Snow White and the Huntsman: Difference between revisions

* [[Adaptational Badass]]: Snow White. Also the Huntsman, and William, who is closest in the movie to the traditional prince role.

* [[Adaptation Expansion]]

* [[The Ageless]]: Ravenna has apparently "lived twenty lives", but still appears to be relatively young-looking.

* [[The Alcoholic]]: The Huntsman is introduced as one, but he stops drinking soon after meeting Snow White.

* [[Deceased Parents Are the Best]]: Snow White's parents both die a few minutes into the film.

* [[Derailing Love Interests]]: {{spoiler|Averted with class. Both love interests are flawed but both are good, worthy men that even fight in sync to protect and support their future queen.}}

* [[Didn't See That Coming]]: {{spoiler|Many people did not expect the Huntsman to be the one to kiss Snow White awake; it was assumed that since William's character was the closest to a "prince" that he would fulfill that role.}}

* [[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]:

* [[Princely Young Man]]: William is advertised as "[[Prince Charming|The Prince]]" in the movie posters, but he is actually a Duke's son, not a real prince.

* [[Rain of Arrows]]: As Snow White and her followers are riding towards the castle. The Queen's archers send a barrage of arrows through the air, taking down a number of Snow White's army.

* [[Ravens and Crows]]: The queen's theme, including her name.

* [[Raven Hair, Ivory Skin]]: Snow White.

** Played with when the only time the Huntsman comments on Snow White's beauty is when he tells her that she looks fetching in mail, ''not'' a dress.

* [[Ship Tease]]: Mostly between the Huntsman and Snow White, because the only real moments she gets with William he {{spoiler|turns out to be the [[Shapeshifting|Queen in disguise]]. }}

** The part where Snow White enters the Dark Forest while fleeing capture. The manner in which she mourns her horse's loss as it gets stuck in the bog is reminiscent of how [[The Neverending Story|Atreyu]] mournfully watching Artax die in the Swamp of Sadness.

** The part where Snow White gets lost in the Dark Forest and gets into a [[Troubled Fetal Position]] is reminiscent of when an utterly dejected Bella Swan gets into that same position in the forest after Edward Cullen leaves her in the ''New Moon'' film.

** When the eight dwarfs appear, their blind leader Muir is seen wearing a beaked mask like the ones worn by plague doctors during the Middle Ages. In effect, he's [[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (Disney)|Doc]]. Could also be a mythology gag.

** One of the dwarves starts singing the Disney film's "Heigh-ho" song {{spoiler|while sneaking into the royal castle.}}

** Halfway through her shapeshifting spell, the Evil Queen looks ''exactly'' like [[Harry Potter|Lord Voldemort]].

** Early in the film, the Evil Queen walks up to a random prisoner and starts tormenting him with her usual [[Does Not Like Men]] spiel. Instead of politely listening to her ranting, in mid-speech the guy grabs an unsecured dagger from the guard holding him and straight up stabs her in the chest (which gives him more smarts and initiative than 99% of Fantasy genre characters). Sadly, she's enchanted and can only be killed by [[The Chosen One]], and kills the poor guy for his defiance.

** {{spoiler|Snow White finally confronts Ravenna in battle and the latter has the former on the ropes. When Ravenna sneers at Snow White for having led her followers to their deaths in their attack on her kingdom, Snow White uses this chance to stab Ravenna in the stomach.}}

* [[Smug Snake]]: Queen Ravenna

* [[Snow Means Death]]: {{spoiler|Snow Whites takes a bite from the disguised Ravenna's poisoned apple while in a snowy forest, and subsequently enters a death/coma.}}

* [[Will They or Won't They?]]: Snow White and William/{{spoiler|The Huntsman}}.

* [[Wolverine Claws]]: Ravenna wears some intimidating-looking silver claws on her hands as a part of her [[Costume Porn|elaborate outfits]].

* [[Woman in White]]: Snow White. {{spoiler|The Resistance dresses Snow White in a white gown when she's in her coma/death. When Snow White later wakes she gives the Resistance a [[Rousing Speech]] while wearing this white gown.}}

** Ravenna also has a moment where she submerges herself in a white liquid and emerges white from head to toe.

* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: {{spoiler|A flashback reveals that Ravenna and Finn were the sole survivors when their childhood village was pillaged and destroyed. Guess what the Queen does to her and others' kingdoms now?}}

* [[Worm That Walks]]:

** The Queen can turn herself into a huge flock of ravens.

* [[Ye Goode Olde Days]]/[[The Dung Ages]]: Both are used, depending on whether times are good or times are bad. In the beginning of the movie under the reign of King Magnus, the kingdom was prosperous, while everything is dirty and grimy when Ravenna is queen.

* [[You Killed My Father]]: Invoked during the climax, by Ravenna rather than Snow.

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