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"Little Red Riding Hood" is an old European Fairy Tale about an innocent young girl and The Big Bad Wolf. The two best known versions of the tale are by Charles Perrault and The Brothers Grimm. Those said versions been adapted multiple times in a lot of media.
Note: Versions that only borrow certain elements of the story are Red Riding Hood Replica.
Oldest versions of the tale:
- "Little Red Riding Hood", the two well-known versions of the tale by Charles Perrault and The Brothers Grimm. These two are the ones most Derivative Works are based on.
Adaptations or retellings of this fairytale include:
Anime & Manga- My Melody no Akazukin (A 1989 OVA adaptation by Sanrio starring My Melody. Originally screened at three theater roads shows in Japan and was part of Sanrio Anime Festival) note
Films — Animation
- Hoodwinked! (2005), a parody of the story and done in the style of a Urban Fantasy mystery. also includes the sequel, Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (2011)
Films — Live-Action
- Le Petit Chaperon rouge (1930), French film written by and starring Jean Renoir.
- "La Caperucita Roja" (1960), Mexican film directed by Roberto Rodriguez, that moves out of the original ending when Little Red Riding Hood learns that the Big Bad Wolf is not a bad guy, only being outcasted because of being a wolf (even has a skunk as a friend), it leads to two sequels:
- "Caperucita y sus 3 Amigos" (1961) where the new friends confront a group of gypsies accusing the Big Bad Wolf of thievery,
- "Caperucita y Pulgarcito contra Los Monstruos" (1962) where she crosses over with the Mexican version of Tom Thumb (Pulgarcito) to confront the Snow White´s Witch Queen, her monsters, and her master, The Devil.
- About the Little Red Riding Hood (1977)
- The Company of Wolves (1984), a Dark Fantasy horror version of the story.
- Red Riding Hood (2011 film)
Literature
- The Little Girl and the Wolf (1939), a short story version by James Thurber. Ends with Little Red Riding Hood shooting the wolf.
- Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, a poem version by Roald Dahl. Ends with Little Red Riding Hood shooting the wolf.
Music
- "Li'l Red Riding Hood" by Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs retells the story from the wolf's perspective with a Sympathetic P.O.V. applied, portraying him as a would-be suitor who is smitten with Red and disguises himself as a sheep to get close to her because she would find him frightening otherwise.
Theatre
- Red: The Red Riding Hood Musical (2000), a stage musical about the fairy tale, and the different variants of it that exist.
Video Games
- Little Red Hood (1989), an unlicensed game for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
- The Path (2009), a Psychological Horror game.
- The Dark Side of Red Riding Hood (2013), lets players re-enact the story with some added Grimmification.
- Little Red Riding Hood's Wolf (2015)
- The Little Red Lie, a stealth-based horror game based on the story.
- Once Ever After is a lewd H-Game retelling... mixed in with several other different versions of the story all clashing together.
- Wolf & Rabbit (2018), an Explorer Horror game.
- Little Red Memories, an Explorer Horror game.
- Mucorales (2024), a short Explorer Horror game.
Western Animation
- Red Hot Riding Hood (1943), a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer short film directed by Tex Avery with Little Red Riding Hood as a nightclub singer and The Big Bad Wolf as a swinger.
- Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944), a Merrie Melodies short film starring Bugs Bunny as a gift being carried along by a bobby-soxer version of Red.
