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1* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: A common one is that Thumbelina ''is'' one of the fairy people she encounters at the end and that the witch stole her from her people.
2* FridgeLogic: Where did the witch get the grain for the tulip? After all, she is the one responsible for Thumbelina's sticky situation in the first place.
3* TheWoobie: The woman who wished for a child in the first place, only to get a child which is just a tiny humanoid. How she reacted when she found the child gone, is anyone's guess. And unlike in later adaptations, they never reunite.
4* ValuesResonance: Thumbelina's misadventures with the Toad, the Maybug and the Mole were originally meant as a TakeThat to the 19th century Danish practice of ArrangedMarriage where the bride had no choice. But it still holds up in today's post-MeToo era as a critique of men who press unwanted attention on women and feel entitled to their affections, as well as their families and friends who encourage that behavior.

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