!! The Creator/HansChristianAndersen story:
* AccidentalAesop: The story is a jab at the aristocracy and collective hypocrisy since people are too vain to recognise their own stupidity. However, from another point of view, the lesson can be seen as "While criticism can and will be painful, it does save you from further embarrassment and it will help you achieve your goals in the future when it's done constructively."
* HilariousInHindsight: For a modern viewer, depending on taste, it can be very easy to read "Literature/TheEmperorsNewClothes" as a parody of certain types of modern minimalist art.
* MagnificentBastard: The two swindlers are a pair of con men who trick the fashion obsessed Emperor. The two convince him that they can weave clothes so fine that fools and those unfit for their positions won’t be able to see them. Requesting expensive materials for the clothes on top of their pay, the swindlers in truth weave nothing but anyone who looks at the "clothes" lies and claims to see them so as to not be seen as fools. When the "clothes" are finished the swindlers tell the Emperor that they are so light that he'll feel like he's wearing nothing at all and abscond with their loot while the Emperor is publicly humiliated for holding a parade while naked.

!! The Alan Tyaylor film:
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