History Main / GlassSlipper

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* In ''Series/TheGoodies'' episode "Punky Business", Tim's leg becomes this after he loses it at the Trendsetter's Ball (ItMakesSenseInContext).

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* The ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends Storytime'' podcast episode "Thomas and the Fairy God Engine" has Thomas lose the feather necklace he was wearing as part of his knight costume while fleeing Sir Robert's ball.
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A conspicuous possession, often a piece of clothing, jewelry, or other personal effect, which becomes significant when its owner disappears and only the object is left behind. It is a type of ChekhovsGun, and may be a MementoMacGuffin. The object is often found on the ground, and if it is something the character would not have left behind on purpose this implies the character was abducted or worse. It may give a clue to the direction or path to find the person such as a TrailOfBreadCrumbs. If the person drowned, it can be a DeadHatShot. One form may also be EmptyPilesOfClothing.

* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4903119/1/A_Dream_is_a_Wish_the_Spark_Makes A Dream is a Wish the Spark Makes]]'', [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Jazz]] loses his visor while fleeing from Prowl.

** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella#Identifying_item Some scholarly debates have taken place]] over the slipper being glass at all, due to the homophones "verre" (glass) and "vair" (a term for squirrel fur) in French.
** The slipper being made of glass is almost certainly Perrault's invention, although there's no record of a fur version - ''Literature/YehShen'' has golden slippers, as does Creator/TheBrothersGrimm's ''Aschenputtel'', and there's even a version where they're made of ''flowers'' (this was used in the 2000 MadeForTVMovie), but most early versions simply don't mention what the slippers were made of.

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** The slipper being made of glass is certainly Perrault's invention, although there's no record of a fur version - ''Literature/YehShen'' has golden slippers, as does Creator/TheBrothersGrimm's ''Aschenputtel'', and there's even a version where they're made of ''flowers'' (this was used in the 2000 MadeForTVMovie), but most early versions simply don't mention what the slippers were made of.

** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella#The_identifying_item Some scholarly debates have taken place]] over the slipper being glass at all, due to the homophones "verre" (glass) and "vair" (a term for squirrel fur) in French.

* ''Film/ACinderellaStory,'' a HighSchoolAU adaptation, has a mobile phone instead of the eponymous slipper, though oddly enough the movie skips the expected payoff. The phone is locked, other girls claiming to be "Cinderella" don't know the password...and then Sam's identity is revealed by the evil stepsisters and the AlphaBitch to embarrass her. The cell phone winds up being irrelevent.

* ''WesternAnimation/LolaAndVirginia'': In one story, a celebrity is interested in Lola and has no clue to her identity other than the glasses she lost. Virginia tries to pass herself as the glasses' owner but Lola points out Virginia doesn't need glasses. Virginia then tries to walk around with the glasses but [[EpicFail can barely walk two steps without hitting something]].

Compare TheGirlWhoFitsThisSlipper and ReturningTheHandkerchief.

* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurger'': After a chance encounter with a boy whose face was blocked by chocolate milk cartons, Tina tries to find her cinder-fella with a bandaid retaining it’s shape from his finger.

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* In ''Film/{{Amelie}}'', the titular heroine has a LoveAtFirstSight moment when bumping into Nino at a Parisian subway station. He doesn't notice her at all and quickly rides off with his scooter. However, a photo album falls off when he takes a sharp corner and Amelie picks it up. It helps her to get in contact with Nino, who, after noticing his loss, leaves stickers around the station with his phone number.

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* In ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods'', Cinderella leaves one of her golden slippers stuck on the steps of the palace as a clue for her Prince, before swapping the swapping shoes with the Baker's Wife. Later Cinderella's Prince seeks the girl who fits the slipper, and the desperate stepsisters mutilate their feet in an attempt to make it fit. Cinderella succeeds and becomes his bride.

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** The HighSchoolAU adaptation ''Film/ACinderellaStory'' has a mobile phone instead of the eponymous slipper, while the direct-to-dvd sequel has an [=MP3=] player.

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* ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'': See entry under Literature.

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** The HighSchoolAU adaptation ''Film/ACinderellaStory'' has a mobile phone instead of the eponymous slipper, while the direct-to-dvd sequel has an MP3 player.

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* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in ''VisualNovel/{{Cinders}}'', where Cinders carelessly discards her shoes when leaving the ball. The Prince's forces come to her house because she was recognized, and one character specifically mentions that you couldn't possibly identify a woman based on her shoes because too many other women would have the same size foot.

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* In ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'' after the Basterds fight at the tavern, Colonel Hans Landa finds a high-heeled shoe. When laters [[spoiler: Bridget Von Hammersmark]] shows up with a leg in plaster [[spoiler: and easily spots her companions as Americans]] he puts two and two together.