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1!!All versions
2* In "The Prince is giving a ball" the royal family all have long regal sounding names and one silly one.
3** The Prince's silly middle name is the funniest. Herman.
4** A couple of children question "Herman" and "Maisie", to the courier's annoyance. The ''entire crowd'' is shocked that one of the king's names is Sydney.
5-->'''Courier:''' ''[[SuddenlyShouting SYDNEY!!!]]''
6* ''FairyGodmother'': Folderall and fiddle-dee-dee. Figgledy, faggledy, foddle, all the dreamers in the world are . . .dizzy in the noodle! In the '50s and '90s versions, she looks like HA, how's that for brilliant.
7* The "Stepsisters' Lament," in which Cinderella's stepsisters jealously ask why Prince Christopher would prefer "a girl who's merely lovely" over them.
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9!!1957 version
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11* One of the women seen during "The Prince is Giving a Ball" exclaims, "I wish I hadn't married Sam!"
12* The Godmother becoming SidetrackedByTheAnalogy during Cinderella's wish.
13* During the preparations for the ball, the queen goes around cleaning things with a feather duster. Including her husband. And [[BreakingTheFourthWall the camera.]]
14* "I want the wine of my country! I want the wine of my country! I want the wine of my country! The wine of my country is beer!"
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16!!1965 version
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18* When the stepsisters practice curtseying for the prince, Prunella's knees make a cricking sound. The stepmother reminds her to rub "unicorn oil" on them, but Prunella sheepishly admits, "I ''did''."
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20!!1997 version
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22* Jason Alexander. Just...Jason Alexander.
23** The scene at the castle where they're preparing for the ball.
24--> '''Lionel''': Don't worry, your Majesties! He'll meet someone tonight, I can feel it in my bones!
25--> '''Queen Constantina''': You'll feel it in your bones if he doesn't. ''(hits the ladder and Lionel falls off. The king and the queen look back and then walk off.)''
26* The whole getting-ready-for-the-ball scene. "We hide our flaws until after the wedding!"
27* Whoopi Goldberg's squeaking.
28* The stepmother flirting with Lionel at the ball.
29-->'''Stepmother:''' Look at you, that manly physique, those handsome chiseled features, that wonderful full head... of skin.\
30'''Lionel:''' No touching, please.\
31(''Later'')\
32'''Lionel:''' You know, I do wish there was something between us.\
33'''Stepmother:''' Really?\
34'''Lionel:''' Yes. ''A continent!''
35* Lionel having to speed things up when presenting women to the prince.
36* The stepmother trying on the slipper.
37** And the dialog prior.
38---> '''Lionel:''' Are there any other ''young'' women in the house?\
39'''Stepmother:''' (high-pitched voice) How young?\
40'''Lionel:''' Younger than you.
41* When the spell to turn the pumpkin into a carriage fails.
42-->'''Fairy Godmother:''' What's the matter with me? I only do it every 600 years.
43* When writing the decree for the ball:
44--> '''Queen Constantina''': His royal highness, Christopher Rupert
45--> Windymere Vladmyr Carl Alexander Francois Reginald Lancelot Herman
46--> '''Lionel''': Herman?
47--> '''Queen Constantina''': Herman. Gregory James *spoken* He'll thank us for this later
48--> Is giving a ball!
49* "Who dances in glass shoes?"
50* Christopher telling his mother to cancel the ball.
51-->'''Queen:''' What would we tell everyone?
52-->'''Christopher:''' Tell them you went behind my back and you're very ashamed of yourself.
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54!!2013 Version
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56* When Sebastian the evil regent says that the prince should distract the commoners from their woes (namely, Sebastian stealing their property) by having a royal wedding, Topher points out he doesn't know any girls.
57-->"I went to an all-boys school in the woods. And then an all-boys university on an island."\
58(''{{Beat}}'')\

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