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* MultigenerationalHousehold: Peter lives with his mother and grandmother.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: In some editions, "Detie" instead of "Dete" and "Clara" instead of "Klara" are used.
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* MissingTheGoodStuff: Non-universe example. In order to start the 1968 version as scheduled, NBC pre-empted the end of a tied New York Jets-Oakland Raiders football game in the Eastern and Central time zones, leading to much bad publicity for the network and causing the game in question to be forever known as the "Heidi Game".

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* ''Heidi'', 1937 film, starring Creator/ShirleyTemple.
* ''Heidi'', 1952 film, starring Elsbeth Sigmund.
* ''Heidi'', 1968 TV film starring Jennifer Edwards. Infamously known in the USA for the "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi_Game Heidi Game]]". [[note]]Its broadcasting interrupted the end of a tense American football game (in which the Oakland Raiders made an unbelievable comeback against the New York Jets in the last two minutes), because viewers phoning in to inquire about the schedule caused the network switchboard to jam and prevented the network from communicating the revised schedule to the technicians, which is the reason why sports games that go long ''always'' [[UsefulNotes/SportsPreemption override regular programming now]].[[/note]]
* ''Anime/HeidiGirlOfTheAlps'', 1974 anime.
* ''Heidi'', a 1978 InternationalCoProduction[[note]]companies from Germany, Switzerland and Australia[[/note]] of a TV series.
* The same year saw the American MadeForTVMovie ''The New Adventures Of Heidi'', set in the present day, with Katy Kurtzman as Heidi, Burl Ives as her grandfather, and New York City replacing Frankfurt.
* ''WesternAnimation/HeidisSong'', 1982 AnimatedMusical.
* ''Film/CourageMountain'', a 1990 adventure movie starring Juliette Caton as a teenage Heidi sent to an Italian boarding school, with Creator/CharlieSheen as Peter, who has to rescue her when World War I breaks out.
* ''Heidi'', 1993 two-part TV-movie staring Noley Thornton, with Creator/JasonRobards as her grandfather and Creator/JaneSeymourActress as Fräulein Rottenmeier
* ''Heidi'', 2001 film [[SettingUpdate set in modern day]], with Cornelia Gröschel as Heidi.
* ''Heidi'', 2005 film starring Emma Bolger, with Creator/MaxVonSydow as her grandfather.
** Not to be confused with an AnimatedAdaptation [[WesternAnimation/Heidi2005 released the same year]], which was made by the Canadian animation studio Creator/{{Nelvana}} with help from Britain's Telemagination and Germany's TV-Loonland AG.
* ''Heidi 4 Paws'', 2008 TV film with dogs instead of humans.
* ''Film/{{Heidi|2015}}'', 2015 film starring Anuk Steffen as Heidi and Creator/BrunoGanz as the grandfather.
* ''Series/HeidiBienvenidaACasa'': a 2017 Argentinian telenovela set in modern day Argentina.
* ''Mad Heidi'' (2023), [[ExploitationFilm "Swissploitation"]] parody film project by the producers of ''Film/IronSky''.
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* ''Heidi'', 1937 film, starring Creator/ShirleyTemple.
* ''Heidi'', 1952 film, starring Elsbeth Sigmund.
* ''Heidi'', 1968 TV film starring Jennifer Edwards. Infamously known in the USA
[[DerivativeWorks/{{Heidi}} Derivative Works page]] for the "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi_Game Heidi Game]]". [[note]]Its broadcasting interrupted the end a list of a tense American football game (in which the Oakland Raiders made an unbelievable comeback against the New York Jets in the last two minutes), because viewers phoning in to inquire about the schedule caused the network switchboard to jam and prevented the network from communicating the revised schedule to the technicians, which is the reason why sports games that go long ''always'' [[UsefulNotes/SportsPreemption override regular programming now]].[[/note]]
* ''Anime/HeidiGirlOfTheAlps'', 1974 anime.
* ''Heidi'', a 1978 InternationalCoProduction[[note]]companies from Germany, Switzerland and Australia[[/note]] of a TV series.
* The same year saw the American MadeForTVMovie ''The New Adventures Of Heidi'', set in the present day, with Katy Kurtzman as Heidi, Burl Ives as her grandfather, and New York City replacing Frankfurt.
* ''WesternAnimation/HeidisSong'', 1982 AnimatedMusical.
* ''Film/CourageMountain'', a 1990 adventure movie starring Juliette Caton as a teenage Heidi sent to an Italian boarding school, with Creator/CharlieSheen as Peter, who has to rescue her when World War I breaks out.
* ''Heidi'', 1993 two-part TV-movie staring Noley Thornton, with Creator/JasonRobards as her grandfather and Creator/JaneSeymourActress as Fräulein Rottenmeier
* ''Heidi'', 2001 film [[SettingUpdate set in modern day]], with Cornelia Gröschel as Heidi.
* ''Heidi'', 2005 film starring Emma Bolger, with Creator/MaxVonSydow as her grandfather.
** Not to be confused with an AnimatedAdaptation [[WesternAnimation/Heidi2005 released the same year]], which was made by the Canadian animation studio Creator/{{Nelvana}} with help from Britain's Telemagination and Germany's TV-Loonland AG.
* ''Heidi 4 Paws'', 2008 TV film with dogs instead of humans.
* ''Film/{{Heidi|2015}}'', 2015 film starring Anuk Steffen as Heidi and Creator/BrunoGanz as the grandfather.
* ''Series/HeidiBienvenidaACasa'': a 2017 Argentinian telenovela set in modern day Argentina.
* ''Mad Heidi'' (2023), [[ExploitationFilm "Swissploitation"]] parody film project by the producers of ''Film/IronSky''.
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** Interestingly enough, the 2005 Nelvana animated movie combines a few of the goats. In the book, Grandfather has two goats, the white Little Swan and the brown Little Bear; and in the flock Peter watches two of the most mentioned goats are the grouchy and quarrelsom Great Turk and the lively, mischievous Greenfinch. In the movie, we don't see Little Bear or Greenfinch, but Little Swan is brown, and Turk seems to belong to Granfather and is a lively and mischieavous goat.

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** Interestingly enough, the 2005 Nelvana animated movie combines a few of the goats. In the book, Grandfather has two goats, the white Little Swan and the brown Little Bear; and in the flock Peter watches two of the most mentioned goats are the grouchy and quarrelsom quarrelsome Great Turk and the lively, mischievous Greenfinch. In the movie, we don't see Little Bear or Greenfinch, but Little Swan is brown, and Turk seems to belong to Granfather Grandfather and is a lively and mischieavous mischievous goat.
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** Fräulein Rottenmeier in the book is an antagonist due to her strictness, humorlessness, and being an altogether stick-in-the-mud. However, there's no hint of ulterior motives, and she genuinely wants the best (as she sees it) for Klara and the family. In the Shirley Temple version, Rottenmeier wants Klara's disability to linger so she can keep a permanent position with the family (completely irrelevant in the original, where Rottenmeier was always housekeeper and Klara suffers from ''never'' having been able to walk). She also tries to sell Heidi to the gypsies out of spite.
** In the Shirley Temple version, Aunt Dete becomes a villain who actively hates Heidi, stealing her away from her grandfather, and telling Fräulein Rottenmeier she could sell her to the gypsies if she so desires.

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** Fräulein Rottenmeier in the book is an antagonist due to her strictness, humorlessness, and being an altogether stick-in-the-mud. However, there's no hint of ulterior motives, and she genuinely wants the best (as she sees it) for Klara and the family. In the Shirley Temple version, Rottenmeier wants Klara's disability to linger so she can keep a permanent position with the family (completely irrelevant in the original, where Rottenmeier was always housekeeper and Klara suffers from ''never'' having been able to walk). She also tries to sell Heidi to the gypsies Romani out of spite.
** In the Shirley Temple version, Aunt Dete becomes a villain who actively hates Heidi, stealing her away from her grandfather, and telling Fräulein Rottenmeier she could sell her to the gypsies Roma if she so desires.
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** Fräulein Rottenmeier in the book is an antagonist due to her strictness, humorlessness, and being an altogether stick-in-the-mud. However, there's no hint of ulterior motives, and she genuinely wants the best (as she sees it) for Klara and the family. In the Shirley Temple version, Rottenmeier wants Klara's disability to linger so she can keep a permanent position with the family (completely irrelevant in the original, were Rottenmeier was always housekeeper and Klara suffers from ''never'' having been able to walk). She also tries to sell Heidi to the gypsies out of spite.

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** Fräulein Rottenmeier in the book is an antagonist due to her strictness, humorlessness, and being an altogether stick-in-the-mud. However, there's no hint of ulterior motives, and she genuinely wants the best (as she sees it) for Klara and the family. In the Shirley Temple version, Rottenmeier wants Klara's disability to linger so she can keep a permanent position with the family (completely irrelevant in the original, were where Rottenmeier was always housekeeper and Klara suffers from ''never'' having been able to walk). She also tries to sell Heidi to the gypsies out of spite.
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* AppetiteEqualsHealth: The invalid Clara never enjoyed her meals in her huge Frankfurt house much, rich and well-made as they were. Being confined to a wheelchair and pampered like a doll didn't help her self esteem or appetite. After going to the mountains with Heidi and getting some fresh air and simple, hearty food, her spirits are raised. The discovery that she had taken a second helping of toasted cheese is treated as a momentous event.

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* AppetiteEqualsHealth: The invalid Clara never enjoyed her meals in her huge Frankfurt house much, rich and well-made as they were. Being confined to a wheelchair and pampered like a doll while unable to walk didn't help her self esteem or appetite. After going to the mountains with Heidi and getting some fresh air and simple, hearty food, her spirits are raised. The discovery that she had taken a second helping of toasted cheese is treated as a momentous event.



* AbledInTheAdaptation: Not abled, per se, but in the 1937 and 1968 films, Klara is wheelchair-bound due to a past injury (in the '68 version from the same boating accident that killed her mother) instead of illness, and it's only fear and doubt (encouraged in the '37 version by an [[AdaptationalVillainy especially villainous]] Fräulein Rottenmeier) that keep her from trying to walk again until Heidi helps her.

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* AbledInTheAdaptation: Not abled, per se, but in the 1937 and 1968 films, Klara is wheelchair-bound uses a wheelchair due to a past injury (in the '68 version from the same boating accident that killed her mother) instead of illness, and it's only fear and doubt (encouraged in the '37 version by an [[AdaptationalVillainy especially villainous]] Fräulein Rottenmeier) that keep her from trying to walk again until Heidi helps her.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Heidi is often seen going barefoot, and only wears shoes when she absolutely has to. Peter can be this way as well.


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* PrefersGoingBarefoot: Heidi is often seen going barefoot, and only wears shoes when she absolutely has to. Peter can be this way as well.
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** The original book [[spoiler: hints that while serving in the army he nursed a close friend and officer who died under his care which left him heartbroken.]]
** Then ''Heidi's Children'' establishes [[spoiler: that also during his time as a soldier and presumably after his friend's death, he fell in love with and married a wealthy young woman and proceeded to bankrupt his (now deceased) parents and himself trying to please her. The couple separated, taking a son each, and he returned to Dorfli. Despite gossip he settled fairly happily, but a few years later his beloved son and daughter-in-law both died, Dete took their daughter and the village turned on him and said he deserved everything as punishment for what he'd done to his parents.]]

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** The original book [[spoiler: hints [[spoiler:hints that while serving in the army he nursed a close friend and officer who died under his care which left him heartbroken.]]
** Then ''Heidi's Children'' establishes [[spoiler: that [[spoiler:that also during his time as a soldier and presumably after his friend's death, he fell in love with and married a wealthy young woman and proceeded to bankrupt his (now deceased) parents and himself trying to please her. The couple separated, taking a son each, and he returned to Dorfli. Despite gossip he settled fairly happily, but a few years later his beloved son and daughter-in-law both died, Dete took their daughter and the village turned on him and said he deserved everything as punishment for what he'd done to his parents.]]



* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Everyone Calls Him Alm-Uncle Or "Alp-Öhi" in the original German. We never learn his real name. Same with Peter's grandmother (who is only ever called "grandmother") and Klara's grandmother ("Grandmamma")

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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Everyone Calls Him Alm-Uncle Or "Alp-Öhi" "Alm-Uncle" or "''Alp-Öhi''" in the original German. We never learn his real name. Same with Peter's grandmother (who is only ever called "grandmother") and Klara's grandmother ("Grandmamma")("Grandmamma").



* HappilyMarried: Heidi's parents, Adelheidi and Tobias; according to village gossip Adelheidi died of shock and grief when he was killed. [[spoiler: In the sequels Heidi and Peter.]]

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* HappilyMarried: Heidi's parents, Adelheidi and Tobias; according to village gossip Adelheidi died of shock and grief when he was killed. [[spoiler: In [[spoiler:In the sequels sequels, Heidi and Peter.]]



* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Klara, the ill girl. Doubly so because she [[spoiler: learns to walk at the end.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: Fraulein Rottenmeier isn't exactly the nicest governess in children’s literature, especially how she reprimands Heidi for her mannerisms, but she does have a good point to make at times.
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* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Klara, the ill girl. Doubly so because she [[spoiler: learns [[spoiler:learns to walk at the end.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: Fraulein Rottenmeier isn't exactly the nicest governess in children’s children's literature, especially how she reprimands Heidi for her mannerisms, but she does have a good point to make at times.
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** While not a ''horrible'' person per se, Aunt Dete gets two instances of this: First when she forces her niece to live with an old man everybody believes is insane and possibly dangerous just so she has time to further her career, and secondly a few years later when she then drags off the same niece, unwillingly, to do a job she doesn't want in a city she doesn't want to live in. Dete also suggests to Alm-Uncle the chance that Klara (whom the audience has not yet met) will ''die'' and then Heidi will be adopted by Klara's father. She looks forward to the prospect with distinct pleasure because it will work out better for ''her''.

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** While not a ''horrible'' person per se, Aunt Dete gets two instances of this: First first when she forces her niece to live with an old man everybody believes is insane and possibly dangerous just so she has time to further her career, and secondly a few years later when she then drags off the same niece, unwillingly, to do a job she doesn't want in a city she doesn't want to live in. Dete also suggests to Alm-Uncle the chance that Klara (whom the audience has not yet met) will ''die'' and then Heidi will be adopted by Klara's father. She looks forward to the prospect with distinct pleasure because it will work out better for ''her''.



* LongLostRelative: A complicated version. [[spoiler: In ''Heidi's Children'' Jamy and Marta turn out to be Heidi's cousins. Their grandmother was married to Heidi's grandfather but the couple separated under difficult circumstances, the Alm Uncle taking their older son Tobias (Heidi's father) and the grandmother taking the younger son (Jamy and Marta's father). Guess it's just lucky [[{{ContrivedCoincidence}} Heidi and Jamy ended up attending the same school]].]]

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* LongLostRelative: A complicated version. [[spoiler: In [[spoiler:In ''Heidi's Children'' Children'', Jamy and Marta turn out to be Heidi's cousins. Their grandmother was married to Heidi's grandfather but the couple separated under difficult circumstances, the Alm Uncle taking their older son Tobias (Heidi's father) and the grandmother taking the younger son (Jamy and Marta's father). Guess it's just lucky [[{{ContrivedCoincidence}} Heidi and Jamy ended up attending the same school]].]]



* MeaningfulName: Is it any wonder that someone with the name "Rottenmeier" isn't such a nice person?
* MementoMacGuffin: The broken half cross necklace Jamy and Marta inherit from their grandmother. [[spoiler: It turns out that Heidi's grandfather has the other half because he used to be married to Jamy's grandmother and broke it when they separated under painful circumstances. Which makes Jamy, Marta and Heidi cousins.]]

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* MeaningfulName: Is it any wonder that someone with the name "Rottenmeier" 'Rottenmeier' isn't such a nice person?
* MementoMacGuffin: The broken half cross necklace Jamy and Marta inherit from their grandmother. [[spoiler: It [[spoiler:It turns out that Heidi's grandfather has the other half because he used to be married to Jamy's grandmother and broke it when they separated under painful circumstances. Which makes Jamy, Marta and Heidi cousins.]]



* ParentalSubstitute: In ''Heidi Grows Up'' the doctor - Heidi's godfather - takes in and later formally adopts Chel, an orphaned village boy.

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* ParentalSubstitute: In ''Heidi Grows Up'' Up'', the doctor - doctor, Heidi's godfather - godfather, takes in and later formally adopts Chel, an orphaned village boy.



* PuppyLove: InUniverse: Heidi and Peter. Aww. [[spoiler: They do, in fact, get married in the sequel by Charles Tritten.]]
* RaisedByGrandparents: Heidi, as her parents died when she was a baby and her aunt Dete dumps her on the Alm Uncle's door. (He does an amazingly good job and in the sequels Heidi tells him he's been her mother, father and grandparent all in one). Jamy and her sister Marta are virtually raised by their grandmother - although they ''have'' living parents, they're too concerned with society and parties to pay attention to their daughters.[[spoiler: In a twist, it turns out the Alm Uncle and the grandmother were married, meaning the pair actually raised all three of their grandchildren between them.]]

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* PuppyLove: InUniverse: InUniverse with Heidi and Peter. Aww. [[spoiler: They [[spoiler:They do, in fact, get married in the sequel by Charles Tritten.]]
* RaisedByGrandparents: Heidi, as her parents died when she was a baby and her aunt Dete dumps her on the Alm Uncle's door. (He does an amazingly good job and in the sequels Heidi tells him he's been her mother, father and grandparent all in one). one.) Jamy and her sister Marta are virtually raised by their grandmother - -- although they ''have'' living parents, they're too concerned with society and parties to pay attention to their daughters.[[spoiler: In [[spoiler:In a twist, it turns out the Alm Uncle and the grandmother were married, meaning the pair actually raised all three of their grandchildren between them.]]



* TookALevelInKindness: Peter starts out as rather sulky and bitter, but becomes much more selfless and hardworking as well as kinder and friendlier[[spoiler:--and in the two sequels, he proves himself to be a wonderful husband (to Heidi) and father (to their children).]]

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* TookALevelInKindness: Peter starts out as rather sulky and bitter, but becomes much more selfless and hardworking as well as kinder and friendlier[[spoiler:--and friendlier, [[spoiler:and in the two sequels, he proves himself to be a wonderful husband (to Heidi) and father (to their children).]]



* UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn:[[spoiler: Heidi and Peter have children in the third book, with Heidi ultimately giving birth to a pair of boy-girl fraternal twins.]]

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* UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn:[[spoiler: Heidi UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn:[[spoiler:Heidi and Peter have children in the third book, with Heidi ultimately giving birth to a pair of boy-girl fraternal twins.]]
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** Then ''Heidi's Children'' establishes [[spoiler: that also during his time as a soldier and presumably after his friends death, he fell in love with and married a wealthy young woman and proceeded to bankrupt his (now deceased) parents and himself trying to please her. The couple separated, taking a son each, and he returned to Dorfli. Despite gossip he settled fairly happily, but a few years later his beloved son and daughter-in-law both died, Dete took their daughter and the village turned on him and said he deserved everything as punishment for what he'd done to his parents.]]

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** Then ''Heidi's Children'' establishes [[spoiler: that also during his time as a soldier and presumably after his friends friend's death, he fell in love with and married a wealthy young woman and proceeded to bankrupt his (now deceased) parents and himself trying to please her. The couple separated, taking a son each, and he returned to Dorfli. Despite gossip he settled fairly happily, but a few years later his beloved son and daughter-in-law both died, Dete took their daughter and the village turned on him and said he deserved everything as punishment for what he'd done to his parents.]]

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* FishOutOfWater: Heidi when she is forced to move to Frankfurt and become Klara's playmate. Her lack of experience with city life cause several mishaps.



* FishOutOfWater: Heidi when she is forced to move to Frankfurt and become Klara's playmate. Her lack of experience with city life cause several mishaps.

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* FishOutOfWater: Heidi GoodShepherd: The pastor talks with Heidi's grandfather because he's worried about his grumpiness, espacilly since her education would suffer when she is forced to move to Frankfurt grows up isolated. When the misanthropic Alm-Uncle later gets better and become Klara's playmate. Her lack of experience with city life cause several mishaps. decides to spend the winters in the village next to the pastor's house again, he has no problem forgiving him his rude behavior and welcomes his neighbor.
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* BookDumb: Peter can't read and is convinced that it's very hard and beyond what he's capable to learn.

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* BookDumb: Peter can't read and is convinced that it's very hard and beyond what he's capable to learn. But Heidi teaches him when she returns from Frankfurt so that he can read to his grandmother when the girl is unable to pay her a visit.
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* ''Mad Heidi'' (TBA), [[ExploitationFilm "Swissploitation"]] parody film project by the producers of ''Film/IronSky''.

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* CompositeCharacter: In the 1968 TV movie, Miss Rottenmeier is essentially Miss Rottenmeier in appearance, but Klara's grandmother in personality, to the point where she even becomes a surrogate mother to both Heidi and Klara.[[note]]It may have had something to do with the fact that in this version, she was played by Creator/JeanSimmons.[[/note]]
* CoolOldLady: In the 1993 film adaptation, Peter's grandmother is a BlindSeer who helps Heidi learn to stick up for what she wants.

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In the 1968 TV movie, Miss Rottenmeier is essentially Miss Rottenmeier in appearance, but Klara's grandmother in personality, to the point where she even becomes a surrogate mother to both Heidi and Klara.[[note]]It may have had something to do with the fact that in this version, she was played by Creator/JeanSimmons.[[/note]]
** Interestingly enough, the 2005 Nelvana animated movie combines a few of the goats. In the book, Grandfather has two goats, the white Little Swan and the brown Little Bear; and in the flock Peter watches two of the most mentioned goats are the grouchy and quarrelsom Great Turk and the lively, mischievous Greenfinch. In the movie, we don't see Little Bear or Greenfinch, but Little Swan is brown, and Turk seems to belong to Granfather and is a lively and mischieavous goat.
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In the 1993 film adaptation, Peter's grandmother is a BlindSeer who helps Heidi learn to stick up for what she wants.wants.
** In the 2005 animated movie, she's far stronger and more independent than in the books, and somwehat of a dispenser of wisdom. When Heidi worries that her grandfather may never warm up to her, it's Peter's grandmother who reassures her that he will.
-->"Old folks like like me and your grandfather get stuck in our ways. We don't like change. He just needs to get used to the idea of you being around."


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* EyesAlwaysClosed: Peter's grandmother in the 2005 animated movie, to illustrate her blindness.


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* SettingUpdate: The original novel was set in the 1880s, but some of the adaptations take place much later.
** The 2001 movie is set in the early 2000s and takes a number of liberties with the story, such as Aunt Dete being a fashion designer and Clara's mother, Clara being a Berlin brat who was kicked out of her boarding school, and Peter using crowdfunding to raise money for Heidi to return to her grandfather.
** The 2005 animated movie sticks closer to the classic story, but uis clearly set a few decades later than the books. The year is never said, but judging the number of cars we see driving around the streets of Frankfurt (and the truck Dete gets a hike with when returning to the Alps) it can't be set much earlier than the 1920s.
** ''Mad Heidi'' is a bit of an AnachronismStew; the society presented here is mostly a Swiss parody of Nazi Germany, but with several aspects of 1950s America and some modern-day touches.
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* JarkassHasAPoint: Fraulein Rottenmeier isn't exactly the nicest governess in children’s literature, especially how she reprimands Heidi for her mannerisms, but she does have a good point to make at times.

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* JarkassHasAPoint: JerkassHasAPoint: Fraulein Rottenmeier isn't exactly the nicest governess in children’s literature, especially how she reprimands Heidi for her mannerisms, but she does have a good point to make at times.
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