History Main / RedRidingHood

** Also used as an ironic echo.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[GaryOldman Sirus Black]] is hunting Werewolves? [[HarryPotter Isn't he best friends with one?]]

* HeyIt'sThatGuy: [[GaryOldman Sirus Black]] is hunting Werewolves? [[HarryPotter Isn't he best friends with one?]]

* XMeetsY: The film is ''TheCompanyOfWolves'' mixed with elements from ''SleepyHollow'', ''TheVillage'' and ''{{Twilight}}''.

** To fellow folk tale "PeterAndTheWolf".

** To fellow folk tale PeterAndTheWolf

** To fellow folk tale, [[IncrediblyLamePun PeterAndTheWolf]].

** To fellow folk tale, [[IncrediblyLamePun Peter and]] [[StealthPun the Wolf]].

* TooDumbToLive / TooHappyToLive: The villagers, who are so stubborn, they refuse to believe Father Solomon's explanations that they didn't kill the right wolf, and they celebrate their victory outside at the most unappropriate time.

* InNameOnly: It was obvious from the first trailer that the movie doesn't have much to do with the original "legend". There are a few {{Shout Out}}s to the fairytale, however: the red cloak, of course, as well as the whole "What big teeth you have" scene (which occurs in a dream caused by Valerie getting hit on the head). The werewolf pretending to be Valerie's grandmother appears in a different scene, [[spoiler: the wolf having its belly filled with rocks]], and an element from an older version of the story [[spoiler: that the wolf has turned Valerie's grandmother into food, which Valerie eats]] is implied.

* XMeetsY: The film is a combination of ''SleepyHollow'', ''TheVillage'', ''TheCompanyOfWolves'' and ''{{Twilight}}''.

* ShadowDiscretionShot: When Valerie arrives in her grandmother's house she sees what looks like the Wolf's shadow in the curtains. [[spoiler: It indeed was him.]]

* TooHappyToLive: The villagers, who are so stubborn, they refuse to believe Father Solomon's explanations that they didn't kill the right wolf, and they celebrate their victory outside at the most unappropriate time.

* FridgeBrilliance: Even if you remembered that in the original fairytale a woodcutter saves Red from the wolf, the film has two woodcutters who'd have a personal reason to save Valerie, so knowing the original story provides you with no useful hint as to who the wolf could not be.

* InNameOnly: It was obvious from the first trailer that the movie doesn't have much to do with the original "legend". There are a few {{Shout Out}}s to the fairytale, however: the red cloak, of course, as well as the whole "What big teeth you have" scene (which occurs in a dream caused by Valerie getting hit on the head). The werewolf pretending to be Valerie's grandmother appears in a different scene, and an element from an older version of the story [[spoiler: that the wolf has turned Valerie's grandmother into food, which Valerie eats]] is implied.

* TooHappyToLive: The villagers who are so stubborn, they refuse to believe Father Solomon's explanations that they didn't kill the right wolf, and they celebrate their victory outsite at the most unappropriate time.

** The "burn" part is also employed. [[spoiler:Poor Claude is stuffed inside an elephant-styled brazen bull, for no more reason than being an oddity. It is heavily implied that he is simply mentally handicapped and has a fascination for sleight-of-hand card tricks]]. Sadly, this is [[TruthInTelevision Truth In Television]], as many were persecuted for being misunderstood or exhibiting behaviors unexplainable at the time.

* [[spoiler:DoomedByCanon]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:The dirty look Cesaire gives Adrien as they split up through the tunnels, Father Solomon mentioning the bloodline, the Wolf trying to convince Valerie they were the same, and the fact that the first two kills were the people tied to Suzette's affair]].

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Father Auguste tries to stop them from killing Henry as he rescues Valerie, because he's visibly human]].
* IAmSpartacus: [[spoiler:The town, after being so willing to sacrifice Valerie, suddenly pull this as Valerie relents and offers herself to the Wolf. The Wolf cannot get to her before the sun rises, and it's forced to flee]]. May also double as a [[ResuscitateTheDog Resuscitate The Dog]] moment, as [[spoiler:Lucie initiates the defense, and she is the one who outs Valerie's secret in the first place]].

* LittleDeadRidingHood: The villagers intended to do this.
* MissingTrailerScene: Victoria breathing heavily, and saying, "What big eyes you have" before looking up and then closing her eyes as the Wolf growls and breathes on her.

* OnlyAFleshWound: [[spoiler:Henry]], despite the fact that he should have suffered ''at least'' [[spoiler:a punctured lung]], is walking around fine and dandy the very next day, without even a courtesy dressing.

* ShootTheDog: The Captain's brother, because he had been bitten, and [[spoiler:Father Solomon, for the same reason]].

* SpottingTheThread: Used twice. [[spoiler:The first time is a fake-out, the second time is for real... but by then you don't need the thread]].

* FridgeHorror: [[spoiler: As far as Suzette (Valerie's mother) knows, everyone she loves except Valerie -- Henry's father, Lucy, and Valerie's father (though whether or not she ''truly'' loved him was debatable)-- is dead, and Valerie has moved into the woods, and very well may vanish herself in the near future. Poor thing.]]
** A different sort of FridgeHorror comes up when you realize the film implies [[spoiler: Cesaire very well may have turned his own mother into stew, which Valerie eats a bite of before stopping herself]]. Something very similar to this happens in older versions of Red Riding Hood.

** [[spoiler: However, she does defend Valerie from the wolf. On the other hand, Roxanne and everyone else was there, so it might have been to keep her sheep's clothing intact.]]

* IAmSpartacus: [[spoiler:The town, after being so willing to sacrifice Valerie, suddenly pull this as Valerie relents and offers herself to the Wolf. The Wolf cannot get to her before the sun rises, and it's forced to flee]]. May also double as a [[ResuscitateTheDog Resuscitate The Dog]] moment, as [[spoiler:Roxanne initiates the defense, and she is the one who outs Valerie's secret in the first place. Granted, she ''did'' have a very good reason]].

* IAmSpartacus: [[spoiler:The town, after being so willing to sacrifice Valerie, suddenly pull this as Valerie relents and offers herself to the Wolf. The Wolf cannot get to her before the sun rises, and it's forced to flee]]. May also double as a [[ResuscitateTheDog Resuscitate The Dog]] moment, as [[spoiler:Lucie initiates the defense, and she is the one who outs Valerie's secret in the first place]].

* IAmSpartacus: [[spoiler:The town, after being so willing to sacrifice Valerie, suddenly pull this as Valerie relents and offers herself to the Wolf. The Wolf cannot get to her before the sun rises, and it's forced to flee]]. May also double as a [[ResuscitateTheDog Resuscitate The Dog]] moment, as [[spoiler:Lucie initiates the defense, and she was the one who outs Valerie's secret in the first place]].

** [[spoiler: Only those that are in their bloodline can understand what they say. Everyone else hears only grows.]]

* LoveTriangle: Between Valerie, Peter and Henry.

* InNameOnly: It was obvious from the first trailer that this movie has ''nothing'' to do with the original "legend". There are a few {{Shout Out}}s to the fairytale, however: the red cloak, of course, as well as the whole "What big teeth you have" scene (which occurs in a dream caused by Valerie getting hit on the head). The werewolf pretending to be Valerie's grandmother appears in a different scene, and an element from an older version of the story [[spoiler: that the wolf has turned Valerie's grandmother into food, which Valerie eats]] is implied.

* TooHappyToLive: The villagers who are so stubborn, they refuse to believe Father Solomon's explanations that they didn't kill the right wolf, and they celebrate their victory outsite at the most unappropriate time.

** In the celebration scene when the villagers think they've killed the wolf, a man with a wolf mask pretends to blow over three people wearing pig masks, saying he's going to "blow their house down"...

* EveryoneIsASuspect: Until the werewolf's human identity is revealed, noone is above suspicion.

** They can speak telepathically [[spoiler: but only to those that are in their bloodline.]]