Changes: Cinderella (Fairytale)

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This article focuses on the fairytale, "Cinderella". For the Enchanted Forest character, see Cinderella.

Template:Fairytale "Cinderella", also known as "Cendrillon, ou La petite Pantoufle de Verre", is a fairytale featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It was written by Charles Perrault and incorporated in the book "Stories or Fairy Tales from Past Times with Morals" in 1697.

Traditional Plot

Once upon a time, there was a widower who married a proud and haughty woman as his second wife. She had two daughters, who were equally vain and selfish. By his first wife, he'd had a beautiful young daughter, a girl of unparalleled goodness and sweet temper. The Stepmother and her daughters forced the first daughter into servitude, where she was made to work day and night in menial chores. After the girl's chores were done for the day, she would retire to the barren and cold room given to her, and would curl up near the fireplace in an effort to stay warm. She would often arise covered in cinders, giving rise to the mocking nickname "Cinderella". Cinderella bore the abuse patiently and dared not tell her father, since his wife controlled him entirely.

One day, the Prince invited all the young ladies in the land to a ball, planning to choose a wife from amongst them. The two stepsisters gleefully planned their wardrobes for the ball, and taunted Cinderella by telling her that maids were not invited to the ball.

As the sisters departed to the ball, Cinderella cried in despair. Her Fairy Godmother magically appeared and immediately began to transform Cinderella from house servant to the young lady she was by birth, all in the effort to get Cinderella to the ball. She turned a pumpkin into a golden carriage, mice into horses, a rat into a coachman, and lizards into footmen. She then turned Cinderella's rags into a beautiful jewelled gown, complete with a delicate pair of glass slippers. The Godmother told her to enjoy the ball, but warned that she had to return before midnight, when the spells would be broken.

At the ball, the entire court was entranced by Cinderella, especially the Prince. At this first ball, Cinderella remembers to leave fifteen minutes before midnight. Back home, Cinderella graciously thanked her Godmother. She then greeted the stepsisters, who had not recognized her earlier and talked of nothing but the beautiful girl at the ball.

Another ball was held the next evening, and Cinderella again attended with her Godmother's help. The Prince had become even more infatuated, and Cinderella in turn became so enchanted by him she lost track of time and left only at the final stroke of midnight, losing one of her glass slippers on the steps of the palace in her haste. The Prince chased her, but outside the palace, the guards saw only a simple country girl leave. The Prince pocketed the slipper and vows to find and marry the girl to whom it belonged. Meanwhile, Cinderella kept the other slipper, which did not disappear when the spell was broken.

The Prince tried the slipper on all the women in the kingdom. When the Prince arrives at Cinderella's villa, the stepsisters tried in vain to win over the prince. Cinderella asked if she might try, while the stepsisters taunted her. Naturally, the slipper fitted perfectly, and Cinderella produced the other slipper for good measure. The stepsisters both pleaded for forgiveness, and Cinderella agreed to let bygones be bygones.

Cinderella married the Prince, and the stepsisters also married two lords.

Show Adaptation

The Fairy Godmother comes to grant Cinderella's wish to go to the ball, but is unexpectedly killed by Rumplestiltskin. He replaces the Fairy Godmother's role in this aspect.
Cinderella's nickname is "Ella".

Episode Featured

"The Price of Gold"

Characters Featured

Cinderella
The Prince
The King
The Fairy Godmother
Cinderella's stepmother
Cinderella's stepsisters
Gus

Locations Featured

The King's castle

Items Featured

The Fairy Godmother's wand

Stories

A – M The Adventures of Pinocchio \| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer \| Aesop's Fables \| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland \| Arthurian legend \| "Beauty and the Beast" \| Beowulf \| The BFG \| Carrie \| Celtic mythology \| "Cinderella" \| A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court \| The Count of Monte Cristo \| The Curse of Capistrano \| Don Quixote \| The Emerald City of Oz \| Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus \| "The Frog Prince" \| Germanic mythology \| "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" \| Greek mythology \| "Hansel and Gretel" \| The Hundred and One Dalmatians \| "Jack and the Beanstalk" \| "Jack and Jill" \| "Jack the Giant Killer" \| "Little Bo Peep" \| "Jack Sprat" \| La Cenerentola \| "The Little Mermaid" \| "Little Red Riding Hood" \| The Lord of the Rings \| The Marvelous Land of Oz \| Mary Reilly \| Moby-Dick \| Mulan \| The Mysterious Island N – Z Nursery rhymes \| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest \| One Thousand and One Nights \| The Patchwork Girl of Oz \| Peter and the Wolf \| Peter and Wendy \| "Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater" \| "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" \| Polynesian mythology \| Pride and Prejudice \| The Prince and the Pauper \| "Rapunzel" \| "Rip Van Winkle" \| Robin Hood \| Roman mythology \| "Rumpelstiltskin" \| The Scarlet Letter \| Slavic mythology \| "Sleeping Beauty" \| "The Snow Queen" \| "Snow White" \| "Snow-White and Rose-Red" \| "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" \| Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde \| Swan Lake \| "Three Billy Goats Gruff" \| The Three Musketeers \| The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark \| Treasure Island \| Through the Looking-Glass \| Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea \| "The Ugly Duckling" \| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

"Cinderella"

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 ==Traditional Plot==
+:Once upon a time, there was a widower who married a proud and haughty woman as his second wife. She had two daughters, who were equally vain and selfish. By his first wife, he'd had a beautiful young daughter, a girl of unparalleled goodness and sweet temper. The Stepmother  and her daughters forced the first daughter into servitude, where she was made to work day and night in menial chores. After the girl's chores were done for the day, she would retire to the barren and cold room given to her, and would curl up near the fireplace in an effort to stay warm. She would often arise covered in cinders, giving rise to the mocking nickname "Cinderella". Cinderella bore the abuse patiently and dared not tell her father, since his wife controlled him entirely.
-In a faraway kingdom that was peaceful and prosperous, a widowed gentleman lived in an opulent villa with his young daughter - a girl of unparalleled goodness and sweet temper. He was a devoted father who gave his beloved child everything she wanted yet still felt she needed a mother's care. And so the gentleman remarried, taking for his second wife a woman of good family with two daughters of her own.
+:One day, the Prince invited all the young ladies in the land to a ball, planning to choose a wife from amongst them. The two stepsisters gleefully planned their wardrobes for the ball, and taunted Cinderella by telling her that maids were not invited to the ball.
+:As the sisters departed to the ball, Cinderella cried in despair. Her Fairy Godmother magically appeared and immediately began to transform Cinderella from house servant to the young lady she was by birth, all in the effort to get Cinderella to the ball. She turned a pumpkin into a golden carriage, mice into horses, a rat into a coachman, and lizards into footmen. She then turned Cinderella's rags into a beautiful jewelled gown, complete with a delicate pair of glass slippers. The Godmother told her to enjoy the ball, but warned that she had to return before midnight, when the spells would be broken.
-But in time the stepmother's true nature was revealed. She was cold, sinister and determined to improve her own family's status. Her daughters, meanwhile, forced their stepsister to become a servant in her own house - working all day and to sleep in a cold barren room at night. Since the young girl curled up near the fireplace and often arose covered in cinders, she became known as "Cinderella."
+:At the ball, the entire court was entranced by Cinderella, especially the Prince. At this first ball, Cinderella remembers to leave fifteen minutes before midnight. Back home, Cinderella graciously thanked her Godmother. She then greeted the stepsisters, who had not recognized her earlier and talked of nothing but the beautiful girl at the ball.
+:Another ball was held the next evening, and Cinderella again attended with her Godmother's help. The Prince had become even more infatuated, and Cinderella in turn became so enchanted by him she lost track of time and left only at the final stroke of midnight, losing one of her glass slippers on the steps of the palace in her haste. The Prince chased her, but outside the palace, the guards saw only a simple country girl leave. The Prince pocketed the slipper and vows to find and marry the girl to whom it belonged. Meanwhile, Cinderella kept the other slipper, which did not disappear when the spell was broken.
-Cinderella remained gentle and patient, never revealing the abuse to her father since he was controlled entirely by the wicked stepmother and reminding her to be done with all her chores by the time they get home at midnight.
+:The Prince tried the slipper on all the women in the kingdom. When the Prince arrives at Cinderella's villa, the stepsisters tried in vain to win over the prince. Cinderella asked if she might try, while the stepsisters taunted her. Naturally, the slipper fitted perfectly, and Cinderella produced the other slipper for good measure. The stepsisters both pleaded for forgiveness, and Cinderella agreed to let bygones be bygones.
+:Cinderella married the Prince, and the stepsisters also married two lords.
-One day, a lavish ball is organized for the King's handsome young son and every eligible maiden is requested to attend so the prince can select a wife. The two stepsisters are delighted and gleefully prepare for the event, all the while taunting Cinderella.
-After they leave, Cinderella goes to her mother's grave and cries over not being able to go to the ball. The birds then tell her to ask for whatever she wants and it would be given to her. Cinderella asks them for fine silver and gold, and in return get a beautiful gown and slippers.
-Cinderella goes to the ball, and she and the prince, who falls in love with Cinderella immediately, dance the night away. However, Cinderella leaves the prince just before midnight, getting home just before her family who talk endlessly about the maiden who danced with the prince.
-The next night, after her leaves for the ball, Cinderella goes back to her mother's grave, asks the tree again for silver and gold, and receives another glorious ball gown and slippers. She heads to the second ball and once again dances with no one but the prince and leaves shortly before midnight when her family arrives home.
-On the third night, Cinderella gets to the ball and dances with the prince until shortly before midnight when she runs from him. However the prince, expecting her to run, had spread pitch (tar) on the stairway so that Cinderella's shoes stick to the floor. Continuing to run, her shoe gets left behind in the pitch.
-The day after, the prince travels to all of the eligible maidens searching for the woman who fits the shoe. When he reaches Cinderella's home, the stepmother takes it to the elder stepsister and encourages her to cut off her toe so that it will fit. She does so, but the prince realizes that she is not the woman he danced with because of the blood dripping from the shoe.
-The stepmother takes the slipper into the into the younger stepsister's room and insists that she cut off her heel so that the slipper fits. She cuts her foot and puts on the shoe, but the prince sees the blood and asks once more if there are any more woman in the in the house.
-Cinderella comes out and, naturally, the shoe fits. The prince realizes that she is the true bride and takes her to his castle for the wedding.
 ==Show Adaptation==