History YMMV / PippiLongstocking

* CriticalResearchFailure: Except from [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything useless pirates]] that is [[APirate400YearsTooLate 300 years late]] to a country which never even practised pirating (unless you count [[HornyVikings vikings]]), do the [[PoliceAreUseless useless polices]] in the live action series and movies paradoxically have the police uniforms of 1979, while there appears to only be two polices in the town, despite Sweden since 1973 have been divided into police districts. Also, no governmental organization has had the authority to take a child into custody of the Child-and-Charity-organization, if the child resides in a house that either belongs to a legal guardian or a legal guardian have given to the child. The 1988 movie takes this UpToEleven.

* ValuesDissonance: Pippi's father is titled "Negro King of the South Sea" or "Cannibal King". The books were written in the middle of the 20th century, when this was still considered socially acceptable. The AnimatedAdaptation from 1997 tried to get rid of the UnfortunateImplications by changing it to "Rear Admiral of the Kingdom of Kurrekurredutt", and the modern Norwegian audio adaptations refer to him only as a "King of the South Sea". Astrid Lindgren herself later expressed embarrassment at giving him that title.

* CanonSue: Pippi should have been one. OverlyLongName? Check. SuperStrength? Check. Unusual BackStory? Check. [[AuthorAvatar Author's daughter's daydream?]] Check. Somehow she still manages to be so likable and well written she doesn't even score that high on most MarySue Litmus tests.

* ValuesDissonance: Pippi's father is titled "Negro King of the South Sea" or "Cannibal King". The books were written in the middle of the 20th century, when this was still considered socially acceptable. The AnimatedAdaptation from 1997 tried to get rid of the UnfortunateImplications by changing it to "Rear Admiral of the Kingdom of Kurrekurredutt", and the modern Norwegian audio adaptations refer to him only as a "King of the South Sea".

* CriticalResearchFailure: Except from [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything useless pirates]] that is [[APirate400YearsTooLate 300 years late]] to a country which never even practised pirating, do the [[PoliceAreUseless useless polices]] in the live action series and movies paradoxically have the police uniforms of 1979, while there appears to only be two polices in the town, despite Sweden since 1973 have been divided into police districts. Also, no governmental organization has had the authority to take a child into custody of the Child-and-Charity-organization, if the child resides in a house that either belongs to a legal guardian or a legal guardian have given to the child. The 1988 movie takes this UpToEleven.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Except from [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything useless pirates]] that is [[APirate400YearsTooLate 300 years late]] to a country which never even practised pirating, do the [[PoliceAreUseless useless polices]] in the live action series and movies paradoxically have the police uniforms of 1979, while there appears to only be two polices in the town, despite Sweden since 1973 have been divided into police districts. Also, no governmental organization has had the authority to take a child into custody of the Child-and-Charity-organization, if the child resides in a house that either belongs to a legal guardian or a legal guardian have given to the child. The 1989 movie takes this UpToEleven.

** Concerning the child-service laws, it has to be taken to account that Pippi's father is originally presumed dead, and later, if Pippi were to be a normal child, his actions would constitute abusive neglect. Also, there has been plenty of piracy in the Baltic Sea, though not in the 20th century.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The 1969 TV opening song has gone ''memetic''. Just about every child in Sweden knows it. It's especially popular in Germany, to the point that it's been [[http://youtu.be/nrT5gXkOzYg covered by punk bands,]] [[http://youtu.be/2b_RrsQbHFk remixed by techno DJs,]] [[http://youtu.be/1o9FecbI1OU and even big crowds at soccer games will spontaneously sing it.]]
* EarWorm: Along with being a song just about every kid in Sweden can sing, [[http://youtu.be/5x-bUTWTTcs the opening to the 1969 series is this.]] ''Big time''. "Här kommer Pippi Långstrump, tjolla hopp, tjolla hej, tjolla hoppsan-sa..."

* ValuesDissonance: Pippi's father, titled "Negro King of the South Sea", or "Cannibal King."
** Interesting fact: The word "neger" is a Scandinavian equivalent of "Nigger". By that fact, we can translate his Swedish title to the King of the Niggers.
** The AnimatedAdaptation from 1997 tried to get rid of the UnfortunateImplications by changing it to "Rear Admiral of the Kingdom of Kurrekurredutt."
** In modern Norwegian adaptations and translations, he's referred to only as a "King of The South Sea"
*** Actually, that's only in the audio version.

*** Actually, that's only in the audio version.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Few children nowadays are introduced to Pippi by reading the books. More often, they watch the movies first and might read the books later.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Except from [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything useless pirates]] that is [[APirate400YearsTooLate 300 years late]] to a country which never even practised pirating, do the [[PoliceAreUseless useless polices]] in the live action series and movies paradoxically have the police uniforms of 1979, while there appears to only be two polices in the town, despite Sweden since 1973 have been divided into police districts. Also, no governmental organization has had the authority to take a child into custody of the Child- and Carity-organization, if the child resides in a house that either belongs to a legal guardian or a legal guardian have given to the child. The 1989 movie takes this UpToEleven.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Few children nowadays are intriduced to Pippi by reading the books. More often, they watch the movies first and might read the books later.

* EarWorm: Along with being a song just about every kid in Sweden can sing, [[http://youtu.be/ayHzg8oMvV0 the opening to the 1969 series is this.]] ''Big time''. "Här kommer Pippi Långstrump, tjolla hopp, tjolla hej, tjolla hoppsan-sa..."

* AdaptationDecay: The 1986 movie, which moves the entire thing to America rather than Sweden and tries to inject some pathos in the character (resulting in a much different Pippi) is slammed by critics and fans alike. The Nelvana AnimatedAdaptation has more fans (and a Pippi whose characterization and spirit is closer to the books) but is still criticized for being bland and unengaging -- and was [[CreatorBacklash famously hated by Astrid Lindgren herself.]]

* AdaptationDecay: The 1986 movie, which moves the entire thing to America rather than Sweden and tries to inject some pathos in the character (resulting in a much different Pippi) is slammed by critics and fans alike. The Nelvana AnimatedAdaptation has more fans (and a Pippi whose characterization and spirit is closer to the books) but is still criticized for being bland and unengaging -- and was [[CreatorBacklash famously hated by AstridLindgren herself.]]

* AdaptationDecay: The 1986 movie, which tries (and fails miserably) to inject some pathos in the character; resulting in a much different Pippi, is slammed by critics and fans alike. The Nelvana AnimatedAdaptation has more fans (and a Pippi whose characterization and spirit is much closer to the books) but is often critizised for Americanizing the characters and scenario.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Few children nowadays get their first meeting with Pippi from the books. More often, they watch the movies first and might read the books later.

* RuleAbidingRebel: You'd think a child with [[BewareTheSuperman superhuman strength and a complete disregard for rules]] would be indiscriminately violent or even murderous, but she only gets into relatively innocent mischief. She was more rebellious in the original version of the book, which was published after Astrid LIndgren's death. It was given the title ''Ur-Pippi''.

** Concerning the child-service laws, it has to be taken to account that Pippi's father is originally presumed dead, and later, if Pippi were to be a normal child, his actions would constitute abusive neglect.

** In modern Norwegian adaptations and translations, he's referred to only as a "King of The South Sea"

* CriticalResearchFailure: Except from [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything useless pirates]] that is [[APirate400YearsTooLate 300 years late]] to a country which never even practised pirating, do the [[PoliceAreUseless useless polices]] in the live action series and movies paradoxically have the police uniforms of 1979, while there appears to only be two polices in the town, despite Sweden since 1973 have been divided into police districts. Also haven't any governmental organization had the authority to take a child into custody of the Child- and Carity-organization, if the child resides in a house that either belongs to a legal guardian or a legal guardian have given to the child. The 1989 movie takes this UpToEleven.