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In today's installment of The Gruesome Origins of Classic Fairytales we are covering the story of Peter Pan. The Disney version goes as follows; In London, England, circa 1900, George and Mary Darling's preparations to attend a party are disrupted by the antics of their boys, John and Michael, who are acting out a story about Peter Pan. Wendy, their elder sister, tells them stories of Peter Pan every night. George, who is fed up with the stories, declares that Wendy has gotte

In today's continuation of The Gruesome Origins of Classic Fairytales we are looking at The Lion King. While this story does not have a truly gruesome origin story I wanted to include it because it is one of my favorite Disney movies . The Disney version goes like this; In the Pride Lands of Africa, a pride of lions rules over the animal kingdom from Pride Rock. King Mufasa and Queen Sarabi present their newborn son, Simba, to the gathering animals by Rafiki the mandrill, the

While this story does not have a gruesome origin story per say it still has a story that is different than the actual Disney version. The 24th Disney animated feature film, the film tells the story of the unlikely friendship between a red fox named Tod and a hound dog named Copper. The two friends struggle to preserve their friendship despite their emerging instincts and the surrounding social pressures demanding them to be adversaries, as they are enemies by nature. After a

While this fairytale doesn't really have gruesome origins, I thought I would share it anyway. Goldilocks and the Three Bears is a 19th century British fairytale. The later variations are all based on the initial fairytale. Version 1 By Robert Southey In Robert Southey's version of the tale, three anthropomorphic bears – "a little, small, wee bear, a middle-sized bear, and a great, huge bear" – live together in a house in the woods. Southey describes them as very good-natured,

In today's installment of The Gruesome Origins of Classic Fairytales we are covering Puss in Boots. While this is not a stereotypical gruesome story but the actual story of this fairytale is rather interesting. The animated movie version synopsis is; Long before meeting Shrek, Puss in Boots -- just named a hero for saving a woman from a charging bull -- is run out of town on suspicion of bank robbery, even though the real villain is Puss' friend, Humpty Dumpty. Though there i

Here is another installment of The Gruesome Origins of Classic Fairytales; today we are covering Pocahontas. We all know the Disney version of this story. Pocahontas was a young native american living on the east coast of the USA, with her people. A English ship arrives and brings English settlers with it. Pocahontas meets English settler John Smith and eventually falls in love with him. John Smith is captured by Pocahontas's tribe, and when the tribe starts to prepare for wa