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Disney's original film and its sequels include examples of:

• Dueling Movies: In 1950, a Spanish animation company called Estela Films also released an animated version of the Cinderella story, called Erase Una Vez. Disney obviously won, with the former being a lost film.
  • Supposedly, Disney was aware of the Spanish film and copyrighted the name Cinderella/Cenicienta in Spain, so they could not use it for their film's name.
• Hey, It's That Voice!: When you pay attention on who did the voices for the original film and sequels, you realize that Anastasia went from sounding like an evil Smurfette (Lucille Bliss) to a nervous and socially awkward Babs Bunny (Tress MacNeille).
  • Not to mentioned that Lady Tremaine is THE MISTRESS OF ALL EVIL in the first film … and Oliver Wendell Douglas's mother.
  • Believe it or not, the female narrator at the start of the film is Cruella de Vil.
  • Frank Welker provided the voice for Lucifer in both sequels. June Foray voiced Lucifer in the first film.
  • Ironically enough, Cinderella in the modern sequels, (and in Kingdom Hearts) is voiced by Jennifer Hale who is most known for her Action Girl roles.
  • Lady Tremain is Wanda in the sequels, which makes her getting her hands on the Fairy Godmother's wand in the third film rather humorous when you think about it.
  • The Fairy Godmother in the sequels is (the current voice of) Minnie Mouse
  • The Mice Jaq and Gus as well as Bruno the Dog were Chip n' Dale The Dormouse, Evinrude the Dragonfly and Mickey Mouse.
• Playing Against Type: Verna Felton, known for voicing grumpy or villainous characters (like Matriarch, the Queen of Hearts, and Winifred), provides the voice of the kindly and helpful Fairy Godmother.
• Talking to Himself: The King and the Grand Duke have the same voice actor.
• What Could Have Been: Originally, Drizella was going to be the one who did the Heel Face Turn in the third film, but it was Anastasia instead due to her budding Character Development in the second film.

The 1957 production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's version contains examples of:

• Blooper: During a reprise of "Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?", the camera closes up on Queen Constantina preparing to sing a line, but Prince Christopher interrupts. Jon Cypher apologized to Dorothy Stickney later that night.
• Hey, It's That Girl!: Julie Andrews played Cinderella eight years before starring in the film version of Rodgers' and Hammerstein's The Sound Of Music. King Maximilian's actor, Howard Lindsay, also happened to become co-writer of the original Broadway version of Sound of Music.
• Missing Episode: People living on the East Coast saw the musical live in color, while those in the west saw a black-and-white kinescope. The DVD only contains the latter version.

The 1965 remake of Rodgers and Hammerstein's version contains examples of:

• Hey, It's That Voice!: Pat Carroll, who plays one of the stepsisters, would later play another fairy tale villain (Ursula the Sea Witch) in Disney's The Little Mermaid.
  • Dubbing singers Bill Lee ^note the singing voice of Captain Von Trapp in The Sound Of Music and Betty Noyes ^note the uncredited singer of "Baby Mine" from Dumbo play townspeople during the "Prince Is Giving a Ball" number.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: Sony released a DVD in 2002, but pulled it out of print after a few years.

The 1997 remake of the Rodgers and Hammerstein version contains examples of:

• Hey, It's That Guy!: Most TV remakes of musicals are meant to invoke this trope. This is no exception.