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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.
It is also one of the movies featured in ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''. Cinderella herself has a minor (but important) role as one of the seven Princesses of Heart driving the plot of the first game. Nothing from the series appears again until [[Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep]], where it gets an entire world called ''Castle Of Dreams''.
And everyone who kept on believing finally had a wish granted in 2018, when the original movie was named to the [[National Film Registry]].
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* [[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.
* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: She might actually have [[media:cinderella-disneyscreencaps_com-5347_4091.jpg|strawberry dark blonde hair and a white and silver dress]] in the film, but the [[Disney Princess]] [[Cash Cow Franchise|Merchandise]] would like you to remember her as [https://web.archive.org/web/20111204121939/http://disneyexclusiveonline.com/images/Disney_Exclusive_Online_Store_Princess_Cinderella.jpg perfectly platinum in blue.]
** 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]]
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** 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 Bad]]: The Grand Duke becomes this of the movie.
* [[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:
{{quote|'''King:''' I hereby dub you, Sir... Hmm... Oh, by the way, what title would you like?
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* [[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.
* [[Co-Dragons]]: Lady Tremaine, Anastasia, and Drizella become this to the Grand Duke.
* [[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.
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* [[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.
* [[Evil All Along]]: The Grand Duke is the mastermind of the Tremaines preventing Cinderella to go to the ball.
* [[Evil Chancellor]]: The duke is at first the king's advisor, but he is working for the stepmother.
* [[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.
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* [[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]].}}
* [[Harsh Life Revelation Aesop]]:
** Cinderella sings in "A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes" that she dreams so much because it's the one thing that her wicked stepfamily can't control. She holds it close as she has to do excess chores daily and is denied even the basic shred of happiness.
** As Cinderella tells Bruno, sometimes you have to get alone with people --or cats in this case-- that you don't like when they control their living situation. She reminds Bruno that Lady Tremaine can kick him out any time if she gets wind of Bruno wanting to chase Lucifer the cat, and it's in Bruno's best interests to not act on those dreams.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Near the end of the movie, the Duke betrays the stepmother, fits Cinderella's glass slipper, and returns to his old job as the king's advisor.
* [[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.
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* [[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 Mole]]: The Grand Duke.
* [[The Musical]]
* [[Musical Chores]]: "The Work Song" and "Sing Sweet Nightingale".
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* [[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]]
* [[Wants the Work Done for Them]]: Cinderella's stepsisters do nothing all day and leave the work for her, with no repercussions.
* [[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''
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