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[[File:PiedPiperOfHamelin_1769.jpg|frame| [[Schmuck Bait|Don't be a pussy]]. [[Blatant Lies|This guy seems legit]].]]▼
| title = Pied Piper of Hamelin
| original title = Rattenfänger von Hameln
| image = PiedPiperOfHamelin_1769.jpg
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| central theme = Don't stiff the exterminator.
| elevator pitch = A piper rids a town of rats, but when the town refuses to pay him, he takes their children instead.
| genre =
| publication date = circa 1284-1300
| source page exists =
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''[[The Pied Piper of Hamelin]]'' is a classic fairy tale/folk story frequently referenced in other works and media. Although (like most fairy tales) there are various versions, the basic story is as follows:
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** Some people believe this story is based on the [http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/the-childrens-crusade.htm Children's Crusades] which happened around the time period the story is set.
** In the Robert Browning version, the narrator refers to [https://web.archive.org/web/20130926225742/http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/etext/piper/46.html a tribe in Transylvania who claim to have been descendants of the children whom the Piper had taken.]
* [[An Aesop]]: The common phrase, "time to pay the piper" is said to derive from this story. In a way, the story is a brutal allegory for what tends to happen to people who try to weasel their way out of an agreement or contract.
* [[Aluminum Christmas Trees]]: Yes, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamelin Hamelin] is a real town in Germany, and they're proud to be associated with the famous story, having a [https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g198595-d4263342-Reviews-Pied_Piper_Statue-Hameln_Lower_Saxony.html#photos;aggregationId=&albumid=101&filter=7&ff=77999103 fountain-statue of the Piper] to commemorate it. There was far less pride and far more sorrow during the late middle ages, though -- see the Trivia page for the historical underpinnings of the tale.
* [[The Cake Is a Lie]]: The town never intends to pay the Piper.
* [[Childless Dystopia]]:
* [[Disability Immunity]]
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: "You didn't pay your bills, so I'll kidnap your children."
* [[Eccentric Exterminator]]: The Piper claims to be a rat catcher, and for all practical purposes, he is. He just uses [[Magic Music| unusual methods.]]
* [[Invasion of the Baby Snatchers]]
* [[Magical Flutist]]: The title character is this.
* [[Magic Music]]
* [[Riddle for the Ages]]: Who (or ''what'') was the Pied Piper? A sorcerer? The Devil? One of [[The Fair Folk]]? Many theories have been posed, but no version actually answers that question.
* [[Swarm of Rats]]: [[Ur Example]] of the [[Swarm of Rats]] in fiction.
* [[Villainous Harlequin]]: The Piper is almost always described as wearing unusual clothes, often those of a jester.
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