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* KnightofCerebus: The only comedic scenes she appears in are ones that revolve around Anastasia and Drizella's antics [[spoiler: or when she is turned into a frog in the third movie]]. Other than that, Tremaine is a terrifying and unpredictable presence who gives off a feeling of uneasiness whenever she is on screen.
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* KnightofCerebus: The only comedic scenes she appears in are ones that revolve around Anastasia and Drizella's antics [[spoiler: or when she is turned into a frog in the third movie]]. Other than that, Tremaine is a terrifying and unpredictable presence who gives off a feeling of uneasiness whenever she is on screen.
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'''Voiced in French by:''' Héléna Manson (1950), Jacqueline Porel (1991), Anne Jolivet (sequels)\\
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'''Voiced in Spanish by:''' Gloria Iturbe (1950 film, original dubbing), Liza Willert (re-dubbing and sequels)\\
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'''Voiced in Polish by:''' Zofia Mrozowska (1961), Elżbieta Kijowska (2012), Ewa Decówna (sequels)\\
'''Voiced in Spanish by:''' Gloria Iturbe (1950 film, original dubbing), Liza Willert (re-dubbing and sequels)\\
'''Voiced in Hebrew by:''' Yael Amit
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!!!'''Appearances''': ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIDreamsComeTrue II: Dreams Come True]]'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime III: A Twist In Time]]'' | ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst''[[note]]as a magical summon[[/note]]\\
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Born to a wealthy man who was later widowed, her stepmother, Lady Tremaine, was jealous of her beauty in comparison to her own daughters. She was forced to work as a maid under her care after her father died, and she wanted to go to the
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* AbusiveParents: After the death of her father, Cinderella was under the control of Lady Tremaine, whose true colours finally surfaced, showing a cruel and cold-hearted woman. Her selfishness and vanity destroyed both the family fortune and left her family's once beautiful château in a state of disrepair. While pampering her own two daughters and spoiling them rotten, she raised Cinderella in abuse and virtual slavery. This was a result of being wickedly jealous of the young girl's natural beauty and charm, which she and her own daughters all lacked. This went on for many years, but Cinderella's personality still remained sweet, humble, and kind.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Her original design gave her strawberry-blonde hair, but the TV shows, the dolls, the backpacks and so forth have her with clean-blonde hair. They also changed her dress, which was silver in the movie, to blue in everything else sold with her in it.
* AdaptationNameChange:
** "Cinderella" was a spiteful nickname which derived from the word "cinder", and her real name was never revealed (although some fans believe it to be Ella). Disney made this her actual birth name (although it was brought back in the 2015 remake).
** Many storybooks, such as the Little Golden Books adaptation, did, however, claim her original name was Ella.
* AffectionateNickname: The mice refer to her as "Cinderelly".
* AllThereInTheManual: Her book in the ''Disney Princess Beginnings'' shows that her real name is Ella and also depicts her relationship with her parents.
* AlmostKiss:
** The first movie has Cinderella and the Prince leaning forward for a kiss after their DanceOfRomance, only for the bell to ring for midnight, signaling to her that she had to leave before the spell breaks.
** When ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime'' has Lady Tremaine use a stolen magic wand to undo Cinderella's and Prince Charming's wedding, one of the magical visions shows the original film's closing scene of the couple heading towards their honeymoon, but pulls them away before they can [[SealedWithAKiss seal the story with a kiss]].
* AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: ''A Twist In Time'' begins with a voiceover asking the viewers if they remember a story about a girl who escaped a life of cinders by believing in a dream, and also letting talking mice and a fairy godmother help her find true love. After a {{beat}}, the narrator continues, "Well, that girl is me." Cinderella then smiles at the camera while the title appears.
* AnimalLover: Cinderella has a horse and a dog for pets, and easily makes friends with the birds and mice of her house.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Cinderella gives two to Anastasia, who's teetering on the brink of a HeelFaceTurn, when she discovers Lady Tremaine's plot to have her marry the Prince while magically disguised as a false Cinderella.
-->'''Cinderella:''' What have you done? The prince won't be fooled.\\
'''Lady Tremaine:''' The prince will never know. He'll be perfectly happy.\\
'''Cinderella:''' But will you, Anastasia? Will ''you'' be happy?\\
'''Anastasia:''' I...I want what you had.\\
'''Cinderella:''' But...do you even love him?
* BadBedroomBadLife: The mistreated Cinderella, though living in a spacious mansion, still has her bedroom in the attic, where it's dark, cramped, and undecorated compared to the much more fancy and colorful bedrooms of her WickedStepmother and stepsisters.
%%* BadassAdorable: Cinderella becomes this in ''A Twist in Time''.
* {{Ballet}}: Her movements are rather graceful and balletic; it's implied at the start that lessons were among the luxuries heaped upon her by her father. Given that classically-trained ballerina Helene Stanley was her reference model, it isn't surprising.
%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* BanisterSlide: In ''A Twist In Time'', Cinderella and two of her mouse friends do this at the palace.
* BeautifulSingingVoice: She is shown to have a lovely voice as all her bird and mouse friends will sit in silence just to hear her sing. One scene has Drizella's grating warbling during a music lesson transition to Cindy singing the same song much better at the same time while she's cleaning the foyer.
** Even after Jennifer Hale takes over, her portrayal of Cindy also has a surprisingly beautiful singing voice, as shown in [[Recap/SofiaTheFirstOnceUponAPrincess Sofia The First: Once Upon a Princess]].
* BeautifulSlaveGirl: She was enslaved as a child following her father's suspicious death by her [[WickedStepmother hateful stepfamily]], and grew to become a beautiful young woman. Her beauty and kindness is what causes her stepfamily to abuse her out of jealousy, as her step-sisters are [[{{Gonk}} horribly ugly]] and [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk cold-hearted]] with no problems of [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything ripping up her clothes]].
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Cinderella is prettier and much nicer than her cartoonish and mean stepsisters. In fact, look at the way the Grand Duke reacted to the stepsisters and Cinderella. With the stepsisters, he grimaced at the sight of them and was generally repulsed by their attitude, impatient to leave. When Cinderella asked to try on the shoe, his face lit up (as well as noticing her petite feet) and helped her down the stairs.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Turns out even a [[IncorruptiblePurePureness Disney Princess]] has her limits. In the first film she almost chases Lucifer with a broom when he ruins the floor she worked so hard to clean (but is stopped by a knock at the door), and at the film's climax she sics Bruno on him. In the third movie Lucifer learns this the hard way when Cinderella sends him crashing off of the pumpkin carriage into the lake.
-->'''Cinderella''': Bad kitty!
* BigSisterInstinct: In ''Dreams Come True''. For once in her relationship with Anastasia, Cinderella gets to help her. She's kind enough to take her to the castle, get her cleaned up, and teaches her how to properly smile, even with some EpicFail moments.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: She's the blonde to her two stepsisters (a brunette and a redhead). Interestingly, by the sequels the evil one is the brunette.
* BlueIsHeroic: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]] It's worth noting that despite Cinderella appearing in the Disney Princess franchise several times, she's actually not an example of this trope. Her dress was silver in the original film, and the games switch it back to the silver it originally was, not the blue it appears as in a lot of merchandise.
* BookOnTheHead: In the ''Aim to Please'' portion of ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIDreamsComeTrue'', Cinderella learns to dance with four books on her head. Because she also has to answer a test at the same time, she eventually trips. Moments later, while dancing how she wants, Cinderella manages to successfully keep two books on her head.
* BreakTheCutie: Cinderella tries to stay positive and graceful despite witnessing her father's death at a young age, having to work day and night for family that won't even give her a morning greeting, and seeing her desires crushed. Case in point: she merely wants to go to the ball for a night out, and her stepfamily racks up the abuse with ExactWords and LoopholeAbuse to ensure that she won't go. It says a lot that what finally makes her cry is not being overworked so that she has no time to make a dress, but having a dress to wear to the ball. . . and getting it ripped to shreds while she's wearing it. After she gets her opportunity to go to the ball, Lady Tremaine makes one final ditch attempt to crush her hopes by locking her in her room when the Grand Duke comes to see if any of the girls in the house fit the slipper.
* CharacterDevelopment: In the first film, she endures abuse with dignity so as not to end up on the street, but over the course of the film she realizes she doesn't have to put up with abuse anymore and defies Lady Tremaine to escape. She also starts off with an almost crippling case of GoodCannotComprehendEvil, not realizing to what lengths Lady Tremaine will go to sabotage her happiness or how petty Lucifer can be, but in the end she realizes not everyone can be reasoned with and sometimes you have to fight back, such as when she defies Lady Tremaine locking her in the tower and letting Bruno chase Lucifer when she finally realizes that cat has no compassion to appeal to, and finally manages to try on the slipper.
* ClarkKenting: Nobody recognizes Cinderella at the ball as the stepdaughter/servant of the Tremaines. It might be justified by having been kept in her WickedStepmother's house since she was a young girl. But neither her stepsisters or stepmother recognize her, though Lady Tremaine ''is'' shown to observe that there's something familiar about her, but is prevented from getting a closer look.
* ClothingDamage:
** The scene where the evil stepsisters tear Cinderella's ball gown to shreds in anger.
** In ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime'', Cinderella in a white gown gets transported inside a pumpkin carriage by Lady Tremaine. Once Cinderella is inside the pumpkin, her dress somehow gets all torn up, and she's now barefoot.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Her mother died when she was very small, and she was indulged by her doting father, who eventually remarried in order to provide her with a mother's care. He, however, died some time afterward, at which point her stepmother's true colors were revealed.
* CoolBigSis:
** Cinderella tries her best to help her stepsister, Anastasia, get together with a baker she fell in love with. First, she comes up with a plan with her mice friends. Unfortunately, the plan backfires when the mice run into Lucifer (their old nemesis) who gives chase, resulting in a startled horse kicking Anastasia into the baker's shop. Anastasia runs out, breaking down in tears, and retreats to a quiet area in the village. She is found and comforted by Cinderella, who offers to help her stepsister change for the better and win the baker's heart.
** In the climax of Cinderella III, Cinderella witnesses Anastasia refuse to marry the Prince, and realizes she only wants her own true love, prompting an angry and vengeful Lady Tremaine to attack her. Cinderella, shocked to discover how much Anastasia is truly suffering, jumps in front of Anastasia and tries to stop her stepmother from attacking. While Lady Tremaine does eventually try to take her revenge on ''both'' of them, it's still a potent moment of solidarity. And after the climax, she finally forgives Anastasia and repairs their strained relationship, embracing her as a true sister.
* CoolCrown: At the end of "Aim to Please", Cinderella is given a glass tiara.
* DaddysGirl: Was this before her father's death, in the backstory. The narrator describes Cinderella's father as "a kind and devoted father, and gave his beloved child every luxury and comfort".
* DamselInDistress:
** This is more obviously invoked when she is locked in the tower room. In order to get to the ball, first she needs the help of the mice, and then the fairy godmother, and also when Lady Tremaine makes one final attempt to crush her hopes by locking her away again. However, she uses her intelligence and told the birds to get Bruno in order to same themselves before revealing the other slipper to the duke after Lady Tremaine breaks the other slipper.
** Also in the third film, when she's shipped out of the kingdom and finds herself unable to do anything until the prince comes to rescue her.
* DamselOutOfDistress: She does her best to be competent and self-reliant as often as she can, and only accepts help when she has no choice. Most of the time, Cinderella helps herself--doing all the chores on top of fixing up a dress, making sure she can go to the ball, whipping out the slipper to show the duke. Her commonly thought "damsel" situation where she was locked in her room is not her being in any danger either.
* DanceOfRomance: How she fell in love with the Prince, though she didn't know he was the prince at the time.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Cinderella is a daughter of a widowed aristocrat who gave her every luxury and comfort. Her father, believing she needed a mother's love, married Lady Tremaine, who has two daughters about her age: Anastasia and Drizella. However, after her father's death, Lady Tremaine reveals herself to be a passive-aggressive tyrant who is jealous of Cinderella's beauty. She, her daughters, and their pet cat Lucifer abuse and mistreat Cinderella, ultimately forcing her to become a scullery maid in her own home. She is notable for being silenced repeatedly by Lady Tremaine, creating the assumption that Cinderella is expected to do chores without speaking out.
* DeadpanSnarker: Cinderella is witty and sarcastic, at least when she is alone, and during those moments she would often make quips regarding her stepfamily's laziness, lack of talent, and over-dependence on her.
-->'''Cinderella:''' Maybe I should interrupt the... "music lesson".
* DespairEventHorizon: Cinderella teeters on the edge when Lady Tremaine and her daughters destroy her dress and her hopes of attending the ball. Fortunately her Fairy Godmother arrives and makes everything right.
* {{Determinator}}: Despite being raised in toxicity and emotional abuse, Cinderella declared herself independent and strong-willed by remaining kind-hearted and self-loving, unlike her cruel stepfamily, not allowing the bitterness surrounding her life to overtake her and morph her into someone as cruel as her stepfamily. She makes the most of her misfortunes by remaining optimistic of the possibilities of a brighter future, keeping herself preoccupied with enforced housework and friendly bonds built with her pets, and dozens of mice that have found themselves trapped over the years by Tremaine's mouse traps, only to be rescued and spared by Cinderella. Though Tremaine's demands mean that attending the ball will increase Cinderella's workload (on top of her already being solely responsible for cleaning ''an entire mansion''), she accepts them readily. And in the film's climax she never stops trying to get out of the tower even though her situation seems hopeless.
* DoomedNewClothes: PlayedForDrama. She shows off her new [[PrincessesPreferPink pink dress]] made by her mice friends. Her stepsisters aggressively tear it to pieces.
* DramaticDrop: She drops a tea tray when she overhears Lady Tremaine tell the stepsisters that the prince is searching for the mystery maiden he met at the ball.
* DramaticIrony: When midnight strikes, she tries to excuse herself by saying she hasn't met the Prince, not realizing (as the audience does) the man she's been dancing with all night is him.
* EnemiesEqualsGreatness: Lady Tremaine and her two daughters treated Cinderella-like utter crap, but this stems from the fact that Cinderella was the center of attention of Lady Tremaine's late husband.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Two times, actually:
** In the original, after spending life as a servant, with any chance at happiness extinguished by her step-family, Cinderella finally escapes her abusive home, regains her social status as an upper-class lady, marries a man for his kindness, and finds true happiness. Her animal friends also come to live at the palace, mice and all.
** Happens again in ''Twist in Time''. After her stepmother turns back the clock and enchants the prince to love Anastasia, Cinderella sets off to the palace and tries to first jog the prince's memory and then steal the magic wand from her stepmother. When that fails and the prince falls for Cinderella anyway, the stepmother makes Anastasia Cinderella's double while sending Cindy to be trapped in a pumpkin carriage that is to be driven off of a cliff on a mountain. Cinderella proceeds to escape, jump onto a horse, and ride all the way back to the castle to stop the wedding.
* EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes: In the first movie, Cinderella tries to see the good in everybody, as shown when she gently encourages the dog to be nice to the cat Lucifer and says, "There must be ''something'' good about him..." but by the events of ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime'', Cinderella finally gives up trying to find the good in Lucifer and calls him a "Bad kitty!"
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Her magical dress does this sometimes.
* FairytaleWeddingDress:
** The first princess to get one of her own in her movie. It's a SimpleYetOpulent white dress with a skirt similar to her magic-made dress.
** She gets another one at the end of ''III'', this one is similar but ditches the bonnet for a tiara and veil, and her shoulders and collarbone are exposed.
* FallenPrincess: Cinderella was more of a noble girl than princess, but had lived a life of happy luxury before her father remarried and then died, the family wealth was squandered, and she was abused and forced to become a servant by her WickedStepmother.
* FanservicePack: Gains a sturdier, more curvaceous build and larger bust in the sequels.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The hardworking, rational, mature Responsible to her stepsisters' lazy, whiny, bratty Foolish.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: The movie begins with the kind heroine's animal friends waking her up in the morning and helping her shower and get dressed. This trope specifically applies to her legion of mice, but she is also friends with birds, a dog, and a horse. They also make her a dress while she's too busy with her chores, and eventually end up saving the day in the end. Aside from the cat, [[MeaningfulName Lucifer]], she is friends with all the animals. She even tries to find some good in Lucifer, although she fails.
* FriendlessBackground: Her only friends around the château are the mice (especially Jaq and Gus), the birds, Bruno the dog, and Major the horse.
* GirlInTheTower: In the final act, she is locked in her tower room, where she had to live after her father's death.
* GirlySkirtTwirl: After she gets a magic dress. Twirl occurs almost instantly, during the line "have you ever seen such a ''beautiful'' dress?".
* TheGirlWhoFitsThisSlipper: DoubleSubversion, as the slipper breaks before she can try it on. Fortunately, however, she was smart enough to ''keep the other shoe'', and being able to produce its match does more to prove her identity than just fitting the slipper would have done (although the Grand Duke tries it on her anyhow just to make it official).
* GlassSlipper: Cinderella is given glass slippers by the Fairy Godmother. Not only do they look pretty, they later are essential to the plot as she loses one and the Prince later uses it to find her. And Cinderella had taken a precaution by keeping the one she didn't lose should the other one break (which thanks to her stepmother did).
* GorgeousGarmentGeneration: The scene where her ruined dress is transformed into a sparkling silver one is a very iconic scene for the movie, the line, and Disney itself. It was the page image, in fact.
* GrandStaircaseEntrance: Twice: first when Cinderella meets the Prince at the ball (though this slightly differs from the traditional entrance by having her walk ''up'' the stairs rather than ''down'' the stairs), and, later, at the end when she comes down the stairs of her home to prove the slipper is hers.
* GrewASpine: In the second movie, she approaches Anastasia after her stepsister is humiliated in front of a baker she's crushing on. Anastasia makes a rude remark over Cinderella's clothes, but Cinderella manages to stand up for herself and quell any of Anastasia's residual jealousy. Her interaction with Anastasia from that point on is ''far'' more positive.
* GuileHeroine: In WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime, Cinderella's hard-working ethics, optimism, kindness and devotion are put to the test when she has magically stripped away from her "happily ever after" by a vengeful and then magically-empowered Tremaine and is forced to jump into physical action to restore her happy life and relationship with Prince Charming and save Anastasia from her mother's cruel and elitist influence. During these events, Cinderella is shown to be cunning, tactical, persistent, and a fierce rival to those who oppress her. With no magic, being forced to rely solely on her intelligence and fearlessness, Cinderella is able to defeat her stepmother, repair her relationship with a reformed Anastasia and retain her much-deserved life of happiness, proving both her independence and strong will.
* HairColorDissonance: Inverted in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}''. In the film, she has strawberry blonde hair, but in all Franchise/DisneyPrincess merchandising it's blonde
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Strawberry blond, but otherwise she's beautiful, young, kind, determined, and patient. This trope could possibly explain why she was made outright blonde in the merchandise.
* HappilyMarried: She and Charming are shown to have a close, loving, and playful relationship.
* HeadTurningBeauty: Subverted ForLaughs when Cinderella arrives at the ball. The place guards are forbidden by duty from turning their heads but follow her with their eyes as much as possible. Played straight later as the court and the Prince can't get enough of her.
* HealTheCutie: One of the most iconic examples. After [[BreakTheCutie all Cinderella has to go through]], her Fairy Godmother finally gives her the chance to meet her Prince Charming and live HappilyEverAfter.
* HeroesLoveDogs: Cinderella is close to her pet dog, Bruno.
* HeroicBSOD: Cinderella gets an ever-so-brief one when she learns the Prince is in love with the girl who lost her glass slipper at the ball causing her to drop a tray of food in mild shock.
* HiddenDepths: Cinderella knows how to make over clothes, or at least keeps several books on the subject out of her relatives' reach. She also has enough material in her small living quarters to make over a gown, as the mice learn when they finish it.
* HighClassGloves: Her magic dress has opera length gloves, to help her look more like someone fit for a royal ball.
* HopeSpot: After Cinderella does the improbable in a rousing work montage and meets [[AbusiveParents Lady Tremaine]]'s demands...Tremaine's daughters rip it to shreds while she's wearing it, mocking every part of her beloved handiwork. No NobleDemon[=s=] here.
* HopeSpringsEternal: Her biggest virtue. The third film {{deconstruct|ion}}ed this a bit, showing that she cannot just hope for a better life, she must also '''do''' it in order to make it come true. Though this was arguably true in the original, with Cinderella realizing after being locked in her tower that she ''has'' to defy Lady Tremaine and sic Bruno on Lucifer (which she argued against at the start of the film) if she wants to make her dreams come true.
* HotConsort: The prince is first stunned by her and possibly marries her because of her loveliness and grace.
* IconicOutfit: Her sparkling, white dress she wore to the Prince's ball.
* IJustWantToBeFree: As assumed, Cinderella's primary goal in life was to escape her stepfamily. However, as she was under Lady Tremaine's control since her childhood when her father passed away when she was young, such a feat proved to be difficult, with the emotional abuse and manipulation having been planted in Cinderella's mind for far too many years, making for an obedient and fearful young woman when faced with Tremaine's wrath; she would typically make attempts to avoid any form of conflict with her stepmother and stepsisters as a direct result of this.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Why Cinderella wants to go to the ball; she spends all her time working and slaving, and wants one night out of fun, to be able to dress up and dance like a girl of her class ought to do. Meeting the prince was an added bonus, since she didn't even know she had danced with a prince.
* IWantSong:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjIssqHQJ6o "A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes"]], from [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} the first movie]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAsHtz_mb1g "More Than A Dream"]] from ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime''. Inverted with the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q27LQFVAuEk reprise]], where Cinderella resigns herself to the fact that her dreams might never come true after all.
* ImpossiblyTackyClothes: Downplayed, but Cinderella admits that her mother's gown is a few years out of date. She wants to make it over for the ball based on a drawing in her sewing book. Cinderella is forced to wear a rather overdone gown in "Aim to Please". All the ribbons on it make Cinderella say she looks like a gift-wrapped present.
* TheIngenue: Cinderella maintains her optimism and purity even while living a crapsack life. {{Fanon}} has Flanderised her into this though - as in the movie itself she does display more sass than usual for this type of character.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Her eyes represent her hopeful, optimistic nature and genuine kindness.
* KarmicJackpot: Cinderella protecting legions of mice from Lady Tremaine's traps and treated them like their own family. In gratitude, the mice would become loyal companions to Cinderella, providing her with the company and serving as diligent helpers should something troubling occur. The devotion of the mice would ultimately play a crucial role in the young woman escaping her abusive household, thus furthering the example of how Cinderella's evergreen kindness towards others, despite her situation, would ultimately lead to her uprising.
* LadyAndKnight: Rather an adorable example, but Cinderella is the bright lady to Jaq's white knight. This is more obvious when Jaq turns human in the sequel.
* TheLeader: Cinderella is often considered the "leader" of the Disney Princesses, having often been positioned in the center of publicity photos. She's also the oldest of the three, being nineteen years old to Aurora's sixteen and Snow White's fourteen. There has been some controversy, however, because she is the second Disney Princess, after Snow White. Some feel that Snow White should be the leader, because she is the protagonist of Disney's first film, and was introduced to the world 13 years before Cinderella. Despite this argument, both Snow White and Cinderella's films have been credited for saving Walt Disney's company from bankruptcy in the 30s and 50s respectively.
* LessonsInSophistication: In ''Dreams Come True'', the Grand Duchess attempts to give these to Cinderella, being a newly elevated commoner. Cinderella cannot and will not accept many of the teachings, which include the notion that she must be cold and elegant at all times no matter what, and instead opts to be herself and give her own twists to the fancy party being organized. The King is initially baffled, but gets over it quickly, and even the Grand Duchess admits that what Cinderella has done is entirely delightful.
* LongHairIsFeminine: Cinderella has shoulder-length hair again to match the 1950s style of the time, regardless [[PurelyAestheticEra of the film's Victorian setting]].
* LooseLips:
** In the first film, her getting dreamy-eyed and humming to herself is what tips Lady Tremaine off to her being the mystery girl at the ball.
** In the third movie she admits that she was the princess in front of the Stepmother (not that she didn't already know), causing her to take the other slipper from Cinderella and drop it, causing it to break.
* LosingAShoeInTheStruggle: Cinderella sometimes loses a shoe when climbing either up or down stairs. Most notably, one of her glass slippers falls off while she runs back to her coach. She tries to go back for it, but the Grand Duke startles her, then picks up the slipper himself.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: Cinderella is so star-struck to learn the man she danced with at the ball was the Prince and is looking for her that she forgets to use discretion when preparing for his arrival (dancing and humming to herself as she goes back to her tower) and unwittingly tips Lady Tremaine off to her secret.
* MagneticHero: She overcomes the story's conflicts by remaining trustworthy and thoughtful enough that even animals (and prey animals, at that) are willing to help her- and as story tradition dictates, the "little people" overcome the BigBad by uniting and working together.
* MamaBear: Cinderella shows her protective nature to Jaq and Gus in the third movie.
* TheMatchmaker: In ''An Uncommon Romance'', Anastasia falls in love with a local baker, much to the disgust and disapproval of Lady Tremaine and Drizella. Anastasia is told by her mother to never speak a single word to the baker again. Having been watching the whole time, Cinderella comes up with a plan to get her stepsister back with the baker by getting her mouse friends to distract him while the birds steal Anastasia's hat and fly off to the bakery with the intention of having her run after them to get it back and reunite with the baker again.
* MirrorScare: The scene where Cinderella is in her room preparing to go down and try on the glass slipper, but sees Lady Tremaine's reflection behind her as she's locking the door to trap her inside.
* MissingMom: Sometime during her childhood, Cinderella's mother tragically passed away, and as a result of believing his daughter needed a mother figure in her life, Cinderella's father remarried a woman named [[AbusiveParents Lady Tremaine]].
* ModestRoyalty: In ''Dreams Come True'', Cinderella prefers simple dresses to the more extravagant ones. Prudence even mistakes her as one of the castle's maids when she first sees her.
* MundaneLuxury: A few extra minutes in bed because it allows her to dream, and "they can't order me to stop dreaming".
* MusicalChores: "The Work Song" in the movie is actually sung by the mice and not Cinderella herself, while they make her first party dress (the one that is later destroyed). Cinderella did sing a song while she worked ("Sing Sweet Nightingale") but it wasn't about work - she was just singing along while her ugly sisters got a music lesson upstairs and did a much better job of it whilst cleaning the floor. "The Work Song" had an earlier version which was to be sung by Cinderella but it was reworked into the mouse version.
* NaiveEverygirl: Despite her suffering at the hands of her stepmother and stepsisters, she keeps up a positive attitude, daydreams often, and longs for a happier, more romantic life.
* NiceGirl: It pays off in the end, though. She is kind, thoughtful, and compassionate.
* NiceMeanAndInbetween: The three sisters, but only after Anastasia's CharacterDevelopment in the sequels - Cinderella is the Nice (the always caring AllLovingHero), Drizella is the Mean (remains as cruel as she was before to the point of being TheDragon to her mother), and Anastasia is In-Between (while she started off as a brat, she makes a HeelFaceTurn becoming a sweet, if gruff individual).
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: She was based off of Creator/IngridBergman. Take a good look at her.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Cinderella looks somewhat less stylized than the later Disney Princesses. This is because she was drawn with a more realistic face compared to other princesses.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Was about to swat Lucifer with her broom after he purposely ruined her clean floor had there not been someone at the door.
* NotSoStoic: For most of her movie, she manages to be [[ThePollyanna quietly cheerful while being treated as a slave in her own home]]. She finally breaks down when the stepsisters ruin her dress and, with it, her chance to go to the ball. This is what finally triggers the Fairy Godmother to appear to her: when she gives up hope and desperately needs help.
* OfficialCouple: With Prince Charming.
* OnlySaneWoman: In the Tremaine household, Cinderella is most definitely the only person who can see the absurdity in being ordered around day and night.
* PimpedOutDress: The movie is an unusual example of actually showing the pimping-out process, featuring a scene in which her animal friends pimp out her ball gown, unfortunately they used beads and a sash belonging to her stepsisters, who used that excuse to [[DoomedNewClothes tear the dress apart]]. Her iconic silvery dress, with the puffed overskirt, little puff sleeves, and glass slippers, was [[GorgeousGarmentGeneration instead made]] with [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles magic sparkles]] thanks to her FairyGodmother.
* PinkMeansFeminine:
** Cinderella originally plans to wear her mother's pink dress to the ball, which the mice and birds fancy up for her, but the stepsisters rip it to shreds.
** In the sequel, she wears a [[PrincessesPreferPink pink]] and blue PaletteSwap of her iconic ball gown. The dress itself is intended to look very girly and old-fashioned, in contrast to the more elegant silver dress.
* PluckyGirl: Refuses to appear less than cheerful in front of her horrid family and always has a smile for her animal friends. Taken to a even greater level in ''A Twist in Time''. Now that magic is being used ''against'' her, she decides to fight back. At one point, she even sings "I can't live in dreams if my dreams are to come true" after it looks like her hopes have been dashed. This makes the moment she appears to have truly lost everything worse for her, though she still attempts to maintain a quiet dignity about it.
* ThePollyanna: Cinderella's attitude is to remain positive in spite of the hardship she suffers. It's shown that she's still bothered by how her stepfamily treat her, but she does her best to remain cheerful.
* PrincessProtagonist: Cinderella wasn't actually born a princess, but [[RagsToRoyalty becomes one]] after marrying the handsome prince. ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIDreamsComeTrue'' focuses on her life as a princess.
* ProperLady: Like the other classic-era Princesses (Snow White and Aurora), Cinderella is a perfectly demure, obedient, and gentle young lady. Even when her step-mother forces her to become a servant in her own house she remains stoic and gracious.
* ProtagonistTitle: The movie is named after her.
* RagsToRoyalty: Since Rags to Royalty are often called "Cinderella stories", that's a given.
* RebelliousPrincess: In ''Dreams Come True''. She had to follow the traditional role of a Princess, until she decided to break the traditions, much to the King's (eventual) approval.
* RichesToRags: She lived with her wealthy father in comfortable life but after his death, Lady Tremaine stripped Cinderella of her inheritance and forcing her to wear raggedy clothing and live in a squalor.
* RunningAwayToCry: She flees to the garden in tears, after her stepsisters tear off her dress.
* SacredHospitality: She may not be the lady of the house anymore, but she does her best to stop Lucifer from torturing its new arrivals.
* SculleryMaid: Cinderella's stepfamily makes her work as one.
* SheCleansUpNicely: She gets two moments like this. The first is a disapproving one from her stepfamily when she shows up with the modified pink dress. The second time is of course when the Prince sees her in the ballgown Fairy Godmother gives her.
* ShipperOnDeck: During the third segment in ''Cinderella II'' she tries to get Anastasia and The Baker together.
* SilkHidingSteel: Cinderella puts on a stoic smile and cheerful demeanor every day in front of her oppressors, never letting them get to her despite her abuse. In the third movie when her life is actually in danger, she keeps her cool while figuring out a way to rescue herself and her mouse friends. She is also unafraid to stand up for herself when she feels she's in the right - or at least attempt to do so, and though she strives to contain her optimistic aura, she can fall into fits of frustration and annoyance quite often. This is seen through her interactions with Lady Tremaine's cat, Lucifer, who she sarcastically refers to as "Your Majesty", and openly berates for his cruelty, which mirrors that of her cruel stepmother. Her daily goal is to make the most of her situation, but she never forces herself to bottle up her true emotions in an unhealthy manner; instead, wisely keeping them under control, while also keeping in mind that the future holds brighter experiences.
* SimpleYetOpulent: Cinderella's magic-made dress is quite impressive, but not that lavish. It's a similar case with her wedding dress.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Cinderella is in a happy marriage with the brave and kind [[PrincelyYoungMan Prince Charming]].
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Cinderella has conversations with her mice friends, although this may be the mice speaking human.
* SpoiledSweet: What she was while her father still lived, since he gave her "every luxury and comfort". She was very pampered and nice to everyone. An ideal example of the trope since Cinderella retains the sweetness throughout her life even when she falls into harder times.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Her book in the ''Disney Princess Beginnings'' shows that she greatly resembles her late mother.
* TokenGoodTeammate: In her family, when living with Lady Tremaine and her daughters. Cinderella is the only, genuine NiceGirl while they are all {{jerkass}}es.
* TookALevelInBadass: In ''Cinderella III''. She does a backflip out of a demonic carriage and rides horseback to crash her own wedding.
* TragicKeepsake: Cinderella has her late mother's ball gown, which she alters to make it a bit more fashionable to wear to the royal ball, still keeping the pink and white color palate. Unfortunately, Lady Tremaine encourages her daughters to tear the gown to shreds by pointing out their beads and sash were used on it, which the girls had ''thrown away'' earlier.
* TranquilFury: One of Cinderella's virtues. After Anastasia accuses her of putting a mouse in the breakfast teacup, Cinderella doesn't care that Tremaine will burden her with punishment work; she merely forces Lucifer to free Gus, whom he's trapping, and lectures him. When the sisters mock her for wanting to go to the ball, she points out that she has the right to go, and in fact the king has ordered it.
* TrueBlueFemininity: Her nightgown and the dress she wore as a child (to the point that she resembles WesternAnimation/{{Alice|InWonderland}}). And, of course, her iconic ballgown tends to be blue in merchandise. Though as fans are wont to point out, her ballgown is actually silver and white in the proper film.
* TheUnfavorite: Cinderella is a very early example as the original story dates back hundreds of years. And Cinderella more or less is the poster child for this. As her stepmother treats her like shit and uses her as her personal slave, while her two daughters are spoiled brats who get everything they want.
* UnkemptBeauty: Even when her dress is ruined by her stepsisters, she still looks beautiful. Also shown in the third movie when her wedding dress and hair are ruined again and she still keeps her beauty.
* WeddingSmashers: In the third movie, Cinderella crashes her own wedding. ItMakesSenseInContext, it's really Anastasia disguised as Cinderella marrying Prince Charming.
* WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve: "The spell will be broken." All of Cinderella's princess attire disappears.
* {{Xenafication}}: ''A Twist In Time'' features the [[PrincessClassic classic]] Franchise/DisneyPrincess escaping from a demon pumpkin carriage onto horseback in a tattered wedding dress with her disheveled hair blowing in the wind.
* YankTheDogsChain:
** ''Twice!'' One day, Cinderella receives an invitation to a royal ball at the King's Castle. She immediately delivers it to her stepmother, who tells her she can go―provided she finishes all her chores and is able to find something suitable to wear. After thanking her stepmother, she goes back to her room, where she shows the mice and birds a dress that had belonged to her late mother. As of that moment, her most magical experience of all has begun. She is about to begin fixing her dress when she is unexpectedly called downstairs by her impatient, needy stepsisters.
** Thankfully for her, the mice and birds, feeling sorry for her, take it upon themselves to repair the dress for Cinderella. Jaq and Gus find a sash that Anastasia doesn't want anymore, as well as some beads thrown out by Drizella, and take them to help fix the dress. Cinderella walks back to her room and looks out the window of the castle, wondering what a royal ball will be like. Just then, her bird and mouse friends reveal a surprise: they had fixed the dress for her. She thanks them for showing how much they care for her, changes into the dress, and rushes downstairs to join her stepfamily.
** However, when they see Cinderella, Lady Tremaine compliments her dress and points out Drizella's beads. The stepsisters then fly into a rage and furiously tear Cinderella's dress apart until Lady Tremaine puts it to a stop and ushers them to get into the carriage, which they snootily do. Cinderella is left with her dress reduced to rags as her stepmother wishes her good night before departing for the ball with the stepsisters. At that moment Cinderella finally reaches her breaking point at having endured the torture of her stepfamily for so long, and the broken girl runs outside to the garden and bursts into tears, with the mice, Bruno, and Major watching her in sadness. Thankfully, her FairyGodmother arrives to give her a ''much needed'' break.
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!Cinderella's Family
[[folder:Lady Tremaine]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"These beads... they give it just the right touch."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Eleanor Audley (live-action reference)\\
'''Voiced by:''' Eleanor Audley (original film); Creator/SusanneBlakeslee (sequels)\\
'''Voiced in French by:''' Héléna Manson (1950), Jacqueline Porel (1991), Anne Jolivet (sequels)\\
'''Voiced in Polish by:''' Zofia Mrozowska (1961), Elżbieta Kijowska (2012), Ewa Decówna (sequels)\\
'''Voiced in Spanish by:''' Gloria Iturbe (1950 film, original dubbing), Liza Willert (re-dubbing and sequels)\\
'''Voiced in Hebrew by:''' Yael Amit
Cinderella's evil stepmother and the BigBad.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Her original design gave her strawberry-blonde hair, but the TV shows, the dolls, the backpacks and so forth have her with clean-blonde hair. They also changed her dress, which was silver in the movie, to blue in everything else sold with her in it.
* AdaptationNameChange:
** "Cinderella" was a spiteful nickname which derived from the word "cinder", and her real name was never revealed (although some fans believe it to be Ella). Disney made this her actual birth name (although it was brought back in the 2015 remake).
** Many storybooks, such as the Little Golden Books adaptation, did, however, claim her original name was Ella.
* AffectionateNickname: The mice refer to her as "Cinderelly".
* AllThereInTheManual: Her book in the ''Disney Princess Beginnings'' shows that her real name is Ella and also depicts her relationship with her parents.
* AlmostKiss:
** The first movie has Cinderella and the Prince leaning forward for a kiss after their DanceOfRomance, only for the bell to ring for midnight, signaling to her that she had to leave before the spell breaks.
** When ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime'' has Lady Tremaine use a stolen magic wand to undo Cinderella's and Prince Charming's wedding, one of the magical visions shows the original film's closing scene of the couple heading towards their honeymoon, but pulls them away before they can [[SealedWithAKiss seal the story with a kiss]].
* AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: ''A Twist In Time'' begins with a voiceover asking the viewers if they remember a story about a girl who escaped a life of cinders by believing in a dream, and also letting talking mice and a fairy godmother help her find true love. After a {{beat}}, the narrator continues, "Well, that girl is me." Cinderella then smiles at the camera while the title appears.
* AnimalLover: Cinderella has a horse and a dog for pets, and easily makes friends with the birds and mice of her house.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Cinderella gives two to Anastasia, who's teetering on the brink of a HeelFaceTurn, when she discovers Lady Tremaine's plot to have her marry the Prince while magically disguised as a false Cinderella.
-->'''Cinderella:''' What have you done? The prince won't be fooled.\\
'''Lady Tremaine:''' The prince will never know. He'll be perfectly happy.\\
'''Cinderella:''' But will you, Anastasia? Will ''you'' be happy?\\
'''Anastasia:''' I...I want what you had.\\
'''Cinderella:''' But...do you even love him?
* BadBedroomBadLife: The mistreated Cinderella, though living in a spacious mansion, still has her bedroom in the attic, where it's dark, cramped, and undecorated compared to the much more fancy and colorful bedrooms of her WickedStepmother and stepsisters.
%%* BadassAdorable: Cinderella becomes this in ''A Twist in Time''.
* {{Ballet}}: Her movements are rather graceful and balletic; it's implied at the start that lessons were among the luxuries heaped upon her by her father. Given that classically-trained ballerina Helene Stanley was her reference model, it isn't surprising.
%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* BanisterSlide: In ''A Twist In Time'', Cinderella and two of her mouse friends do this at the palace.
* BeautifulSingingVoice: She is shown to have a lovely voice as all her bird and mouse friends will sit in silence just to hear her sing. One scene has Drizella's grating warbling during a music lesson transition to Cindy singing the same song much better at the same time while she's cleaning the foyer.
** Even after Jennifer Hale takes over, her portrayal of Cindy also has a surprisingly beautiful singing voice, as shown in [[Recap/SofiaTheFirstOnceUponAPrincess Sofia The First: Once Upon a Princess]].
* BeautifulSlaveGirl: She was enslaved as a child following her father's suspicious death by her [[WickedStepmother hateful stepfamily]], and grew to become a beautiful young woman. Her beauty and kindness is what causes her stepfamily to abuse her out of jealousy, as her step-sisters are [[{{Gonk}} horribly ugly]] and [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk cold-hearted]] with no problems of [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything ripping up her clothes]].
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Cinderella is prettier and much nicer than her cartoonish and mean stepsisters. In fact, look at the way the Grand Duke reacted to the stepsisters and Cinderella. With the stepsisters, he grimaced at the sight of them and was generally repulsed by their attitude, impatient to leave. When Cinderella asked to try on the shoe, his face lit up (as well as noticing her petite feet) and helped her down the stairs.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Turns out even a [[IncorruptiblePurePureness Disney Princess]] has her limits. In the first film she almost chases Lucifer with a broom when he ruins the floor she worked so hard to clean (but is stopped by a knock at the door), and at the film's climax she sics Bruno on him. In the third movie Lucifer learns this the hard way when Cinderella sends him crashing off of the pumpkin carriage into the lake.
-->'''Cinderella''': Bad kitty!
* BigSisterInstinct: In ''Dreams Come True''. For once in her relationship with Anastasia, Cinderella gets to help her. She's kind enough to take her to the castle, get her cleaned up, and teaches her how to properly smile, even with some EpicFail moments.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: She's the blonde to her two stepsisters (a brunette and a redhead). Interestingly, by the sequels the evil one is the brunette.
* BlueIsHeroic: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]] It's worth noting that despite Cinderella appearing in the Disney Princess franchise several times, she's actually not an example of this trope. Her dress was silver in the original film, and the games switch it back to the silver it originally was, not the blue it appears as in a lot of merchandise.
* BookOnTheHead: In the ''Aim to Please'' portion of ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIDreamsComeTrue'', Cinderella learns to dance with four books on her head. Because she also has to answer a test at the same time, she eventually trips. Moments later, while dancing how she wants, Cinderella manages to successfully keep two books on her head.
* BreakTheCutie: Cinderella tries to stay positive and graceful despite witnessing her father's death at a young age, having to work day and night for family that won't even give her a morning greeting, and seeing her desires crushed. Case in point: she merely wants to go to the ball for a night out, and her stepfamily racks up the abuse with ExactWords and LoopholeAbuse to ensure that she won't go. It says a lot that what finally makes her cry is not being overworked so that she has no time to make a dress, but having a dress to wear to the ball. . . and getting it ripped to shreds while she's wearing it. After she gets her opportunity to go to the ball, Lady Tremaine makes one final ditch attempt to crush her hopes by locking her in her room when the Grand Duke comes to see if any of the girls in the house fit the slipper.
* CharacterDevelopment: In the first film, she endures abuse with dignity so as not to end up on the street, but over the course of the film she realizes she doesn't have to put up with abuse anymore and defies Lady Tremaine to escape. She also starts off with an almost crippling case of GoodCannotComprehendEvil, not realizing to what lengths Lady Tremaine will go to sabotage her happiness or how petty Lucifer can be, but in the end she realizes not everyone can be reasoned with and sometimes you have to fight back, such as when she defies Lady Tremaine locking her in the tower and letting Bruno chase Lucifer when she finally realizes that cat has no compassion to appeal to, and finally manages to try on the slipper.
* ClarkKenting: Nobody recognizes Cinderella at the ball as the stepdaughter/servant of the Tremaines. It might be justified by having been kept in her WickedStepmother's house since she was a young girl. But neither her stepsisters or stepmother recognize her, though Lady Tremaine ''is'' shown to observe that there's something familiar about her, but is prevented from getting a closer look.
* ClothingDamage:
** The scene where the evil stepsisters tear Cinderella's ball gown to shreds in anger.
** In ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime'', Cinderella in a white gown gets transported inside a pumpkin carriage by Lady Tremaine. Once Cinderella is inside the pumpkin, her dress somehow gets all torn up, and she's now barefoot.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Her mother died when she was very small, and she was indulged by her doting father, who eventually remarried in order to provide her with a mother's care. He, however, died some time afterward, at which point her stepmother's true colors were revealed.
* CoolBigSis:
** Cinderella tries her best to help her stepsister, Anastasia, get together with a baker she fell in love with. First, she comes up with a plan with her mice friends. Unfortunately, the plan backfires when the mice run into Lucifer (their old nemesis) who gives chase, resulting in a startled horse kicking Anastasia into the baker's shop. Anastasia runs out, breaking down in tears, and retreats to a quiet area in the village. She is found and comforted by Cinderella, who offers to help her stepsister change for the better and win the baker's heart.
** In the climax of Cinderella III, Cinderella witnesses Anastasia refuse to marry the Prince, and realizes she only wants her own true love, prompting an angry and vengeful Lady Tremaine to attack her. Cinderella, shocked to discover how much Anastasia is truly suffering, jumps in front of Anastasia and tries to stop her stepmother from attacking. While Lady Tremaine does eventually try to take her revenge on ''both'' of them, it's still a potent moment of solidarity. And after the climax, she finally forgives Anastasia and repairs their strained relationship, embracing her as a true sister.
* CoolCrown: At the end of "Aim to Please", Cinderella is given a glass tiara.
* DaddysGirl: Was this before her father's death, in the backstory. The narrator describes Cinderella's father as "a kind and devoted father, and gave his beloved child every luxury and comfort".
* DamselInDistress:
** This is more obviously invoked when she is locked in the tower room. In order to get to the ball, first she needs the help of the mice, and then the fairy godmother, and also when Lady Tremaine makes one final attempt to crush her hopes by locking her away again. However, she uses her intelligence and told the birds to get Bruno in order to same themselves before revealing the other slipper to the duke after Lady Tremaine breaks the other slipper.
** Also in the third film, when she's shipped out of the kingdom and finds herself unable to do anything until the prince comes to rescue her.
* DamselOutOfDistress: She does her best to be competent and self-reliant as often as she can, and only accepts help when she has no choice. Most of the time, Cinderella helps herself--doing all the chores on top of fixing up a dress, making sure she can go to the ball, whipping out the slipper to show the duke. Her commonly thought "damsel" situation where she was locked in her room is not her being in any danger either.
* DanceOfRomance: How she fell in love with the Prince, though she didn't know he was the prince at the time.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Cinderella is a daughter of a widowed aristocrat who gave her every luxury and comfort. Her father, believing she needed a mother's love, married Lady Tremaine, who has two daughters about her age: Anastasia and Drizella. However, after her father's death, Lady Tremaine reveals herself to be a passive-aggressive tyrant who is jealous of Cinderella's beauty. She, her daughters, and their pet cat Lucifer abuse and mistreat Cinderella, ultimately forcing her to become a scullery maid in her own home. She is notable for being silenced repeatedly by Lady Tremaine, creating the assumption that Cinderella is expected to do chores without speaking out.
* DeadpanSnarker: Cinderella is witty and sarcastic, at least when she is alone, and during those moments she would often make quips regarding her stepfamily's laziness, lack of talent, and over-dependence on her.
-->'''Cinderella:''' Maybe I should interrupt the... "music lesson".
* DespairEventHorizon: Cinderella teeters on the edge when Lady Tremaine and her daughters destroy her dress and her hopes of attending the ball. Fortunately her Fairy Godmother arrives and makes everything right.
* {{Determinator}}: Despite being raised in toxicity and emotional abuse, Cinderella declared herself independent and strong-willed by remaining kind-hearted and self-loving, unlike her cruel stepfamily, not allowing the bitterness surrounding her life to overtake her and morph her into someone as cruel as her stepfamily. She makes the most of her misfortunes by remaining optimistic of the possibilities of a brighter future, keeping herself preoccupied with enforced housework and friendly bonds built with her pets, and dozens of mice that have found themselves trapped over the years by Tremaine's mouse traps, only to be rescued and spared by Cinderella. Though Tremaine's demands mean that attending the ball will increase Cinderella's workload (on top of her already being solely responsible for cleaning ''an entire mansion''), she accepts them readily. And in the film's climax she never stops trying to get out of the tower even though her situation seems hopeless.
* DoomedNewClothes: PlayedForDrama. She shows off her new [[PrincessesPreferPink pink dress]] made by her mice friends. Her stepsisters aggressively tear it to pieces.
* DramaticDrop: She drops a tea tray when she overhears Lady Tremaine tell the stepsisters that the prince is searching for the mystery maiden he met at the ball.
* DramaticIrony: When midnight strikes, she tries to excuse herself by saying she hasn't met the Prince, not realizing (as the audience does) the man she's been dancing with all night is him.
* EnemiesEqualsGreatness: Lady Tremaine and her two daughters treated Cinderella-like utter crap, but this stems from the fact that Cinderella was the center of attention of Lady Tremaine's late husband.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Two times, actually:
** In the original, after spending life as a servant, with any chance at happiness extinguished by her step-family, Cinderella finally escapes her abusive home, regains her social status as an upper-class lady, marries a man for his kindness, and finds true happiness. Her animal friends also come to live at the palace, mice and all.
** Happens again in ''Twist in Time''. After her stepmother turns back the clock and enchants the prince to love Anastasia, Cinderella sets off to the palace and tries to first jog the prince's memory and then steal the magic wand from her stepmother. When that fails and the prince falls for Cinderella anyway, the stepmother makes Anastasia Cinderella's double while sending Cindy to be trapped in a pumpkin carriage that is to be driven off of a cliff on a mountain. Cinderella proceeds to escape, jump onto a horse, and ride all the way back to the castle to stop the wedding.
* EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes: In the first movie, Cinderella tries to see the good in everybody, as shown when she gently encourages the dog to be nice to the cat Lucifer and says, "There must be ''something'' good about him..." but by the events of ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime'', Cinderella finally gives up trying to find the good in Lucifer and calls him a "Bad kitty!"
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Her magical dress does this sometimes.
* FairytaleWeddingDress:
** The first princess to get one of her own in her movie. It's a SimpleYetOpulent white dress with a skirt similar to her magic-made dress.
** She gets another one at the end of ''III'', this one is similar but ditches the bonnet for a tiara and veil, and her shoulders and collarbone are exposed.
* FallenPrincess: Cinderella was more of a noble girl than princess, but had lived a life of happy luxury before her father remarried and then died, the family wealth was squandered, and she was abused and forced to become a servant by her WickedStepmother.
* FanservicePack: Gains a sturdier, more curvaceous build and larger bust in the sequels.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The hardworking, rational, mature Responsible to her stepsisters' lazy, whiny, bratty Foolish.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: The movie begins with the kind heroine's animal friends waking her up in the morning and helping her shower and get dressed. This trope specifically applies to her legion of mice, but she is also friends with birds, a dog, and a horse. They also make her a dress while she's too busy with her chores, and eventually end up saving the day in the end. Aside from the cat, [[MeaningfulName Lucifer]], she is friends with all the animals. She even tries to find some good in Lucifer, although she fails.
* FriendlessBackground: Her only friends around the château are the mice (especially Jaq and Gus), the birds, Bruno the dog, and Major the horse.
* GirlInTheTower: In the final act, she is locked in her tower room, where she had to live after her father's death.
* GirlySkirtTwirl: After she gets a magic dress. Twirl occurs almost instantly, during the line "have you ever seen such a ''beautiful'' dress?".
* TheGirlWhoFitsThisSlipper: DoubleSubversion, as the slipper breaks before she can try it on. Fortunately, however, she was smart enough to ''keep the other shoe'', and being able to produce its match does more to prove her identity than just fitting the slipper would have done (although the Grand Duke tries it on her anyhow just to make it official).
* GlassSlipper: Cinderella is given glass slippers by the Fairy Godmother. Not only do they look pretty, they later are essential to the plot as she loses one and the Prince later uses it to find her. And Cinderella had taken a precaution by keeping the one she didn't lose should the other one break (which thanks to her stepmother did).
* GorgeousGarmentGeneration: The scene where her ruined dress is transformed into a sparkling silver one is a very iconic scene for the movie, the line, and Disney itself. It was the page image, in fact.
* GrandStaircaseEntrance: Twice: first when Cinderella meets the Prince at the ball (though this slightly differs from the traditional entrance by having her walk ''up'' the stairs rather than ''down'' the stairs), and, later, at the end when she comes down the stairs of her home to prove the slipper is hers.
* GrewASpine: In the second movie, she approaches Anastasia after her stepsister is humiliated in front of a baker she's crushing on. Anastasia makes a rude remark over Cinderella's clothes, but Cinderella manages to stand up for herself and quell any of Anastasia's residual jealousy. Her interaction with Anastasia from that point on is ''far'' more positive.
* GuileHeroine: In WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime, Cinderella's hard-working ethics, optimism, kindness and devotion are put to the test when she has magically stripped away from her "happily ever after" by a vengeful and then magically-empowered Tremaine and is forced to jump into physical action to restore her happy life and relationship with Prince Charming and save Anastasia from her mother's cruel and elitist influence. During these events, Cinderella is shown to be cunning, tactical, persistent, and a fierce rival to those who oppress her. With no magic, being forced to rely solely on her intelligence and fearlessness, Cinderella is able to defeat her stepmother, repair her relationship with a reformed Anastasia and retain her much-deserved life of happiness, proving both her independence and strong will.
* HairColorDissonance: Inverted in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}''. In the film, she has strawberry blonde hair, but in all Franchise/DisneyPrincess merchandising it's blonde
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Strawberry blond, but otherwise she's beautiful, young, kind, determined, and patient. This trope could possibly explain why she was made outright blonde in the merchandise.
* HappilyMarried: She and Charming are shown to have a close, loving, and playful relationship.
* HeadTurningBeauty: Subverted ForLaughs when Cinderella arrives at the ball. The place guards are forbidden by duty from turning their heads but follow her with their eyes as much as possible. Played straight later as the court and the Prince can't get enough of her.
* HealTheCutie: One of the most iconic examples. After [[BreakTheCutie all Cinderella has to go through]], her Fairy Godmother finally gives her the chance to meet her Prince Charming and live HappilyEverAfter.
* HeroesLoveDogs: Cinderella is close to her pet dog, Bruno.
* HeroicBSOD: Cinderella gets an ever-so-brief one when she learns the Prince is in love with the girl who lost her glass slipper at the ball causing her to drop a tray of food in mild shock.
* HiddenDepths: Cinderella knows how to make over clothes, or at least keeps several books on the subject out of her relatives' reach. She also has enough material in her small living quarters to make over a gown, as the mice learn when they finish it.
* HighClassGloves: Her magic dress has opera length gloves, to help her look more like someone fit for a royal ball.
* HopeSpot: After Cinderella does the improbable in a rousing work montage and meets [[AbusiveParents Lady Tremaine]]'s demands...Tremaine's daughters rip it to shreds while she's wearing it, mocking every part of her beloved handiwork. No NobleDemon[=s=] here.
* HopeSpringsEternal: Her biggest virtue. The third film {{deconstruct|ion}}ed this a bit, showing that she cannot just hope for a better life, she must also '''do''' it in order to make it come true. Though this was arguably true in the original, with Cinderella realizing after being locked in her tower that she ''has'' to defy Lady Tremaine and sic Bruno on Lucifer (which she argued against at the start of the film) if she wants to make her dreams come true.
* HotConsort: The prince is first stunned by her and possibly marries her because of her loveliness and grace.
* IconicOutfit: Her sparkling, white dress she wore to the Prince's ball.
* IJustWantToBeFree: As assumed, Cinderella's primary goal in life was to escape her stepfamily. However, as she was under Lady Tremaine's control since her childhood when her father passed away when she was young, such a feat proved to be difficult, with the emotional abuse and manipulation having been planted in Cinderella's mind for far too many years, making for an obedient and fearful young woman when faced with Tremaine's wrath; she would typically make attempts to avoid any form of conflict with her stepmother and stepsisters as a direct result of this.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Why Cinderella wants to go to the ball; she spends all her time working and slaving, and wants one night out of fun, to be able to dress up and dance like a girl of her class ought to do. Meeting the prince was an added bonus, since she didn't even know she had danced with a prince.
* IWantSong:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjIssqHQJ6o "A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes"]], from [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} the first movie]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAsHtz_mb1g "More Than A Dream"]] from ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime''. Inverted with the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q27LQFVAuEk reprise]], where Cinderella resigns herself to the fact that her dreams might never come true after all.
* ImpossiblyTackyClothes: Downplayed, but Cinderella admits that her mother's gown is a few years out of date. She wants to make it over for the ball based on a drawing in her sewing book. Cinderella is forced to wear a rather overdone gown in "Aim to Please". All the ribbons on it make Cinderella say she looks like a gift-wrapped present.
* TheIngenue: Cinderella maintains her optimism and purity even while living a crapsack life. {{Fanon}} has Flanderised her into this though - as in the movie itself she does display more sass than usual for this type of character.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Her eyes represent her hopeful, optimistic nature and genuine kindness.
* KarmicJackpot: Cinderella protecting legions of mice from Lady Tremaine's traps and treated them like their own family. In gratitude, the mice would become loyal companions to Cinderella, providing her with the company and serving as diligent helpers should something troubling occur. The devotion of the mice would ultimately play a crucial role in the young woman escaping her abusive household, thus furthering the example of how Cinderella's evergreen kindness towards others, despite her situation, would ultimately lead to her uprising.
* LadyAndKnight: Rather an adorable example, but Cinderella is the bright lady to Jaq's white knight. This is more obvious when Jaq turns human in the sequel.
* TheLeader: Cinderella is often considered the "leader" of the Disney Princesses, having often been positioned in the center of publicity photos. She's also the oldest of the three, being nineteen years old to Aurora's sixteen and Snow White's fourteen. There has been some controversy, however, because she is the second Disney Princess, after Snow White. Some feel that Snow White should be the leader, because she is the protagonist of Disney's first film, and was introduced to the world 13 years before Cinderella. Despite this argument, both Snow White and Cinderella's films have been credited for saving Walt Disney's company from bankruptcy in the 30s and 50s respectively.
* LessonsInSophistication: In ''Dreams Come True'', the Grand Duchess attempts to give these to Cinderella, being a newly elevated commoner. Cinderella cannot and will not accept many of the teachings, which include the notion that she must be cold and elegant at all times no matter what, and instead opts to be herself and give her own twists to the fancy party being organized. The King is initially baffled, but gets over it quickly, and even the Grand Duchess admits that what Cinderella has done is entirely delightful.
* LongHairIsFeminine: Cinderella has shoulder-length hair again to match the 1950s style of the time, regardless [[PurelyAestheticEra of the film's Victorian setting]].
* LooseLips:
** In the first film, her getting dreamy-eyed and humming to herself is what tips Lady Tremaine off to her being the mystery girl at the ball.
** In the third movie she admits that she was the princess in front of the Stepmother (not that she didn't already know), causing her to take the other slipper from Cinderella and drop it, causing it to break.
* LosingAShoeInTheStruggle: Cinderella sometimes loses a shoe when climbing either up or down stairs. Most notably, one of her glass slippers falls off while she runs back to her coach. She tries to go back for it, but the Grand Duke startles her, then picks up the slipper himself.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: Cinderella is so star-struck to learn the man she danced with at the ball was the Prince and is looking for her that she forgets to use discretion when preparing for his arrival (dancing and humming to herself as she goes back to her tower) and unwittingly tips Lady Tremaine off to her secret.
* MagneticHero: She overcomes the story's conflicts by remaining trustworthy and thoughtful enough that even animals (and prey animals, at that) are willing to help her- and as story tradition dictates, the "little people" overcome the BigBad by uniting and working together.
* MamaBear: Cinderella shows her protective nature to Jaq and Gus in the third movie.
* TheMatchmaker: In ''An Uncommon Romance'', Anastasia falls in love with a local baker, much to the disgust and disapproval of Lady Tremaine and Drizella. Anastasia is told by her mother to never speak a single word to the baker again. Having been watching the whole time, Cinderella comes up with a plan to get her stepsister back with the baker by getting her mouse friends to distract him while the birds steal Anastasia's hat and fly off to the bakery with the intention of having her run after them to get it back and reunite with the baker again.
* MirrorScare: The scene where Cinderella is in her room preparing to go down and try on the glass slipper, but sees Lady Tremaine's reflection behind her as she's locking the door to trap her inside.
* MissingMom: Sometime during her childhood, Cinderella's mother tragically passed away, and as a result of believing his daughter needed a mother figure in her life, Cinderella's father remarried a woman named [[AbusiveParents Lady Tremaine]].
* ModestRoyalty: In ''Dreams Come True'', Cinderella prefers simple dresses to the more extravagant ones. Prudence even mistakes her as one of the castle's maids when she first sees her.
* MundaneLuxury: A few extra minutes in bed because it allows her to dream, and "they can't order me to stop dreaming".
* MusicalChores: "The Work Song" in the movie is actually sung by the mice and not Cinderella herself, while they make her first party dress (the one that is later destroyed). Cinderella did sing a song while she worked ("Sing Sweet Nightingale") but it wasn't about work - she was just singing along while her ugly sisters got a music lesson upstairs and did a much better job of it whilst cleaning the floor. "The Work Song" had an earlier version which was to be sung by Cinderella but it was reworked into the mouse version.
* NaiveEverygirl: Despite her suffering at the hands of her stepmother and stepsisters, she keeps up a positive attitude, daydreams often, and longs for a happier, more romantic life.
* NiceGirl: It pays off in the end, though. She is kind, thoughtful, and compassionate.
* NiceMeanAndInbetween: The three sisters, but only after Anastasia's CharacterDevelopment in the sequels - Cinderella is the Nice (the always caring AllLovingHero), Drizella is the Mean (remains as cruel as she was before to the point of being TheDragon to her mother), and Anastasia is In-Between (while she started off as a brat, she makes a HeelFaceTurn becoming a sweet, if gruff individual).
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: She was based off of Creator/IngridBergman. Take a good look at her.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Cinderella looks somewhat less stylized than the later Disney Princesses. This is because she was drawn with a more realistic face compared to other princesses.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Was about to swat Lucifer with her broom after he purposely ruined her clean floor had there not been someone at the door.
* NotSoStoic: For most of her movie, she manages to be [[ThePollyanna quietly cheerful while being treated as a slave in her own home]]. She finally breaks down when the stepsisters ruin her dress and, with it, her chance to go to the ball. This is what finally triggers the Fairy Godmother to appear to her: when she gives up hope and desperately needs help.
* OfficialCouple: With Prince Charming.
* OnlySaneWoman: In the Tremaine household, Cinderella is most definitely the only person who can see the absurdity in being ordered around day and night.
* PimpedOutDress: The movie is an unusual example of actually showing the pimping-out process, featuring a scene in which her animal friends pimp out her ball gown, unfortunately they used beads and a sash belonging to her stepsisters, who used that excuse to [[DoomedNewClothes tear the dress apart]]. Her iconic silvery dress, with the puffed overskirt, little puff sleeves, and glass slippers, was [[GorgeousGarmentGeneration instead made]] with [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles magic sparkles]] thanks to her FairyGodmother.
* PinkMeansFeminine:
** Cinderella originally plans to wear her mother's pink dress to the ball, which the mice and birds fancy up for her, but the stepsisters rip it to shreds.
** In the sequel, she wears a [[PrincessesPreferPink pink]] and blue PaletteSwap of her iconic ball gown. The dress itself is intended to look very girly and old-fashioned, in contrast to the more elegant silver dress.
* PluckyGirl: Refuses to appear less than cheerful in front of her horrid family and always has a smile for her animal friends. Taken to a even greater level in ''A Twist in Time''. Now that magic is being used ''against'' her, she decides to fight back. At one point, she even sings "I can't live in dreams if my dreams are to come true" after it looks like her hopes have been dashed. This makes the moment she appears to have truly lost everything worse for her, though she still attempts to maintain a quiet dignity about it.
* ThePollyanna: Cinderella's attitude is to remain positive in spite of the hardship she suffers. It's shown that she's still bothered by how her stepfamily treat her, but she does her best to remain cheerful.
* PrincessProtagonist: Cinderella wasn't actually born a princess, but [[RagsToRoyalty becomes one]] after marrying the handsome prince. ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIDreamsComeTrue'' focuses on her life as a princess.
* ProperLady: Like the other classic-era Princesses (Snow White and Aurora), Cinderella is a perfectly demure, obedient, and gentle young lady. Even when her step-mother forces her to become a servant in her own house she remains stoic and gracious.
* ProtagonistTitle: The movie is named after her.
* RagsToRoyalty: Since Rags to Royalty are often called "Cinderella stories", that's a given.
* RebelliousPrincess: In ''Dreams Come True''. She had to follow the traditional role of a Princess, until she decided to break the traditions, much to the King's (eventual) approval.
* RichesToRags: She lived with her wealthy father in comfortable life but after his death, Lady Tremaine stripped Cinderella of her inheritance and forcing her to wear raggedy clothing and live in a squalor.
* RunningAwayToCry: She flees to the garden in tears, after her stepsisters tear off her dress.
* SacredHospitality: She may not be the lady of the house anymore, but she does her best to stop Lucifer from torturing its new arrivals.
* SculleryMaid: Cinderella's stepfamily makes her work as one.
* SheCleansUpNicely: She gets two moments like this. The first is a disapproving one from her stepfamily when she shows up with the modified pink dress. The second time is of course when the Prince sees her in the ballgown Fairy Godmother gives her.
* ShipperOnDeck: During the third segment in ''Cinderella II'' she tries to get Anastasia and The Baker together.
* SilkHidingSteel: Cinderella puts on a stoic smile and cheerful demeanor every day in front of her oppressors, never letting them get to her despite her abuse. In the third movie when her life is actually in danger, she keeps her cool while figuring out a way to rescue herself and her mouse friends. She is also unafraid to stand up for herself when she feels she's in the right - or at least attempt to do so, and though she strives to contain her optimistic aura, she can fall into fits of frustration and annoyance quite often. This is seen through her interactions with Lady Tremaine's cat, Lucifer, who she sarcastically refers to as "Your Majesty", and openly berates for his cruelty, which mirrors that of her cruel stepmother. Her daily goal is to make the most of her situation, but she never forces herself to bottle up her true emotions in an unhealthy manner; instead, wisely keeping them under control, while also keeping in mind that the future holds brighter experiences.
* SimpleYetOpulent: Cinderella's magic-made dress is quite impressive, but not that lavish. It's a similar case with her wedding dress.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Cinderella is in a happy marriage with the brave and kind [[PrincelyYoungMan Prince Charming]].
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Cinderella has conversations with her mice friends, although this may be the mice speaking human.
* SpoiledSweet: What she was while her father still lived, since he gave her "every luxury and comfort". She was very pampered and nice to everyone. An ideal example of the trope since Cinderella retains the sweetness throughout her life even when she falls into harder times.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Her book in the ''Disney Princess Beginnings'' shows that she greatly resembles her late mother.
* TokenGoodTeammate: In her family, when living with Lady Tremaine and her daughters. Cinderella is the only, genuine NiceGirl while they are all {{jerkass}}es.
* TookALevelInBadass: In ''Cinderella III''. She does a backflip out of a demonic carriage and rides horseback to crash her own wedding.
* TragicKeepsake: Cinderella has her late mother's ball gown, which she alters to make it a bit more fashionable to wear to the royal ball, still keeping the pink and white color palate. Unfortunately, Lady Tremaine encourages her daughters to tear the gown to shreds by pointing out their beads and sash were used on it, which the girls had ''thrown away'' earlier.
* TranquilFury: One of Cinderella's virtues. After Anastasia accuses her of putting a mouse in the breakfast teacup, Cinderella doesn't care that Tremaine will burden her with punishment work; she merely forces Lucifer to free Gus, whom he's trapping, and lectures him. When the sisters mock her for wanting to go to the ball, she points out that she has the right to go, and in fact the king has ordered it.
* TrueBlueFemininity: Her nightgown and the dress she wore as a child (to the point that she resembles WesternAnimation/{{Alice|InWonderland}}). And, of course, her iconic ballgown tends to be blue in merchandise. Though as fans are wont to point out, her ballgown is actually silver and white in the proper film.
* TheUnfavorite: Cinderella is a very early example as the original story dates back hundreds of years. And Cinderella more or less is the poster child for this. As her stepmother treats her like shit and uses her as her personal slave, while her two daughters are spoiled brats who get everything they want.
* UnkemptBeauty: Even when her dress is ruined by her stepsisters, she still looks beautiful. Also shown in the third movie when her wedding dress and hair are ruined again and she still keeps her beauty.
* WeddingSmashers: In the third movie, Cinderella crashes her own wedding. ItMakesSenseInContext, it's really Anastasia disguised as Cinderella marrying Prince Charming.
* WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve: "The spell will be broken." All of Cinderella's princess attire disappears.
* {{Xenafication}}: ''A Twist In Time'' features the [[PrincessClassic classic]] Franchise/DisneyPrincess escaping from a demon pumpkin carriage onto horseback in a tattered wedding dress with her disheveled hair blowing in the wind.
* YankTheDogsChain:
** ''Twice!'' One day, Cinderella receives an invitation to a royal ball at the King's Castle. She immediately delivers it to her stepmother, who tells her she can go―provided she finishes all her chores and is able to find something suitable to wear. After thanking her stepmother, she goes back to her room, where she shows the mice and birds a dress that had belonged to her late mother. As of that moment, her most magical experience of all has begun. She is about to begin fixing her dress when she is unexpectedly called downstairs by her impatient, needy stepsisters.
** Thankfully for her, the mice and birds, feeling sorry for her, take it upon themselves to repair the dress for Cinderella. Jaq and Gus find a sash that Anastasia doesn't want anymore, as well as some beads thrown out by Drizella, and take them to help fix the dress. Cinderella walks back to her room and looks out the window of the castle, wondering what a royal ball will be like. Just then, her bird and mouse friends reveal a surprise: they had fixed the dress for her. She thanks them for showing how much they care for her, changes into the dress, and rushes downstairs to join her stepfamily.
** However, when they see Cinderella, Lady Tremaine compliments her dress and points out Drizella's beads. The stepsisters then fly into a rage and furiously tear Cinderella's dress apart until Lady Tremaine puts it to a stop and ushers them to get into the carriage, which they snootily do. Cinderella is left with her dress reduced to rags as her stepmother wishes her good night before departing for the ball with the stepsisters. At that moment Cinderella finally reaches her breaking point at having endured the torture of her stepfamily for so long, and the broken girl runs outside to the garden and bursts into tears, with the mice, Bruno, and Major watching her in sadness. Thankfully, her FairyGodmother arrives to give her a ''much needed'' break.
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!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Eleanor Audley (live-action reference)\\
'''Voiced by:''' Eleanor Audley (original film); Creator/SusanneBlakeslee (sequels)\\
'''Voiced in French by:''' Héléna Manson (1950), Jacqueline Porel (1991), Anne Jolivet (sequels)\\
'''Voiced in Polish by:''' Zofia Mrozowska (1961), Elżbieta Kijowska (2012), Ewa Decówna (sequels)\\
'''Voiced in Spanish by:''' Gloria Iturbe (1950 film, original dubbing), Liza Willert (re-dubbing and sequels)\\
'''Voiced in Hebrew by:''' Yael Amit
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