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''The Red Shoes'' is a 1983 TV movie where Creator/HansChristianAndersen tells his titular original story to his young friend, Karen Sorensen. The tale is told through the actors being dressed up as Karen's dolls with the tone getting darker and darker as the film goes on.
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!!Tropes:
* AnAesop: Don't let material things get in the way of more important things. Especially when said things are your loved ones.
%% * ArmorPiercingQuestion: Hans and Karen gave this to each other after the angel refused to help Story Karen.
%%--> '''Karen''': (tearfully) Must there be such suffering for so little an offense as hers?
%%--> '''Hans''': (sternly) Who is to say what the size of an offense is, Karen Sorensen?
%% * BlowingARaspberry: Karen does this in protest after her mother leaves the room.
%% * CharacterNarrator: Mr. Andersen who also qualifies as TheStoryteller.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Creator/HansChristianAndersen, the famous fairy-tale writer, is a character in the movie.
* JerkWithAHeartofGold: Karen starts off as an unpleasant brat but at the movie goes on, she shoes to be a nice girl who regrets her bad actions.
* LetMeTellYouAStory: Hans tells a story to Karen to make her change her selfish ways.
* ProperLady: Story Karen's adopted mother, called the Rich Lady, is a GrandeDame who teaches Story Karen how to be a proper lady, feminine, demure etc.
%% * ScareEmStraight: The tale Hans tells leaves Karen to tears.
* SpoiledBrat: Karen Sorensen is a spoiled little girl from the start as she tricks her mother into giving her money to buy candy and other frivolous things. Not only that but she plays sick to get out of school. Yet, she does have traits of getting better when she feels guilty for her behavior and tells her mother the truth. She also genuinely felt sorry for Story Karen when her mother died.
* StoryWithinAStory: Hans Christian Andersen comes to the Sorensen's house to tell Karen a story to "cure" her.
* VanityIsFeminine:
** In the beginning, Karen tells her doll, Rag-Face, that her reason for existence is to be beautiful.
** Story Karen who keeps on wearing the gorgeous red shoes even after it began possessing her feet.
* WhatTheHellHero: Karen calls Hans out for his harsh story when he has the angel to not forgive Story Karen's sins.
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!!Tropes:
* AnAesop: Don't let material things get in the way of more important things. Especially when said things are your loved ones.
%% * ArmorPiercingQuestion: Hans and Karen gave this to each other after the angel refused to help Story Karen.
%%--> '''Karen''': (tearfully) Must there be such suffering for so little an offense as hers?
%%--> '''Hans''': (sternly) Who is to say what the size of an offense is, Karen Sorensen?
%% * BlowingARaspberry: Karen does this in protest after her mother leaves the room.
%% * CharacterNarrator: Mr. Andersen who also qualifies as TheStoryteller.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Creator/HansChristianAndersen, the famous fairy-tale writer, is a character in the movie.
* JerkWithAHeartofGold: Karen starts off as an unpleasant brat but at the movie goes on, she shoes to be a nice girl who regrets her bad actions.
* LetMeTellYouAStory: Hans tells a story to Karen to make her change her selfish ways.
* ProperLady: Story Karen's adopted mother, called the Rich Lady, is a GrandeDame who teaches Story Karen how to be a proper lady, feminine, demure etc.
%% * ScareEmStraight: The tale Hans tells leaves Karen to tears.
* SpoiledBrat: Karen Sorensen is a spoiled little girl from the start as she tricks her mother into giving her money to buy candy and other frivolous things. Not only that but she plays sick to get out of school. Yet, she does have traits of getting better when she feels guilty for her behavior and tells her mother the truth. She also genuinely felt sorry for Story Karen when her mother died.
* StoryWithinAStory: Hans Christian Andersen comes to the Sorensen's house to tell Karen a story to "cure" her.
* VanityIsFeminine:
** In the beginning, Karen tells her doll, Rag-Face, that her reason for existence is to be beautiful.
** Story Karen who keeps on wearing the gorgeous red shoes even after it began possessing her feet.
* WhatTheHellHero: Karen calls Hans out for his harsh story when he has the angel to not forgive Story Karen's sins.
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