History YMMV / SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs

** The ''Snow White'' 2001 Platinum Edition DVD both kicked off one of Creator/WaltDisneyHomeVideo's most elite collections, and marked the first 2-Disc DVD of one of Walt's movies. Its [[http://filmic-light.blogspot.com/2010/10/2001-snow-white-home-video-platinum.html "immersive" bonus features platter]] proved so comprehensive, that very few other Disney [=DVDs=] could compare; even ''Snow White'''s Diamond Edition and Signature Collection re-releases pale when fans lament that Disney replaced too many of the best Platinum Edition extras with filler[[note]]or nothing, for the VanillaEdition Diamond/Signature [=DVDs=][[/note]].

* OneSceneWonder:
** The tree hallucination. It only lasts for one scene, but it's one of the most remembered scary moments from Disney's library.
** The Queen's pet raven perched on a skull appears in two scenes, when she transforms into the hag and when she makes the poisoned apple, and is never seen again.

* MemeticMutation:
** "Magic Mirror on the wall..."
** In the 2010s, the Evil Queen became a veritable FountainOfMemes on Website/{{Twitter}} and Website/{{Tumblr}}, where images of her (in witch mode) were increasingly being shared as relatable memes. [[http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa40/obeset/111302-Snow-White-evil-queen-laughing-cFPy_zpsp4l8otzx.gif Gifs of the Queen lowering herself into the hatch to her dungeons]] became especially popular.
** "Thirsty? HAVE A DRINK!"
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZPYZ4VZM18 This parody]] of Snow White sarcastically complimenting Franklin from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' of all people.

** The Poison Apple (when resembling a skull) has appeared quite frequently in merchandise involving Snow White, Disney Villains, and Halloween. It's even on Snow White's t-shirt in ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet''!

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxHAvr9dHjw opening]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5AmzJjLbJU ending]] sequences.
** Every song in the movie counts, but "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0niwn2pOEno Some Day My Prince Will Come]]" is a standout. It's impossible not to get chills when the melody kicks in as Snow White wakes up at the end.

* CommonKnowledge: Snow White and The Prince are both assumed to be 14 and 31, respectively, which tends to be a source of controversy (for [[ValuesDissonance obvious reasons]]). However, Disney has never [[VagueAge officially stated their ages]]. One early outline from when production started did list Snow White's age as 14 and the Prince's age as 18. However, given that the same outline describes the Prince to be a "[[Creator/DouglasFairbanks Doug Fairbanks]] type" (which is [[WhatCouldHaveBeen not reflected in his final design]]), it's unlikely this applies to them in the finished product.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Snow White is either seen as an adorable [[TheIngenue Ingenue]] hailed for her [[AllLovingHero loving heart]] and [[PurityPersonified ability to stay positive through the tough times]], or an unremarkable VanillaProtagonist panned for her [[SweetnessAversion overly cutesy nature]] and [[UnintentionalUncannyValley out-of-place]] {{Rotoscop|ing}}ed design. There's also the matter of Adriana Caselotti's voice; some find it too cloying and annoying, but others find it sweet. Ironically enough, when Snow White appeared at the 1993 Academy Awards, her voice was deemed too old and out of place, and some lament that Disney could've had Caselotti reprise her role instead as people have been more accustomed to the squeaky, Minnie Mouse-esque opera actress voice Snow is known for. Granted, it could be HandWaved that Snow isn't "getting any younger" in her own words hence the more mature voice, but more than enough people have seen the film to know it doesn't quite work for her.

** Humbert's objection to killing Snow White may have an additional reason. Snow White is, by all appearances, the late king's only child and Grimhilde has no children of her own it seems. If Humbert had killed Snow White there would have been a possibility of a {{succession crisis}}.

* CommonKnowledge: The Prince is often assumed to be 31, based on a viral Tweet. However, the Prince's age actually is never stated.

** While later films in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon may have been more critically and financially successful, none of them have had the same impact and sheer influence on the animation industry as this film did (and possibly never will). Even years later, the film is still regarded by many as ''the'' quintessential Disney movie and continues to top many "best Disney films" lists to this very day.
** It also counts amongst the Creator/WaltDisney-era films. While many of his later films would become classics in their own right, none of them have reached the level of critical acclaim and financial success that ''Snow White'' did at the time, much to Walt Disney's dismay.

** In a rather unfortunate case of this, this film was beloved in Nazi Germany (the next time Disney would have a movie ready for international distribution, Europe was kind in the middle of a huge war, so it was more well known in Allied Countries at the time). Even Adolf Hitler was a fan, as he occasionally doodled fan art of the dwarves during war meetings.

* FirstInstallmentWins: The film often tops "best Disney film lists" despite Creator/WaltDisney himself thinking of ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'' as his [[MagnumOpusDissonance Magnum Opus]].

* GermansLoveDavidHasslhoff:

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Snow White is either seen as an adorable [[TheIngenue Ingenue]] hailed for her [[AllLovingHero loving heart]] and [[PurityPersonified ability to stay positive through the tough times]], or an unremarkable VanillaProtagonist panned for her [[TastesLikeDiabetes overly cutesy nature]] and [[UnintentionalUncannyValley out-of-place]] {{Rotoscop|ing}}ed design. There's also the matter of Adriana Caselotti's voice; some find it too cloying and annoying, but others find it sweet. Ironically enough, when Snow White appeared at the 1993 Academy Awards, her voice was deemed too old and out of place, and some lament that Disney could've had Caselotti reprise her role instead as people have been more accustomed to the squeaky, Minnie Mouse-esque opera actress voice Snow is known for. Granted, it could be HandWaved that Snow isn't "getting any younger" in her own words hence the more mature voice, but more than enough people have seen the film to know it doesn't quite work for her.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Oh boy. Where do we have to start?

** Lastly, fans of ''Franchise/DisneyPrincess'' films often find this film boring and bland compared to future films, completely ignoring that the franchise had to have started somewhere and this movie was that start.
** Snow White's animation is often considered to put her in the UnintentionalUncannyValley thanks to rotoscoping and occasionally going OffModel. However, at the time, she was a huge leap forward in human animation; the artists took regular classes and studied live action films to properly nail how people moved. She was a massive improvement compared to Proserpina in ''WesternAnimation/TheGoddessOfSpring''.

* GrowingTheBeard: This marks Disney's change from whimsical cartoons and into the full length, animated film genre capable of telling a longer, more complex story, and the animation quality is a [[ArtEvolution drastic improvement]] of the previous shorts.

** The original German dub comes across as a quite bit creepier when you remember that the voice of Queen Grimhilde died at Auschwitz just five years after the dub was recorded for Swiss audiences. Even sadder, the same fate befell no less than three other voice actors in the dub, ''including the dub director''. Out of all the Jewish cast members for the dub, only Happy's voice actor escaped the Nazis.

** There are references to other Grimm fairy tales throughout the film. Initially, Snow White is forced to wear rags and work as a scullery maid, like Cinderella, and in case you overlooked the reference, she even has a flock of doves helping her like in the Grimm version. Later, the prince awakens Snow White with a kiss, which was borrowed from the Grimms' retelling of Sleeping Beauty, as in the original Snow White merely coughs up the apple. ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' were respectively the next fairy tales Disney would adapt in films (and all three were the only fairy tale films Walt himself was still alive to work on).

** The prince looks strikingly similar to one of Music/{{Kraftwerk}}'s robot alter egos.
* HollywoodHomely: Many who watch the movie disagree with the Magic Mirror and think that the queen is much fairer than Snow White. It was even referenced in ''Film/AnnieHall''.

* HypeBacklash: While still a respected and beloved film, it gets this for all of Disney's touting it as "the one that started it all." A lot of this is down to SeinfeldIsUnfunny too - with Disney perfecting their output since the 1930s.
* IronWoobie: Snow White has had a tough life. She's been treated terribly by her stepmother, almost killed by a huntsman and is sent away into the forest, where she's lost and scared. Yet her spirit and tenacity is incredible.

* MemeticLoser: Thanks to the low amount of characterization compared to future Disney films, both Snow White and her prince have the stigma of being boring and bland. Snow is also seen as TooDumbToLive and weak by many. And while the creators at Disney ''wanted'' to do more with the prince, they didn't have much experience drawing male human characters, and the other characters were already taxing enough for them to do.

* FairForItsDay: The film is routinely criticized for its lack of depth in the romance. But when the film was made, it was an ''improvement'' over the original fairy tale-where the prince only comes in as a DeusExMachina at the end. At least here the prince appears much earlier in the story and has some reason to look for Snow White. He was meant to have a larger role in the film (being tormented by the Queen) but the Disney animators weren't good at drawing a convincing human male yet (they reused several of their ideas for Florian by the time WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty rolled around, giving Phillip a large role in that film).

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Snow White is either seen as an adorable [[TheIngenue Ingenue]] hailed for her [[AllLovingHero loving heart]] and [[PurityPersonified ability to stay positive through the tough times]], or an unremarkable VanillaProtagonist panned for her [[TastesLikeDiabetes overly cutesy nature]] and [[UncannyValley out-of-place]] {{Rotoscop|ing}}ed design. There's also the matter of Adriana Caselotti's voice; some find it too cloying and annoying, but others find it sweet. Ironically enough, when Snow White appeared at the 1993 Academy Awards, her voice was deemed too old and out of place, and some lament that Disney could've had Caselotti reprise her role instead as people have been more accustomed to the squeaky, Minnie Mouse-esque opera actress voice Snow is known for. Granted, it could be HandWaved that Snow isn't "getting any younger" in her own words hence the more mature voice, but more than enough people have seen the film to know it doesn't quite work for her.

** Snow White's animation is often considered to put her in the UncannyValley thanks to rotoscoping and occasionally going OffModel. However, at the time, she was a huge leap forward in human animation; the artists took regular classes and studied live action films to properly nail how people moved. She was a massive improvement compared to Proserpina in ''WesternAnimation/TheGoddessOfSpring''.

* UncannyValley:
** ''Even back then'', everyone loved the cartoony dwarfs and noted how stiff and wooden looking the rotoscoped human characters were. At least the Queen's uncanniness works in her favor since it highlights why she is not the "fairest in the land" despite her beauty.
** The Slave in the Magic Mirror, although in his case, this was the desired effect.

** "What ? Thirsty ? HAVE A DRINK !"

** Also, modern audiences, mostly parent groups and critics, see this as "just another [[TastesLikeDiabetes sappy]] Franchise/DisneyPrincess film". They’re not ''[[BrutalHonesty entirely]]'' wrong, but they fail to realize how truly groundbreaking a project this was when released. To put into perspective: At the time, Disney was not even big enough to be considered part of "Poverty Row" or the "Little Three" - movie studios controlled distribution, and ''actors''. This movie was made by ''none'' of Hollywood's studios, and did not employ their stars - at the time, something like that was unheard of. It was called "Disney's Folly" for a ''reason''.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: Snow White. Many people find her exaggerated {{Moe}} traits and sickeningly sweet attitude insufferable.

* SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing: A Finnish blog describes the second Finnish dub of the film from 1980's as this compared to the third and newest Finnish dub made in 1994 (which can be found on the DVD). The blog describes the Finnish 1980's dub being more poetic and stylish than the Finnish dub from 1994, which concentrated too much in sounding as similar as possible with the original English version. The blog states that in the Finnish 1980's dub Snow White didn't have a voice as squeaky and high-pitched as in the English version but rather a youthful, motherly voice. The Evil Queen is described as having a voice that sounded realistically insane and bloodcurdling. The blog also criticizes the newer Finnish dub from 1994 for being way too subtle voice-acting and having ridiculous dialogue in some parts. Sadly, the Finnish dub from 1980's remains to be mostly lost.

** When the dwarfs meet Snow White for the first time, Grumpy tells Doc to "Ask her who she is and what she's a-doin' here!" Of course, given his tendency to get words mixed up, Doc comes out with "[[{{Malaproper}} What are you and]] [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything who are you doin'?]]".

** The Queen becomes much hammier and crazier when she disguises herself as a hag. Did the transformation also affect her personality, or did she just feel free to cut loose and drop a persona she adopted now that nobody could recognize her? The Blog/UnshavedMouse interpreted this scene as "darkly liberating" for her. Now no longer having to worry about her appearance, it could even be compared to Elsa's "Let It Go" moment in ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' (which was originally a VillainSong mind you).

* AwardSnub: Much to Walt's ire, he was awarded with an Honorary Oscar for this film, instead of the Best Picture award he coveted. After all it was ground-breaking for its time and even became the highest-grossing picture for a time (before being dethroned by ''Film/GoneWithTheWind''). This would be the first of [[AnimationAgeGhetto several animated films]] to not reach the Best Picture award. At least that honorary Oscar is the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-xJx7KJI2c most distinctively designed one in the Academy's history]]. Also, none of the songs were nominated.

* CreepyAwesome: The MagicMirror's sinister, menacing design has become [[FountainOfExpies the default source of inspiration]] for basically all examples to follow, largely because of how striking it is.

* GrowingTheBeard: This marks Disney's change from whimsical cartoons and into the full length, animated film genre capable of telling a longer, more complex story, not to mention the animation quality is a [[ArtEvolution drastic improvement]] of the previous shorts.

*** Heck, in the earliest versions of the tale, she was actually the original ''biological mother'' of Snow White.

* The dwarfs [[EverybodyCries crying]] around Snow White's bier as she lies [[DisneyDeath seemingly dead]] from the poisoned apple. One of the first genuine TearJerker scenes in animation.

** The Queen becomes much hammier and crazier when she disguises herself as a hag. The Blog/UnshavedMouse interpreted this scene as "darkly liberating" for her. Now no longer having to worry about her appearance, it could even be compared to Elsa's "Let It Go" moment in ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' (which was originally a VillainSong mind you).

* HypeBacklash: While still a respected film, it gets this for all of Disney's touting it as "the one that started it all." A lot of this is down to SeinfeldIsUnfunny too - with Disney perfecting their output since the 1930s.

* WhatAnIdiot: As ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' pointed out, the Queen could have just ''actually killed'' Snow White instead of betting on her sleeping forever. Especially since she would just retain her beauty that way. Subverted as the actual film has her laughing at the thought of Snow White being ''buried alive'' and killed that way, just to give her a CruelAndUnusualDeath. It was the dwarves not having the heart to bury her that kept Snow White alive but comatose.

** The original German dub comes across as a quite bit creepier when you remember that the voice of Queen Grimhilde [[BurnTheWitch died at Auschwitz]] just five years after the dub was recorded for Swiss audiences. Even sadder, the same fate befell no less than three other voice actors in the dub, ''including the dub director''. Out of all the Jewish cast members for the dub, only Happy's voice actor escaped the Nazis.

* {{Squick}}: Sneezy's deleted line in "The Silly Song" where he mentions that after he was born, he used his whiskers as a "didee"[[note]](diaper)[[/note]]. The effect is somewhat lessened by him sneezing while delivering the line, but it's still unsanitary.
* SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing: A Finnish blog describes the second Finnish dub of the film from 1980's as this compared to the third and newest Finnish dub made in 1994 (which can be found on the DVD). The blog describes the Finnish 1980's dub being more poetic and stylish than the Finnish dub from 1994, which concentrated too much in sounding as similar as possible with the original English version. The blog states that in the Finnish 1980's dub Snow White didn't have a voice as squeaky and high-pitched as in the English version but rather a youthful, motherly voice. The Evil Queen is described as having a voice that sounded realistically insane and bloodcurdling. The blog also criticizes the newer Finnish dub from 1994 for being way too subtle voice-acting and having ridicilous dialogue in some parts. Sadly, the Finnish dub from 1980's remains to be mostly lost.

* WhatAnIdiot: As ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' pointed out, the Queen could have just ''actually killed'' Snow White instead of betting on her sleeping forever. Especially since she would just retain her beauty that way. Subverted as the actual film has her lamenting the desire for Snow White to be ''buried alive'' and killed that way, just to give her a CruelAndUnusualDeath. It was the dwarves not having the heart to bury her that kept Snow White alive but comatose.

%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* {{Moe}}: Snow White herself. Dopey also has shades of it.