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* AudienceAlienatingEnding: The original ending, where the queen attends Snow White's wedding, and is punished by dancing in red-hot iron shoes until she dies. Most find that far too dark, and it's commonly left out of adaptations.




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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Even the Brothers Grimm version is quite dark; Snow White's stepmother tries to have her murdered for being prettier than her, and tries to kill her three more times. She also specifically wants the huntsman to cut out the little princess's heart so she can eat it.
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* StockParodyJokes:
** The prince is a necrophiliac.
** Snow White sleeps with the dwarfs during her time with them.
** Snow White is a CreepyChild, EnfantTerrible, vampire, or something else malicious. The Evil Queen isn't unjust in wanting to kill her evil step-daughter.
** The Evil Queen cuts the apple, and eats the non-poisoned half, only to realize that [[HoistByHisOwnPetard she was eating the poisoned half]], while Snow White was eating the non-poisoned half. Or alternatively, the Evil Queen has a basket of apples and forgets which ones she poisoned and mistakenly eats a poisoned one herself.
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** Snow White is seen as extraordinarily attractive for her pale skin and blood-red lips. In modern things, this either brings to mind [[IllGirl sickness]] or [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette creepiness]]. This is a major reason why many rewrites and FracturedFairytale takes depict her as more [[CreepyChild sinister]] than the original story (with some outright making her a vampire).

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** Snow White is seen as extraordinarily attractive for her pale skin and blood-red lips. In modern things, this either brings to mind [[IllGirl sickness]] sickness or [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette creepiness]]. This is a major reason why many rewrites and FracturedFairytale takes depict her as more [[CreepyChild sinister]] than the original story (with some outright making her a vampire).
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** The Evil Queen cuts the apple, and eats the non-poisoned half, only to realize that [[HoistByHisOwnPetard she was eating the poisoned half]], while Snow White was eating the non-poisoned half.

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** The Evil Queen cuts the apple, and eats the non-poisoned half, only to realize that [[HoistByHisOwnPetard she was eating the poisoned half]], while Snow White was eating the non-poisoned half. Or alternatively, the Evil Queen has a basket of apples and forgets which ones she poisoned and mistakenly eats a poisoned one herself.
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* CompleteMonster: [[VainSorceress Queen Elspeth]] was once a hideous sorceress and sister of the Granter of Wishes, who was transformed into a beautiful queen to be the wife of King John and [[WickedStepmother stepmother]] of Snow White. Obsessed with being the FairestOfThemAll, Elspeth becomes furious when Snow White overtakes her for this title. Elspeth enchants Hector the hunter to kill Snow White and bring her heart, before eating the heart, then murdering Hector for failing. Upon being rejected by Prince Alfred, Elspeth transforms him into a bear and traps him inside a snow globe. She also traps King John in a mirror, where he is ForcedToWatch as she explains her plan to murder his daughter. Elspeth was also responsible for transforming many of the dwarves native to the forest into inanimate garden gnomes, a process that's implied [[AndIMustScream they remain fully conscious]]. Elspeth's personal attempts to murder Snow White include strangling her with an enchanted ribbon, before transforming into Snow White's deceased mother and tricking her into eating the poisoned apple. When Wish Granter reveals her evil deeds cost Elspeth her beauty, she attempts to murder her own brother.

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* CompleteMonster: [[VainSorceress Queen Elspeth]] was once a hideous sorceress and sister of the Granter of Wishes, who was transformed into a beautiful queen to be the wife of King John and [[WickedStepmother stepmother]] of Snow White. Obsessed with being the FairestOfThemAll, Elspeth becomes furious when Snow White overtakes her for this title. Elspeth enchants Hector the hunter to kill Snow White and bring her heart, before eating the heart, then murdering Hector for failing. Upon being rejected by Prince Alfred, Elspeth transforms him into a bear and traps him inside a snow globe. She also traps King John in a mirror, where he is ForcedToWatch as she explains her plan to murder his daughter. Elspeth was also responsible for transforming many of the dwarves native to the forest into inanimate garden gnomes, a process that's implied [[AndIMustScream they remain fully conscious]]. Elspeth's personal attempts to murder Snow White include strangling her with an enchanted ribbon, before transforming into Snow White's deceased mother and tricking her into eating the poisoned apple. When Wish Granter reveals her evil deeds cost Elspeth her beauty, she attempts to murder her own brother.brother.
* MagnificentBastard: [[LiteralGenie The Granter of Wishes]] is an ancient sorcerer [[HumanPopsicle imprisoned within ice]] who is accidentally freed by John, the father of Snow White, where a grateful Wish Granter offers to grant any of John's wishes. However when John wishes for the return of his late wife, his "queen", Wish Granter states he cannot resurrect the dead, but [[ExactWords can give him a queen]]. Magically turning John into a king with his own kingdom, Wish Granter turns his sister [[BigBad Elspeth]] into a beautiful queen for John to marry. Elspeth however turns out to be a VainSorceress who attempts to murder Snow for overtaking her as FairestOfThemAll, while enchanting or killing many others who get in her way. Seeing how vile his sister is, the Wish Granter strips Elspeth of her beauty as punishment, and then calmly departs leaving Elspeth to her fate of being killed by her now freed and vengeful victims.
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** Snow White is as young as seven in early versions of the story (and in others, she's often only fourteen), yet she still runs off with a prince.

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** Snow White is as young as seven in early versions of the story (and in others, she's often only fourteen), yet she still runs off with a prince.prince.

!!YMMV tropes present in the 2001 TV film:
*CompleteMonster: [[VainSorceress Queen Elspeth]] was once a hideous sorceress and sister of the Granter of Wishes, who was transformed into a beautiful queen to be the wife of King John and [[WickedStepmother stepmother]] of Snow White. Obsessed with being the FairestOfThemAll, Elspeth becomes furious when Snow White overtakes her for this title. Elspeth enchants Hector the hunter to kill Snow White and bring her heart, before eating the heart, then murdering Hector for failing. Upon being rejected by Prince Alfred, Elspeth transforms him into a bear and traps him inside a snow globe. She also traps King John in a mirror, where he is ForcedToWatch as she explains her plan to murder his daughter. Elspeth was also responsible for transforming many of the dwarves native to the forest into inanimate garden gnomes, a process that's implied [[AndIMustScream they remain fully conscious]]. Elspeth's personal attempts to murder Snow White include strangling her with an enchanted ribbon, before transforming into Snow White's deceased mother and tricking her into eating the poisoned apple. When Wish Granter reveals her evil deeds cost Elspeth her beauty, she attempts to murder her own brother.
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** The Evil Queen cuts the apple, and eats the non-poisoned half, only to realize that she was eating the poisoned half, while Snow White was eating the non-poisoned half.

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** The Evil Queen cuts the apple, and eats the non-poisoned half, only to realize that [[HoistByHisOwnPetard she was eating the poisoned half, half]], while Snow White was eating the non-poisoned half.
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** The Evil Queen cutting the apple, and eating the non-poisoned half, only to realize that she was eating the poisoned half, while Snow White eats the non-poisoned half.

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** The Evil Queen cutting cuts the apple, and eating eats the non-poisoned half, only to realize that she was eating the poisoned half, while Snow White eats was eating the non-poisoned half.
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** The Evil Queen cutting the apple, and eating the non-poisoned half, only to realize that she was eating the poisoned half, while Snow White eats the non-poisoned half.
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** Snow White is seen as extraordinarily attractive for her pale skin and blood-red lips. In modern things, this either brings to mind [[IllGirl sickness]] or [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette creepiness]]. This is a major reason why many rewrites and FracturedFairytale takes depict her as more [[CreepyChild sinister]] than the original story (with some outright making her a vampire.

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** Snow White is seen as extraordinarily attractive for her pale skin and blood-red lips. In modern things, this either brings to mind [[IllGirl sickness]] or [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette creepiness]]. This is a major reason why many rewrites and FracturedFairytale takes depict her as more [[CreepyChild sinister]] than the original story (with some outright making her a vampire.vampire).
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* StockParodyJokes:
** The prince is a necrophiliac.
** Snow White sleeps with the dwarfs during her time with them.
** Snow White is a CreepyChild, EnfantTerrible, vampire, or something else malicious. The Evil Queen isn't unjust in wanting to kill her evil step-daughter.
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!!The Fairy Tale
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** Snow White is as young as seven in early versions of the story (and in others, she's often only fourteen), yet she still runs off with a prince.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Koko (voiced by Music/CabCalloway) singing "St. James Infirmary Blues.
* HilariousInHindsight: The queen looks a lot like [[ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} Olive Oyl]].
* NightmareFuel:
** What the queen turns into at the end.
** Watch the background as Koko sings. It goes from trippy to creepy quick.

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** Snow White is as young as seven in early versions of the story (and in others, she's often only fourteen), yet she still runs off with a prince.
!!WesternAnimation/BettyBoop Short
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Koko (voiced by Music/CabCalloway) singing "St. James Infirmary Blues.
* HilariousInHindsight: The queen looks a lot like [[ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} Olive Oyl]].
* NightmareFuel:
** What the queen turns into at the end.
** Watch the background as Koko sings. It goes from trippy to creepy quick.
prince.
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** Snow White is seen as extraordinarily attractive for her pale skin and blood-red lips. In modern things, this either brings to mind [[IllGirl sickness]] or [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette creepiness]]. This is a major reason why many rewrites and FracturedFairytale takes depict her as more [[CreepyChild sinister]] than the original story (with some outright making her a vampire]].
** The story has been analyzed as having ageist qualities to it due to Snow White's beauty contrasted with her step-mother's.

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** Snow White is seen as extraordinarily attractive for her pale skin and blood-red lips. In modern things, this either brings to mind [[IllGirl sickness]] or [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette creepiness]]. This is a major reason why many rewrites and FracturedFairytale takes depict her as more [[CreepyChild sinister]] than the original story (with some outright making her a vampire]].
vampire.
** The story has been analyzed as having ageist qualities to it due to Snow White's beauty contrasted with her step-mother's.stepmother's.



!!WesternAnimaton/BettyBoop Short

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!!WesternAnimaton/BettyBoop !!WesternAnimation/BettyBoop Short
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!!The Fairy Tale
* ValuesDissonance:
** Snow White is seen as extraordinarily attractive for her pale skin and blood-red lips. In modern things, this either brings to mind [[IllGirl sickness]] or [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette creepiness]]. This is a major reason why many rewrites and FracturedFairytale takes depict her as more [[CreepyChild sinister]] than the original story (with some outright making her a vampire]].
** The story has been analyzed as having ageist qualities to it due to Snow White's beauty contrasted with her step-mother's.
** Snow White is as young as seven in early versions of the story (and in others, she's often only fourteen), yet she still runs off with a prince.
!!WesternAnimaton/BettyBoop Short

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* HilariousInHindsight: The queen looks a lot like Olive Oyl.
* NightmareFuel: What the queen turns into at the end.
** Watch the background as Koko sings. It goes from trippy to creepy quick."

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* HilariousInHindsight: The queen looks a lot like [[ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} Olive Oyl.
Oyl]].
* NightmareFuel: NightmareFuel:
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What the queen turns into at the end.
** Watch the background as Koko sings. It goes from trippy to creepy quick."
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Koko (voiced by CabCalloway) singing "St. James Infirmary Blues.

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Koko (voiced by CabCalloway) Music/CabCalloway) singing "St. James Infirmary Blues.
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* HilariousInHindsight: The queen looks a lot like Olive Oyl.
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* AccidentalNightmareFuel: What the queen turns into at the end.
** Watch the background as Koko sings. It goes from trippy to creepy quick.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Koko (voiced by CabCalloway) singing "St. James Infirmary Blues."

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* AccidentalNightmareFuel: What the queen turns into at the end.
** Watch the background as Koko sings. It goes from trippy to creepy quick.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Koko (voiced by CabCalloway) singing "St. James Infirmary Blues.Blues.
* NightmareFuel: What the queen turns into at the end.
** Watch the background as Koko sings. It goes from trippy to creepy quick.
"
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** Watch the background as Koko sings. It goes from trippy to creepy quick.

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