Finian's Rainbow: Difference between revisions

* [[An Aesop]] / [[Anvilicious]]: Racism is not cool, OK? To be fair, it ''was'' written in the 1940s and [[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped|some anvils really do need to be dropped]].

* [[Blue Blood]]: Spoofed:

'''Finian''': Ah, but ''how'' long? Sharon's grandparents go back to the dawn of history. Blue-blooded amebas they were, with a dauntless ambition. Up they came through the paleozoic slime -- from ameba to tadpole, from tadpole to daffodil, from daffodil to dromedary, and from dromedary to McLonergan. That's the background Sharon comes from -- so get along with your luggage, lad, you haven't a chance. }}

* [[Burn the Witch]]: ''Almost'' happens to {{spoiler|Sharon and Woody, after Sharon [[Be Careful What You Say|accidentally turns Rawkins black]]. They are saved [[Just in Time]]}}.

* [[Color Me Black]]: Sharon tells a racist senator she wishes he were black so he would understand what black people have to go through due to people who think like he does. She happens to be standing where a pot of magical wish-granting gold is buried, so... well, you can guess where this is going.

* [[Cue the Flying Pigs]]

''(Money starts falling from the tree they're standing under, thrown by Sharon who sits up there.)'' }}

* [[Cut Song]]: "Necessity" was removed to shorten the movie.

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

* [[Doomy Dooms of Doom]]

* [[Heel Face Mind Screw]]: What Og does to {{spoiler|Rawkins}}. The [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop]] that often comes with this trope is arguably made somewhat less creepy by the fact that Og is, y'know, ''[[The Fair Folk|a lepre]][[Blue and Orange Morality|chaun]]''.

* [[Humanity Ensues]]: Throughout the story, Og is slowly turning into a human due to losing his pot of gold. {{spoiler|By the end, he's become completely mortal. And he doesn't care}}.

* [[Last-Second Word Swap]]: In "When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich":

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From your Astors }}

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From your butler }}

* [[Leprechaun]]: Og.

* [[Panty Shot]]: Susan the Silent, a number of times.

* [[Perfectly Cromulent Word]]: "Something Sort of Grandish" is built on this:

If my ishes could come true. }}

* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]