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''Once Upon a Time'', known in its original French as ''Il était une fois'' (not to be confused with the popular, long-running EdutainmentShow [[SimilarlyNamedWorks of the same name]]), is an obscure French children's animated television series that ran for 26 five-minute episodes in 1995. It is a FracturedFairyTale AnthologySeries, with each episode consisting of an adaptation of a familiar [[Creator/TheBrothersGrimm Brothers Grimm]], [[Creator/HansChristianAndersen Hans Christian Andersen]] etc. fairytale as interpreted by a different comic book artist per episode, each with some kind of twist/gimmick/reimagination, and each in a different style of animation.
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''Once Upon a Time'', known in its original French as ''Il était une fois'' (not to be confused with the popular, long-running EdutainmentShow [[SimilarlyNamedWorks of the same name]]), is an obscure French children's animated television series that ran for 26 five-minute episodes in 1995. It is a FracturedFairyTale AnthologySeries, with each episode consisting of an adaptation of a familiar [[Creator/TheBrothersGrimm Brothers Grimm]], [[Creator/HansChristianAndersen Hans Christian Andersen]] etc. fairytale as interpreted by a different comic book artist per episode, each with some kind of twist/gimmick/reimagination, and each in a different style of animation.
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* AnthologySeries: The premise of the series consists of familiar fairytales as reimagined by a different comic book artist per episode.
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* RecycledInSpace: The premise of the series is basically just familiar fairytales with some kind of twist, gimmick or modification. Several of the episodes (such as the "Cinderella" and "Sleeping Beauty" ones) more literally just portray the stories more-or-less straight but in a sci-fi setting.
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* RecycledInSpace: The premise of the series is basically just familiar fairytales with some kind of twist, gimmick or modification. reimagining, as envisioned by a different comic book artist per each episode. Several of the episodes (such as the "Cinderella" and "Sleeping Beauty" ones) more literally just portray the original stories more-or-less straight but in a sci-fi setting.
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* RecycledInSpace: Several of the episodes (such as the "Cinderella" and "Sleeping Beauty" ones) tell the original fairytales more or less straight; simply in a sci-fi setting.
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** ''Literature/ThePiedPiper'' doesn't steal away children, but instead [[spoiler:lures the adults of the underground transit station to come with him to a world away from the bleak, soul-crushing reality in which they currently live]].
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* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: A variation at the end of ''Donkeyskin'': [[spoiler:the Fairy Godmother is shown giving a book containing the story of Donkeyskin to an author, who pays her well for it before writing down the title and his name -- Charles Perrault[[note]]the French author who committed the original fairytale to print[[/note]].
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* LiteralManEater: [[spoiler:A rather unusual twist is ''Little Red Riding Hood'', where the titular girl is deliberately sent out into the desert to seduce hyenas into pursuing her, only so she can trap them and kill them to feed herself and her village.]]
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* LiteralManEater: [[spoiler:A rather unusual twist is ''Little Red Riding Hood'', where the titular girl is deliberately sent out into the desert bush to seduce hyenas into pursuing her, only so she can trap them and kill them to feed herself and her village.]]
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I've watched the entire series in French, but not understanding a word, I've only been able to apply some of the most surface level tropes.
* AdaptationalHeroism: In ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid'', the Sea Witch is traditionally portrayed as at least a very harsh sort of neutral, demanding great sacrifices from the Mermaid in exchange for her magic, or even an outright villain. In the episode, her role is taken by the far more sympathetic circus magician. [[spoiler:Who pulls the stealth equivalent of a BigDamnHeroes at the end by using his magic to give the transformed mermaid wings, allowing her to save her beloved acrobat and successfully claim his love, all without demanding any kind of payment.]]
* AdaptationalVillainy: In ''Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs'', the titular porkers are the ''antagonists'', trying to drive the poor, out-of-work wolf out of the houses where he is squatting, even though they keep being forced to rebuild the houses when they destroy them.
* AllJustADream: [[spoiler: The episode based on ''Literature/TheSteadfastTinSoldier'' uses this twist; the Tin Soldier and the Ballerina aren't living toys, but instead the Soldier is dreaming he's a toy after having been injured on the battlefield. At the episode's end, he wakes to discover himself alive, human, and being tended to by the beautiful ballerina.]]
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: In ''Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', the seven dwarfs are all a different solid color.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In ''Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs'', the titular porkers are the ''antagonists'', trying to drive the poor, out-of-work wolf out of the houses where he is squatting, even though they keep being forced to rebuild the houses when they destroy them.
* AllJustADream: [[spoiler: The episode based on ''Literature/TheSteadfastTinSoldier'' uses this twist; the Tin Soldier and the Ballerina aren't living toys, but instead the Soldier is dreaming he's a toy after having been injured on the battlefield. At the episode's end, he wakes to discover himself alive, human, and being tended to by the beautiful ballerina.]]
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: In ''Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', the seven dwarfs are all a different solid color.
* AwfulWeddedLife: [[spoiler:The ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}'' episode ends with not only the WickedStepmother and Stepsisters being reduced to cleaning Cinderella's home like slaves, but her husband too!]]
* BearyFriendly: The Three Bears are surprisingly forgiving of Goldilocks for breaking into their home and poking around amongst their stuff. [[KarmicJackpot It pays off for them big time, as she turns out to be a natural talent as a rap-singer, catapulting them out of povery and into fame and fortune.]]
* BullyingADragon: ''Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs'' continually harass the wolf for squatting in a house they own, until he sees a typical cartoon of a wolf chasing and trying to eat pigs on the TV. That's when the wolf confirms they are pigs, and attempts to eat them. The episode ends with the three pigs hunkering in their latest house, watching the security systems in terror as dozens of wolves gather in a massive pack to try and break in, determined to drag them out and eat them.
* BearyFriendly: The Three Bears are surprisingly forgiving of Goldilocks for breaking into their home and poking around amongst their stuff. [[KarmicJackpot It pays off for them big time, as she turns out to be a natural talent as a rap-singer, catapulting them out of povery and into fame and fortune.]]
* BullyingADragon: ''Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs'' continually harass the wolf for squatting in a house they own, until he sees a typical cartoon of a wolf chasing and trying to eat pigs on the TV. That's when the wolf confirms they are pigs, and attempts to eat them. The episode ends with the three pigs hunkering in their latest house, watching the security systems in terror as dozens of wolves gather in a massive pack to try and break in, determined to drag them out and eat them.
* CatsAreMean:
** [[spoiler:''Puss in Boots'' ends with the cat revealing that, once he'd used the human guy who'd found him as a patsy to build up sufficient wealth, he got rid of him and took over as the Marquis of Carabas himself.]]
** In ''The Chimney Sweep and the Shepherdess'', the family cat is the primary antagonist, menacing the titular living figurines at the behest of the evil desk.
* ChildProdigy: In ''Ricky of the Tuft'' , Ricky's FairyGodmother blessed him with an incredible intelligence to make up for his distinctly subpar features. He grows up to be a TeenGenius.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: ''Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs'' are a trio of sleazy real estate monguls who harass the wolf in order to drive him from a house where he has been squatting, starting by blowing down his house.
** [[spoiler:''Puss in Boots'' ends with the cat revealing that, once he'd used the human guy who'd found him as a patsy to build up sufficient wealth, he got rid of him and took over as the Marquis of Carabas himself.]]
** In ''The Chimney Sweep and the Shepherdess'', the family cat is the primary antagonist, menacing the titular living figurines at the behest of the evil desk.
* ChildProdigy: In ''Ricky of the Tuft'' , Ricky's FairyGodmother blessed him with an incredible intelligence to make up for his distinctly subpar features. He grows up to be a TeenGenius.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: ''Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs'' are a trio of sleazy real estate monguls who harass the wolf in order to drive him from a house where he has been squatting, starting by blowing down his house.
* DoingInTheWizard: In ''Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast'', the Beast is actually deformed by exposure to a rare floral toxin, and is cured when Belle's father, informed of this by his daughter, uses his botanical knowledge to brew an antidote.
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* {{Gonk}}: ''The Little Tailor'' is absolutely hideous, with a long, warty nose, weak eyes, and a stubble-covered, shapeless mouth.
* HarshTruthAesop: In ''Jack and the Beanstalk'', Jack continually steals magical items that could lift him and his mother out of poverty from the floating mansion of the giant, only for his mother to force him to take the items back out of honesty. Eventually, the affronted giant gives them a check because he's insulted that Jack has kept bringing everything back, then uproots the beanstalk and leaves. But the money from the check quickly runs out, leaving them as bad as they were to start with, Jack regarding his mother with disdain whilst the narrator notes that principles are a poor substitute for food.
* {{Gonk}}: ''The Little Tailor'' is absolutely hideous, with a long, warty nose, weak eyes, and a stubble-covered, shapeless mouth.
* HarshTruthAesop: In ''Jack and the Beanstalk'', Jack continually steals magical items that could lift him and his mother out of poverty from the floating mansion of the giant, only for his mother to force him to take the items back out of honesty. Eventually, the affronted giant gives them a check because he's insulted that Jack has kept bringing everything back, then uproots the beanstalk and leaves. But the money from the check quickly runs out, leaving them as bad as they were to start with, Jack regarding his mother with disdain whilst the narrator notes that principles are a poor substitute for food.
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* EnfantTerrible: [[spoiler: In the ''Literature/HanselAndGretel'' episode, after learning the cakemaker is a cannibal who chose to spare them, the titular kids thank her by luring their parents to her shop and serving their parents to her as food!]]
* EvilUncle: In ''The Chimney Sweep and the Shepherdess'', the initial antagonist is the Shepherdess' uncle, a porcelain statue of a Chinese noble, who wants her to wed a desk with three devilish faces. Ironically, he gets killed off within the first few minutes of the episode.
* FracturedFairyTale: The core premise of theseries.
series. Exactly ''how'' fractured varies from story to story, such as ''Literature/TheFrogPrince'' being a jazz-playing frog who never changes back into a human, despite hooking up with the girl.
* GettingEatenIsHarmless: ''Tom Thumb'' spends pretty much his entire episode in the bellies of a cow, a fish and a cat before his father finally gets him back.
* {{Gonk}}: ''Ricky of the Tuft'' is so ugly that he works in the family's jokes & novelties shop, and his face is considered scarier than any of the masks there!
* GrotesqueGallery: The defining feature of the art in ''The Brave Little Tailor'' episode isabsolutely hideous, with a long, warty nose, weak eyes, and a stubble-covered, shapeless mouth.
that everyone, from the titular tailor up to the princess, are all hideous.
*HarshTruthAesop: HardTruthAesop: In ''Jack and the Beanstalk'', Jack continually steals magical items that could lift him and his mother out of poverty from the floating mansion of the giant, only for his mother to force him to take the items back out of honesty. Eventually, the affronted giant gives them a check because he's insulted that Jack has kept bringing everything back, then uproots the beanstalk and leaves. But the money from the check quickly runs out, leaving them as bad as they were to start with, Jack regarding his mother with disdain whilst the narrator notes that principles are a poor substitute for food.food.
* InsectoidAliens: The Wicked Stepmother and Stepdaughters from the ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}'' episode are depicted as members of an alien race of AmbiguousRobots with an appearance akin to humanoid beetles, save for their SlayingMantis like arms and the fact they hop around on a single leg. Cinderella herself [[RubberForeheadAlien looks like a human woman with purple scaly skin and pink hair]].
* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: A variation at the end of ''Donkeyskin'': [[spoiler:the Fairy Godmother is shown giving a book containing the story of Donkeyskin to an author, who pays her well for it before writing down the title and his name -- Charles Perrault[[note]]the French author who committed the original fairytale to print[[/note]].
* EvilUncle: In ''The Chimney Sweep and the Shepherdess'', the initial antagonist is the Shepherdess' uncle, a porcelain statue of a Chinese noble, who wants her to wed a desk with three devilish faces. Ironically, he gets killed off within the first few minutes of the episode.
* FracturedFairyTale: The core premise of the
* GettingEatenIsHarmless: ''Tom Thumb'' spends pretty much his entire episode in the bellies of a cow, a fish and a cat before his father finally gets him back.
* {{Gonk}}: ''Ricky of the Tuft'' is so ugly that he works in the family's jokes & novelties shop, and his face is considered scarier than any of the masks there!
* GrotesqueGallery: The defining feature of the art in ''The Brave Little Tailor'' episode is
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* InsectoidAliens: The Wicked Stepmother and Stepdaughters from the ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}'' episode are depicted as members of an alien race of AmbiguousRobots with an appearance akin to humanoid beetles, save for their SlayingMantis like arms and the fact they hop around on a single leg. Cinderella herself [[RubberForeheadAlien looks like a human woman with purple scaly skin and pink hair]].
* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: A variation at the end of ''Donkeyskin'': [[spoiler:the Fairy Godmother is shown giving a book containing the story of Donkeyskin to an author, who pays her well for it before writing down the title and his name -- Charles Perrault[[note]]the French author who committed the original fairytale to print[[/note]].
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** The EvilUncle in ''The Chimney Sweep and the Shepherdess'' tries to yank out the dancing ballerina's key, only to pull so hard he trips and falls off of his high shelf, shattering on the floor.
* LatexPerfection: Fitting the FracturedFairyTale theme, in ''Ricky of the Tuft'', rather than Ricky magically being transformed to be made handsome after finding a woman he loves, he instead ''claims'' that's what's happened, whilst secretly donning a super-realistic mask of a handsome face.
* LatexPerfection: Fitting the FracturedFairyTale theme, in ''Ricky of the Tuft'', rather than Ricky magically being transformed to be made handsome after finding a woman he loves, he instead ''claims'' that's what's happened, whilst secretly donning a super-realistic mask of a handsome face.
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* MagiciansAreWizards: In ''The Little Mermaid'', the circus magician practices real magic, and takes the role of the Sea Witch, giving the mermaid the legs she feels she needs in order to be with her human beloved.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: At the end of ''The Brave Little Tailor'', the Princess gives birth to septuplets[[note]]seven children[[/note]].
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In ''The Chimney Sweep and the Shepherdess'', the titular Chimney Sweep is about to be destroyed by the cat, but the desk gets so excited whilst cheering the cat on that it accidentally launches one of its drawers at the cat, hitting it in the head and stunning it, giving the Chimney Sweep the chance to escape.
* PrinceCharming: It's unclear if the prince from ''Donkeyskin'' is this or PrinceCharmless; he does scold his men for tripping Donkeyskin into the mud in front of him and does help her up, but he also very visibly takes notice of the gold ring she's wearing, before he spies on her and uncovers her secret.
* RubberForeheadAlien: ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}'' is depicted as beautiful alien woman who would pass for human were it not for her scaly purple skin and flowing pink hair. It's implied her PrinceCharming looks the same, but he remains clad in form-covering, skin-tight golden armor throughout the episode.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: At the end of ''The Brave Little Tailor'', the Princess gives birth to septuplets[[note]]seven children[[/note]].
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In ''The Chimney Sweep and the Shepherdess'', the titular Chimney Sweep is about to be destroyed by the cat, but the desk gets so excited whilst cheering the cat on that it accidentally launches one of its drawers at the cat, hitting it in the head and stunning it, giving the Chimney Sweep the chance to escape.
* PrinceCharming: It's unclear if the prince from ''Donkeyskin'' is this or PrinceCharmless; he does scold his men for tripping Donkeyskin into the mud in front of him and does help her up, but he also very visibly takes notice of the gold ring she's wearing, before he spies on her and uncovers her secret.
* RubberForeheadAlien: ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}'' is depicted as beautiful alien woman who would pass for human were it not for her scaly purple skin and flowing pink hair. It's implied her PrinceCharming looks the same, but he remains clad in form-covering, skin-tight golden armor throughout the episode.
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* StockNessMonster: [[spoiler:''The Ugly Duckling'' grows up to be this instead of a swan.]]
* TheTrickster:
** As in the original novel, ''The Brave Little Tailor'' is this. After being emboldened by managing to swat seven flies in a single strike, he goes out and defeats a giant just for fun, then captures two giants to win the hand of a princess, both times using trickery to defeat the much bigger, stronger foes. [[spoiler:After he is disgraced when his former cleaner sneaks into the wedding feast and reveals his "seven in one blow" was dealt to flies, he manipulates seven of the greatest warriors in the kingdom into killing each other to win back his princess.]]
** ''Tom Thumb'', after being sold by his father to a traveling circus ringmaster, spends the episode tricking him into paying ever greater sums for animals that have harmlessly swallowed Tom, culminating in him getting home and making the ringmaster pay a bag of gold before leaving with a completely ordinary cat and cow.
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* TheTrickster:
** As in the original novel, ''The Brave Little Tailor'' is this. After being emboldened by managing to swat seven flies in a single strike, he goes out and defeats a giant just for fun, then captures two giants to win the hand of a princess, both times using trickery to defeat the much bigger, stronger foes. [[spoiler:After he is disgraced when his former cleaner sneaks into the wedding feast and reveals his "seven in one blow" was dealt to flies, he manipulates seven of the greatest warriors in the kingdom into killing each other to win back his princess.]]
** ''Tom Thumb'', after being sold by his father to a traveling circus ringmaster, spends the episode tricking him into paying ever greater sums for animals that have harmlessly swallowed Tom, culminating in him getting home and making the ringmaster pay a bag of gold before leaving with a completely ordinary cat and cow.
%%**In ''Donkeyskin'', the penultimate twist is that the story Donkeyskin tells her smitten prince of being a princess chased into exile is all lies: she's a common pig farmer's daughter who is being given some illusory help from a pig-faced fairy in order to trick the prince into marrying her.]]
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* UrbanFantasy: Many stories are set in distinctly modern environments, including ''The Little Mermaid'', ''Puss in Boots'', ''Jack and the Beanstalk'', and ''The Pied Piper'', despite featuring magic.
* WingedHumanoid: [[spoiler: At the end of ''The Little Mermaid'', the titular mermaid gains small wings on her ankles that allow her to fly.]]
* WomenAreWiser: [[spoiler:The twist in ''The Princess and the Pea'' is that the whole thing about the princess feeling the pea through all the mattresses is a scheme cooked up by the Queen-Mother and the women in order to trick the foolishly romantic prince into settling down and getting married, which is quite important given the devastated, post-apocalyptic state of their kingdom.]]
* WingedHumanoid: [[spoiler: At the end of ''The Little Mermaid'', the titular mermaid gains small wings on her ankles that allow her to fly.]]
* WomenAreWiser: [[spoiler:The twist in ''The Princess and the Pea'' is that the whole thing about the princess feeling the pea through all the mattresses is a scheme cooked up by the Queen-Mother and the women in order to trick the foolishly romantic prince into settling down and getting married, which is quite important given the devastated, post-apocalyptic state of their kingdom.]]
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* ShoutOut: In the museum from the "Snow White", there are statues of Franchise/{{Marsupilami}}, an off-color Franchise/{{Tintin}} and Snowy, alongside busts of Franchise/MickeyMouse and [[Franchise/{{Peanuts}} Charlie Brown]] with a petrified Snow White dressed in the same dress as the Disney version.
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* SeeThruSpecs: The twist of ''Literature/TheBoyWhoCriedWolf'' is that [[spoiler: the entire family are secretly wolves wearing masks and the the boy could see their true faces through his glasses.]]
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* UmpteenthCustomer: In the ''Literature/HopOMyThumb'' adaptation, the father keeps trying to abandon his children at a theme park only to be foiled by the youngest finding his way back with a trail of popcorn that he left behind. The third time, a dog eats the trail, leaving the boy wandering the park until he is picked out as the millionth visitor and given a bunch of gifts that causes his father to reclaim him.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Subverted, ironically, in ''The Pied Piper. [[spoiler:When the city officials refuse to pay him for removing the rats from their subway system, he uses his magic flute to lure the ''adult'' commuters away to a magical realm through a picture on the subway wall.]]
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'''Once Upon A Time''', known in its original French as '''Il Était Une Fois''' and not to be confused with the popular, long-running EdutainmentShow of the same name, was a French animated series that ran for 26 episodes in 1995. Produced by the animation company Rooster Studio, it was a FracturedFairyTale series, with each of its twenty six episodes taking a familiar fairy tale and telling it in a twisted manner. Each episode ran for approximately five minutes and had its own unique animation style.
!!This series provides examples of:
* CarnivoreConfusion: The episode twisting ''Little Red Riding Hood'' is set in an Africa where the Africans are either black-furred {{dogface}}s or humanoid mice, and hyenas are... equally humanoid and sapient creatures. This does not stop the hyenas from wanting to eat the Africans. [[spoiler:Nor does it stop the Africans from eating the hyenas.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: Many of the episodes portray either a grim, morbid twist on their fundamental fairy tale, or a BlackComedy slant on it.
* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler: ''Bluebeard'' sold his soul to the Devil for wealth.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:In ''The Little Match Girl'', the Match Girl's neighbor is a failing musician trying to build up the courage to suffocate himself in the gas oven.]] [[spoiler:At the episode's end, he does just that, only for the titular Match Girl to inadvertently ignite the gas with her match, killing them both in the explosion.]]
* FracturedFairyTale: The core premise of the series.
* {{Gonk}}: ''The Little Tailor'' is absolutely hideous, with a long, warty nose, weak eyes, and a stubble-covered, shapeless mouth.
* HarshTruthAesop: In ''Jack and the Beanstalk'', Jack continually steals magical items that could lift him and his mother out of poverty from the floating mansion of the giant, only for his mother to force him to take the items back out of honesty. Eventually, the affronted giant gives them a check because he's insulted that Jack has kept bringing everything back, then uproots the beanstalk and leaves. But the money from the check quickly runs out, leaving them as bad as they were to start with, Jack regarding his mother with disdain whilst the narrator notes that principles are a poor substitute for food.
* KarmicDeath:
** [[spoiler: ''Bluebeard'' has his soul sucked out and trapped in a life-sized doll, just as he did to all of his wives.]]
** [[spoiler: The hyena from ''Little Red Riding Hood'' is killed and eaten by the girl he was trying to eat.]]
* LiteralManEater: [[spoiler:A rather unusual twist is ''Little Red Riding Hood'', where the titular girl is deliberately sent out into the desert to seduce hyenas into pursuing her, only so she can trap them and kill them to feed herself and her village.]]
* LoveTriangle: ''The Little Mermaid'' revolves around a love triangle between the titular mermaid, who performs at a circus, and two human acrobats; a man whom the mermaid loves and who reciprocates, and the acrobat's domineering female partner.[[spoiler:It culminates with the female acrobat attempting to murder her male partner after realizing he loves the mermaid instead of her.]]
* TrophyRoom: [[spoiler: ''Little Red Riding Hood'' has a cupboard filled with shoes taken from hyenas she's seduced, killed and eaten.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: Subverted, ironically, in ''The Pied Piper. [[spoiler:When the city officials refuse to pay him for removing the rats from their subway system, he uses his magic flute to lure the ''adult'' commuters away to a magical realm through a picture on the subway wall.]]
!!This series provides examples of:
* CarnivoreConfusion: The episode twisting ''Little Red Riding Hood'' is set in an Africa where the Africans are either black-furred {{dogface}}s or humanoid mice, and hyenas are... equally humanoid and sapient creatures. This does not stop the hyenas from wanting to eat the Africans. [[spoiler:Nor does it stop the Africans from eating the hyenas.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: Many of the episodes portray either a grim, morbid twist on their fundamental fairy tale, or a BlackComedy slant on it.
* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler: ''Bluebeard'' sold his soul to the Devil for wealth.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:In ''The Little Match Girl'', the Match Girl's neighbor is a failing musician trying to build up the courage to suffocate himself in the gas oven.]] [[spoiler:At the episode's end, he does just that, only for the titular Match Girl to inadvertently ignite the gas with her match, killing them both in the explosion.]]
* FracturedFairyTale: The core premise of the series.
* {{Gonk}}: ''The Little Tailor'' is absolutely hideous, with a long, warty nose, weak eyes, and a stubble-covered, shapeless mouth.
* HarshTruthAesop: In ''Jack and the Beanstalk'', Jack continually steals magical items that could lift him and his mother out of poverty from the floating mansion of the giant, only for his mother to force him to take the items back out of honesty. Eventually, the affronted giant gives them a check because he's insulted that Jack has kept bringing everything back, then uproots the beanstalk and leaves. But the money from the check quickly runs out, leaving them as bad as they were to start with, Jack regarding his mother with disdain whilst the narrator notes that principles are a poor substitute for food.
* KarmicDeath:
** [[spoiler: ''Bluebeard'' has his soul sucked out and trapped in a life-sized doll, just as he did to all of his wives.]]
** [[spoiler: The hyena from ''Little Red Riding Hood'' is killed and eaten by the girl he was trying to eat.]]
* LiteralManEater: [[spoiler:A rather unusual twist is ''Little Red Riding Hood'', where the titular girl is deliberately sent out into the desert to seduce hyenas into pursuing her, only so she can trap them and kill them to feed herself and her village.]]
* LoveTriangle: ''The Little Mermaid'' revolves around a love triangle between the titular mermaid, who performs at a circus, and two human acrobats; a man whom the mermaid loves and who reciprocates, and the acrobat's domineering female partner.[[spoiler:It culminates with the female acrobat attempting to murder her male partner after realizing he loves the mermaid instead of her.]]
* TrophyRoom: [[spoiler: ''Little Red Riding Hood'' has a cupboard filled with shoes taken from hyenas she's seduced, killed and eaten.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: Subverted, ironically, in ''The Pied Piper. [[spoiler:When the city officials refuse to pay him for removing the rats from their subway system, he uses his magic flute to lure the ''adult'' commuters away to a magical realm through a picture on the subway wall.]]
