Ever After (film): Difference between revisions

* [[Arranged Marriage]]: Subverted in that, since neither the groom nor bride wants to go through with it, the wedding is canceled ''midway through the ceremony''.

* [[Backstabbing the Alpha Bitch]]

'''Jacqueline:''' [''[[Sarcasm Mode|sarcastically]]''] "Of course not, Mother. [[Ironic Echo|I'm only here for the food.]]" }}

* [[Badass Damsel]]: Danielle is half this and half [[Plucky Girl]].

* [[Clothes Make the Legend]]: Danielle's mother's shoes, which give rise to the legend of the fabled "glass slipper."

* [[Cruel Mercy]]: Danielle keeps Rodmilla from being shipped off to the Americas... by asking the king to "show her the same courtesy that she has bestowed upon me." Cut to Rodmilla and Marguerite being ushered to their new jobs in the palace laundry.

* [[Deceased Parents Are the Best]]: Danielle reveres her father's memory.

* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Leonardo Da Vinci's [[Establishing Character Moment]] involves him unrolling a canvas to reveal the ''Mona Lisa''. Unfortunately, the actual ''Mona Lisa'' was painted on a wooden panel, not exactly a medium which can be easily rolled up and stored in a tube. (Though it could have been an early study).

* [[Mythology Gag]]: Some of the traditional elements of the Cinderella story show up in different places than usual. For instance, in this version Danielle's trip to the ball doesn't end with her exclaiming at the time and doing a runner, but one of her earlier meetings with Henry does.

* [[The Namesake]]: The 'Cinderella' title is invoked when we learn that this is Marguerite's nickname for her stepsister. It comes into play when they're having tea with the Queen, who asks them if they know the woman who has so enraptured Henry.

'''Marguerite:''' [''realizes who this means and throws a tantrum''] }}

* [[No Guy Wants an Amazon]]: Utterly averted with Henry, who is fascinated by the way "Nicole" climbs trees, swims alone, and is strong enough to hoist ''him'' over her shoulders.

* [[Smug Snake]]: Le Peu

* [[Society Is to Blame]]: What Danielle believes.

'''Danielle:''' "If you suffer your people to be ill-educated, and their manners corrupted from infancy, and then punish them for those crimes to which their first education disposed them, what else is to be concluded, sire, but that you first make thieves and then punish them?" }}

* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Monsieur le Peu is implied to be something like this to Danielle, judging by his behavior toward her in the marketplace and then later when he ''owns'' her.

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

* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]: Alas, poor Gustave.

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

'''[[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.