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''Ever After: A Cinderella Story'' is a 1998 film adaptation of the classic "[[Cinderella (Literature)|Cinderella]]" story. Set in Renaissance France, the film eschews the magical elements of the original story and treats the plot as straight [[Historical Fiction]].

The story begins when [[The Brothers Grimm (Creator)|The Brothers Grimm]] are invited to the home of a French noblewoman who tells them how much she enjoyed their story of [[Cinderella (Literature)|Cinderella]], but that they got some details wrong. She then proceeds to [[Twice Told Tale|tell them this story...]]

The story begins when [[The Brothers Grimm (Creator)|The Brothers Grimm]] are invited to the home of a French noblewoman who tells them how much she enjoyed their story of [[Cinderella (Literature)|Cinderella]], but that they got some details wrong. She then proceeds to [[Twice-Told Tale|tell them this story...]]

Danielle de Barbarac ([[Drew Barrymore]]) is the beloved only child of the widowed Auguste de Barbarac and his late wife, Nicole de Lancret. When she is eight years old, he remarries the Baroness [[Wicked Stepmother|Rodmilla de Ghent]] (portrayed by [[Anjelica Huston]]), and brings her home along with her two daughters, [[Royal Brat|spoiled and cruel Marguerite]] and [[Shrinking Violet|gentle but weak-willed Jacqueline]]. Shortly thereafter, he dies, leaving Danielle to the care of her stepmother, who already resents the love that he displays to his daughter, and the estate's three devoted servants - the housemaids, Paulette and Louise, and the retainer, Louise's husband Maurice.

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* [[Jerkass]]: Henry, after he finds out that Danielle is a commoner. He gets better. Also, Rodmilla and Marguerite throughout almost the entire movie. They don't. In Henry's case it does not even make sense, since Danielle's mother was a countess and her father was obviously well born enough to marry first a countess and later a baroness.

** One could argue that it is not the fact that she is a commoner that Henry objects to, rather that Danielle lied to him.

* [[Laser Guided Karma]]: Pretty much everybody gets what they deserve. Rodmilla and Marguerite are forced to work in the palace laundry. Monsieur le Peu traded everything he bought from Rodmilla for Danielle, then lost it all when she escaped. Meanwhile, Jacqueline and the Barbarac servants who essentially raised Danielle all get to live with her in royal comfort, while she and her Prince get their [[Happily Ever After]].

* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: Pretty much everybody gets what they deserve. Rodmilla and Marguerite are forced to work in the palace laundry. Monsieur le Peu traded everything he bought from Rodmilla for Danielle, then lost it all when she escaped. Meanwhile, Jacqueline and the Barbarac servants who essentially raised Danielle all get to live with her in royal comfort, while she and her Prince get their [[Happily Ever After]].

* [[Kick the Dog]]: After Danielle has been rejected by Henry and utterly humiliated in front of the entire French court, Rodmilla decides to sell her.

** Not to mention when Danielle asks Rodmilla if she has ever loved her, even a little bit, Rodmilla's response is a cold "How can anyone love a pebble in their shoe?"

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* [[Timeshifted Actor]]: Danielle, Marguerite, Jacqueline, and Danielle's friend Gustave are played by different actors before the time skip. Justified because the characters were children before the [[Time Skip]] and adults after.

* [[Time Skip]]: We don't see anything between the father's death and Danielle's eighteenth year, a jump of ten years.

* [[Twice Told Tale]]: Cinderella, obviously.

* [[Twice-Told Tale]]: Cinderella, obviously.

* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Danielle is the tomboy to Marguerite and Jacqueline.

* [[The Unfavorite]]: Jacqueline is obviously ''not'' as dear to her mother as Marguerite is.

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* [[Wicked Stepmother]]

* [[What Happened to The Mouse]]: Marguerite and Jacqueline's father is evidently deceased prior to the movie, but who's running the barony of Ghent?

* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: Marguerite and Jacqueline's father is evidently deceased prior to the movie, but who's running the barony of Ghent?

* [[What the Hell Hero]]: Leonardo's speech to Henry after he rejects Danielle is pretty epic.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Leonardo's speech to Henry after he rejects Danielle is pretty epic.

{{quote| '''Prince Henry:''' [[Meaningful Echo|"I have been born to privilege, and with that comes specific obligations."]]<br />

'''[[Leonardo Da Vinci]]:''' "Horseshit!" }}

** May also count as a [[Precision F Strike]] - although the actual f-bomb is not dropped, this is the only real instance of profanity in the movie, and leaves both Henry and the audience somewhat stunned.

** May also count as a [[Precision F-Strike]] - although the actual f-bomb is not dropped, this is the only real instance of profanity in the movie, and leaves both Henry and the audience somewhat stunned.

* [[Wicked Stepmother]]

* [[Yank the ~~Dogs~~ Chain]]: The ball scene.

* [[Yank the Dog's Chain]]: The ball scene.

* [[You Got Spunk]]: Le Peu, as he tells Danielle more than once, likes a girl with spirit.