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** In his defence, it's implied that this attitude stems from his fear of the Queen, and from stories he has heard about witches.
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* TheQuietOne: Unlike Dopey who is the TheVoiceless, Sleepy has some lines, although not so much like the others.
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* PainfulTransformation: During her terrifying transformation she holds her throat and grasps for air implying that it mustn't be a pleasant experience.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: When she's in her hag disguise she acts like a gentle and sweet old lady but it's only a tactic to earn Snow White's trust and she's actually trying to poison her.
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* TheDreaded: Implied. It's hard to tell since we know very few characters, but the way the seven dwarfs talk about her heavily suggests that everyone in the kingdom is terrified of her.
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* EvilIsPetty: She wants to brutally murder a young girl (her ''stepdaughter'', no less) for the "crime" of being prettier than she.
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* LivingLieDetector: Isn't fooled by the fake heart for a moment.
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* LivingLieDetector: Isn't fooled by the fake heart for a moment. He even tells the Queen said heart in her hand belonged to a pig.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: There's no mention of the Queen from the original story forcing Snow White to work as a SculleryMaid.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Her Disney theme parks counterpart is a bit friendlier, but still snobby.
* AdaptationalWimp: The Evil Queen from the Grimm story that inspired the movie was a MasterOfDisguise who managed to trick a progressively suspicious Snow White ''three times'', even going as far as to poison only half of the apple and eating the non-poisoned half right in front of the girl in order to convince her to eat the poisoned one.
* AllThereInTheScript: Her name, Grimhilde, was given in early publicity materials, including the first ComicBookAdaptation. The Walt Disney Company tends to keep to the more
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: The Queen is cold, evil and icy.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Given that her ambition is to be the fairest of them all and she's willing to kill Snow White to achieve it...
* AnimalMotifs: Her throne is shaped [[PeacockGirl like a peacock]], showing off her vanity and {{Pride}}.
* AnimalsHateHer: The minute that the animals around Snow White’s cottage see her, they attack her.
* ArchEnemy: Poor Snow White.
* AxCrazy: It's bad enough that she wants her stepdaughter dead, but once she's transformed herself into an old hag, the full extent of her ruthlessness becomes clear.
* BadassCape: As the Queen. As the old hag, she wears a cloak with a cowl.
* TheBaroness: Domineering, cold, evil, and icy, she could be considered of the Sexpot variation since she is physically beautiful.
* BeautyIsBad: As the Queen. She is the second fairest in the land, and rotten to the core.
* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: Transforms herself from an extremely beautiful and regal Queen to a hideous and ugly old peddler woman -- all because of her jealousy towards someone else.
* BeneathTheMask: The [[WickedCultured prim and proper Queen]] and [[CardCarryingVillain old peddling hag]] are such different personalities that it's easy to forget they're the same character. She's probably getting into character as how a snob like herself imagines all peasants act.
* BerserkButton: In her mind, being more beautiful than she is is a crime punishable by death, even if you are related to her.
* BigBad: Initially, she tries to dispose of Snow by having the Huntsman kill her, but takes matters into her own hands when that doesn't work.
* BlackCloak: Wears one as both the Queen and as the old peddler woman.
* BlackMagic: What the Queen practices.
* BondVillainStupidity: Relishing the idea of Snow White being BuriedAlive, she willingly brushes off the Sleeping Death's antidote, not counting that the Dwarfs would elect to keep her above ground, allowing the Prince to eventually find her and deliver [[TrueLovesKiss the kiss to wake her up]].
* TheCaligula: Not only does she have great power, she is also incredibly vain and irrational in her hatred of Snow White.
* CardCarryingVillain: Averted as the Queen, but played straight when she transforms herself into the old peddler woman. After the transformation, she forgoes all restraint and revels in her murderous intent, with [[EvilLaugh evil laughter]] galore.
* TheChessmaster: Manipulative, scheming, and cunning, she will do anything to accomplish her goal. She's also [[XanatosSpeedChess quick-thinking]] as the old hag, turning the animals attacking her into a way to get inside the cottage and away from them.
* ClassicVillain: The first Animated Canon villain — adapted from the Brothers Grimm story — personifies ''Pride'' in her status as FairestOfThemAll, feels ''Envy'' towards her stepdaughter Snow White, and displays horrific ''Wrath'', determined to see the girl dead. Her beauty and voice is cold and haughty compared to the warmth and sweetness of Snow White; when she transforms herself into a peddler, she becomes a wretched old hag who plays on
* ColdHam: As the Queen, she is usually controlled with her mannerisms even when angry.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Modelled on the likes of Creator/JoanCrawford and Helen Gahagan (specifically the latter's role in ''Film/She1935'').
* CoolChair: Her throne is shaped [[AnimalMotifs like a peacock]]. [[{{Pride}} Fitting for someone who is so proud of her looks!]]
* CoolCrown: She wears a crown with spikes evoking the rays of the sun.
* CostumePorn: Her royal clothing as the Queen definitely counts.
* DarkIsEvil: Wears black to represent her evil and jealous nature; initially it's only a cape and hood, but after her transformation she's swathed in the color.
* DeathGlare: Seems to be her default expression as the Queen.
* DemotedToExtra: The Disneyland and Walt Disney World versions of Snow White's Scary Adventures gave her more appearances than any other ''Snow White'' character,
* {{Determinator}}: She ''never'' gives up and is willing to [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis become her own antithesis]] to destroy Snow White.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Just as she's about to crush the dwarfs with a boulder, the cliff edge she's standing on is struck by lightning. She falls, the boulder falls after her, and it's implied the vultures who have been observing all of this will feast on what's left of her.
* TheDreaded: Implied. It's hard to tell since we know very few characters, but the way the seven dwarfs talk about her heavily suggests that everyone in the kingdom is terrified of her.
* DrivenByEnvy: Her primary motivation for trying to hurt Snow White is envy of Snow White being "the fairest of them all."
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: The Queen is very fair skinned, and turns out to have ebony hair -- just like her stepdaughter.
* EnemyToAllLivingThings: [[FriendToAllLivingThings In contrast to Snow White]], the Queen draws revulsion and fear from all critters in the forest, to the point they even attack her when she tries to get Snow White to eat the poison apple. The only creatures drawn to her presence [[CirclingVultures are the vultures]].
* EntitledBitch: She believes that only she is worthy of being the "fairest one of all", and will resort to murder if it means reclaiming the title that was "stolen" from her.
* ErmineCapeEffect: Wears an enormous flowing cape and golden crown.
* EvilCounterpart: To Snow White. Although both the Queen and Snow White are beautiful, Snow White is kind and tries to take care of others while the Queen is spiteful and tries to kill her stepdaughter just out of envy.
* EvilEyebrows: Her eyebrows are highly arched as the Queen.
* EvilGloating: As the old hag. After she successfully "[[DisneyDeath kills]]" Snow White, she gloats "Now I'll be fairest in the land!"[[note]]Some retellings, such as the stage and Disney on Ice adaptations, instead render the line as "Now I'm the fairest in the land!"[[/note]]
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: Twice, even!
** After finishing her preparation of the poison apple, she jokingly offers her pet raven a bite.
** While on her way out of the castle to deliver the apple, she happens across a dead prisoner still reaching for a bucket of water. She stops to kick the bucket at him while cracking a joke at his expense.
* EvilIsHammy: In both the {{large|Ham}} and {{cold|Ham}} senses, no less, depending on whether she's in her WickedWitch form or her Queen form.
* EvilIsPetty: She wants to brutally murder a young girl (her ''stepdaughter'', no less) for the "crime" of being prettier than she.
* EvilLaugh: Not as the Queen, but as the old peddler woman, suggesting that the disguise is actually revealing her most base nature.
* EvilMakesYouUgly: When she magically disguises herself as an old lady to trick Snow White and hurt her, her transformation does more than make her look older, it turns her into an old hag.
* EvilMatriarch: A queen determined to off her stepdaughter!
* EvilOldFolks: Her old hag disguise.
* EvilPlan: Initially, it's just having the Huntsman slay Snow in an isolated part of the forest. Later, she takes matters into her own hands.
* EvilSorceress: Initially; later, she's a WickedWitch. The Queen can change into a hag, and that's apparently not the only thing she can do, either--she does it in a chamber full of spellbooks and a lot of equipment necessary for making spells, and she's also seen making a tempting poisoned apple in a cauldron full of a mysterious concoction which apparently seeps into the apple to make it inedible (which would be putting it lightly, considering the end result of one bite is the "sleeping death").
* EvilSoundsDeep: In her original form as the Queen, she has a formidable contralto, fitting her dark beauty and cold personality.
* EvilSoundsRaspy: Her transformation artificially ages her voice, which she briefly laments. In real life, her voice actress, Lucille [=LaVerne=], simply removed her false teeth to accomplish the difference, which completely stunned the animators, who had previously told [=LaVerne=] that they needed an older, raspier version of the character and were not aware that she had removed her false teeth.
* EvilWearsBlack: Her black cape as the Queen and all-encompassing hooded cloak as the old hag, the latter of which provides the page image.
* ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow: Her eyeshadow is noticeably blue.
* FairestOfThemAll: Out of jealousy, the Queen wants to kill Snow so that she would be the most beautiful and fairest in the land.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Acts like a CoolOldLady to Snow White when she's invited into the dwarfs' cottage, even as the forest animals realize she's bad news and run off to get help, and as the Queen is getting ready to poison Snow White.
* {{Foil}}: To the Huntsman. While the Queen [[LackOfEmpathy has no qualms about killing]] Snow if it means reclaiming the "fairest of them all" title, the Huntsman [[AntiVillain only agrees to do so because the Queen gives him an ultimatum]] (and would likely execute him if he refuses), and ultimately can't bring himself to kill her.
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Downplayed. As the Witch, she often stares and speaks directly into the camera, which effectively makes her creepier.
* FreudianExcuse: Serena Valentino's TwiceToldTale novel ''Fairest of All'' gives her one: Due to emotional abuse from her father, who refused to acknowledge her as beautiful at all prior to his death, the Queen became obsessed with beauty but really wanted to be loved. In fact, when she married Snow White's father she actually cared for Snow White as if she were her own daughter. It isn't until her father's witch cousins supply her with the magic mirror (containing her father's spirit) that she begins to lose her sanity.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: She has no qualms attempting to murder a 14-year-old girl for the crime of being "fairer" than she. In addition, the skeletal remains in her dungeons would imply that she's not a benevolent ruler towards her subjects.
* GoodColorsEvilColors: The Queen wears a combination of black and purple, contrasting Snow White's primary colors.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: As the Queen, part of her wardrobe is purple.
* GreenEyedMonster: As the Queen, she has green eyes. Appropriate, given her envious nature.
%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * TheGrimReaper: Plays a similar role in "An Adaptation of Dickens' Christmas Carol, Performed by The Walt Disney Players", where she appears as the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, in a move that would later foreshadow the 2004 production with Kelsey Grammer as Scrooge.
* HighCollarOfDoom: Provides this trope's page image, too. She wears a high white collar with her black robe.
* HotWitch: Practices magic and is very good-looking before she turns ugly...
* IceQueen: The Queen is cold, evil, icy, and uncaring.
* IrrationalHatred: She hates Snow only because she is more beautiful than she is.
* ItsAllAboutMe: She's willing to commit any deed in order to be known as the most beautiful in the land no matter who it hurts or how badly.
* IWasQuiteALooker: A beautiful queen who turns into an old hag.
* JekyllAndHyde: As the Queen, she is calm and composed, while still extremely coldblooded, and does look rather fair. Then she takes a potion she created to physically transform herself into the Witch. Not only does this make her an unrecognizably hideous-looking old hag, but she loses all of her restraint, cackling all the way.
* {{Jerkass}}: She has no qualms about murdering her own stepdaughter just for being prettier than she is, and she threatens to have her huntsman executed if he refuses. Even before Snow White surpassed her in beauty, she treated her less like family and more like a servant. She's also heavily implied to be a tyrant given the number of skeletons in her dungeon. Her jerk side becomes more openly apparent after her transformation, as she shows glee at the idea of Snow White being BuriedAlive and makes fun of the skeleton of one of her prisoners who had died of thirst in her dungeon.
* KarmicTransformation: The Queen is a rare case of a voluntarily self-inflicted version of this: A woman obsessed with beauty turns herself hideous as a disguise, and she spends the rest of the movie and dies (and is most often remembered) this way.
* KickTheDog: While on her way to the Dwarves' cottage to kill Snow White, she stops to make fun of the skeleton of a former prisoner in her dungeon who had died of thirst, for no good reason.
* KnightOfCerebus: While there are multiple light moments in the film, none of them involve the Queen; anytime she is onscreen, there are zero laughs. Bonus points for the Queen being the first person to appear in the film. In her old hag form she is more LaughablyEvil, but still via iconically terrifying BlackComedy.
* LackOfEmpathy: Shows zero guilt and remorse for wanting to harm an innocent girl, even if it's her own stepdaughter.
* LadyOfBlackMagic: A regal sorceress of BlackMagic. She loses all that grace and beauty once she turns herself into an old hag, though.
* LargeHam: She starts out as a ColdHam, but when she becomes the old hag, she throws all calmness right out the window and begins right on hamming it up. Her main "as an old hag" animator, Norm Ferguson, was a lover of theater and heavily incorporated {{vaudeville}} qualities into the character.
* LaughablyEvil: After becoming the hag, her [[LargeHam hamminess]] paves the way for some BlackComedy moments, chief among them her kicking the out-of-reach water pitcher at the lying skeleton and jokingly offering the poisoned apple to her own raven.
* LaserGuidedKarma: As she died in her witch form, she ultimately died an ugly old woman, when her plot was started by her goal to remain "fairest in the land".
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: She is the Dark Feminine (a cold and ruthless ProudBeauty) to Snow White's Light Feminine (sweet, innocent, and ObliviouslyBeautiful)
* MagicIsEvil: The Queen is the only magic-user in the film.
* MakeupIsEvil: She wears a lot of makeup as the Queen, and it is overemphasized.
* ManipulativeBitch: Especially after she transforms into the old peddler woman and takes advantage of Prince Florian courting Snow by tricking her into biting a poisoned apple so she will fall into a deep sleep, telling her that it's a "magic wishing apple".
* MeaningfulName: While Grimhilde's name overall seems more befitting of her appearance as the hag, it could be a play off of Creator/TheBrothersGrimm, who wrote the original tale.
* {{Narcissist}}: She has a magic mirror specifically to tell her that she's the most beautiful in the land. The minute he tells her she's not, her plot against Snow White and the plot of the film is kicked off.
* NearVillainVictory: She is successful at poisoning Snow White, but the dwarfs come back and chase her. Despite taking the form of a frail old witch, she is stopped just short of crushing the dwarfs with a giant boulder! Since she'd already poisoned Snow White, her plan was a thread from succeeding had not [[LaserGuidedKarma a random and precise bolt of lightning]] taken her out at the final second.
* NoNameGiven: Technically averted in ExpandedUniverse material with "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Grimhilde]]", but most Disney media doesn't mention it at all.
* NotSoStoic: [[ExaggeratedTrope Exaggerated]]; she goes from WickedCultured to CardCarryingVillain after she transforms herself into the old peddler hag.
* ObviouslyEvil: The Queen in disguise isn't exactly the most subtle of all the beasts of the field. With a name like ''Grimhilde'', even her ''{{name|sToRunAwayFromReallyFast}}'' falls into this category.
* OffingTheOffspring: The Queen is the first Disney villain to try and ''kill'' a relative. And she would have succeeded had it not been for the Prince.
* OffstageVillainy: It's implied that the Queen committed other horrendous crimes before trying to kill Snow White -- there are a ''lot'' of skeletons in her dungeon...
* OminousOperaCape: She's actually wearing ''two'' capes; her sleeves are one wide piece of fabric connected across her back, under her main cape.
%%* OurHagsAreDifferent: Becomes a hag to try to kill Snow White. - Rogue Launched Trope
* ProudBeauty: So proud that when the mirror claims that Snow White is the fairest, the Queen tries to have her killed.
%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* ProperLady: As the Queen. As the old peddler woman, it's a different story.
* PurpleIsTheNewBlack: There are instances of black in her queenly outfit but it's predominantly purple.
* PurpleIsPowerful: The Queen ''is'' a very powerful witch and her queen outfit features purple prominently.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: She fits this description before she drinks the potion, another way she's an EvilCounterpart to her stepdaughter.
* RhymesOnADime: Talks like this a lot in her old peddler disguise:
-->'''Queen:''' When she breaks the tender peel\\
To taste the apple in my hand\\
Her breath will still\\
Her blood congeal\\
[[SuddenlyShouting THEN I'LL BE FAIREST IN THE LAND!]]
* {{Sadist}}: The Queen gets scarily excited about the idea that, after she's been put in the "Sleeping Death", Snow White would be BuriedAlive by the dwarfs who would unwittingly think she was dead outright (those who have seen ''[[Film/KillBill Kill Bill Vol. 2]]'' and/or ''Series/MythBusters'' would know how scary and unpleasant being buried alive is). She laughs gleefully at the thought of Snow suffering. Plus, she makes fun of a dead skeleton in her dungeon who had died of thirst.
* SecretIdentityIdentity: Her old peddler form comes across as less of a disguise and more of [[EvilMakesYouUgly her true beauty unmasked]]. It's not helped by the fact that she seems more lively as an evil witch than the stiff, vain Queen at the beginning of the film.
* SeriousBusiness: Being the "fairest of them all" is the most important thing to her, to the point that she has zero qualms about murdering her own stepdaughter for "stealing" the title from her.
* SimpleYetOpulent: The Queen wears a black and purple dress with white ermine trimming (although the animation doesn't make that clear) and some gold decorations.
* TheSociopath: You don't get much more sociopathic than trying to murder an innocent woman for being prettier than you.
* SquashedFlat: If her DisneyVillainDeath didn't kill her, getting crushed by the boulder that fell behind her likely did.
* StatuesqueStunner: Is a very tall, imposing, and beautiful woman. She becomes MUCH shorter and uglier after her transformation, though.
* TheStoic: As the Queen, she is almost emotionless. The only emotions that she displays are anger -- when she is angry, she remains [[TranquilFury stoic and cool]] -- and jealousy. When she takes the potion, however, it has something of a PsychoSerum effect on her personality and she becomes a LargeHam. Unless she's just trying to get into character as how she imagines a peasant would act.
* TarnishingTheirOwnBeauty: She is willing to turn herself into an ugly hag just for the chance to kill off Snow White for being prettier than she is. Though presumably she has a potion to turn herself back.
* TranquilFury: As the Queen. When she is the old peddler woman, she is [[EvilIsHammy much more open and expressive in her anger]].
* UnknownRival: Her obsession with becoming the fairest in the land by killing Snow White is contrasted by Snow White not even knowing there’s a competition for the title in the first place.
* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: In the original story the Queen was even worse as she was actually the ''biological mother'' of Snow White. As bad as she is in this version, at least she's still only her stepmother.
* VainSorceress: The archetypal example that also illustrates the primary paradox intrinsic to this trope: Why would an intelligent, powerful woman like the Queen be so crazily obsessed over something as seemingly paltry as mere physical appearance? Sure, vanity might explain part of it, but to go so far as to seek the death of a rival (who is not even aware of her grudge), and undergo a painful transformation to disguise herself so that she could personally carry out a murder plot? Seems a bit over the top, but then again, that's the warping nature of evil for you.
* VanityIsFeminine: What do you expect? She's the queen of a kingdom and yet most of her time admiring herself before the mirror instead of actually ruling said kingdom.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: She takes her jealousy to dark extremes, [[SeriousBusiness treating it like an act of war]]. She is content with either having Snow White's heart torn out of her corpse as a trophy or having her [[BuriedAlive buried alive when a poison apple turns out to be a deep sleep curse]]. She's also a potential sorceress as well as an implied torturer. This jarringly contrasts with the rather whimsical vibe of the rest of the film.
* VillainousBreakdown: The Queen suffers a rare coldblooded one once she realizes that Snow White is still alive. After she transforms herself into an old witch, she lets her emotions take hold.
* WickedCultured: The Queen is cold and [[TheStoic stoic]], has good control over her emotions [[TranquilFury even when angry]], and has several books on [[{{EvilSorcere|ss}}er magic]]. Her peddler disguise... [[CardCarryingVillain not so much]].
* WickedStepmother: The first of several abusive guardians in the canon, and a step above most as she doesn't hesitate to have her stepdaughter killed by her own hand.
* WickedWitch: TropeMaker post-KarmicTransformation. She ironically predates [[Film/TheWizardOfOz one of the main]] {{Trope Codifier}}s by two years, and that film was greenlit on the back of ''Snow White'''s success.
* WizardWorkshop: She keeps a laboratory in the dungeons stocked with tomes on alchemy and the dark arts on a shelf covered in cobwebs, glassware and test tubes filled with bubbling liquids, and a raven familiar perched on a human skull.
* WouldHurtAChild: Her main objective is kill Snow White, a 14–15-year-old girl. She has no qualms about the ways she chooses to do this.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: In her old peddler disguise, she fakes a heart attack to get Snow White to let her into the cottage.
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* TheCutie: Snow White is very loveable and endearing, and her cuteness is purposefully emphasized nowadays in contrast to some of the most elegant or tough princesses.
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* InformedAttribute: "Skin white as snow." comes off more like hyperbole here. To clarify, it was considered beautiful back when the original tale was written, but nowadays, it's common to consider this unhealthy, so this Snow White doesn't have the same complextion. That said, her skintone is still somewhat lighter than other characters. She got the black hair and red lips too, at least.
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* InformedAttribute: "Skin white as snow." comes off more like hyperbole here. To clarify, it was considered beautiful back when the original tale was written, but nowadays, it's common to consider this unhealthy, so this Snow White doesn't have the same complextion. That said, her skintone is still somewhat lighter than other characters. She She's got the black hair and red lips too, at least.
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* InnocentSoprano: Snow White is one of the younger princesses in her early early- to mid teens, mid-teens, and is a girl so lovely and innocent that the dwarfs and prince are instantly charmed by her. She's fittingly a soprano, and her songs have many high operatic runs and trills.
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* AntiVillain: He only agrees to kill Snow White because the Queen gives him an ultimatum, and would likely be executed if he refuses. In the end, Snow White is too innocent for him to go through with it anyway.
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!!The Evil Queen (Grimhilde)
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[[caption-width-right:300:The "fairest" of them all, as the Queen (top) and as the old hag (bottom).]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Lucille [=LaVerne=], Paula Winslowe (Lux Radio Theatre), Gloria Gordon (Lux Radio Theatre, Witch), Ginny Tyler (1965-1983), Eleanor Audley (Read Along Book), Creator/JuneForay (Disney on Parade), Creator/JanetWaldo (Christmas Carol record), Eda Reiss Merin (Disneyland), Louise Chamis (1992-2001), Susan Blakeslee (Currently), Creator/TressMacNeille (WesternAnimation/TheWonderfulWorldOfMickeyMouse)
->'''Voiced in French by:''' Adrienne d'Ambricourt (1938), Creator/ClaudeGensac (Queen), Marie Francey (Witch) (1962), Sylvie Genty (Queen), Katy Vail (Witch) (2001)
->'''Voiced in Polish by:''' Leokadia Pancewiczowa (Queen), Seweryna Broniszówna (Witch) (1938), Danuta Stenka (2009)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Blanca de Castejón (Queen), Cristina Montt (Witch) (1938), Rosario Muñoz Ledo (Queen), Carmen Donna-Dío (Witch) (1964), Liza Willert (Queen), Rosanelda Aguirre (Witch) (2001)
->'''Voiced in Swedish by:''' Hjördis Petterson (1938), Lil Terselius (Queen), Helena Brodin (Witch) (1982)
->'''Voiced in Brazilian Portuguese by:''' Cordélia Ferreira (1938), Lourdes Mayer (1965)
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/GalGadot (live-action remake)
-> ''"And now, a special sort of death for one so fair."''
The first Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon villain, Snow White's stepmother, and a ''very'' vain queen. Displeased with the Magic Mirror's claims she is no longer the most fairest in the land, the Queen seeks to kill Snow in order to reclaim the title. Reserved and cold, the Queen goes to great lengths to ensure her goal is fulfilled, magically transforming herself into an old hag to curse Snow with a poisoned apple.
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--> For more infromation on this character, see [[Characters/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfsTheEvilQueenGrimhildeSee her separate page here.]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Lucille [=LaVerne=], Paula Winslowe (Lux Radio Theatre), Gloria Gordon (Lux Radio Theatre, Witch), Ginny Tyler (1965-1983), Eleanor Audley (Read Along Book), Creator/JuneForay (Disney on Parade), Creator/JanetWaldo (Christmas Carol record), Eda Reiss Merin (Disneyland), Louise Chamis (1992-2001), Susan Blakeslee (Currently), Creator/TressMacNeille (WesternAnimation/TheWonderfulWorldOfMickeyMouse)
->'''Voiced in French by:''' Adrienne d'Ambricourt (1938), Creator/ClaudeGensac (Queen), Marie Francey (Witch) (1962), Sylvie Genty (Queen), Katy Vail (Witch) (2001)
->'''Voiced in Polish by:''' Leokadia Pancewiczowa (Queen), Seweryna Broniszówna (Witch) (1938), Danuta Stenka (2009)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Blanca de Castejón (Queen), Cristina Montt (Witch) (1938), Rosario Muñoz Ledo (Queen), Carmen Donna-Dío (Witch) (1964), Liza Willert (Queen), Rosanelda Aguirre (Witch) (2001)
->'''Voiced in Swedish by:''' Hjördis Petterson (1938), Lil Terselius (Queen), Helena Brodin (Witch) (1982)
->'''Voiced in Brazilian Portuguese by:''' Cordélia Ferreira (1938), Lourdes Mayer (1965)
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/GalGadot (live-action remake)
-> ''"And now, a special sort of death for one so fair."''
The first Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon villain, Snow White's stepmother, and a ''very'' vain queen. Displeased with the Magic Mirror's claims she is no longer the most fairest in the land, the Queen seeks to kill Snow in order to reclaim the title. Reserved and cold, the Queen goes to great lengths to ensure her goal is fulfilled, magically transforming herself into an old hag to curse Snow with a poisoned apple.
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--> For more infromation on this character, see [[Characters/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfsTheEvilQueenGrimhilde
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* MenCantKeepHouse: Downplayed. Their cottage is a rather nice place to live even before Snow White tidies it up, but the princess does point out where they've been lax from years of relaxed carelessness and seldom having company over.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: When they chase down the Queen after failing to get back home in time to save Snow White from her. With Happy being ever cheerful, Bashful being shy and Sleepy being somewhat passive, you wouldn't expect them to get angry, but all seven have furious looks on their faces when they're chasing her. Happy fits this trope more than the other dwarfs though, as he too can get annoyed with Dopey if his antics cross the line.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: When they chase down the Queen after failing to get back home in time to save Snow White from her. With Happy being ever cheerful, Bashful being shy and Sleepy being somewhat passive, you wouldn't expect them to get angry, but all seven have furious looks on their faces when they're chasing her, and some including Grumpy are even armed with clubs which implies they would at most ''beat her to death'' (in her elderly form, no less) if they caught her. Happy fits this trope more than the other dwarfs though, as he too can get annoyed with Dopey if his antics cross the line.
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* ThePowerOfFriendship: Her kindness, generosity, and amiability towards the dwarves indirectly resolves both the Queen's schemes and her own poisoning, as they both became angry on her behalf and put her in a position for the Prince to find and revive her.
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* ObliviousToHatred: Didn't notice how much her stepmother resented her as she had done nothing wrong apart from trying to be the best daughter she could be. It comes as a tragic and terrible shock that she would want her assassinated.
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->'''Voiced in French by:''' Marc Alfos Creator/MarcAlfos (2001)
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* LadyAndKnight: The bright lady to the dwarfs collective white knight. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Early drafts also have the Prince playing this role]].
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* LadyAndKnight: The bright lady to the dwarfs collective white knight. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen [[invoked]][[WhatCouldHaveBeen Early drafts also have the Prince playing this role]].
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After telling Snow White to flee so she can hide from the Queen, the huntsman is never mentioned in the film again after the Queen is told by the Magic Mirror that he brought her a pig's heart instead of Snow's heart, at which point the Queen decides to try to kill Snow White herself. An [[WhatCouldHaveBeen alternate sequence of events]] in which the Queen successfully makes it back to the castle had him rallying [[TorchesAndPitchforks a party to burn it down]] to put an end to her reign, while the stage show has him warning the King of the Queen's treachery.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After telling Snow White to flee so she can hide from the Queen, the huntsman is never mentioned in the film again after the Queen is told by the Magic Mirror that he brought her a pig's heart instead of Snow's heart, at which point the Queen decides to try to kill Snow White herself. An [[WhatCouldHaveBeen [[invoked]][[WhatCouldHaveBeen alternate sequence of events]] in which the Queen successfully makes it back to the castle had him rallying [[TorchesAndPitchforks a party to burn it down]] to put an end to her reign, while the stage show has him warning the King of the Queen's treachery.
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* TheRuntAtTheEnd: Being the silliest, the smallest, the only one who doesn't talk and the only one without a beard (though Doc is the one with the OddNameOut).
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* TheRuntAtTheEnd: Being the silliest, the smallest, the only one who doesn't talk and the only one without a beard (though Doc is the one with the OddNameOut). Accordingly, he walks last in line whenever the dwarves are marching together.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: One of Grumpy's main arguments against letting Snow White stay is that the Queen will eventually find her and wreak her vengeance on them. This proves to be a pretty reasonable concern.
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* RavenHairIvorySkin: "Lips red as the rose. Hair black as ebony. Skin white as snow." Snow White is probably at least a contender for TropeCodifier, and a fan-art depiction of her provides the page image.
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* RavenHairIvorySkin: "Lips red as the rose. Hair black as ebony. Skin white as snow." Snow White is probably at least a contender for TropeCodifier, and a fan-art depiction of her provides the page image.TropeCodifier.
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* FlatCharacter: Only there to fuel the Queen's {{envy}}.
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* FlatCharacter: Only there to fuel the Queen's {{envy}}.envy.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Roy Atwell, Joe Twerp (Mickey Mouse Theatre of the Air), Pinto Colvig (Seven Wise Dwarfs), Stan Freberg (1954), Jack Wagner (Disneyland), Creator/JimCummings (DVD extras, 1994, Disney on Ice), Creator/DavidOgdenStiers, Bill Farmer (The [=7D=]); Jean-Claude Donda (European French dub), Rune Carlsten (1938 Swedish dub), John Harryson (1982 Swedish redub)
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->'''Voiced by:''' Roy Atwell, Joe Twerp (Mickey Mouse Theatre of the Air), Pinto Colvig (Seven Wise Dwarfs), Stan Freberg (1954), Jack Wagner (Disneyland), Creator/JimCummings (DVD extras, 1994, Disney on Ice), Creator/DavidOgdenStiers, Bill Farmer (The [=7D=]); Jean-Claude Donda (European French dub), dub)
->'''Voiced in Swedish by:''' Rune Carlsten(1938 Swedish dub), (1938), John Harryson (1982 Swedish redub)(1982), Steve Kratz (The [=7D=])
->'''Voiced in Swedish by:''' Rune Carlsten
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->'''Voiced by:''' Pinto Colvig, Stuart Buchannan (radio programs), Creator/HalSmith (80's), Jack Wagner (Disneyland), Creator/CoreyBurton (Currently), Creator/MauriceLaMarche (The [=7D=]); Gérard Rinaldi (European French dub), dub),
->'''Voiced in Swedish by:''' Stig Järrel(1938 Swedish dub), (1938), Olof Thunberg (1982 Swedish redub)(1982), Ole Ornered (The [=7D=])
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->'''Voiced by:''' Pinto Colvig, Billy Gilbert (Mickey Mouse Theatre of the Air), Lou Merrill (Lux Radio Theatre), Hal Smith (80's), Jack Wagner (Disneyland), Bill Farmer (Currently), Creator/StephenStanton (Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, The [=7D=]); Patrick Dozier (European French dub), dub),
->'''Voiced in Swedish by:''' Ragnar Falck(1938 Swedish dub), (1938), Stig Grybe (1982 Swedish redub)\\
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->'''Voiced by:''' Otis Harlan, Rolfe Sedan (Lux Radio Theatre), Kevin Schon (House of Mouse, DVD Extras, Disney on Ice), Creator/StephenStanton (Currently), Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson (The [=7D=]); Jean-Loup Horwitz (European French dub), dub),
->'''Voiced in Swedish by:''' Carl-Gunnar Wingård(1938 Swedish dub), (1938), Hans Lindgren (1982 Swedish redub), (1982), Creator/AndersOjebo (The [=7D=])
->'''Voiced in Brazilian Portuguese by:''' Delorges Caminha(Brazilian Portuguese, 1938), (1938), Luiz Motta (Brazilian Portuguese, 1965)\\
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->'''Voiced in Brazilian Portuguese by:''' Delorges Caminha
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->'''Voiced by:''' Scotty Mattraw, Jack Smart (Lux Radio Theatre), Stan Freberg (1954), Jack Wagner (Disneyland), Creator/JeffBennett (Currently), Paul Rudish (WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse), Creator/BillyWest (The [=7D=]); Michel Mella (European French dub), dub),
->'''Voiced in Swedish by:''' Nils Hultgren(1938 Swedish dub), (1938), Mille Schmidt (1982 Swedish redub), (1982), Mattias Knave (The [=7D=])
->'''Voiced in Brazilian Portuguese by:''' Baptista Junior(Brazilian Portuguese, 1938), (1938), Navarro de Andrade (Brazilian Portuguese, 1965)\\
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->'''Voiced by:''' Billy Gilbert, Will Ryan (80's), Jack Wagner (Disneyland), Bob Joles (Currently), Creator/ScottMenville (The [=7D=]); Bernard Alane (European French dub), dub),
->'''Voiced in Swedish by:''' Ragnar Falck(1938 Swedish dub), (1938), Bert-Åke Varg (1982 Swedish redub), (1982), Magnus Rongedal (The [=7D=])
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* BewareOfTheNiceOnes: When they chase down the Queen after failing to get back home in time to save Snow White from her. With Happy being ever cheerful, Bashful being shy and Sleepy being somewhat passive, you wouldn't expect them to get angry, but all seven have furious looks on their faces when they're chasing her. Happy fits this trope more than the other dwarfs though, as he too can get annoyed with Dopey if his antics cross the line.
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[[caption-width-right:300:The "fairest" of them all, as the Queen (top) and as the old hag (bottom).]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Lucille [=LaVerne=], Paula Winslowe (Lux Radio Theatre), Gloria Gordon (Lux Radio Theatre, Witch), Ginny Tyler (1965-1983), Eleanor Audley (Read Along Book), Creator/JuneForay (Disney on Parade), Creator/JanetWaldo (Christmas Carol record), Eda Reiss Merin (Disneyland), Louise Chamis (1992-2001), Susan Blakeslee (Currently), Creator/TressMacNeille (WesternAnimation/TheWonderfulWorldOfMickeyMouse)
->'''Voiced in French by:''' Adrienne d'Ambricourt (1938), Creator/ClaudeGensac (Queen), Marie Francey (Witch) (1962), Sylvie Genty (Queen), Katy Vail (Witch) (2001)
->'''Voiced in Polish by:''' Leokadia Pancewiczowa (Queen), Seweryna Broniszówna (Witch) (1938), Danuta Stenka (2009)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Blanca de Castejón (Queen), Cristina Montt (Witch) (1938), Rosario Muñoz Ledo (Queen), Carmen Donna-Dío (Witch) (1964), Liza Willert (Queen), Rosanelda Aguirre (Witch) (2001)
->'''Voiced in Swedish by:''' Hjördis Petterson (1938), Lil Terselius (Queen), Helena Brodin (Witch) (1982)
->'''Voiced in Brazilian Portuguese by:''' Cordélia Ferreira (1938), Lourdes Mayer (1965)
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/GalGadot (live-action remake)
-> ''"And now, a special sort of death for one so fair."''
The first Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon villain, Snow White's stepmother, and a ''very'' vain queen. Displeased with the Magic Mirror's claims she is no longer the most fairest in the land, the Queen seeks to kill Snow in order to reclaim the title. Reserved and cold, the Queen goes to great lengths to ensure her goal is fulfilled, magically transforming herself into an old hag to curse Snow with a poisoned apple.
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* AbusiveParents: She forces her own stepdaughter to work as a scullery maid because she's jealous of said stepdaughter's beauty.
* AdaptationalJerkass: There's no mention of the Queen from the original story forcing Snow White to work as a SculleryMaid.
* AdaptationalWimp: The Evil Queen from the Grimm story that inspired the movie was a MasterOfDisguise who managed to trick a progressively suspicious Snow White ''three times'', even going as far as to poison only half of the apple and eating the non-poisoned half right in front of the girl in order to convince her to eat the poisoned one.
* AllThereInTheScript: Her name, Grimhilde, was given in early publicity materials, including the first ComicBookAdaptation. The Walt Disney Company tends to keep to the more well-known name, however.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: The Queen is cold, evil and icy.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Given that her ambition is to be the fairest of them all and she's willing to kill Snow White to achieve it...
* AnimalMotifs: Her throne is shaped [[PeacockGirl like a peacock]], showing off her vanity and {{Pride}}.
* AnimalsHateHer: The minute that the animals around Snow White’s cottage see her, they attack her.
* ArchEnemy: Poor Snow White.
* AxCrazy: It's bad enough that she wants her stepdaughter dead, but once she's transformed herself into an old hag, the full extent of her ruthlessness becomes clear.
* BadassCape: As the Queen. As the old hag, she wears a cloak with a cowl.
* TheBaroness: Domineering, cold, evil, and icy, she could be considered of the Sexpot variation since she is physically beautiful.
* BeautyIsBad: As the Queen. She is the second fairest in the land, and rotten to the core.
* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: Transforms herself from an extremely beautiful and regal Queen to a hideous and ugly old peddler woman -- all because of her jealousy towards someone else.
* BeneathTheMask: The [[WickedCultured prim and proper Queen]] and [[CardCarryingVillain old peddling hag]] are such different personalities that it's easy to forget they're the same character. She's probably getting into character as how a snob like herself imagines all peasants act.
* BerserkButton: In her mind, being more beautiful than she is is a crime punishable by death, even if you are related to her.
* BigBad: Initially, she tries to dispose of Snow by having the Huntsman kill her, but takes matters into her own hands when that doesn't work.
* BlackCloak: Wears one as both the Queen and as the old peddler woman.
* BlackMagic: What the Queen practices.
* BondVillainStupidity: Relishing the idea of Snow White being BuriedAlive, she willingly brushes off the Sleeping Death's antidote, not counting that the Dwarfs would elect to keep her above ground, allowing the Prince to eventually find her and deliver [[TrueLovesKiss the kiss to wake her up]].
* TheCaligula: Not only does she have great power, she is also incredibly vain and irrational in her hatred of Snow White.
* CardCarryingVillain: After she transforms herself into an old peddler woman, she forgoes all restraint and revels in her murderous intent, with [[EvilLaugh evil laughter]] galore.
* TheChessmaster: Manipulative, scheming, and cunning, she will do anything to accomplish her goal. She's also [[XanatosSpeedChess quick-thinking]] as the old hag, turning the animals attacking her into a way to get inside the cottage and away from them.
* ClassicVillain: The first Animated Canon villain — adapted from the Brothers Grimm story — personifies ''Pride'' in her status as FairestOfThemAll, feels ''Envy'' towards her stepdaughter Snow White, and displays horrific ''Wrath'', determined to see the girl dead. Her beauty and voice is cold and haughty compared to the warmth and sweetness of Snow White; when she transforms herself into a peddler, she becomes a wretched old hag who plays on the girl's kindness. She succeeds in poisoning Snow, and a thunderstorm starts immediately afterwards. Snow's friends - both the forest animals and the seven dwarfs - chase her to the top of a cliff. The Queen attempts to crush them with a boulder, but a bolt of lightning strikes the cliff, sending her over the edge... and the boulder falls after her.
* ColdHam: As the Queen, she is usually controlled with her mannerisms even when angry.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Modelled on the likes of Creator/JoanCrawford and Helen Gahagan (specifically the latter's role in ''Film/She1935'').
* ContraltoOfDanger: In her original form as the Queen, she has a very low voice, fitting her dark beauty and cold personality.
* CoolChair: Her throne is shaped [[AnimalMotifs like a peacock]]. [[{{Pride}} Fitting for someone who is so proud of her looks!]]
* CoolCrown: She wears a crown with spikes evoking the rays of the sun.
* CostumePorn: Her royal clothing as the Queen definitely counts.
* DarkIsEvil: Wears black to represent her evil and jealous nature; initially it's only a cape and hood, but after her transformation she's swathed in the color.
* DeathGlare: Seems to be her default expression as the Queen.
* DemotedToExtra: The Disneyland and Walt Disney World versions of Snow White's Scary Adventures gave her more appearances than any other ''Snow White'' character, mostly scaring the riders as the Witch. Walt Disney World's second ''Snow White'' ride, the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, reduced her role to a cameo before the unloading area. When Disney updated the Disneyland ride into Snow White's Enchanted Wish, they removed two instances of the Witch offering poison apples to the riders, and moved her defeat to an earlier spot; this finally provided room to show Snow White reuniting with the Prince.
* {{Determinator}}: She ''never'' gives up and is willing to [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis become her own antithesis]] to destroy Snow White.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Just as she's about to crush the dwarfs with a boulder, the cliff edge she's standing on is struck by lightning. She falls, the boulder falls after her, and it's implied the vultures who have been observing all of this will feast on what's left of her.
* TheDreaded: Implied. It's hard to tell since we know very few characters, but the way the seven dwarfs talk about her heavily suggests that everyone in the kingdom is terrified of her.
* DrivenByEnvy: Her primary motivation for trying to hurt Snow White is envy of Snow White being "the fairest of them all."
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: The Queen is very fair skinned, and turns out to have ebony hair -- just like her stepdaughter.
* EnemyToAllLivingThings: [[FriendToAllLivingThings In contrast to Snow White]], the Queen draws revulsion and fear from all critters in the forest, to the point they even attack her when she tries to get Snow White to eat the poison apple. The only creatures drawn to her presence [[CirclingVultures are the vultures]].
* ErmineCapeEffect: Wears an enormous flowing cape and golden crown.
* EvilCounterpart: To Snow White. Although both the Queen and Snow White are beautiful, Snow White is kind and tries to take care of others while the Queen is spiteful and tries to kill her stepdaughter just out of envy.
* EvilEyebrows: Her eyebrows are highly arched as the Queen.
* EvilGloating: As the old hag. After she successfully "[[DisneyDeath kills]]" Snow White, she gloats "Now I'll be fairest in the land!"[[note]]Some retellings, such as the stage and Disney on Ice adaptations, instead render the line as "Now I'm the fairest in the land!"[[/note]]
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: Twice, even!
** After finishing her preparation of the poison apple, she jokingly offers her pet raven a bite.
** While on her way out of the castle to deliver the apple, she happens across a dead prisoner still reaching for a bucket of water. She stops to kick the bucket at him while cracking a joke at his expense.
* EvilIsHammy: In both the {{large|Ham}} and {{cold|Ham}} senses, no less, depending on whether she's in her WickedWitch form or her Queen form.
* EvilIsPetty: She wants to brutally murder a young girl (her ''stepdaughter'', no less) for the "crime" of being prettier than she.
* EvilLaugh: Not as the Queen, but as the old peddler woman, suggesting that the disguise is actually revealing her most base nature.
* EvilMakesYouUgly: When she magically disguises herself as an old lady to trick Snow White and hurt her, her transformation does more than make her look older, it turns her into an old hag.
* EvilMatriarch: A queen determined to off her stepdaughter!
* EvilOldFolks: Her old hag disguise.
* EvilPlan: Initially, it's just having the Huntsman slay Snow in an isolated part of the forest. Later, she takes matters into her own hands.
* EvilSorceress: Initially; later, she's a WickedWitch. The Queen can change into a hag, and that's apparently not the only thing she can do, either--she does it in a chamber full of spellbooks and a lot of equipment necessary for making spells, and she's also seen making a tempting poisoned apple in a cauldron full of a mysterious concoction which apparently seeps into the apple to make it inedible (which would be putting it lightly, considering the end result of one bite is the "sleeping death").
* EvilSoundsDeep: In her natural form, her voice is a formidable contralto.
* EvilSoundsRaspy: Her transformation artificially ages her voice, which she briefly laments. In real life, her voice actress, Lucille [=LaVerne=], simply removed her false teeth to accomplish the difference, which completely stunned the animators, who had previously told [=LaVerne=] that they needed an older, raspier version of the character and were not aware that she had removed her false teeth.
* EvilWearsBlack: Her black cape as the Queen and all-encompassing hooded cloak as the old hag, the latter of which provides the page image.
* ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow: Her eyeshadow is noticeably blue.
* FairestOfThemAll: Out of jealousy, the Queen wants to kill Snow so that she would be the most beautiful and fairest in the land.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Acts like a CoolOldLady to Snow White when she's invited into the dwarfs' cottage, even as the forest animals realize she's bad news and run off to get help, and as the Queen is getting ready to poison Snow White.
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Downplayed. As the Witch, she often stares and speaks directly into the camera, which effectively makes her creepier.
* FreudianExcuse: Serena Valentino's TwiceToldTale novel ''Fairest of All'' gives her one: Due to emotional abuse from her father, who refused to acknowledge her as beautiful at all prior to his death, the Queen became obsessed with beauty but really wanted to be loved. In fact, when she married Snow White's father she actually cared for Snow White as if she were her own daughter. It isn't until her father's witch cousins supply her with the magic mirror (containing her father's spirit) that she begins to lose her sanity.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: She has no qualms attempting to murder a 14-year-old girl for the crime of being "fairer" than she. In addition, the skeletal remains in her dungeons would imply that she's not a benevolent ruler towards her subjects.
* GoodColorsEvilColors: The Queen wears a combination of black and purple, contrasting Snow White's primary colors.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: As the Queen, part of her wardrobe is purple.
* GreenEyedMonster: As the Queen she has green eyes, appropriate given her envious nature.
%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * TheGrimReaper: Plays a similar role in "An Adaptation of Dickens' Christmas Carol, Performed by The Walt Disney Players", where she appears as the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, in a move that would later foreshadow the 2004 production with Kelsey Grammer as Scrooge.
* HighCollarOfDoom: Provides this trope's page image, too. She wears a high white collar with her black robe.
* HotWitch: Practices magic and is very good-looking before she turns ugly...
* IceQueen: The Queen is cold, evil, icy, and uncaring.
* IrrationalHatred: She hates Snow only because she is more beautiful than she is.
* ItsAllAboutMe: She's willing to commit any deed in order to be known as the most beautiful in the land no matter who it hurts or how badly.
* IWasQuiteALooker: A beautiful queen who turns into an old hag.
* JekyllAndHyde: As the Queen, she is calm and composed, while still extremely coldblooded, and does look rather fair. Then she takes a potion she created to physically transform herself into the Witch. Not only does this make her an unrecognizably hideous-looking old hag, but she loses all of her restraint, cackling all the way.
* {{Jerkass}}: She has no qualms about murdering her own stepdaughter just for being prettier than she is, and she threatens to have her huntsman executed if he refuses. Even before Snow White surpassed her in beauty, she treated her less like family and more like a servant. She's also heavily implied to be a tyrant given the number of skeletons in her dungeon. Her jerk side becomes more openly apparent after her transformation, as she shows glee at the idea of Snow White being BuriedAlive and makes fun of the skeleton of one of her prisoners who had died of thirst in her dungeon.
* KarmicTransformation: The Queen is a rare case of a voluntarily self-inflicted version of this: A woman obsessed with beauty turns herself hideous as a disguise, and she spends the rest of the movie and dies (and is most often remembered) this way.
* KickTheDog: While on her way to the Dwarves' cottage to kill Snow White, she stops to make fun of the skeleton of a former prisoner in her dungeon who had died of thirst, for no good reason.
* KnightOfCerebus: While there are multiple light moments in the film, none of them involve the Queen; anytime she is onscreen, there are zero laughs. Bonus points for the Queen being the first person to appear in the film. In her old hag form she is more LaughablyEvil, but still via iconically terrifying BlackComedy.
* LackOfEmpathy: Shows zero guilt and remorse for wanting to harm an innocent girl, even if it's her own stepdaughter.
* LadyOfBlackMagic: A regal sorceress of BlackMagic. She loses all that grace and beauty once she turns herself into an old hag, though.
* LargeHam: She starts out as a ColdHam, but when she becomes the old hag, she throws all calmness right out the window and begins right on hamming it up. Her main "as an old hag" animator, Norm Ferguson, was a lover of theater and heavily incorporated {{vaudeville}} qualities into the character.
* LaughablyEvil: After becoming the hag, her [[LargeHam hamminess]] paves the way for some BlackComedy moments, chief among them her kicking the out-of-reach water pitcher at the lying skeleton and jokingly offering the poisoned apple to her own raven.
* LaserGuidedKarma: As she died in her witch form, she ultimately died an ugly old woman, when her plot was started by her goal to remain "fairest in the land".
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: She is the Dark Feminine (a cold and ruthless ProudBeauty) to Snow White's Light Feminine (sweet, innocent, and ObliviouslyBeautiful)
* MagicIsEvil: The Queen is the only magic-user in the film.
* MakeupIsEvil: She wears a lot of makeup as the Queen, and it is overemphasized.
* ManipulativeBitch: Especially after she transforms into the old peddler woman and takes advantage of Prince Florian courting Snow by tricking her into biting a poisoned apple so she will fall into a deep sleep, telling her that it's a "magic wishing apple".
* MeaningfulName: While Grimhilde's name overall seems more befitting of her appearance as the hag, it could be a play off of Creator/TheBrothersGrimm, who wrote the original tale.
* {{Narcissist}}: She has a magic mirror specifically to tell her that she's the most beautiful in the land. The minute he tells her she's not, her plot against Snow White and the plot of the film is kicked off.
* NearVillainVictory: She is successful at poisoning Snow White, but the dwarfs come back and chase her. Despite taking the form of a frail old witch, she is stopped just short of crushing the dwarfs with a giant boulder! Since she'd already poisoned Snow White, her plan was a thread from succeeding had not [[LaserGuidedKarma a random and precise bolt of lightning]] taken her out at the final second.
* NoNameGiven: Technically averted in ExpandedUniverse material with "Grimhilde", but most Disney media doesn't mention it at all.
* ObviouslyEvil: The Queen in disguise isn't exactly the most subtle of all the beasts of the field. With a name like ''Grimhilde'', even her ''{{name|sToRunAwayFromReallyFast}}'' falls into this category.
* OffingTheOffspring: The Queen is the first Disney villain to try and ''kill'' a relative. And she would have succeeded had it not been for the Prince.
* OffstageVillainy: It's implied that the Queen committed other horrendous crimes before trying to kill Snow White -- there are a ''lot'' of skeletons in her dungeon...
* OminousOperaCape: She's actually wearing ''two'' capes; her sleeves are one wide piece of fabric connected across her back, under her main cape.
%%* OurHagsAreDifferent: Becomes a hag to try to kill Snow White. - Rogue Launched Trope
* ProudBeauty: So proud that when the mirror claims that Snow White is the fairest, the Queen tries to have her killed.
%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* ProperLady: As the Queen. As the old peddler woman, it's a different story.
* PurpleIsTheNewBlack: There are instances of black in her queenly outfit but it's predominantly purple.
* PurpleIsPowerful: The Queen ''is'' a very powerful witch and her queen outfit features purple prominently.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: She fits this description before she drinks the potion, another way she's an EvilCounterpart to her stepdaughter.
* {{Sadist}}: The Queen gets scarily excited about the idea that, after she's been put in the "Sleeping Death", Snow White would be BuriedAlive by the dwarfs who would unwittingly think she was dead outright (those who have seen ''[[Film/KillBill Kill Bill Vol. 2]]'' and/or ''Series/MythBusters'' would know how scary and unpleasant being buried alive is). She laughs gleefully at the thought of Snow suffering. Plus, she makes fun of a dead skeleton in her dungeon who had died of thirst.
* SecretIdentityIdentity: Her old peddler form comes across as less of a disguise and more of [[EvilMakesYouUgly her true beauty unmasked]]. It's not helped by the fact that she seems more lively as an evil witch than the stiff, vain Queen at the beginning of the film.
* SeriousBusiness: Being the "fairest of them all" is the most important thing to her, to the point that she has zero qualms about murdering her own stepdaughter for "stealing" the title from her.
* SimpleYetOpulent: The Queen wears a black and purple dress with white ermine trimming (although the animation doesn't make that clear) and some gold decorations.
* TheSociopath: You don't get much more sociopathic than trying to murder an innocent woman for being prettier than you.
* SquashedFlat: If her DisneyVillainDeath didn't kill her, getting crushed by the boulder that fell behind her likely did.
* StatuesqueStunner: Is a very tall, imposing, and beautiful woman. She becomes MUCH shorter and uglier after her transformation, though.
* TheStoic: As the Queen, she is almost emotionless. The only emotions that she displays are anger -- when she is angry, she remains [[TranquilFury stoic and cool]] -- and jealousy. When she takes the potion, however, it has something of a PsychoSerum effect on her personality and she becomes a LargeHam. Unless she's just trying to get into character as how she imagines a peasant would act.
* TarnishingTheirOwnBeauty: She is willing to turn herself into an ugly hag just for the chance to kill off Snow White for being prettier than she is. Though presumably she has a potion to turn herself back.
* TranquilFury: As the Queen. When she is the old peddler woman, she is [[EvilIsHammy much more open and expressive in her anger]].
* UnknownRival: Her obsession with becoming the fairest in the land by killing Snow White is contrasted by Snow White not even knowing there’s a competition for the title in the first place.
* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: In the original story the Queen was even worse as she was actually the ''biological mother'' of Snow White. As bad as she is in this version, at least she's still only her stepmother.
* VainSorceress: The archetypal example that also illustrates the primary paradox intrinsic to this trope: Why would an intelligent, powerful woman like the Queen be so crazily obsessed over something as seemingly paltry as mere physical appearance? Sure, vanity might explain part of it, but to go so far as to seek the death of a rival (who is not even aware of her grudge), and undergo a painful transformation to disguise herself so that she could personally carry out a murder plot? Seems a bit over the top, but then again, that's the warping nature of evil for you.
* VanityIsFeminine: What do you expect? She's the queen of a kingdom and yet most of her time admiring herself before the mirror instead of actually ruling said kingdom.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: She takes her jealousy to dark extremes, [[SeriousBusiness treating it like an act of war]]. She is content with either having Snow White's heart torn out of her corpse as trophy or having her [[BuriedAlive buried alive when a poison apple turns out to be a deep sleep curse]]. She's also a potential sorceress as well as an implied torturer. This jarringly contrasts with the rather whimsical vibe of the rest of the film.
* VillainousBreakdown: The Queen suffers a rare coldblooded one once she realizes that Snow White is still alive. After she transforms herself into an old witch, she lets her emotions take hold.
* WickedCultured: The Queen is cold and [[TheStoic stoic]], has good control over her emotions [[TranquilFury even when angry]], and has several books on [[{{EvilSorcere|ss}}er magic]]. Her peddler disguise... [[CardCarryingVillain not so much]].
* WickedStepmother: The first of several abusive guardians in the canon, and a step above most as she doesn't hesitate to have her stepdaughter killed by her own hand.
* WickedWitch: TropeMaker post-KarmicTransformation. She ironically predates [[Film/TheWizardOfOz one of the main]] {{Trope Codifier}}s by two years, and that film was greenlit on the back of ''Snow White'''s success.
* WouldHurtAChild: Her main objective is kill Snow White, a 14-15 years old girl. She has no qualms about the ways she chooses to do this.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: In her old peddler disguise, she fakes a heart attack to get Snow White to let her into the cottage.
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[[caption-width-right:300:The "fairest" of them all, as the Queen (top) and as the old hag (bottom).]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Lucille [=LaVerne=], Paula Winslowe (Lux Radio Theatre), Gloria Gordon (Lux Radio Theatre, Witch), Ginny Tyler (1965-1983), Eleanor Audley (Read Along Book), Creator/JuneForay (Disney on Parade), Creator/JanetWaldo (Christmas Carol record), Eda Reiss Merin (Disneyland), Louise Chamis (1992-2001), Susan Blakeslee (Currently), Creator/TressMacNeille (WesternAnimation/TheWonderfulWorldOfMickeyMouse)
->'''Voiced in French by:''' Adrienne d'Ambricourt (1938), Creator/ClaudeGensac (Queen), Marie Francey (Witch) (1962), Sylvie Genty (Queen), Katy Vail (Witch) (2001)
->'''Voiced in Polish by:''' Leokadia Pancewiczowa (Queen), Seweryna Broniszówna (Witch) (1938), Danuta Stenka (2009)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Blanca de Castejón (Queen), Cristina Montt (Witch) (1938), Rosario Muñoz Ledo (Queen), Carmen Donna-Dío (Witch) (1964), Liza Willert (Queen), Rosanelda Aguirre (Witch) (2001)
->'''Voiced in Swedish by:''' Hjördis Petterson (1938), Lil Terselius (Queen), Helena Brodin (Witch) (1982)
->'''Voiced in Brazilian Portuguese by:''' Cordélia Ferreira (1938), Lourdes Mayer (1965)
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/GalGadot (live-action remake)
-> ''"And now, a special sort of death for one so fair."''
The first Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon villain, Snow White's stepmother, and a ''very'' vain queen. Displeased with the Magic Mirror's claims she is no longer the most fairest in the land, the Queen seeks to kill Snow in order to reclaim the title. Reserved and cold, the Queen goes to great lengths to ensure her goal is fulfilled, magically transforming herself into an old hag to curse Snow with a poisoned apple.
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* AbusiveParents: She forces her own stepdaughter to work as a scullery maid because she's jealous of said stepdaughter's beauty.
* AdaptationalJerkass: There's no mention of the Queen from the original story forcing Snow White to work as a SculleryMaid.
* AdaptationalWimp: The Evil Queen from the Grimm story that inspired the movie was a MasterOfDisguise who managed to trick a progressively suspicious Snow White ''three times'', even going as far as to poison only half of the apple and eating the non-poisoned half right in front of the girl in order to convince her to eat the poisoned one.
* AllThereInTheScript: Her name, Grimhilde, was given in early publicity materials, including the first ComicBookAdaptation. The Walt Disney Company tends to keep to the more well-known name, however.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: The Queen is cold, evil and icy.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Given that her ambition is to be the fairest of them all and she's willing to kill Snow White to achieve it...
* AnimalMotifs: Her throne is shaped [[PeacockGirl like a peacock]], showing off her vanity and {{Pride}}.
* AnimalsHateHer: The minute that the animals around Snow White’s cottage see her, they attack her.
* ArchEnemy: Poor Snow White.
* AxCrazy: It's bad enough that she wants her stepdaughter dead, but once she's transformed herself into an old hag, the full extent of her ruthlessness becomes clear.
* BadassCape: As the Queen. As the old hag, she wears a cloak with a cowl.
* TheBaroness: Domineering, cold, evil, and icy, she could be considered of the Sexpot variation since she is physically beautiful.
* BeautyIsBad: As the Queen. She is the second fairest in the land, and rotten to the core.
* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: Transforms herself from an extremely beautiful and regal Queen to a hideous and ugly old peddler woman -- all because of her jealousy towards someone else.
* BeneathTheMask: The [[WickedCultured prim and proper Queen]] and [[CardCarryingVillain old peddling hag]] are such different personalities that it's easy to forget they're the same character. She's probably getting into character as how a snob like herself imagines all peasants act.
* BerserkButton: In her mind, being more beautiful than she is is a crime punishable by death, even if you are related to her.
* BigBad: Initially, she tries to dispose of Snow by having the Huntsman kill her, but takes matters into her own hands when that doesn't work.
* BlackCloak: Wears one as both the Queen and as the old peddler woman.
* BlackMagic: What the Queen practices.
* BondVillainStupidity: Relishing the idea of Snow White being BuriedAlive, she willingly brushes off the Sleeping Death's antidote, not counting that the Dwarfs would elect to keep her above ground, allowing the Prince to eventually find her and deliver [[TrueLovesKiss the kiss to wake her up]].
* TheCaligula: Not only does she have great power, she is also incredibly vain and irrational in her hatred of Snow White.
* CardCarryingVillain: After she transforms herself into an old peddler woman, she forgoes all restraint and revels in her murderous intent, with [[EvilLaugh evil laughter]] galore.
* TheChessmaster: Manipulative, scheming, and cunning, she will do anything to accomplish her goal. She's also [[XanatosSpeedChess quick-thinking]] as the old hag, turning the animals attacking her into a way to get inside the cottage and away from them.
* ClassicVillain: The first Animated Canon villain — adapted from the Brothers Grimm story — personifies ''Pride'' in her status as FairestOfThemAll, feels ''Envy'' towards her stepdaughter Snow White, and displays horrific ''Wrath'', determined to see the girl dead. Her beauty and voice is cold and haughty compared to the warmth and sweetness of Snow White; when she transforms herself into a peddler, she becomes a wretched old hag who plays on the girl's kindness. She succeeds in poisoning Snow, and a thunderstorm starts immediately afterwards. Snow's friends - both the forest animals and the seven dwarfs - chase her to the top of a cliff. The Queen attempts to crush them with a boulder, but a bolt of lightning strikes the cliff, sending her over the edge... and the boulder falls after her.
* ColdHam: As the Queen, she is usually controlled with her mannerisms even when angry.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Modelled on the likes of Creator/JoanCrawford and Helen Gahagan (specifically the latter's role in ''Film/She1935'').
* ContraltoOfDanger: In her original form as the Queen, she has a very low voice, fitting her dark beauty and cold personality.
* CoolChair: Her throne is shaped [[AnimalMotifs like a peacock]]. [[{{Pride}} Fitting for someone who is so proud of her looks!]]
* CoolCrown: She wears a crown with spikes evoking the rays of the sun.
* CostumePorn: Her royal clothing as the Queen definitely counts.
* DarkIsEvil: Wears black to represent her evil and jealous nature; initially it's only a cape and hood, but after her transformation she's swathed in the color.
* DeathGlare: Seems to be her default expression as the Queen.
* DemotedToExtra: The Disneyland and Walt Disney World versions of Snow White's Scary Adventures gave her more appearances than any other ''Snow White'' character, mostly scaring the riders as the Witch. Walt Disney World's second ''Snow White'' ride, the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, reduced her role to a cameo before the unloading area. When Disney updated the Disneyland ride into Snow White's Enchanted Wish, they removed two instances of the Witch offering poison apples to the riders, and moved her defeat to an earlier spot; this finally provided room to show Snow White reuniting with the Prince.
* {{Determinator}}: She ''never'' gives up and is willing to [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis become her own antithesis]] to destroy Snow White.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Just as she's about to crush the dwarfs with a boulder, the cliff edge she's standing on is struck by lightning. She falls, the boulder falls after her, and it's implied the vultures who have been observing all of this will feast on what's left of her.
* TheDreaded: Implied. It's hard to tell since we know very few characters, but the way the seven dwarfs talk about her heavily suggests that everyone in the kingdom is terrified of her.
* DrivenByEnvy: Her primary motivation for trying to hurt Snow White is envy of Snow White being "the fairest of them all."
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: The Queen is very fair skinned, and turns out to have ebony hair -- just like her stepdaughter.
* EnemyToAllLivingThings: [[FriendToAllLivingThings In contrast to Snow White]], the Queen draws revulsion and fear from all critters in the forest, to the point they even attack her when she tries to get Snow White to eat the poison apple. The only creatures drawn to her presence [[CirclingVultures are the vultures]].
* ErmineCapeEffect: Wears an enormous flowing cape and golden crown.
* EvilCounterpart: To Snow White. Although both the Queen and Snow White are beautiful, Snow White is kind and tries to take care of others while the Queen is spiteful and tries to kill her stepdaughter just out of envy.
* EvilEyebrows: Her eyebrows are highly arched as the Queen.
* EvilGloating: As the old hag. After she successfully "[[DisneyDeath kills]]" Snow White, she gloats "Now I'll be fairest in the land!"[[note]]Some retellings, such as the stage and Disney on Ice adaptations, instead render the line as "Now I'm the fairest in the land!"[[/note]]
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: Twice, even!
** After finishing her preparation of the poison apple, she jokingly offers her pet raven a bite.
** While on her way out of the castle to deliver the apple, she happens across a dead prisoner still reaching for a bucket of water. She stops to kick the bucket at him while cracking a joke at his expense.
* EvilIsHammy: In both the {{large|Ham}} and {{cold|Ham}} senses, no less, depending on whether she's in her WickedWitch form or her Queen form.
* EvilIsPetty: She wants to brutally murder a young girl (her ''stepdaughter'', no less) for the "crime" of being prettier than she.
* EvilLaugh: Not as the Queen, but as the old peddler woman, suggesting that the disguise is actually revealing her most base nature.
* EvilMakesYouUgly: When she magically disguises herself as an old lady to trick Snow White and hurt her, her transformation does more than make her look older, it turns her into an old hag.
* EvilMatriarch: A queen determined to off her stepdaughter!
* EvilOldFolks: Her old hag disguise.
* EvilPlan: Initially, it's just having the Huntsman slay Snow in an isolated part of the forest. Later, she takes matters into her own hands.
* EvilSorceress: Initially; later, she's a WickedWitch. The Queen can change into a hag, and that's apparently not the only thing she can do, either--she does it in a chamber full of spellbooks and a lot of equipment necessary for making spells, and she's also seen making a tempting poisoned apple in a cauldron full of a mysterious concoction which apparently seeps into the apple to make it inedible (which would be putting it lightly, considering the end result of one bite is the "sleeping death").
* EvilSoundsDeep: In her natural form, her voice is a formidable contralto.
* EvilSoundsRaspy: Her transformation artificially ages her voice, which she briefly laments. In real life, her voice actress, Lucille [=LaVerne=], simply removed her false teeth to accomplish the difference, which completely stunned the animators, who had previously told [=LaVerne=] that they needed an older, raspier version of the character and were not aware that she had removed her false teeth.
* EvilWearsBlack: Her black cape as the Queen and all-encompassing hooded cloak as the old hag, the latter of which provides the page image.
* ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow: Her eyeshadow is noticeably blue.
* FairestOfThemAll: Out of jealousy, the Queen wants to kill Snow so that she would be the most beautiful and fairest in the land.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Acts like a CoolOldLady to Snow White when she's invited into the dwarfs' cottage, even as the forest animals realize she's bad news and run off to get help, and as the Queen is getting ready to poison Snow White.
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Downplayed. As the Witch, she often stares and speaks directly into the camera, which effectively makes her creepier.
* FreudianExcuse: Serena Valentino's TwiceToldTale novel ''Fairest of All'' gives her one: Due to emotional abuse from her father, who refused to acknowledge her as beautiful at all prior to his death, the Queen became obsessed with beauty but really wanted to be loved. In fact, when she married Snow White's father she actually cared for Snow White as if she were her own daughter. It isn't until her father's witch cousins supply her with the magic mirror (containing her father's spirit) that she begins to lose her sanity.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: She has no qualms attempting to murder a 14-year-old girl for the crime of being "fairer" than she. In addition, the skeletal remains in her dungeons would imply that she's not a benevolent ruler towards her subjects.
* GoodColorsEvilColors: The Queen wears a combination of black and purple, contrasting Snow White's primary colors.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: As the Queen, part of her wardrobe is purple.
* GreenEyedMonster: As the Queen she has green eyes, appropriate given her envious nature.
%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * TheGrimReaper: Plays a similar role in "An Adaptation of Dickens' Christmas Carol, Performed by The Walt Disney Players", where she appears as the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, in a move that would later foreshadow the 2004 production with Kelsey Grammer as Scrooge.
* HighCollarOfDoom: Provides this trope's page image, too. She wears a high white collar with her black robe.
* HotWitch: Practices magic and is very good-looking before she turns ugly...
* IceQueen: The Queen is cold, evil, icy, and uncaring.
* IrrationalHatred: She hates Snow only because she is more beautiful than she is.
* ItsAllAboutMe: She's willing to commit any deed in order to be known as the most beautiful in the land no matter who it hurts or how badly.
* IWasQuiteALooker: A beautiful queen who turns into an old hag.
* JekyllAndHyde: As the Queen, she is calm and composed, while still extremely coldblooded, and does look rather fair. Then she takes a potion she created to physically transform herself into the Witch. Not only does this make her an unrecognizably hideous-looking old hag, but she loses all of her restraint, cackling all the way.
* {{Jerkass}}: She has no qualms about murdering her own stepdaughter just for being prettier than she is, and she threatens to have her huntsman executed if he refuses. Even before Snow White surpassed her in beauty, she treated her less like family and more like a servant. She's also heavily implied to be a tyrant given the number of skeletons in her dungeon. Her jerk side becomes more openly apparent after her transformation, as she shows glee at the idea of Snow White being BuriedAlive and makes fun of the skeleton of one of her prisoners who had died of thirst in her dungeon.
* KarmicTransformation: The Queen is a rare case of a voluntarily self-inflicted version of this: A woman obsessed with beauty turns herself hideous as a disguise, and she spends the rest of the movie and dies (and is most often remembered) this way.
* KickTheDog: While on her way to the Dwarves' cottage to kill Snow White, she stops to make fun of the skeleton of a former prisoner in her dungeon who had died of thirst, for no good reason.
* KnightOfCerebus: While there are multiple light moments in the film, none of them involve the Queen; anytime she is onscreen, there are zero laughs. Bonus points for the Queen being the first person to appear in the film. In her old hag form she is more LaughablyEvil, but still via iconically terrifying BlackComedy.
* LackOfEmpathy: Shows zero guilt and remorse for wanting to harm an innocent girl, even if it's her own stepdaughter.
* LadyOfBlackMagic: A regal sorceress of BlackMagic. She loses all that grace and beauty once she turns herself into an old hag, though.
* LargeHam: She starts out as a ColdHam, but when she becomes the old hag, she throws all calmness right out the window and begins right on hamming it up. Her main "as an old hag" animator, Norm Ferguson, was a lover of theater and heavily incorporated {{vaudeville}} qualities into the character.
* LaughablyEvil: After becoming the hag, her [[LargeHam hamminess]] paves the way for some BlackComedy moments, chief among them her kicking the out-of-reach water pitcher at the lying skeleton and jokingly offering the poisoned apple to her own raven.
* LaserGuidedKarma: As she died in her witch form, she ultimately died an ugly old woman, when her plot was started by her goal to remain "fairest in the land".
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: She is the Dark Feminine (a cold and ruthless ProudBeauty) to Snow White's Light Feminine (sweet, innocent, and ObliviouslyBeautiful)
* MagicIsEvil: The Queen is the only magic-user in the film.
* MakeupIsEvil: She wears a lot of makeup as the Queen, and it is overemphasized.
* ManipulativeBitch: Especially after she transforms into the old peddler woman and takes advantage of Prince Florian courting Snow by tricking her into biting a poisoned apple so she will fall into a deep sleep, telling her that it's a "magic wishing apple".
* MeaningfulName: While Grimhilde's name overall seems more befitting of her appearance as the hag, it could be a play off of Creator/TheBrothersGrimm, who wrote the original tale.
* {{Narcissist}}: She has a magic mirror specifically to tell her that she's the most beautiful in the land. The minute he tells her she's not, her plot against Snow White and the plot of the film is kicked off.
* NearVillainVictory: She is successful at poisoning Snow White, but the dwarfs come back and chase her. Despite taking the form of a frail old witch, she is stopped just short of crushing the dwarfs with a giant boulder! Since she'd already poisoned Snow White, her plan was a thread from succeeding had not [[LaserGuidedKarma a random and precise bolt of lightning]] taken her out at the final second.
* NoNameGiven: Technically averted in ExpandedUniverse material with "Grimhilde", but most Disney media doesn't mention it at all.
* ObviouslyEvil: The Queen in disguise isn't exactly the most subtle of all the beasts of the field. With a name like ''Grimhilde'', even her ''{{name|sToRunAwayFromReallyFast}}'' falls into this category.
* OffingTheOffspring: The Queen is the first Disney villain to try and ''kill'' a relative. And she would have succeeded had it not been for the Prince.
* OffstageVillainy: It's implied that the Queen committed other horrendous crimes before trying to kill Snow White -- there are a ''lot'' of skeletons in her dungeon...
* OminousOperaCape: She's actually wearing ''two'' capes; her sleeves are one wide piece of fabric connected across her back, under her main cape.
%%* OurHagsAreDifferent: Becomes a hag to try to kill Snow White. - Rogue Launched Trope
* ProudBeauty: So proud that when the mirror claims that Snow White is the fairest, the Queen tries to have her killed.
%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* ProperLady: As the Queen. As the old peddler woman, it's a different story.
* PurpleIsTheNewBlack: There are instances of black in her queenly outfit but it's predominantly purple.
* PurpleIsPowerful: The Queen ''is'' a very powerful witch and her queen outfit features purple prominently.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: She fits this description before she drinks the potion, another way she's an EvilCounterpart to her stepdaughter.
* {{Sadist}}: The Queen gets scarily excited about the idea that, after she's been put in the "Sleeping Death", Snow White would be BuriedAlive by the dwarfs who would unwittingly think she was dead outright (those who have seen ''[[Film/KillBill Kill Bill Vol. 2]]'' and/or ''Series/MythBusters'' would know how scary and unpleasant being buried alive is). She laughs gleefully at the thought of Snow suffering. Plus, she makes fun of a dead skeleton in her dungeon who had died of thirst.
* SecretIdentityIdentity: Her old peddler form comes across as less of a disguise and more of [[EvilMakesYouUgly her true beauty unmasked]]. It's not helped by the fact that she seems more lively as an evil witch than the stiff, vain Queen at the beginning of the film.
* SeriousBusiness: Being the "fairest of them all" is the most important thing to her, to the point that she has zero qualms about murdering her own stepdaughter for "stealing" the title from her.
* SimpleYetOpulent: The Queen wears a black and purple dress with white ermine trimming (although the animation doesn't make that clear) and some gold decorations.
* TheSociopath: You don't get much more sociopathic than trying to murder an innocent woman for being prettier than you.
* SquashedFlat: If her DisneyVillainDeath didn't kill her, getting crushed by the boulder that fell behind her likely did.
* StatuesqueStunner: Is a very tall, imposing, and beautiful woman. She becomes MUCH shorter and uglier after her transformation, though.
* TheStoic: As the Queen, she is almost emotionless. The only emotions that she displays are anger -- when she is angry, she remains [[TranquilFury stoic and cool]] -- and jealousy. When she takes the potion, however, it has something of a PsychoSerum effect on her personality and she becomes a LargeHam. Unless she's just trying to get into character as how she imagines a peasant would act.
* TarnishingTheirOwnBeauty: She is willing to turn herself into an ugly hag just for the chance to kill off Snow White for being prettier than she is. Though presumably she has a potion to turn herself back.
* TranquilFury: As the Queen. When she is the old peddler woman, she is [[EvilIsHammy much more open and expressive in her anger]].
* UnknownRival: Her obsession with becoming the fairest in the land by killing Snow White is contrasted by Snow White not even knowing there’s a competition for the title in the first place.
* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: In the original story the Queen was even worse as she was actually the ''biological mother'' of Snow White. As bad as she is in this version, at least she's still only her stepmother.
* VainSorceress: The archetypal example that also illustrates the primary paradox intrinsic to this trope: Why would an intelligent, powerful woman like the Queen be so crazily obsessed over something as seemingly paltry as mere physical appearance? Sure, vanity might explain part of it, but to go so far as to seek the death of a rival (who is not even aware of her grudge), and undergo a painful transformation to disguise herself so that she could personally carry out a murder plot? Seems a bit over the top, but then again, that's the warping nature of evil for you.
* VanityIsFeminine: What do you expect? She's the queen of a kingdom and yet most of her time admiring herself before the mirror instead of actually ruling said kingdom.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: She takes her jealousy to dark extremes, [[SeriousBusiness treating it like an act of war]]. She is content with either having Snow White's heart torn out of her corpse as trophy or having her [[BuriedAlive buried alive when a poison apple turns out to be a deep sleep curse]]. She's also a potential sorceress as well as an implied torturer. This jarringly contrasts with the rather whimsical vibe of the rest of the film.
* VillainousBreakdown: The Queen suffers a rare coldblooded one once she realizes that Snow White is still alive. After she transforms herself into an old witch, she lets her emotions take hold.
* WickedCultured: The Queen is cold and [[TheStoic stoic]], has good control over her emotions [[TranquilFury even when angry]], and has several books on [[{{EvilSorcere|ss}}er magic]]. Her peddler disguise... [[CardCarryingVillain not so much]].
* WickedStepmother: The first of several abusive guardians in the canon, and a step above most as she doesn't hesitate to have her stepdaughter killed by her own hand.
* WickedWitch: TropeMaker post-KarmicTransformation. She ironically predates [[Film/TheWizardOfOz one of the main]] {{Trope Codifier}}s by two years, and that film was greenlit on the back of ''Snow White'''s success.
* WouldHurtAChild: Her main objective is kill Snow White, a 14-15 years old girl. She has no qualms about the ways she chooses to do this.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: In her old peddler disguise, she fakes a heart attack to get Snow White to let her into the cottage.
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[[caption-width-right:300:The "fairest" of them all, as the Queen (top) and as the old hag (bottom).]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Lucille [=LaVerne=], Paula Winslowe (Lux Radio Theatre), Gloria Gordon (Lux Radio Theatre, Witch), Ginny Tyler (1965-1983), Eleanor Audley (Read Along Book), Creator/JuneForay (Disney on Parade), Creator/JanetWaldo (Christmas Carol record), Eda Reiss Merin (Disneyland), Louise Chamis (1992-2001), Susan Blakeslee (Currently), Creator/TressMacNeille (WesternAnimation/TheWonderfulWorldOfMickeyMouse)
->'''Voiced in French by:''' Adrienne d'Ambricourt (1938), Creator/ClaudeGensac (Queen), Marie Francey (Witch) (1962), Sylvie Genty (Queen), Katy Vail (Witch) (2001)
->'''Voiced in Polish by:''' Leokadia Pancewiczowa (Queen), Seweryna Broniszówna (Witch) (1938), Danuta Stenka (2009)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Blanca de Castejón (Queen), Cristina Montt (Witch) (1938), Rosario Muñoz Ledo (Queen), Carmen Donna-Dío (Witch) (1964), Liza Willert (Queen), Rosanelda Aguirre (Witch) (2001)
->'''Voiced in Swedish by:''' Hjördis Petterson (1938), Lil Terselius (Queen), Helena Brodin (Witch) (1982)
->'''Voiced in Brazilian Portuguese by:''' Cordélia Ferreira (1938), Lourdes Mayer (1965)
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/GalGadot (live-action remake)
-> ''"And now, a special sort of death for one so fair."''
The first Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon villain, Snow White's stepmother, and a ''very'' vain queen. Displeased with the Magic Mirror's claims she is no longer the most fairest in the land, the Queen seeks to kill Snow in order to reclaim the title. Reserved and cold, the Queen goes to great lengths to ensure
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* AbusiveParents: She forces her own stepdaughter to work as a scullery maid because she's jealous of said stepdaughter's beauty.
* AdaptationalJerkass: There's no mention of the Queen from the original story forcing Snow White to work as a SculleryMaid.
* AdaptationalWimp: The Evil Queen from the Grimm story that inspired the movie was a MasterOfDisguise who managed to trick a progressively suspicious Snow White ''three times'', even going as far as to poison only half of the apple and eating the non-poisoned half right in front of the girl in order to convince her to eat the poisoned one.
* AllThereInTheScript: Her name, Grimhilde, was given in early publicity materials, including the first ComicBookAdaptation. The Walt Disney Company tends to keep to the more well-known name, however.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: The Queen is cold, evil and icy.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Given that her ambition is to be the fairest of them all and she's willing to kill Snow White to achieve it...
* AnimalMotifs: Her throne is shaped [[PeacockGirl like a peacock]], showing off her vanity and {{Pride}}.
* AnimalsHateHer: The minute that the animals around Snow White’s cottage see her, they attack her.
* ArchEnemy: Poor Snow White.
* AxCrazy: It's bad enough that she wants her stepdaughter dead, but once she's transformed herself into an old hag, the full extent of her ruthlessness becomes clear.
* BadassCape: As the Queen. As the old hag, she wears a cloak with a cowl.
* TheBaroness: Domineering, cold, evil, and icy, she could be considered of the Sexpot variation since she is physically beautiful.
* BeautyIsBad: As the Queen. She is the second fairest in the land, and rotten to the core.
* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: Transforms herself from an extremely beautiful and regal Queen to a hideous and ugly old peddler woman -- all because of her jealousy towards someone else.
* BeneathTheMask: The [[WickedCultured prim and proper Queen]] and [[CardCarryingVillain old peddling hag]] are such different personalities that it's easy to forget they're the same character. She's probably getting into character as how a snob like herself imagines all peasants act.
* BerserkButton: In her mind, being more beautiful than she is is a crime punishable by death, even if you are related to her.
* BigBad: Initially, she tries to dispose of Snow by having the Huntsman kill her, but takes matters into her own hands when that doesn't work.
* BlackCloak: Wears one as both the Queen and as the old peddler woman.
* BlackMagic: What the Queen practices.
* BondVillainStupidity: Relishing the idea of Snow White being BuriedAlive, she willingly brushes off the Sleeping Death's antidote, not counting that the Dwarfs would elect to keep her above ground, allowing the Prince to eventually find her and deliver [[TrueLovesKiss the kiss to wake her up]].
* TheCaligula: Not only does she have great power, she is also incredibly vain and irrational in her hatred of Snow White.
* CardCarryingVillain: After she transforms herself into an old peddler woman, she forgoes all restraint and revels in her murderous intent, with [[EvilLaugh evil laughter]] galore.
* TheChessmaster: Manipulative, scheming, and cunning, she will do anything to accomplish her goal. She's also [[XanatosSpeedChess quick-thinking]] as the old hag, turning the animals attacking her into a way to get inside the cottage and away from them.
* ClassicVillain: The first Animated Canon villain — adapted from the Brothers Grimm story — personifies ''Pride'' in her status as FairestOfThemAll, feels ''Envy'' towards her stepdaughter Snow White, and displays horrific ''Wrath'', determined to see the girl dead. Her beauty and voice is cold and haughty compared to the warmth and sweetness of Snow White; when she transforms herself into a peddler, she becomes a wretched old hag who plays on the girl's kindness. She succeeds in poisoning Snow, and a thunderstorm starts immediately afterwards. Snow's friends - both the forest animals and the seven dwarfs - chase her to the top of a cliff. The Queen attempts to crush them with a boulder, but a bolt of lightning strikes the cliff, sending her over the edge... and the boulder falls after her.
* ColdHam: As the Queen, she is usually controlled with her mannerisms even when angry.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Modelled on the likes of Creator/JoanCrawford and Helen Gahagan (specifically the latter's role in ''Film/She1935'').
* ContraltoOfDanger: In her original form as the Queen, she has a very low voice, fitting her dark beauty and cold personality.
* CoolChair: Her throne is shaped [[AnimalMotifs like a peacock]]. [[{{Pride}} Fitting for someone who is so proud of her looks!]]
* CoolCrown: She wears a crown with spikes evoking the rays of the sun.
* CostumePorn: Her royal clothing as the Queen definitely counts.
* DarkIsEvil: Wears black to represent her evil and jealous nature; initially it's only a cape and hood, but after her transformation she's swathed in the color.
* DeathGlare: Seems to be her default expression as the Queen.
* DemotedToExtra: The Disneyland and Walt Disney World versions of Snow White's Scary Adventures gave her more appearances than any other ''Snow White'' character, mostly scaring the riders as the Witch. Walt Disney World's second ''Snow White'' ride, the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, reduced her role to a cameo before the unloading area. When Disney updated the Disneyland ride into Snow White's Enchanted Wish, they removed two instances of the Witch offering poison apples to the riders, and moved her defeat to an earlier spot; this finally provided room to show Snow White reuniting with the Prince.
* {{Determinator}}: She ''never'' gives up and is willing to [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis become her own antithesis]] to destroy Snow White.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Just as she's about to crush the dwarfs with a boulder, the cliff edge she's standing on is struck by lightning. She falls, the boulder falls after her, and it's implied the vultures who have been observing all of this will feast on what's left of her.
* TheDreaded: Implied. It's hard to tell since we know very few characters, but the way the seven dwarfs talk about her heavily suggests that everyone in the kingdom is terrified of her.
* DrivenByEnvy: Her primary motivation for trying to hurt Snow White is envy of Snow White being "the fairest of them all."
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: The Queen is very fair skinned, and turns out to have ebony hair -- just like her stepdaughter.
* EnemyToAllLivingThings: [[FriendToAllLivingThings In contrast to Snow White]], the Queen draws revulsion and fear from all critters in the forest, to the point they even attack her when she tries to get Snow White to eat the poison apple. The only creatures drawn to her presence [[CirclingVultures are the vultures]].
* ErmineCapeEffect: Wears an enormous flowing cape and golden crown.
* EvilCounterpart: To Snow White. Although both the Queen and Snow White are beautiful, Snow White is kind and tries to take care of others while the Queen is spiteful and tries to kill her stepdaughter just out of envy.
* EvilEyebrows: Her eyebrows are highly arched as the Queen.
* EvilGloating: As the old hag. After she successfully "[[DisneyDeath kills]]" Snow White, she gloats "Now I'll be fairest in the land!"[[note]]Some retellings, such as the stage and Disney on Ice adaptations, instead render the line as "Now I'm the fairest in the land!"[[/note]]
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: Twice, even!
** After finishing her preparation of the poison apple, she jokingly offers her pet raven a bite.
** While on her way out of the castle to deliver the apple, she happens across a dead prisoner still reaching for a bucket of water. She stops to kick the bucket at him while cracking a joke at his expense.
* EvilIsHammy: In both the {{large|Ham}} and {{cold|Ham}} senses, no less, depending on whether she's in her WickedWitch form or her Queen form.
* EvilIsPetty: She wants to brutally murder a young girl (her ''stepdaughter'', no less) for the "crime" of being prettier than she.
* EvilLaugh: Not as the Queen, but as the old peddler woman, suggesting that the disguise is actually revealing her most base nature.
* EvilMakesYouUgly: When she magically disguises herself as an old lady to trick Snow White and hurt her, her transformation does more than make her look older, it turns her into an old hag.
* EvilMatriarch: A queen determined to off her stepdaughter!
* EvilOldFolks: Her old hag disguise.
* EvilPlan: Initially, it's just having the Huntsman slay Snow in an isolated part of the forest. Later, she takes matters into her own hands.
* EvilSorceress: Initially; later, she's a WickedWitch. The Queen can change into a hag, and that's apparently not the only thing she can do, either--she does it in a chamber full of spellbooks and a lot of equipment necessary for making spells, and she's also seen making a tempting poisoned apple in a cauldron full of a mysterious concoction which apparently seeps into the apple to make it inedible (which would be putting it lightly, considering the end result of one bite is the "sleeping death").
* EvilSoundsDeep: In her natural form, her voice is a formidable contralto.
* EvilSoundsRaspy: Her transformation artificially ages her voice, which she briefly laments. In real life, her voice actress, Lucille [=LaVerne=], simply removed her false teeth to accomplish the difference, which completely stunned the animators, who had previously told [=LaVerne=] that they needed an older, raspier version of the character and were not aware that she had removed her false teeth.
* EvilWearsBlack: Her black cape as the Queen and all-encompassing hooded cloak as the old hag, the latter of which provides the
* ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow: Her eyeshadow is noticeably blue.
* FairestOfThemAll: Out of jealousy, the Queen wants to kill Snow so that she would be the most beautiful and fairest in the land.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Acts like a CoolOldLady to Snow White when she's invited into the dwarfs' cottage, even as the forest animals realize she's bad news and run off to get help, and as the Queen is getting ready to poison Snow White.
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Downplayed. As the Witch, she often stares and speaks directly into the camera, which effectively makes her creepier.
* FreudianExcuse: Serena Valentino's TwiceToldTale novel ''Fairest of All'' gives her one: Due to emotional abuse from her father, who refused to acknowledge her as beautiful at all prior to his death, the Queen became obsessed with beauty but really wanted to be loved. In fact, when she married Snow White's father she actually cared for Snow White as if she were her own daughter. It isn't until her father's witch cousins supply her with the magic mirror (containing her father's spirit) that she begins to lose her sanity.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: She has no qualms attempting to murder a 14-year-old girl for the crime of being "fairer" than she. In addition, the skeletal remains in her dungeons would imply that she's not a benevolent ruler towards her subjects.
* GoodColorsEvilColors: The Queen wears a combination of black and purple, contrasting Snow White's primary colors.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: As the Queen, part of her wardrobe is purple.
* GreenEyedMonster: As the Queen she has green eyes, appropriate given her envious nature.
%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * TheGrimReaper: Plays a similar role in "An Adaptation of Dickens' Christmas Carol, Performed by The Walt Disney Players", where she appears as the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, in a move that would later foreshadow the 2004 production with Kelsey Grammer as Scrooge.
* HighCollarOfDoom: Provides this trope's page image, too. She wears a high white collar with her black robe.
* HotWitch: Practices magic and is very good-looking before she turns ugly...
* IceQueen: The Queen is cold, evil, icy, and uncaring.
* IrrationalHatred: She hates Snow only because she is more beautiful than she is.
* ItsAllAboutMe: She's willing to commit any deed in order to be known as the most beautiful in the land no matter who it hurts or how badly.
* IWasQuiteALooker: A beautiful queen who turns into an old hag.
* JekyllAndHyde: As the Queen, she is calm and composed, while still extremely coldblooded, and does look rather fair. Then she takes a potion she created to physically transform herself into the Witch. Not only does this make her an unrecognizably hideous-looking old hag, but she loses all of her restraint, cackling all the way.
* {{Jerkass}}: She has no qualms about murdering her own stepdaughter just for being prettier than she is, and she threatens to have her huntsman executed if he refuses. Even before Snow White surpassed her in beauty, she treated her less like family and more like a servant. She's also heavily implied to be a tyrant given the number of skeletons in her dungeon. Her jerk side becomes more openly apparent after her transformation, as she shows glee at the idea of Snow White being BuriedAlive and makes fun of the skeleton of one of her prisoners who had died of thirst in her dungeon.
* KarmicTransformation: The Queen is a rare case of a voluntarily self-inflicted version of this: A woman obsessed with beauty turns herself hideous as a disguise, and she spends the rest of the movie and dies (and is most often remembered) this way.
* KickTheDog: While on her way to the Dwarves' cottage to kill Snow White, she stops to make fun of the skeleton of a former prisoner in her dungeon who had died of thirst, for no good reason.
* KnightOfCerebus: While there are multiple light moments in the film, none of them involve the Queen; anytime she is onscreen, there are zero laughs. Bonus points for the Queen being the first person to appear in the film. In her old hag form she is more LaughablyEvil, but still via iconically terrifying BlackComedy.
* LackOfEmpathy: Shows zero guilt and remorse for wanting to harm an innocent girl, even if it's her own stepdaughter.
* LadyOfBlackMagic: A regal sorceress of BlackMagic. She loses all that grace and beauty once she turns herself into an old hag, though.
* LargeHam: She starts out as a ColdHam, but when she becomes the old hag, she throws all calmness right out the window and begins right on hamming it up. Her main "as an old hag" animator, Norm Ferguson, was a lover of theater and heavily incorporated {{vaudeville}} qualities into the character.
* LaughablyEvil: After becoming the hag, her [[LargeHam hamminess]] paves the way for some BlackComedy moments, chief among them her kicking the out-of-reach water pitcher at the lying skeleton and jokingly offering the poisoned apple to her own raven.
* LaserGuidedKarma: As she died in her witch form, she ultimately died an ugly old woman, when her plot was started by her goal to remain "fairest in the land".
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: She is the Dark Feminine (a cold and ruthless ProudBeauty) to Snow White's Light Feminine (sweet, innocent, and ObliviouslyBeautiful)
* MagicIsEvil: The Queen is the only magic-user in the film.
* MakeupIsEvil: She wears a lot of makeup as the Queen, and it is overemphasized.
* ManipulativeBitch: Especially after she transforms into the old peddler woman and takes advantage of Prince Florian courting Snow by tricking her into biting a poisoned apple so she will fall into a deep sleep, telling her that it's a "magic wishing apple".
* MeaningfulName: While Grimhilde's name overall seems more befitting of her appearance as the hag, it could be a play off of Creator/TheBrothersGrimm, who wrote the original tale.
* {{Narcissist}}: She has a magic mirror specifically to tell her that she's the most beautiful in the land. The minute he tells her she's not, her plot against Snow White and the plot of the film is kicked off.
* NearVillainVictory: She is successful at poisoning Snow White, but the dwarfs come back and chase her. Despite taking the form of a frail old witch, she is stopped just short of crushing the dwarfs with a giant boulder! Since she'd already poisoned Snow White, her plan was a thread from succeeding had not [[LaserGuidedKarma a random and precise bolt of lightning]] taken her out at the final second.
* NoNameGiven: Technically averted in ExpandedUniverse material with "Grimhilde", but most Disney media doesn't mention it at all.
* ObviouslyEvil: The Queen in disguise isn't exactly the most subtle of all the beasts of the field. With a name like ''Grimhilde'', even her ''{{name|sToRunAwayFromReallyFast}}'' falls into this category.
* OffingTheOffspring: The Queen is the first Disney villain to try and ''kill'' a relative. And she would have succeeded had it not been for the Prince.
* OffstageVillainy: It's implied that the Queen committed other horrendous crimes before trying to kill Snow White -- there are a ''lot'' of skeletons in her dungeon...
* OminousOperaCape: She's actually wearing ''two'' capes; her sleeves are one wide piece of fabric connected across her back, under her main cape.
%%* OurHagsAreDifferent: Becomes a hag to try to kill Snow White. - Rogue Launched Trope
* ProudBeauty: So proud that when the mirror claims that Snow White is the fairest, the Queen tries to have her killed.
%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* ProperLady: As the Queen. As the old peddler woman, it's a different story.
* PurpleIsTheNewBlack: There are instances of black in her queenly outfit but it's predominantly purple.
* PurpleIsPowerful: The Queen ''is'' a very powerful witch and her queen outfit features purple prominently.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: She fits this description before she drinks the potion, another way she's an EvilCounterpart to her stepdaughter.
* {{Sadist}}: The Queen gets scarily excited about the idea that, after she's been put in the "Sleeping Death", Snow White would be BuriedAlive by the dwarfs who would unwittingly think she was dead outright (those who have seen ''[[Film/KillBill Kill Bill Vol. 2]]'' and/or ''Series/MythBusters'' would know how scary and unpleasant being buried alive is). She laughs gleefully at the thought of Snow suffering. Plus, she makes fun of a dead skeleton in her dungeon who had died of thirst.
* SecretIdentityIdentity: Her old peddler form comes across as less of a disguise and more of [[EvilMakesYouUgly her true beauty unmasked]]. It's not helped by the fact that she seems more lively as an evil witch than the stiff, vain Queen at the beginning of the film.
* SeriousBusiness: Being the "fairest of them all" is the most important thing to her, to the point that she has zero qualms about murdering her own stepdaughter for "stealing" the title from her.
* SimpleYetOpulent: The Queen wears a black and purple dress with white ermine trimming (although the animation doesn't make that clear) and some gold decorations.
* TheSociopath: You don't get much more sociopathic than trying to murder an innocent woman for being prettier than you.
* SquashedFlat: If her DisneyVillainDeath didn't kill her, getting crushed by the boulder that fell behind her likely did.
* StatuesqueStunner: Is a very tall, imposing, and beautiful woman. She becomes MUCH shorter and uglier after her transformation, though.
* TheStoic: As the Queen, she is almost emotionless. The only emotions that she displays are anger -- when she is angry, she remains [[TranquilFury stoic and cool]] -- and jealousy. When she takes the potion, however, it has something of a PsychoSerum effect on her personality and she becomes a LargeHam. Unless she's just trying to get into character as how she imagines a peasant would act.
* TarnishingTheirOwnBeauty: She is willing to turn herself into an ugly hag just for the chance to kill off Snow White for being prettier than she is. Though presumably she has a potion to turn herself back.
* TranquilFury: As the Queen. When she is the old peddler woman, she is [[EvilIsHammy much more open and expressive in her anger]].
* UnknownRival: Her obsession with becoming the fairest in the land by killing Snow White is contrasted by Snow White not even knowing there’s a competition for the title in the first place.
* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: In the original story the Queen was even worse as she was actually the ''biological mother'' of Snow White. As bad as she is in this version, at least she's still only her stepmother.
* VainSorceress: The archetypal example that also illustrates the primary paradox intrinsic to this trope: Why would an intelligent, powerful woman like the Queen be so crazily obsessed over something as seemingly paltry as mere physical appearance? Sure, vanity might explain part of it, but to go so far as to seek the death of a rival (who is not even aware of her grudge), and undergo a painful transformation to disguise herself so that she could personally carry out a murder plot? Seems a bit over the top, but then again, that's the warping nature of evil for you.
* VanityIsFeminine: What do you expect? She's the queen of a kingdom and yet most of her time admiring herself before the mirror instead of actually ruling said kingdom.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: She takes her jealousy to dark extremes, [[SeriousBusiness treating it like an act of war]]. She is content with either having Snow White's heart torn out of her corpse as trophy or having her [[BuriedAlive buried alive when a poison apple turns out to be a deep sleep curse]]. She's also a potential sorceress as well as an implied torturer. This jarringly contrasts with the rather whimsical vibe of the rest of the film.
* VillainousBreakdown: The Queen suffers a rare coldblooded one once she realizes that Snow White is still alive. After she transforms herself into an old witch, she lets her emotions take hold.
* WickedCultured: The Queen is cold and [[TheStoic stoic]], has good control over her emotions [[TranquilFury even when angry]], and has several books on [[{{EvilSorcere|ss}}er magic]]. Her peddler disguise... [[CardCarryingVillain not so much]].
* WickedStepmother: The first of several abusive guardians in the canon, and a step above most as she doesn't hesitate to have her stepdaughter killed by her own hand.
* WickedWitch: TropeMaker post-KarmicTransformation. She ironically predates [[Film/TheWizardOfOz one of the main]] {{Trope Codifier}}s by two years, and that film was greenlit on the back of ''Snow White'''s success.
* WouldHurtAChild: Her main objective is kill Snow White, a 14-15 years old girl. She has no qualms about the ways she chooses to do this.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: In her old peddler disguise, she fakes a heart attack to get Snow White to let her into the cottage.
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* NiceMeanAndInbetween: While they are seven, the three most emphasized dwarfs are Dopey (nice), Grumpy (mean), and Doc (in-between). Dopey is childishly naive, Grumpy's trust is hard to gain and he has a prickly demeanor, and Doc is the self-appointed leader of the Dwarfs and a bit pompous.
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* NiceMeanAndInbetween: While they are seven, the three most emphasized dwarfs are Dopey (nice), Grumpy (mean), and Doc (in-between). Dopey is childishly naive, Grumpy's trust is hard to gain and he has a prickly demeanor, and Doc is the self-appointed leader of the Dwarfs and a bit pompous.pompous but well-intentioned.
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* BigFun: Happy is the plumpest chubbiest and the jolliest of the dwarfs.dwarfs. Very kind and friendly, he's often seen chuckling heartily and loves eating and partying.
* CharacterTics: Happy's main gag is his chuckle.
* TheHeart: Happy can be described as this for the dwarfs. As his name says, he is the most cheerful and optimistic of the seven. He loves parties and won't esitate to share them with his loved ones.
* CharacterTics: Happy's main gag is his chuckle.
* TheHeart: Happy can be described as this for the dwarfs. As his name says, he is the most cheerful and optimistic of the seven. He loves parties and won't esitate to share them with his loved ones.
*CharacterTics; Bashful's main gag is his tendency to blush when he's ashamed or embarassed.
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* ShrinkingViolet: True to his name, Bashful is very shy and nervous.
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* ShrinkingViolet: True to his name, Bashful is very shy and nervous.
doesn't like being at the center of attention. When he's too embarassed, he gets all red and tends to cover his face with his beard.
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* SeriousBusiness: Being the "fairest of them all" is the most important thing to her, to the point that she has zero qualms about murdering her own stepdaughter for "stealing" the title from her.
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In the original film, her voice didn’t really go any higher. It was just a lot raspier.
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* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: The Evil Queen starts out with a ContraltoOfDanger voice. But when she concocts a spell to disguise herself as the Witch, one of the ingredients is "an old hag's cackle" to age her voice, making it much more high-pitched. She laments the change in her voice during her transformation into the Witch.
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* EvilSoundsRaspy: Her transformation artificially ages her voice. In real life, her voice actress, Lucille [=LaVerne=], simply removed her false teeth to accomplish the difference, which completely stunned the animators, who had previously told [=LaVerne=] that they needed an older, raspier version of the character and were not aware that she had removed her false teeth.
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* EvilSoundsRaspy: Her transformation artificially ages her voice.voice, which she briefly laments. In real life, her voice actress, Lucille [=LaVerne=], simply removed her false teeth to accomplish the difference, which completely stunned the animators, who had previously told [=LaVerne=] that they needed an older, raspier version of the character and were not aware that she had removed her false teeth.
