History Main / BeanstalkParody

* Issue 2 of the ''Creator/CartoonCartoons'' comic series by DC has a ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' story called "Chicken and the Beanstalk". In it, Chicken trades Cow for a bag of beans to [[Main/PunnyName Harry Tale]], owner of a company called "Beans For Beef" and who is impersonated by the Red Guy. Sure enough, a large beanstalk grows from the beans. Chicken climbs it and has to deal with a giant who wants him to lay golden eggs like his goose. However, Cow senses her "udder sense" tingling, changes into Supercow and saves him.

* In Creator/AbbottAndCostello's ''Jack and the Beanstalk'', Eloise Larkin and her fiancé Arthur's plans to attend the rehearsal of a play are jeopardized because no one will babysit her obnoxious kid brother Donald. Eloise phones the Cosman Employment Agency, where Mr. Dinkel (Bud) and Jack (Lou) just happen to be seeking work. Jack flirts with Cosman employee Polly, but he is thwarted by the arrival of her boyfriend, a towering police officer. Polly sends Dinkle and Jack to babysit, but an attempt to lull the boy to sleep by reading the fairy tale ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' (Jack's "favorite novel") aloud fails when Jack stumbles over the larger words. Bemused by Jack, Donald reads the story instead — a role-reversal made complete when Jack falls asleep as Donald reads. In his slumber, Jack dreams that he is the young Jack of the fairy tale. HilarityEnsues as he [[AndYouWereThere the people he has met fill the various roles in the story]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheCharlieBrownAndSnoopyShow'' episode "Snoopy and the Giant", a beanstalk grows in the garden that Woodstock has Snoopy make for him. When Snoopy and Woodstock climb the beanstalk, they come to the Giant's castle and find a room full of cookies. The Giant, who [[CreatorCameo resembles Bill Meléndez]], captures Woodstock, and Snoopy has to save him. When Snoopy and Woodstock get back home, Snoopy cuts down the beanstalk with a chainsaw, and when Woodstock tries to plant a new garden, [[WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain Snoopy takes the key to his tractor]].

* ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'': The ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' segment, "Jack II: The Rest of the Story" begins with Orson reading the story of ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' to Booker, Sheldon, Wade, and Roy. The four decide to write their own sequel to the story after questioning the ending of Jack having an unconscious giant in his front yard. In this sequel, Jack is arrested for theft, attempted murder of a giant, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and chopping beanstalks out of season]]. Meanwhile, the giant takes back the Goose that lays golden eggs and uses the gold to turn his castle into a mini-mall.

* The epsiode from WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers has [[Recap/Supermarioglicthy4sSuperMario64BloopersTheQuestForRTX "The Quest for RTX"]]

** In Episode 3046, after Mike reads Elmo the story of ''Jack and the Beanstalk'', Elmo decides to plant his own beanstalk so he can climb up it and get some golden eggs, despite Mike trying to tell him it's only a story. However, when Elmo plants his beans, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome the beanstalk doesn't grow right away]], making him upset. Big Bird tells Elmo to imagine the beanstalk while he waits for his beanstalk to grow, and that's what Elmo does. In his ImagineSpot, Elmo reaches the top of the beanstalk, but has to be careful [[DontWakeTheSleeper not to wake up Mike as the Giant]] as he takes the golden eggs.

* The epsiode from WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers has [[Recap/Supermarioglicthy4sSuperMario64BloopersTheQuestForRTX "The Quest for RTX"]]

* The epsiode from [[WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers]] has [[Recap/Supermarioglicthy4sSuperMario64BloopersTheQuestForRTX "The Quest for RTX"]]

* The epsiode [[Recap/Supermarioglicthy4sSuperMario64BloopersTheQuestForRTX "The Quest for RTX"]]

* The [[Creator/{{Cbeebies}}]] show ''Kerwhizz'' has an episode called "The Fairy Tale Trail", on which the three protagonist teams race through the beanstalk and the giant's castle.

''Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk'' is one of the most iconic fairy tales, and as such, it is often parodied in media. These works will most often involve a giant beanstalk leading to a castle in the clouds, inhabited by a giant. The giant will often be guarding a DamselInDistress (most commonly, a living harp), a goose that can lay golden eggs, a vast amount of treasure, or any combination of the three. Some works may also have the twist that the giant may not actually be that big, and [[CompensatingForSomething is using the castle as compensation for his diminutive size]]. This trope is more commonly seen in surreal works, but in works more grounded in realism, this will often be used as story being told to the works' characters or used as an ImagineSpot by one of the characters.

A SubTrope of FairyTaleEpisode and JourneyToTheSky. Compare CinderellaPlot, another fairy-tale reference trope.

* ''Series/31Minutos'': In "La alcancia" (The Piggy Bank), Juanin is instructed by his friends to buy a "Super Chancho Alcancia" (Super Piggy Bank). However, he is tricked by Tio Pelado into buying him some seemingly magic beans. Just as expected, the beans grow into a huge beanstalk that leads not to a giant, but to ''God'' himself. [[He reveals the beans aren't magical at all, and just made them grow in order for Juanin and his friends to have the chance to choose between all the wisdom in the world and a golden Super Super Piggy Bank. They choose the piggy bank.]]

* Issue 2 of the ''Creator/CartoonCartoons'' comic series by DC has a ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' story called "Chicken and the Beanstalk". In it, Chicken trades Cow for a bag of beans to [[Main/PunnyName Harry Tale]], owner of a company called "Beans For Beef" and who is impersonated by the Red Guy. Sure enough, a large beanstalk grows from the beans. Chicken clims it and has to deal with a giant who wants him to lay golden eggs like his goose. However, Cow senses her "udder sense" tingling, changes into Supercow and saves him.

* Happens in the ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' episode "Chicken's Fairy Tale". Chicken trades Cow to a farmer for five Canadian jumping beans. Once the beanstalk grows, he, Flem and Earl climb it and end up next to the castle of a giant impersonated by the Red Guy. Just like in the "Chicken and the Beanstalk" example in the "Comic Books" folder above, Cow is alerted by her "udder sense" that the three friends are in danger, so she changes into Supercow and saves them. Flem then lays a golden egg which they use to buy Cow back.

* ''Animation/BreadBarbershop'': "Wilk and the BeanStalk" has Wilk buying magic seeds that grow into a beanstalk. The beanstalk brings him to a bunch of foods in the sky, but Wilk must refrain from telling anyone about the magic the beans have.

* The ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop'' short, simply titled "Jack and the Beanstalk" has Bimbo as the role of Jack and Betty as the giant's prisoner/cook.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheCharlieBrownAndSnoopyShow'': In "Giant", Snoopy helps Woodstock the farmer by planting beans. One of the beans grows into a beanstalk, which Snoopy and Woodstock climb. At the top, they meet a giant that [[CreatorCameo resembles Bill Meléndez]]. The giant puts Woodstock into a cage, and Snoopy has to rescue him.

* In ''[[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show]]'' episode "Snoopy and the Giant", a beanstalk grows in the garden that Woodstock has Snoopy make for him. When Snoopy and Woodstock climb the beanstalk, they come to the Giant's castle and find a room full of cookies. The Giant captures Woodstock and Snoopy has to save him. When Snoopy and Woodstock get back home, Snoopy cuts down the beanstalk with a chainsaw, and when Woodstock tries to plant a new garden, [[WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain Snoopy takes the key to his tractor]].

--->'''Bugs''': I don't remember any rabbit in "Jack an' da Beanstalk". But dere's gonna be one in ''dis'' one.

* ''WesternAnimation/MaxAndRuby'': The show has a trilogy of episodes parodying fairytales, entitled "Max and Ruby's Bunny Tales". [[ThreeShorts The second segment]] of the first ''Bunny Tales'' episode parodies ''Jack and the Beanstalk'', with a lesson on why green beans are good for you.

* The DreamSequence in the ''Series/GilligansIsland'' episode "V For Vitamins" features Gilligan in one of these, searching for "The Goose That Lays The Golden Oranges." Mrs. Howell plays his mother, Mr. Howell sells him the beans, and The Skipper is the Giant.
* ''Series/TheGoodies'': In "The Goodies and the Beanstalk", the Goodies fall on hard times, and Tim and Graeme send Bill to sell their trusty three-seater trandem. All the local townspeople find it ridiculous and Bill is humiliated by only being offered a tin of baked beans. Tim and Graeme are disgusted with only getting baked beans, instead of money, but Graeme gets the idea to plant a bean. This rapidly grows into an enormous beanstalk - reaching all the way from England to the summit of Mt. Everest. In hot pursuit of their beanstalk, the Goodies enter an "It's a Knockout" competition, which is being held at the foot of Mt. Everest. Among other things, the Goodies have to climb the beanstalk to the top of the mountain, as part of the contest. There, they find the Giant's castle and, in it, a Giant of surprising height who has a valuable secret to protect.
* Series/GreenAcres: The episode "Oliver and the Cornstalk" has Oliver's corn growing into an enormous cornstalk. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Eb and Lisa, who directly compare it to "Jack and the Beanstalk" and "Jacqueline and the Beanstalk", respectively (each comparison is followed by a child with that name climbing down). The Jolly Green Giant is also apparently at the top - we hear his laugh come from the clouds above, and he thows down several cans of vegetables, causing Eb to remark "Golly! We're in a TV commerical!"

* Salem managed to grow one in an episode of ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', though instead of a giant, a mortal eating witch named Margalo lived at the top (however, Sabrina's aunts warn her that beanstalks leading to the home of a giant exist too; beanstalks in general always lead to a bad neighborhood). Margalo managed to lure [[DistressedDude Harvey]] up, causing Sabrina to follow despite the altitude shorting out her powers due to her half mortal status (which also made her fair game as far as Margalo was concerned). The two are eventually able to escape, and when Sabrina's magic is restored, she gets some revenge on Margalo by [[FateWorseThanDeath turning her into]] [[AndIMustScream a vegetarian]]. Hilda and Zelda, after spending the entire episode trying to get help but running into a ObstructiveBureaucrat, finally get a tree trimmer to get rid of the beanstalk.

* Chapters 4, 5, and 6 of ''VideoGame/{{Bubsy}} in: Fractured Furry Tales'' are called "Out on a Limb", "Highly Stung", and "Jungle Furvor". These chapters are based on ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' and feature Bubsy climbing the titular beanstalk. "Jungle Furvor" takes place in the Giant's castle, although the boss is a normal-sized man in a pair of robot legs, rather than the Giant.
* The first boss in the NES version of ''VideoGame/KickleCubicle'', Koke, lives in a castle in the clouds, and Kickle rides a growing beanstalk to get there.

* In ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'', the Level 10 quest has you find a way to stop giant trash from falling from the sky. For the quest, you plant an enchanted bean in in a pile of giant coffee grounds and climb the beanstalk, adventure in the [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Penultimate Fantasy Airship]] to collect four Immaterias to give to a guy who will build you a smaller airboat to take you to the Giant's Castle, then make your way through a number of hobby enthusiasts giants to reach the chore wheel, and turn it so someone besides the Procrastination Giant has to go on trash duty and clean up the mess.

** In ''VideoGame/MickeyMania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse'', the fifth level, ''Mickey and the Beanstalk'', is based on [[WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree the animated short of the same name from 1947]]. Mickey travels up the beanstalk and into Willie the Giant's Castle, where [[MeetYourEarlyInstallmentWeirdness he meets his 1947 counterpart]] at the end of the stage.
** In ''VideoGame/LandOfIllusion'', when Mickey meets Minnie at the [[BigFancyCastle Good Princess' Castle]], she gives him the magic beans and advises him to plant them on the island below the [[OminousFloatingCastle Phantom's Cloud Castle]] so that a beanstalk will grow from them. Mickey also needs to collect the Cloud Shoes from the Stone Pyramid in the [[ShiftingSandLand Desert]] so that he can walk on the clouds without falling through them. When Mickey plants the beans, a giant beanstalk does grow from them and he has to climb to the top so he can reach the Phantom Cloud's Castle, which is the game's final level.
** In ''Mickey Mouse 3: Dream Balloon'', Stage 3 takes place on Willie the Giant's beanstalk. Mickey must climb to the top of the beanstalk while dodging giant insects, flying eggs, [[PersonalRaincloud rain clouds]], and [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} Lucifer the Cat]]. The boss of the stage is Willie the Giant himself. A modified version of this level was also featured in its North American DolledUpInstallment, ''VideoGame/KidKlownInNightMayorWorld''.
** In ''Mickey's Ultimate Challenge'', once Mickey/Minnie has done collective deeds for the citizens of Beanwick, he/she has to give them items in exchange for 5 magic beans. After which he/she tosses them into the WishingWell and wishes to find out the cause of the kingdom's rumbling, causing a gigantic beanstalk to sprout from the ground and breaking the wishing well. Mickey/Minnie climbs up the beanstalk to find the cause of the earthquakes: A snoring giant. Once he/she awakens the giant with an alarm clock, the giant remarks that he had the strangest dream and couldn't wake up, and befriends the mouse before Mickey/Minnie [[AllJustADream wakes up back in bed]].
* One of the missions in ''VideoGame/MoshiMonsters'' is called "The Great Moshi Beanstalk" and it's about Dr. Strangeglove, the main villain in the series, growing a giant beanstalk to nab the Moshlings (little animals that exist in the game) at the top. The player succeeds in saving the Moshlings, but not before being captured by a giant who mistakes them and two Moshlings named Burnie and Weeny for toys.

* In ''VideoGame/RugratsCastleCapers'', the "Beanstalk Babies" level takes place on the beanstalk from ''Jack and the Beanstalk''. Enemies in this level include anthromporphic beans and [[BigCreepyCrawlies giant insects]]. The boss of the level is Angelica as The Giant, although you don't actually have to fight her to defeat her, as the goal of the level is to rescue [[CompanionCube Kimi's Superthing doll]].

** In ''VideoGame/MarioKart8'', part of Cloudtop Cruise takes place on a giant beanstalk.
** Bean Valley in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' consists of a colorful forest/jungle that ends with a brick block that has a beanstalk leading to the clouds. There are more beanstalks up there connecting to Nimbus Land, where [[spoiler:Mallow was originally born in as the long-lost prince]].

* ''Ten Made Jack - Odoroki Manenoki Daitoubou'' ("Up to the sky, Jack!" in Japanese) is a platformer for the [=PlayStation=] based on the folk tale, where as Jack players must leap from branches and leaves on the beanstalk to escape giants after him. Oddly enough Jack here isn't a human, but a blue-skinned goblin creature with a horn.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons: Bart and the Beanstalk'' is a video game for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy that parodies the story of ''Jack and the Beanstalk'', with Bart in the role of Jack, Mr. Burns in the role of the bean dealer, and Homer in the role of the giant.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'':

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'':
** In "The Magic Baby", after Grandpa Lou tells the babies the story of ''Jack and the Beanstalk'', they become convinced that Dil has eaten some magic beans (really some bean-shaped pieces of cereal) and that he now possesses the ability to grant wishes.

* Happens in the ''WesternAnimation/CowandChicken'' episode "Chicken's Fairy Tale". Chicken trades Cow to a farmer for five Canadian jumping beans. Once the beanstalk grows, he, Flem and Earl climb it and end up next to the castle of a giant impersonated by the Red Guy. Just like in the "Chicken and the Beanstalk" example in the "Comic Books" folder above, Cow is alerted by her "udder sense" that the three friends are in danger, so she changes into Supercow and saves them. Flem then lays a golden egg which they use to buy Cow back.

* In Creator/AbbottAndCostello's ''Jack and the Beanstalk'', Eloise Larkin and her fiancé Arthur's plans to attend the rehearsal of a play are jeopardized because no one will babysit her obnoxious kid brother Donald. Eloise phones the Cosman Employment Agency, where Mr. Dinkel (Bud) and Jack (Lou) just happen to be seeking work. Jack flirts with Cosman employee Polly, but he is thwarted by the arrival of her boyfriend, a towering police officer. Polly sends Dinkle and Jack to babysit, but an attempt to lull the boy to sleep by reading the fairy tale ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' (Jack's "favorite novel") aloud fails when Jack stumbles over the larger words. Bemused by Jack, Donald reads the story instead — a role-reversal made complete when Jack falls asleep as Donald reads. In his slumber, Jack dreams that he is the young Jack of the fairy tale. HilarityEnsues as he [[AndYouWereThere the people he has met fill the various roles in the story]].

* In ''Literature/RevoltingRhymes'', the "Jack and the Beanstalk" parody turns the mother into an AbusiveParent and {{Retcon}}s the reason the giant can smell people into being because they didn't wash.

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* ''WebVideo/FiftyWaysToDieInMinecraft'': The Fairy Tale episode involves a few ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' parodies, which involve the giant crushing Jack after falling from the beanstalk and the giant refusing to eat an American because of "too much trans fat".

* A ''[[Creator/InfinityComics Marvel Fairy Tales Infinity Comic]]'' had Spider-Man accidentally cause Sersi to misfire a blast intended to transmute a Deviant monster a specific way into some beans. [[UnpredictableResults This causes the beans to grow into a gigantic stalk]] that somehow reach into a home in Jotunheim. There, due to a belligerent J. Jonah Jameson tagging along, Spider-Man runs afoul of a Frost giant couple.

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': The episode "Jaw$!" opens with Scrooge and his family returning from a treasure hunt that involved climbing and chopping down a giant beanstalk. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome We don't get to see the adventure, only its aftermath]], [[HeroInsurance where the felled beanstalk caused property damage throughout the city.

* A ''[[Creator/InfinityComics Marvel Fairy Tales Infinity Comic]]'' had Spider-Man accidentally cause Sersi to misfire a blast intended to transmute a Deviant monster a specific way into some beans. [[Unpredictable Results This causes the beans to grow into a gigantic stalk]] that somehow reach into a home in Jotunheim. There, due to a belligerent J. Jonah Jameson tagging along, Spider-Man runs afoul of a Frost giant couple.