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***In a primitive version called ''Doralice'' by Giovanni Francesco Straparola, the titular princess run away from her father King Thibaud who wanted to married her. When he learned she finally married King of England Genese, Thibaud hide in the castle and [[OffingTheOffspring''kill his grandchildren'']]. He let Doralice be accused of the crime and be condemned to death by scaphism. Fortunately, Doralice 's nurse testimony for her and it's Thibaud who end up dismembered. Let's say this version of the king [[CompleteMonster was a bona fide villain.]]
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* OlderThanTheyThink: The tale is inspired of the legend of Saint Dymphna of Geel, an Irish princess that her pagan father wished to marry. The fairy tale is a version of this story without its original DownerEnding: the christian Dymphna ran away, but when her father found her, she refused once again to marry him and he killed her.
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* OlderThanTheyThink: The tale is inspired of the legend of Saint Dymphna of Geel, an Irish princess that her pagan father wished to marry. The fairy tale is a version of this story without its original DownerEnding: the christian Dymphna ran away, but when her father found her, she refused once again to marry him and he killed her.
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*LoveBeforeFirstSight: In some versions the princess has never seen the prince before being asked to bake a cake for him. But she still puts her ring in the cake so he can find her later, ultimately marrying him.
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[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/donkeyskin/index.html "Donkeyskin"]] is a popular FairyTale transcribed by Creator/CharlesPerrault in 1697. Creator/TheBrothersGrimm recorded another variant -- "All-Kind-of-Furs" -- in 1812, and the tale type has been adapted as "Sapsorrow" in ''Series/TheStoryteller'', ''Literature/{{Deerskin}}'' by RobinMcKinley, and in 1970 adapted as a [[TheMusical musical]] by Jacques Demy, among other adaptations.
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[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/donkeyskin/index.html "Donkeyskin"]] is a popular FairyTale transcribed by Creator/CharlesPerrault in 1697. Creator/TheBrothersGrimm recorded another variant -- "All-Kind-of-Furs" -- in 1812, and the tale type has been adapted as "Sapsorrow" in ''Series/TheStoryteller'', ''Literature/{{Deerskin}}'' by RobinMcKinley, Creator/RobinMcKinley, and in 1970 adapted as a [[TheMusical musical]] by Jacques Demy, among other adaptations.
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* NoAntagonist: Not even the king, in many versions of the story. [[spoiler: He's forgiven at the very end, and even finally remarries a beautiful widow queen.]] This is not necessarily true in adaptations, since attempted ParentalIncest makes a character pretty unsympathetic to modern audiences.
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* NoAntagonist: NoAntagonist:
** Not even the king, in many versions of the story. [[spoiler: He's forgiven at the very end, and even finally remarries a beautiful widow queen.]] This is not necessarily true in adaptations, since attempted ParentalIncest makes a character pretty unsympathetic to modern audiences.
** Not even the king, in many versions of the story. [[spoiler: He's forgiven at the very end, and even finally remarries a beautiful widow queen.]] This is not necessarily true in adaptations, since attempted ParentalIncest makes a character pretty unsympathetic to modern audiences.
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* PairTheSpares: In some versions, the prince's mother is a widow and she and the princess's father hit it off at the wedding.
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* PairTheSpares: PairTheSpares:
** In some versions, the prince's mother is a widow and she and the princess's father hit it off at the wedding.
** In some versions, the prince's mother is a widow and she and the princess's father hit it off at the wedding.
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* [[WickedStepmother Wicked Stepfather]]: Some retellings try to downplay the incest by making the king Donkeyskin's stepfather (specifically, her adopted father - the most notable example of this is found in Andrew Lang's retelling).
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* [[WickedStepmother Wicked Stepfather]]: WickedStepmother: Some retellings try to downplay the incest by making the king Donkeyskin's stepfather (specifically, her adopted father - the most notable example of this is found in Andrew Lang's retelling).
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She travels to a far-away kingdom, and takes a menial job at a farm, calling herself "Donkeyskin." The kingdom's [[PrinceCharming prince]] happens to pass by Donkeyskin's hut while she is entertaining herself by dressing up in her sun-gold dress. He is very taken with her, and in an effort to ascertain her identity he requests that she bake him a cake, in which he finds the princess's ring. The prince then announces that he will marry only [[TheGirlWhoFitsThisSlipper the girl on whose finger the ring fits]], and tries it on every woman in the kingdom. When the ring fits Donkeyskin's finger, her identity is revealed and the two are married.
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She travels to a far-away kingdom, and takes a [[FallenOnHardTimesJob menial job job]] at a farm, calling herself "Donkeyskin." The kingdom's [[PrinceCharming prince]] happens to pass by Donkeyskin's hut while she is entertaining herself by dressing up in her sun-gold dress. He is very taken with her, and in an effort to ascertain her identity he requests that she bake him a cake, in which he finds the princess's ring. The prince then announces that he will marry only [[TheGirlWhoFitsThisSlipper the girl on whose finger the ring fits]], and tries it on every woman in the kingdom. When the ring fits Donkeyskin's finger, her identity is revealed and the two are married.
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* {{Bowdlerise}}: In Victorian era, the fact that the donkey could [[SolidGoldPoop poop gold]] was changed, and since then the coins tumble from its ears.
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* {{Bowdlerise}}: In Victorian era, the fact that the donkey could [[SolidGoldPoop poop gold]] was changed, and since then changed to the coins tumble from its ears.ears. Also, many Victorian writers portrayed the princess as the adopted daughter of the king, whereas she was his biological daughter in the Perrault version.
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[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/donkeyskin/index.html "Donkeyskin"]] is a popular FairyTale transcribed by Creator/CharlesPerrault in 1697. It's also known as "All-Kind-of-Furs" (by Creator/TheBrothersGrimm in 1812), and has been adapted as "Sapsorrow" in ''Series/TheStoryteller'', ''Literature/{{Deerskin}}'' by RobinMcKinley, and in 1970 adapted as a [[TheMusical musical]] by Jacques Demy, among other adaptations.
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[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/donkeyskin/index.html "Donkeyskin"]] is a popular FairyTale transcribed by Creator/CharlesPerrault in 1697. It's also known as Creator/TheBrothersGrimm recorded another variant -- "All-Kind-of-Furs" (by Creator/TheBrothersGrimm -- in 1812), 1812, and the tale type has been adapted as "Sapsorrow" in ''Series/TheStoryteller'', ''Literature/{{Deerskin}}'' by RobinMcKinley, and in 1970 adapted as a [[TheMusical musical]] by Jacques Demy, among other adaptations.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: If you think about it, it is rather sweet that the king can't find a woman he considers more beautiful than his dead wife.
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** In others versions he remarries the FairyGodmother.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: If you think about it, it is rather sweet that the king can't find a woman he considers more beautiful than his dead wife.
* AmuletOfDependency: Some versions have the princess with three items made of gold - a ring, thimble and spinning wheel. Each morning after the ball she hides one in the prince's soup.
* AmuletOfDependency: Some versions have the princess with three items made of gold - a ring, thimble and spinning wheel. Each morning after the ball she hides one in the prince's soup.
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* EngagementChallenge: In this case, the challenge is there to be impossible so the marriage can't happen.
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* TheLostLenore: The dead wife whose deathbed wish kicks off the plot.
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* PairTheSpares: In some versions, the prince's mother is a widow and she and the princess's father hit it off at the wedding.
* PimpedOutDress: Three of em.
* PrettyInMink: Subverted. She wears the fur coat when she's working as a servant. She's also initially mistaken for an animal by the palace soldiers.
* PimpedOutDress: Three of em.
* PrettyInMink: Subverted. She wears the fur coat when she's working as a servant. She's also initially mistaken for an animal by the palace soldiers.
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* SheCleansUpNicely: Each night the princess cleans her face and puts on her dresses. The usual Cinderella version is played with as the prince initially doesn't recognise her when she takes him the soup (and really you wouldn't expect a supposed noblewoman you were dancing with to be serving you food the next day) but he does by the third time.
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* [[WickedStepmother Wicked Stepfather]]: Some retellings try to downplay the incest by making the king Donkeyskin's stepfather. While it would be considered incest to modern audiences, it was not unheard of for men to marry their wards.
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** Some adaptions choose to stress the fact that he is bound by his wife's death-bed promise.
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The Aarne-Thompson Number is type 510B, the "unnatural love" type of the "persecuted heroine". Others of this type include "Literature/{{Catskin}}", "Literature/CapORushes" and "Literature/{{Tattercoats}}", which elide the incestous aspects. Compare to ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}'', a persecuted heroine whose nemesis is female, and so is type 510A.
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The Aarne-Thompson Number is type 510B, the "unnatural love" type of the "persecuted heroine". Others of this type include "Literature/{{Catskin}}", "Literature/CapORushes" and "Literature/{{Tattercoats}}", which elide the incestous aspects. Compare to ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}'', a persecuted heroine whose nemesis is female, and so is type 510A.
510A. See also ''Literature/TheOneHandedGirl'' for a different tale type with a male persecutor.
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The Aarne-Thompson Number is type 510B, the "unnatural love" type of the "persecuted heroine". Others of this type include "Literature/{{Catskin}}", "Literature/CapORushes" and "Literature/{{Tattercoats}}", which elide the incestous aspects. Compare to {{Cinderella}}, ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}'', a persecuted heroine whose nemesis is female, and so is type 510A.
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The Aarne-Thompson Number is type 510B, the "unnatural love" type of the "persecuted heroine". Others of this type include "Literature/{{Catskin}}" "Literature/{{Catskin}}", "Literature/CapORushes" and "Literature/{{Tattercoats}}", which elide the incestous aspects. Compare to {{Cinderella}}, a persecuted heroine whose nemesis is female, and so is type 510A.
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Full text [[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/donkeyskin/index.html here]], along with [[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/donkeyskin/other.html many of its variants]].
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The Aarne-Thompson Number is type 510B, "unnatural love".
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The Aarne-Thompson Number is type 510B, the "unnatural love".love" type of the "persecuted heroine". Others of this type include "Literature/{{Catskin}}" and "Literature/{{Tattercoats}}", which elide the incestous aspects. Compare to {{Cinderella}}, a persecuted heroine whose nemesis is female, and so is type 510A.
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[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/donkeyskin/index.html "Donkeyskin"]] is a popular FairyTale transcribed by Creator/CharlesPerrault in 1697. It's also known as "All-Kind-of-Furs" (by Creator/TheBrothersGrimm in 1812), and has been adapted as "Sapsorrow" in ''Series/TheStoryteller'', ''Literature/{{Deerskin}}'' by RobinMcKinley,and in 1970 adapted as a [[TheMusical musical]] by Jacques Demy, among other adaptations.
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[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/donkeyskin/index.html "Donkeyskin"]] is a popular FairyTale transcribed by Creator/CharlesPerrault in 1697. It's also known as "All-Kind-of-Furs" (by Creator/TheBrothersGrimm in 1812), and has been adapted as "Sapsorrow" in ''Series/TheStoryteller'', ''Literature/{{Deerskin}}'' by RobinMcKinley,and RobinMcKinley, and in 1970 adapted as a [[TheMusical musical]] by Jacques Demy, among other adaptations.
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[[ParentalIncest The king therefore plans to marry his daughter]]. The princess in despair begs for her FairyGodmother's help, and the godmother advises her to declare that she will not marry unless she is brought three impossible dresses: one which is of the color of sky, one which shines like the moon, and a third like the sun. When the king succeeds in providing each of these three dresses in turn, the fairy godmother advises the princess to ask for the skin of the king magic's donkey, from the ears of which tumble gold pieces.
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[[ParentalIncest The king therefore plans to marry his daughter]]. The princess in despair begs for her FairyGodmother's help, and the godmother advises her to declare that she will not marry unless she is brought three impossible dresses: one which is of the color of sky, one which shines like the moon, and a third like the sun. When the king succeeds in providing each of these three dresses in turn, the fairy godmother advises the princess to ask for the skin of the king magic's king's magic donkey, from the ears of which tumble gold pieces.
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* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: The three dresses, the whole point of which is that they're ''so'' impossibly cool that the princess hopes her father will not be able to supply them. The golden dress really does shine like the sun; it's not possible to look directly at it with unshielded eyes. Some versions, such as "Sapsorrow," also describe one of the dresses as "sparkling with stars."
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* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: The three dresses, the whole point of which is that they're ''so'' impossibly cool that the princess hopes her father will not be able to supply them. The golden dress really does shine like the sun; it's not possible to look directly at it with unshielded eyes. Some versions, such as "Sapsorrow," "[[Series/TheStoryteller Sapsorrow]]," also describe one of the dresses as "sparkling with stars."
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[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/donkeyskin/index.html "Donkeyskin"]] is a popular FairyTale transcribed by Creator/CharlesPerrault in 1697. It's also known as "All-Kind-of-Furs" (by Creator/TheBrothersGrimm in 1812), and has been adapted as "Sapsorrow" in ''Series/TheStoryteller'', ''Deerskin'' ''Literature/{{Deerskin}}'' by RobinMcKinley,and in 1970 adapted as a [[TheMusical musical]] by Jacques Demy, among other adaptations.
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[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/donkeyskin/index.html "Donkeyskin"]] is a popular FairyTale transcribed by Creator/CharlesPerrault in 1697. It's also known as "All-Kind-of-Furs" (by Creator/GrimmBrothers Creator/TheBrothersGrimm in 1812), and has been adapted as "Sapsorrow" in ''Series/TheStoryteller'', ''Deerskin'' by RobinMcKinley,and in 1970 adapted as a [[TheMusical musical]] by Jacques Demy, among other adaptations.
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* {{Bowdlerise}}: In Victorian era, the fact that the donkey could [[SolidGoldPoop poop gold]] was changed, and the coins tumble since then from its ears.
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* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: The sun dress shine like the real star: you have to watch it with sun glasses equivalents of the time.
* NoAntagonist:Not even the king.[[spoiler: He's forgiven at the very end, and even finally remarry to a beautiful widow queen.]]
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* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: The sun three dresses, the whole point of which is that they're ''so'' impossibly cool that the princess hopes her father will not be able to supply them. The golden dress really does shine like the real star: you have sun; it's not possible to watch look directly at it with sun glasses equivalents unshielded eyes. Some versions, such as "Sapsorrow," also describe one of the time.
dresses as "sparkling with stars."
*NoAntagonist:Not NoAntagonist: Not even the king.king, in many versions of the story. [[spoiler: He's forgiven at the very end, and even finally remarry to remarries a beautiful widow queen.]]]] This is not necessarily true in adaptations, since attempted ParentalIncest makes a character pretty unsympathetic to modern audiences.
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[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/donkeyskin/index.html "Donkeyskin"]] is a popular FairyTale transcribed by CharlesPerrault Creator/CharlesPerrault in 1697. It's also known as "All-Kind-of-Furs" (by GrimmBrothers Creator/GrimmBrothers in 1812), and has been adapted as "Sapsorrow" in ''Series/TheStoryteller'', ''Deerskin'' by RobinMcKinley,and in 1970 adapted as a [[TheMusical musical]] by Jacques Demy, among other adaptations.
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* RuleOfThree: The three dresses.Sometimes the heroin wear them at three different balls.
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Donkeyskin is a popular FairyTale transcribed by CharlesPerrault in 1697. It's also known as All-Kind-Of-Furs (by GrimmBrothers in 1812), and has been adapted as "Sapsorrow" in Series/TheStoryteller , ''Deerskin'' by RobinMcKinley,and in 1970 adapted as a [[TheMusical musical]] by Jacques Demy, among other adaptations.
A king loses his wife; on her death bed, she demands that he promise not to remarry except to a woman more beautiful than she is. The king finds it impossible to find such a woman, until he realizes that his daughter is the only one who surpasses her mother's beauty.
[[ParentalIncest The king therefore plans to marry his daughter]]. The princess in despair begs for her FairyGodmother's help, and the godmother advises her to declare that she will not marry unless she is brought three impossible dresses: one which is of the color of sky, one which shines like the moon, and a third like the sun. When the king succeeds in providing each of these three dresses in turn, the fairy godmother advises the princess to ask for the skin of the king magic's donkey, from the ears of which tumble gold pieces.
Despite the animal's usefulness, the king slaughters it and presents the unfortunate princess with the skin. The princess then decides to run away, and on her fairy godmother's advice clothes herself in the donkey's skin so that no one will recognize her.
She travels to a far-away kingdom, and takes a menial job at a farm, calling herself "Donkeyskin." The kingdom's [[PrinceCharming prince]] happens to pass by Donkeyskin's hut while she is entertaining herself by dressing up in her sun-gold dress. He is very taken with her, and in an effort to ascertain her identity he requests that she bake him a cake, in which he finds the princess's ring. The prince then announces that he will marry only [[TheGirlWhoFitsThisSlipper the girl on whose finger the ring fits]], and tries it on every woman in the kingdom. When the ring fits Donkeyskin's finger, her identity is revealed and the two are married.
The Aarne-Thompson Number is type 510B, unnatural love.
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!! "DonkeySkin" and its variations contain the following tropes:
* {{Bowdlerise}}: In Victorian era, the fact that the donkey could [[SolidGoldPoop poop gold]] was changed, and the coins tumble since then from its ears.
* FairyGodmother: Perhaps the most famous example with {{Cinderella}}.
* TheGirlWhoFitsThisSlipper
* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: The sun dress shine like the real star: you have to watch it with sun glasses equivalents of the time.
* NoAntagonist:Not even the king.[[spoiler: He's forgiven at the very end, and even finally remarry to a beautiful widow queen.]]
* [[KingIncognito Princess Incognito]]
* PrinceCharming
* RuleOfThree: The three dresses.Sometimes the heroin wear them at three different balls.
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Donkeyskin is a popular FairyTale transcribed by CharlesPerrault in 1697. It's also known as All-Kind-Of-Furs (by GrimmBrothers in 1812), and has been adapted as "Sapsorrow" in Series/TheStoryteller , ''Deerskin'' by RobinMcKinley,and in 1970 adapted as a [[TheMusical musical]] by Jacques Demy, among other adaptations.
A king loses his wife; on her death bed, she demands that he promise not to remarry except to a woman more beautiful than she is. The king finds it impossible to find such a woman, until he realizes that his daughter is the only one who surpasses her mother's beauty.
[[ParentalIncest The king therefore plans to marry his daughter]]. The princess in despair begs for her FairyGodmother's help, and the godmother advises her to declare that she will not marry unless she is brought three impossible dresses: one which is of the color of sky, one which shines like the moon, and a third like the sun. When the king succeeds in providing each of these three dresses in turn, the fairy godmother advises the princess to ask for the skin of the king magic's donkey, from the ears of which tumble gold pieces.
Despite the animal's usefulness, the king slaughters it and presents the unfortunate princess with the skin. The princess then decides to run away, and on her fairy godmother's advice clothes herself in the donkey's skin so that no one will recognize her.
She travels to a far-away kingdom, and takes a menial job at a farm, calling herself "Donkeyskin." The kingdom's [[PrinceCharming prince]] happens to pass by Donkeyskin's hut while she is entertaining herself by dressing up in her sun-gold dress. He is very taken with her, and in an effort to ascertain her identity he requests that she bake him a cake, in which he finds the princess's ring. The prince then announces that he will marry only [[TheGirlWhoFitsThisSlipper the girl on whose finger the ring fits]], and tries it on every woman in the kingdom. When the ring fits Donkeyskin's finger, her identity is revealed and the two are married.
The Aarne-Thompson Number is type 510B, unnatural love.
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!! "DonkeySkin" and its variations contain the following tropes:
* {{Bowdlerise}}: In Victorian era, the fact that the donkey could [[SolidGoldPoop poop gold]] was changed, and the coins tumble since then from its ears.
* FairyGodmother: Perhaps the most famous example with {{Cinderella}}.
* TheGirlWhoFitsThisSlipper
* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: The sun dress shine like the real star: you have to watch it with sun glasses equivalents of the time.
* NoAntagonist:Not even the king.[[spoiler: He's forgiven at the very end, and even finally remarry to a beautiful widow queen.]]
* [[KingIncognito Princess Incognito]]
* PrinceCharming
* RuleOfThree: The three dresses.Sometimes the heroin wear them at three different balls.
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