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* The glass slipper is smashed, all hope is lost, the Grand Duke is stammering in mortal terror, until... "You see, I have the other." What really sells it is Lady Tremaine's stunned OhCrap face when Cinderella says it.

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* The glass slipper is smashed, all hope is lost, the Grand Duke is stammering in mortal terror, until... "You see, I have the other.other slipper." What really sells it is Lady Tremaine's stunned OhCrap face when Cinderella says it.



** And Cinderella is smiling and calm the entire time. She knew she had it in the bag now. Her stepmother had lost, and she'd won.

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** And Cinderella is smiling and calm the entire time. She knew she had it in the bag now. Her stepmother had lost, and she'd won.
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* The glass slipper is smashed, all hope is lost, the Grand Duke is stammering in mortal terror, until... "You see, I have the other slipper." What really sells it is Lady Tremaine's stunned OhCrap face when Cinderella says it.

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* The glass slipper is smashed, all hope is lost, the Grand Duke is stammering in mortal terror, until... "You see, I have the other slipper.other." What really sells it is Lady Tremaine's stunned OhCrap face when Cinderella says it.




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** And Cinderella is smiling and calm the entire time. She knew she had it in the bag now. Her stepmother had lost, and she'd won.
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** Bruno becomes TheDeterminator thanks to Major, Cinderella's horse. Her birds are initially unable to wake up a sleeping Bruno. Major senses that something's amiss, so he helps them out by whinnying loud enough for Bruno to hear.
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* Prince Charming has a moment when he outsmarts his father. He's forbidden to [[take another step down the stairs?]] He jumps out of the window, and lands in a tree which he climbs down.
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* Prince Charming has a moment when he outsmarts his father. He's forbidden to [[take another step down the stairs?]] He jumps out of the window, and lands in a tree which he climbs down.
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** Think about it: You had known all the plot beats years before you saw this movie. And at the story's ''very'' well-known climax, not only does Disney ''change the events'' of that moment -- they save it with the FridgeBrilliance of bringing out the other slipper!

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* The smug grin on Cinderella's face when she comes down the stairs in her pink dress, astonishing her stepfamily.



* Cinderella starts to go after Lucifer with her broom before the footman interrupts her.



* Cinderella starts to go after Lucifer with her broom before the footman interrupts her.

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* Cinderella starts to go after Lucifer with The smug grin on Cinderella's face when she comes down the stairs in her broom before the footman interrupts her.pink dress, astonishing her stepfamily.



* The glass slipper is smashed, all hope is lost, the Grand Duke is stammering in mortal terror, until... "You see, I have the other slipper." What really sells it is Lady Tremaine's stunned OhCrap face when Cinderella says it.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqtVReVTXA8 Words alone don't do it justice.]]

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* The glass slipper is smashed, all hope is lost, the Grand Duke is stammering in mortal terror, until... "You see, I have the other slipper." What really sells it is Lady Tremaine's stunned OhCrap face when Cinderella says it.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqtVReVTXA8 Words alone don't do it justice.]]
making a second attempt at going to the ball. She's been treated like crap for most of her life, she knows from experience that her "family" will punish her brutally if they find out, and she has no reason to think that the ball will bring her anything other than temporary happiness. But she goes anyway. Why? Because through all the bullying and degradation, she still believes that her abusers were wrong and she deserves to be happy. That she wasn't broken completely by the dress scene is in itself a psychological moment of awesome: after a brief cry, she remains brave and optimistic enough to go out and make that night the best of her life.



* Allegedly, a deleted scene from the movie had Cinderella telling off her stepfamily for their horrible treatment of her.
* In another deleted scene, Prince Charming is reintroduced to Cinderella after she fits the slipper. While surprised that she's a servant girl, he accepts her immediately as his princess. This scene eventually made it into VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep's retelling of the story, and it's just as [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments sweet]] as you'd imagine.
* Cinderella making a second attempt at going to the ball. She's been treated like crap for most of her life, she knows from experience that her "family" will punish her brutally if they find out, and she has no reason to think that the ball will bring her anything other than temporary happiness. But she goes anyway. Why? Because through all the bullying and degradation, she still believes that her abusers were wrong and she deserves to be happy. That she wasn't broken completely by the dress scene is in itself a psychological moment of awesome: after a brief cry, she remains brave and optimistic enough to go out and make that night the best of her life.
* An eviler (but not less awesome) example--[[BigBad Lady Tremaine.]] Other Disney villains possess supernatural powers, lead entire armies, have charmed towns/kingdoms into liking them, require henchmen to get the job done, and generally have more resources. Lady Tremaine, by contrast, is "only" an elderly rich woman who lives in a villa--no special abilities, no minions to carry out her orders (excluding her cat, and even he isn't exactly obedient), and no elaborate lair. She's the kind of woman who might exist anywhere in the world. ''[[BadassNormal And that's what makes her so terrifying.]]'' Using nothing but words, she makes every day of her stepdaughter's life a living hell, and goes to insane--but again, completely human--limits to better her blood daughters' position. Lady Tremaine has even devised a way to [[IGaveMyWord keep her promises]] by [[ExactWords following them to the exact letter]], then completely undoing anything Cinderella might try with a single sentence (the movie implies that this is a regular occurrence in the household). She's cold, cruel, calculating, seems to know it, and doesn't care. And [[KarmaHoudini until the sequels, she got away with all of it.]] Even the Disney fandom, famed for developing AlternativeCharacterInterpretation for many villains, universally reviles her. In summary: one of the greatest Disney villains in the entire canon is an old woman with a cane and a sharp mind. Let that sink in, and decide for yourself whether or not that's an awesome achievement on Disney's and Eleanor Audley's part.
** For further proof, look to what happens in ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime'', when Lady Tremaine [[EmpoweredBadassNormal gets her hands on the Fairy Godmother's wand]]. She immediately uses it to become a nigh-omnipotent RealityWarper--and she's not just content to magically make herself and her daughters rich. She rewinds time and changes the shoe size so the Prince will marry Anastasia. She even alters the Prince's memories when, upon seeing Anastasia with the shoe, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome assumes Anastasia just happens to have the same shoe size as the girl he danced with]].
* The Grand Duke, who has to spend most of the movie being TheChewToy, gets a small one at the movie's end--and inadvertently ends up saving the day with it. When Cinderella finally frees herself from her room and rushes down the stairs before he and the retinue can leave, Lady Tremaine tries to dismiss her as nothing but an "imaginative child." But the Grand Duke--perhaps tired of his lousy treatment by Tremaine, or perhaps sensing her true character--fires back that the King's decree states that ''all'' eligible women must try on the slipper. He finally gets to show some backbone, and it ends up bringing the Prince and Cinderella together. Score one for the little guy.




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* The Grand Duke, who has to spend most of the movie being TheChewToy, gets a small one at the movie's end--and inadvertently ends up saving the day with it. When Cinderella finally frees herself from her room and rushes down the stairs before he and the retinue can leave, Lady Tremaine tries to dismiss her as nothing but an "imaginative child." But the Grand Duke--perhaps tired of his lousy treatment by Tremaine, or perhaps sensing her true character--fires back that the King's decree states that ''all'' eligible women must try on the slipper. He finally gets to show some backbone, and it ends up bringing the Prince and Cinderella together. Score one for the little guy.
* The glass slipper is smashed, all hope is lost, the Grand Duke is stammering in mortal terror, until... "You see, I have the other slipper." What really sells it is Lady Tremaine's stunned OhCrap face when Cinderella says it.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqtVReVTXA8 Words alone don't do it justice.]]

* Allegedly, a deleted scene from the movie had Cinderella telling off her stepfamily for their horrible treatment of her.
* In another deleted scene, Prince Charming is reintroduced to Cinderella after she fits the slipper. While surprised that she's a servant girl, he accepts her immediately as his princess. This scene eventually made it into VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep's retelling of the story, and it's just as [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments sweet]] as you'd imagine.

* An eviler (but not less awesome) example--[[BigBad Lady Tremaine.]] Other Disney villains possess supernatural powers, lead entire armies, have charmed towns/kingdoms into liking them, require henchmen to get the job done, and generally have more resources. Lady Tremaine, by contrast, is "only" an elderly rich woman who lives in a villa--no special abilities, no minions to carry out her orders (excluding her cat, and even he isn't exactly obedient), and no elaborate lair. She's the kind of woman who might exist anywhere in the world. ''[[BadassNormal And that's what makes her so terrifying.]]'' Using nothing but words, she makes every day of her stepdaughter's life a living hell, and goes to insane--but again, completely human--limits to better her blood daughters' position. Lady Tremaine has even devised a way to [[IGaveMyWord keep her promises]] by [[ExactWords following them to the exact letter]], then completely undoing anything Cinderella might try with a single sentence (the movie implies that this is a regular occurrence in the household). She's cold, cruel, calculating, seems to know it, and doesn't care. And [[KarmaHoudini until the sequels, she got away with all of it.]] Even the Disney fandom, famed for developing AlternativeCharacterInterpretation for many villains, universally reviles her. In summary: one of the greatest Disney villains in the entire canon is an old woman with a cane and a sharp mind. Let that sink in, and decide for yourself whether or not that's an awesome achievement on Disney's and Eleanor Audley's part.
** For further proof, look to what happens in ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime'', when Lady Tremaine [[EmpoweredBadassNormal gets her hands on the Fairy Godmother's wand]]. She immediately uses it to become a nigh-omnipotent RealityWarper--and she's not just content to magically make herself and her daughters rich. She rewinds time and changes the shoe size so the Prince will marry Anastasia. She even alters the Prince's memories when, upon seeing Anastasia with the shoe, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome assumes Anastasia just happens to have the same shoe size as the girl he danced with]].
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** For further proof, look to what happens in ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime'', when Lady Tremaine [[EmpoweredBadassNormal gets her hands on the Fairy Godmother's wand]]. She immediately uses it to become a nigh-omnipotent RealityWarper--and she's not just content to magically make herself and her daughters rich. She rewinds time and changes the shoe size so the Prince will marry Anastasia. She even alters the Prince's memories when, upon seeing Anastasia with the shoe, [[RealityEnsues assumes Anastasia just happens to have the same shoe size as the girl he danced with]].

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** For further proof, look to what happens in ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime'', when Lady Tremaine [[EmpoweredBadassNormal gets her hands on the Fairy Godmother's wand]]. She immediately uses it to become a nigh-omnipotent RealityWarper--and she's not just content to magically make herself and her daughters rich. She rewinds time and changes the shoe size so the Prince will marry Anastasia. She even alters the Prince's memories when, upon seeing Anastasia with the shoe, [[RealityEnsues [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome assumes Anastasia just happens to have the same shoe size as the girl he danced with]].
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** Bruno's been dreaming of this moment for **years**. And when he got his chance, he didn't disappoint.

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** Bruno's been dreaming of this moment for **years**. And when he got his chance, he didn't disappoint.
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* After being chided by Cinderella to turning the other cheek with Lucifer, Bruno gets his moment where he gets to get Lucifer away from the mice and help Cinderella escape her room. So worth the wait.

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* After being chided by Cinderella to about turning the other cheek with Lucifer, Bruno gets his moment where he gets to get when Lucifer away finally crosses a MoralEventHorizon and moves from the harassing mice (which is, after all, just kind of what cats do) to actively trying to destroy Cinderella's life. Once he knows something is wrong, Bruno takes about half a second upon arriving on the scene to [[OhCrap visibly remind Lucifer]] of ''exactly'' the relationship between a hound and help Cinderella escape her room. So worth the wait.
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* Pictured above: The scene where [[GorgeousGarmentGeneration Cinderella gains her iconic ballroom gown]]. In fact, Creator/WaltDisney called it his favorite piece of animation.

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* Pictured above: The scene where [[GorgeousGarmentGeneration Cinderella gains her iconic ballroom gown]]. In fact, Creator/WaltDisney called it his favorite piece of animation.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqtVReVTXA8 Words alone don't do it justice.]]
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** For further proof, look to what happens in ''Disney/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime'', when Lady Tremaine [[EmpoweredBadassNormal gets her hands on the Fairy Godmother's wand]]. She immediately uses it to become a nigh-omnipotent RealityWarper--and she's not just content to magically make herself and her daughters rich. She rewinds time and changes the shoe size so the Prince will marry Anastasia. She even alters the Prince's memories when, upon seeing Anastasia with the shoe, [[RealityEnsues assumes Anastasia just happens to have the same shoe size as the girl he danced with]].

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** For further proof, look to what happens in ''Disney/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime'', ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime'', when Lady Tremaine [[EmpoweredBadassNormal gets her hands on the Fairy Godmother's wand]]. She immediately uses it to become a nigh-omnipotent RealityWarper--and she's not just content to magically make herself and her daughters rich. She rewinds time and changes the shoe size so the Prince will marry Anastasia. She even alters the Prince's memories when, upon seeing Anastasia with the shoe, [[RealityEnsues assumes Anastasia just happens to have the same shoe size as the girl he danced with]].

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* Walt Disney himself considered Cinderella's TransformationSequence the single greatest piece of animation the company created in his lifetime.
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* In the end after Tremaine purposely trips the Grand Duke's servant to break the glass slipper [[ForTheEvulz just to prevent Cinderella from trying it on]], she gives a triumphant condescending smirk. Then Cinderella presents the ''other'' slipper, wiping the smirk off that bitch's face and replacing it with a look of complete shock. It was a satisfying moment that Cinderella one up's her bitchy abusive stepmother.
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* The mice and the birds banding together to make Cinderella's dress. Over the course of the day while Cinderella is working, they manage to sew together and trim a dress several times their size. Not only that, they manage to make a beautiful dress that makes Lady Tremaine and her daughters jealous.
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* An eviler (but not less awesome) example--[[BigBad Lady Tremaine.]] Other Disney villains possess supernatural powers, lead entire armies, have charmed towns/kingdoms into liking them, require henchmen to get the job done, and generally have more resources. Lady Tremaine, by contrast, is "only" an elderly rich woman who lives in a villa--no special abilities, no minions to carry out her orders (excluding her cat, and even he isn't exactly obedient), and no elaborate lair. She's the kind of woman who might exist anywhere in the world. ''[[BadassNormal And that's what makes her so terrifying.]]'' Using nothing but words, she makes every day of her stepdaughter's life a living hell, and goes to insane--but again, completely human--limits to better her blood daughters' position. Lady Tremaine has even devised a way to [[IGaveMyWord keep her promises]] by [[ExactWords following them to the exact letter]], then completely undoing anything Cinderella might try with a single sentence (the movie implies that this is a regular occurrence in the household). She's cold, cruel, calculating, seems to know it, and doesn't care. And [[KarmaHoudini until the sequels, she got away with all of it.]] Even the Disney fandom, famed for developing AlternateCharacterInterpretations for many villains, universally reviles her. In summary: one of the greatest Disney villains in the entire canon is an old woman with a cane and a sharp mind. Let that sink in, and decide for yourself whether or not that's an awesome achievement on Disney's and Eleanor Audley's part.

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* An eviler (but not less awesome) example--[[BigBad Lady Tremaine.]] Other Disney villains possess supernatural powers, lead entire armies, have charmed towns/kingdoms into liking them, require henchmen to get the job done, and generally have more resources. Lady Tremaine, by contrast, is "only" an elderly rich woman who lives in a villa--no special abilities, no minions to carry out her orders (excluding her cat, and even he isn't exactly obedient), and no elaborate lair. She's the kind of woman who might exist anywhere in the world. ''[[BadassNormal And that's what makes her so terrifying.]]'' Using nothing but words, she makes every day of her stepdaughter's life a living hell, and goes to insane--but again, completely human--limits to better her blood daughters' position. Lady Tremaine has even devised a way to [[IGaveMyWord keep her promises]] by [[ExactWords following them to the exact letter]], then completely undoing anything Cinderella might try with a single sentence (the movie implies that this is a regular occurrence in the household). She's cold, cruel, calculating, seems to know it, and doesn't care. And [[KarmaHoudini until the sequels, she got away with all of it.]] Even the Disney fandom, famed for developing AlternateCharacterInterpretations AlternativeCharacterInterpretation for many villains, universally reviles her. In summary: one of the greatest Disney villains in the entire canon is an old woman with a cane and a sharp mind. Let that sink in, and decide for yourself whether or not that's an awesome achievement on Disney's and Eleanor Audley's part.

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