Line #11 WesternAnimation/CinderellaJetlagProductions


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:♫ ''Dream on, Cinderella. Dream the day away. Dreaming of a handsome prince, to take your heart away...'' ♫]]
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4	''Cinderella'' is a 1994 animated film by Creator/JetlagProductions and Creator/GoodTimesEntertainment about the story of ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}''.
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6	A young girl's happy life changes dramatically after her mother dies. A year after her mother's passing, the girl's father returns home from a business trip with a new wife and her two daughters. When her father has to leave for another trip, the girl's stepmother and stepsisters force her to do all the housework and take her possessions for their own. Made to sleep in front of the kitchen fireplace, the girl's step family mockingly call her "Cinderella" because she's covered and soot and ashes. However, Cinderella gains an unexpected ally in her FairyGodmother, who promises to watch over her while she endures her stepmother's abuse. Meanwhile, a grand ball is announced where the Prince of the kingdom will choose a bride, and Cinderella eagerly wishes to go and enjoy herself.
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8	!! Tropes applying to this version of Cinderella are:
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10	* AbhorrentAdmirer: The Prince is introduced trying to stay interested in a princess looking to marry him as she brags ceaselessly about her family's wealth. He gets fed up and walks out. Later at the ball, he's so repulsed by the stepsisters' obnoxious and pushy behavior he walks out again...and just so happens to see Cinderella arriving at the palace.
11	* AdaptationalKarma: The stepfamily suffer misfortune due to the Fairy Godmother.
12	* AffectionateNickname: The Fairy Godmother only refers to Cinderella as "Cindy," most likely because she knows the name is really an insult.
13	* AmbiguouslyBrown: Cinderella herself. It's more obvious on the DVD cover than in the film, which is a bit inconsistent with the color of her skin.
14	* AnachronismStew: The film appears to take place in the 19th century and the clothing ''mostly'' reflects this, although the queen's outfit looks better suited to the late 16th or early 17th century with the wide sleeves and ruff, while the huge wigs/hairstyles the stepsisters don for the ball are more 18th century.
15	* AnimatedMusical: As typical for Jetlag Productions. There are three songs: "Dream On Cinderella", "The Chance of a Lifetime" and "When Love Has Gone Away".
16	* AscendedExtra: The Fairy Godmother only appeared to help Cinderella attend the ball in the original story. Here, she's always by Cinderella's side and exacts some LaserGuidedKarma on her step family by using her magic to play pranks on and humiliate them.
17	* BarefootPoverty: During her time as her stepfamily's slave, Cinderella's only shoes are those the Fairy Godmother turns into glass slippers and she goes barefoot between the ball and the moment the Prince brings the slipper he found. The stepfamily doesn't seem to notice or care she suddenly went barefoot.
18	* BeehiveHairdo: All the members of the stepfamily have one, with the stepmother's being especially obvious. More so in their ballgowns.
19	* BigEater: The fat stepsister is almost always seen eating something.
20	* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Cinderella is the Brunette, and her stepsisters are the Blonde and Redhead.
21	* BlowingARaspberry: The fat stepsister does this at one point.
22	* CallBack: When the Fairy Godmother is trying to comfort a weeping Cinderella, she states that even fairies cry once in a while. In the end, the Fairy Godmother cries TearsOfJoy when the Prince and Cinderella are reunited.
23	* ComedicUnderwearExposure: After getting hit on the head, the fat stepsister falls down and exposes her bloomers.
24	* DisappearedDad:
25	** The stepsisters' father is presumably deceased given their mother marries Cinderella's father.
26	** Downplayed with Cinderella's father; he doesn't die here but he's away on a long business trip for most of the story and so has no idea that his daughter is being mistreated.
27	* DistantDuet: "When Love Has Gone Away" has the prince and Cinderella sing about how they fell in love with each other, when the prince has Cinderella's shoe.
28	* DramaticSlip: Cinderella loses her glass slipper when she trips running through the palace hedge maze; she doesn't go back for it out of fear of being caught.
29	* EarnYourHappyEnding: Cinderella's kindness even in the midst of her stepfamily's cruelty rewards her with [[spoiler: a fairy godmother, and ultimately, marriage to the Prince]].
30	* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler: Cinderella decides not to hold a grudge against her step family when her father returns, and even sets up her stepsisters with men of their own, if only because she wants to get on with her life and focus on her happiness.]]
31	* ExactWords: The stepmother reneges on her promise to let Cinderella attend the ball when she sees there's still a lentil in the fireplace, stating she told Cinderella she could go if she collected ''all'' of them.
32	* FairyGodmother: One with an interest in playing jokes as a form of revenge.
33	* FairytaleWeddingDress: Cinderella naturally gets to wear one at the end; it's a classic white dress with a full skirt and long veil.
34	* FatAndSkinny: The stepsisters, one who is short, squat, and dresses in green, and the other tall and slender who dresses in red.
35	* FlowersOfFemininity: Cinderella always wears a flower in her hair, and is introduced while picking roses.
36	* {{Gonk}}: The fat stepsister is not only fat and ugly, but has a stupid sounding, deep voice.
37	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:The stepsisters end up becoming much nicer to Cinderella in the end, after she helps them marry]].
38	* IShallTauntYou: The fat stepsister blows a raspberry at Cinderella when she can't go to the ball.
39	* KarmicTrickster: The Fairy Godmother enjoys using her magic to play pranks on Cinderella's stepmother and stepsister, to make them look foolish and to avenge their abuse of Cinderella. Thankfully, Cinderella never gets blamed for it.
40	* MamaBear: The Fairy Godmother repeatedly steps in to punish Cinderella's step family for their abuse, using her magic to perform practical jokes on them in a way that Cinderella couldn't possibly be blamed for.
41	* MarryForLove: The Prince is adamant that he won't marry someone he doesn't love and rejects numerous potential brides for this reason. As a result, his parents decide to throw the ball in the hopes he'll fall in love with one of the attendees. No prizes for guessing what happens when Cinderella turns up.
42	* MelancholyMusicalNumber: "When Love has Gone Away," is a beautiful, sad and tender song where in dreams, Cinderella and the prince sing to each other about their longing to be reunited, and how miserable they would be without each other.
43	* MindlinkMates: Implied between Cinderella and the Prince. When the Prince hears Cinderella singing their love song, he declares he's heard her voice in his dreams.
44	* NiceGirl: Cinderella is depicted as a kind and gentle young woman. When her father offers to bring back gifts for everyone on his trip, unlike her stepfamily Cinderella says she only wants him to return safely. [[spoiler:She also forgives her stepfamily's cruel treatment, arranging for her stepsisters to marry lords]].
45	* NoNameGiven: Practically no one in this film has an actual name, and it's clarified that "Cinderella" is not the girl's given name.
46	* ObviouslyEvil: The stepmother looks like the unholy offspring of the Bride of Frankenstein and the Wicked Witch of the West.
47	* OrphansPlotTrinket: One of the keepsakes Cinderella keeps hidden in the kitchen wall is a snowglobe with the figure of an old woman. It turns out it allows her to summon her Fairy Godmother.
48	* ParentalSubstitute: The Fairy Godmother acts more like an actual mother to Cinderella in the absence of her mother and father.
49	* PetTheDog: Subverted. When Cinderella begs to attend the ball, her stepsisters point out to their mother she ''did'' help them get ready. The stepmother then says Cinderella can go if she removes the lentils spread in the fireplace. If this was a ''true'' moment, her step family would've just let Cinderella go instead of posing an arbitrary challenge. And when Cinderella does complete the task in time, the stepmother eagerly points out there's still a lentil in the fireplace and reminds Cinderella she said ''all'' the lentils, not ''all but one''.
50	* PimpedOutDress: Cinderella naturally gets one courtesy of the Fairy Godmother to attend the ball in; it's a blue and yellow floor-length ballgown with poofy sleeves and matching evening gloves. She blows everyone away with her beauty and elegance, with even her own stepfamily not recognizing her.
51	* RegalRuff: The queen is seen wearing one in her every appearance.
52	* SheCleansUpNicely: Cinderella's stepfamily are so used to seeing her dressed in rags and covered with dirt from doing chores, they don't even recognize her when she's glammed up for the ball. It's worth noting that the Prince ''does'' still recognize her even in her servant garb, which is used as an indicator he truly loves her for herself.
53	* SlapStick: The stepfamily suffers this. Notably, the stepmother gets a spoon stuck to her (surprisingly stretchy) nose and the stepdaughters get hit on the head during croquet.
54	* SoreLoser: Subverted and played straight. When the stepmother sees Cinderella (actually the Fairy Godmother) collected all the lentils, the stepmother handles it surprisingly well... but then immediately jumps on the chance to point out one is still in the fireplace. [[spoiler: She has a VillainousBreakdown when Cinderella proves beyond a shadow of a doubt she is the very girl the Prince was searching for, screaming about "Those ragged clothes, that dirty face!"]]
55	* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: First, the Fairy Godmother convinces Cinderella to sing to get the Prince's attention from the attic. Later, when the stepmother raises doubt that Cinderella is the one who danced with the Prince, the Fairy Godmother gets angry and uses her magic to reveal the other glass slipper to prove beyond a doubt it was Cinderella.]]
56	* SparedByTheAdaptation: A lot of Cinderella adaptations kill off Cinderella's dad too, while in this version he survives the whole movie, albeit largely absent until the end.
57	* StockSoundEffect: The cartoon sound effects that play when the stepfamily is suffering {{slapstick}}.
58	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Just because Cinderella fits the missing slipper, it doesn't mean she's not just someone with the same foot size as the girl the Prince is looking for. The other slipper is produced as additional evidence. The "ragged clothes" and the "dirty face" don't stop the Prince from starting to figure out even before she tries either shoe.]]
59	* TryingNotToCry: Cinderella promises her Fairy Godmother she won't cry anymore after she promises to help her. Cinderella tries her best not to cry even when her stepfamily is cruel to her, but she's [[HeroicBSOD unable to stop herself]] after she thinks her last chance to attend the ball has been cruelly ripped away.
60	* VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler:When Cinderella fits the missing slipper, the stepmother tries to dismiss it as a coincidence and her point is acknowledged until the other slipper is produced]].
61	* VillainSong: "The Chance Of A Lifetime" is basically one for the stepmother and stepsisters, inter cut with their mocking laughter and condescension of Cinderella as they get ready for the ball. If you needed more proof, here's one of the lines:
62	-->''The pretty young ladies are ready to dance, but no one will give Cinderella a chance.''
63	* WeHardlyKnewYe: Cinderella's mother is in one scene right at the start; she's given a little characterization as a loving wife and mother, then in the next scene we're informed she fell ill and died. Given this ''is'' an adaptation of ''Cinderella'', her mother is DoomedByCanon for the story to work.
64	* WickedStepmother: Practically a requirement for any Cinderella adaptation. Cinderella's stepmother is a cruel, shallow and domineering woman who treats Cinderella like a slave, refuses to let her go to the ball [[spoiler:and tries to prevent her from marrying the prince]]. It's also implied she mostly married Cinderella's father [[{{Golddigger}} for his money]], especially as the first thing she does when he offers to bring back gifts from his trip is to demand he buy her new dresses.

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