Anne of Avonlea & Little Women - Proposals Gone Wrong

Have you ever noticed the similarities in the leading male and female characters in the movies Anne of Avonlea(1987) and Little Women (1994)?

Although the two movies end differently, the proposals are very similar.

Here's a mashup of the two proposals.

Credits Music: Dream Lover by Bobby Darin.

Category:

Film & Animation

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• Anne
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• Avonlea
• Green
• Gables
• Little
• Women
• Jo
• Teddy
• Gilbert
• Winona
• Ryder
• Jonathan
• Crombie
• Christian
• Bale
• Megan
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[readthesecomments]

wow, crazy resemblance...and you know in the book teddy was about to jump off the bridge...although obviously he didn't.

gilbert cracks me up though, i can't for the life of me understand why they chose this bumbling guy to play him. isn't he supposed to be....oh, i dunno, actually attractive?

christian bale, though...i'd tap that. heheh.

[javabeanrush2]

@readthesecomments

I did not remember that Laurie wanted to jump in the book. Wow! Thanks for the info.

[lighningshock]

I love how snarky your comments were! My favorites were "Are these girls sharing notes?" and "Don't jump" You are an awesome person.

[javabeanrush2]

@lighningshock

Thanks

[comentaristamalo]

This is not similarities betwen two movies. It is what all women do. It happens all the time, it is happening right now. Female nature.

[javabeanrush2]

@comentaristamalo

Human nature hasn't really changed over the centuries, which is why stories told back then can be remade into films today and still have a large audience. So that part of your argument is spot on.

What I find fascinating is the same unique phrases are used in both these films. Too many to be a coincidence.

Thanks for stopping by. :)

[Bookmovielover]

i love this video! you did a great job and your comments added A LOT of humor. :D

[paul17780]

I thought Anne's hair was auburn

[mandapandazon]

ugh jo and anne should just hook up.

[netholor]

i love this video! i first saw it a couple years ago but i still think of it any time i watch either of these movies!

[bluemeanie81]

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU LADIES? the sad thing is that i think this happened to me too. i was SO proud (plus stupid and young) and thought i could do better and basically dissed a very good friend of mine. big mistake i think cuz now i wonder "what could've been" :(

i think i even told him "but we'd fight all the time" wth?!

[kliz97]

Don't think about the other man!

[lotsandlotsofbubbles]

rofl I loved your comments on the vid!! They cracked me up!

I always remember reading the books and realizing that Kevin Sullivan practically stole the proposal from Little Women and vice versa...never realized how similar the two were to each other though!

[1cindyr]

lol. I just watched little women and immediately thought of anne and gil. It was so ridiculously similar. And the reasons for the proposals too, because someone close to them got married first and gave them the idea.

[wannabesurfahgirl]

Brilliant.

[blah96blahblah]

@A1ofAkindChick Song's 'Dream Lover' by Bobby Darin.