History Series / JackAndTheBeanstalkTheRealStory

* InterspeciesAdoption: Thunderdell the |iant adopted the human Ondine after she lost her parents.

''Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story'' is a 2001 television MiniSeries directed by Brian Henson. It was a co-production of Hallmark Entertainment and [[Creator/JimHenson The Jim Henson Company]], and first aired on Creator/{{CBS}}.

-->OnceUponATime...[[LampshadeHanging yes, this sounds like a fairytale.]] A little something for the children.

''Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story'' is a 2001 television MiniSeries directed by Brian Henson. It was a co-production of Hallmark Entertainment and [[Creator/JimHenson Jim Henson Television]], and first aired on Creator/{{CBS}}.

''Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story'' is a 2001 television MiniSeries directed by Brian Henson. It was a co-production of Hallmark Entertainment and Creator/JimHenson Television.

Jack Robinson (Creator/MatthewModine) is the rich CEO of a large company who’s having dreams about his father and an angry giant while trying to keep healthy since no Robinson male has lived to be over 40. Strange things start happening like a giant humanoid skeleton being found during construction of a casino around his ancestral castle and Ondine (Mia Sara), a mysterious woman who keeps suddenly appearing, accusing him of being "a thief and a murderer". Jack soon learns from a relative that he thought long dead that he is the descendant of Jack from the FairyTale and that the truth of the tale is not clear cut as it seems.

* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: [[spoiler: Siggy encouraged present day Jack to not have children and take no interest in the business so Siggy can take over once the curse kills him.]]

''Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story'' is a 2001 television MiniSeries directed by Brian Henson and was a co-production of Hallmark Entertainment and Jim Henson Television.

* TeleportersAndTransporters: The giants possess glass vials that teleport the holder to Earth or back when smashed which makes the whole "climbing the beanstalk" thing a bit pointless (it is suggested that [[spoiler:the beanstalk was intended to encourage new awareness of their two worlds so that the giants could inspire humanity by establishing a more direct line of communication between the two worlds]]).

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Jack Robinson tried to dissuade Siggy from shooting him by telling him that his death would turn the gold-egg-laying goose to a normal one; however, Siggy pointed out that such loss of income can be plugged by profits made from investments already owned by the company.]].

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Jack Robinson tried to dissuade Siggy from shooting him by telling him that his death would turn the gold-egg-laying goose to a normal one, which would stop income for the business. However, Siggy pointed out they already have stores of centuries worth of wealth along with various investments to make up for shortfall.]].

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Jack Robinson tried to dissuade Siggy from shooting him by telling him that his death would turn the gold-egg-laying goose to a normal one, which would stop income for the business. However, Siggy pointed out they already had centuries of wealth stored]].

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the original fairy tale, the Giant was a straight-up villain who wanted to eat Jack. Here, the Giant, named Thunderdell, is a kind-hearted man and a loving father to Bren.

** Bren was not able to save [[spoiler:Thunderdell]] when the beanstalk was cut down.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler: Jack Robinson tried to dissuade Siggy from shooting him by telling him that his death would lead gold egg laying geese to a normal one along with the harp into non sapient variety, both of which would stop income for the business. However, Siggy pointed out that not only they had wealth stored for centuries but also various assets that would supplement the income such cases were to happen.]]
* TakeMyHand: In the backstory, Bren tries to [[spoiler:help Thunderdell up the beanstalk when it's cut down, only for the latter to fall to his death as he accepts that his son can't save him]].
* TalkingAnimal: Gallaga, the goose that laid golden eggs, until it was taken to Earth.

* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Siggy should've known better than to shoot '''''giants'''''! Thor quickly kicks him away for his troubles.]]
* TreacherousAdvisor: [[spoiler:Siggy set himself up as a ParentalSubstitute to modern day Jack and encouraged him to not settle down and have children so when Jack is killed by the HereditaryCurse, Siggy can produce a faked will that leaves everything to him and no one would have reason to question it.]]

* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder: Magog's agent points out he was a librarian not a judge of character when discussing who he gave the beans to.

* WellDoneSonGuy: His reason to climb up the beanstalk and leading to him stealing the harp and the goose from [[spoiler: kind]] Thunderdell was to make his mother proud of him.

* {{WellDoneSonGuy}}: His reason to climb up the beanstalk and leading to him stealing the harp and the goose from [[spoiler: kind]] Thunderdell was to make his mother proud of him.

* EveryoneHasStandards: [[spoiler: The original Jack maybe manipulative enough to trick Ondine into revealing the location of the harp and the goose, but he drew a line on murdering Thunderdell that his mother took initiative to kill him.]]