History Literature / SnowWhite

* ExtremelyDustyHome: The dwarves home before she cleans it up.

* DisappearedDad: Where was the king while the queen was off finding creative ways to kill his daughter? He must have stepped out of the fairytale for a bit.

** The intro to the Walt Disney movie says he died. It was changed presumably to explain that very problem (he apparently is still alive but extraordinarily inattentive in the fairy tale).
** [[HeirClubForMen She's a girl]], why should he care? Also, the Queen gives him sex, while his daughter does not (we ''hope'').
** There is actually a version of the story where he does everything he can to stop his wife, but [[spoiler: it doesn't work]]. Happily, the King in the Grimm version didn't have to live through such a horrible experience.
** The original version does give an explanation: In it, he's the King of England, & his wife's attempts to kill Snow White happen while he's off at war.

* DecompositeCharacter: In the first edition, Snow White's birth mother who wishes for her to have all the traits she is known for (white skin, black hair and red lips) and wicked stepmother were one in the same. When the Grimm brothers decided that the idea of a mom attempting to murder her child was too disturbing, they split the character into these two personas.

* DeathFakedForYou: The hunter used the heart of a pig to fool the queen.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Many versions introduce the prince early, in order to make the ending a bit less weird.

--> I suspect that most modern viewers find it easier to identify with a Snow White who fights back. Spending years asleep in a glass coffin waiting to be awakened by "TrueLovesKiss" is hopefully not something that girls today aspire to. We can fight for what we want, and we have a good chance of getting it.

* {{Jerkass}}: The queen in some versions, including the 2001 television production ''Fairest One of All''. She thinks the whole world revolves around her and has little regard for others, which helps to stand her out from Snow White, whose personality is the polar opposite.

* Jerkass: The queen in some versions, including the 2001 television production ''Fairest of Them All''. She thinks the whole world revolves around her and has little regard for others, which helps to stand her out from Snow White, whose personality is the polar opposite.

* {{Irony}}: One animated adaptation had it be the ''mirror'' who finally disposes of the queen. Fed up with her petty grudge, it sucks her into itself and traps her. Throughout the cartoon it's pretty clear that the mirror dislikes the queen for going after Snow White, but why it didn't stop her sooner is never answered.

Because of Snow White's rather [[RavenHairIvorySkin unusual]] [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette appearance]] and the disturbing psychological issues in the story, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is frequently subject to {{Grimmification}} or DarkerAndEdgier treatment. One such example is a [[Film/SnowWhiteATaleofTerror 1997 horror version]] with Creator/SigourneyWeaver as the queen. There's also a 2001 version subtitled [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0255605/ Fairest of Them All]] with Miranda Richardson as the queen and Creator/KristinKreuk as Snow White, and [[RainbowMotif rainbow dwarves]], named after the days of the week. Finally, let's not forget Creator/NeilGaiman's short story "[[https://web.archive.org/web/20130616104947/http://thedreaming.holycow.com/1999/10/10/snow-glass-apples/ Snow, Glass, Apples]]", where we have a perspective flip that takes some of the more eerie parts of the story, and makes them much much worse.

Because of Snow White's rather [[{{Goth}} unusual]] [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette appearance]] and the disturbing psychological issues in the story, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is frequently subject to {{Grimmification}} or DarkerAndEdgier treatment. One such example is a [[Film/SnowWhiteATaleofTerror 1997 horror version]] with Creator/SigourneyWeaver as the queen. There's also a 2001 version subtitled [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0255605/ Fairest of Them All]] with Miranda Richardson as the queen and Creator/KristinKreuk as Snow White, and [[RainbowMotif rainbow dwarves]], named after the days of the week. Finally, let's not forget Creator/NeilGaiman's short story "[[https://web.archive.org/web/20130616104947/http://thedreaming.holycow.com/1999/10/10/snow-glass-apples/ Snow, Glass, Apples]]", where we have a perspective flip that takes some of the more eerie parts of the story, and makes them much much worse.

By far the most well-known adaptation of this story is Creator/{{Disney}}'s first full-length animated feature, ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''.

* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Snow White traditionally has skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood, and hair as black as ebony.

* KillerOutfit: In the version recorded by Creator/TheBrothersGrimm, the wicked queen first tries to kill her beautiful step-daughter with a corset laced tightly enough to suffocate.

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses

!!Derivative works:
* ''Film/SnowWhite1916'', a silent film adaptation which in itself was based on a play.
* ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhite1933'', a WesternAnimation/BettyBoop cartoon short.
* ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' (1937), the Disney animated movie.
* ''WesternAnimation/CoalBlackAndDeSebbenDwarfs'' (1943), a cartoon short considered racist by modern standards, but has been lauded as Bob Clampett's masterpiece.
* ''Series/TheCharmings'' (1987), a {{Sitcom}} featuring Snow White and Prince Charming as a modern married couple.
* ''Anime/TheLegendOfSnowWhite'' (1994-1995), a Japanese-Italian anime that [[AdaptationExpansion expands Snow White's adventures considerably]].
* ''Film/SnowWhiteATaleOfTerror'' (1997), a horror film starring Sigourney Weaver and Sam Neill.
* ''Snow White: The Fairest of Them All'' (2001), a TV movie starring Miranda Richardson.
* ''Literature/WhiteAsSnow'' (2001), a novelization by Creator/TanithLee with Myth/GreekMythology elements.
* ''Film/SiebenZwerge'' (2004), a German comedy.
* ''Film/MirrorMirror'' (2012), a comedy fantasy version.
* ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman'' (2012), a dark action fantasy film.
* ''Literature/SixGunSnowWhite'' (2013) a novella by Creator/CatherynneMValente setting the story in the old West.
* ''Manga/SnowWhiteAndSevenDwarfs'' (2014-), a seinen manga loosely based on the tale.

!! "Snow White" and variations contain the following tropes:

Other adaptations have varied from ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheThreeStooges'' to ''Manga/{{Pretear}}'', which rewrites it as a MagicalGirlWarrior show, the very loose WesternAnimation/BettyBoop adaptation entitled only as ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhite'' and then there's ''WesternAnimation/CoalBlackAndDeSebbenDwarfs'', which would be a side-splitter had not excessive UncleTomfoolery [[ValuesDissonance ruined it]]. It was also one of the tales adapted in ''Anime/GrimmsFairyTaleClassics''.

* ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhite'' (1933), a WesternAnimation/BettyBoop cartoon short.

!!Works that are based on "Snow White" include:

!!Works that are based on include:

!! "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and variations contain the following tropes:

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Grimm's ''Snow White'' talks about Snow White pricking her finger and three drops of blood falling on virgin white snow. It doesn't take Freud to realize that it's a metaphor for menstruating for the first time.

* CompositeCharacter: This Snow White is clearly not the same one from "Literature/SnowWhiteAndRoseRed" (they marry different people and the latter's Snow White is described as being fair-haired), but some [[AdaptationExpansion expanded]] adaptations, such as ''ComicBook/Fables'', give this one a sibling named Rose Red to tie the two stories together.

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