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* RecycledSoundtrack: In addition to ''The Nutcracker'', the movie also borrows some music from ''The Sleeping Beauty'' and ''Swan Lake''.

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* RecycledSoundtrack: In addition to ''The Nutcracker'', the movie also borrows some music from ''The Sleeping Beauty'' and ''Swan Lake''.''Theatre/SwanLake''.
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* RecycledSoundtrack: In addition to ''The Nutcracker'', the movie also borrows some music from ''The Sleeping Beauty'' and ''Swan Lake''.
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* AdaptationDistillation: The adaptation is based on the most famous musical pieces of the ballet, with the most relevant points of the original story edited back in.

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* AdaptationDistillation: The adaptation is based on the most famous musical pieces of the ballet, with the most relevant points of the original story edited back in. The adaptation also includes some music from "Sleeping Beauty" as well.
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* AdorableEvilMinions: Despite them suppose to be intimidating and the Mouse King's soldiers, the mice in this short are adorable.

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* AdorableEvilMinions: Despite them suppose supposed to be intimidating and the Mouse King's soldiers, the mice in this short are adorable.
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Some people adore the mice from this short

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* AdorableEvilMinions: Despite them suppose to be intimidating and the Mouse King's soldiers, the mice in this short are adorable.
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* CulturallySensitiveAdaptation: Because aristocratic and bourgeois protagonists were frowned upon in the Soviet Union, and avoided whenever it was humanly possible, the protagonist became a poor servant girl who, for extra tear-jerking, isn't allowed to join the rich kids' celebration and has to watch it from a distance. Quite the contrast from Marie Stahlbaum, whose parents are quite well-off.

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* CulturallySensitiveAdaptation: Because aristocratic and bourgeois protagonists were frowned upon in the Soviet Union, Union and avoided whenever it was humanly possible, the protagonist became a poor servant girl who, for extra tear-jerking, isn't allowed to join the rich kids' celebration and has to watch it from a distance. Quite It's quite the contrast from Marie Stahlbaum, whose parents are quite well-off.
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* CulturallySensitiveAdaptation: Because aristocratic and bourgeois protagonists were frowned upon in the Soviet Union, and avoided whenever it was humanly possible, the protagonist became a poor servant girl who, for extra tear-jerking, isn't allowed to join the rich kids' celebration and has to watch it from a distance. Quite the contrast from Marie Stahlbaum, whose parents are quite well-off.
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For the 2004 Russian-German adaptation, see ''Animation/TheNutcrackerAndTheMouseKing''.

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* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: In this retelling, the Clara/Marie character is a maidservant in the house that hosts the Christmas party, not the family's daughter.


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* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: In this retelling, the Clara/Marie character is a maidservant in the house that hosts the Christmas party, not the family's daughter.
* SoulJar: The Mouse King's magic crown apparently serves as this to him. He dies when the heroine's thrown shoe knocks it off his head and shatters it.

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It shows that both sides have care for their children and the crown is the source of the mice's magic.


* DotingParent: It's implied in the flashback that the Mouse Queen is very protective of her son, [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas who is angry that his mother died]] when the prince is cursed.



* EvilSorcerer: Both the Mouse Queen and the King.

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* EvilSorcerer: Both the Mouse Queen and the King.King, thanks to the magic crown they wore.


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* GoodParents: The Nutcracker's parents in this story are shown to be very loving to their son and are horrified when their son is transformed to a Nutcracker. So much so, that the entire kingdom somehow [[TakenForGranite becomes stone afterwards]].


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* MultipleHeadCase: The Mouse King has three heads, but so did his mother, the Mouse Queen before her death.
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* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: In this retelling, the Clara/Marie character is a maidservant in the house that hosts the Christmas party, not their daughter.

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* NotRelatedInTheAdaptation: In this retelling, the Clara/Marie character is a maidservant in the house that hosts the Christmas party, not their daughter.

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* CompositeCharacter: The Nutcracker is both the Nutcracker ''and'' Princess Pirlipat.

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* CompositeCharacter: The Nutcracker is both the Nutcracker ''and'' Princess Pirlipat.Pirlipat: he himself is the king and queen's son, transformed into a nutcracker by the Mouse Queen under similar circumstances to Princess Pirlipat's enchantment in Hoffmann's story.



* NotRelatedInTheAdaptation: In this retelling, the Clara/Marie character is a maidservant in the house that hosts the Christmas party, not their daughter.



* WeaksauceWeakness: The mice are vulnerable to... things that make you sneeze, such as pepper.

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* WeaksauceWeakness: The mice are vulnerable to... things that make you sneeze, such as pepper. When they sneeze, they explode.
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* PopCulturalOsmosis: Several generations of Russian children were introduced to the ballet (and Chaykovsky's music in general) by this cartoon.

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* PopCulturalOsmosis: Several generations of Russian children were introduced to the ballet (and Chaykovsky's Tchaikovsky's music in general) by this cartoon.
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* GorgeousGarmentGeneration: In the end, Marie is transformed into a princess and gets a new dress created by magic.

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* GorgeousGarmentGeneration: In the end, Marie the heroine is transformed into a princess and gets a new dress created by magic.
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''The Nutcracker'' (''Щелкунчик'', pronounced "Shchelkunchik") is a 1973 Soviet animated film by the [[EasternEuropeanAnimation Soyuzmultfilm]] studio. It is an adaptation of Creator/ETAHoffmann's [[Literature/TheNutcracker eponymous]] FairyTale.

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''The Nutcracker'' (''Щелкунчик'', pronounced "Shchelkunchik") is a 1973 Soviet animated film by the [[EasternEuropeanAnimation Soyuzmultfilm]] studio. It is an adaptation of Creator/ETAHoffmann's [[Literature/TheNutcracker eponymous]] FairyTale.
FairyTale, and uses elements and music from [[Theatre/TheNutcracker Tchaikovsky's ballet]].
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''The Nutcracker'' (''Щелкунчик'', pronounced "Shchelkunchik") is the 1973 [[EasternEuropeanAnimation Soyuzmultfilm]] animated adaptation of Creator/ETAHoffmann's [[Literature/TheNutcracker eponymous]] FairyTale.

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''The Nutcracker'' (''Щелкунчик'', pronounced "Shchelkunchik") is the a 1973 Soviet animated film by the [[EasternEuropeanAnimation Soyuzmultfilm]] animated studio. It is an adaptation of Creator/ETAHoffmann's [[Literature/TheNutcracker eponymous]] FairyTale.
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The 1973 [[EasternEuropeanAnimation Soyuzmultfilm]] animated adaptation of Creator/ETAHoffmann's FairyTale ''Literature/TheNutcracker''.

[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zEmsK6Mu40 Shchelkunchik]].

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The ''The Nutcracker'' (''Щелкунчик'', pronounced "Shchelkunchik") is the 1973 [[EasternEuropeanAnimation Soyuzmultfilm]] animated adaptation of Creator/ETAHoffmann's FairyTale ''Literature/TheNutcracker''.

[[Literature/TheNutcracker eponymous]] FairyTale.

It can be seen
[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zEmsK6Mu40 Shchelkunchik]].here]].



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This is the [[EasternEuropeanAnimation Soyuzmultfilm's]] surprisingly good music-only short, 1973's "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zEmsK6Mu40 Shchelkunchik]]."

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This is the [[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nutcracker1973.jpg]]

The 1973
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* EvilCounterpart: In the flashback, The Mouse King is set up as a full-fledged {{foil}} to The Nutcracker: also a prince, also loves toys, but spoiled rotten and evil to the core.

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* EvilCounterpart: In the flashback, The Mouse King is set up as a full-fledged {{foil}} to The Nutcracker: also a prince, also loves toys, but [[RoyalBrat spoiled rotten rotten]] and evil to the core.
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This is the [[EasternEuropeanAnimation Soyuzmultfilm's]] [[BetterThanItSounds surprisingly good]] music-only short, 1973's "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zEmsK6Mu40 Shchelkunchik]]."

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This is the [[EasternEuropeanAnimation Soyuzmultfilm's]] [[BetterThanItSounds surprisingly good]] good music-only short, 1973's "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zEmsK6Mu40 Shchelkunchik]]."
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This is the [[EasternEuropeanAnimation Soyuzmultfilm's]] [[BetterThanItSounds surprisingly good]] music-only short, 1973's "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zEmsK6Mu40 Shchelkunchik]]."
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!!The 1973 Soviet AnimatedAdaptation, ''The Nutcracker'' (''Щелкунчик'') provides examples of:
* AdaptationDistillation: The adaptation is based on the most famous musical pieces of the ballet, with the most relevant points of the original story edited back in.
* CompositeCharacter: The Nutcracker is both the Nutcracker ''and'' Princess Pirlipat.
* DistressedDude: The Nutcracker.
* EvilCounterpart: In the flashback, The Mouse King is set up as a full-fledged {{foil}} to The Nutcracker: also a prince, also loves toys, but spoiled rotten and evil to the core.
* EvilSorcerer: Both the Mouse Queen and the King.
* FairyTale
* {{Flashback}}: Explains The Nutcracker's origins.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: The Queen of the Mice is downright mean in this adaptation.
* GorgeousGarmentGeneration: In the end, Marie is transformed into a princess and gets a new dress created by magic.
* MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon: The cartoon has no dialogue, leaving everything to the music and action like, you guessed it, a ballet. (In export versions, a voice-over narration is sometimes added).
* OverlordJr: The Mouse King in the flashback, where he doubles up as a RoyalBrat.
* PopCulturalOsmosis: Several generations of Russian children were introduced to the ballet (and Chaykovsky's music in general) by this cartoon.
* WeaksauceWeakness: The mice are vulnerable to... things that make you sneeze, such as pepper.
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