History Film / TheLittleRascals

* ExactWords: The kids try to get people to pay to see a "four-foot man eating chicken". As in one of them dressed as a man eating a bucket of chicken.

In 1949, Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, which had purchased the series from Roach in 1938, sold the films back to him but retained the rights to the ''Our Gang'' name. When Roach packaged the films for television syndication in the mid-'50s, the series was retitled ''The Little Rascals'', leading to a certain amount of TitleConfusion over the years.

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[[caption-width-right:300:Boys will be boys, girls will be girls, but they'll all always be rascals.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Boys will be boys, girls will be girls, but they'll all always be rascals.]]

* AttractiveBentGender: When Alfalfa and another guy dress up as ballet dancers, the other boys mistake them for girls and flirt with them.

[[caption-width-right:350:1994 feature film poster.]]

* OrphanageOfFear: "Boys to Board", "Bring Home The Turkey", "Mush and Milk" and "Shrimps for a Day." "Shrimps for a Day" has the kids at the Happy Home Orphanage, "Where Kindness Rules". The master of the orphanage is an ogre who yells at and intimidates the children.

--->'''Darla''': Alfalfa! This is a side of you I've never seen before! [[note]] In other words, Darla probably saw Alfalfa's penis, and ''definitely'' saw his ass.[[/note]]

* StealthInsult: Waldo calls his dad on his mobile phone to tell him he's en route to the race, to which said father (played by Donald Trump, of course) tells him, "Waldo, you're the best son money can buy." Waldo, however, takes this to be a [[InsultBackfire sincere compliment]] and [[ComicallyMissingThePoint thanks his dad]].

* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: If the "Finders keepers losers suck!"/"Oh, bite me!" exchange didn't push the movie to a PG-rating, the scene where Alfalfa loses his underwear in pool definitely did.

* BlackLikeMe: Spanky disguises himself as Buckwheat (even going so far as to cover his skin black) in ''Anniversary Trouble''.

* ColorMeBlack: Spanky disguises himself as Buckwheat (even going so far as to cover his skin black) in ''Anniversary Trouble''.

* RoadSignReversal: While on their way to the race, Porky pushed the race track arrow from right to straight ahead. Three go-karts (Alfalfa/Spanky, Waldo/Darla, and Butch/Woim) follow that direction. A guy assigned by the arrow quickly moved the check back to right as the other go-karts were coming.

* TheMovie: ''General Spanky'' with the original cast in 1936. Later, ''The Little Rascals'' (1994), ''The Little Rascals Save the Day'' (2014).

* DrivenToSuicide: In ''Dog Heaven'', Pete the Pup, of all characters, tries to hang himself after owner Joe Cobb pays more attention to a pretty girl than to his pet in.

* RealSongThemeTune: For a brief period, the series' theme music was Ray Henderson's "That Old Gang of Mine..."
** ReplacedTheThemeTune: ...after which the theme music became "Good Old Days," an original piece by [=LeRoy=] Shield.
*** During the MGM years, the theme tune became David Snell's "Our Gang," a medley consisting of "London Bridge," "Mulberry Bush," and "The Farmer in the Dell."
** RearrangeTheSong: Happened to "Good Old Days" several times, notably shifting from a quiet piece to a louder, marching band piece in the mid-late 30's.

** FullyAutomaticClipShow: "Brittany, stop looking at the camera!" (Brittany was Darla in the movie)

* NumberedSequels: Parodied; The go-kart that Alfalfa ends up driving is called "The Blur 2: The Sequel".

** FullyAutomaticClipShow: "Brittany [Darla's actress], stop looking at the camera!"

** FullyAutomaticClipShow: "Brittany, stop looking at the camera!"

A revolving cast of child stars came and went throughout the course of the series. Among the better-known personalities were George "Spanky" [=McFarland=], Matthew "Stymie" Beard, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Eugene "Porky" Lee, Tommy "Butch" Bond and Darla Hood. Cast members who went on to adult acting careers (some shorter than others) include, Ernest "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison, Scotty Beckett, Matthew Beard, Dickie Moore, Carl Switzer, Tommy Bond, Robert Blake, Jackie Cooper and Creator/DorothyDandridge.

* Creator/DellComics published a 12-issue ''Little Rascals'' comic book series from 1957 to 1962. It featured Spanky and Alfalfa, along with some original characters. The cover of the first issue featured an unnamed girl who was probably intended to be Darla Hood, but bore a greater resemblance to Dorothy [=DeBorba=].

* AnimalReactionShot: Pete's specialty.

* BumblingDad: Mr. Hood, Darla's father, in particular.

* CerebusSyndrome: The series took a noticeable turn towards drama during the 1930-1932 era, and the MGM era.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Buckwheat and Porky, who aren't taken seriously for most of the rest of the movie, are praised for collecting roughly five hundred dollars in bogus talent show admissions charges, enough money to pay for lumber to rebuild the clubhouse.

* CoveredInMud: [[spoiler:At the end, Butch and Woim end up in a pig pen. Alfalfa punched Butch into it, and then Woim jumped in himself to ''avoid'' being punched.]]

* DisguisedInDrag: Alfalfa and Spanky in ballerina drags. Bullies Butch and Woim [[AttractiveBentGender find them quite attractive]].

* ExactWords: The kids try to get people to pay to see a "four foot man eating chicken". As in one of them dressed as a man eating a bucket of chicken.