History Characters / IntoTheWoods

* AmbiguouslyHuman: The mysterious man repeatedly pops up out of nowhere throughout the play, giving strange advice to the protagonists before disappearing without a trace. He is later revealed to be the Baker's father and dies soon after the curse is lifted, but his presence in the second act implies he may be something else. Indeed, several of the characters refer to him as some type of spirit, and it's possible he may have been DeadAllAlong, assuming he really is the Baker's father.

* InfantImmortality: In the productions where The Narrator is a child [[spoiler: this is completely averted and he's still killed by the Giantess in the story.]]

->"''Am I not sensitive, clever, well-mannered, considerate, passionate, charming, as kind as I'm handsome, and heir to a throne?''"

* PlayingGertrude: He's rarely, if ever, played by an actual little boy in the play. Averted in the 2014 film where Daniel Huttlestone plays him.

* PetTheDog: In Act 1, she returns Milky-White to Jack when the spell is complete, no strings attached. In some versions of Act Two, such as the 2002 revival, she briefly considers [[spoiler:taking the Baker's son to raise as her own, but can't do it. She remembers all too well the pain that comes from raising a child, and TheChainOfHarm it can cause. The witch gives the baby a sincere kiss and returns him to his father unharmed] before committing suicide].

* IdiotHero: The most idiotic.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:He never gets any punishment for stealing from the giants and killing both of them, except the indirect death of his mother. He even gets to live with the Baker's new family.]]

* ViolinScam: She orders Jack to carry Milky for a very long distance out of their village and find a sucker who's gullible enough to buy the cow for 5 pounds or more since their whole village knows how sick the cow has gotten. Though this comes off as InsaneTrollLogic since whoever has that much money will inspect the cow first, and as she pointed out, the cow is clearly and visibly expiring being infested with parasites and open wounds. [[spoiler: The scam was doomed to fail since the cow died merely minutes after the Baker bought it for beans]].

* {{Hypocrite}}: She participates in the song "Your Fault", but then when the ultimate blame falls on her, she accuses them of only caring about the blame ("Last Midnight").

* JerkassHasAPoint: While she isn't the nicest person out there she does have a point that if they ''don't'' [[spoiler: give Jack to the Giant she'll level half the kingdom]]. It's not a nice thing to do but the only option they have in that moment.

* VillainHasAPoint: She calls out all of the "good" characters for their actions in pursuit of their dreams.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Her recurring theme of "I wish" kick-starts both acts.

* PimpedOutDress: But of course. It's created by magic.

* AmazonChaser: A subtle example. He spends the first Act intrigued about Cinderella because she's defiant and determined enough to keep running from him. In the second act he doesn't give the Baker's wife a second thought until he hears she's interested in fighting the Giant, and is even defying her husband's wishes to do so. Once he hears this he immediately switches from ignoring her to dialing up the charm. [[spoiler: And then it's subverted; the story makes it clear that he's not interested in determined women as a character trait; he simply finds them mysterious and exciting. Once he gets to be with them he loses interest immediately.]]

* AdaptationalHeroism: He remains faithful to Rapunzel in the 2014 film.

* KarmaHoudini: He ''literally'' gets away with murder. Though in the musical it is implied that he and the royal family starve to death after getting lost in the forest.

* YourCheatingHeart: Shows minor signs of this throughout the show, longing for every prince she sees though already married. [[spoiler: After she does commit adultery with Cinderella's prince, she spends her last song trying to justify her actions to herself.]]

* YourCheatingHeart: Even after getting married to Cinderella, he still has [[spoiler: a dalliance with the Baker's Wife]] and ends up with [[spoiler: Sleeping Beauty]].

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* CoversAlwaysLie: The covers depicted Johnny Depp to play as one of the princes or at least a major character in the film, complete with the corresponding black leather jacket with studs, but is instead played only as the role of the Big Bad Wolf who only took five minutes of spotlight [[spoiler: before being killed off by the Baker right after he was successful in eating Red Riding Hood]].

%%* [[VoiceTypes Mezzo-Soprano]]

* TheSoprano: While she's not the typical {{Ingenue}}, she still trills and hits the high notes.

* TheSoprano: Averted by her character, but vocally? You'd better believe it.

->"''The harder to get, the better to have.''"

-> "''Slotted spoons don't hold much soup.''"

* {{Adorkable}}: In the 2014 film.

* DraggedOffToHell: One interpretation of the end of "Last Midnight."

* CastingGag: A 2012 production features Donna Murphy, who previously voiced Rapunzel's stepmother in Disney's ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'', as the witch.

* KarmaHoudini: He ''literally'' gets away with murder.

* ButtMonkey: She's the toilet paper of her family.

* VengefulWidow: Is (reasonably) furious with Jack for mugging then murdering (or at least indirectly contributing to the demise of) her husband.

* ViolinScam: She orders Jack to carry Milky for a very long distance out of their village and find a sucker who's gullible enough to buy the cow for 5 pounds or more since their whole village knows how sick the cow has gotten. Though this comes off as InsaneTrollLogic since whoever has that much money will inspect the cow first, and as she pointed out, the cow is clearly and visibly expiring being infested with parasites and open wounds. [[spoiler: It turns out that the scam was going to fail anyways since the cow died merely minutes after the Baker bought it for beans]].

* ViolinScam: She orders Jack to carry Milky for a very long distance out of their village and find a sucker who's gullible enough to buy the cow for 5 pounds or more since their whole village knows how sick the cow has gotten. Though this comes off as InsaneTrollLogic since whoever has that much money will inspect the cow first, and as she pointed out, the cow is clearly and visibly expiring being infested with parasites and open wounds.