History Trivia / SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs

* CrossCastRole: For the 1979 Radio City Music Hall stage production, actor Charles Edward Hall portrayed the Queen in her WickedWitch disguise.

** In 1987, Disney celebrated the 50th anniversary by theatrically re-releasing the movie in 42 countries, and by airing the TV special ''Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', hosted by Creator/DickVanDyke.
** In 2023, Disney unveiled a new 4K restoration in honor of the whole company's 100th anniversary. Creator/DisneyPlus's date for upgrading ''Snow White'', October 16, 2023, falls exactly 100 years after Disney's founding.

** In 2023, Disney unveiled a new 4K restoration in honor of the whole company's 100th anniversary.

** The movie was to start with scenes involving Snow White's mother, but they had to be cut to avoid the wrath of the censorshipboard of the [[UsefulNotes/HaysCode Hays Office]]

** The movie was to start with scenes involving Snow White's mother, but they had to be cut to avoid the wrath of the [UsefulNotes/HaysCode Hays Office]]

** The movie was to start with scenes involving Snow White's mother, but they had to be cut to avoid the wrath of the censorship board (aka UsefulNotes/HaysCode The Hays Office)

** The movie was to start with scenes involving Snow White's mother, but they had to be cut to avoid the wrath of the censor.

** The antidote for the Queen's poisoned apple isn't TrueLovesKiss, but rather Love's FirstKiss. In this case, the MandelaEffect is also at work, since most people recall the former type of kiss breaking the spell, even though the latter is clearly stated ''and'' written down in the Queen's spellbook. This is probably a case of confusion with ''Film/SleepingBeauty'', which uses the terms "True Love's Kiss" and "Love's First Kiss" interchangeably for the kiss that will wake Aurora.

** The antidote for the Queen's poisoned apple isn't TrueLovesKiss, but rather Love's FirstKiss. In this case, the MandelaEffect is also at work, since most people recall the former type of kiss breaking the spell, even though the latter is clearly stated ''and'' written down in the Queen's spellbook.

* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: The 2001 Platinum Edition DVD, 2009 Diamond Edition Blu-ray/DVD combo pack, and 2016 Blu-ray/DVD/Digital HD combo pack each heralded the start of a new collection of Disney's most iconic movies receiving a relatively large number of bonus features.

** If one were to ignore the Guinness World Records' listing for highest-grossing film of all time when adjusted for inflation (which they awarded to ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'', despite ''Gone with the Wind'' not making as much as ''Snow White'' and being released in a later year), Snow White is still the highest-grossing film of all time when adjusted for inflation, having earned $418,200,000 in its initial release [[note]](according to IMDB, Website/TheOtherWiki, and several books, in contrast to claims made by Guinness World Records that it made less than half as much)[[/note]] which, with inflation factored in, equates to ''$4,500,938,448''[[note]](using http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/ as the calculator)[[/note]] as of 2016.

* FollowTheLeader:
** What with being the highest-grossing film of all time upon release, it was only natural that Creator/{{Paramount}} Pictures would give [[Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer Fleischer Studios]] the chance to make their own answer to Snow White, that being their animated adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/GulliversTravels''. Even Creator/WalterLantz, [[Creator/{{Terrytoons}} Paul Terry]] and Creator/HarmanAndIsing had plans to make their own features after the success of ''Snow White'' (none of which materialized, unfortunately). ''Snow White's'' success was also what convinced MGM to move forward with ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', another fairy tale-esque/family musical, which unfortunately did not turn out well financially to start, but it also joined the Hollywood Masterpiece club in time.
** Subverted within ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' itself. Early in development, the Wicked Witch of the West was going to be a glamorous witch played by Gale Sondergaard. [[http://image.glamourdaze.com/2015/10/Gale-Sondergaard-wizard-of-oz-witch-makeup-test.jpg Her costume]] was very reminiscent of the Queen's. They eventually went with a more conventional ugly witch played by Margaret Hamilton.

* TheSongRemainsTheSame: Inverted in the first Finnish dub from 1962, where all the songs were left undubbed (most likely to keep the dubbing costs as low as possible). But instead of having the songs in English, they are in Swedish (taken from the Swedish dub made in 1938). This was most likely due to Swedish being the second official language in Finland.
* ThrowItIn: An {{exaggerated|Trope}} example. When first animating the Dwarfs (save for Grumpy, who follows a little later) going outside to the washtub after Snow White tells them to wash up, [[Creator/DisneysNineOldMen Frank Thomas]] decided to give Dopey a small skip, or hitch step to his gait. Walt Disney liked it so much that he had several of Dopey's already-finished scenes reanimated to have their own hitch steps, much to the chagrin of the other animators, who blamed Thomas for all the extra work they had to do.

* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: Whenever Creator/WaltDisneyHomeVideo released ''Snow White'' in a new format, from 2001-2016, it heralded the start of a new collection of Disney's most iconic movies receiving a relatively large number of bonus features.

* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: Whenever Creator/WaltDisneyHomeVideo releases ''Snow White'' in a new format, during the 21st century, it heralds the start of a new collection of Disney's most iconic movies receiving a relatively large number of bonus features. %%No need for a Wall of Text listing every collection ''Snow White'' launched, especially since Disney will probably keep using it to launch new lines until the end of time.

* ShrugOfGod: The Evil Queen and the Prince were given the names Grimhilde and Florian in some publicity material and extended universe media, but asking the face characters or calling them by their names would result in them shrugging it off, instead preferring to be called by their common names.

* NowWhichOneWasThatVoice: None of the actors are listed in the film's credits.

* BeamMeUpScotty: The Queen's most oft-quoted line is "Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?" However, the line in the film is actually "''Magic'' Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest ''one'' of all?"
** On a similar note, the antidote for the Queen's poisoned apple isn't TrueLovesKiss, but rather Love's FirstKiss. In this case, the MandelaEffect is also at work, since most people recall the former type of kiss breaking the spell, even though the latter is clearly stated ''and'' written down in the Queen's spellbook.

** On a similar note, the antidote for the Queen's poisoned apple isn't TrueLovesKiss, but rather Love's ''First'' Kiss. In this case, the MandelaEffect is also at work, since most people recall the former type of kiss breaking the spell, even though the latter is clearly stated ''and'' written down in the Queen's spellbook.

** On a similar note, the antidote for the Queen's poisoned apple isn't TrueLovesKiss, but rather Love's ''First'' Kiss. In this case, TheMandelaEffect is also at work, since most people recall the former type of kiss breaking the spell, even though the latter is clearly stated ''and'' written down in the Queen's spellbook.

* IAmNotSpock: Adriana Caselotti embraced this later in life, filling her house with Snow White memorabilia sent to her by fans, singing songs from the movie to anyone who asked, and even having "I'm Wishing" as her answering machine message.

* PigeonholedVoiceActor: Adriana Caselotti serves her sole feature film role as Snow White's uncredited voice actress, as part of her contract with Disney stated that she was never allowed to play another role again [[note]]there are exactly two other roles she played--as an uncredited voice speaking one line in ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', and a very brief bit player part in ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''[[/note]] or make public appearances to preserve the illusion of Snow White as a real character. Fortunately, she absolutely loved the role and openly embraced the reputation the film gave her later in life, which earned her the honor of a Disney Legend. Her own house was designed after the Dwarfs' cottage and was filled with memorabilia from the film, and she even had an answering machine that responded to callers in-character!

* BreakthroughHit: Disney was already famed for the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts, but ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' made him a name in the feature-length film business. As a matter of fact, it became the highest-grossing film of all time up to that point, a title that was taken by ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' two years later.

** If one were to ignore the Guinness World Records' listing for highest-grossing film of all time when adjusted for inflation (which they awarded to ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'', despite ''Gone with the Wind'' not making as much as ''Snow White'' and being released in a later year), Snow White is still the highest-grossing film of all time when adjusted for inflation, having earned $418,200,000 in its initial release [[note]](according to IMDB, Wiki/TheOtherWiki, and several books, in contrast to claims made by Guinness World Records that it made less than half as much)[[/note]] which, with inflation factored in, equates to ''$4,500,938,448''[[note]](using http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/ as the calculator)[[/note]] as of 2016.

* OldShame: In recordings, Walt Disney said that many regarded ''Snow White'' as a ToughActToFollow and disparaged his later films, to the point that Disney would resent ''Snow White'' for some time. He eventually came back around to loving his masterpiece.

* DoingItForTheArt: One of the main reasons Disney created this film, in addition to the potential cash flow, was his hope that it would raise animation to a higher art form. The film took four years to make and was not only a massive effort that required the studio to expand to over 1,000 artists, but there was no guarantee of financial success--the studio almost went bankrupt just from trying to get the film made, and it was only finished because Disney managed to get a large bank loan from showing a rough cut of the film. The short cartoons basically became a training ground for the monstrous amount of work and effects techniques needed to get the film done--the animators even had to take a few hours of mandatory, unpaid art classes after work each day in order to keep their jobs. Whole segments of the film had to be reanimated because this rapid skill acquisition meant the animators were driving their own work obsolete. Disney was even doing color tests for scenes as late as four months into production. But it all paid off with what was (at the time) the highest-grossing film of all time and one of the most influential movies ever made.

* BeamMeUpScotty:
** {{Zig zagg|ingTrope}}ed. It's "Magic mirror on the wall," not "Mirror, mirror on the wall"...unless you're talking about the original fairy tale and not the Disney film. Additionally, the queen asks is "Who is the Fairest ''one of all''", not "of them all."
** A partial case with "Heigh-Ho," which for some reason is much better remembered with the verse "It's off to work we go" that only appears in a brief reprise, rather than "It's home from work we go" as in the main version.

* ImageSource:
** AntiSneezeFinger
** DisneyDeath
** DrearyHalfLiddedEyes (upper left corner)
** DudeShesLikeInAComa
** EvilWearsBlack
** GoodPrincessEvilQueen
** HighCollarOfDoom
** MagicMirror
** OminousOperaCape
** RavenHairIvorySkin
** TemptingApple
** VileVulture

* QuoteSource:
** AnimatedMusical
** GodSaveUsFromTheQueen
** RavenHairIvorySkin