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*In {{Donkey Skin}} , the godmother deliver advices rather than gifts.
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* Leanansidhe is [[TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]]'s Fairy Godmother, who protects him from dangers of Nevernever... in [[BlueAndOrangeMorality her own way]].
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* In Henriette-Julie de Murat's literary fairy tale ''Bearskin'', the princess had a fairy godmother who is quite offended that she was not consulted about her goddaughter's marriage and so refuses to help for a time.
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* "Literature/{{Cinderella}}"-type tales often have one, particularly the [[{{Disney/Cinderella}} Disney version]]. CharlesPerrault's version might be the TropeCodifier.
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* Some "Literature/{{Cinderella}}"-type tales often have one, particularly such the [[{{Disney/Cinderella}} Disney version]]. CharlesPerrault's version might appears to be the TropeCodifier.TropeCodifier. In folklore collection, she is far more often helped by her dead mother, or something associated with her dead mother.
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* In ''SleepingBeauty'', she had twelve, or seven, in Perrault or Grimm respectively. Many variants -- such as ''Literature/SunMoonAndTalia'' -- don't, however.
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* In AndrewLang's ''Prince Prigo'', the queen does not believe in fairies and so insists on not inviting them for their first son. They show up anyway and shower him with gifts until the last godmother says that he shall be ''too'' clever.
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This is also a highly DiscreditedTrope these days, usually associated with the most archaic parts of {{Fairy Tale}}s, even though this trope is [[NewerThanTheyThink a lot more recent than most of those stories]]. It's still often played straight too, it's just so useful that writers can't resist it, although they often disguise the fairy godmother as something else.
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This is also a highly DiscreditedTrope these days, usually associated with the most archaic parts of {{Fairy Tale}}s, even though this trope is [[NewerThanTheyThink a lot more recent than most of those stories]].stories]], and in fact very rare in fairy tales collected by folklorists. It's still often played straight too, it's just so useful that writers can't resist it, although they often disguise the fairy godmother as something else.
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* The ''PrivateSnafu'' series had Technical Fairy First Class, a kind of SgtRock subversion of the trope.
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* ''{{The Slipper and the Rose}}'', being a musical adaptation of "Literature/{{Cinderella}}", of course has a Fairy Godmother.
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* ''{{The Slipper and the Rose}}'', ''Film/TheSlipperAndTheRose'', being a musical adaptation of "Literature/{{Cinderella}}", of course has a Fairy Godmother.
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* ''{{The Slipper and the Rose}}'', being a musical adaptation of {{Cinderella}}, of course has a Fairy Godmother.
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* ''{{The Slipper and the Rose}}'', being a musical adaptation of {{Cinderella}}, "Literature/{{Cinderella}}", of course has a Fairy Godmother.
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* The Fairy Godmother from Disney/{{Cinderella}} will help you activate summons spells in ''KingdomHearts''.
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* ''The Slipper and the Rose'', being a musical adaptation of {{Cinderella}}, of course has a Fairy Godmother.
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* ''The ''{{The Slipper and the Rose'', Rose}}'', being a musical adaptation of {{Cinderella}}, of course has a Fairy Godmother.
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* ''{{Cinderella}}'' tales often have one, particularly the [[{{Disney/Cinderella}} Disney version]]. Charles Perrault's version might be the TropeCodifier.
* In ''AdalmiinanHelmi'', the princess has two.
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* ''The Slipper and the Rose'', being a musical adaptation of {{Cinderella}}, of course has a Fairy Godmother.
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* ''The Godmother'' by Elizabeth Anne Scarborough features modern retellings of classic fairy tales. Dame Felicity Fortune ([[AddedAlliterativeAppeal "Fair Fates Facilitated, Questers Accommodated, Virtue Vindicated."]]) is a human recruited by TheFairFolk to act as an agent for them among humans. Unfortunately, since magic is uncommon in the world, she has to deal with the occasional ObstructiveBureaucrat to get things done. Sequels include ''The Godmother's Apprentice'', and ''The Godmother's Web''.
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* ''The Godmother'' by Elizabeth Anne Scarborough features modern retellings of classic fairy tales.Scarborough. Dame Felicity Fortune ([[AddedAlliterativeAppeal "Fair Fates Facilitated, Questers Accommodated, Virtue Vindicated."]]) is a human recruited by TheFairFolk to act as an agent for them among humans. humans, and is summoned by a social worker in Seattle who wishes for "a fairy godmother for the city". Unfortunately, since magic is uncommon in the world, she has to deal with the occasional ObstructiveBureaucrat to get things done. Sequels include ''The Godmother's Apprentice'', and ''The Godmother's Web''.
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* In ''ASimpleWish'', Martin Short plays Murray, the world's first and only fairy godfather, whose first assignment is to grant a little girl's wish that her father could get the lead role in a Broadway musical...while simultaneously fighting an evil fairy-godmother-turned-WickedWitch's plot.
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[[caption-width-right:300:The dream that you wish, she'll grant you.]]
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* In the MythAdventures series the Mob has a [[{{Gayngster}} Fairy]] God''father''.
* ''TwiceUponATime'' has a DeadpanSnarker version.
* In FairyGodmotherTycoon, your faerie character is hired by a [[StealthPun Fairy]] [[TheMafia Godmother]] to run her potionerie and to knock the competitors off the town.
* Deconstructed in ''EllaEnchanted'', with a godmother who's a fairy but is inconspicuous about it, and another fairy who has a bad habit of going to the christenings of complete strangers and giving them magical gifts they don't want or need.
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* In FairyGodmotherTycoon, your faerie character is hired by a [[StealthPun Fairy]] [[TheMafia Godmother]] to run her potionerie and to knock the competitors off the town.
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* Deconstructed in ''EllaEnchanted'', with a godmother who's a fairy but is inconspicuous about it, and another fairy who has a bad habit of going to the christenings of complete strangers and giving them magical gifts they don't want or need.God''father''.
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