim Conway as the robbers in the FilmOfTheBook.
** How dumb are they? They were once captured by a lawman who took pity on them and told them he couldn't hang them because he didn't have any rope, but if they came back tomorrow with some rope he'd take care of it. After they leave, the sheriff tells his deputy that if they're dumb enough to come back with a rope, he'll hang them for being TooDumbToLive. The only reason they didn't come back to be hung was because ''they couldn't find any rope''.
* RuleOfFunny
* RunningGag: When Amos and Theodore try to do ''anything'' illegal, their plans ''always'' fail.
The story of the novel and movie follows a group of orphaned children during the California gold rush. They encounter a gambler who reluctantly helps them, as well as a pair of hapless robbers who are after the gold the children have found. Dusty the female stagecoach driver is persuaded to marry the gambler who is currently taking care of them in an attempt to keep the children off the streets and away from those who would take thier gold from them. Meanwhile Amos and Theodore's former boss also tries to steal the gold and ends up kidnapping the children.
Conway and Knotts play the leads in the sequel, in which Bixby and the rest of the original cast don't appear.
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!!Tropes associated with the movie:
* AdultChild: Amos and Theodore generally act like this.
* AffectionateParody: Towards Westerns.
* {{Bandito}}: A source of some UnfortunateImplications given this being the characterization of the only Hispanic among an otherwise completely white cast.
* BankRobbery: Ironically, Amos and Theodore, the men who tried to rob the bank first, become bystanders to the ''successful'' heist.
* ChildrenAreInnocent
* ConMenHateGuns: When Mr. Donovan is forced to fight, he prefers to use his fists.
* TheDitz: Both Amos ''and'' Theodore.
* DumbISGood: Amos and Theodore really want to be bad criminals, but their kindness (and stupidity) always trips them up.
* GoldFever: At first nobody wants the children, that all changes when it's discovered that they are the sole owners of the huge gold chunk. It's actually rather disgusting to watch all the town's people trying to take advantage of them.
* HatesBeingTouched: Clovis.
* HostageSituation: Celia gets taken by the BigBad in order to prevent anyone from following him.
* InsaneTrollLogic: How the kids convince Amos and Theodore into taking the gold for themselves.
* ProfessionalGambler: Donovan.
* StupidCrooks: The two robbers Amos and Theodore, who are after the gold the children found certainly count, with Don Knotts and Tim Conway as the robbers in the FilmOfTheBook.
** How dumb are they? They were once captured by a lawman who took pity on them and told them he couldn't hang them because he didn't have any rope, but if they came back tomorrow with some rope he'd take care of it. After they leave, the sheriff tells his deputy that if they're dumb enough to come back with a rope, he'll hang them for being TooDumbToLive. The only reason they didn't come back to be hung was because ''they couldn't find any rope''.
* RuleOfFunny
* RunningGag: When Amos and Theodore try to do ''anything'' illegal, their plans ''always'' fail.
