History Film / Enchanted

** There is an obvious shout-out to ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' during the Central Park sequence, especially with Giselle throwing her arms out and running and leaping through the grass in "The hills are alive" fashion. Bonus points for Creator/JulieAndrews being the narrator.

** Susan Sarandon's make-up should look familiar -- she's wearing Frank's face from ''Film/RockyHorrorPictureShow''

** Giselle's initial arrival in New York does get some odd looks (the fact that she causes a traffic accident certainly helps), and Edward's antics with the bus and Pip's appearance in the Bella Notte make the local news... but otherwise their presence (including Pip in another restaurant) doesn't garner a lot of notice. Also, Nathaniel manages to sneak into the latter restaurant's kitchen with only a chef's hat and strike up a conversation with a pot of soup without attracting too much-unwanted attention.

'''Robert:''' I...I think I'm still in one.

* ActionGirl: After spending most of the movie as a PrincessClassic, Giselle turns into this to fight the BigBad.

** Posters for ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' and ''Theatre/{{RENT}}'' can be seen in Times Square, both headlined by Idina Menzel. Another poster advertises ''Theatre/{{Hairspray}}'', which stars James Marsden in the [[Film/Hairspray2007 film adaptation]].
** Julie Andrews is the narrator for the film. During the "That's How You Know" number, Giselle can be seen running in Central Park and recreating the famous "The hills are alive..." shot from ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic''. And one of the dancers during the same number was Harvey Evans, who also played one of the chimney sweeps during the "Step in Time" scene in ''Film/MaryPoppins''.

* AdoringThePests: This movie is all over this trope. Giselle calls the "forest creatures" of New York (cockroaches, pigeons, and rats) to help her clean up Robert's apartment. HilarityEnsues when he walks in with the creatures still in the place. Morgan also has this viewpoint, as well, to an extent (but not as much as Giselle, of course).

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Indirectly, Nathaniel receives one from a soap opera, where the woman spites the man by haughtily asking "How could I love a man who doesn't even ''like'' himself?" [[spoiler:Although Nathaniel proceeds with his agenda of keeping Pip from ratting him out to Edward, it's enough to plant a seed of doubt in him that leads to his eventual HeelFaceTurn.]]

* CassandraTruth: Robert assumes that some old lady is lying to Giselle about having seen Edward since Robert wasn't there to see [[ItMakesSenseInContext Edward stab a bus]].

** The scene where Edward rides on the roof of the bus frames him with a poster of ''Film/SupermanReturns'', another James Marsden film, in the background. There's also a poster of a musical version of ''Theatre/{{Hairspray}}'', whose film version also has Marsden, but filming for ''Enchanted'' probably happened first.
** Additionally, you can see posters for both ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' and ''Theatre/{{Rent}}'' (The former of which the film's lyricist Creator/StephenSchwartz also composed) in Times Square, two musicals that Idina Menzel (Nancy) is pretty famous for starring in as Elphaba and Maureen.

** When Giselle is looking at the fish tank in Robert's office, a song from ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' plays in the background. [[https://youtu.be/ilzCGQWZInE?t=31 Jodi Benson, who voiced Ariel, plays Robert's secretary.]]

** Also Giselle's mannequin of her dream prince. Its appearance and the outfit it was wearing were really similar to Robert and what he wore to the ball.
** There's also a deleted scene included on the DVD where Nancy and a co-worker talk about how she's a closet romantic, foreshadowing [[spoiler:her and Edward's LastMinuteHookup]].

** The BigBad who rises from the sewer portal the fourth time it opens from Andalasia. Not only did she do it ominously, but she wasted no time causing havoc upon arriving. However, she is technically the fifth Andalasian to come out of there since Edward and Pip simultaneously arrived during the second opening. The actual fourth Andalasian to arrive is [[TheDragon Nathaniel]].

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: There is one point in the big "That's How You Know" dance number where the performers are all marching across a bridge and people in the boats in the water below are not paying any attention to them.

* MakeAWish: Giselle does this at a well at the castle because Narissa had told her it was a WishingWell. It was really the portal between Andalasia and New York.
* MaleGaze: Giselle, wet and covered only in ModestyTowel. Good luck averting your eyes guys!

** A subtle one was that the first song sung in the film contained the lyric "I've been dreaming of a true love's kiss." The last song sung by Carrie Underwood in the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue contained the lyric "I've been dreaming of a true love's kiss." Also counts as a BookEnds.

* NotWhatItLooksLike: Giselle, dressed only in a towel, falls out of the bathroom onto Robert. Right when Robert's girlfriend walks in. What makes it worse is that Giselle doesn't help to clear up the misunderstanding (if anything she makes the whole thing sound even ''more'' risque'), because she doesn't understand the implication.

-->'''Giselle:''' I remember this one time when the poor wolf was being chased by Little Red Riding Hood around his grandmother's house and she had an axe. And if Pip hadn't been walking by to help, I don't know what would've happened.
-->'''Morgan:''' I don't really remember that version.
-->'''Giselle:''' Well, that's because Red tells it a little differently.

* SceneryCensor: When Robert walks in on Giselle as [[ShowerOfAwkward she's stepping out of the shower]], a pair of pigeons fly in holding a towel, conveniently blocking the view before she wraps it around herself.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Zigzagged. Giselle's initial arrival in New York does get some odd looks (the fact that she causes a traffic accident certainly helps), and Edward's antics with the bus and Pip's appearance in the Bella Notte make the local news... but otherwise their presence (including Pip in another restaurant) doesn't garner a lot of notice. Also, Nathaniel manages to sneak into the latter restaurant's kitchen with only a chef's hat and strike up a conversation with a pot of soup without attracting too much-unwanted attention.

** The stable magical portal in Times Square attracts attention... the first time. By the time Nathaniel pops out of it, it's routine; they've fenced it off with traffic cones and the bystanders just want to know who ''he's'' looking for.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Indirectly, Nathaniel recieves one from a soap opera, where the woman spites the man by haughtily asking "How could I love a man who doesn't even ''like'' himself?" [[spoiler:Although Nathaniel proceeds with his agenda of keeping Pip from ratting him out to Edward, it's enough to plant a seed of doubt in him that leads to his eventual HeelFaceTurn.]]

* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: How Nathaniel earns ''his'' happy ending, finding himself far happier in New York. Ditto Pip, who remains in Andalasia (where he can still talk).
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: When Edward realizes [[spoiler:Giselle's true love is Robert]], he immediately starts pushing [[spoiler:Robert to kiss Giselle to save her]] with no jealousy whatsoever. Robert is hesitant, but then [[spoiler:Nancy also relinquishes her former love]] and tells him to.

* MusicalChores: The "Happy Working Song", sung by Giselle as she and the pigeons, rats, and cockroaches clean up Robert's apartment.

* OlderSidekick: Nathaniel to Edward.

* PairTheSpares: [[spoiler:Giselle and Robert start the story partnered up with Edward and Nancy respectively, but fall for each other. In the end, Edward and Nancy marry.]]

* RedemptionEarnsLife: [[spoiler:Nathaniel becomes a very successful writer post HeelFaceTurn.]]

* MusicalChores: The "Happy Working Song"

* AccidentalTruth: At an Italian restaurant, Nathaniel, disguised as a waiter, gives Giselle an apple martini "from a secret admirer". Robert jokingly says, "Be careful, it's poisonous." Little does he know it's made from a poisoned apple that Narissa is trying to use to do Giselle in.

* AccidentalTruth: At an Italian restaurant, Nathaniel, disguised as a waiter, gives Giselle an apple martini "from a secret admirer". Robert jokingly says, "Be careful, it's poisonous." Little does he know it's made from a poisoned apple that Narissa is trying to use do Giselle in.

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Played straight with Giselle, who by all accounts is the most moral person in the film. [[ZigZaggedTrope But after all,]] [[EvilIsSexy Queen Narissa is a bit of a looker, herself....]]

* AndStarring: Creator/SusanSarandon in the CBB.

* UnDuet: To show that Giselle has changed as a person the prince ends up doing a solo reprise of the duet at the start of the film.

* FracturedFairyTale: The film gleefully skewers many common elements of Disney fairy tale films, notably subverting LoveAtFirstSight and TrueLovesKiss. The prince is stuck-up and rather dimwitted, SpontaneousChoreography occurs on the streets of New York, and when Giselle enlists "forest creatures" to clean Robert's apartment, they're [[AdoringThePests rats, pigeons, and cockroaches]]. When PrinceCharming is searching for Giselle, he knocks on an apartment door that is answered by a weary-looking pregnant woman with three small children [[note]]a {{Cameo}} by ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'' singing voice Judy Kuhn[[/note]]. She glances at him with only mild surprise and deadpans, "Sorry. You're too late."

''Enchanted'' is Creator/{{Disney}}'s satirical AffectionateParody [[DontExplainTheJoke of, well,]] ''[[SelfParody a Disney movie]]'', specifically the ones that spawned the ''Franchise/DisneyPrincess'' line.

A sequel was announced for 2011, but composer Music/AlanMenken later reported that it had been shelved. July 2014 saw the announcement of another attempt at a sequel under the working title of ''Disenchanted''. In 2020, ''Film/Disenchanted2022'' was [[https://insidethemagic.net/2020/03/enchanted-sequel-reportedly-coming-soon-ba1/ confirmed]] for the streaming service Creator/DisneyPlus. It was eventually released on November 18, 2022.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: New York City has far more animals than just pigeons, rats and cockroaches. Even ignoring the obvious exclusion of squirrels, New York City alone has birds from sparrows to eagles and hawks, as well as opossums and ''deer''.

** Posters for ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' and ''Theatre/{{RENT}}'' can be seen in Times Square, both headlined by Idina Menzel. Another poster for ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'' is advertised, which also stars James Marsden.

** The scene where Edward rides on the roof of the bus frames him with a poster of ''Film/SupermanReturns'', another James Marsden film, in the background. There's also a poster of a musical version of ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'', whose film version also has Marsden, but filming for ''Enchanted'' probably happened first.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Giselle goes barefoot during the animated opening sequence.

*** The book opening sequence is a shout-out to many Disney classics.
*** When Giselle is looking at the fish tank in Robert's office, a song from ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' plays in the background. [[https://youtu.be/ilzCGQWZInE?t=31 Jodi Benson, who voiced Ariel, plays Robert's secretary.]]
*** While in the Italian restaurant, "La Bella Notte" from ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'' plays; the restaurant itself is called after the song.
*** The scene where Nathaniel helps Edward to take his boots off is an obvious shout-out to ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''. Edward also watches a soap opera starring Paige O'Hara, who voiced Belle, while a mysterious-sounding "Beauty and the Beast" motif plays.
*** When flipping through channels, the Latin music during the "Pink Elephants on Parade" sequence from ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}'' is heard.
*** Later, Edward watches the ending of ''WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree'' on television.
*** When Edward hears a news report that lets him know where Giselle is, the reporter's name is a shout-out to the voice actresses of three of Disney's most famous princesses: Mary (Costa, ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'') Ilene (Woods, ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'') Caselotti (Andrea, ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'').
*** Giselle wears [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} glass shoes to the ball]], and the scene where she takes the bite of the poisoned apple mimics the one in ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''.
*** Narissa herself is a big shoutout to many Disney villainesses, especially to [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]]; green electricity-based powers, similar outfits, and the fact that she turns into a dragon while bursting in flames. Her poisoned apple plot and Nathaniel reference to the evil queen and the huntsman from ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''.
*** Broadway veteran Harvey Evans, the yellow-jacketed old man from "That's How You Know" previously danced as a chimney sweep in ''Film/MaryPoppins''.
*** There are also several other references to ''Film/MaryPoppins'': Mr. and Mrs. Banks have the same last name as Jane and Michael's parents; the old lady in the park is an {{Expy}} of the elderly lady in the "Feed the Birds" song; and ''Creator/JulieAndrews'', who had the lead role as Mary Poppins in the 1964 film, is the narrator.
*** The law firm where Robert works is Churchill, Harline, & Smith LLP, after the main songwriters who worked on such early films as ''Snow White'', ''Pinocchio'', and ''Bambi'', Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline, and Paul J. Smith.
*** Prince Edward and Nathaniel stay at the Grand Duke Hotel, which is named after the ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'' character that hosts the royal ball dance.
*** Nancy’s last name is Tremaine, the same as [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} Cinderella’s stepmother]].
*** There's a pop-up tracker solely devoted to this on the Blu-ray disc, of which there are over 100, some of which are so obscure that even most Disney diehards won't catch them without it. According to director Kevin Lima, the actual count is over 1,000.

** The movie is full of them, particularly to Disney classic movies:
*** The book opening sequence is a shout-out to many Disney classics.
*** When Giselle is looking at the fish tank in Robert's office, a song from ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' plays in the background. [[https://youtu.be/ilzCGQWZInE?t=31 Jodi Benson, who voiced Ariel, plays Robert's secretary.]]
*** While in the Italian restaurant, "La Bella Notte" from ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'' plays; the restaurant itself is called after the song.
*** The scene where Nathaniel helps Edward to take his boots off is an obvious shout-out to ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''. Edward also watches a soap opera starring Paige O'Hara, who voiced Belle, while a mysterious-sounding "Beauty and the Beast" motif plays.
*** When flipping through channels, the Latin music during the "Pink Elephants on Parade" sequence from ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}'' is heard.
*** Later, Edward watches the ending of ''WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree'' on television.
*** When Edward hears a news report that lets him know where Giselle is, the reporter's name is a shout-out to the voice actresses of three of Disney's most famous princesses: Mary (Costa, ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'') Ilene (Woods, ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'') Caselotti (Andrea, ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'').
*** Giselle wears [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} glass shoes to the ball]], and the scene where she takes the bite of the poisoned apple mimics the one in ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''.
*** Narissa herself is a big shoutout to many Disney villainesses, especially to [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]]; green electricity-based powers, similar outfits, and the fact that she turns into a dragon while bursting in flames. Her poisoned apple plot and Nathaniel reference to the evil queen and the huntsman from ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''.
*** Broadway veteran Harvey Evans, the yellow-jacketed old man from "That's How You Know" previously danced as a chimney sweep in ''Film/MaryPoppins''.
*** There are also several other references to ''Film/MaryPoppins'': Mr. and Mrs. Banks have the same last name as Jane and Michael's parents; the old lady in the park is an {{Expy}} of the elderly lady in the "Feed the Birds" song; and ''Creator/JulieAndrews'', who had the lead role as Mary Poppins in the 1964 film, is the narrator.
*** The law firm where Robert works is Churchill, Harline, & Smith LLP, after the main songwriters who worked on such early films as ''Snow White'', ''Pinocchio'', and ''Bambi'', Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline, and Paul J. Smith.
*** Prince Edward and Nathaniel stay at the Grand Duke Hotel, which is named after the ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'' character that hosts the royal ball dance.
*** Nancy’s last name is Tremaine, the same as [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} Cinderella’s stepmother]].
*** There's a pop-up tracker solely devoted to this on the Blu-ray disc, of which there are over 100, some of which are so obscure that even most Disney diehards won't catch them without it. According to director Kevin Lima, the actual count is over 1,000.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** The movie often contrasts between the animated world and reality. For example, in the animated opening, Giselle falls from a great height from a tree but is caught effortlessly in Edward's arms (on a horse) and she is unhurt. On the other hand, in New York when Giselle falls from a billboard (a much lesser height) and Robert tries to catch her, he does manage to cushion her fall, but they are both hurt and end up in an undignified tangle to boot. Also, Pip can speak in the animated world, but can't in the real world.
** When Giselle calls animals in New York, instead of cute forest animals, she gets the assistance of rats, pigeons (one of whom is maimed in a way a lot of pigeons are in New York), and ''cockroaches''; all the vermin you'd find in "a place where there is no happily ever afters."
** Also, when Robert decides to let Giselle sleep on the couch for the night at his apartment, he has Morgan go into his room because he still doesn't truly know if the woman who thinks she's going to be a princess is a psychopath who could hurt his daughter.