History YMMV / Goldilocks

* MemeticLoser: Goldilocks is known for being a random kid who goes into someone's house, uses and breaks their stuff, and then eats their food. Compared to other fairy-tale protagonists, who are normally sweet and friendly, Goldilocks comes off as a dumb brat. Many {{Fractured Fairytale}} takes either poke fun at her or end with her getting mauled by the bears.

* DesignatedHero: Naïve or not, Goldilocks still broke into someone's house, ate their food, and slept in their bed.
* DesignatedVillain: The bears are often presented as the antagonists, despite being a decent family. Though some argue that Goldilocks, even as an innocent child, is technically the antagonist, so this trope works both ways.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:
** Is Goldilocks innocently curious and too naive to know better than to explore a strange house, a spoiled brat who doesn't care about messing with other people's things, or homeless and hungry and lost in the woods?

* DesignatedHero: Naive or not, Goldilocks still broke into someone's house, ate their food, and slept in their bed.

* ValuesDissonance: [[SleepingSingle Mama Bear and Papa Bear sleep in separate beds]]: the idea that this suggests that their marriage is falling apart is a rather memetically known BlackComedy interpretation of the tale. Not necessarily the case, though. As the linked trope explains, in the early 1900s, couples sleeping in separate beds was much more commonplace, and nowadays, couples may sleep in separate beds because of their sleeping needs (ex. one of them needs a softer/harder mattress, snores, uncomfortable sleeping positions, etc.), which is more common than you may think. The latter is probably the case for this tale, as Goldilocks complains that Papa Bear's mattress is too hard yet Mama Bear's mattress is too soft.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Is Goldilocks innocently curious and too naive to know better than to explore a strange house, a spoiled brat who doesn't care about messing with other people's things, or homeless and hungry and lost in the woods?

* ValuesDissonance: Rather memetically known for being a dark interpretation of the tale, [[SleepingSingle Mama Bear and Papa Bear sleep in separate beds]], which suggests that their marriage is falling apart. Not necessarily the case, as the linked trope describes it, in the early 1900s, couples sleeping in separate beds was much more commonplace, and nowadays, couples may sleep in separate beds because of their sleeping needs (ex. one of them needs a softer/harder mattress, snores, uncomfortable sleeping positions, etc.), which is more common than you may think. The latter is probably the case for this tale, as Goldilocks complains that Papa Bear's mattress is too hard yet Mama Bear's mattress is too soft.

* ValuesDissonance: Rather memetically known for being a dark interpretation of the tale, [[SleepingSingle Mama Bear and Papa Bear sleep in separate beds]], which suggests that their marriage is falling apart. Not necessarily the case, as the linked trope describes it, in the early 1900s, couples sleeping in separate beds was much more commonplace, and nowadays, couples may sleep in separate beds because of their sleeping needs (ex. one of them needs a softer/harder mattress, snores, uncomfortable sleeping positions, etc.), which is more common than you may think.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the oldest versions of the story, Goldilocks was an unnamed older woman who broke into the house out of spite, since they refused to let her in. Where the bears punished her by trying to burn and drown her. When it didn't work, they impaled her on a steeple. Later versions of the story have Goldilocks being a naive child who didn't what she was getting herself in to. Causing the bears to either scare her off or befriend her.
* AdaptationalVillainy: The bears are often depicted as the villains despite being heroes in the older versions. They are often depicted as bears who maul an idiotic child to death for breaking into their home. Other Versions have Goldilocks being saved from the bears.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the oldest versions of the story, Goldilocks was an unnamed older woman who broke into the bear's house out of spite, since they refused to let her in. Where the bears punished her by trying to burn and drown her. When it didn't work, they impaled her on a steeple. Later versions of the story have Goldilocks being a naive child who didn't what she was getting herself in to. Causing the bears to either scare her off or befriend her.

* MemeticLoser: Goldilocks is known for being a random kid who goes into someone's house, uses or breaks their stuff, and eats their food. Compared to other Fairy-tale protagonists, who are normally sweet and friendly, Goldilocks comes off as a dumb brat. Many {{Fractured Fairytale}} takes either poke fun at her or end with her getting mauled by the bears.

* MemeticLoser: Goldilocks is known for being a random kid who goes into someone's house, uses their stuff, and eats their food. Compared to the other Fairy-tale protagonists, who are normally sweet and friendly, Goldilocks comes off as a dumb brat. Many {{Fractured Fairytale}} takes either poke fun of her and end with her getting mauled by the bears.

* MemeticLoser: Goldilocks is known for being a random kid who goes into someone's house, uses their stuff, and eats their food. Compared to the other Fairy-tale protagonists, who are normally sweet and friendly, Goldilocks comes off as a dumb brat. Many {{Fractured Fairytale}} takes either poke fun of her and end with her getting mawled by the bears.

%% ValuesDissonance: There is an adaptation out there starting "Once upon a time, there were three bears..."

* ValuesDissonance: There is an adaptation out there starting "Once upon a time, there were three bears..."