History Anime / Thumbelina

* LighterAndSofter: A ''lot''. Instead of falling into the clutches of one AbhorrentAdmirer after another with no hope of her life getting better until she meets the swallow, here Thumbelina's only major problem is the fact that flower kingdoms can't be entered from outside when the flowers aren't in bloom, so she can't make it to her prince as quickly as she'd like. The Mole still tries to marry her during the winter, but there is much less pressure involved than in the original.

* UnrequitedTragicMaiden: A RareMaleExample in Gekoo. He is absolutely adorable, has a tender heart, falls head over heels for Thumbelina, and never has the slightest chance because she already loves the prince. She realizes it all and rejects him very gently.

* HenpeckedHusband: The toad father. The fact that he is thin and short and his wife is tall and fat doesn't help matters.

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Thumbelina has a mass of golden blond hair and becomes fast friends with everyone she meets.

** The prince appears in the very first scenes. He meets Thumbelina among the tulips of her mother’s garden.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: The mole lady is very sweet and gentle, and capable to fight off a huge snake if her beloved’s life is in danger.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Gekoo’s parents genuinely seem to believe that stealing Thumbelina from her mother and bringing her, asleep, to Gekoo (who speaks only PokemonSpeak and thus has difficulties even ''explaining'' what’s going on) won’t prevent her from agreeing to marry the latter immediately.

** Gekoo’s father.
** The Mole’s HumanoidFemaleAnimal girlfriend. He eventually rediscovers his feelings for her.
** The Mole’s ButtMonkey servant.

* HenpeckedHusband: The toad father. The fact that he is thin and short and his wife is tall and fat doesn’t help matters.

* LighterAndSofter: A ''lot''. Instead of falling into the clutches of one AbhorrentAdmirer after another with no hope of her life getting better until she meets the swallow, here Thumbelina‘s only major problem is the fact that flower kingdoms can’t be entered from outside when the flowers aren’t in bloom, so she can’t make it to her prince as quickly as she’d like. The Mole still tries to marry her during the winter, but there is much less pressure involved than in the original.

* ShesAManInJapan: Or in the swallow’s case, he is a woman.

* YouHaveWaitedLongEnough: The Field Mouse's reasoning when she tells Thumbelina it might be good for her to accept the Mole, when it's doubtful that she will ever get together with the prince.

* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: The butterfly that carries Thumbelina away from the toads becomes a butterfly-winged elf girl from the Sunflower Kingdom. Thumbelina helps her get back to the Sunflower Kingdom before sunflowers cease blossoming.

** The butterfly-winged elf girl from the Sunflower Kingdom, whom Thumbelina meets in summer after leaving the toads. Thumbelina helps her get back to the Sunflower Kingdom before sunflowers cease blossoming.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Gekoo’s parents genuinely seem to believe that stealing Thumbelina from her mother and bringing her, asleep, to Gekoo (who speaks only PokemonSpeak and thus has difficulties even ''explaining'' what’s going on) won’t prevent her from liking the latter immediately.

* SheIsAManInJapan: Or in the swallow’s case, he is a woman.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Gekoo the toad and his parents, the Field Mouse and the Mole are all much nicer than in the source material.

** The butterfly-winged elf girl from the Sunflower Kingdom, whom Thumbelina meets in summer after leaving the toads. Thumbelina helps her get back to the Sunflower Kingdom before sunflowers cease blossoming

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Thumbelina has a mass of golden blond hair.
* HenpeckedHusband: The toad father.

* BabiesEverAfter: By the time Thumbelina's getting married, the Mole and his wife already have twins.

** Later, the Mole for Thumbelina.