History WesternAnimation / RevoltingRhymes

* BigGood: The Fairy Godmother. She gives Jack the magic bean in exchange for his cow and helps get Cindy to the ball. [[spoiler: Though playing successful [[TheMatchmaker matchmaker]] for Jack and Cindy is her crowing achievement.]] She even helps out in a story she's not a part of, [[spoiler: giving Snow White a lift back to the palace so she can steal the magic mirror.]]

* OffWithHisHead: Cindy discovers to her horror that [[spoiler: her dream prince has a deranged fondness for cutting off heads. Although his victims, the evil step-sisters, aren't getting anywhere near as much sympathy from viewers as they do Cindy. She even calls the prince out on it but he doesn't recognise her and tries to have her head chopped off for slighting him.]]
* PaperThinDisguise: Any time a wolf decides to dress as a human. Both instances happen to be female disguises. Though admittedly the outfit is really only meant to work from a distance and when someone's close enough to scrutinise it's (usually) too late.
* ParentalSubstitute: Wolf looks out for the wellbeing of his nephews when they are younger, keeping them away from the human territory and successfully raising them to adults. Notably when they are grown and free to choose their own path, they're not smart enough to heed his warnings into adulthood.

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: It is heavily implied that the Prince [[spoiler: actually killed Cinderella, and the Wolf came up with the happy ending with her ending up with Jack to save face.]] If that was the case, [[spoiler: why did he say that Jack's story was important to Cinderella's, and combine them, in the first place?]]

* AdaptationalKarma: The Prince in the novel never found his bride, but otherwise faced no repercussions for beheading two women that basically just annoyed him. Here, [[spoiler:the Fairy Godmother [[BewitchedAmphibians turns him and his guards into frogs]]]]--although that part of the story was implied to be made up.
* AdaptationalVillainy: The third pig in Revolting Rhymes was just trying to avoid being eaten by a wolf. Here, Pig is a MorallyBankruptBanker whose house of bricks is his bank. He makes Red Riding Hood and other customers take the loss when the other pigs can't pay back their loans, on a account of being eaten, even though he'd [[StealingFromTheTill embezzled]] a private fortune. [[spoiler: Which makes Red killing him a KickTheSonOfABitch rather than a KickTheDog moment.]]

* AmbiguouslyGay: Red and Snow's relationship may very well be romantic.

* AdaptationalKarma: The Prince in the novel never found his bride, but otherwise faced no repercussions for beheading two women that basically just annoyed him. Here, [[spoiler:the Fairy Godmother [[BewitchiedAmphibians turns him and his guards into frogs]]]]--although that part of the story was implied to be made up.

* AbusiveParents: Jack is physically and mentally abused by his mother on a regularly basis. When Jack returns home with a magic bean, instead of money for their old cow, Wolf states he was beaten non-stop for half an hour. Cindy also suffers at the hands of her family. reduced to being a slave. Snow White has a distant father more interested in partying that being in his daughter's life and her step-mother tries to murder her for being more pretty.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Revolting Rhymes art depicted Snow White as a blonde instead of the traditional ebony, which this adaptation retains. However Red Riding Hood has dark hair, whereas her book counterpart is a redhead, playing this trope straight. Wolf even discusses this, expressing annoyance the fairy tale book doesn't give Snow the right hair colour.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Red Riding Hood is an overall more heroic character with more sympathetic qualities. Red's killing of [[spoiler: Pig]] in Revolting Rhymes was an unprovoked selfish action and an act of ComedicSociopathy. Essentially she was a BitchInSheepsClothing. However in this tale Red's killing of [[spoiler: Pig]] is much more along the lines of an AntiHero dishing out some much deserved justice to [[spoiler: a greedy, selfish banker who has been screwing everyone else over.]]
* AdaptationalVillainy: The third pig in Revolting Rhymes was just trying to avoid being eaten by a wolf. Pig is now a greedy banker and his house of bricks is his bank built on hoarding the wealth of other people. [[spoiler: Which makes Red killing him a KickTheSonOfABitch rather than a KickTheDog moment.]]

** The later prints of the book changing Prince's insult toward Cindy to "mutt", rather than "slut" carries over into this version.

* LighterAndSofter: A lot of the more gruesome parts are subject to GoryDiscretionShot, and the step-sisters' decapitation is apparently non-fatal.

* MuggedForDisguise: [[spoiler: The ending of the Red Riding Hood/Snow White story has the wolf tying up and gagging the babysitter and stealing her identity.]]

** In the 2016 BBC adaptation compared to the original book, it's easy to miss, but a newspaper article reveals that Goldilocks was tried, convicted and given a prison sentence for her crimes against the Bears, whereas in the poem she is eaten by the Bears.
** Arguably the Ugly Sisters; they do still lose their heads, but are [[RuleOfFunny inexplicably still alive]].

--> '''Wolf:''' "And Snow White, she's actually a ''blonde''."
--> '''Miss Hunt:''' "Uh..sorry..."

* MythologyGag: The cover art for the original book, which was of course illustrated by Quentin Blake, features a large wolf salivating with two terrified children in his arms whilst reading Revolting Rhymes to them. This film runs with the concept as it's own overarching plot with the Wolf acting as the narrator telling the various stories to Miss Hunt and later [[spoiler: to Red's two children. Whom he intends to devour.]]

The Wolf's story and his narration serve as a FramingDevice to the five poems being adapted. The first half of tales are directly tied to him due to the fate of his nephews. The second half of tales are not tied to the Wolf personally but he does share a connection to his audience. [[spoiler: Whom he intends to eat to avenge his nephews and punish Red Riding Hood.]]

''Revolting Rhymes'' is a 2016 BBC animated short film (28 minutes) based on the Roald Dahl book of the same name released in 2016. Animated by Magic Light Pictures and narrated by Dominic West, it was released in two parts and retells five of the original books six poems in a single interweaving story.

* AntiVillain: Wolf. [[spoiler: Imagine you came upon a woman wearing your nephew as a coat and then boasting about it. Then learned this same person killed your ''other'' nephew at the request of a rich banker. A pig she then killed and robbed anyway. Lest we forget he stopped his young nephews trying to eat a young Red when she was a defenceless child. He spares Miss Hunt, stealing only her clothes, and ultimately cannot bring himself to actually take his revenge upon Red's children. Though Wolf does let her know, ''he could have.'']]

* BigGood: The Fairy Godmother. She gives Jack the magic bean in exchange for his cow and helps get Cindy to the ball. [[spoiler: Though playing successful [[TheMatchmaker matchmaker]] for Jack and Cindy is her crowing achievement.]]

''Revolting Rhymes'' is a 2016 BBC animated feature based on the Roald Dahl book of the same name released in 2016. Animated by Magic Light Pictures and narrated by Dominic West, it was released in two parts and retells five of the original books six poems in a single interweaving story.

-> '''The Wolf:''' "Happily ever after. ''Hmpf!''"
-> '''Miss Hunt:''' "Come on now. They're just stories. You know...for children? Don't suppose you have family yourself?"
-> '''The Wolf:''' "Well ''had''. I had two nephews, Rolf and Rex."
-> '''Miss Hunt:''' "Had? Why, what happened?"
-> '''The Wolf:''' "Well, since you asked. Once upon a time..."

* AdultFear: Wolf experiences this when his nephews are young and he sternly keeps them in the safety of the woods. Later when they leave it as adults, they are killed. [[spoiler: Wolf invokes this when Red discovers he has been with her children all night and leaves her with the knowledge they're alive because he chose to spare them.]]

* AntiVillain: Wolf. [[spoiler: Imagine you came upon a woman wearing your nephew as a coat and then boasting about it. Then learned this same person killed your nephew at the request of a rich banker. A pig she then killed and robbed anyway. Lest we forget he stopped his young nephews trying to eat a young Red when she was a defenseless child. He spares Miss Hunt, stealing only her clothes and ultimately cannot bring himself to actually take his revenge upon Red's children. Though Wolf does let her know, ''he could have.'']]

** Snow's mother dies before start of the story leaving just her fairly indifferent father.
** Red is a twofer. When we first see her she's young girl living with her grandmother and as an adult she has a pair of children of her own but seemingly no husband.
** Even the wolves count as Rex and Rolf are being raised by their uncle.

* TheHedonist: Turns out Snow White's father spent most his days drinking with pretty consorts, seemingly unaware or uncaring of Snow Whites disappearance. Her sad shake of the head when she sees him indicates it's not the first time shes seen him passed out after partying. Tellingly the king's reaction to his wife's funeral was being upset that he'd need to find a new queen.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Snow White and Red riding Hood are at the very least very close friends if not something more.
* LosingYourHead: Both [[spoiler: ugly sisters]] end up chasing after their recently removed cranijms like headless chickens. Whilst this softens the blow of the their brutal decapitations, there's no indication it's any less fatal than in the original books.
* LeeroyJenkins: Wolf's nephew Rolf was always the most eager to leave the safety of the woods and go on the hunt for prey. Only his uncles silent annoyance kept him from charging off as a youth. When Rolf and Rex reach adulthood the former walks off in search of food, ignoring his uncles disapproving gaze, and latter is smart enough to stay behind (at least for a while).

* ParentalSubstitute: Wolf looks out for the well being of his nephews when they are younger, keeping them away from the human territory and successfully raising them to adults. Notably when they are grown and free to choose their own path, they're not smart enough to heed his warnings into adulthood.

* AbusiveParents: Jack is physical and mentally abused by his mother on a regularly basis. When Jack returns with a magic bean, instead of money for their old cow, Wolf states he was beaten non-stop for half an hour. Cindy suffers at the hands of her family. reduced to being a slave. Snow White has a distant father more interested in partying that being in his daughter's life and her step-mother tries to murder her for being more pretty.

* AntiVillain: Wolf. [[spoiler: Imagine you came upon a woman wearing your nephew as a coat and then boasting about it. Then learned this same person killed your nephew at the request of a rich banker. A pig she then killed and robbed anyway. Lest we forget he stopped his young nephews trying to eat a young Red when she was a defenseless child. He spares Miss Hunt, stealing only her clothes and ultimately cannot bring himself to actually take his revenge upon Red's children. Though he does let he know, ''he could have.'']]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: It turns out Wolf [[spoiler: WouldntHurtAChild after all.

* LosingYourHead: Both [[spoiler: ugly sisters]] end up chasing after their recently removed heads. Whilst this softens the blow of the their brutal decapitations, there's no indication it's any less fatal than in the original books.

* OffWithHisHead: Cindy discovers to her horror that [[spoiler: her dream prince has a deranged fondness for cutting off heads. Although his victims, the evil step-sisters, aren't getting anywhere near as much sympathy from viewers as they do Cindy.]]

* LosingYourHead: Both [[spoilers: ugly sisters]] end up chasing after their recently removed heads. Whilst this softens the blow of the their brutal decapitations, there's no indication it's any less fatal than in the original books.

* AllMythsAreTrue: The "fairy tales" book Miss Hunt tells stories from are apparently based on real life stories in this universe, some of which only took place a decade or less ago. Miss Hunt seems unaware that Red is actually ''the'' Red Riding Hood, likely due to the many liberties taken with the stories.

* AntiVillain: Wolf. [[spoiler: Imagine you came upon a woman wearing your nephew as a coat and then boasting about it. Then learned this same person killed your nephew at the request of a rich banker. A pig she then killed and robbed anyway. Lest we forget he stopped his young nephews trying to eat a young Red when she was a defenseless child.]]

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Wolf actually stops his nephews from attacking Red as a child. It's strongly implied he keeps them from leaving their territory in the forest and attacking humans to avoid trouble. Red later kills them both when they're all adults.