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* The children's book ''[[The Stinky Cheese Man]] and other Fairly Stupid Tales''. Enough said. |
* The children's book ''[[The Stinky Cheese Man]] and other Fairly Stupid Tales''. Enough said. |
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* The "[[Political Correctness Gone Mad|politically correct]]" fairy tales by James Finn Garner. |
* The "[[Political Correctness Gone Mad|politically correct]]" fairy tales by James Finn Garner. |
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* ''[[Howl's Moving Castle]],'' for the most part. While not necessarily a "fairy tale" overall, it does [[Subverted Trope|subvert]], [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade]], and otherwise mess with many a fairy-tale trope. |
* ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (novel)|Howl's Moving Castle]],'' for the most part. While not necessarily a "fairy tale" overall, it does [[Subverted Trope|subvert]], [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade]], and otherwise mess with many a fairy-tale trope, featuring a character who is [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]. |
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* The short stories in Andrzej Sapkowski's earlier ''[[The Witcher]]'' books are all or almost all this [[Up to Eleven|pushed up to eleven]]. The Beauty and the Beast? {{spoiler|The Beast likes his transformation, whereas the Beauty is so much more monstrous than he is.}} Don't even ask about [[Grimmification|what he did]] to [[Tear Jerker|Snow]] [[Alas, Poor Villain|White]]. |
* The short stories in Andrzej Sapkowski's earlier ''[[The Witcher]]'' books are all or almost all this [[Up to Eleven|pushed up to eleven]]. The Beauty and the Beast? {{spoiler|The Beast likes his transformation, whereas the Beauty is so much more monstrous than he is.}} Don't even ask about [[Grimmification|what he did]] to [[Tear Jerker|Snow]] [[Alas, Poor Villain|White]]. |
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* In ''Beauty'' by [[Sheri S. Tepper]], based on the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale, Beauty {{spoiler|tricks her half sister into being pricked by the magical spindle. Once escaping the sleeping curse, Beauty travels through different eras in history and unwittingly causes other fairy tales to happen.}} |
* In ''Beauty'' by [[Sheri S. Tepper]], based on the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale, Beauty {{spoiler|tricks her half sister into being pricked by the magical spindle. Once escaping the sleeping curse, Beauty travels through different eras in history and unwittingly causes other fairy tales to happen.}} |
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* The novel ''Snow White'' by Daniel Barthelme is an all but unrecognizable [[Setting Update]] of the fairy tale written in a stream-of-consciousness sort of style designed to irritate the reader. |
* The novel ''Snow White'' by Daniel Barthelme is an all but unrecognizable [[Setting Update]] of the fairy tale written in a stream-of-consciousness sort of style designed to irritate the reader. |
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* ''[[Lunar Chronicles|Cinder]]'' by Marissa Meyer is a retelling of Cinderella in the [[Crap Saccharine World]] of the distant future. In it, Linh Cinder is a cyborg and Prince Kai (Prince Charming) is the prince of the Eastern Commonwealth (aka east Asia). In this retelling, Prince Kai is actually charming as opposed to being [[Prince Charmless]] like in many others. |
* ''[[Lunar Chronicles|Cinder]]'' by Marissa Meyer is a retelling of Cinderella in the [[Crap Saccharine World]] of the distant future. In it, Linh Cinder is a cyborg and Prince Kai (Prince Charming) is the prince of the Eastern Commonwealth (aka east Asia). In this retelling, Prince Kai is actually charming as opposed to being [[Prince Charmless]] like in many others. |
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