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* AdaptationalModesty: Rather than being left naked by the dragon's fire, this version has Elizabeth left with a charred dress before changing into a paper bag.
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* AdaptationalModesty: Rather than being left naked by the dragon's fire, this version has Elizabeth left with a charred dress before changing into a paper bag. Of course, this only raises the question of why she considered wearing a paper bag preferable to wearing an intact charred dress.
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* CensorSteam: Steam is used to censor Elizabeth's nudity after the dragon incinerates Elizabeth's clothes.
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* ImprovisedClothes: After having her clothes burned off, Princess Elizabeth makes do with wearing a paper bag, hence the title.
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* AnAesop: You don't have to get married to be happy, especially if the one you're engaged to is a jerk.
* ActionGirl:Elizabeth.Elizabeth takes it upon herself to come ti Ronald's rescue.
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* DidNotGetTheGirl: Gender-flipped and played as a HappyEnding, to boot.
boot. Elizabeth breaks off her planned marriage to Ronald after seeing what an ungrateful jerk he is and seems content with remaining single for the foreseeable future.
* DistressedDude:What happens to Prince Ronald.Ronald gets captured by the dragon.
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* {{Save the Prince|ss}}
SaveThePrincess: Gender inverted by having Elizabeth having to rescue Prince Ronald.
* UngratefulBastard: Prince Ronald's reaction to beingrescued.
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* BittersweetEnding: Elizabeth manages to defeat the dragon and rescue Ronald, but he doesn't thank her for saving her and instead criticizes her appearance, thus she ends their engagement and leaves.
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* CulturalTranslation: In the original Canadian version of the book, Elizabeth dumps Roland by declaring, "You look like a real prince, but you are a bum." In Scholastic International's British English version of the book, Elizabeth instead calls Roland, "...a toad."
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* CulturalTranslation: In the original Canadian version of the book, Elizabeth dumps Roland Ronald by declaring, "You look like a real prince, but you are a bum." In Scholastic International's British English version of the book, Elizabeth instead calls Roland, Ronald, "...a toad."
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* [[DidNotGetTheGirl Did Not Get the Guy]]: And it's played as a HappyEnding, to boot!
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* [[DidNotGetTheGirl Did {{Did Not Get the Guy]]: }}Guy: And it's played as a HappyEnding, to boot!boot.
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* [[SaveThePrincess Save {{Save the Prince]]Prince|ss}}
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** Oh God, massively. In the first scene alone, the narrator drives by, chatting on his cell phone, while elves come out of trees!
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* ManOnFire: Poor Ronald.
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''The Paper Bag Princess'' is often cited as a classic feminist fairy tale for its subversions of gender roles, and is well loved worldwide, but especially in its native Canada. It received an AnimatedAdaptation in 1994, which [[AdaptationExpansion expanded its story considerably]].
Creator/{{Universal}} announced plans for a film adaptation in 2017.
Creator/{{Universal}} announced plans for a film adaptation in 2017.
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''The Paper Bag Princess'' is often cited as a classic feminist fairy tale for its subversions of gender roles, and is well loved worldwide, but especially in its native Canada. It received an AnimatedAdaptation in 1994, which [[AdaptationExpansion expanded its story considerably]].
considerably]]. Creator/{{Universal}} announced plans for a film adaptation in 2017.
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* CulturalTranslation: In the original Canadian version of the book, Elizabeth dumps Roland by declaring, "You look like a real prince, but you are a bum." In Creator/{{Scholastic}} Scholastic International's British English version of the book, Elizabeth instead calls Roland, "...a toad."
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One of Canadian author Creator/RobertMunsch's most famous children's books, ''The Paper Bag Princess'' was written and published in 1980. The picture book stars [[PrincessClassic Princess Elizabeth]], who's vying to marry the handsome [[PrinceCharmless Prince Ronald]]. Unfortunately, an evil dragon snatches Prince Ronald and incinerates everything around Elizabeth in the process — including her clothes! Undaunted, Elizabeth finds an old paper bag, puts it on and pursues her prince.
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[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_paper_bag_princess.jpg]] One of Canadian author Creator/RobertMunsch's most famous children's books, ''The Paper Bag Princess'' was written and published in 1980. The picture book stars [[PrincessClassic Princess Elizabeth]], who's vying to marry the handsome [[PrinceCharmless Prince Ronald]]. Unfortunately, an evil dragon snatches Prince Ronald and incinerates everything around Elizabeth in the process — including her clothes! Undaunted, Elizabeth finds an old paper bag, puts it on and pursues her prince.
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One of Canadian author Robert Munsch's most famous children's books, ''The Paper Bag Princess'' was written and published in 1980. The picture book stars [[PrincessClassic Princess Elizabeth]], who's vying to marry the handsome [[PrinceCharmless Prince Ronald]]. Unfortunately, an evil dragon snatches Prince Ronald and incinerates everything around Elizabeth in the process — including her clothes! Undaunted, Elizabeth finds an old paper bag, puts it on and pursues her prince.
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One of Canadian author Robert Munsch's Creator/RobertMunsch's most famous children's books, ''The Paper Bag Princess'' was written and published in 1980. The picture book stars [[PrincessClassic Princess Elizabeth]], who's vying to marry the handsome [[PrinceCharmless Prince Ronald]]. Unfortunately, an evil dragon snatches Prince Ronald and incinerates everything around Elizabeth in the process — including her clothes! Undaunted, Elizabeth finds an old paper bag, puts it on and pursues her prince.
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* AdaptationExpansionAdaptationExpansion: And how. Elizabeth's journey is greatly expanded, with her meeting the witch from Hansel and Gretel among others.
* BrokenAesop: The story's feminist aesop is undermined by the ending, which has Elizabeth leave with the dragon, effectively relying on a male character.
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** Might cross into InterspeciesRomance depending on how much you read into the reprise of Elizabeth's IWantSongIWantSong.
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* HeavySleeper: Once the dragon is fast asleep, Elizabeth sticking her head into his ear and yelling as loud as she could doesn't do much as stir him, though it's not stated if this is how he normally sleeps or if the dragon is really just ''that'' tired.
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* HeavySleeper: Once the dragon is fast asleep, Elizabeth sticking her head into his ear and yelling as loud as she could doesn't do so much as stir him, though it's not stated if this is how he normally sleeps or if the dragon is really just ''that'' tired.
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If she did that, it would constantly slip off. With the opening facing downward and a hole for her head at the bottom, then she has support from her shoulders.
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* MagicSkirt: That paper bag has a ''really'' high hemline and Elizabeth presumably doesn't have any underwear. (You know, it would really make more sense for her to wear it the other way around with the opening at the top.)
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* MagicSkirt: That paper bag has a ''really'' high hemline and Elizabeth presumably doesn't have any underwear. (You know, it would really make more sense for her to wear it the other way around with the opening at the top.)
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* DefeatMeansFriendship: The dragon quickly develops considerable respect for Elizabeth after she tricks him into knocking himself out.
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* FracturedFairyTale: More so than the original book, the cartoon features parodies of "{{Goldilocks}}", "Literature/HanselAndGretel" and other stories.
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* FracturedFairyTale: More so than the original book, the cartoon features parodies of "{{Goldilocks}}", "Literature/{{Goldilocks}}", "Literature/HanselAndGretel" and other stories.
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* FracturedFairyTale: More so than the original book, the cartoon features parodies of ''{{Goldilocks}}'', ''{{Hansel and Gretel}}'' "{{Goldilocks}}", "Literature/HanselAndGretel" and other stories.
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One of Canadian author Robert Munsch's most famous children's books, ''The Paper Bag Princess'' was written and published in 1980. The picture book stars [[PrincessClassic Princess Elizabeth]], who's vying to marry the handsome [[PrinceCharmless Prince Ronald]]. Unfortunately, an evil dragon snatches Prince Ronald and incinerates everything around Elizabeth in the process — including her clothes! Undaunted, Elizabeth finds an old paper bag, puts it on and pursues her prince.
She finds the dragon in his cave, and brings him out by appealing to his vanity: "Is it true that you are the smartest and fiercest dragon in the whole world?" When he says yes, Elizabeth cunningly puts him through a series of trials to test that claim. He's so exhausted by the end that he falls right asleep.
She then opens the door of the cave to find Prince Ronald — but instead of being grateful, he's criticizing her for her appearance: "You smell like ashes, your hair is all tangled and you are wearing a dirty old paper bag. Come back when you are dressed like a real princess." Elizabeth decides that she doesn't need a prince who'll treat her that badly, and dumps him, [[RidingIntoTheSunset running off into the sunset to live life on her own]].
''The Paper Bag Princess'' is often cited as a classic feminist fairy tale for its subversions of gender roles, and is well loved worldwide, but especially in its native Canada. It received an AnimatedAdaptation in 1994, which [[AdaptationExpansion expanded its story considerably]].
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!!This book contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: Elizabeth.
* AllMenArePerverts: Subverted, considering Prince Ronald is decidedly ''not'' pleased to see his potential love interest half-naked. Of course, it ''is'' a children's book and they're both still children.
* CensorSteam: Used after the dragon incinerates Elizabeth's clothes.
* [[DidNotGetTheGirl Did Not Get the Guy]]: And it's played as a HappyEnding, to boot!
* JamesBondage: What happens to Prince Ronald.
* PrinceCharmless: Prince Ronald. Way more obvious in the AnimatedAdaptation, which establishes him as one of these from the beginning. In the book, it's only at the end that he reveals his true colours.
* PrincessClassic: Princess Elizabeth, at least in the beginning.
* [[SaveThePrincess Save the Prince]]
* UngratefulBastard: Prince Ronald's reaction to being rescued.
!!The AnimatedAdaptation contains examples of:
* AdaptationExpansion
* AnachronismStew:
** Oh God, massively. In the first scene alone, the narrator drives by, chatting on his cell phone, while elves come out of trees!
** Of course, as evidenced by the title, the book included an oh-so-historically-accurate paper bag.
* FracturedFairyTale: More so than the original book, the cartoon features parodies of ''{{Goldilocks}}'', ''{{Hansel and Gretel}}'' and other stories.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Elizabeth becomes this as a side effect of Ronald's jerkiness being obvious from the start.
* IAmSong:
** The dragon continually raps about himself, and Prince Ronald basically echoes Elizabeth's song to establish his narcissism.
** After losing Elizabeth at the end, Ronald has a reprise in which he sings about ''not'' being perfect, suggesting he may have experienced HeelRealization.
* IWantSong: Elizabeth sings a little ditty about her "perfect guy", Prince Ronald, in the beginning.
* MagicSkirt: That paper bag has a ''really'' high hemline and Elizabeth presumably doesn't have any underwear. (You know, it would really make more sense for her to wear it the other way around with the opening at the top.)
* ManOnFire: Poor Ronald.
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She finds the dragon in his cave, and brings him out by appealing to his vanity: "Is it true that you are the smartest and fiercest dragon in the whole world?" When he says yes, Elizabeth cunningly puts him through a series of trials to test that claim. He's so exhausted by the end that he falls right asleep.
She then opens the door of the cave to find Prince Ronald — but instead of being grateful, he's criticizing her for her appearance: "You smell like ashes, your hair is all tangled and you are wearing a dirty old paper bag. Come back when you are dressed like a real princess." Elizabeth decides that she doesn't need a prince who'll treat her that badly, and dumps him, [[RidingIntoTheSunset running off into the sunset to live life on her own]].
''The Paper Bag Princess'' is often cited as a classic feminist fairy tale for its subversions of gender roles, and is well loved worldwide, but especially in its native Canada. It received an AnimatedAdaptation in 1994, which [[AdaptationExpansion expanded its story considerably]].
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!!This book contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: Elizabeth.
* AllMenArePerverts: Subverted, considering Prince Ronald is decidedly ''not'' pleased to see his potential love interest half-naked. Of course, it ''is'' a children's book and they're both still children.
* CensorSteam: Used after the dragon incinerates Elizabeth's clothes.
* [[DidNotGetTheGirl Did Not Get the Guy]]: And it's played as a HappyEnding, to boot!
* JamesBondage: What happens to Prince Ronald.
* PrinceCharmless: Prince Ronald. Way more obvious in the AnimatedAdaptation, which establishes him as one of these from the beginning. In the book, it's only at the end that he reveals his true colours.
* PrincessClassic: Princess Elizabeth, at least in the beginning.
* [[SaveThePrincess Save the Prince]]
* UngratefulBastard: Prince Ronald's reaction to being rescued.
!!The AnimatedAdaptation contains examples of:
* AdaptationExpansion
* AnachronismStew:
** Oh God, massively. In the first scene alone, the narrator drives by, chatting on his cell phone, while elves come out of trees!
** Of course, as evidenced by the title, the book included an oh-so-historically-accurate paper bag.
* FracturedFairyTale: More so than the original book, the cartoon features parodies of ''{{Goldilocks}}'', ''{{Hansel and Gretel}}'' and other stories.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Elizabeth becomes this as a side effect of Ronald's jerkiness being obvious from the start.
* IAmSong:
** The dragon continually raps about himself, and Prince Ronald basically echoes Elizabeth's song to establish his narcissism.
** After losing Elizabeth at the end, Ronald has a reprise in which he sings about ''not'' being perfect, suggesting he may have experienced HeelRealization.
* IWantSong: Elizabeth sings a little ditty about her "perfect guy", Prince Ronald, in the beginning.
* MagicSkirt: That paper bag has a ''really'' high hemline and Elizabeth presumably doesn't have any underwear. (You know, it would really make more sense for her to wear it the other way around with the opening at the top.)
* ManOnFire: Poor Ronald.
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