History Literature / TheSixServants

* DamselInDistress

* EngagementChallenge
* HappilyEverAfter

* ImpossibleTask: Three of them!
* ImprobableAimingSkills

* OnceUponATime
* ParentalMarriageVeto
* PlotTailoredToTheParty
* RaceAgainstTheClock

* WickedWitch: The queen

The tale shares some parallels with other stories. Another Grimm fairy tale, ''Literature/HowTheSixMadeTheirWayInTheWorld ("Sechse kommen durch die ganze Welt")'' has a similar plot. A few scenes of the novel ''Literature/TheSurprisingAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen'' also have similar characters serving the baron. In the Netherlands the story is especially well known because the theme park ''"De Efteling"'' uses the character with the long neck as one of its mascots.

The tale shares some parallels with other stories. Another Grimm fairy tale, ''Literature/HowTheSixMadeTheirWayInTheWorld ("Sechse kommen durch die ganze Welt")'' has a similar plot. A few scenes of the novel Literature/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen also have similar characters serving the baron. In the Netherlands the story is especially well known because the theme park ''"De Efteling"'' uses the character with the long neck as one of its mascots.

* BigEater: One of the servants eats everything!

* RuleOfThree: Three tasks

* RubberMan: One of the servants can stretch his body out to such great lengths he can

* ''[[SuperSpeed Servant number six]]'': Is extremely fast. To slow himself down a bit he tied one of his legs behind his back.

The tale shares some parallels with other stories. Another Grimm fairy tale, ''"Six people travelling around the world" ("Sechse kommen durch die ganze Welt")'' has a similar plot. A few scenes of the novel Literature/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen also have similar characters serving the baron. In the Netherlands the story is especially well known because the theme park ''"De Efteling"'' uses the character with the long neck as one of its mascottes.

* SuperSpeed: One of the servants is really, really fast

It can be read [[https://www.grimmstories.com/en/grimm_fairy-tales/the_six_servants
here]] and [[https://web.archive.org/web/20200125083016/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/134sixservants.html here]].

A traditional FairyTale, collected by Creator/TheBrothersGrimm, about a prince who has to perform certain {{Impossible Task}}s for a monarch but is aided by six exceptionally gifted men whom he encountered while travelling. They are:

A traditional FairyTale, collected by the BrothersGrimm about a prince who has to perform certain {{Impossible Task}}s for a monarch but is aided by six exceptionally gifted men whom he encountered while travelling. They are:

''[[LongNeck Servant number one]]'': Has a very long, stretchable neck and is able to overview things from a great distance.

''[[SuperSenses Servant number two]]'': Has large ears and can hear every tiny sound, even from great distance.

''[[EyeBeams Servant number three]]'': Has eyes of such destructive power that he uses a blindfold to prevent himself from looking at things and accidentally destroying them.

''[[AnIcePerson Servant number four]]'': Is hot when it's cold, and cold when it's hot.

''[[BigEater Servant number five]]'': A colossal obese man who is able to eat large quantities of food.

''[[SuperSpeed Servant number six]]'': Is extremely fast. To slow himself down a bit he tied one of his legs behind his back.

''[[AnIcePerson Servant number four]]'': Is always cold, even during warm weather.

* ImColdSoCold: One of the servants always feels chilly, no matter how hot it is.

A king or queen orders the prince to perform three impossible tasks to win the hand of the princess. So far nobody was able to complete them before the deadline. The first task is bringing back a ring that the queen dropped in a river. The long necked servant sees the ring, the obese servant drinks the entire river dry whereupon the fast servant gets the ring and brings it back to the palace. In some adaptations he falls asleep during this asignment while the others nervously wait for him. The long necked servant stretches his neck and sees him, whereupon the servant with the bulletlike eyes shoots a fly sitting on a branch of the tree against which the fast servant is sleeping. This wakes him up and he dashes off back to the palace.

When the queen discovers what happened she orders 300 trucks of wood to be lit in flames. Only when somebody is able to sit in the fire the princess will marry the prince. Thus the cold blooded servant steps forward and manages to freezes the flames out, still feeling chilly in the process. The marriage is settled, but the evil queen still sents her troops after them. Luckily the big eared servant hears this. The obese servant blows wind thru one of his nostrils (or spits out a large flood of sea water), thus beating the soldiers. The bullet eyed one also kills many of them. And with that all ends happily ever after.

The tale shares some parallells with other stories. Another Grimm fairy tale, ''"Six people travelling around the world" ("Sechse kommen durch die ganze Welt")'' has a similar plot. A few scenes of the novel Literature/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen also have similar characters serving the baron. In the Netherlands the story is especially well known because the theme park ''"De Efteling"'' uses the character with the long neck as one of its mascottes.

* DeathGlare: One of the servants is able to merely look at something, thus destroying it.

* SharpShooter: One of the servants is able to shoot or destroy anything just by looking at it.

The tale shares some parallells with other stories. Another Grimm fairy tale, ''"Six people travelling around the world" ("Sechse kommen durch die ganze Welt")'' has a similar plot. A few scenes of the novel TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen also have similar characters serving the baron. In the Netherlands the story is especially well known because the theme park ''"De Efteling"'' uses the character with the long neck as one of its mascottes.

''Servant number one'': Has a very long, stretchable neck and is able to overview things from a great distance.

''Servant number two'': Has large ears and can hear every tiny sound, even from great distance.

''Servant number three'': Has eyes of such destructive power that he uses a blindfold to prevent himself from looking at things and accidentally destroying them.

''Servant number four'': Is always cold, even during warm weather.

''Servant number five'': A colossal obese man who is able to eat large quantities of food.

''Servant number six'': Is extremely fast. To slow himself down a bit he tied one of his legs behind his back.

A traditional FairyTale, collected by the BrothersGrimm about a prince who has to perform certain ImpossibleTasks for a monarch but is aided by six exceptionally gifted men whom he encountered while travelling. They are:

A traditional fairy tale, collected by the BrothersGrimm about a prince who has to perform certain ImpossibleTasks for a monarch but is aided by six exceptionally gifted men whom he encountered while travelling. They are: