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* ''Manga/DragonBall'' is based loosely off ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''. The similarities are lost throughout ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', ''Anime/DragonBallGT'', and ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', however.

The PerspectiveFlip and ExternalRetcon are subtropes. FracturedFairyTale may be, if it is fracturing a specific FairyTale rather than combining [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover many fairy tales' characters, plots, and tropes]]. Many are parodies or satires, but it is not required. A twice told tale may or may not involve {{Grimmification}}, but rarely {{Disneyfication}}, since it requires knowledge of the original tale. {{Demythtification}} may involve a twice told tale if a [[HistoricalInJoke mostly historical]] account is revealed to be the source of the legend.

* ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'' is a version of ''Sleeping Beauty'' seen through the eyes of the evil fairy, and purports to be a PerspectiveFlip of [[Disney/SleepingBeauty the Disney animated movie]], but there are enough differences to declare it an outright AlternateContinuity.

* ''Disney/TreasurePlanet''. Oddly enough, it's a RecycledInSpace version of ''Literature/TreasureIsland''.

* One of the WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry DirectToVideo films, ''Tom and Jerry and Film/TheWizardOfOz'' (2011), is this to the 1939 movie. (The two properties are both owned by Creator/WarnerBros) Fully appreciating it requires familiarity with both the film and the classic Tom and Jerry shorts, as well as other MGM cartoon characters like Droopy who have minor roles.
** Another film, inserting the duo into the plot of ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'', will be released in 2017.

* ''Shin Shirayuki Densetsu Manga/{{Pretear}}'' is Literature/{{Snow White|AndTheSevenDwarfs}} as a MagicalGirlWarrior.

* Creator/TanithLee's "Red As Blood" on "Literature/{{Snow White|AndTheSevenDwarfs}}".

** ''Literature/MirrorMirror'' recasts "Literature/{{Snow White|AndTheSevenDwarfs}}" in the Renaissance, with Lucrecia Borgia as the Wicked Queen.

* Likewise, Neil Gaiman's short story "Snow, Glass, Apples" is a retelling of "Literature/{{Snow White|AndTheSevenDwarfs}}" from the perspective of the queen; Snow-White herself is some kind of vampiric monstrosity, and the queen is a benevolent ruler who's only doing what's best for the kingdom. It would be an effective horror story without the original, but would still most likely lose a lot of its punch, due to the way it sets up the original story as a piece of propaganda invented by evil usurpers.

* Several works written by Gail Carson Levine, such as ''Literature/EllaEnchanted'' for "Literature/{{Cinderella}}" and ''Literature/{{Fairest}}'' for "Literature/{{Snow White|AndTheSevenDwarfs}}".

* Creator/EmilyShort's InteractiveFiction games ''VideoGame/{{Bronze}}'' (for "Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast"), ''VideoGame/{{Glass}}'' (for "Literature/{{Cinderella}}"), ''VideoGame/{{Alabaster}}'' (for "Literature/{{Snow White|AndTheSevenDwarfs}}"), and ''Indigo'' (for ''Literature/{{Rapunzel}}''). The first two games have elements of {{Grimmification}}; the third one goes all-out on it.

* One blog author adds the tag "Twice Told Tale" whenever [[http://reyezuelowren.blogspot.com/search/label/twice%20told%20tale one of her posts]] contains one of these. Currently we have one on Achilles' choice of going off to battle and dying or of being forgotten, and one incomplete on "Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs" from the mirror's perspective.

* ''Many'' Literature/{{Discworld}} novels. The Lancre Witches books are mostly examples of this story type: ''Discworld/WyrdSisters'' riffs on ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'', except that the witches are the Macbeth CaptainErsatz's enemies; ''Discworld/WitchesAbroad'' is about the witches' quest to stop "Ember" Ella from marrying the prince; and ''Discworld/{{Maskerade}}'' follows Andrew Lloyd Weber's ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' with some added twists and metacommentary on opera. ''Discworld/LordsAndLadies'' takes a much looser approach to ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'', and ''Discworld/CarpeJugulum'' draws on Film/HammerHorror movies and vampire literature in general. Outside of the Witches, ''Discworld/NightWatch'' mirrors ''Literature/LesMiserables,'' notably switching the evil/good dynamic of the book, and ''Discworld/{{Eric}}'' plays with the tale of Faust.

* ''Geppetto'' was a MadeForTVMovie retelling of Disney's ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'', told from the point of view of the toymaker who became the "father" of the living puppet. It features songs from the animated film and new Creator/StephenSchwartz-penned numbers, and was adapted for the stage as ''My Son Pinocchio''.

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* ''Film/{{Ophelia}}'' is a retelling of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' from Ophelia's perspective, although it also makes a [[AdaptationDeviation number of changes]] to the plot and it generally makes more sense if the viewer is already familiar with the play's story; the [[HowWeGotHere opening scene]] actually features Ophelia's infamous drowning while she narrates that this story has been told many times and she wants to tell it from her own viewpoint.

* ''Theatre/WesterosAnAmericanMusical'': The play is its own blend of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' and ''Series/GameOfThrones'' elements, but also clearly expects the audience to be familiar with at least one of the official versions of the story it’s telling. Plot elements can get anything from proper exposition to AdaptationExplanationExtrication, depending on the whims of the narrator and characters. The fact that the plot is being retold with ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' songs is also best appreciated if the originals were listened to beforehand.

* ''Literature/{{Wicked}}'', on ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''.
** Gregory Maguire loves this trope. ''Memoirs of a Wicked Stepsister'' retells "Literature/{{Cinderella}}", shifting the focus to one of the stepsisters, while ''Mirror Mirror'' recasts "Literature/{{Snow White|AndTheSevenDwarfs}}" in the Renaissance, with Lucrecia Borgia as the Wicked Queen.

* ''Theatre/WesterosAnAmericanMusical'': The play is its own blend of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' and ''Series/GameOfThrones'' elements, but also clearly expects the audience to be familiar with at least one of the official versions of the story it’s telling. Plot elements can get anything from proper exposition to AdaptationExplanationExtrication, depending on the whims of the narrator and characters. The fact that the plot is being retold with ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' songs is also best appreciated if the original were listened to beforehand.

* ''Anime/SamuraiSeven'' is a retelling of ''Film/SevenSamurai''(made with permission of the Creator/AkiraKurosawa estate) with mecha.

* ''Fanfic/FarceOfTheThreeKingdoms'' is a retelling of ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'' that doesn't change a single concrete event in the book, only the interpretation and the [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation characters' motivations]]. Liu Bei is a cowardly, incompetent, emotionally unstable con man, and Cao Cao is the DesignatedVillain, but he's actually a WellIntentionedExtremist in whose hands the country is far better off. It's all PlayedForLaughs.

** ''Bryony and Roses'' is a retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" where the Beauty-equivalent is a keen gardener, the evil-fairy-equivalent is [[spoiler:a rose dryad who's just as trapped by the curse as the Beast is]], and the Beast [[spoiler:chooses not to become human again at the end]].

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* ''Film/WarmBodies'' (as with the book below) is a loose retelling of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', with half of the characters replaced by zombies. And a considerably lower deathcount (of course, as previously mentioned, half of the characters were already undead anyways).

* ''Film/MaryReilly'' by Valerie Martin is a retelling of ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' from the point of view of one of Jekyll's servant girls.

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** ''Series/Alice2009'', of ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''.

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* In ''ComicStrip/{{Mutts}}'', one strip features Earl and Mooch together in the title role of Literature/{{Goldilocks}}.
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* The plot twist of ''WebOriginal/TruthInJournalism'' is horrifyingly obvious if you’re even a casual fan of [[spoiler:''Franchise/SpiderMan''; it’s basically [[VillainEpisode a Spider-Man story arc from the villain’s POV]]]]. Contrastly, if you’re don’t know much about the series, Eddie [[spoiler:turning into [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} a pitch-black, brain eating monster]]]] will come off like a total GainaxEnding. Also, TheStinger only really works if you’re familiar with [[spoiler:''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' and his RoguesGallery]].
* ''Fanfic/FarceOfTheThreeKingdoms'' is a retelling of ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'' that doesn't change a single concrete event in the book, only the interpretation and the [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation characters' motivations]]. Liu Bei is a cowardly, incompetent, emotionally unstable con man, and Cao Cao is the DesignatedVillain, but he's actually a WellIntentionedExtremist in whose hands the country is far better off. It's all PlayedForLaughs.

* ''Film/TheManWhoWasntThere'' comes across as a retelling of Creator/AlbertCamus' ''[[Literature/TheStranger L'Étranger]]''.

* ''Anime/TokyoGodfathers'' is a remake of John Ford's ''The Three Godfathers'', set in modern-day Tokyo.

* ''Manga/DragonBall'' is based loosely off ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''. The similarities are lost throughout ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' and ''Anime/DragonBallGT'', however.

* [[OneOfUs One blog author]] adds the tag "Twice Told Tale" whenever [[http://reyezuelowren.blogspot.com/search/label/twice%20told%20tale one of her posts]] contains one of these. Currently we have one on Achilles' choice of going off to battle and dying or of being forgotten, and one incomplete on "Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs" from the mirror's perspective.

* Anne Rice wrote a [[FetishFuel bondage-themed]] version of "Literature/SleepingBeauty".

* Andrzej Sapkowski, a Polish fantasy writer, wrote a short story about ''Literature/AliceInWonderland,'' but from the perspective of... the Cheshire Cat. And Creator/LewisCarroll. And made it a FetishFuel. The story was called "Golden Afternoon".

* Creator/EmilyShort's InteractiveFiction games ''VideoGame/{{Bronze}}'' (for "Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast"), ''Glass'' (for "Literature/{{Cinderella}}"), ''VideoGame/{{Alabaster}}'' (for "Literature/{{Snow White|AndTheSevenDwarfs}}"), and ''Indigo'' (for ''Literature/{{Rapunzel}}''). The first two games have elements of {{Grimmification}}; the third one goes all-out on it.

* [[http://emshort.wordpress.com/my-work/ Emily Short]]'s InteractiveFiction games ''Bronze'' (for "Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast"), ''Glass'' (for "Literature/{{Cinderella}}"), and ''VideoGame/{{Alabaster}}'' (for "Literature/{{Snow White|AndTheSevenDwarfs}}"). The first two games have elements of {{Grimmification}}; the third one goes all-out on it.