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''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' is a MadeForTVMovie based on [[Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow the story of the same name]] by Creator/WashingtonIrving. Creator/JeffGoldblum plays Ichabod Crane, while Creator/MegFoster plays Katrina Van Tassel and former [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague NFL]] player Dick Butkus plays Brom Bones.

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''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' is a MadeForTVMovie based on [[Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow the story of the same name]] by Creator/WashingtonIrving. Creator/JeffGoldblum plays Ichabod Crane, while with Creator/MegFoster plays as Katrina Van Tassel Tassel, Creator/PaulSand as Frederic Dutcher, and former [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague NFL]] player Dick Butkus plays as Brom Bones.
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* ShoutOut: At one point, Thelma Dumkey tells Brom Bones, "Katrina couldn't handle a big old bear like you." Dick Butkus, who plays Brom Bones, used to play for the Chicago Bears.

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''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' is a MadeForTVMovie based on [[Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow the story of the same name]] by Creator/WashingtonIrving. Creator/JeffGoldblum plays Ichabod Crane while Creator/MegFoster plays Katrina Van Tassel. The film was originally aired by Creator/{{NBC}} on Halloween, 1980 as part of the ''Classics Illustrated'' series.

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''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' is a MadeForTVMovie based on [[Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow the story of the same name]] by Creator/WashingtonIrving. Creator/JeffGoldblum plays Ichabod Crane Crane, while Creator/MegFoster plays Katrina Van Tassel. Tassel and former [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague NFL]] player Dick Butkus plays Brom Bones.

The film was originally aired broadcast by Creator/{{NBC}} on Halloween, Halloween night in 1980 as part of the ''Classics Illustrated'' series.



* TakeOffYourClothes: This occurs when Thelma tells Ichabod to take off his clothes. He's taken aback, but she just wants to mend them.

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* TakeOffYourClothes: This occurs when Thelma tells Ichabod to take off his clothes. He's taken aback, but she just wants to mend them.them.

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''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' is a MadeForTVMovie based on [[Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow the story of the same name]] by Washington Irving. Creator/JeffGoldblum plays Ichabod Crane while Creator/MegFoster plays Katrina Van Tassel. The film was originally aired by Creator/{{NBC}} on Halloween, 1980 as part of the ''Classics Illustrated'' series.

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''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' is a MadeForTVMovie based on [[Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow the story of the same name]] by Washington Irving.Creator/WashingtonIrving. Creator/JeffGoldblum plays Ichabod Crane while Creator/MegFoster plays Katrina Van Tassel. The film was originally aired by Creator/{{NBC}} on Halloween, 1980 as part of the ''Classics Illustrated'' series.
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''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' is a MadeForTVMovie based on [[Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow the story of the same name]] by Washington Irving. Creator/JeffGoldblum plays Ichabod Crane while Creator/MegFoster plays Katrina Van Tassel. The film was originally aired by Creator/{{NBC}} on Halloween, 1980 as part of the ''Classics Illustrated'' series.

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!!This film has the examples of:

* AdaptationExpansion: There's a lot more going on than in the original story.
* AgentScully: As in [[Film/SleepyHollow1999 the later Tim Burton version]], Ichabod starts off as a sensible rationalist rather than being the superstitious dope that he was throughout the original story.
* CanonForeigner:
** Thelma Dumkey is added as an alternative love interest for Ichabod and/or Brom. Thelma's father, Fritz Vanderhoof, is obviously also a new character.
** Winthrop Palmer, the deceased previous schoolmaster, who comes back as a ghost. Or does he?
* CompositeCharacter: In the original story, Brom Bones had a gang of unnamed accomplices. Here, they're pared down to just one sidekick, Frederic Dutcher.
* {{Gaslighting}}: Brom Bones and Frederic Dutcher mess with Ichabod by trashing the schoolhouse and then putting it all back the way it was.
* HeadlessHorseman: It is a ''Sleepy Hollow'' adaptation, after all.
* HighTurnoverRate: Sleepy Hollow tends to go through schoolmasters very quickly, reportedly due to Brom Bones, ghosts, or possibly both.
* IWantGrandkids: Squire Van Tassel is frustrated that he doesn't have grandchildren yet, as Brom Bones has been courting Katrina for three years without marrying her.
* IndianBurialGround: It's mentioned that Ichabod's schoolhouse is built on one.
* PopculturalOsmosisFailure: When Ichabod says "[[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet parting is such sweet sorrow]]" to Thelma, she and her father compliment him on coming up with such a great line.
* RealAfterAll: It turns out the Headless Horseman was just Brom Bones pulling a ScoobyDooHoax... but then, the ''real'' Headless Horseman shows up.
* ShipperOnDeck: Fritz Vanderhoof ships Ichabod/Thelma, a pairing that neither Ichabod nor Thelma are particularly excited about.
* TakeOffYourClothes: This occurs when Thelma tells Ichabod to take off his clothes. He's taken aback, but she just wants to mend them.

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