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* ShownTheirWork: The series tended to be very faithful to source material. It featured one of the few adaptions of ''Literature/{{Rapunzel}}'' to remember the witch is the heroine's godmother, and one of the few adaptations of ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid'' not only to keep the original ending, but to feature the mermaid's grandmother as a major character.

* ArtifactTitle: The title originally referred to the fact that the scripts were acted out by child actors. This might be surprising to modern listeners, as most of the surviving episodes are from the end of the run and the records just hired adult actors.

* BittersweetEnding: While most of the tales adapted have HappilyEverAfter endings, there are some bittersweet exceptions: for example, ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid'', ''Princess Moonbeam'' (based on the same legend as ''Anime/TheTaleOfThePrincessKaguya'') and ''Literature/TheYellowDwarf.''

* {{Expy}}: In ''[[Literature/SnowWhite Snowdrop and the Seven Dwarfs]]'', one of the dwarfs is prone to loud, funny [[SneezeOfDoom Sneezes of Doom]], just like [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Sneezy.]]

* RecycledInSpace:
** ''Princess Moonbeam,'' an adaptation of the Japanese folk tale ''Literature/TheTaleOfTheBambooCutter'', resets the story in China, no doubt because the US was at war with Japan at the time. The later record album version restores the original Japanese setting, though.
** Likewise, ''The Enchanted Frog,'' a retelling of the Russian fairy-tale "The Frog Princess" later in the show's run, resets the story in a fictional land and changes the characters' names to non-Russian ones, possibly because of the Cold War.

** ''Princess Moonbeam,'' an adaptation of the Japanese folk tale ''The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter'', resets the story in China, no doubt because the US was at war with Japan at the time. The later record album version restores the original Japanese setting, though.

* BittersweetEnding: While most of the tales adapted have HappilyEverAfter endings, there are some bittersweet exceptions: for example, ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid'', ''Princess Moonbeam'' (based on the same legend as ''Anime/TheTaleOfThePrincessKaguya'') and ''The Yellow Dwarf.''

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Combined with NeverSayDie, this sometimes happens. For example, in ''Myth/RobinHood'', Robin has a ThouShaltNotKill policy and only knocks out Guy of Gisbourne instead of killing him, and in ''The Yellow Dwarf'', not only are the murdered prince and princess turned into [[TogetherInDeath trees with entwined branches]] in the end, the audience is assured that someday, after the Yellow Dwarf dies, they'll become human again and live happily ever after.

** ''Princess Moonbeam,'' an adaptation of the Japanese folk tale ''[[Literature/TheTaleOfTheBambooCutter The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter]]'', resets the story in China, no doubt because the US was at war with Japan at the time. The later record album version restores the original Japanese setting, though.

* {{Expy}}: In ''[[Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snowdrop and the Seven Dwarfs]]'', one of the dwarfs is prone to loud, funny [[SneezeOfDoom Sneezes of Doom]], just like [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Sneezy.]]

* {{Expy}}: In ''[[Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snowdrop and the Seven Dwarfs]]'', one of the dwarfs is prone to loud, funny [[SneezeOfDoom Sneezes of Doom]], just like [[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Sneezy.]]

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Surprisingly averted; multiple episodes had villainous princesses in them. Added to that, many of the heroines who marry princes explicitly become queens upon marriage.

** ''Princess Moonbeam,'' an adaptation of the Japanese "Tale of the Bamboo Cutter"/"Tale of Princess Kaguya", resets the story in China, no doubt because the US was at war with Japan at the time. The later record album version restores the original Japanese setting, though.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Combined with NeverSayDie, this sometimes happens. For example, in ''Robin Hood'', Robin as a ThouShaltNotKill policy and only knocks out Guy of Gisbourne instead of killing him, and in ''The Yellow Dwarf'', not only are the murdered prince and princess turned into [[TogetherInDeath trees with entwined branches]] in the end, the audience is assured that someday, after the Yellow Dwarf dies, they'll become human again and live happily ever after.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Combined with NeverSayDie, this sometimes happens. For example, in ''Robin Hood'', Robin has a NoKillPolicy and only knocks out Guy of Gisbourne instead of killing him, and in ''The Yellow Dwarf'', not only are the murdered prince and princess turned into [[TogetherInDeath trees with entwined branches]] in the end, the audience is assured that someday, after the Yellow Dwarf dies, they'll become human again and live happily ever after.

* ShownTheirWork: The series tended to be very faithful to source material. It featured one of the few adaptions of ''Literature/{{Rapunzel}}'' to remember the witch is the heroine's godmother, and one of the few adaptations of ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid'' not only to keep the original ending, but to feature the mermaid's grandmother as a major character.

** Likewise, ''The Enchanted Frog,'' a retelling of the Russian fairy-tale "The Frog Princess" later in the show's run, resets the story in a fictional land and changes the characters' names to non-Russian ones, probably because of the Cold War.

* AbusiveParents: The witch threatens to beat Rapunzel when she displeases her, and the episode makes it clear that she's not just all bark and no bite.

** ''Princess Moonbeam,'' an adaptation of the Japanese "Tale of the Bamboo Cutter"/"Tale of Princess Kaguya", resets the story in China, no doubt because the US was at war with Japan at the time.

* BittersweetEnding: While most of the tales adapted have HappilyEverAfter endings, there are some bittersweet exceptions: for example, ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid'', ''Princess Moonbeam'' (based on the same folk tale as ''Anime/TheTaleOfThePrincessKaguya'') and ''The Yellow Dwarf.''

* BittersweetEnding: While most of the tales adapted have HappilyEverAfter endings, there are some bittersweet exceptions: for example, ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid'', and ''Princess Moonbeam'' (based on the same folk tale as ''Anime/TheTaleOfThePrincessKaguya'') and ''The Yellow Dwarf.''

* RecycledInSpace: ''Princess Moonbeam,'' an adaptation of the Japanese "Tale of the Bamboo Cutter," resets the story in China, no doubt because the US was at war with Japan at the time. Likewise, ''The Enchanted Frog,'' a retelling of the Russian fairy-tale "The Frog Princess" later in the show's run, resets the story in a fictional land and changes the characters' names to non-Russian ones, probably because of the Cold War.