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* '''Alibaba'''. An Arabian-styled chess piece whose main Ärm (A Guardian called the Genie of the Lamp) marks him as an obvious reference to ''Literature/{{Aladdin}}''. He was an overconfident blowhard who thought that his guardian was overpowered enough to let him defeat [[{{Badass}} Alan]]. Alan, in his turn, blew the genie away with one punch, and then dumped Alibaba into a volcano.

* '''Emokis'''. A [[StoutStrength fat gorilla of a woman]], and one of the strongest Bishops in Chess. She is some sort of unholy fusion of the evil queen from Snow White and [[Literature/HanselAndGretel Gretel]]. Her weapons are a magic sword who she bullies into calling her "the fairest in the land" instead of Snow, who she fights (when it finally does speak its mind, she destoys it), and a power-boosting Ärm called "Candy House". She eats the candy house in battle to increase her size and physical strength several times over while fighting Snow.

Since it takes place in the world of fairy tales, it is no surprise that plenty of characters in ''{{MAR}}'' are parodies or {{Captain Ersatz}}es of fairy tale characters. This page is an attempt to chronicle the various references.

He's not a ''fairy tale'' parody, but a favorite [[EpilepticTrees fan theory]] is that Nanashi is ''literally'' the character Joker from Anzai's other manga, ''FlameOfRecca''. The evidence for it is as follows:

* When Joker disappeared from ''FlameOfRecca'', he had a nasty stomach wound. When the Luberian Thieve's Guild found Nanashi, he had that same wound, and Joker's clothes, and amnesia.

* [[PlayingAgainstType Playing Against Dub]] - Creator/SpikeSpencer (Ginta in the dub) is for once ''[[PlayingAgainstType not]]'' [[PigeonHoledVoiceActor playing the depressed]] ButtMonkey.

* He may be inspired somewhat by Ichabod Crane from TheLegendOfSleepyHollow, due to his intelligence, and relationship with Halloween.

* Cinderella: She is being attacked by her EvilStepmother

At first glance, prettyboy Alviss may not seem like a fairy tale parody, but a few things about him all point to a sly reference to ''PeterPan''

* [[spoiler:He is infected with the Zombie Tattoo, and if it is allowed to finish spreading, he will be rendered eternally young, unable to age or grow]]. Unlike Peter, Alviss does ''not'' consider this a good thing.

** Her last guardian is the Crusified Scarecrow, like the Scarecrow Dorothy meets in the book.

** And Dorothy's favored weapon and favorite piece of transportation is the Broom of Zephyrus. Oz popularized the image of witches riding boomsticks.

Dorothy's older sister and queen of the Chess Pieces, Diana mostly draws from the EvilStepmother from Snow White and Cinderella.

* Diana goes more insane over time, demanding the most beautiful things in the world to be hers - remiscent of the evil stepmother's desire to be the fairest one of all.

The strongest knight and the main villain for much of the series. Phantom may draw traits from ThePhantomOfTheOpera, and surprisingly, TomThumb.

* PlayingAgainstDub - Creator/SpikeSpencer (Ginta in the dub) is for once ''[[PlayingAgainstType not]]'' [[PigeonHoledVoiceActor playing the depressed]] ButtMonkey.

* PlayingAgainstDub - SpikeSpencer (Ginta in the dub) is for once ''[[PlayingAgainstType not]]'' [[PigeonHoledVoiceActor playing the depressed]] ButtMonkey.

Let's see, a gardener in a poor family, named Jack. Pretty clear reference to JackAndTheBeanstalk.

While Alan does not appear to really be inspired from any fairy tales, his name may be a nod to Alan Garner, a British novelist who wrote several fantasies and fairy tales.

* Some of Babbo's alternate Ãrm forms symbolise fairy tale characters, namely his fourth form Alice, clearly inspired by Literature/AliceInWonderland, and sixth form which stems from PussInBoots.

* Some of Babbo's alternate Ãrm forms symbolise fairy tale characters, namely his fourth form Alice, clearly inspired by AliceInWonderland, and sixth form which stems from PussInBoots.

* '''Alibaba'''. An Arabian-styled chess piece whose main Ärm (A Guardian called the Genie of the Lamp) marks him as an obvious reference to ''{{Aladdin}}''. He was an overconfident blowhard who thought that his guardian was overpowered enough to let him defeat [[{{Badass}} Alan]]. Alan, in his turn, blew the genie away with one punch, and then dumped Alibaba into a volcano.

And the entirety of Team MÃR is a further Snow White reference, as a Lestavan fortuneteller told Snow to seek out the "Seven Dwarves" who would save MÃR Heaven. Snow plus the seven others (Ginta, Jack, Dorothy, Alan/Edward, Alviss, Nanashi, and Babbo) makes SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarves.

* '''Emokis'''. A [[StoutStrength fat gorilla of a woman]], and one of the strongest Bishops in Chess. She is some sort of unholy fusion of the evil queen from Snow White and [[HanselAndGretel Gretel]]. Her weapons are a magic sword who she bullies into calling her "the fairest in the land" instead of Snow, who she fights (when it finally does speak its mind, she destoys it), and a power-boosting Ärm called "Candy House". She eats the candy house in battle to increase her size and physical strength several times over while fighting Snow.

One of the Knights. Rapunzel is very clearly a reference to the [[{{Rapunzel}} fairy tale character of the same name]], but evil. Very evil.

The cute witch that Ginta meets soon after entering MÃR Heaven is pretty much a walking ''TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' reference.

** Another guardian of hers is the Crazy Quilt, a reference to another character from a later Oz book.

The cute witch that Ginta meets soon after entering MÃR Heaven is pretty much a walking ''WizardOfOz'' reference.

Let's see, a gardener in a poor family, named Jack. Pretty clear reference to Jack And The Beanstalk.

And the entirety of Team MÃR is a further Snow White reference, as a Lestavan fortuneteller told Snow to seek out the "Seven Dwarves" who would save MÃR Heaven. Snow plus the seven others (Ginta, Jack, Dorothy, Alan, Alviss, Nanashi, and Babbo) makes SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarves.

Ginta and Babbo make up [[TheHero the lead heroes]] of the

* Joker did not die "on screen" in ''Flame of Recca'', he was sucked into a black hole, which could very well have been a sort of wormhole that pulled him into Mär Heaven.

And the entirety of Team MÃR is a further Snow White reference, as a Lestavan fortuneteller told Snow to seek out the "Seven Dwarves" who would save Mär Heaven. Snow plus the seven others (Ginta, Jack, Dorothy, Alan, Alviss, Nanashi, and Babbo) makes SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarves.

Princess Snow is the princess of Lestava, and, by extention, pretty much all of Mär Heaven. She also happens to share traits with a number of fairy tale princesses, namely:

The cute witch that Ginta meets soon after entering Mär Heaven is pretty much a walking ''WizardOfOz'' reference.

* And secondly, her ärms, guardians and otherwise, are almost all references to Oz!Dorothy's companions, or other things from the story:

* He displays the same impressive increase in strength that otherworlders have in Mär Heaven.

And the entirety of Team Mär is a further Snow White reference, as a Lestavan fortuneteller told Snow to seek out the "Seven Dwarves" who would save Mär Heaven. Snow plus the seven others (Ginta, Jack, Dorothy, Alan, Alviss, Nanashi, and Babbo) makes SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarves.

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