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* In {{Literature/Jack and the Beanstalk}}, it’s never explained what happened to the man who sold Jack his magic beans. He just disappears from the story.
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* "Literature/TheEnchantedQuill": The main character's brother is the first character to appear in the story, and the first to completely disappear after getting his sister engaged to a cursed prince. Her sisters also vanish after accidentally botching an attempt to undo the curse.
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* In Creator/AsbjornsenAndMoe's "Literature/TheOldDameAndHerHen", the titular hen goes missing at the beginning of the tale, and nobody is able to find it (but they are caught by a troll as looking for it).

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* In [[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/aulnoy/1892/benevolentfrog.html "The Benevolent Frog,"]] the Lion Fairy does not appear again after her encounter with the king when she imprisons his wife and daughter in the castle.
* In [[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/aulnoy/1892/beeorangetree.html "The Bee and the Orange Tree,"]] when Aimée stings Tourmentine, the ogress and her husband disappear from the story.

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* In [[http://www.Creator/MadameDAulnoy's tales:
** In "[[https://web.archive.org/web/20200105215626/https://www.
surlalunefairytales.com/authors/aulnoy/1892/benevolentfrog.html "The The Benevolent Frog,"]] Frog]]", the Lion Fairy does not appear again after her encounter with the king when she imprisons his wife and daughter in the castle.
* ** In [[http://www."[[https://web.archive.org/web/20191230083402/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/aulnoy/1892/beeorangetree.html "The The Bee and the Orange Tree,"]] Tree]]", when Aimée stings Tourmentine, the ogress and her husband disappear from the story.



* Most frustratingly, "Literature/{{Thumbelina}}"'s adoptive mother is never referred to again after the titular girl's first kidnapping.

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* Most frustratingly, * "Literature/{{Thumbelina}}"'s adoptive mother is never referred to again after the titular girl's first kidnapping.




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* In Creator/FranzXaverVonSchonwerth's "Literature/TheTurnipPrincess", the prince meets a witch, a bear and a dog after spending the night in a cave. After the initial meeting, the dog disappears from the tale entirely. Likewise, the monster who chases the prince out of a turnip field will not be mentioned again.
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* In [[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/92kinggoldmountain.html "The King of The Golden Mountain,"]] we are told at the beginning that the merchant has a son and daughter. The daughter never appears again.

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* In [[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/92kinggoldmountain.html "The King of The Golden Mountain,"]] "Literature/TheGoldMountain", we are told at the beginning that the merchant has a son and daughter. The daughter never appears again.




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* "Literature/TheDevilWithTheThreeGoldenHairs": The main character's beloved adoptive parents are not mentioned again after he takes the letter to the queen.

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* "Literature/{{Tattercoats}}":
** The old nurse who raised Tattercoats is dropped from the story after the scene where she fails to persuade the old lord to take his granddaughter to the ball.
** The gooseherd vanishes after transforming Tattercoats' rags into a ball gown, and nobody ever finds out what happened to him.
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* "Literature/TheThreeLittleMenInTheWood":
** The main character's father vanishes completely from the story after marrying his second wife.
** The titular little men are not mentioned again after casting a curse upon the stepdaughter.
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* In "Literature/TheGoldenGoose", the eponymous goose and the seven persons who became stuck to it are dropped from the story when Dummling wins the princess' hand.
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* In several versions of "Literature/{{Donkeyskin}}", the princess' [[ParentalIncest incestuous father]] completely disappears from the plot after she manages to escape him.
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* In "Literature/TheLaidlyWormOfSpindlestonHeugh", the protagonists' father drops out of the story completely after marrying the WickedStepmother.
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* In "Literature/TheElfMaiden", neither the main character's original love interest nor his romantic rival are mentioned again after the hero gets stranded in a deserted island by said rival.
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* In "Literature/TheNixieOfTheMillPond", the main character's parents are dropped from the story as soon he is married. The [[BigBad Nixie]] herself disappears after flooding the valley out of spite.

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* In "Literature/TheNixieOfTheMillPond", "Literature/TheNixInTheMillPond", the main character's parents are dropped from the story as soon he is married. The [[BigBad Nixie]] herself disappears after flooding the valley out of spite.
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* In "Literature/TheNixieOfTheMillPond", the main character's parents are dropped from the story as soon he is married. The [[BigBad Nixie]] herself disappears after flooding the valley out of spite.
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* In "Literature/TheThreeSnakeLeaves", the main character's father disappears from the story after his son leaves their home looking for fortune.
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* Most frustratingly, Thumbelina's adoptive mother is never referred to again after the titular girl's first kidnapping.

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* Most frustratingly, Thumbelina's "Literature/{{Thumbelina}}"'s adoptive mother is never referred to again after the titular girl's first kidnapping.
* "Literature/HansTheHedgehog": Hans' mother is quite visible at the beginning of the story but is not mentioned at all after his first departure from the village. At the end, when Hans returns transformed from a half-hedgehog into a handsome and socially ascended young man to take his father to live with him in the kingdom which he has inherited, there is no mention of his mother coming with them.

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* In Creator/TheBrothersGrimm story ''Maid Maleen'', she is imprisoned with a servant. They break free, and get a job. After that, Maleen ends up marrying the prince, with no more mention of the servant.

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* In Creator/TheBrothersGrimm story ''Maid Maleen'', "Literature/MaidMaleen", she is imprisoned with a servant. They break free, and get a job. After that, Maleen ends up marrying the prince, with no more mention of the servant.



* Most frustratingly, Thumbelina's adoptive mother is never referred to again after the titular girl's first kidnapping.

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* Most frustratingly, Thumbelina's adoptive mother is never referred to again after the titular girl's first kidnapping.kidnapping.

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* In [[http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/lfb/cr/crfb20.htm "The Golden-Bearded Man,"]] the titular man promises to repay the prince who freed him a thousand-fold and vanishes. He never appears in the story again, and the prince is helped by various animals.

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* In [[http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/lfb/cr/crfb20.htm "The Golden-Bearded Man,"]] the titular man promises to repay the prince who freed him a thousand-fold and vanishes. He never appears in the story again, and the prince is helped by various animals.animals.
* Most frustratingly, Thumbelina's adoptive mother is never referred to again after the titular girl's first kidnapping.
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* In ''Literature/SleepingBeauty'', the evil fairy curses the princess, and sometimes she's the old woman who gets her to prick her finger, but she never appears after that. Certainly [[KarmaHoudini she is never punished]]. Disney [[AdaptationalKarma rectified]] [[DeathByAdaptation both]] of the above examples, of course.

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* In ''Literature/SleepingBeauty'', the evil fairy curses the princess, and sometimes she's the old woman who gets her to prick her finger, but she never appears after that. Certainly [[RunningGag Certainly]] [[KarmaHoudini she is never punished]]. Disney [[AdaptationalKarma rectified]] [[DeathByAdaptation both]] of the above examples, of course.
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* In Creator/TheBrothersGrimm story ''Maid Maleen'', she is imprisoned with a servant. They break free, and get a job. After that, Maleen ends up marrying the prince, with no more mention of the servant.
* In ''Literature/{{Rapunzel}}'', the woman who took and raised Rapunzel does not appear again after throwing Rapunzel and her lover into the wilderness. Certainly she is never punished.
* In ''Literature/SleepingBeauty'', the evil fairy curses the princess, and sometimes she's the old woman who gets her to prick her finger, but she never appears after that. Certainly [[KarmaHoudini she is never punished]]. Disney [[AdaptationalKarma rectified]] [[DeathByAdaptation both]] of the above examples, of course.
* In [[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/aulnoy/1892/benevolentfrog.html "The Benevolent Frog,"]] the Lion Fairy does not appear again after her encounter with the king when she imprisons his wife and daughter in the castle.
* In [[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/aulnoy/1892/beeorangetree.html "The Bee and the Orange Tree,"]] when Aimée stings Tourmentine, the ogress and her husband disappear from the story.
* In [[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/92kinggoldmountain.html "The King of The Golden Mountain,"]] we are told at the beginning that the merchant has a son and daughter. The daughter never appears again.
* In ''Literature/TheSixSwans'', a witch married to a king turns her six stepsons into swans. After six years, their sister manages to bring them back to normal and they all live happily ever after but the WickedStepmother never appears again and neither does the king who [[FridgeHorror doesn't know what his wife has done]].
* In [[http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/lfb/cr/crfb20.htm "The Golden-Bearded Man,"]] the titular man promises to repay the prince who freed him a thousand-fold and vanishes. He never appears in the story again, and the prince is helped by various animals.

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