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* ''Literature/{{March}}'': Is, believe it or not, a {{Fanfic}} of UsefulNotes/SchoolStudyMedia classic ''Little Women''.

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* ''Literature/MeWhoDoveIntoTheHeartOfTheWorld'': When Karen is a teenager, Isabelle sees her reading a tattered copy of ''Little Women'', which was the first book Isabelle ever read. Isabelle asks her if she liked it, but Karen, who has never reacted emotionally to fiction, doesn't know how to respond.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'' fanfic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/43448503 Couch Surfers]]'', [[OriginalCharacter Stefanie]] has a copy of the book. In it, she keeps the first love letter that her girlfriend Denise ever wrote her.
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* The ''VideoGame/HotelMario'' theme tune [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLaiV5QoRtI is actually a 1933 composition]] by Max Steiner for [[Film/LittleWomen1933 a film adaptation]] of ''Literature/LittleWomen.''

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* The ''VideoGame/HotelMario'' theme tune [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLaiV5QoRtI is actually a 1933 composition]] by Max Steiner for used in [[https://youtu.be/-Y9jlsAybfU?t=27 a ball scene]] from [[Film/LittleWomen1933 a the 1933 film adaptation]] of ''Literature/LittleWomen.''
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* ''Literature/{{March}}'': Is, believe it or not, a {{Fanfic}} of SchoolStudyMedia classic ''Little Women''.

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* WebVideo/BernadetteBanner discusses the historical accuracy of the costumes in the ''Film/LittleWomen2019'' film adaptation in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uNZpoBoKFM Dress Historian Analyzes ‘Historical’ Film Costumes]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oDGy8Lonaw Ranking 2020 Costume Dramas on Historical Accuracy]], and notes she is not a fan of many of the liberties taken in HollywoodCostuming.



* WebVideo/SchaffrillasProductions ranked ''Film/LittleWomen2019'' at #6 in his Top 10 Movies of 2019 list.
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* ''Literature/{{Terra}}'': The fk'shn from Earth that gets translated into Fnrrn includes [[Literature/LittleWomen "Which Sister Will Die?"]], [[Literature/MobyDick "Crazy Monoped Can't Stop Chasing Sea Mammal"]], and Rth's most-popular play, [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet "The Grumpy Adolescents Who Fall In Love and Kill Themselves"]].

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* ''Literature/{{Terra}}'': The ''Literature/TerraTrilogy'': The fk'shn from Earth that gets translated into Fnrrn includes [[Literature/LittleWomen "Which Sister Will Die?"]], [[Literature/MobyDick "Crazy Monoped Can't Stop Chasing Sea Mammal"]], and Rth's most-popular play, [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet "The Grumpy Adolescents Who Fall In Love and Kill Themselves"]].
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* ''Manga/LuckyStar'': When talking about the Hiiragi sisters, Konata first referenced ''Literature/LittleWomen'', then ''Manga/CatsEye''.

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* ''Manga/LuckyStar'': When talking about the Hiiragi sisters, Konata first referenced ''Literature/LittleWomen'', then ''Manga/CatsEye''.talks about how you can do more with a bigger cast, she mentions a story in "olden America" about a woman and her four daughters waiting for their father to come home from war; while she doesn't mention the title by name, she's clearly referring to ''Little Women''.
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* ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'': In several books, especially in the early part of the series, Sam Thomas disrupts club meetings by making prank calls asking for fake sitters.
-->Hello, this is Marmee March. I need a sitter for Amy this afternoon, someone who has experience with Literature/{{little women}}.

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In several books, especially in the early part of the series, Sam Thomas disrupts club meetings by making prank calls asking for fake sitters.
-->Hello, this is Marmee March. I need a sitter for Amy this afternoon, someone who has experience with Literature/{{little women}}.
** It's also one of Mary Anne's favorite books. In ''Baby-Sitters Remember'', Mallory's memory is about meeting a particular author, and she recalls that when she wanted to send the author a letter, Mary Anne suggested she send the letter to the publisher and ask them to forward it to the author, recalling that she'd done the same thing before, only... the author she wrote to was Louisa May Alcott, and the publisher wrote back to her explaining that Alcott had been dead for many years. In another book, she's upset and needs a good cry, so she finds the book in the school library and rereads Beth's death.
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* In the fourth ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'' book ''Dog Days'', ''Little Women'' is among the books offered in Susan’s “Reading is Fun” club.
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* In the live-action film version of ''WesternAnimation/DudleyDoRight'', the narrator says of the Mounties at one point, "Not since their all-male version of ''Literature/LittleWomen'' had the Mounties faced such a hostile audience".
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* WebVideo/SchaffrillasProductions ranked ''Film/LittleWomen2019'' at #6 in his Top 10 Movies of 2019 list.

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* ''Manga/BungoStrayDogs'': Louisa May Alcott is named after American author and poet Creator/LouisaMayAlcott, and her ability is named for Alcott's most famous novel, ''Literature/LittleWomen''.
* ''Anime/BurstAngel'': The three younger characters [[ShoutOutThemeNaming share names with characters from]] ''Literature/LittleWomen''. Sei is the OddNameOut.
* ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'': In the sixth OVA Hippo Team kept on inserting historical references into their production of ''Literature/LittleWomen''.
* ''Manga/GlassMask'': Maya learns how to knit and play the piano to play Beth from ''Literature/LittleWomen''
* ''Manga/LuckyStar'': When talking about the Hiiragi sisters, Konata first referenced ''Literature/LittleWomen'', then ''Manga/CatsEye''.
* ''Manga/SweetBlueFlowers'': The recurring bonus segment is called "Literature/LittleWomen".

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* ''ComicBook/DeadpoolKillsTheMarvelUniverse'': The sisters of ''Literature/LittleWomen'' manage to force Dreadpool to use a weapon he planned to use against stronger opponents.
* ''{{ComicBook/WITCH}}'': In a later issue, there are five countesses named [[Literature/LittleWomen Josephine, Margareth, Elizabeth, Amy and Louise]]

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* ''Film/TenCloverfieldLane'': When the three bunker survivors are playing a guessing game together, Emmett has a pretty simple card: ''Literature/LittleWomen''. Howard gets the first part right, but even when prompted with "Michelle is a...", guesses just about everything but "Women" — as if the word "woman" itself in reference to a female adult and not words related to little girls and little princesses, is physically painful for him to acknowledge. It doesn't sound like much, but his hemming and hawing and the noises he makes are incredibly creepy. Then when it's his turn... it gets much worse.
* ''Film/FatherOfTheBride1950'': There's a {{casting gag}} tied to two adaptations of the novel. Both Creator/JoanBennett and Creator/ElizabethTaylor had previously played Amy March in different film adaptations of ''Literature/LittleWomen'' (Bennett in the [[Film/LittleWomen1933 1933 version]] and Taylor in the 1949 version). Here, they play mother and daughter.
* ''Film/TheSevenYearItch'': Richard's wife always asks him what happened at the office when he comes home. When he's alone, he considers answering this: "I shot Mr. Brady in the head, made violent love to Miss Morris and set fire to 300,000 copies of ''Literature/LittleWomen''. That's what happened. What can happen at the office?"

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* ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'': In several books, especially in the early part of the series, Sam Thomas disrupts club meetings by making prank calls asking for fake sitters.
-->Hello, this is Marmee March. I need a sitter for Amy this afternoon, someone who has experience with Literature/{{little women}}.
* ''Literature/ChaletSchool'': Joey bears more than a few similarities to Jo March of ''Literature/LittleWomen'' fame, what with the dark hair, being a bit tomboyish and a wannabe writer, and not wanting to grow up. She even quotes Jo at one point. There's also a Margaret (Bettany, and several other characters), an Amy (Stevens) who starts off as a blonde-haired BrattyHalfPint, and later a Beth (Chester).




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* It is Rachel's favourite book on ''Series/{{Friends}}'' and the only book she ever re-reads. Joey reads the book and, surprisingly, he loves it.

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\n!!Live * ''Literature/{{March}}'': Is, believe it or not, a {{Fanfic}} of SchoolStudyMedia classic ''Little Women''.
* ''Literature/ThePoisonwoodBible'': More than a few critics of the novel have noticed its similarities to ''Literature/LittleWomen''. Kingsolver asserts in interviews that her novel is not meant to be a deliberate re-working of Alcott's novel, though the {{homage}} is clear.
* ''Literature/{{Terra}}'': The fk'shn from Earth that gets translated into Fnrrn includes [[Literature/LittleWomen "Which Sister Will Die?"]], [[Literature/MobyDick "Crazy Monoped Can't Stop Chasing Sea Mammal"]], and Rth's most-popular play, [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet "The Grumpy Adolescents Who Fall In Love and Kill Themselves"]].

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* It is Rachel's In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', when The First confronts Faith as Mayor Richard Wilkins III, he tells her to ask him something only he (Wilkins) could know. Like who his favourite book on ''Series/{{Friends}}'' and character from Little Women is. ("It's Meg. Everyone assumes it's Beth. But no, it's Meg. Such a proper young lady.")
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the only book she ever re-reads. Joey reads the book and, surprisingly, he loves it.adaptations.



* On ''Donny & Marie'', when Creator/PattyMaloney says that the house she wants to sell is a storybook cottage, Creator/PaulLynde retorts, "What's the story? ''Little Women''?"
* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', when The First confronts Faith as Mayor Richard Wilkins III, he tells her to ask him something only he (Wilkins) could know. Like who his favourite character from Little Women is. ("It's Meg. Everyone assumes it's Beth. But no, it's Meg. Such a proper young lady.")

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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E2TheMindRobber The Mind Robber]] Christine Pirie contributed a voice-over reading from an extract from ''Little Women'' for the scene in episode three where Jamie climbs through the castle window only to find himself in a hi-tech control room.
* On ''Donny & Marie'', ''Series/DonnyAndMarie'', when Creator/PattyMaloney says that the house she wants to sell is a storybook cottage, Creator/PaulLynde retorts, "What's the story? ''Little Women''?"
* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', when The First confronts Faith as Mayor Richard Wilkins III, he ''Series/DowntonAbbey'': Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham, contrasts the novel with her reality of raising daughters
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tells her you about raising daughters. You think it’ll be like ''Literature/LittleWomen'', and instead they’re at each other's throats from dawn til dusk.''"
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* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Crowley watches ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' and reads ''Literature/LittleWomen'' [[spoiler:under the influence of human blood]].
* ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'':
--> Josie: "I've chosen Louisa M Alcott; for those of you who don't know, she wrote ''Literature/LittleWomen,
Little Women is. ("It's Meg. Everyone assumes it's Beth. But no, it's Meg. Such a proper young lady.")

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* ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'': In the beach sidequest of the first game, the names of the four girls you're supposed to find easily remind you of a certain book series that is [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff beloved by the Japanese]]. [[spoiler:[[Literature/LittleWomen Amy, Jo, Beth, and Meg]] make cameo appearances. Seriously. Bonus points to Jo apparently being a {{Bokukko}} here, and having Amy be blonde]]

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* WebVideo/BernadetteBanner discusses the historical accuracy of the costumes in the ''Film/LittleWomen2019'' film adaptation in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uNZpoBoKFM Dress Historian Analyzes ‘Historical’ Film Costumes]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oDGy8Lonaw Ranking 2020 Costume Dramas on Historical Accuracy]], and notes she is not a fan of many of the liberties taken in HollywoodCostuming.
* ''WebVideo/EdgarAllanPoesMurderMysteryDinnerParty'': A parody version of Louisa May Alcott is one of the guests, despite Poe saying he can't stand Transcendentalists. She keeps on coughing during the scene after Dantes' death, before running out of the room and collapsing before she can make it to front door, hinting that she was poisoned. Like all the other deaths, this is an IronicDeath referencing the famous IncurableCoughOfDeath when Beth died of scarlet fever in ''Literature/LittleWomen''. [[spoiler:A subversion: she was actually injected with cyanide by Anne Brontë as soon as she was out of sight.]]
* ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'': The strip titled Yes, Virginia: "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus" was originally titled "Playing Pilgrims", which is a ''Literature/LittleWomen'' reference.

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* ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger'': "Ms. Foutley's Boys" references the ''Little Women'' sequel ''Jo's Boys''.
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* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', when The First confronts Faith as Mayor Richard Wilkins III, he tells her to ask him something only he (Wilkins) could know. Like who his favourite character from Little Women is. ("It's Meg. Everyone assumes it's Beth. But no, it's Meg. Such a proper young lady.")
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** In "The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants", Bart is forced to read the book to Lisa when Homer is out late and ends up getting invested in it.

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* ''WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies'': In the books-come-to-life musical ''Have You Got Any Castles'', a copy of ''Little Women'' is seen with three identical girls singing, who are then joined by three "Little Men".

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In the books-come-to-life musical ''Have You Got Any Castles'', a copy of ''Little Women'' is seen with three identical girls singing, who are then joined by three "Little Men".Men".
** The book is also referenced in ''WesternAnimation/BookRevue'', where the book contains a bunch of bobbysoxers swooning to Music/FrankSinatra's singing.



** In "Eeny Teeny Maya Moe", Moe discovers that his new beau Maya is a little person, so he gets rid of various items to avoid offending her, including a copy of ''Little Women''.

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* ''WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies'': In the books-come-to-life musical ''Have You Got Any Castles'', a copy of ''Little Women'' is seen with three identical girls singing, who are then joined by three "Little Men".
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In "Homer Loves Flanders", Moe is seen reading the book to men at the homeless shelter.
** In "Eeny Teeny Maya Moe", Moe discovers that his new beau Maya is a little person, so he gets rid of various items to avoid offending her, including a copy of ''Little Women''.
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* On ''Donny & Marie'', when Creator/PattyMaloney says that the house she wants to sell is a storybook cottage, Paul Lynde retorts, "What's the story? ''Little Women''?"

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* ''Literature/{{Lolita}}'': Humbert Humbert says that was the only work of classical literature that Lolita was curious to read, but considered it too intellectual to read it during her holidays.

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* It is Rachel's favourite book on ''Series/{{Friends}}'' and the only book she ever re-reads. Joey reads the book and surprisingly, he loves it.

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* The names of the four Poe sisters in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' (and who also show up in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'') are Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy.
* In ''VideoGame/FantasyLife'', the landlady Pam's three sisters are named Jo, Beth, and Amy. It's a shame she's named Pam instead of Meg...
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* On ''Series/DanceMoms'', Holly hosts a book club featuring this book with the other moms. Most of the other moms complain about either its length or the fact that it doesn't have pictures.
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* ''Literature/{{Lolita}}'': Humbert Humbert says that was the only work of classical literature that Lolita was curious to read, but considered it too intellectual to read it during her holidays.

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* It is Rachel's favourite book on ''Series/{{Friends}}'' and the only book she ever re-reads. Joey reads the book and surprisingly, he loves it.
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