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2[[caption-width-right:320:[-Outside Literature/BabaYaga's Hut, in a Russian Fairy Tale.-] ]]
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4->''"Fairy tales do not give the child the idea of the evil or the ugly; that is in the child already because it is in the world already. What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the possible defeat of evil.\
5The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St George to kill the dragon."''
6-->-- '''Creator/GKChesterton'''
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10"Fairy tale" is the English name for a specific type of fantastic folktale. The term "fairy" in this case is not a reference to the creatures now called fairies, but to the word's original meaning, the "faery"; the "place of the fae" (c.f. "nunnery", "rookery"). Originally meant to refer to the otherworlds where fairy beings like the elves and the sidhe live, it eventually took on a more generic meaning as "land of magic". Very few fairy tales actually feature [[OurFairiesAreDifferent fairies]]; even those European countries with a developed [[TheFairFolk fairy folklore]] preferred to use {{Talking Animal}}s instead. The name of the genre can be traced to Madame d'Aulnoy's ''Les Contes de Fées'', which appeared only after literary fairy tales became all the rage.
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12Folklorists prefer to describe these stories using the German word ''märchen'', which is usually translated to English as "fairy tale" or "fairy story", but a better translation might be "wonder story." Several extremely popular tales such as [[Creator/CharlesPerrault Perrault]]'s "Cinderella" and "Sleeping Beauty" did feature fairies, helping give weight to the name, while others like "Literature/{{Rumpelstiltskin}}" and "Literature/KateCrackernuts" alluded to [[OurFairiesAreDifferent a more sinister kind]] of [[TheFairFolk folkloric fairies]]. On the other hand, Perrault's "Cinderella" is an odd-ball; normally the Cinderella figure is helped by [[OurGhostsAreDifferent her dead mother]], and "Sleeping Beauty" is as likely to be a victim of prophecy as a {{curse}}). Many, such as "Literature/{{Rapunzel}}", "Literature/PussInBoots", "Literature/HanselAndGretel", and "Literature/SnowWhite", contain no such figures. Fairy tales ''may'' include creatures from folklore such as [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblins]], [[WickedWitch witches]], and [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]], but they don't have to. Likewise, they ''may'' include magic, but they don't have to. Some, like "Literature/{{Bluebeard}}", contain no supernatural elements at all.
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14What fairy tales ''do'' share is a distinct and consistent set of narrative conventions. They usually take place "{{once upon a time}}", with few (if any) references to real people, places or events. They are typically told in an extremely spare and laconic style, using archetypical characters and locations that require the audience to fill in the details with their own imagination. Even the [[PimpedOutDress fancy dresses]] the heroine [[SheCleansUpNicely wears to a ball]] are discussed briefly; "[[RuleOfThree three dresses]], one as golden as the sun, one as silvery as the moon, and one as bright as the stars" and the story goes on. Likewise, characters are defined by their actions. When motives are provided (which is only for human characters), they are short and simple: the heroine is out to find her fortune; the hero wants to marry the princess; the WickedStepmother is {{greed}}y and doesn't want her stepchild to have an inheritance, or [[GreenEyedMonster envious]] of her beauty, or if she has a stepson, destroy his wife; the [[FakeUltimateHero false hero]] wants to marry the princess; the king falls in love with the strange woman he meets in the woods because of her beauty. And motives may not be provided at all; in [[Creator/TheBrothersGrimm the Grimms']] "Literature/TheTwelveDancingPrincesses", we never find out why the princesses are going to the nightly dances, and indeed never discover whether they are doing so voluntarily or not. The limits between a fairy tale and {{Legend}}s, {{Fable}}s or epic poetry are blurred, but overall, it is considered that fairy tales can be distinguished from legends and epics for usually not exploring any specific real events, beliefs, locations and/or people, being more timeless and able to happen in several places. Furthermore, fables, differently from fairy tales, mainly focus on delivering and illustrating moral lessons and often feature anthropomorphic animals, inanimate objects, plants and forces of nature as characters.
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16"Fairy tale" is often used in modern times to depict an idealized romance or ending, but this is largely a result of {{Disneyfication}}. Many classic fairy tales are quite dark in their original form, and a few are outright horrific. Heroes may be the victims of [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence such violence]] as having hands chopped off or eyes gouged out; at the end of the story, villains may be [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath disposed of]] by such methods as having them [[Literature/SnowWhite wear red-hot shoes and dance until they die]] or [[Literature/TheGooseGirl putting them in a barrel lined with nails and having a horse drag it until they die]]. The spare style helps minimize the impact, as it can deal with the violence briefly and without gory detail, but even so many fairy tales have produced NightmareFuel. In some cases, this is intentional, to ScareEmStraight. In many others, however, the reason why they were so much darker and more adult than later versions is simply because some of such folktales were never intended for children in the first place, but for adults, only being associated with ChildrensLiterature after being removed from their folkloric roots and portrayed as children's stories by the end of the 18th century.
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18Fairy tales are found in cultures all over the world. Many tale types have wide-spread variants. However, [[SmallReferencePools only a tiny handful of them are widely known]] in modern culture. Consequently, when a writer goes to rewrite a fairy tale into FracturedFairyTale, with parody or subversion, it generally invokes one of that handful. For instance, the FairyGodmother is a relatively rare figure in fairy tales, but having featured in "Literature/{{Cinderella}}" and "Literature/SleepingBeauty", is epidemic in the FracturedFairyTale. Even [[TwiceToldTale retellings]] that do not parody the fairy tales generally stick to the best known.
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20We know that fairy tales are OlderThanDirt because clearly recognizable fairy tales turn up, occasionally, in written form as far back as there has been writing. A 2016 Linguistic study suggested that two ("the Boy steals the Ogre's Treasure' (''Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk'' in English) and various FaustianBargain stories) date back to the very beginnings of civilization (3500-4500 B.C.E.). The story of Jason and Medea is a form of "The girl helps the hero flee" like ''Literature/TheWhiteDove''; a whole cycle of ChivalricRomance are tales of "The girl without hands" like ''Literature/TheOneHandedGirl''. However, many of these are also clearly written in literary form, and the others may also be far removed from the orally told tales of their time. Nor were they distinguished from other types of story. Giambattista Basile's ''The Pentamerone'' in 1634 (or so) was the first collection to contain only what we would recognize as fairy tales, but heavily rewritten into a literary style. Creator/TheBrothersGrimm were the first to even try to save the folk version, and all tales collected from the oral tradition post-date theirs.
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22Fairy tales were originally intended for all ages, but for a long period of time, they were only written or presented as children's stories. Disney is rather famous for adapting fairy tales into [[TheMovie movie]] [[TheMusical musicals]], [[{{Disneyfication}} often with changes to make them more light-hearted]]. Writers who seek to restore fairy tales to their original intensity may intensify it to the point of {{Grimmification}}.
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24See also FairyTaleTropes for a list of tropes common to fairy tales, [[ProppsFunctionsOfFolktales Propp's Functions of Folktales]], and FairytaleMotifs. If they're {{parodied}}, you get a FracturedFairyTale. JustForFun/NotToBeConfusedWith the similarly-named manga ''Manga/FairyTail''.
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26For works about fairies, see FairyFiction.
27----
28[[index]]
29[[header:Collectors and compilers:]]
30* Gianfrancesco Straparola -- author of the first notable collection of European (specifically, Italian) fairy tales, ''The Facetious Nights of Straparola'' (1550/53)
31* Giambattista Basile -- ''The Pentamerone'' (1634/36); the first collection solely of fairy tales
32* Creator/CharlesPerrault -- ''Tales of Mother Goose'' (1697)
33* Creator/MadameDAulnoy -- coined the term "fairy tale" with her ''Les Contes des Fées'' (1697/98)
34* Creator/TheBrothersGrimm -- ''Children's and Household Tales'' (1812)
35* Creator/AsbjornsenAndMoe -- ''Norwegian Folktales'' (1842/43)
36* Ludwig Bechstein -- ''Deutsches Märchenbuch'' (1845) and ''Neues Deutsches Märchenbuch'' (1857)
37* Johann Wilhelm Wolf -- ''Deutsche Märchen und Sagen'' (1845) and ''Deutsche Hausmärchen'' (1851)
38* Božena Němcová -- ''National Tales and Legends'' (1845/48) and ''Slovak Fairy Tale and Legends'' (1856/57)
39* Svend Grundtvig -- ''Gamle Danske Minder i Folkemunde'' (1854/61) and ''Danske Folkæventyr'' (1876/78)
40* Creator/AlexanderAfanasyev -- ''Russian Fairy Tales'', 8 volumes (1855/67)
41* Manuel Fernández y González -- La Alhambra: Leyendas Árabes (1856)
42* Creator/FranzXaverVonSchonwerth - ''Aus der Oberpfalz'' (1857-1859).
43* Laura Gonzenbach -- ''Sicilianische Märchen'' (1870)
44* Francesc Maspons i Labrós -- ''Lo Rondallayre: Quentos Populars Catalans'' (1871/75) and ''Cuentos Populars Catalans'' (1885)
45* Jean-François Bladé -- Contes populaires de la Gascogne (1886)
46* Petre Ispirescu -- ''Legende sau basmele românilor'' (1872)
47* Giuseppe Pitrè -- ''Fiabe, novelle e racconti popolari siciliane'' (1875)
48* Paul Sébillot -- ''Contes Populaires de la Haute-Bretagne'' (1880/82)
49* Pavol Dobšinský -- ''National Slovak Tales'' (1880/83)
50* Evald Tang Kristensen -- ''&[=AElig=];ventyr fra Jylland'' (1881/97)
51* Zófimo Consiglieri Pedroso -- ''Portuguese Folk-Tales'' (1882)
52* Teófilo Braga -- ''Contos Tradicionaes do Povo Portuguez'' (1883)
53* Emmanuel Cosquin -- ''Contes Populaires de Lorraine'' (1886)
54* Heinrich Von Wlislocki -- ''Märchen und Sagen der transsilvanischen Zigeuner'' (''Fairy Tales and Legends of the Transylvanian Gypsies'') (1886)
55* François-Marie Luzel -- ''Contes Populaires de Basse-Bretagne'' (1887)
56* Elek Benedek -- ''Magyar mese- és mondavilág'' (1894/96)
57* Charles Polydore de Mont and Alfons de Cock -- ''Dit zijn Vlaamsche wondersprookjes, het volk naverteld'' (1896) and ''Dit zijn Vlaamse vertelsels uit den volksmond opgeschreven'' (1898)
58* Jonas Basanavičius -- ''Lietuviškos pasakos'' (1898-1926)
59* Creator/AndrewLang -- ''Colored Fairy Books'', 12 volumes (1889-1910)
60* Creator/JosephJacobs -- ''Fairy Tales'', 5 volumes (1890-1916)
61** ''Literature/EuropeanFolkAndFairyTales''
62* Carmen Lyra -- ''Cuentos de mi tía Pachita'' (1920)
63* Aurelio Macedonio Espinosa -- ''Cuentos Populares Españoles'' (1923/26)
64* Aurelio de Llano Roza de Ampudia -- ''Cuentos Asturianos Recogidos de la Tradición Oral'' (1925)
65* John Sampson -- ''Welsh Gypsy Folk Tales'' (1933)
66* Henri Pourrat -- ''Le Trésor des contes'' (1948/61)
67* Creator/ItaloCalvino -- ''Italian Folktales'' (1956)
68* Geneviève Massignon -- ''Contes de l'Ouest'' (1954), ''Contes Corses'' (1963) and ''Folktales of France'' (1966)
69* Marie Voříšková -- ''Cikánské pohádky'' (''Gypsy Fairy Tales'') (1959)
70* Jerzy Ficowski -- ''Sister of the Birds and Other Gypsy Tales'' (1961)
71* William Camus -- ''Les Oiseaux de feu et autres contes peaux-rouges'' (1978)
72* William Camus -- ''Légendes de la Vieille-Amérique'' (1979)
73* William Camus -- ''Légendes peaux-rouges'' (1980)
74* Creator/AngelaCarter -- ''The Old Wives' Fairy Tale Book'' (1990/92)
75* William Camus -- '' Mille ans de contes : Indiens d'Amérique du Nord'' (1996)
76* Ana Cristina Herreros -- Libro de Monstruos Españoles (2008)
77* Hedina Sijercic -- ''Rromane Paramicha: Stories and Legends of the Gurbeti Roma'' (2009)
78[[/index]]
79
80[[header:Authors:]]
81* Creator/ETAHoffmann
82* Wilhelm Hauff -- ''The Caravan'' (1825) and ''The Spessart Inn'' (1827)
83* Creator/HansChristianAndersen -- the maybe most famous author of literary fairy tales (''Fairy Tales Told for Children'' and ''New Fairy Tales'', 1835-44)
84* Zacharias Topelius -- ''Läsning för Barn'' (1865/96)
85* Creator/GeorgeMacDonald -- ''Phantastes'' (1858), ''The Princess and the Goblin'' (1872) and many more.
86* Frank R. Stockton -- ''The Floating Prince and Other Fairy Tales'' (1881) and ''The Bee-man of Orn and Other Fanciful Tales'' (1887)
87* Luigi Capuana -- ''C'era una volta'' (1882), ''Il raccontafiabe'' (1894) and ''Chi vuol fiabe, chi vuole?'' (1903)
88* Creator/OscarWilde -- ''The Happy Prince and Other Tales'' (1888) and ''A House of Pomegranate'' (1891)
89* Helena Nyblom -- Debuted in 1897, and since then published several fairy tales, some of the most well-known included in the anthology ''Among Gnomes and Trolls''
90* Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić -- ''Croatian Tales of Long Ago'' (1916)
91* Mimei Ogawa -- Deemed in Japan as the Japanese Hans Christian Andersen
92* Godfried Bomans -- ''Sprookjes'' (1946)
93* Jan Drda -- ''České pohádky'' (1959)
94* Jan Werich -- ''Fimfárum'' (1960)
95* Pierre Gripari -- ''Contes de la Rue Broca'' (1967)
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97[[header:Analysis:]]
98* Joseph Campbell -- Literature/TheHeroWithAThousandFaces
99* Christopher Vogler -- [[TheHerosJourney The Writer's Journey]]
100* Creator/JRRTolkien -- Literature/OnFairyStories
101* Vladimir Propp -- [[ProppsFunctionsOfFolktales The Morphology of the Folktale]]
102* The Aarne-Thompson-Uther folktale classification system, an attempt to catalog every folktale plot there is.
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104[[index]]
105[[header:Traditional fairy tales or fairy tale characters:]]
106* Literature/ArabianNights
107** Literature/{{Aladdin}}
108** Literature/AliBabaAndTheFortyThieves
109** Literature/TheCityOfBrass
110** Literature/TheEbonyHorse
111** Literature/HassanOfBasra
112** Literature/TheKingsSonAndTheSheGhoul
113** Literature/SinbadTheSailor
114** Literature/TheStoryOfSidiNouman
115* Literature/AnsigeKarambaTheGlutton
116* Literature/AraTheHandsome
117* The Literature/BabaYaga fairy tales
118* Literature/TheBakersDaughter
119* Literature/{{Bearskin}}
120* Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast
121** Literature/LittleBroomstick
122* Literature/TheBeeAndTheOrangeTree
123* Literature/BiancabellaAndTheSnake
124* Literature/TheBigFancyHouse
125* Literature/TheBlackSpider
126* Literature/TheBlackThiefAndTheKnightOfTheGlen
127* Literature/{{Bluebeard}}
128* Literature/TheBlueberry
129* Literature/TheBlueBird
130* Literature/TheBlueMountains
131* Literature/BootsWhoMadeThePrincessSayThatsAStory
132* Literature/TheBraveLittleTailor
133* Literature/TheBremenTownMusicians
134* Literature/BrotherAndSister
135* Literature/TheBrownBearOfTheGreenGlen
136* Literature/TheBuriedMoon
137* Literature/TheCanaryPrince
138* Literature/CapORushes
139* Literature/CatherineAndHerFate
140* Literature/TheCatOnTheDovrefell
141* Literature/{{Catskin}}
142* Literature/ChickenLittle
143* Literature/ChildeRowland
144* Literature/{{Cinderella}}
145** Literature/YehShen
146** Literature/TamCam
147** Literature/BawangMerahBawangPutih
148* Literature/TheCrabPrince
149* Myth/CupidAndPsyche
150* Literature/TheDancingWaterTheSingingAppleAndTheSpeakingBird
151* Literature/TheDaughterOfBukEttemsuch
152* Literature/TheDeathOfKoscheiTheDeathless
153* Literature/TheDevilWithTheThreeGoldenHairs
154* Literature/DickWhittingtonAndHisCat
155* Literature/TheDiscreetPrincess
156* Literature/{{Donkeyskin}}
157** Literature/{{Allerleirauh}}
158** Literature/DonaLabismina
159** Literature/{{Mossycoat}}
160** Literature/ThePrincessInTheSuitOfLeather
161** Literature/ThePrincessWithTheGoldStarOnHerBrow
162* Literature/{{Drakestail}}
163* Literature/EastOfTheSunAndWestOfTheMoon
164* FairyTale/EgleTheQueenOfSerpents
165* Literature/TheEnchantedQuill
166* Literature/TheElfMaiden
167* Literature/TheElvesAndTheCobbler
168* Literature/TheEnchantedPig
169* Literature/FairBrow
170* Literature/TheFairOneWithGoldenLocks
171* Literature/FairerThanAFairy
172* Literature/TheFamousFlowerOfServingMen
173* Literature/FarmerWeathersky
174* Literature/TheFeatherOfFinistTheFalcon
175* Literature/TheFireBirdTheHorseOfPowerAndThePrincessVasilissa
176* Literature/TheFisherGirlAndTheCrab
177* Literature/TheFishermanAndHisWife
178* Literature/{{Florinda}}
179* Literature/FollowMeJodel
180* Literature/TheFoolOfTheWorldAndTheFlyingShip
181* Literature/FoundlingBird
182* Literature/TheFourSkillfulBrothers
183* Literature/TheFourTravelers
184* Literature/FrauTrude
185* Literature/TheFrogPrince
186* Literature/TheFrostTheSunAndTheWind
187* Literature/GamblingHansel
188* Literature/TheGiantWhoHadNoHeartInHisBody
189* Literature/TheGingerbreadMan
190* Literature/TheGirlAndTheDeadMan
191* Literature/TheGirlWithoutHands
192* Literature/GoodDayFellowAxeHandle
193* Literature/TheGratefulPrince
194* Literature/TheGraveMound
195* Literature/GodfatherDeath
196* Literature/TheGoldenBird
197* Literature/TheGoldenGoose
198* Literature/TheGoldenPhoenix
199* Literature/TheGoldenRoebuck
200* Literature/TheGoldMountain
201* Literature/{{Goldilocks}}
202* Literature/TheGooseGirl
203* Literature/TheGooseGirlAtTheWell
204* Literature/GraciosaAndPercinet
205* Literature/TheGratefulBeasts
206* Literature/GullibleMenAndMeanWives
207* Literature/HansTheHedgehog
208* Literature/HanselAndGretel
209* Literature/HeartOfIceAndrewLang
210* Literature/TheHomunculusOfMaimonides
211* Literature/HopOMyThumb
212* Literature/HowJackSoughtTheGoldenApples
213* Literature/HowTheSixMadeTheirWayInTheWorld
214* Literature/IronHans
215* Literature/TheIronStove
216* Literature/IvanTurbinca
217* Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk
218* Literature/JackTheGiantKiller
219* Literature/JesperWhoHerdedTheHares
220* Literature/TheJezinkas
221* Literature/JorindeAndJoringel
222* Literature/TheJuniperTree
223* Literature/KateCrackernuts
224* Literature/KingGoldenlocks
225* Literature/KingThrushbeard
226* Literature/TheKingWhoWouldBeStrongerThanFate
227* Literature/{{Kintaro}}
228* Literature/{{Kolobok}}
229* Literature/TheLaidlyWormOfSpindlestonHeugh
230* Literature/TheLambtonWorm
231* Literature/TheLazySpinner
232* Literature/TheLiarFolktale
233* Literature/LittleMasterMisery
234* Literature/TheLittleOldWomanWithFiveCows
235* Literature/LittleOtik
236* Literature/LittleRedRidingHood
237* Literature/TheLordOfLornAndTheFalseSteward
238* Literature/TheLordOfTheWinds
239* Literature/TheLoveOfThreeOranges
240* Literature/TheLudicrousWishes
241* Literature/TheMagicMirror
242* Literature/MaidMaleen
243* Literature/MalinKundang
244* Literature/MollyWhuppie
245* Literature/{{Momotaro}}
246* Literature/{{Morozko}}
247* Literature/MotherHolle
248* Literature/MyOwnSelf
249* Literature/TheNecklaceOfPrincessFiorimonde
250* Literature/TheNettleSpinner
251* Literature/NineBagsOfGold
252* Literature/TheNinePeahensAndTheGoldenApples
253* Literature/TheNixInTheMillPond
254* Literature/NourieHadig
255* Literature/TheOldDameAndHerHen
256* Literature/OneEyeTwoEyesThreeEyes
257* Literature/TheOneHandedGirl
258* Literature/ThePiedPiperOfHamelin
259* Literature/ThePigKing
260* Literature/{{Pintosmalto}}
261* Literature/PrinceIvanTheWitchBabyAndTheLittleSisterOfTheSun
262* Literature/PrinceLindworm
263* Literature/PrinceWolf
264* Literature/PrincessBelleEtoile
265* Literature/ThePrincessOnTheGlassHill
266* Literature/{{Prunella}}
267* Literature/{{Puddocky}}
268* Literature/PussInBoots
269* Literature/TheQueenBee
270* Literature/{{Rapunzel}}
271* Literature/{{Reygoch}}
272* Literature/TheRoseTree
273* Literature/{{Rumpelstiltskin}}
274* Literature/{{Schippeitaro}}
275* Literature/TheSeaTsarAndVasilissaTheWise
276* Literature/TheSevenFoals
277* Literature/TheSevenRavens
278* Literature/TheSingingMermaid
279* Literature/TheSingingSpringingLark
280* Literature/SirAldingar
281* Literature/TheSixServants
282* Literature/TheSixSwans
283* Literature/SleepingBeauty
284** Literature/SunMoonAndTalia
285* Literature/SnowWhite
286** Literature/{{Giricoccola}}
287** Literature/GoldTreeAndSilverTree
288** Literature/TheMagicNeedle
289** Literature/MarigoOfTheFortyDragons
290** Literature/{{Richilda}}
291** Literature/TheUnnaturalMotherAndTheGirlWithAStarOnHerForehead
292* Literature/SnowWhiteAndRoseRed
293* Literature/SnowWhiteFireRed
294* Literature/TheSoldierAndDeath
295* Literature/SoriaMoriaCastle
296* Literature/TheStarMoney
297* Literature/StJosephInTheForest
298* Literature/TheStoryOfKingOdd
299* Literature/TheStoryOfTheYara
300* Literature/TheStoryOfTheYouthWhoWentForthToLearnWhatFearWas
301* Literature/TheSwanMaiden
302* Literature/SweetPorridge
303* Literature/SweetheartRoland
304* Literature/TheTableTheDonkeyAndTheStick
305* Literature/TheTaleOfTheBambooCutter
306* Literature/TamLin
307* Literature/{{Tattercoats}}
308* Literature/{{Tatterhood}}
309* Literature/TheThreeAunts
310* Literature/ThreeBillyGoatsGruff
311* Literature/TheThreeEnchantedPrinces
312* Literature/TheThreeFlowers
313* Literature/TheThreeLittleMenInTheWood
314* Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs
315* Literature/TheThreeMayPeaches
316* Literature/TheThreePrincesAndTheirBeasts
317* Literature/TheThreeSnakeLeaves
318* Literature/TimunMas
319* The Literature/TomThumb tales
320* Literature/TheTrollsDaughter
321* Literature/TrueAndUntrue
322* Literature/TheTrueBride
323* Literature/TsarevitchIvanTheFireBirdAndTheGrayWolf
324* Literature/TsarevichPetrAndTheWizard
325* Literature/TheTurnipPrincess
326* Literature/TheTwelveDancingPrincesses
327* Literature/TheTwelveHuntsmen
328* Literature/TheTwelveMonths
329* Literature/TheTwelveWildGeese
330* Literature/TheTwoBrothers
331* Literature/UdeaAndHerSevenBrothers
332* Literature/UrikohimeAndTheAmanojaku
333* Literature/VasilissaTheBeautiful
334* Literature/TheWaterOfLife
335* Literature/TheWhiteCat
336* Literature/TheWhiteDove
337* Literature/TheWhiteDuck
338* Literature/TheWhiteSnake
339* Literature/TheWhiteWolf
340* Literature/WhuppityStoorie
341* Literature/WilliesLady
342* Literature/TheWiseLittleGirl
343* Literature/TheWolfAndTheSevenYoungKids
344* Literature/TheWoodcuttersWealthySister
345* Literature/TheWoundedLion
346* Literature/TheYellowDwarf
347* Literature/YoungBeichan
348[[/index]]
349
350[[index]]
351[[header:Modern works in the style of fairy tales, adaptations of fairy tales, or works that in other ways draw on fairy tales:]]
352
353[[AC:Literary Fairy Tales]]
354* Literature/AdalminasPearl
355* ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfStrongVanya''
356* Literature/AgnetaAndTheSeaKing
357* Literature/TheBigSisterAndLittleSister
358* Literature/TheCleverPrincess
359* Literature/DwarfNose
360* Literature/TheEgyptianCinderella
361* Literature/TheElfOfTheRose
362* Literature/TheEmperorsNewClothes
363* Literature/{{Feathertop}}
364* Literature/TheFishermanAndHisSoul
365* Literature/TheFlyingTrunk
366* Literature/GirlsToTheRescue
367* Literature/TheGirlWhoTrodOnTheLoaf
368* Literature/TheGirlWithTheVelvetRibbon (and variants)
369* 'Literature/TheGirlWhoCircumnavigatedFairylandInAShipOfHerOwnMaking'
370* Literature/GorgoTheOgre
371* Literature/TheGriffinAndTheMinorCanon
372* Literature/TheHappyPrince
373* Literature/HowDroofusTheDragonLostHisHead
374* Literature/JohnTheValiant
375* Literature/TheKingOfTheGoldenRiver
376* Literature/TheLadyOfTheLake
377* Literature/LittleIdasFlowers
378* Literature/TheLittleMatchGirl
379* Literature/TheLittleMermaid
380* Literature/LoskutikAndTheCloud
381* Literature/MaraboeAndMorsegat
382* Literature/TheMarshKingsDaughter
383* Literature/NickolaiOfTheNorth
384* Literature/TheNightingale
385* Literature/TheNutcrackerAndTheMouseKing -- A literary fairy tale known mostly for providing the basis for the ballet by Music/PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky.
386* Literature/{{Petronella}}
387* Music/PeterAndTheWolf
388* Literature/ThePrincessAndThePea
389* Literature/TheRaspberryWorm
390* Literature/TheRedCandlesAndTheMermaid
391* Literature/TheRedShoes
392* Literature/RulerOfTheMagicalKeys
393* Literature/RWBYFairyTalesOfRemnant
394* Literature/SaintGeorgeAndTheDragon
395* Literature/TheSelfishGiant
396* Literature/{{The Shadow|Fairy Tale}}
397* Literature/SleepingBeautyAndTheGoodFairies
398* Literature/TheSnowQueen
399* Literature/TheSteadfastTinSoldier
400* Literature/TheStoryOfTheFireSwan
401* Literature/StregaNona
402* Literature/TheTaleOfNornaGest
403* Literature/TheTaleOfTsarSaltan
404* Literature/TheTalesOfBeedleTheBard
405* Literature/{{Thumbelina}}
406* Literature/TheTinderBox
407* Theatre/TheTwelveMonths
408* Literature/TheUglyDuckling
409* Literature/{{Undine}}
410* Literature/WhileTheClockChimes
411
412[[AC:Fantasy]]
413* ''Literature/The13Clocks''
414* ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio''
415* ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' -- Notable for being a fairy tale of nonsense instead of magic.
416* ''Literature/AtTheBackOfTheNorthWind''
417* ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheMagicOfPegasus''
418* ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheDiamondCastle''
419* ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheSecretDoor''
420* ''Literature/BerenAndLuthien''
421* ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife''. A story set in 1920 Mexico that involves {{God}} and magical items.
422* ''Literature/TheBlackSwan''
423* ''Literature/CastleInTheAir''
424* ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' is built on [[MadScientist mad science]] instead of magic, but fits many fairy tale tropes otherwise. Many other Creator/RoaldDahl works aimed at children qualify as fairy tales as well, and his Revolting Rhymes is a collection of tongue-in-cheek retellings of "Cinderella", "Snow White", etc.
425* ''Literature/TheChildrenOfHurin''
426* ''Literature/{{Coraline}}'', a book by Creator/NeilGaiman.
427** ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'', a film adaptation of the same name.
428** ''[[VideoGame/{{Coraline}} Coraline: The Game]]'', a game adaptation of the film.
429* ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride''
430* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' is a space western mixed with fairy tale tropes
431* ''Literature/TheCursebreakerSeries''
432* ''Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx''
433* ''Film/TheDevilsBackbone''
434* ''VideoGame/EatMe'' -- based on ''Theatre/TheNutcracker''
435* ''Film/EdwardScissorhands''
436* ''WesternAnimation/EraseUnaVez''
437* ''VisualNovel/EverAfterAcademy''
438* ''Toys/EverAfterHigh''
439* ''Anime/FairyMusketeers''
440* ''Literature/FairyTalesOfMourania''
441* ''Literature/TheFallOfGondolin''
442* ''Literature/TheFallOfNumenor''
443* ''Series/{{Fantaghiro}}''
444* ''Literature/FarmerGilesOfHam''
445* ''Literature/TheFarthestAwayMountain''
446* ''Literature/TheGardensOfDorr''
447* ''Film/TheGoldenHorns''
448* ''Literature/HalfUponATime''
449* ''Literature/TheHazelWood''
450* ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials''
451* ''Literature/HowlsMovingCastle'' -- A novel [[ContinuityNod in which a witch bewitched the hatter's daughter]], as well as the loose [[Anime/HowlsMovingCastle anime adaptation]] of the same name.
452* ''Literature/IntoTheBloodredWoods''
453* ''Literature/IntoTheHeartlessWood''
454* ''WesternAnimation/IrishFolkloreTrilogy'':
455** ''WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea''
456** ''WesternAnimation/{{Wolfwalkers}}''
457* ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}''
458* ''Literature/LandOfOz''
459** ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' is the novel that started it all.
460** ''Literature/TheMarvelousLandOfOz'' is its first sequel.
461** ''Literature/OzmaOfOz'' is book number 3.
462** ''Literature/GlindaOfOz'' is the 14th book and the last one written by its original writer.
463** Literature/TalesOfTheMagicLand is the Soviet version of Oz.
464** ''Literature/TheWickedYears'' is a revisionist novel series about the Wicked Witch of the West and her descendants, later adapted into a much more famous musical.
465** ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' -- The musical adaptation of the novel.
466** ''Theatre/TheWiz'' is the original novel given a RaceLift; the movie adaptation also gives it a SettingUpdate.
467* ''VideoGame/TheLiarPrincessAndTheBlindPrince''
468* Literature/TheLifeAndAdventuresOfSantaClaus
469* ''Literature/TheLightPrincess''
470* ''Film/LittleOtik''
471* ''Literature/TheLostPrincess''
472* ''Series/Merlin2008'', specifically the episodes [[Recap/MerlinS01E11TheLabyrinthOfGedref "The Labyrinth of Gedref"]] and [[Recap/MerlinS04E11TheHuntersHeart "The Hunter's Heart"]].
473* ''Literature/{{Momo|1973}}''
474* ''Literature/{{Moonflowers}}'', an UrbanFantasy on [=hitRECord=]. It's written in the style of fairy tales, draws heavily on Myth/CelticMythology, and TheWildHunt are the main antagonists.
475* ''Webcomic/{{Namesake}}''
476* ''Literature/OnceUponATime''
477* ''Literature/TheOrdinaryPrincess''
478* ''Literature/TheOrphansTales''
479* ''Film/PansLabyrinth''
480* ''Literature/ThePaperBagPrincess''
481* ''Film/Penelope2006''
482* ''Literature/PeterPan''
483* ''Literature/{{Phantastes}}''
484* ''Literature/ThePlucker'' -- An illustrated novel by Brom
485* ''Literature/{{Poison}}''
486* ''Literature/ThePrincessAndTheGoblin''
487** ''Literature/ThePrincessAndCurdie''
488* ''Literature/ThePrincessBride''
489* ''Anime/PrincessTutu''
490* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''
491* ''Manga/RankingOfKings''
492* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''
493** ''Anime/AdolescenceOfUtena''
494* ''Literature/{{Roverandom}}''
495* ''WebAnimation/RWBYFairyTales''
496* Literature/{{Satyrday}}
497* ''Literature/TheSchoolForGoodAndEvil''
498** ''Film/TheSchoolForGoodAndEvil2022'' (Film adaptation)
499* ''Literature/SmithOfWoottonMajor''
500* ''Animation/SonOfTheWhiteHorse'' - adaptation of a Hungarian folktale.
501* ''Literature/{{Stardust}}'', the novel by Neil Gaiman
502** ''Film/{{Stardust}}'', the film adaptation of the above
503* ''Literature/SylvieAndBruno''
504* ''Literature/TalesoftheBigBadWolf'' is a fantasy web novel that is a loosely based retelling of a Red Riding Hood romantic polygon that incorporates other myths, fairy tales, and nursery rhymes.
505* ''Literature/TheTaleOfDespereaux''
506* ''Literature/TalesOfTheFrogPrincess''
507** The first book [[InspiredBy inspired the film]] WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog
508* ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler''
509* ''Theatre/TheThousandYearRose''
510* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''
511* ''Film/ValerieAndHerWeekOfWonders''
512* ''Literature/TheVelveteenRabbit''
513* ''Literature/LesVoyageursSansSouci''
514* ''Literature/TheWideAwakePrincess''
515* ''Literature/TheWishingMaiden''
516
517[[AC:Adaptations and retellings:]]
518* ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''
519* ''Film/AliceInWonderland1949''
520* ''Film/AliceInWonderland1985''
521* ''Film/AliceInWonderland1999''
522* ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010''
523** ''Film/AliceThroughTheLookingGlass''
524* ''Anime/AlicesAdventuresInWonderlandJP''
525* ''Anime/AndersenMonogatari''
526* ''WesternAnimation/AnimatedTalesOfTheWorld''
527* ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAsRapunzel''
528* ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheTwelveDancingPrincesses''
529* ''WesternAnimation/BarbieOfSwanLake''
530* ''Film/BarbaraTheFairWithTheSilkenHair'' -- film adaptation of a Russian fairy tale
531* ''Literature/{{Bearhead}}''
532* ''Literature/BeastsAndBeautyDangerousTales''
533* Literature/BeautyARetellingOfBeautyAndTheBeast
534** Literature/RoseDaughter, another retelling of that fairy tale by the same author
535* ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''
536* ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast1946''
537* ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2014''
538* ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017''
539* ''Literature/TheBloodyChamber'' -- Creator/AngelaCarter's collection of popular fairy tales such as "Literature/{{Bluebeard}}," "Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast," and "Literature/{{Cinderella}}" rewritten with a feminist slant.
540* ''WesternAnimation/BritannicasTalesAroundTheWorld'' -- animated series that teaches kids a familiar tale from around the world, followed by two lesser-known stories that share similar themes or [[OmnipresentTropes tropes]].
541* ''Literature/BryonyAndRoses'': A retelling of Beauty and the Beast.
542* Carlo Gozzi's ''fiabe'':
543** ''L'amore delle tre melarance'' - based on ''The Love for Three Oranges''.
544** ''Il corvo'' - based on ''The Raven'' (similar to German/Grimms tale ''Faithful Johannes''), a tale from ''Pentamerone''.
545** ''L'Augellino Bel Verde'' (or ''The Green Bird'') - sequel to his work ''L'amore delle tre melarance''.
546* ''Film/{{Cenerentola}}'' -- A retelling of Cinderella set in post-war Rome.
547* The Korean Movie ''Film/{{Chunhyang}}'' is a more accurate version of the folk tale.
548* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}''
549* ''Film/Cinderella2015''
550* ''WesternAnimation/Cinderella3D'': Has nothing to do with Disney. It's a bizarre twist on the Cinderella story, taking place in the west.
551* ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaTheCat''
552* ''Film/TheCompanyOfWolves''
553* ''Literature/ConfessionsOfAnUglyStepsister''
554* ''Animation/CreationOfTheWorld''
555* ''Literature/{{Deerskin}}''
556* ''Series/DelightfulGirlChoonHyang'': A modern retelling of a South Korean Tale of a rich man's son and a courtesan's daughter.
557* ''Literature/DragonsOfEther''
558* ''WesternAnimation/EmilyAndTheBabaYaga''
559* ''Webcomic/{{Erstwhile}}''
560* ''Film/EverAfter''
561* ''Series/FaerieTaleTheatre'': Live-action adaptations by way of British pantomime shows.
562* ''WesternAnimation/TheFoolAndTheFlyingShip'': Creator/RabbitEarsProductions adaptation of the Russian Folktale narrated by Creator/RobinWilliams.
563* ''Animation/TheFrogPrincess'' - Soviet adaptation of Russian fairy tale ''The Frog Princess''.
564* ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}''
565* ''Literature/TheGirlInTheTower''
566* ''Anime/GrimmsFairyTaleClassics''
567* ''Webcomic/GrimTales''
568* ''Animation/GypsyTales''
569* ''Film/HanselAndGretelWitchHunters''
570* ''WesternAnimation/HappilyEverAfterFairyTalesForEveryChild''
571* ''Webcomic/TheHaresBride''
572* ''Literature/Heartless2016''
573* ''Literature/{{Hagenheim}}''
574* ''Animation/TheHumpbackedHorse'' - Soviet adaptation of the homonymous verse fairy tale.
575* ''Animation/HungarianFolkTales'' (Magyar népmesék) - Hungarian animated series that adapts Hungarian folktales
576* ''Webcomic/ImmortalKoriandr'' - a Fantasy webcomic heavily inspired by Slavic Myth and Russian fairy tales
577* ''Anime/JackAndTheBeanstalk1974''
578* ''Film/JackTheGiantSlayer''
579* ''Animation/JohnnyCorncob''
580* ''Anime/TheLegendOfSnowWhite''
581* ''Radio/LetsPretend'' -- A Radio Series
582* ''Theatre/TheLightPrincess'' -- Music/ToriAmos and Samuel Adamson's musical adaptation for the National Theater in London
583* ''Animation/TheLittleMermaid1968'' -- Soviet adaptation of Creator/HansChristianAndersen's literary fairy tale.
584* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' -- Disney's adaptation of Andersen's literary fairy tale.
585* ''Literature/TheLostCountry'', by Luminiţa Mihai Cioabă
586* ''Theatre/TheLoveForThreeOranges'' - 1919 satirical opera by Sergei Prokofiev
587* ''Literature/TheLunarChronicles'' -- a sci-fi dystopian novel series featuring Cinderella as a snarky cyborg WrenchWench, Little Red Riding Hood as a [[spoiler: [[HalfHumanHybrid part alien]]]] gunslinging farm girl, Rapunzel as a brilliant but naive {{Hackette}} and Snow White as a CloudCuckoolander space princess.
588* ''ComicBook/MarvelFairyTales''
589* ''Webcomic/MaryaMorevna''
590* [[Music/SoundHorizon Märchen]] -- a SymphonicMetal RockOpera that bases itself on seven of the Grimm's fairy tales.
591* ''Animation/MavkaTheForestSong''
592* ''Animation/MireBalaKaleHin''
593* ''Film/MirrorMirror2012''
594* ''Anime/MokkuOfTheOakTree''
595* ''Film/{{Morozko}}'' -- based on the Russian Fairy Tale "Morozko"/"Father Frost"
596* ''VideoGame/MysteryLegends: Beauty and the Beast'' - a Main/HiddenObjectGame that acts as a sort of sequel to the fairy tale.
597* ''Film/PannaANetvor''
598* ''VideoGame/ThePath'' -- based on Little Red Riding Hood
599* ''Anime/PiccolinoNoBoken''
600* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}''
601* ''ComicBook/PinocchioVampireSlayer''
602* "Literature/PrinceCharming": A short story drawing on Literature/{{Cinderella}}.
603* ''Theatre/PrinceKaguya'': A musical based on ''Literature/TheTaleOfTheBambooCutter''.
604* ''Anime/PrincessArete'': Animated film based on ''Literature/TheCleverPrincess''.
605* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndThePea'': Animated film based on the eponymous tale.
606* ''Film/PrincessFromTheMoon'': A film based on ''Literature/TheTaleOfTheBambooCutter''.
607* ''Literature/{{Pulchritude}}''
608* ''VideoGame/QueensTales: The Beast and the Nightingale''
609* ''Film/RedRidingHood''
610* ''Animation/RedShoesAndTheSevenDwarfs''
611* ''WesternAnimation/SabansAdventuresOfTheLittleMermaid''
612* ''WesternAnimation/SandraTheFairyTaleDetective'': A Spanish cartoon
613* ''Literature/TheSeventhBride'': A retelling of Literature/{{Bluebeard}}.
614* ''Literature/TheSevenwatersTrilogy'': The first volume draws on an old fairy tale for its plot.
615* ''Literature/ShadowsOnTheMoon'': Japanesesque version of Literature/{{Cinderella}}
616* ''WesternAnimation/SimsalaGrimm''
617* ''Literature/SixGunSnowWhite''
618* ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty''
619* ''Film/TheSlipperAndTheRose''
620* ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', the ground-breaking Disney animated film from 1937.
621* ''Film/SnowWhiteATaleOfTerror''
622* ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman''
623** ''Film/TheHuntsmanWintersWar''
624* ''Anime/TheStoryOfCinderella''
625* ''Series/TheStoryteller'', TV series by Creator/JimHenson
626* ''Theatre/SwanLake''
627* ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess''
628* ''Anime/TheTaleOfThePrincessKaguya'': : An animated film based on ''Literature/TheTaleOfTheBambooCutter''.
629* ''Film/TaleOfTales''
630* ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}''
631* ''Anime/{{Thumbelina}}''
632* ''WesternAnimation/Thumbelina1994''
633* ''Anime/ThumbelinaAMagicalStory''
634* ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''
635* ''Literature/WhiteAsSnow''
636* ''WesternAnimation/WolvesWitchesAndGiants''
637* ''Anime/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''
638* ''Anime/TheWonderfulWorldOfPussNBoots''
639
640[[AC:Parodies, pastiches, and deconstructions:]]
641->(See also: FracturedFairyTale)
642* ''Series/The10thKingdom''
643* ''Film/SiebenZwerge''
644* ''VideoGame/{{Alabaster}}'' -- for "Literature/SnowWhite"
645* ''Webcomic/BeautyAndTheBeast'' -- A Webcomic
646* ''VideoGame/{{Bronze}}'' -- for "Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast"
647* ''Film/TheBrothersGrimm'' -- The Creator/TerryGilliam movie.
648* ''ComicBook/CastleWaiting'' -- A comic series about what happens to various fairy tale characters after their well-known stories end.
649* ''VisualNovel/CinderellaPhenomenon'' -- a VisualNovel RomanceGame where there is a "Fairytale Curse" which forces the inflicted to deal with a warped version of the tale it is based on. The lead is a princess who is cursed with "Cinderella", turning her into a FallenPrincess and forcing her to find a way to break the curse.
650* The ''VideoGame/DarkParables'' -- a series of puzzle games for the PC in which various fairy tales are intertwined with each other and the player must set right the things which have gone wrong.
651* Literature/TheDevilAndDanielWebster
652* Literature/DragonInDistress
653* Literature/DustCity
654* Literature/{{Everland}}
655* ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'' -- A comic-book series that deals with the lives of classic fairy tale characters stuck in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity.
656** ''ComicBook/EverafterFromThePagesOfFables''
657* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' -- Based loosely on Cinderella, but with a dose of other parodies in it.
658* ''Webcomic/ForeverAfter''
659* ''VideoGame/{{Glass|2006}}'' -- for "Literature/{{Cinderella}}"
660* ''ComicBook/GrimmFairyTales''
661* ''Literature/HalfUponATime''
662* ''Animation/{{Hofeher}}''
663* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hoodwinked}}''
664** ''WesternAnimation/HoodwinkedTooHoodVersusEvil''
665* ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods''
666** ''Film/IntoTheWoods'', the film adaptation of the above.
667* ''Series/JackAndTheBeanstalkTheRealStory''
668* ''Webcomic/KnightsOfBuenaVista'' (in that it features a [[ShowWithinAShow fictional roleplaying game]] that is based on fairy tales instead of the typical HighFantasy of similar games)
669* ''VideoGame/LivingLegends''
670* ''Webcomic/TheLittleCrookedTale'' - a Horror Webcomic featuring a dark reinterpretation of the canonical Disney Princesses after their happy endings, crossing over with several other fairy tales.
671* ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'': A TwiceToldTale / PerspectiveFlip by Disney that takes elements from their [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty earlier]] adaptation of "Sleeping Beauty, set in an AlternateContinuity. Noteworthy in that it plays with and deconstructs various tropes related to the original tale, a major one being TrueLovesKiss.
672** ''Film/MaleficentMistressOfEvil''
673* ''VideoGame/MarySkelter'' -- A video game series about an alien force transforming Tokyo into a twisted landscape modeled after numerous fairy tales from around the world, the central cast struggling not only to escape but to balance their own personal existence with their enforced character traits from the stories that helped create them.
674* Literature/{{Melisande}}
675* ''Webcomic/NoRestForTheWicked''
676* ''Literature/OfGiantsAndIce''
677* ''Film/OnceUponABrothersGrimm''
678* Literature/OnceUponAFairyTale -- A book-on-tape featuring [[Literature/LittleRedRidingHood four]] [[Literature/{{Rumpelstiltskin}} different]] [[Literature/TheFrogPrince fairy]] [[{{Literature/Goldilocks}} tales]], [[PerspectiveFlip told from the perspectives of each character]].
679* ''Series/OnceUponATime''
680** ''Series/OnceUponATimeInWonderland''
681* ''Literature/PoliticallyCorrectBedtimeStories'' by James Garner
682* ''Literature/PrinceCinders''
683* ''Literature/ThePrincessSeries'' -- by Jim C. Hines. It's basically the Disney princesses meets Charlie's Angels
684* ''WesternAnimation/RegalAcademy''
685* ''VideoGame/RuleOfRose''
686* ''{{Franchise/Shrek}}'' franchise
687** ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1''
688** ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2''
689** ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird''
690** ''WesternAnimation/ShrekForeverAfter''
691** ''WesternAnimation/PussInBoots'' (spin-off)
692** ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'' (sequel to the spin-off)
693* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' - an animesque series in which every character is a subtle reference to literature, folklore, mythology, and even the occasional history
694* Literature/TheSecretOfTheCrystalCastle – deconstructing the EngagementChallenge plot
695* ''Literature/TheSistersGrimm''
696* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' and the TV series adaptation ''Series/GameOfThrones'' -- takes a lot of characters and story conventions from fairy tales with the aim of applying SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome and deconstruction elements.
697* ''Literature/TheStinkyCheeseMan''
698* ''WesternAnimation/SuperWhy''
699* ''Literature/TalesOfTheFiveHundredKingdoms'' -- a world in which the FairyTaleTropes are the laws of nature.
700* ''Literature/TheThreeLittleWolvesAndTheBigBadPig''
701* ''Literature/TimeLordFairyTales'' -- TwiceToldTale retellings of fairy tales set in the ''Franchise/{{Whoniverse}}''.
702* ''Literature/TheTrueStoryOfTheThreeLittlePigs ''
703* ''VideoGame/Revolve8EpisodicDueling'' — A strategy/tower defense game featuring bizarre reimaginings of fairy tale and literary characters.
704* ''Franchise/TheWitcher'': Many of the earliest stories were deconstructions of classic fairy tales, with the addition of a certain monster hunter to the story.
705[[/index]]

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