History Literature / SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs

* WickedStepmother: Was added in the Brothers Grimm version. In first editions, it was averted since the queen in those version's was actually Snow White's mother.

** There is actually a version of the story where he does everything he can to stop his wife, but [[spoiler: it doesnt work]]. Happily, the King in the Grimm version didn't have to live through such a horrible experience.

** There is actually a version of the story where he does everything he can to stop his wife, but [[spoiler: ItDoesntWork]]. Happily, the King in the Grimm version didn't have to live through such a horrible experience.

*** It can be seen as a way to give someone who was obiviously abandonned by her human family and not burried among humans the treatment she desserves, while dreaming of WhatCouldHaveBeen.

** [[HeirClubForMen She's a girl]], why should he care? Also, the Queen gives him sex, while his daughter does not (we ''hope'')

*** There are probably plenty of normal reasons he could do that. Perhaps he was having trouble finding an interesting coffee table and thought a crystal casket would be a nifty conversation piece.

* {{Lolicon}}: Probably the prince. Depending on the version, Snow White is ''seven years old'' when she flees her stepmother and it's unlikely that she spend more than a year or two with dwarfs.

Not related to ''Literature/SnowWhiteFireRed''.

** The intro to the Walt Disney movie says he died. This Troper recalls that being changed presumably to explain that very problem (he apparently is still alive but extraordinarily inattentive in the fairy tale).

But then, this article isn't about "SleepingBeauty"...

** There is also a short story ("Red as Blood" by TanithLee) that gives a different view on the matter: the Queen is actually a heroine who recognizes that the King's first wife (Snow White's mother) was a vampire. After trying several tests (seeing if Snow will go near a rose bush, look in a mirror, or take communion), the Queen determines that the princess is a vampire as well and sends a hunter with a cross to kill her before she reaches adulthood and goes off to kill people as her mother did. This does not go too well so the Queen disguises herself as a hag and gives Snow the apple (actually from the flesh of Jesus) which puts her into a coma. The "prince" (implied to be Jesus) wakes her up and turns her into a human girl. Oh, and the dwarves are stunted tree spirits in it.
** "Snow, Glass, Apples", by NeilGaiman, is also told from the perspective of the Queen, who came to realize that Snow White's father died because the little girl was sucking his blood (and [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre other]] [[{{Squick}} parts]] [[ParentalIncest of]] him). The queen eventually succeeds in poisoning Snow White with the apple, but the prince who finds her is explicitly stated to be a necrophiliac who wants her ''because'' she's dead. The two marry and shut the stepmother up in an oven--did I mention the queen is narrating the story while being ''roasted alive''?

"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is one of the best known of [[TheBrothersGrimm the Grimms']] stories, although it existed in numerous countries before being compiled into their ''Children's and Household Tales''. It was one of the early victims of their {{bowdleris|e}}ing edits; they changed the antagonist from Snow White's biological mother to a WickedStepmother.

Because of Snow White's rather [[{{Goth}} unusual]] [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette appearance]] and the disturbing psychological issues in the story, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is frequently subject to {{Grimmification}} or DarkerAndEdgier treatment. One such example is a [[Film/SnowWhiteATaleOfTerror 1997 horror version]] with SigourneyWeaver as the queen. There's also a 2001 version subtitled [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0255605/ Fairest of Them All]] with Miranda Richardson as the queen and Kristin Kreuk as Snow White, and [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience rainbow dwarves]], named after the days of the week. Finally, let's not forget NeilGaiman's short story "[[http://www.holycow.com/dreaming/stories/snow-glass-apples Snow, Glass, and Apples]]", where we have a perspective flip that takes some of the more eerie parts of the story, and makes them much much worse.

Because of Snow White's rather [[{{Goth}} unusual]] [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette appearance]] and the disturbing psychological issues in the story, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is frequently subject to {{Grimmification}} or DarkerAndEdgier treatment. One such example is a [[Film/SnowWhiteATaleOfTerror 1997 horror version]] with SigourneyWeaver as the queen. There's also a 2001 version subtitled [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0255605/ Fairest of Them All]] with Miranda Richardson as the queen and Kristin Kreuk as Snow White, and [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience rainbow dwarves]], named after the days of the week. Finally, let's not forget NeilGaiman's short story "[[http://www.holycow.com/dreaming/stories/snow-glass-apples Snow, Glass, and Apples]]", where we have a perspective flip that takes some of the more eerie parts of the story, and makes them much [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel much worse]].

* {{Lolicon}}: The prince. Depending on the version, Snow White is ''seven years old'' when she flees her stepmother and it's unlikely that she spend more than a year or two with dwarfs.

-- '''TheUniversalGenreSavvyGuide''', ''[[http://www.geocities.com/evilsnack/truelove.htm The True Love List]]''

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* CuteMute: Dopey.

->''23. I will never buy an apple from peddlers plying their craft in remote places where the customer base could not possibly support a full-time merchant. ''
--> -- '''TheUniversalGenreSavvyGuide''', ''[[http://www.geocities.com/evilsnack/truelove.htm The True Love List]]''

Once upon a time, a little girl was born that was exceptionally beautiful. Due to jealousy, a wicked witch wanted her dead. She ended up being raised in fosterage in the forest by magical midgets, but eventually the queen found a way to poison her and put her in a coma resistant to aging. Eventually, Prince Charming showed up, kissed the girl and woke her up, and slew the evil witch.

--> "Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
--> Who's the {{fairest of them all}}?"

* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: The Queen's eventual fate.
* CuteMute: Dopey

Because of Snow White's rather [[{{Goth}} unusual]] [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette appearance]] and the disturbing psychological issues in the story, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is frequently subject to {{Grimmification}} or DarkerAndEdgier treatment. One such example is a 1997 horror version with SigourneyWeaver as the queen. There's also a 2001 version subtitled [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0255605/ Fairest of Them All]] with Miranda Richardson as the queen and Kristin Kreuk as Snow White, and [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience rainbow dwarves]], named after the days of the week. Finally, let's not forget NeilGaiman's short story "[[http://www.holycow.com/dreaming/stories/snow-glass-apples Snow, Glass, and Apples]]", where we have a perspective flip that takes some of the more eerie parts of the story, and makes them much [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel much worse]].

* HistoricalFiction: Gregory Maguire's version called MirrorMirror takes place in Italy, with Lucrezia Borgia as the wicked witch.

* WickedStepmother: Was added in Brother Brothers Grimm version. In first editions, it was averted since the queen in those version's was actually Snow White's mother.

But then, this article isn't about ''SleepingBeauty''...

A queen wishes for a child with lips as red as blood, [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette hair as black as ebony]], and [[RavenHairIvorySkin skin as white as snow]]. She gets her wish and names the child Snow White but promptly dies and is replaced by a WickedStepmother who prides herself on her great beauty. Every day the stepmother asks her magic mirror:

Because of Snow White's rather [[{{Goth}} unusual]] [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette appearance]] and the disturbing psychological issues in the story, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is frequently subject to {{Grimmification}} or DarkerAndEdgier treatment. One such example is a 1997 horror version with SigourneyWeaver as the queen. There's also a 2001 version subtitled [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0255605/ Fairest of Them All]] with Miranda Richardson as the queen and Kristin Kreuk as Snow White, and [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience rainbow dwarves]], named after the days of the week. Finally, let's not forget NeilGaiman's short story ''[[http://www.holycow.com/dreaming/stories/snow-glass-apples Snow, Glass, and Apples]]'', where we have a perspective flip that takes some of the more eerie parts of the story, and makes them much [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel much worse]].

Other adaptations have varied from ''SnowWhiteAndTheThreeStooges'' to ''{{Pretear}}'', which rewrites it as a MagicalGirlWarrior show, the very loose Betty Boop adaptation entitled only as ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhite'' and then there's ''[[LooneyTunes Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarves]]'', which would be a side-splitter had not excessive UncleTomfoolery [[ValuesDissonance ruined it]].

''SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' is one of the best known of [[TheBrothersGrimm the Grimms']] stories, although it existed in numerous countries before being compiled into their ''Children's and Household Tales''. It was one of the early victims of their {{bowdleris|e}}ing edits; they changed the antagonist from Snow White's biological mother to a WickedStepmother.

Because of Snow White's rather [[{{Goth}} unusual]] [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette appearance]] and the disturbing psychological issues in the story, ''SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' is frequently subject to {{Grimmification}} or DarkerAndEdgier treatment. One such example is a 1997 horror version with SigourneyWeaver as the queen. There's also a 2001 version subtitled [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0255605/ Fairest of Them All]] with Miranda Richardson as the queen and Kristin Kreuk as Snow White, and [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience rainbow dwarves]], named after the days of the week. Finally, let's not forget NeilGaiman's short story ''[[http://www.holycow.com/dreaming/stories/snow-glass-apples Snow, Glass, and Apples]]'', where we have a perspective flip that takes some of the more eerie parts of the story, and makes them much [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel much worse]].

!!''SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' and variations contain the following tropes:

'''NOTE: Go [[Disney/SnowWhite here]] for the Disney version.'''