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Lassie
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Lassie is a long-running children's adventure series, originally airing on CBS from 1954–71 and in First-Run Syndication from 1971–73, that featured the exploits of heroic collie dog Lassie. One of the archetypal Heroic Pet Story series, it has inspired many later imitations and parodies.The series initially depicted Lassie as the pet of farm boy Jeff Miller (Tommy Rettig), and in later seasons Timmy Martin (Jon Provost), of "What's that, Lassie? Timmy's fallen down a well?" fame — although a well was actually one of the few things Timmy didn't fall down in the course of the series.It may be a little hard for modern tropers to really grok, but this series was a big deal back in the day. It was on the air at the very dawn of mass-consumption television, and it hit exactly the perfect note for young baby-boom families of the time. Alongside such shows as Leave It to Beaver, Lassie was one of the first family series to demonstrate just how potent television was as a medium — not just for storytelling, but for making obscene amounts of money.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })As the show ran for 19 seasons, six different dogs portrayed Lassie over the course of its run; all were owned and trained by professional trainer Rudd Weatherwax, and each of the five successors were descended from the original, whose off-screen name was Pal. Pal was the original Lassie, who had starred in the 1943 film Lassie Come Home (based on a novel by Eric Knight) and six sequels; when the film series ended, Weatherwax acquired the Lassie trademark (in lieu of unpaid wages, according to one account), and the television series resulted. Incidentally, all six dogs were actually male; male collies were thought to be more visually impressive and less subject to seasonal shedding issues. | |
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Timmy in a Well | |
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Timmy in a Well: The Trope Namer, even though Timmy never did actually fall down a well. | |
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Ripped from the Headlines | |
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Ripped from the Headlines: When the Martins move to Australia, they have to leave Lassie behind due to quarantine regulations. Australia's very strict animal quarantine regulations made global news eight years prior when the equestrian part of the 1956 Melbourne Olympics had to be held in Stockholm, as Australia refused to waive their quarantine restrictions even for the Olympics. | |
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A Boy and His X | |
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A Boy and His X: Boy and his dog. | |
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Heroic Dog | |
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Heroic Dog/Heroic Pet Story: One of best known examples. | |
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Long-Runners | |
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Long Runner: The series ran for 19 seasons. | |
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Compilation Movie | |
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Compilation Movie: Lassie's Great Adventure (1963), compiled from the five-episode Season 9 arc "The Journey". | |
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Syndication Title: The early seasons were syndicated as Jeff's Collie, and later seasons as Timmy and Lassie. | |
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CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable | |
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CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable: In one early episode, Jeff has to do Holger-Nielsen method artificial respiration on a drowning victim. | |
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Animals Lack Attributes: Lassie is a female dog (note the root of the name is Lass not Lad) played by males with their belly hair coiffed very carefully to cover up the naughty bits. Unbelievably, Lassie even had puppies one season. Don't ask. | |
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Put on a Bus | |
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Put on a Bus: The Millers move to the city, leaving Lassie behind with the Martins; later the Martins move to Australia, leaving Lassie behind with a friend who is a forest ranger. | |
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Protectorate | |
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Protectorate: Timmy is this to Lassie. | |
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Real Life Writes the Plot | |
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Real Life Writes the Plot: The 1956 episode "The Haircut" revolved around Sylvester "Porky" Brockway getting a haircut. The origin of the episode came when Porky's actor, Joey D. Vieiranote credited as Donald Keeler showed up for work with a buzzcut, much to the producer's chagrin; resulting in Vieira wearing a wig approximating his previous haircut until going to the barbershop. The plot for that episode was written in two hours and afterwards Vieira was ordered never to change his appearance again. | |
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Heartwarming Orphan | |
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Heartwarming Orphan: Timmy. | |
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The Bus Came Back | |
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The Bus Came Back: Jon Provost reprised his role as a now-grown-up Timmy (who was adopted and by this time went by the name Steve) in The New Lassie TV show in the late 1980s. | |
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Cross-Cast Role | |
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Crosscast Role: Lassie, as described above. | |
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Pet Baby Wild Animal | |
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Pet Baby Wild Animal: In one episode, Lassie adopted a raccoon, which was later killed by a speeding car. Everyone learned an important lesson about careful driving. | |
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Quicksand Sucks | |
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Quicksand Sucks: The swamp version of this is just one of the many dangers to befall Timmy. | |
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Stage Names | |
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Stage Names: Pal and his successors were all credited as "Lassie". | |
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Too Dumb to Live | |
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Too Dumb to Live: Considering all the non-well based trouble Timmy got into it is a miracle he's alive at all. | |
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Amplified Animal Aptitude | |
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Amplified Animal Aptitude: Lassie can apparently not only understand human speech, but can also bark in some sort of code that humans understand to mean Timmy in a Well. | |
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And Starring | |
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And Starring: "Starring June Lockhart, Hugh Reilly, Jon Provost as Timmy, and, of course, Lassie." | |
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Caught in a Snare | |
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Caught in a Snare: A black-and-white episode has young Timmy caught in a snare intended for a loose wildcat, which sees him hanging like grapes on a bough. Lassie arrives to kick the wildcat's tuchus. | |
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Product Placement | |
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Product Placement: For Campbell's Soup, the show's major sponsor. | |
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