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* "Who dances in glass shoes?"
* Christopher telling his mother to cancel the ball.
-->'''Queen:''' What would we tell everyone?
-->'''Christopher:''' Tell them you went behind my back and you're very ashamed of yourself.
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* "I want the wine of my country! I want the wine of my country! I want the wine of my country! The wine of my country is beer!"

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** A couple of children question "Herman" and "Maisie", to the courier's annoyance. The ''entire crowd'' is shocked that one of the king's names is Sydney.
-->'''Courier:''' ''[[SuddenlyShouting SYDNEY!!!]]''




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* During the preparations for the ball, the queen goes around cleaning things with a feather duster. Including her husband. And [[BreakingTheFourthWall the camera.]]
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Bald Of Awesome is being renamed and redefined per TRS decision


-->'''Stepmother:''' Look at you, that manly physique, those handsome chiseled features, that wonderful full head...[[BaldOfAwesome of skin.]]\\

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-->'''Stepmother:''' Look at you, that manly physique, those handsome chiseled features, that wonderful full head...[[BaldOfAwesome of skin.]]\\\\
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* One of the maidens seen during "The Prince is Giving a Ball" exclaims, "I wish I hadn't married Stan!"

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* One of the maidens women seen during "The Prince is Giving a Ball" exclaims, "I wish I hadn't married Stan!"Sam!"
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!1957 version

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!1957 !!1957 version
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!!All versions
* In "The Prince is giving a ball" the royal family all have long regal sounding names and one silly one.
** The Prince's silly middle name is the funniest. Herman.
* ''FairyGodmother'': Folderall and fiddle-dee-dee. Figgledy, faggledy, foddle, all the dreamers in the world are . . .dizzy in the noodle! In the '50s and '90s versions, she looks like HA, how's that for brilliant.
* The "Stepsisters' Lament," in which Cinderella's stepsisters jealously ask why Prince Christopher would prefer "a girl who's merely lovely" over them.

!1957 version

* One of the maidens seen during "The Prince is Giving a Ball" exclaims, "I wish I hadn't married Stan!"
* The Godmother becoming SidetrackedByTheAnalogy during Cinderella's wish.

!!1965 version

* When the stepsisters practice curtseying for the prince, Prunella's knees make a cricking sound. The stepmother reminds her to rub "unicorn oil" on them, but Prunella sheepishly admits, "I ''did''."

!!1997 version

* Jason Alexander. Just...Jason Alexander.
** The scene at the castle where they're preparing for the ball.
--> '''Lionel''': Don't worry, your Majesties! He'll meet someone tonight, I can feel it in my bones!
--> '''Queen Constantina''': You'll feel it in your bones if he doesn't. ''(hits the ladder and Lionel falls off. The king and the queen look back and then walk off.)''
* The whole getting-ready-for-the-ball scene. "We hide our flaws until after the wedding!"
* Whoopi Goldberg's squeaking.
* The stepmother flirting with Lionel at the ball.
-->'''Stepmother:''' Look at you, that manly physique, those handsome chiseled features, that wonderful full head...[[BaldOfAwesome of skin.]]\\
'''Lionel:''' No touching, please.\\
(''Later'')\\
'''Lionel:''' You know, I do wish there was something between us.\\
'''Stepmother:''' Really?\\
'''Lionel:''' Yes. ''A continent!''
* Lionel having to speed things up when presenting women to the prince.
* The stepmother trying on the slipper.
** And the dialog prior.
---> '''Lionel:''' Are there any other ''young'' women in the house?\\
'''Stepmother:''' (high-pitched voice) How young?\\
'''Lionel:''' Younger than you.
* When the spell to turn the pumpkin into a carriage fails.
-->'''Fairy Godmother:''' What's the matter with me? I only do it every 600 years.
* When writing the decree for the ball:
--> '''Queen Constantina''': His royal highness, Christopher Rupert
--> Windymere Vladmyr Carl Alexander Francois Reginald Lancelot Herman
--> '''Lionel''': Herman?
--> '''Queen Constantina''': Herman. Gregory James *spoken* He'll thank us for this later
--> Is giving a ball!

!!2013 Version

* When Sebastian the evil regent says that the prince should distract the commoners from their woes (namely, Sebastian stealing their property) by having a royal wedding, Topher points out he doesn't know any girls.
-->"I went to an all-boys school in the woods. And then an all-boys university on an island."\\
(''{{Beat}}'')\\
"Why did you do that to me?"

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