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''Snow White & the Huntsman'' is an action fantasy film based on the [[Snow White (Literature)|Snow White]] fairytale. It stars [[Kristen Stewart]] as Snow White herself, with [[Thor (Film)|Chris Hemsworth]] as the Huntsman, and [[Charlize Theron]] as the Queen (named Ravenna).
In a land ruled by tyranny, the [[Vain Sorceress]] and [[
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=== ''Snow White & the Huntsman'' exhibits the following tropes: ===
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* [[Awesome Moment of Crowning]]: {{spoiler|Snow White's coronation.}}
* [[Back From the Dead]]
* [[Back
* [[Badass]]: The Huntsman takes on several soldiers at once in defence of Snow White. The dwarves also kick-ass.
* [[Badass Damsel]] / [[Badass Princess]]: Snow White.
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** [[Good Looking Privates]]: The Huntsman comments on how nice she looks in mail.
{{quote| '''Huntsman''': ''[[Ship Tease|You're very fetching in mail.]]''}}
* [[Brother
* [[Bruiser With a Soft Center]]: The Huntsman, whose speech prior to {{spoiler|[[True
* [[The Caligula]]: Ravenna. Also her possible relationship with her brother mirrors ideas about the original Caligula, see Incest Subtext below.
* [[Cape Swish]]: Ravenna turns into a flock of ravens upon doing this.
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* [[Elite Mooks]]: Humanoid monsters made from fragments of broken glass.
* [[Even Evil Has Loved Ones]]: Ravenna and Finn genuinely care about each other.
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: The Huntsman. Even the ''credits'' don't list his real name (it's "Eric", apparently).
* [[Every Thing Is Better With Princesses]]: It's still a fairy tale after all.
* [[Evil Is Stylish]]: Ravenna, who was the movie's sole contributor to [[Costume Porn]].
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* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]: Snow White is just about the only notable character who uses a sword. Everyone else uses axes, bows, daggers, a cane, and so forth. The only exception is her father, the King.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Gus takes an arrow for Snow White.}}
* [[High Collar of Doom]]: Ravenna has a [[Pimped
* [[The High Queen]]: Snow White's mother. {{spoiler|Snow White herself becomes one in the ending.}}
* [[Hollywood Tactics]]: Using cavalry in deep woods or during high tide? Storming a castle without siege engines or at least a battering ram? Don't worry, you'll get by thanks to [[Rule of Cool]].
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* {{spoiler|[[No Romantic Resolution]]: Due to the film's strong focus on feminism. This left fans divided on the topic of whether or not they should have wrapped up Snow White's love life, as the ending was a bit of a let-down for some without it.}}
* [[Not So Different]]: Said almost verbatim by Ravenna to Snow White during the climax.
{{quote| '''Snow White''': [[Shut UP, Hannibal|I'm everything you're not!]]}}
* [[Of Corsets Sexy]]: The dress which we first see Snow White in has one.
* [[Offing the Offspring]]: Ravenna wants to take Snow White's heart because this will give her [[Immortality]].
* [[One for Sorrow, Two For Joy]]: Magpies are all over this film. One appears right before Snow White is to be led to the Queen and murdered, two appear later to lead her to her horse. Basically, any time something happens, either one or two magpies will appear to portend it, whichever is appropriate. Not that anybody comments on this.
* [[One
* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: The Huntsman has a Scottish accent, which clashes with Chris Hemsworth's lovely Australian accent every so often, but for the most part it holds up well.
* [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same]]: Yep. They're no different here than they are in any other fantasy setting.
* [[Perma Stubble]]: Both the Huntsman and William have short facial hair which is longer than usual stubble but still not quite a beard.
* [[Pimped
* [[The Power of Love]]: {{spoiler|Interestingly, never really touched upon in the film. [[True
* [[Pretty in Mink]]: One of Ravenna's many elaborate outfits.
* [[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.
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* [[Rated M for Manly]]: Snow White might be the [[Xenafication|Xenified]] heroine, but between the [[An Axe to Grind|axe-wielding]] Huntsman who has gone into the dark forest and survived twice and the [[The Archer|arrow shooting]] William who attacked the queen's men on a regular basis, there's loads of testosterone to go around.
* [[Ravens and Crows]]: The queen's theme, including her name.
* [[Raven Hair, Ivory Skin]]: Snow White.
* [[Real Men Love Jesus]]: The adult Snow White, and future action heroine, are ''The Lord's Prayer''.
* [[Really 700 Years Old]]: {{spoiler|In Queen Ravenna's words, she has lived at least 20 lifetimes. It's also implied that her sorcery allows her brother immortality through her healing his injuries.}}
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** Halfway through her shapeshifting spell, the Evil Queen looks ''exactly'' like [[Harry Potter|Lord Voldemort]].
** The coat-of-arms of Snow White's kingdom looks suspiciously like the [[Lord of the Rings|The White Tree of Gondor]].
* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]:
** 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.}}
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** {{spoiler|When Finn is killed by the Huntsman, Ravenna spills black ink on a piece of parchment.}}
* [[Taking the Bullet]]: {{spoiler|One of the dwarves saves Snow White's life by taking the arrow aimed at her.}}
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: While she is a blonde, the darkly-dressed, statuesque, beautiful, and ruthless Queen Ravenna fits this trope very well.
* [[This Is Reality]]: [[Invoked]]. One of the trailers states that "this is not a [[Fairy Tale]]".
* [[Through the Eyes of Madness]]: {{spoiler|Very likely, the mirror. All of Ravenna's magic is perceived by the other characters... except for the talking mirror. When Finn watches Ravenna speaking to the mirror, he sees only her.}}
* [[Tonight Someone Kisses]]: The trailer left people thinking that William's kiss would wake Snow White. {{spoiler|But as it turns out, the [[True
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Sure Finn, keep taunting the Huntsman about {{spoiler|how you raped and murdered his wife}}. It's not like he won't get pissed at you.
* [[Toplessness From the Back]]: Ravenna on several occasions, although [[Fan Disservice|not always in a good way]].
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** {{spoiler|Queen Ravenna writhes into this position whenever her magically conjured youth and/or sorceress powers falter significantly.}}
* [[True Beauty Is On the Inside]]: Whilst the film recognises Snow White as the [[Fairest of Them All]], what defines her from Ravenna and what is ultimately more important is her inner beauty.
* [[True
* [[Unexplained Recovery]]: It's surprising how little anyone bats an eyelid when Snow White casually walks out, perfectly alive, of the castle wherein she was laid out ''while dead''. Apparently, in this universes, [[True
* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]: William. {{spoiler|His kiss fails to awaken Snow.}}
* [[Vain Sorceress]]: Ravenna.
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* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Ravenna has one rather early one when Snow White first escapes the castle.
* [[Warrior Prince]]: William.
* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: We never found out what became of the [[Magic Mirror]].
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: The Huntsman tries to leave Snow White, and is asked how he can possibly be that cold.
* [[When Trees Attack]]: Snow White is clawed at by trees in the Dark Forest.
* [[Wicked Stepmother]]: Only barely. Ravenna did marry the king before she took over.
* [[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]].
* [[Womanin Black]]: Ravenna, in most of the movie. Part of being a foil to a girl named Snow White and all.
* [[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?}}
* [[Worlds Most Beautiful Woman]]: Snow White. Played with in that the movie emphasizes that this a combination of both her inner and outer beauty.
* [[Worm That Walks]]:
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