Line #17 Literature/ATaleOf


1	What happens when the Franchise/DisneyPrincess universe goes DarkerAndEdgier? The result is Serena Valentino's series of children's novels published by Disney Press, each of which has the subtitle ''A Tale of [Character]''.
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3	Set within an AlternateContinuity of the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon that [[{{Crossover}} comes to encompass several films]], each novel gives one of said films a PerspectiveFlip to a villainous, or at least antagonistic, character -- first revealing their heretofore unknown {{Backstory}}, and going on to show how the events the reader ''thought'' they were familiar were more complex than depicted onscreen. The primary linking agents in the first six novels are "The Odd Sisters", witch triplets (Ruby, Martha, and Lucinda) who bedevil and often urge the principal character down the path of darkness; from Book 7 onwards, the stories are standalone.
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5	The novels are:
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7	# ''Fairest of All: A Tale of [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs the Wicked Queen]]'' (2009)
8	# ''The Beast Within: A Tale of [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Beauty's Prince]]'' (2014)
9	# ''Poor Unfortunate Soul: A Tale of [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 the Sea Witch]]'' (2016)
10	# ''Mistress of All Evil: A Tale of [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty the Dark Fairy]]'' (2017)
11	# ''Mother Knows Best: A Tale of [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} the Old Witch]]'' (2018)
12	# ''The Odd Sisters: A Tale of [[CanonForeigner the Three Witches]]'' (2019)
13	# ''Evil Thing: A Tale of [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians that Devil Woman]]'' (2020)
14	# ''Cold Hearted: A Tale of [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} the Wicked Stepmother]]'' (2021)
15	# ''Never Never: A Tale of [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Captain Hook]]'' (2022)
16	# ''Fire & Fate: A Tale of [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Hades]]'' (2023)
17	# ''Kill The Beast: A Tale of [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Everyone's Favorite Guy]]'' (2024)
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19	Compare these other AlternateContinuity approaches to the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon:
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21	* ''Series/OnceUponATime'', a live-action television series.
22	* ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'', a live-action film (''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'').
23	* ''Literature/AFrozenHeart'', a YA novel (''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'').
24	* ''Literature/ATwistedTale'', a YA series by Liz Braswell, Elizabeth Lim, Jen Calonita, Farrah Rochon, and Mari Mancusi featuring WhatIf retellings, i.e. ([[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} "What if Aladdin had never found the lamp?"]] [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty "What if the sleeping beauty never woke up?"]] [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast "What if Belle's mother cursed the Beast?"]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} "What if Mulan had to travel to the Underworld?"]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 "What if Ariel had never defeated Ursula?"]] [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs "What if the Evil Queen poisoned the prince?"]]).
25	* ''Film/{{Descendants}}'', a live-action TV movie and its accompanying multimedia franchise about the children of Disney villains.
26	* ''Theatre/TwistedTheUntoldStoryOfARoyalVizier'', an unlicensed adaptation of ''Aladdin'' by Creator/TeamStarKid that gives Jafar ([[WritingAroundTrademarks or rather, "Ja'far"]]) the same treatment the [[Film/TheWizardOfOz The Wicked Witch of the West]] got in ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'', wrapped around the usual crass humor that everyone has come to expect from [=StarKid=].
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29	!!This series of novels has examples of:
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35	* AdaptationalSympathy: The entire series does this to all the Disney Villains ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and the Beast]]) by expounding on their backstories. This includes showing that [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs The Evil Queen]] was the victim of an abusive father, [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Mother Gothel]]'s own mother was just as wicked as she was and almost killed her sisters, [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast The Beast]] had a lot of his own worst traits brought out by Gaston, [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]] was the victim of bullying due to a birth defect, while [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ursula]] was a target for FantasticRacism at the hands of both the people of her native village and even her own brother, King Triton.
36	* AllWitchesHaveCats: The Odd Sisters have Pflanze, introduced in the second book.
37	* AlternateContinuity: To the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon, primarily in giving the characters more developed backstories and relationships. Other alterations contradict the movies: In ''The Beast Within'', Belle sees and hears the transformed servants as {{Animate Inanimate Object}}s but the Beast only sees inanimate objects turning up in odd places. ''Sees'' is the key term -- he can ''hear'' them speaking to themselves and/or Belle if he doesn't ''see'' them.
38	* AmbiguousTimePeriod: The series mixes together several films that are in completely different periods, making it impossible to pin down the period of the books.
39	* AudienceShift: The books are aimed at teens and young adults instead of general audiences like the original films.
40	* BaseOnWheels: The Odd Sisters' house has been in many different locations, owing to its ability to be flown through the air.
41	* BigBad: The Odd Sisters, who obsessively meddle with the troubled lives of others with horrific results.
42	* {{Crossover}}: The series establishes ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'', ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid\|1989}}'', ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' as sharing a common setting of several adjoining kingdoms, with the films listed in more or less the order of when their events unfold in the timeline. The Odd Sisters have a hand in the events of ''all'' of them (the presence of the Blue Fairy in ''Mistress of All Evil'' suggests that ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'' also exists in this setting).
43	* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Literature/ATaleOf'' is a TwiceToldTale {{crossover}} series of interconnected novels set in an AlternateUniverse take on the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon. Most, if not all, the films take place in one universe. The original book was a dark but sympathetic twist on ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' from the POV of Grimhilde. The other books are also based around Disney villains, though the original characters receive more spotlight in the sequels. And good luck finding any mention of ''suicide not intended as a HeroicSacrifice'' in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon...
44	* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: The Odd Sisters adopt this look; their hair is naturally black with an odd white streak, styled into ringlets, but they use white makeup on their faces. With their red, red lips, they get compared to {{Creepy Doll}}s more than once.
45	* EvilCannotComprehendGood: The Odd Sisters are completely baffled by Circe's sense of morality. Circe herself can't comprehend theirs.
46	* EvilGloating: This is practically a pastime for the Odd Sisters, especially in ''The Beast Within''.
47	* EvilLaugh: All three Odd Sisters have this, and usually laugh in unison, particularly when they want to torment others. Ursula gladly joins in when she enters the action. Witches' laughs can echo across all the kingdoms when they want them to, which is related to their ability to summon the help of others of their kind as needed.
48	* EvilWearsBlack: The Odd Sisters from ''The Beast Within'' onward.
49	* FireWaterJuxtaposition: The Odd Sisters know both Ursula and Maleficent, but are determined for the two never to interact with each other due to their respective ElementalPowers (water and fire) invoking this trope.
50	* ForTheEvulz: The Odd Sisters' primary motivation.
51	* GingerbreadHouse: The Odd Sisters and Circe live in one.
52	* {{Grimmification}}: Usually this trope applies to the stories Disney films are based on, but here it applies to ''the films themselves''.
53	* IdiosyncraticCoverArt: The left half of the main character's face against a black background -- but the dust jacket and the actual hardcover beneath it have them in different forms:
54	** ''Fairest of All'': The Queen on the jacket, the Old Peddler on the cover.
55	** ''The Beast Within'': The Beast on the jacket, the Prince on the cover.
56	** ''Poor Unfortunate Soul'': Ursula on the jacket, Vanessa on the cover.
57	** ''Mistress of All Evil'': Maleficent on the jacket, her dragon form on the cover.
58	** ''Mother Knows Best'': A youthful Gothel on the jacket, an elderly Gothel on the cover.
59	* KarmaHoudini: The Odd Sisters get off scot-free in ''Fairest of All'' (a few reader reviews at Amazon.com also argue that the Prince/Beast is this about his crimes in ''The Beast Within'', but this was not intentional). However, ''Poor Unfortunate Soul'' reveals that they do end up being abandoned by their sister Circe over the events of ''The Beast Within'' -- not that they have an epiphany over it or anything.
60	* MagicMirror: The Odd Sisters have a houseful of others used for spying purposes.
61	* MovingBuildings: The Odd Sisters' house, which is capable of flight when summoned to do so.
62	* NoNameGiven: The Queen and The Prince/The Beast didn't have given names in their films, and don't get them here, either. Several original characters are only known by titles as well: The King, The Maker of Mirrors, and The Maestro.
63	* OhMyGods:
64	** The characters use "gods" instead of "God".
65	** Hades (as in the Hades from ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'') is used instead of Hell, regardless of the character's presumed religious beliefs. Characters get damned "to Hades". "Hades" is also used in the place of Hell-related curses, like "damn". Thus we get phrases like "[her] Hades-may-care attitude".
66	* PerspectiveFlip: To villainous/antagonistic characters in the films, with The Prince/The Beast given a much darker backstory than the film did.
67	* ThePowerOfHate: The Odd Sisters thrive on this, and encourage it in others. Ironically, they ''accidentally'' invoke it in Circe, who turns against them by the end of ''The Beast Within'' over what they do to the Prince/Beast and leaves them -- which crosses the trope over with ThePowerOfLove (she loved the Prince once, and comes to hate the Sisters for what they do to him).
68	* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: ''Fairest of All'' for the Queen, the first two acts of ''The Beast Within'' for the Beast (the final act is his RedemptionQuest), ''Mistress of All Evil'' for Maleficent, and ''Mother Knows Best'' for Gothel.
69	* PurpleIsTheNewBlack: The Odd Sisters wear dark purple, almost black, dresses in the first book. In the later books, they usually wear black, and occasionally red.
70	* RavensAndCrows: In addition to the crow that comes to live in the Queen's secret lab, the Odd Sisters' house ends up surrounded by CreepyCrows (actually [[spoiler: Maleficent's messengers; her personal pet Diablo also appears]]) and the fireplace features carvings of two ravens flanking it.
71	* SpotlightStealingSquad: The Odd Sisters. While they were in ''Fairest of All'', they only turned up now and then to push the Queen further along the road to madness. ''The Beast Within'' has them much more actively involved in the plot, such as being the cause of several canon events (the wolves pursuing Belle when she leaves the castle, the Beast choosing to spare Gaston's life). This makes the Beast, who is the supposed protagonist, come across as more of a DecoyProtagonist. The Odd Sisters are joined by Princess Tulip and Nanny in ''Poor Unfortunate Soul'', which alternates the fallout of the previous book's events as with Ursula's {{Revenge}} quest against Triton but again seems more concerned with the original characters than Ursula (Ariel barely appears).
72	* {{Telepathy}}: The Odd Sisters have this and use it often to further their plans. The only mind they can't manage to read is Ursula's.
73	* TrilogyCreep: ''Poor Unfortunate Soul'' was advertised as the last novel in a trilogy when it was released, but it ended with a SequelHook, and ''Mistress of All Evil'' arrived the following year.
74	* TrueLovesKiss: Beyond it being needed to break the Sleeping Death in ''Fairest of All'' and make Ariel's transformation permanent in ''Poor Unfortunate Soul'', it's also a condition of breaking the curse in ''The Beast Within'', [[spoiler: though Circe herself changes that to save the dying Beast at the end]].
75	* TwiceToldTale: Of the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon.
76	* WickedWitch: The Odd Sisters, the Queen (eventually), and Ursula.
77	* YouMeanXmas: No matter the book, winter solstice is celebrated. It's celebrated in a way that ''heavily'' resembles Christmas, complete with a solstice tree. The exception is in ''Mother Knows Best'', where Manea's family celebrates a version of [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve samhain]] rather than a more cheerful winter solstice.
78	* YoungestChildWins: Circe is a little sister to the Odd Sisters, and they tend to treat her with condescension, but they know that she is actually more powerful than they are and certainly far more beautiful. But what ''really'' pushes her into this trope is the fact that [[spoiler: she is fundamentally good, to the point that she saves the day in ''The Beast Within'']].
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84	* AbusiveParents: The Maker of Mirrors was a horrible, abusive father to his daughter, the Queen. [[spoiler: And though he is dead, ''somehow'' his spirit has become trapped in one of his own mirrors, which the Odd Sisters give her as a wedding present...]]
85	* AscendedExtra: The Slave in the Magic Mirror (aka [[spoiler:the Queen's father]]).
86	* BeautyToBeast: The Evil Queen used to be a sweet girl who got railed on by her father into the vain, abusive lady she is today. Her appearance seems to also change a little to go with her descent to evil.
87	* BittersweetEnding: ''Fairest of All'' ends with [[spoiler: the Queen becoming the new slave in the Magic Mirror after her suicide -- but restored to goodness, and thus not the toxic influence to Snow White that her father was to her]]. ''Poor Unfortunate Soul'' goes on to reveal that [[spoiler: Snow is now completely safe from the Odd Sisters' meddling thanks to the Queen, who is now her protector]].
88	* BloodierAndGorier: The book has its fair share of blood and light gore, especially in the Queen's nightmare sequences.
89	* BookEnds: ''Fairest of All'' begins with the Queen's wedding and ends with Snow White's.
90	* BurnTheWitch: Referenced by the Queen. Believing she's hallucinating, she fears telling people about the things she sees in her mirror because she'll be burned for being deemed a witch.
91	* ClashingCousins: The Odd Sisters are the distant cousins of the King. Snow White also refers to them as her cousins. The sisters do nothing but antagonize and try to kill Snow.
92	* CreepyChild: Snow White ''isn't'' this, but as the Queen succumbs to the Odd Sisters' influence, she begins to have nightmares of her stepdaughter as a little girl, confronting her as a child corpse with her heart missing. The heart ''is in the Queen's hands''.
93	-->'''Snow:''' Momma, can I please have my heart back?
94	* DisproportionateRetribution: The Queen comes to desire her stepdaughter's demise just so she won't have to be faced with her happiness and beauty.
95	* DisneyVillainDeath: As in their source film, The Queen. [[spoiler: Or so it appears -- the Queen actually committed ''suicide''.]]
96	* DreamingOfThingsToCome: The Queen has several nightmares over the years involving a hideous old crone. This turns out to be the form she takes as the old peddler woman when she prepares to kill Snow White.
97	* DrivenToMadness: The Queen is slowly driven mad as the years pass by the spirit of her dead father and the Odd Sisters, which ultimately manifests itself in extreme jealousy of the stepdaughter she loves.
98	* DrivenToSuicide [[spoiler: The Queen, repenting for her crimes]].
99	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The Queen tells Snow of ''Literature/SleepingBeauty''. According to future books, ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' is a real thing in their world. It's later shown that [[spoiler: the Odd Sisters have a magical book that writes down stories]], however, it's supposed to only [[spoiler: write them as they happen]].
100	* EvilWearsBlack: The Queen and her old peddler form.
101	* FairyTaleFreeForAll: As a result of the Disney Princesses' kingdoms being in the same setting, their source fairytales are crossing over with each other.
102	* FreudianExcuse: The Queen's problems start with ''Daddy'' Issues and snowball from there.
103	* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: The Queen slowly becomes this trope as the legacy of her father's abuse, the death of her husband in battle, and the encouragement of the Odd Sisters converge upon her.
104	* TheGoodKing: The Queen's husband/Snow White's father is this. (Unfortunately, the Odd Sisters are his cousins.)
105	* GoodStepmother: The Evil Queen starts out as a kind and loving stepmother who adores her step-daughter like a biological child. Eventually, she warps into the evil stepmother.
106	* GreenEyedMonster: The Queen becomes jealous of Snow White as years go by not only because she is so beautiful, but because even after the loss of both her parents and her stepmother becoming distant and cruel, she remains kind and loving.
107	* IJustWantToBeBeautiful: The Queen's secondary concern in ''Fairest of All''.
108	* IJustWantToBeLoved: The Queen, having suffered under an abusive father for so long, wants to be loved even more than she wants to be beautiful.
109	* JustJokingJustification: The Odd Sisters' initial meeting with young Snow White has them telling her they'd love to make a potion out of her body parts, a conversation that they later claim to her stepmother was just teasing that got out of hand.
110	* LostInImitation: Just like the original film, it takes from the [[Film/SnowWhite1916 1916 adaptation]] (and its theatrical version) of the fairy tale. The King died in a war and the Huntsman is given a SadisticChoice between his life and his children's. The Odd Sisters also could count as {{exp\|y}}ies of the unnamed witch from the film.
111	* MagicMirror: There's the Queen's magical mirror in ''Fairest of All'', which [[spoiler:contains her father's spirit and later her own soul]].
112	* MaternalDeathBlameTheChild: The Queen's relationship with her father in a nutshell.
113	* MissingMom: The Queen never knew her mother, who died soon after her daughter was born. Part of her (eventually corrupted) affection for her stepdaughter stems from Snow White being born under similar circumstances.
114	* PrinceCharming: Snow White's unnamed prince, as from the original film, is nothing but kind to Snow White.
115	* PsychoSerum: When the Queen hits emotional rock bottom and finds herself wavering over whether she should destroy her stepdaughter altogether, the Odd Sisters give her a potion (created from their own spit) that both deadens her emotional pain and lingering affection for Snow White and makes her completely ruthless and willing to kill.
116	* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: The Evil Queen offs herself, but not before coming to her senses about her villainy]].
117	* RescueRomance: In ''Fairest of All'' Snow White meets her prince when she falls into the courtyard's wishing well and he helps to save her from drowning.
118	* RoyalBlood: The Odd Sisters are/were cousins to TheGoodKing of Snow White's kingdom. Circe notes in ''The Beast Within'' that the four of them do indeed come from a royal lineage.
119	* UncertainDoom: The Huntsman's fate in ''Snow White'' is never revealed, but in ''Fairest of All'' the Queen stabs him when she learns of his deception, so he may or may not have suffered DeathByAdaptation.
120	* WarriorPrince: The King in ''Fairest of All''; during Snow White's childhood his kingdom is at war with another and at one point he and his family have to flee the castle through secret passages during an enemy attack. Some time afterward, he dies in battle.
121	* WickedStepmother: The Queen initially isn't one. But the Odd Sisters, when asking little Snow White about her, note that the stepmothers of legend ''are'' evil, and proceed to enforce the trope by helping to drive the Queen to villainy.
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127	* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Gaston comes off as a nicer, less misogynistic person in ''The Beast Within'' than he is in ''Beauty and the Beast'', although he is still a villainous figure by the end of it. By comparison, the Beast/Prince is significantly ''less'' sympathetic.
128	* AesopEnforcer: Circe. The Odd Sisters, unfortunately, are determined to see that the Prince never learns his lesson by interfering with his life.
129	* AntiVillain: Circe, primarily because she is capable of compassion for those beyond her family (unlike her sisters). While placing a potentially horrific curse on the Prince, his household, and his best friend is DisproportionateRetribution for his choosing to break off their engagement over her (supposed) status, she does build a CurseEscapeClause into it and honestly hopes he will become a better person before it fully takes hold. She also is appalled by the collateral damage his initial attempt to break the curse results in and takes steps to correct it, and objects to her sisters' interference in the curse's progression.
130	* AscendedExtra: The Enchantress is given more character and is not only revealed to be Circe but also shown to be the Beast's first lover.
131	* BeautyToBeast: The Prince and [[spoiler:Princess Tulip (temporarily)]] in ''The Beast Within''.
132	* BrainlessBeauty: Princess Tulip Morningstar -- but only because she wasn't given the chance to become worldly-wise and book-smart, which would have made her a much happier person.
133	* BrokenAesop: Circe's calling out of the Prince over dumping her because she was apparently a peasant is a perfectly valid point to make. It's a little hard to take it seriously when she keeps being interrupted by her sisters laughing at the absurdity of their little sister being a farmer's daughter when they all are actually descended from an ancient royal line.
134	* CatchAFallingStar: [[spoiler: Princess Tulip]] is rescued from a suicide attempt in this manner in ''The Beast Within''.
135	* CatsAreMean: The Odd Sisters' pet cat Pflanze acts as a spy for them in the Prince's castle in ''The Beast Within''. She may also be responsible for the unexplained mauling the Prince suffers in the royal garden that leads to the dissolution of his engagement to Princess Tulip. That said, [[spoiler: she shows a kinder side in ''Poor Unfortunate Soul'']].
136	* CharacterDevelopment: By choice, after the events of ''The Beast Within'' Princess Tulip evolves into a more intelligent, worldly-wise woman.
137	* ComplexityAddiction: To bring about the Beast's downfall, the witches seem to think the best way to go about things is to make Belle homesick and hope that the Beast thinks to give her the mirror as she lives, ''then'' tell Gaston to have her father committed by introducing him to their friend the asylum owner, ''then'' anticipating Belle revealing the Beast to everyone, ''then'' expect Gaston to go kill him. Apparently, all that was a better plan than casting an enchantment on Belle (they use magic to make her miss her father, so it's not like they couldn't do that) or even having the asylum owner forcibly commit her directly. Keep in mind that the last petal falls from the rose that very evening, so really they would have succeeded in making the curse permanent simply by having Belle spend the night tending to her father!
138	* ContrivedCoincidence: The Odd Sisters apparently planned for everything in the climax of ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' to happen, from Belle wanting to visit her father again to the Beast giving her the mirror to Gaston deciding to kill the Beast. This is even though many of the actions (most notably Belle choosing to reveal the Beast to the townsfolk and Gaston choosing to hunt him) are spur-of-the-moment decisions that would have been nearly impossible to account for.
139	* DancesAndBalls: The Prince has one to find a new fiancée after breaking off his engagement with Circe in ''Fairest of All''. It's Gaston's idea, inspired by the example of a prince from a neighboring kingdom finding success "after the matter of the glass slipper was sorted".
140	* DealWithTheDevil: In ''The Beast Within'', [[spoiler:Princess Tulip exchanges her beauty and voice to Ursula for her own survival]]. Circe manages to break this deal.
141	* DisproportionateRetribution:
142	** Circe curses the Prince over breaking up with her.
143	** The Prince arranges for the Maestro to be killed simply for painting a portrait of him that accurately portrays the effects of the SlowTransformation he's undergoing.
144	* DisneyVillainDeath: As in their source film, Gaston.
145	* DrivenToMadness: The sisters' torment of the Prince/Beast also pushes him towards outright insanity.
146	* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Princess Tulip Morningstar]], though it's stopped before death can occur...[[spoiler: by ''Ursula'']].
147	* EgomaniacHunter: Both Gaston ''and'' The Prince, who was responsible for at least as many, if not more, trophies in the village tavern as Gaston was.
148	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The Odd Sisters ''do'' dote upon Circe... all too much.
149	* EvilFormerFriend: Gaston to the Prince is a complex example. Gaston was the son of the royal gamekeeper. Unfortunately, their friendship only encouraged the worst aspects of each other's natures post-childhood, as each became evil. While the Prince ultimately becomes a better person as the Beast, Gaston is never faced with a similar need to change his ways -- and thanks to the curse both men ultimately forget they ever knew each other...
150	* ExtremeDoormat: The Prince's servants, even as the curse takes hold.
151	* {{Foil}}: Princess Tulip is this to Belle -- the former is a woman of high birth who never had to do much thinking of her own and has no backbone, the latter is a commoner who educated herself to the best of her abilities and can stand up to the Beast.
152	* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Narrowly subverted. ''The Beast Within'' reveals that The Prince actually saw Belle at the ball he was throwing -- from the back. He tries to talk to her, but Gaston dissuades him from doing so.
153	* ForYourOwnGood: The Odd Sisters regard their "contributions" to the Prince's torment, which Circe does not approve of, as this trope with regards to her.
154	* GoldDigger: When the kisses the Prince shares with Princess Tulip fail to break his curse, he accuses her of being this all along. In truth, she sincerely loves him -- but he only ''believes'' he loves her, and that's why the kisses don't work.
155	* GrandRomanticGesture: The Prince does this twice while wooing Princess Tulip -- first with an elaborate Christmas display in the ballroom, second with a path of rose petals that lead into the royal rose garden. He sabotages himself the first time by expressing disgust with her when she runs into his arms ''before'' making herself presentable for the occasion. The second time is successful enough to evoke a HopeSpot, but that ultimately comes to nothing; both times, the fact that he doesn't actually love her gets in the way. He ''does'' come to care about Belle, however, and this contributes to his gesture of "giving her" the castle library succeeding wonderfully.
156	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Princess Tulip's hair is stated to be blonde and she's a nice girl inside out -- not that it helps her much.
157	* HopeSpot: The Prince shares a kiss (several in fact) with Princess Tulip and believes the curse is broken... but then he's mauled in the garden's hedge maze by an unidentified assailant. Realizing that the kiss failed, he blames and lashes out at her and evicts her and her nanny from the castle. Things go downhill from there.
158	* ImpoverishedPatrician: Princess Tulip's family and by extension kingdom is slipping into financial ruin, which is one reason they consent to her marrying the far-better-off Prince. The Prince, for his part, doesn't care about what will become of them once the engagement is broken.
159	* IOweYouMyLife: Gaston saved the Prince's life in childhood, which is one reason their friendship is so strong -- until the curse takes hold of them. [[spoiler: To save Gaston, the Odd Sisters force the Beast to remember this during their battle on the castle roof.]]
160	* ItsAllAboutMe:
161	** The Prince. Even as he initially tries to break the curse by wooing Princess Tulip, his concern for himself above all else prevents him from truly loving her even as she comes to honestly love him despite his faults. Of course, Gaston comes to hold a similar attitude.
162	** The Odd Sisters do not have any understanding of why Circe turns against them because of this trope. They honestly believe that she should love them for everything they do for her in ''The Beast Within'', even though their actions ruin the lives of others and are not what she actually wants.
163	* KindheartedCatLover: Princess Tulip takes a shine to Pflanze (not realizing who she's in the employ of) in ''The Beast Within'' and the relationship is happily rekindled in the next book when Pflanze arrives hoping to find out what has become of Circe.
164	* LivingStatue: In ''The Beast Within'', the castle and its grounds slowly begin to fill with these as the Prince/Beast's curse takes hold. Only he knows they are alive, and he only sees them move out of the corner of his eye; otherwise, they seem to appear and disappear at will.
165	* LoveMartyr: Princess Tulip becomes one to the Prince. It doesn't work.
166	* LovePotion: Princess Tulip's violently determined suitors in ''Poor Unfortunate Soul'' turn out to be affected by an enchantment, according to [[spoiler: Nanny]]; the responsible party is never confirmed, but it's implied to be Circe's good intentions for the princess going horribly wrong.
167	* KarmicTransformation: The Prince in ''The Beast Within''.
168	* LoveRedeems: For the Prince/Beast ''and'' [[spoiler: the Enchantress]] in ''The Beast Within''.
169	* MagicMirror: The Prince/Beast has one in ''The Beast Within''.
170	* MetaphoricallyTrue: After Cogsworth disappears, the Prince overhears Lumiere speaking to him and opens the door to find Lumiere alone. Believing the servants are tormenting him behind his back, he asks Lumiere if he's seen Cogsworth lately. Lumiere replies that he has not seen Cogsworth "in the flesh" in some time. This is true in the sense that Cogsworth is no longer human, but an animate clock (and to the Prince's eyes, he isn't even animate).
171	* NamedByTheAdaptation: ''The Beast Within'' reveals that The Enchantress's name is Circe.
172	* NeverMyFault: The Prince blames the curse and his inability to break it on others -- Circe, the Odd Sisters, Princess Tulip, etc. -- never acknowledging that it's his heartlessness that provoked the curse in the first place and is the key reason he can't break it. Eventually, as his relationship with Belle progresses, he abandons this line of thinking (admittedly, there ''may'' be some truth behind blaming the Odd Sisters, who are intent on everything going wrong and the curse becoming permanent).
173	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Princess Tulip regards Circe saving her from [[spoiler: Ursula's bargain]] as this, because [[spoiler: she'd come to believe Beauty Is Bad and was looking forward to being loved for herself]].
174	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Happens '''twice''' in ''The Beast Within'', owing largely to ForTheEvulz going awry for the Odd Sisters. First, they send the forest wolves to chase and kill the fleeing Belle -- giving the pursuing Beast an alternate target for his fury, and ultimately bringing the two closer together. Second, in a moment of EvilGloating, [[spoiler: they show Circe that the Beast is dying after Gaston stabs him. Moved by Belle's grief, Circe breaks the curse upon him and revives him in the bargain]].
175	* PrinceCharmless: The Prince, as his spoiled, selfish, haughty nature leads him to break his fiancée's heart, which results in him being cursed. This only makes matters worse for everyone concerned, as his fear of what he's becoming (not helped by the meddling of the Odd Sisters) spurs him on to even crueler actions -- arranging for a painter to be ''killed'' and rejecting a second fiancée and dooming her kingdom to ruin in the process. The latter act accelerates the curse's progress.
176	* PrincessClassic: Princess Tulip Morningstar, but this is played for tragedy -- having been raised to be no more than this trope when she knows she could be getting more out of life, she is also a StepfordSmiler woefully unprepared to deal with the cruelty of the Prince.
177	* PrincessesPreferPink: Princess Tulip seems to think her favorite color is pink, especially in clothing.
178	* PromotionToLoveInterest: The Enchantress turns out to be the Prince/Beast's first love!
179	* RuleOfThree: The Prince/Beast's attempts at {{Grand Romantic Gesture}}s (see above).
180	* SequelHook: In the late going of ''The Beast Within'', Ursula has an offstage role, and hints to her backstory, revealed in the next book, are given. The epilogue of ''Poor Unfortunate Soul'' is this for the next stretch of novels, as [[spoiler: the Odd Sisters are rendered comatose and another witch approaches Circe and Nanny]].
181	* ShoutOut: Circe appearing to be a pig farmer's daughter to the Prince is this to her namesake in ''Literature/TheOdyssey'', who turned men into pigs.
182	* SlowTransformation: ''The Beast Within'' plays the Prince's transformation into the Beast as this. In a related issue, the servants become statues/objects one at a time, rather than all at once.
183	* StepfordSmiler: Princess Tulip in ''The Beast Within'' is a Type A, because she was raised only to be a loving, obedient royal wife rather than a person with her own desires and ambitions. As her relationship with the Prince progresses, her depression gets much, much worse as she struggles to keep up a façade of unbroken happiness for him.
184	* StalkerWithACrush: A bevy of princes are enchanted into this (possibly a ploy by Circe GoneHorriblyWrong) and form an angry mob to reach Princess Tulip in ''Poor Unfortunate Soul''. The ones that survive Ursula sending them adrift with giant waves recover afterward.
185	* SuddenlySuitableSuitor: Gender-swapped and subverted. The Prince breaks off his engagement to Circe upon learning she's only a pig farmer's daughter -- and then learns that she actually has RoyalBlood, not to mention ''supernatural'' blood, and is overjoyed that he can still marry her. Subverted in that she no longer wants to be his wife by that point, since he was not willing to accept her as a commoner.
186	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In the flashbacks to before the curse, the Prince is an avid hunter and spends all of his time in Belle's town, where he drinks and flirts with all the pretty women. He is also a misogynist who makes it clear that he doesn't approve of women reading or having their own opinions and likes that Princess Tulip Morningstar doesn't seem to have much personality so he can make her how ''he'' wants her to be. Hmm, who does that sound like, again? Interestingly, while Gaston is also present for that part of the book, he himself shows few of those traits.
187	* ThisIsUnforgivable: Apparently Circe's feelings about [[spoiler: the Beast's near-death]] in ''The Beast Within'', as she abandons her sisters entirely afterward, leaving them to beg Ursula's help to recover her as ''Poor Unfortunate Soul'' begins.
188	* UsedToBeASweetKid: Both the Prince and Gaston, with the implication that their lives of luxury made them decadent and self-centered.
189	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In ''The Beast Within'', the Prince asks for Gaston to arrange for someone to kill the Maestro because [[DisproportionateRetribution he believes the Maestro deliberately painted a portrait of him to look older than he is]]. This is completely forgotten afterward. We never find out if Gaston goes through with it or if the Maestro survives.
190	* WomanScorned: Circe in ''The Beast Within''. She was the Prince's original fiancée before he learned of her low station as the daughter of a pig farmer. When he refused to accept her as what she appeared to be, she revealed her true nature as The Enchantress -- the younger sibling of The Odd Sisters -- and cursed him.
191	* WritersCannotDoMath: ''The Beast Within'' scraps the movie's implication that the Beast was cursed when he was only 11 years old, but keeps the condition of the curse becoming permanent when he turns 21. It's not clear at all how much time passes throughout the story -- he is old enough to be engaged when he's cursed, and several months pass as the curse begins to take effect, but then years pass after that. Thus the Beast's age remains in doubt.
192
193	[[/folder]]
194
195	[[folder: ''Poor Unfortunate Soul: A Tale of the Sea Witch'']]
196
197	* AlmightyJanitor: [[spoiler: Nanny]] turns out to be The One of Legends, a powerful white witch, in ''Poor Unfortunate Soul''.
198	* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: Ursula the sea witch]] uses one, exploiting [[spoiler: Ariel's love for Eric, Triton's hatred for humans, Circe's desperation to flee her sisters, ''' and''' the Odd Sisters' desperation to get Circe back]].
199	* BeautyToBeast: Ursula regards this as having happened to her when Triton forced her to become a mermaid to be allowed into his kingdom.
200	* BeingHumanSucks: Ursula feels this way about having to assume a human form as needed, humans being so much ''weaker''.
201	* BittersweetEnding: ''Poor Unfortunate Soul'' ends with [[spoiler: Ursula succumbing to madness and hate, and the Odd Sisters being rendered comatose by their successful effort to kill her]]. In addition, although this was advertised as the final novel in a trilogy, the epilogue has [[spoiler: another witch arriving to speak with Circe and Nanny]], setting the stage for at least two more books.
202	* BurnTheWitch: When Ursula was revealed to be non-human, her fellow villagers attempted this.
203	* DancesAndBalls: In Ursula's backstory in ''Poor Unfortunate Souls'', she appeared at a royal ball in Triton's kingdom in her true form. He was outraged, and his wife Queen Athena confronted him over it, a kindness that Ursula never forgot.
204	* DealWithTheDevil: Of course, Ursula, the VillainProtagonist of ''Poor Unfortunate Soul'', is all about this... even with the Odd Sisters.
205	* DisproportionateRetribution: Ursula takes revenge on the village of Ipswitch and its residents by leveling it and turning them into HalfHumanHybrid sea monsters.
206	* DrivenToMadness: [[spoiler:Ursula herself]] turns out to have been driven to this in ''Poor Unfortunate Soul''.
207	* EvenEvilHasStandards: The climax of ''Poor Unfortunate Souls'' suggests this, as it involves most of the black ''and'' white witches of the world uniting to [[spoiler: destroy Ursula, who has gone insane and power-mad]].
208	* EvilWearsBlack: Ursula -- who invokes the trope naturally.
209	* FreudianExcuse: Ursula was an adrift HeartwarmingOrphan RaisedByHumans until her abilities and true form kicked in. Her village turned upon her and killed her father for trying to protect her; she responded by destroying the village and turning them into hybrid monsters. ''Then'' her brother Triton, who only tracked her down due to rules of succession, not only forced her to give up her true form to live in his world but subsequently took advantage of this fit of rage to discredit and banish her to become the lone ruler of the Earth's oceans.
210	* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Ursula intends to become an example of this trope, which might not have happened had King Triton allowed her to rule alongside him, as their divine parents may well have wanted (having equally split magical abilities between them).
211	* HalfHumanHybrid: When Ursula took revenge on the village of Ipswitch over her father's death, she turned its residents into these. Triton subsequently used the incident to discredit her and take the throne of ruler of the sea, even though he harbored FantasticRacism against humans.
212	* HumanityEnsues: Ursula has a human form (Vanessa) she can voluntarily shapeshift into for meetings with the Odd Sisters and the like. In fact, it was the only body she knew before her powers kicked in.
213	* IJustWantToBeBeautiful: Apparently a concern of Ursula the Sea Witch... though in an unconventional way, as she sees her true form as beautiful and resents others trying to force her into something more human/mermaid-like.
214	* KarmicTransformation: Ursula transforms the people of Ipswitch into HalfHumanHybrid sea monsters as punishment for turning upon her when she was revealed as a sea creature.
215	* LoveRedeems: To a certain extent [[spoiler: the Odd Sisters]] in ''Poor Unfortunate Soul''.
216	* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler: Nanny]] in ''Poor Unfortunate Soul'', who [[spoiler: actually started remembering her past as The One of Legends in the previous book but has kept it a secret from others]].
217	* PapaWolf: Ursula's adoptive human father died trying to keep her from being killed by his fellow villagers when they realized what she was.
218	* ThePowerOfHate: The sisters' hopes that Ursula can help get her back hinge on her having long since been incapable of love, leaving only this. In fact, her hate becomes so powerful that [[spoiler: it eventually subsumes her entire original personality]].
219	* PrinceCharming: Both Princes Eric and [[spoiler: Popinjay once he's disenchanted]] in ''Poor Unfortunate Soul''.
220	* PubertySuperpower: It's implied that Ursula began to realize she wasn't human and came into her magical abilities when she hit puberty.
221	* RedemptionEqualsAffliction: [[spoiler: The Odd Sisters]] in the third book, who [[spoiler: are rendered comatose after helping defeat Ursula]].
222	* TheReveal: In ''Poor Unfortunate Soul'', it turns out that [[spoiler: Ursula made Circe her prisoner via one of her deals, knowing her sisters would do anything to help Ursula if she'd agree to help them find her. This allowed her to regain her full abilities and use their hate to augment her own and become ruler of the oceans]].
223	* SecondLove: Princess Tulip finds one in [[spoiler: Prince Popinjay]] in ''Poor Unfortunate Soul''.
224	* SizeShifter: Ursula can change her size at will. It's great for making a big entrance, as she does at the start of ''Poor Unfortunate Soul''.
225	* {{Spectacle}}: Ursula invokes this trope by performing musical numbers to prospective "clients", such as Ariel. She doesn't actually enjoy it, finding it demeaning, but whatever works to get them into her clutches...
226	* VillainProtagonist: Ursula; unlike the books about the Queen and Prince, which spend most of their time on their descent into villainy, hers is presented primarily in the past tense, as flashbacks and recounting.
227	* VillainSong: As in the movie, Ursula gets one with "Poor Unfortunate Souls".
228
229	[[/folder]]
230
231	[[folder: ''Mistress of All Evil: A Tale of the Dark Fairy'']]
232
233	* AdaptationOriginConnection: Maleficent's demonic henchmen are Hades' ex-henchmen.
234	* BullyingTheDisabled: Maleficent's lack of wings is essentially a birth defect. She was teased and called a "wingless freak" as a child.
235	* TheBusCameBack: Snow White and [[spoiler: the no longer Evil Queen]] return in ''Mistress of All Evil'' after being offstage for two books. Several decades have passed since the original book.
236	* CreepyCrows: Fairies deem crows to be evil. Crows flock around the Odd Sisters' house in ''Poor Unfortunate Soul'', later being revealed as [[spoiler: Maleficent's messengers]].
237	* CurseCutShort: Nanny cuts herself on while complaining about fairies:
238	-->'' Oh, they don't realize how hateful they really are. They think they're full of magic and light and all things good! Like sugar and honey comes out of their... Well, you get my point.''
239	* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: This is attempted with Flora, Fauna, Merryweather, Maleficent, and the Blue Fairy. However, Maleficent ends up dropping out due to bullying and a lack of a challenge. She instead opts to be homeschooled by her mother.
240	* IronicName: Diablo's name was intended to be a TakeThat at the fairies for giving Maleficent her [[NamesToRunAwayFrom frightening name]]. Diablo's a [[DeathbringerTheAdorable benevolent raven with an intimidating name]].
241	* TheFairFolk: Fairies look cute but are quite judgmental and petty. They do, in general, have good intentions but they are certainly not nice.
242	* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: [[spoiler: The Odd Sisters]] are [[spoiler: Circe's]] mothers through a spell but raised her as their sibling.
243	* FantasticRacism: Fairies are a very judgmental species. They look down upon those that aren't fairies and those that aren't pretty. Maleficent received the blunt of this discrimination throughout her childhood.
244	* TheGreatOffscreenWar: The Tree Lords were previously in a war with Cyclopean Giants.
245	* LivingMoodRing: In ''Mistress of All Evil'', Maleficent's skin changes color depending on her mood. It's a light purple when she's happy or nervous, but turns green when she's bitter.
246	* MythologyGag: Attina is Triton's oldest daughter, just like in ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidArielsBeginning''. This contrasts with earlier media having Aquata as the elder sister.
247	* NatureVersusNurture: Maleficent was destined to be evil and Nanny knew this, but she was attempting to steer her away from that path. Maleficent had a happy, normal childhood despite her ostracization, however, she still ended up becoming evil [[spoiler: due to her feelings of betrayal from Nanny]].
248	* RelatedInTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Maleficent]] is [[spoiler:Aurora's]] mother.
249	* TrueLovesKiss: Maleficent mocks this trope. She complains about the fairies' lack of creativity in that so many princesses are saved this way. Maleficent also rants about women having to be saved by men and how many princesses probably feel they owe the men their hand in marriage for saving them.
250	* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Queen Leah]] isn't [[spoiler:Aurora's]] mother anymore. It's never explained why they have a StrongFamilyResemblance, however.
251	* WhatTheHellHero: Maleficent doesn't understand how Snow White can just sit around and let her stepmother spiral into a grief-driven madness on her own.
252
253	[[/folder]]
254
255	[[folder: ''Mother Knows Best: A Tale of the Old Witch'']]
256
257	* AffectionateNickname: Hazel and Gothel refer to Primrose as "Prim".
258	* AmbiguousSituation:
259	** Primrose and Hazel become very sick soon after Manea's death. It's unknown if the illnesses were simply coincidental, psychological, or magical.
260	** Primrose and Hazel die soon after Gothel meets the Odd Sisters. It's implied, though never confirmed, that it isn't a coincidence.
261	* ArcWords:
262	** "Together forever", referring to Gothel's wish to be with her sisters forever.
263	** "You are destined to be alone", originally said by Manea to her daughter Gothel.
264	* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Manea's three daughters: Hazel (silver), Gothel (black), and Primrose (red). Their lack of resemblance is noted to be ominous for witches. It's also [[spoiler: foreshadowing to the fact they're not actually triplets]].
265	* CallForward: Gothel kills her mother in a similar way to how Rapunzel kills her. They're both turned to dust by their daughters.
266	* DudeShesLikeInAComa: Mrs. Tiddlebottom mocks fairy tales that have princesses kissing sleeping princesses. She doesn't want Rapunzel to end up "kissed by a prince taking far too many liberties with a sleeping princess".
267	* {{Foreshadowing}}: There's a lot of foreshadowing to [[spoiler: only Gothel being Manea's daughter (and being a daughter made of magic at that)]], such as how Manea fawns over her and the lines where Manea say "[[spoiler: Sisters? Ha! They're nothing to you, Gothel!]]".
268	* GenerationXerox:
269	** Gothel and Manea's manner of death resemble each other. They're both "betrayed" by their daughters and turned into dust.
270	** Unbeknownst to Gothel, [[spoiler: Manea stole Primrose and Hazel from two separate villages and raised them as her own]]. Gothel did a similar thing with Rapunzel.
271	* HaveAGayOldTime: There's the line "Lucinda gives Gothel a queer look".
272	* LoveAtFirstSight: This is mocked twice. First, Martha wonders why so many princesses fall in love with the [[FirstGirlWins first boy they meet]]. Second, the Odd Sisters mention that Rapunzel is likely so infatuated with Eugene because she craves the affection she was missing in her childhood.
273	* MageSpecies: Gothel comes from a long line of witches. They apparently all reproduce using [[TrulySingleParent magic]].
274	* NamedByTheAdaptation: The unnamed flower from the film is identified as a "rapunzel" flower. This fixes the AdaptationInducedPlothole of Rapunzel's odd name.
275	* {{Nephewism}}: To make herself seem less suspicious, Gothel spins a story that Rapunzel is her niece. One of her sisters had her out of wedlock and Gothel is saving face by raising Rapunzel herself.
276	* OffingTheOffspring: Manea tries to murder her daughters after they betray her. Though, it's later revealed that [[spoiler: Primrose and Hazel were stolen and Manea doesn't view them as her own]].
277	* Really700YearsOld: Gothel comes from a long line of Queens of the Dead. They live as long as they want and only die when they feel they're ready to "enter the mists" (presumably referring to Hades' underworld). Gothel herself is several centuries old when she dies.
278	* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Jacob wonders if Manea's prophecy about three sisters ruining the Dead Woods wasn't a self-fulfilling prophecy.
279	* SelfMadeOrphan: To [[spoiler: save her sisters]], Gothel sets all the rapunzel flowers on fire, killing her mother.
280	* ShoutOut: Mrs. Tiddlebottom makes reference to ''Literature/{{Bluebeard}}''. She keeps her nose out of Gothel's business because she doesn't want to end up like the woman in the story.
281	* WitchWithACapitalB: Gothel calls her mother a "witch" in this manner:
282	-->'''Gothel''': Stay away from my sisters, you witch!
283	* UndeadChild: Manea has an entire village slaughtered. She has the villagers, children included, made a part of her undead army. This is the last straw for Primrose and Hazel, who can't believe their mother would do such a thing.
284	* VillainSong: Gothel sings "Mother Knows Best" (but the reprise is spoken). Her sing-song nature gets mocked by the Odd Sisters.
285
286	[[/folder]]
287
288	[[folder: ''The Odd Sisters: A Tale of the Three Witches'']]
289
290	* TheReveal: The Odd Sisters are the daughters of Manea and Jacob, and were actually born as one single baby but their grandmother Nestis split them into three.
291
292	[[/folder]]
293
294	[[folder: ''Evil Thing: A Tale of the Devil Woman'']]
295
296	* AbusiveParents: Cruella's mother.
297	* AllForNothing: Lord De Vil, Cruella's father, tried to save her from ending up like her mother by adjusting his will so that she would inherit everything, and urging her to promise to keep the De Vil name even after she married. But his widow's abuse ran too deep in Cruella, and she was so desperate for a parent's love that she willingly signed her inheritance to her mother.
298	* AmbiguousSituation: Were the earrings from Cruella's father really cursed, and that is what caused her SanitySlippage? Or did her mother's abuse just run too deep for Cruella to shake it off?
299	* DisproportionateRetribution: Anita is HappilyMarried to a man she loves and a devoted pet, while Cruella is widowed, bankrupt, and miserable, so Cruella decides to get revenge on both of them by turning Perdita's puppies into a fur coat.
300	* ForWantOfANail: {{Discussed}}; the ghostwriter of Cruella's memoir urges readers to wonder if things could have ended differently for Cruella if certain events had gone differently, like if Anita had agreed to Cruella's offer to travel with her, or if Jack hadn't let her sign away her inheritance.
301	* GoldDigger: Cruella's mother, who tried to marry her off to steal her inheritance, and the various suitors she tried to set her daughter up with, who went running for the hills once Cruella told them she had to keep her last name or give up her inheritance.
302	* SanitySlippage: Cruella's "WellDoneDaughterGirl" mindset exceeds to the point where she is willing to slaughter puppies to turn them into fashion because she thinks it will make her mother proud. Spoiler alert: It doesn't. Lady De Vil just thinks she's nuts.
303
304	[[/folder]]
305
306	[[folder: ''Cold Hearted: A Tale of the Wicked Stepmother'']]
307
308	* AbusiveParents: Surprisingly, Cinderella's father, Sir Richard, to both his own daughter and his new wife's children, just in different ways.
309	* AdaptationalVillainy: Even from what little we saw and heard of Cinderella's father, it was always heavily implied that he was a kind man and devoted father who did no wrong. In ''Cold Hearted'', her father, Sir Richard, is actually an [[DomesticAbuse abusive husband]], a GoldDigger, and, ironically, a WickedStepfather.
310	* CinderellaPlot: Ironically enough, in this adaptation, this happened to Cinderella's stepsisters before it happened to Cinderella herself. Cinderella's father, Sir Richard, made Anastasia and Drizella help their mother with the chores and kept them away from court, all while spoiling his own child and declaring that she was better than his stepchildren.
311	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Sir Richard treated his second wife and two stepdaughters the same way they would one day treat Cinderella. He forced them into virtual servitude, showed favor to his own daughter over his stepdaughters, kept Anastasia and Drizella away from court because they were "not presentable enough", and even locked Lady Tremaine in her room when she tried to escape, which was exactly what she did to Cinderella when she tried to get away from her abusive family through the glass slipper test.
312	* DomesticAbuse: Sir Richard tricked Lady Tremaine into marrying him so [[GoldDigger he could inherit her first husband's money through marriage]] since all a woman's assets went to her husband once they were wed. Once they were married, he forced her to do all the chores, constantly compared her to [[TheLostLenore his first wife]], and denied her freedom of any kind, even the freedom to decorate the house and hire new staff to help her burden. When she tries to leave, Richard [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything refuses to let her go and locks her in her room]].
313	* HourglassPlot: If this backstory is added to the canon movie, the whole story of ''Cinderella'' becomes this. Lady Tremaine and her daughters were first abused by Cinderella's father, who forced them to do the household chores, all while spoiling his own daughter and constantly comparing his stepdaughters to her, declaring her to be better than them. He even locks Lady Tremaine in her room when she tries to leave her toxic situation. Of course, we all know what she and her daughters do to Cinderella in the future.
314	* IronicHell: Lady Tremaine and her daughters were forced into servitude by Sir Richard, who spoiled his own daughter and gave her advantages he denied his stepdaughters. After Cinderella ruins her stepmother's chances of getting away, Lady Tremaine punishes her after her father's death by forcing her to be a servant and making her TheUnfavorite below her stepsisters like Richard had done with Lady Tremaine and her daughters.
315	* TheLostLenore: An ugly side of this trope is seen in the story. Sir Richard, despite remarrying, acts like his first wife is still alive and devotes all his love to her, keeping all her things and portraits around, while treating his second wife like a servant who's only there to care for his child.
316	* NamedByTheAdaptation: Cinderella's father is named Richard and the King is named Hubert
317	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Cinderella told her father that his new wife was planning to leave him, not recognizing that he was an [[DomesticAbuse abusive husband]] and [[WickedStepmother stepfather]] and her stepmother simply wanted out of the abusive situation with him. This act of unwitting betrayal ruins Lady Tremaine's best chance to leave and ignites her hatred for Cinderella, and her abuse of her stepdaughter is revealed to be revenge for telling her secret and for how her father treated Lady Tremaine and her daughters when he was alive.
318	* TheUnfavorite: Sir Richard obviously prefers Cinderella to her stepsisters. He lets her continue her lessons and plans to present her at court, while Anastasia and Drizella must do chores instead of learning, and aren't allowed to be presented because Richard thinks they're too ugly.
319	* WickedStepfather: Believe it or not, Cinderella's father.
320
321	[[/folder]]
322
323	[[folder: ''Never Never: A Tale Of Captain Hook'']]
324	* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: At the end of the Book it’s revealed that James actually died during the battle with the Kraken and Neverland is a realm of the Dead.]]
325	[[/folder]]
326
327	[[folder: ''Fire & Fate: A Tale of Hades'']]
328	* TheReveal:
329	** Circe the lost sister of the Odd Sisters never died and is actually the Circe from Greek Mythology. She became their sister through blood magic.
330	** Pflanze the Cat is really Hecate.
331	* ShoutOut: Hades makes various pop culture references, but none of the Witches understand them.
332
333	[[/folder]]
334
335	[[folder: ''Kill The Beast: A Tale of Everyone’s Favorite Guy'']]
336	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The Prince is this to Gaston.
337
338	[[/folder]]
339

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