History Literature / JackAndTheBeanstalk

* ''IntoTheWoods'', a StephenSondheim musical that combines it with several other fairy stories

* ''Film/PussInBoots'': The ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' SpinOff has Puss involved in a plot to get the magic beans and use them to get the goose that lays gold eggs.

* {{Deconstruction}}: StephenSondheim's ''IntoTheWoods'', Brian Henson's ''JackAndTheBeanstalkTheRealStory'' and Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'' all have a go at Jack.

* AntiHero: However you look at it, the protagonist goes from gullible fool to thief to ''murderer'' over the course of the story.

* AntiHero: However you look at it, the protagonist goes from gullible fool to thief to ''murderer'' over the course of the story. (Modern versions of the story justify this by making the giant's loot ill-gotten gains that he stole from humans, sometimes even from Jack's deceased father, but these add-ons are likely done to make the reader never realize the protagonist's questionable actions.)

* AntiHero: However you look at it, the protagonist goes from gullible fool to thief to ''murderer'' over the course of the story.

* ''Film/PussInBoots'': The ''{{Shrek}}'' SpinOff has Puss involved in a plot to get the magic beans and use them to get the goose that lays gold eggs.

* Alluded to in the Green Bean Casserole episode of ''GoodEats''. The Giant is upset with Alton, but is appeased by Alton's casserole. Apparently, the Giant is also something of a HenpeckedHusband.

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The story of "Jack and the Beanstalk" seems to be an amalgamation of many of the giant-killing stories such as "Literature/JackTheGiantKiller" (which has its links to [[KingArthur Arthurian]] lore), and the Tale of Literature/TheBraveLittleTailor.

-->Fee-fi-fo-fum!
-->I smell the blood of an Englishman.
-->Be he 'live, or be he dead,
-->I'll grind his bones to make my bread.

Not to be confused with "Literature/JackTheGiantKiller" which has a different plot and is much BloodierAndGorier despite common elements. While the story was only first published in the 1800s, it (or its roots) is much older, since WilliamShakespeare referenced the "Fee-fi-fo-fum" chant in ''KingLear''.

* The 2013 film ''JackTheGiantSlayer''.

* Alluded to in the Green Bean Casserole episode of ''GoodEats''. The Giant is upset with Alton, but is appeased by Alton's casserole. Apparently, the Giant is also something of a HenpeckedHusband.

Not to be confused with "Literature/JackTheGiantKiller" which has a different plot and is much BloodierAndGorier despite common elements. While the story was only first published in the 1800s, it is much older, since WilliamShakespeare referenced the "Fee-fi-fo-fum" chant in ''KingLear''.

The story of "Jack and the Beanstalk" seems to be an amalgamation of many of the giant killing stories such as "Literature/JackTheGiantKiller" (which has its links in [[KingArthur Arthurian]] lore), and the Tale of Literature/TheBraveLittleTailor.

Not to be confused with "Literature/JackTheGiantKiller" which is (oddly enough) usually a completely unrelated tale.

There's a problem with this. In an earlier version of Jack and the Beanstalk, the giant steals from Jack's father so Jack is just stealing what is rightfully his.

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* {{Deconstruction}}: StephenSondheim's ''IntoTheWoods'', Brian Henson's ''Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story'' and Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'' all have a go at Jack.

* ''Disney/FunAndFancyFree'': The WaltDisney version, with a certain mouse playing the part of Jack.

The story of "Jack and the Beanstalk" seems to be an amalgamation of many of the giant killing stories such as "Literature/JackTheGiantKiller" (which has its links in [[KingArthur Arthurian]] lore), and the Tale of Literature/{{the Brave Little Tailor}}.

-->Fee-fi-fo-fum!
-->I smell the blood of an Englishman.
-->Be he 'live, or be he dead,
-->I'll grind his bones to make my bread.

Jack is about to run but he sees a bag of the giant's gold, which he quickly nicks before fleeing back down the beanstalk.

Many critics of this story like to point out Jack is a petty thief, who also kills the Giant he robbed. Some versions justify his actions by various means, such as adding a bit about how the giant killed Jack's father and/or that the Giant stole most of his treasure in the first place. The latter, such as in ''Disney/FunAndFancyFree'', the Harp is explicitly eager to be liberated from the Giant and helps Jack (or his stand-in) in any way she can. At other times this story gets the {{Fractured Fairy Tale}} treatment, showing Jack as a jerk of a robber.

Not to be confused with "Literature/JackTheGiantKiller" which is (oddly enough) usually a completely unrelated tale.

* {{Deconstruction}}: StephenSondheim's ''{{Into the Woods}}'', Brian Henson's ''Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story'' and TerryPratchett's ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'' all have a go at Jack.

* OurGiantsAreBigger

* ''{{Into the Woods}}'', a StephenSondheim musical that combines it with several other fairy stories

Full text [[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/jackbeanstalk/index.html here]] -- not the oldest variant, but the oldest one of the commonly known tale, as collected by JosephJacobs.

* {{Deconstruction}}: StephenSondheim's ''{{Into the Woods}}'', Brian Heson's ''Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story'' and TerryPratchett's ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'' all have a go at Jack.

* FunAndFancyFree: The WaltDisney version, with a certain mouse playing the part of Jack.

The story of "Jack and the Beanstalk" seems to be an amalgamation of many of the giant killing stories such as "{{Jack the Giant Killer}}" (which has its links in [[KingArthur Arthurian]] lore), and the Tale of Literature/{{the Brave Little Tailor}}.

Not to be confused with "JackTheGiantKiller" which is (oddly enough) usually a completely unrelated tale.