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''the dream that you wish will come true'' }}

 

 

Cinderella got not one, but ''two'' [[Direct to Video]] sequels: ''Cinderella II: Dreams Come True'' (2002) and ''Cinderella III: A Twist In Time'' (2007). The former is a [[Compilation Movie]] of three stories loosely tied together: Cinderella tries to put on a grand party; one of the mice, Jaq, gets transformed into a human by the Fairy Godmother; and Anastasia (one of the stepsisters from the original) comes at odds with her family when she falls in love with a baker and starts on a path to [[Love Redeems|redemption]]. In the latter, things happen that result in the Stepmother getting hold of the Fairy Godmother's wand and trying to undo Cinderella's fortune by messing with the timeline.

 

 

* [[Actually, I Am Him]]: Cinderella didn't realize that the man she was dancing with all night and consequently fell in love with was the prince himself.

** Some DVDs "touch up" the film to make her hair and clothes look [http://dvdmedia.ign.com/dvd/image/article/657/657723/cinderella-special-edition--20051011020749513-000.jpg more like the merchandise.]

* [[Adipose Rex]]

** Anastasia is even made a bit cuter in the sequels, where she's not so evil.

*** Though that might be partly because her original design was harder to draw, and Disney sequels are not known for having good animation.

* [[Big "What?"]]: Spoken by the King after the Grand Duke explains that the beautiful woman who captured the Prince's heart at the ball has gone:

'''King:''' "She Got Away"? A peculiar title, but if that's what you... She ''what''?! Why, you... you traitor! }}

* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]: The three daughters.

* [[Cats Are Mean]]: Lucifer, whose name should speak for itself.

* [[Cat Stereotype]]: Lucifer is dark grey and grey with a black head and off-white muzzle, and fits both black and grey cat stereotypes by being evil, fat and lazy.

* [[Common Sense]]: The Grand Duke approaches [[Fairy Tale]] tropes, such as [[Love At First Sight]] and [[The Girl Who Fits This Slipper]], with [[Real Life]] common sense.

** Though, really, the king has this too. He just doesn't care. So what if the slipper fits other girls, the prince gave his word and he's going to hold him to it.

* [[Drop What You Are Doing]]: Cinderella drops the breakfast tray when she hears from Lady Tremaine that the Prince will marry the girl who can fit the glass slipper.

* [[Everything's Better with Sparkles]]: The dress is actually made by magic sparkles. And the heart on the glass slippers glitters with sparkles.

* [[Exact Words]]

** Lady Tremaine promises Cinderella that she can go to the ball if she finishes her work and can find something to wear. She and her daughters then arrange things so that Cinderella can't fulfill the conditions.

* [[Green Eyes]]: Lady Tremaine and Lucifer.

* [[Hand Wave]]: Both the original movie and ''Cinderella III'' [[Lampshade Hanging|hang a lampshade]] on how it's ridiculous to expect just one girl to fit the slipper, but they both [[Justified Trope|justify]] it differently. In ''Cinderella'' it's implied the prince said he'd marry [[The Girl Who Fits This Slipper]] as a shorthand for "that girl I fell in love with", but the king is so fed up with his son and lack of grandchildren that he makes it a literal royal order. In ''Cinderella III'' [[Canon Discontinuity|on the other hand]] it's the king himself who points out the absurdity of the quest, and indeed when the person who fits the slipper {{spoiler|turns out to be Anastasia}} the prince {{spoiler|apologizes and refuses to marry her. [[Brainwashed|At first]].}}

* [[Heir Club for Men]]: Averted. The king dreams about doing typical "grandfatherly" things with a grandson and a granddaughter instead of simply wanting heirs.

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Cinderella gets an ever-so-brief one when she learns the Prince is in love with the girl who lost her glass slipper at the ball causing her to drop a tray of food in mild shock.

* [[Hypocritical Humour]]:

** From Lady Tremaine, accompanying her daughters on piano.

'''Lady Tremaine:''' *slams her hands on the piano* ''YES?!?!'' }}

** The King who scoffs at the Duke's much more sensible ideas about letting the Prince fall in love:

'''The King:''' Love. Bah! Just a boy meeting a girl under the right conditions. [pushes books off the table and puts together the male and female figurines together] So, we're arranging the conditions. }}

* [[I Gave My Word]]: Her ''exact'' word.

* [[Innocent Blue Eyes]]: Cinderella.

* [[I Want Grandkids]]: The king. Oh so much.

'''King:''' Ahem... A suitable ''wife''! }}

* [["I Want" Song]]: "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes".

** The {{spoiler|maid dress seemed to be the implication that, like in ''[[Ever After (film)|Ever After]]'', they were being punished by being forced into servitude of the girl who was once their own servant. Given that their actions in the third movie seemed driven purely by their jealousy that Cinderella escaped their servitude, it seems like a fitting punishment.}}

* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: The Duke points out how ridiculous it is to think that the glass slipper will ''only'' fit the girl who left it behind.

'''King:''' [[Hand Wave|That's his problem]]. He's given his word, we'll hold him to it. }}

* [[Leave the Two Lovebirds Alone]]: Lady Tremaine wants to get a closer look at Cinderella, who was dancing with the Prince, only for the Grand Duke to close the curtains on her by orders of the King to let no one disrupt them.

* [[Missing Mom]]: The Prince's mom is never mentioned.

** Cinderella's mom gets a couple tiny nods; the prologue makes it clear that she was [[Dead to Begin With]] and the main reason her dad married again was because he thought she needed a mother. The dress that Cinderella originally plans to modify to wear to the ball was, as she specifically states, her mother's.

* [[The Musical]]

* [[Musical Chores]]: "The Work Song" and "Sing Sweet Nightingale".

* [[Rebel Prince]]: If the King's word is to be trusted, Prince Charming is a bit like this; this is best seen at the beginning of the ball where after bowing to greet a guest the Prince looks up to his father in the balcony and yawns; as noted above, that might not seem like much today but at the time depicted in the film it was like giving his old man the finger.

** This comes across a bit more in ''Twist in Time''.

'''Prince:''' Okay. (leaps out of the window) }}

* [[Right-Hand-Cat]]: Lucifer to the evil stepmother, the first time we see them together.

* [[Storybook Opening]]

* [[This Is Reality]]

** And this is also kind of a [[Funny Moments (Sugar Wiki)|Funny Moments]], because even as he casually narrates all this, that's exactly what's happening.

* [[True-Blue Femininity]]: Her iconic dress was mostly silver, but the shoes are blue. And material outside this film make it outright blue.

* [[Uptown Girl]]

* [[When the Clock Strikes Twelve]]

* [[Wicked Stepmother]]

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* [[Abusive Mom]]: Lady Tremaine, not only with her stepdaughter but her own biological daughters as well.

* [[Anachronism Stew]]: ''Cinderella II: Dreams Come True''

* [[Conspicuous CG]]: Examples include a Ferris Wheel in ''Dreams Come True'', some wedding bells in ''A Twist in Time'', and the pumpkin carriage in ''A Twist in Time''.

* [[Cool Crown]]: Cinderella is given a glass tiara in movie #2.

** Everyone is a [[Deadpan Snarker]] in the third movie. Besides the Prince, Drizella is a particularly noteworthy example, gaining almost [[The Voyage of the Dawn Treader|Eustace Scrubb]]-like levels of commentary.

* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]

* [[Name's the Same]]: The baker's name is Dmitri.

* [[Ojou]]: Prudence.

* [[Spoiled Sweet]]: Cinderella, in the ''Dreams Come True'' sequel. As she gets more [[Character Development]], {{spoiler|Anastasia}} becomes one of these, too.

* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: In ''Cinderella II'', one of the triggers behind {{spoiler|Anastasia}}'s [[Heel Face Turn]] is her love for a commoner. More exactly, the local baker boy Dimitri.

* [[Take a Third Option]]: Parodied. When the King tries to keep the Prince from leaving the castle without authorization, the Prince either has to push his dad aside or stay put. What he chooses is... jumping off a balcony and escaping. The scene has reached [[Memetic Mutation]] levels on [[Tumblr]].

* [[The Stinger]]: A clip interrupting the end credits of ''Cinderella III'' shows {{spoiler|Lady Tremaine and Drizella punished to a life of servitude not unlike that they made Cinderella go through.}}

** In the third movie Cinderella did a backflip out of a demonic carriage, and rode horseback to crash her own wedding. That is quite a level up in baddassery considering the coolest thing she did in the first movie was go to a party.

** [[I Want You to Meet An Old Friend of Mine|And Cinderella is voiced in that movie by Jennifer Hale, who voiced the Black Cat opposite Chris Barnes' Spider Man in that show. Ironic, eh?]]

** Tremaine spent decades as the exception to the rule of Disney villains; being the only one to not wield any kind of evil sorcery, curses, poisons, etc until [[The Lion King|Scar]] and [[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|Frollo]] came around. So of course the third movie gave her the nigh-omnipotent power of the [[Fairy Godmother]].

* [[Totally Radical]]: ''Cinderella II'' briefly has Cinderella exclaim, "Ew!" in a [[Valley Girl]] tone.

* [[Xenafication]]: Cinderella in ''A Twist In Time''. It's actually more true to what she was [[What Could Have Been|originally meant to be.]]

 

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