Line #6 YMMV/Enchanted


1	* AccidentalAesop:
2	** [[spoiler: Taken the wrong way, the film can come off as implying that it's perfectly fine to break off a four year committed relationship for the sake of a girl you've only known for a week]].
3	** If a woman loves a man, she should [[spoiler: leave her whole life behind and go live with him in a strange new place. The fact that Nancy throws away her cell phone in Andalasia just further symbolizes how she casts away her whole identity for Edward's sake.]]
4	*** Softened, in the sense that [[spoiler: Nancy finds love, and happily becomes a princess. Plus, it's safe to assume that she and Edward can easily return to New York through the portal (just as he was able to in the first place).]]
5	*** In addition, it's implied Nancy ''wants'' a fairy tale romance that's uncomplicated.
6	** Courtesy of "That's How You Know", you shouldn't stop doing romantic things for your significant other once you're official.
7	* {{Adorkable}}:
8	** Despite being a WarriorPrince and a true {{Determinator}}, Edward is very overly-enthusiastic about his role as a prince and some of his reactions are rather cute.
9	** Giselle too can be actually quite dorky while trying to come across as a sugary sweet Disney Princess in New York - and especially a scene where she feels anger for the first time, and bounces back and forth between that and {{Squee}}ing at the sensation.
10	* AlternateAesopInterpretation: WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick suggested that the film's real Aesop is about getting the balance between dreams and reality. As noted under FridgeBrilliance, this is arguably the true Aesop of "That's How You Know".
11	* AwardSnub:
12	** Three songs earned nominations for the Best Song Oscar. Hence, the vote got split, and "Falling Slowly" from ''Film/{{Once}}'' won the statuette. Of those three songs, Music/CarrieUnderwood's "Ever Ever After" wasn't one of them.
13	** Several reviewers brought up Creator/AmyAdams as a possible Best Actress Oscar nominee, but she was shut out as well.
14	* BaseBreakingCharacter: Queen Narissa. Some people find her a dull, unmemorable villain with generic motives. Others find her a fabulous villain, who gets some hilarious lines. Others still find her a hilarious ''parody'' of [[IntendedAudienceReaction a dull, unmemorable villain with generic motives.]]
15	* BeamMeUpScotty: A random New Yorker is sometimes misheard as having said, "Get the fuck outta here!". He actually said, "Get ''that bus'' outta here!".
16	* ComedyGhetto: Amy Adams didn't get an Oscar nomination (see above), though she did get a Golden Globe nomination - for Best Actress, Musical or Comedy.
17	* DemographicallyInappropriateHumour:
18	** One scene involves Giselle [[SuggestiveCollision falling onto Robert]], after taking a shower no less, causing Robert's girlfriend Nancy to [[MistakenForCheating think he was cheating on her]], with the misunderstanding only increasing when Robert says that Giselle isn't married ''yet'' and mentions "grown-up girl bonding time" which actually refers to Nancy (a grown-up) bonding with his little daughter Morgan (a girl), but she took it for a euphemism for sex.
19	** During the shopping scene, Morgan says that if Giselle wears too much makeup, "the boys" will get the wrong idea, because they're "only after one thing", but no one will tell her what the "one thing" (that's implied to be [[AllMenArePerverts sex]]) is.
20	* EnsembleDarkhorse:
21	** Creator/JodiBenson as Sam, the secretary who gets some deadpan remarks about Giselle's claims.
22	** Nancy (especially since her actress became a Disney Princess in ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013''), for her ClosetGeek role and averting most of the common negative stereotypes of the DisposableFiancee.
23	** Nathaniel, for his CharacterDevelopment and providing some good comic relief.
24	* FanPreferredCutContent: Many fans believe the deleted scenes could have added more depth and emphasis to both [[spoiler: Nathaniel's [[HeelFaceTurn last minute]] [[RedemptionEarnsLife redemption]], as well as Edward and Nancy's LastMinuteHookup]].
25	* HilariousInHindsight:
26	** There is a poster for ''Film/SupermanReturns'' in Times Square when Edward first arrives. Although an unintentional reference (filming for ''Enchanted'' just happened to take place while ''Returns'' was in theaters), it still served as a fun little nod to James Marsden's role in that film, and only got funnier once Amy Adams went on to play Lois Lane in ''Film/ManOfSteel''.
27	** And Nancy [[spoiler:marrying Edward and becoming an animated princess]] becomes this as of 2013 - her actress, Creator/IdinaMenzel, voices [[Franchise/{{Frozen}} Elsa]]. Additionally, [[spoiler:the ''Enchanted'' novelization reveals that Nancy eventually became Queen of Andalasia, while Elsa becomes Queen of Arendelle. And whereas Nancy married a prince she only knew for one day, Elsa objects to her younger sister doing the same with Hans.]]
28	** When Nancy accuses Robert of cheating on her with Giselle, Giselle seems too naive to think that such activity involves anything more serious than kissing someone other than the one you love. Comparing Disney's ''Film/IntoTheWoods'' to the play that inspired it, [[spoiler:a scene of Cinderella's Prince cheating on Cinderella became toned down from him seducing the Baker's Wife, to simply him kissing her.]]
29	** Queen Narissa herself becomes this after you watch ''Series/OnceUponATime'' and see how close Regina's Evil Queen Self looks like her. Not to mention that Narissa's plans for Giselle at first are very similar to Regina's plan with the dark curse.
30	** Still on Nancy topic, Morgan is initially afraid to have a stepmother as her knowledge of them is from [[WickedStepmother fairy tales]]. Her fears seems justified as Nancy surname is Tremaine, making her an homonym of Lady Tremaine, the stepmother in the Disney version of ''{{WesternAnimation/Cinderella}}''. But it ends up subverted as Nancy is a NiceGirl. Yet, in 2021, Idina Menzel finally played the part of the (straight) WickedStepmother in the Prime video version of Film/Cinderella2021.
31	** Also on the subject of stepmothers, part of the film's subversion is that Giselle becomes a stepmother without becoming wicked. Come ''Film/Disenchanted2022'', [[spoiler: and Giselle's wish to turn her life into more of a fairytale means she is forced to play the trope straight.]]
32	* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Pip being thrown in the fire. And Giselle thinking for any real length of time that he's dead.
33	* {{Narm}}: The sheer amount of LampshadeHanging from Narissa on all the tropes being subverted in the climax. It's like the crew had no faith at all in the audience getting what they were doing. Additionally, she does so while turned into a monstrous dragon, but with pretty much [[VocalDissonance the same voice she had as a human]].
34	* NauseaFuel: The "Happy Working Song", especially when the rats are cleaning the toilet with toothbrushes.
35	* OlderThanTheyThink: The idea of fairytale characters encountering New York City via magic portal had actually been used years prior in the 2000 NBC miniseries ''Series/The10thKingdom''. However, the miniseries veered closer to the Brothers Grimm type of fairytales than the Disney type used in ''Enchanted''.
36	* ShallowParody: More critical reviews of the movie tend to point out that the Disney movie tropes it satirizes were, for the most part, already [[DiscreditedTrope on their way out]] by the time it was released, or [[DeadUnicornTrope never existed to begin with]].
37	* {{Squick}}: Exactly ''where'' the rats and flies come from for "Happy Working Song". The former were munching on giant piles of garbage...and the latter were buzzing around a barbecue where someone was cooking hot dogs and burgers.
38	* StrangledByTheRedString:
39	** The OfficialCouple is seen as awkward by some given both of them have previous relationships.
40	** If you don't watch a deleted scene on the DVD, then [[spoiler: the PairTheSpares in the end has no set up but a single line where Nancy strongly admires how "romantic" Edward is.]]
41	*** Like many things in the movie, this trope is Lampshaded and made fun of in the beginning.
42	--->'''Giselle:''' Oh, it's you.
43	--->'''Prince Edward:''' Yes, it's me. And you are?
44	--->'''Giselle:''' Giselle.
45	--->'''Prince Edward:''' Oh, Giselle! We shall be married in the morning!
46	* TestosteroneBrigade: Franchise/DisneyPrincess film, filled with [[ChickFlick cuteness and romance]] and a GirlyGirl doing Girly Girl things? Sure...but Robert is easily an AudienceSurrogate for the boys and men in the audience, as he gets just as irritated and weirded out by her "sappy" attitude as said guys might've been without his presence. And let's be honest--Giselle is quite a looker; if she hasn't won the boys over by her [[BeautifulDreamer sleeping on Robert's couch]]...she ''will'' [[InnocentFanserviceGirl in the shower scene.]]
47	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: According to ''Globe and Mail'' they obviously hoped to provide girls in [[AudienceSurrogate the audience a surrogate]] in Morgan. Except the film didn't give her anything to do other than beam happily whenever Giselle enters the room.
48	* TrailerJokeDecay: The scene where Edward is run over by bicyclists mid-song is played in a large portion of the promotional media, to the point where the joke had less of a punch when the movie was released in theaters.
49	* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
50	** Several key scenes take place in Times Square and the billboards in view date the movie to the late 00s.
51	** Giselle’s makeover for the ball is very 2008, with clear lip gloss, straight hair, and a dress that wouldn’t look out-of-place at a late 00s prom. While not ''ugly'' by any means, it looks pretty underwhelming today.
52	* UnnecessaryMakeover: Giselle gets one before going to The Ball, giving her a more "realistic" appearance to contrast with the "fairy-tale princess" look she originally had. Unfortunately, the filmmakers put the actress in an unflattering dress and gave her an unimpressive hairstyle, completely ruining the intended effect; she was much prettier as a "fantasy princess" than as a "real woman." And there was the fact that the ball specifically had a fantasy theme.
53	* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The CGI animals (pigeons, rats, cockroaches) are ''extremely'' realistic and don't stand out. The dragon in the climax isn't that bad either.
54	* WTHCostumingDepartment: See UnnecessaryMakeover above. Giselle's dress for the final ball is [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/29bd99c08742e0983e4739886eea6c48/cb936099f9293191-bf/s500x750/75f44ab5ee8d705da7418068648ece59cef03546.jpg some kind of purple stretch knit with an odd drape]] that neither flatters the actress nor looks appropriate to the occasion. This is especially weird considering how nice all the ''other'' dresses in the movie are. Contrast [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e5/27/18/e5271898efb1a058071a35deca16dbb6.jpg Nancy and Robert's]] outfits at this very same event.
55	* WinBackTheCrowd: Through total happenstance this movie managed to pull this off for Creator/{{Disney}} as a whole. While ''Enchanted'' was to a certain extent a [[TheArtifact remnant of the Eisner era]], its critical and financial success at the time, when at movie theaters Disney was for the most part having to thrive on Creator/{{Pixar}} and ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' for any success at the box office, did a lot of favors for the Disney brand as a whole. Even though the film wasn't a Creator/WaltDisneyAnimationStudios production, the fact that it was an AffectionateParody of the tropes of the canon put a spotlight on the studio again that certainly did favors for the films that came out in [[WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}} the same]] [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog time frame]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} as this movie]]. Who knows if ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' would have been as big as it was without ''Enchanted'' years prior? In an interesting case of combined coincidence and HistoryRepeats, this wasn't even the first time a Disney-produced [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit film that combined live-action with traditional animation played a key role in renewing public interest in Disney animation]].
56	* TheWoobie: It's hard ''not'' to want to give poor Giselle a hug whenever she's crying or fighting tears--like when the bum steals her tiara, or when she learns what divorce is, or as she watches Robert and Nancy dance and subsequently gives in to Narissa's taunts. Testament to Creator/AmyAdams's immense talent, in making sure Giselle would be a fully believable and ''lovable'' character instead of a mere parody to laugh at and dismiss.

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