History Theatre / FiniansRainbow

* PantyShot: Susan the Silent, a number of times.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain

A Broadway musical from 1947, created by Fred Saidy (book), E.Y. Harburg (book and lyrics) and Burton Lane (music). Due to its popularity it was revived several times. It was adapted into a feature-length film in 1968 by Creator/FrancisFordCoppola, starring Creator/FredAstaire and Petula Clark.

* HeelFaceMindScrew: What Og does to [[spoiler:Rawkins]]. The FamilyUnfriendlyAesop that often comes with this trope is arguably made somewhat less creepy by the fact that Og is, y'know, ''[[TheFairFolk a lepre]][[BlueAndOrangeMorality chaun]]''.

* AnAesop : Racism is not cool, OK? To be fair, it ''was'' written in the 1940s and [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped some anvils really do need to be dropped]].

--> '''Og''': [...]It's so terrifish, magnifish, delish.\\
To have such an amorish, glamorish, dish.\\

To have such an amorish glamorish.\\

* EarthlyBarefootCharacter: Susan

The story follows Finian [=McLonergan=], an Irish immigrant and his daughter Sharon to Missitucky, USA. He has stolen a magical pot of gold from leprechauns back in Ireland and plans to plant it in the ground near the Fort Knox. Og, a leprechaun in charge of the treasure, follows him, desperately trying to get the gold back.
They stop in small community led by a carefree Woody Mahoney, and matters are further complicated by corrupt senator Rawkins, Finian hiding and losing the gold, and the magical properties of the gold itself.

* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: The story takes place in the Rainbow Valley.

* AnAesop / {{Anvilicious}}: Racism is not cool, OK? To be fair, it ''was'' written in the 1940s and [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped some anvils really do need to be dropped]].

* GospelRevivalNumber: "On That Great Come-And-Get-It Day"

%%* DistinctionWithoutADifference: In "When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich", Finian explains this pretty clearly.

* NoExceptYes: In "When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich", Finian explains this pretty clearly.

* CutSong: "Necessity" was removed to shorten the movie.

* DawsonCasting: Petula Clark was in her 30s when she payed Sharon.

* WetSariScene: Susan in the "Rain Dance Ballet" scene.

* DoubleStandard: "When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich" discusses this at length.

A Broadway musical from 1947, created by Fred Saidy (book), E.Y. Harburg (book and lyrics) and Burton Lane (music). Due to its popularity it was revived several times. It was adapted into a feature-length film in 1968 by FrancisFordCoppola, starring FredAstaire and PetulaClark.

* {{Irishman and a Jew}}: Incorporates elements of Irish folklore ([[DidNotDoTheResearch more or less]]) and features an Irish protagonist; the show was penned by an all-Jewish writing team.

A Broadway musical from 1947, created by Fred Saidy (book), E.Y. Harburg (book and lyrics) and Burton Lane (music). Due to it's popularity it was revived several times. It was adapted into a feature-length film in 1968 by Francis Ford Coppola, starring FredAstaire and Petula Clark.

The story follows Finian [=McLonergan=], an Irish immigrant and his daughter Sharon to Missitucky, USA. He has stolen a magical pot of gold from leprechauns back in Ireland and plans to plant in in the ground near the Fort Knox. Og, a leprechaun in charge of the treasure, follows him, desperately trying to get the gold back.

* AnAesop / {{Anvilicious}}: Racism is not cool, OK? (To be fair, it ''was'' written in the 1940s and [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped some anvils really do need to be dropped]].)

* [=~Everything's Better With Rainbows~=]: The story takes place in the Rainbow Valley.

* KarmicTransformation: Openly racist senator Rawkins gets [[spoiler:turned black]]. The trope gets a nice twist when he gets to love his new life - and is forced to [[spoiler:turn back]] by his own laws.