Cinderella (Britannica) - Phelous

[@PixarShark]

Gotta admit, caffeinated/unhinged Cinderella caught me off guard and really cracked me up. 😂😂 Haven’t seen THAT take on the character before.

[@boopbeep6065]

I really liked it! Very original

[@BagOfMagicFood]

It was just too tempting for her family to take advantage of her boundless energy

[@MichaelMonsterface]

I'd say it's my favorite version by far!

[@Sun_Simp]

Same, she is pretty cute.

[@bungiecrimes7247]

The animation style honestly had its own charm.

[@ARedMagicMarker]

Cinderella waddling home in a pumpkin, hobbling on one glass-slippered foot isn't something I thought I'd see in connection to any Cinderella thing ever.

[@0deadx21]

The 2015 live-action movie considered doing that once, but quickly abandoned the idea because it doesn't fit the film. It'll be like putting the F-bomb in a _Lord of the Rings_ movie.

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

In retrospect, however, it was kind of obvious.

[@EagleTimberWolf]

It seems like the sort of thing that would happen if Cinderella had used the fairy godmother's magic to go on a bender rather than go to the ball lmao

[@greeeeenery]

I really do appreciate that Phelan acknowledged that the first version was based on Perrault's version. So many youtubers review Perrault Cinderella adaptations and then complain that it doesn't follow the Grimm version even though they are two different stories. It's nice that Phelan puts so much research into these fairytale videos

[@TuxedoTakodachi]

I think the step sisters in the first story are supposed to say "you wear rags" instead of "you wear red".

[@phelous]

Probably, sounds like red to me though.

[@0deadx21]

​@@phelous They definitely meant "rags", because there's nothing embarrassing about wearing red, which Cinderella wasn't wearing anyway.

[@diexditi3175]

I don’t think they meant to say “red” OR “rags,” I think they meant “supper”!

[@nathanboswell6611]

@@phelous Phelous, seriously, that Prince looks old enough to be her Dad!!!

[@chasehendricks-o2t]

That Holly Jolly VHS audio quality!

[@infinessia4019]

I always thought that the reason the shoe only fit Cinderella was because like the gown and carriage it too was magical. So it was only meant to fit Cinderella and no one else, so if someone had her shoe size the shoe would shrink because it wasn’t her.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Who's the character in your avatar?

[@Cheezitnator]

But even if that was the case, how would the prince know that?

[@yudithcaron8053]

Nah, it's because the fairy godmother actually visited Cinderella and informed herself about her shoe size (1 adult, like a real female hockey player I heard about in the news), since she sew those by hand using real white squirrel fur. Or she ordered them from a shoemaker. The story isn't clear about that point.

[@Sabatuar]

It's more that historically, shoes were typically custom-made for their individual wearer rather than being mass produced for standard sizes. Still a dumb way to find someone, but make a tiny bit more sense with the added context.

[@fabianhale845]

That’s how I see it too.

[@Theokal3]

Fun fact: the glass slippers thing is a mistranslation. In earlier versions, the word used to described what they were made of was "vaire" (a french word for some kind of fur), which *is* much more comfortable. But that word just happens to sound exactly like "verre" (the french word for glass), hence the confusion. Sooo yeah, orginally they weren't so absurdly uncomfortable^^'

[@RetroTaylor94]

Good to know Cindarella wore Uggs.

[@LaineMann]

Isn’t glass glace?

[@Theokal3]

@@LaineMann I think you're confusing it with "glace", which sounds the same and indeed is the french word for ice.

[@Isaac-gh5ku]

If Guillermo Del Toro would make his own Cinderella adaptation, and in stop-motion like his Pinocchio movie, then I wish for him to use the vaire instead of the glass shoes for Cinderella as intended in the original tale.

[@MediumRareOpinions]

​@@Isaac-gh5ku at this point are we just sending Del Toro on a crusade to make better adaptations every time Disney does a live action remake?

[@johnhutchinson7343]

I like this one because it reveals Pat Morita's obsession with supper.

[@JaneDoe1812]

The Disney prince wasn't the one who did the whole foot thing it was the King. As the King didn't see Cinderella's face. He was also too much of a hot head to listen to anyone about it and nearly killed one of his servants, the one with the shoe, when he found out that he didn't keep her hostage.

[@GrahamRocks]

Thank you, finally someone other than me acknowledges that!

[@WxIxLxLxIxAxMxS]

Honestly the best character.

[@fabianhale845]

Exactly.

[@DylanR99]

Well… maybe the king just wants to have grandchildren before he dies. His hotheaded nature might not be good for his health, as the Disney version of Cinderella pointed that out too.

[@anton1990]

There is something indescribably comforting about Phelan and his own brand of comedy.

[@LittleMissLounge]

I mean, I always figured Cinderella was unrecognizable because Magic (some versions telegraph this), but I kind of love the idea of a face-blind prince.

[@VincentMariethe4th]

That or Cinderella's ballroom outfit operates on the same rules of Clark Kent's glasses. Or Sailor Moon's transformation.

[@tultsi93]

@@VincentMariethe4th Or how the Golden Salmon stops smiling when he becomes Rupert Shmupert.

[@alexandermostepan8891]

Or as they call it, prosopagnosia. That's a real thing, look it up

[@LittleMissLounge]

@@alexandermostepan8891 I know, I just couldn't remember the medical term. So, thanks.

[@LittleMissLounge]

@@VincentMariethe4th The Muppet version has Cinderella wearing a mask, so maybe they got it right.

[@DavyEddyBenny]

It was nice to have here the Chad Prince from Cinderella 3 and his hilarious moment of throwing himself to the window

[@Keznen]

That movie will forever be the best version of Cinderella.

[@JinxSanity]

The evil shifty eye dog reference to the Simpsons really made this instantly one of my favorite of these Britannica reviews.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

It's from the episode with Mel Gibson, right?

[@MrSebbe34]

@@MinscFromBaldursGate92 Correct

[@crimsonite2044]

same, I cackled at that

[@royalyspooky2080]

The glass slipper (or gold depending on which version) is usually a physical gift from the fairy godmother, not a magically transformed clog. Most versions omit this to save time on production (I assume). There was an Italian animated series of Cinderella where the glass slippers belonged to her mother and the fairy god mother’s magic only shined them up for her.

[@diegobareno5820]

The first short is the most eccentric I’ve seen Cinderella, and I love it for that. Can’t say the same for the creepster prince.

[@ninavale.]

Well tbh the shoe thing makes more sense in the context of the time the story took place. It's not like they had standardized shoe sizes or mass production. Cinderella's shoes fit her the best because they were tailor-made for her. They fit her like proverbial glove...so when other girls tried them on, it was noticeable that they didn't have the exact measurements for that specific shoe. Similar thing-the times- goes for people not recognizing her. The ballroom was lit mostly by candlelight so the visibility probably wasn't the best. esp if you were to see Cinderella from distance. Plus she'd have a different hairstyle and make-up and quite a bit of it. Since the Perault version is from 1690s. She'd be near irrecognizble in peasant's clothes.

[@1Thunderfire]

Great point. It makes you wish that more adaptations brought that up.

[@ember9361]

@@sillygrl23 wit lead! ✨⛓💀

[@sharona1981]

'Cinderella had a long walk home.' During which she got arrested for public indecency. 🤣🤣🤣 I swear, Phelous is the funniest guy on KZbin.

[@mattr75]

It seems that Ever After really is one of the better written/less nonsensical takes on Cinderella. That, and the Cinderella 3 clips were a nice touch. Still, fantastic review and glad to see more Britannica!

[@planescaped]

Ever After holds a special place in my heart. Hell, I still remember the constant trailers for it back in the day playing The Mummers Dance.

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

The opera rendition is very good too and no magic or shoe fetish involved.

[@emilygracey]

3 Wishes For Cinderella is fantastic, too. It's apparently standard holiday viewing in parts of Europe. It's such a fun watch!

[@LikaLaruku]

#1 best Cinderella story I've ever seen is the La Cenerentola opera. The stepmom is replaced by a stepdad, the prince has a name & a personality, he poses as the prince's butler & is looking for a wife who isn't a stuck-up snob, Cinderella falls for him & goes to the ball looking for the butler, the prince's staff supply her with a dress & transportation. The actual butler poses as the prince & chases her around the castle, but she isn't interested in marrying her way up in society, so she snubs him. She's a little upset when she learns that the butler she likes was the real prince, but they like each other & marry. There is no fairy godmother or magic.

[@emilygracey]

Oh, another amazingly entertaining version is Hey, Cinderella! It's Cinderella as told by 1970s Muppets. It's here on KZbin if anyone is interested. The King is worth the watch alone 😂😂

[@finchvink]

Always a treat when you talk about Britannica! And I'm a fan of when you edit little phrases and stuff like that... I cackled at "In Chili, people tell the story of a girl named..... supper."

[@gracekim1998]

The place is spelt chile, the spice is chilli 🌶 😅 just so you know

[@mrlaz9011]

maybe it's a chili supper 😋

[@finchvink]

@@gracekim1998 whoops, thank you! They spell the country's name as Chili in my own language - but I'll keep that in mind!

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Muy caliente.

[@jersy6406]

The Maria story reminds me a lot of a German fairy tale Frau Holle / Mother Frost, with the nice sister doing chores to retreave something dear to her and the bad sister repeating the steps in hope of reward. That one lacks the Cinderella elements, though, it just ends after covering her in mud or tar.

[@gracekim1998]

Ooooo

[@reptile1687]

Oh i remember something like that

[@LittleMissLounge]

The version I remember has jewels falling out of the good sister's mouth when she speaks while the bad sister has snakes and toads fall from hers.

[@windowcreeperbird9669]

I remember that.

[@Silver94ig]

Yeah, it does sound like Frau Holle, but mixed with Aschenputtel (not sure, if it's Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel or the one that aired on Kika back in the day). Like the Lama at the end is the same as the doves, that tell the prince, the evil sister is an imposter.

[@Rexdrinksredbull]

For some reason, the edit of Cinderella going from happily wishing her sisters a good night to then her sobbing within a second made me lose it - just the almost cartoonish way she's crying doesn't make me feel sorry for her, exactly.

[@scitechian]

That stretched-out low-pitch "WAHHHHHHHHH" is going to be my new ringtone.

[@TheRoflcer]

Well the King WAS about to found Wiki-Feet, but he learned the King in 'The Christmas Elves' already beat him too it.

[@gracekim1998]

Eh 😂 because of the shoe chorus

[@dexstewart862]

Shoe

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

King Reinhold's been eating too many cat burgers.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Ah yes, the shoe freak.

[@c.khullabaloo4745]

I must say I do have a soft spot for the Fairy Godmother's design from the first story. She looks like Woodstock from Peanuts mixed with one of the Bones cousins and its so simple yet so adorable!

[@texasbiggalcatlover8200]

I never played these games, just seen stuff on it but she looks like a lemming mix with a nerd from the candy

[@WickedKatze]

@@texasbiggalcatlover8200 the Bones do look a lot like Nerds if we're being honest 😆

[@CalliopePony]

One version of the Cinderella story that I particularly like is Allerleirauh. In that story the girl is very clever and manages to get herself to the festival without any help. There's also a solid explanation why she is afraid to reveal her identity and drops hints to lead the prince to her to find out if he's trustworthy before he finds out for sure who she is.

[@laelaps5246]

I love the first story's animation. It's very charming!

[@jonahabenhaim1223]

It's like if dingo pictures was high budget.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Reminds me of the comics by Sarah Andersen.

[@matthewryan6187]

It reminds me of the 90s baby blues cartoon kinda

[@LaineMann]

Yeah. Kinda makes it the only decent one out of all of these things.

[@mavericklysander]

Honestly I adore the britannica reviews, it's so much fun to see these weird, sometimes rather ugly takes on fairy tales that I may or may not have heard of and the variety leads to some excellent material.

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

Cinderella is actually a good story about how being humble, kind, and forgiving to your enemies will pay off in the end. Unfortunately, many just focus on the magic and foot fetish end of things. That’s why I like both the opera rendition “La Cenerentola” and the movie “Ever After” best because it shows the lead character to show mercy for their stepparent who abuse and mistreat them, and yes this can apply to even if they are your birth parent (I speak from personal life experience on that latter one, unfortunately). Either way, a hilarious review of a skewed version of this underrated fairy tale which is one of my favorites along with B&TB, King Thrushbeard, etc. You should check out some of the Japanese anime Grimm’s Fairy Tales or Russian folk tales as some of them are genuinely messed up - like “The Water Nixie”, “The Frog Prince”, and Baba Yaga etc. Team Morita all the way!

[@masterseal0418]

Except the OG had the stepmother and stepsisters' eyes pecked out by birds sent by Cinderella towards the end. Ask Into The Woods for it...

[@Giran_0]

I never knew there were anime versions of Grimm's fairy tales

[@TheITinFIT]

He did review the Grimm’s Fairy Tale Classics (anime) version of Beauty and the Beast. I’d love to see him look at other episodes of the series.

[@sillygrl23]

The part where the Girl is finally able to dress finely to go to church and meet a cute Prince there was also done in a Celtic version of "Cinderella" called "Fair, Brown, and Trembling" ending in all the Princes having a sword fight over her.

[@LikaLaruku]

I'll give it one thing, the animation is pretty fluid, especially the facial expressions. The backgrounds aren't lazy either. (This only applies to the first one).

[@schlamuffenimperator9460]

First Bevanfield's Beauty and the Biest and now Purp Morita's Cinderella included frogs... Maybe they want to get you to review a certain fairy tale. Also the Step Sisters really had their comeuppance - they married two gentlemen. We all do remember what a gentlemen in Cinderella is.

[@koichidignitythief7429]

"Gentlemen"

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Purp Morita. XD

[@phonybeautrain6520]

What I love about these Brittanica reviews is that we learn more about foreign tales and get to hear Phelous pointing all the changes and omissiom ( if mostly all the pointless ones)

[@ExplorerDS6789]

Pat Morita: "What makes a review a Phelous review?"

[@gracekim1998]

Whackiness, End credit gags and Phelous himself

[@covcova]

It’s pretty impressive how you can watch different versions of the same tale and find new and funny things to say Yes, different companies obviously have different “takes”, but it’s the same basic story. Keep it up, watching you is a great way to end the week!

[@andreasnickmann370]

Cinderella's stepmother was always my favorite Star Trek character.

[@WxIxLxLxIxAxMxS]

Same. I cried when she died on Alderaan.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Her Spelljammer ship was really cool.

[@kenthuang436]

I loved her as Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix!

[@hopemueller2658]

Oh no! The frog from the Bevanfield Beauty and the beast is back

[@KirbyIsCute]

That Cinderella Prince is giving me strong Pepe Le Pew vibes.

[@frauleinfunf]

Cinderella was my favorite fairy tale as a kid (for tragic backstory reasons I didn't realize till adulthood), and since it's such a well known story it's always fun to see what weird shit adaptations will do to stand out. Hell, Cinderella was the story that introduced me to the idea that different cultures have their own versions of fairy tales (anyone else remember the Egyptian Cinderella and Chinese Cinderella picture books every school classroom had in the 90s and 2000s?).

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

I love the derpy Usagi in your picture.

[@HlootooThunderhammer]

I got them actually! A really interesting version is a Mexican one called Domitila where the fairy godmother is replaced with her mother’s spirit.

[@yawninglion1677]

Cinderella does fascinate me in this way. It's amazing how often it can be adapted and messed with while still being recognizable as the same basic plot.

[@animewolfOtakuwolf]

Gotta love how Phelous turned the lights purple for purple Pat Morita, now only needs the purple shirt from the earlier episodes in the series and it'd be perfect !

[@oren1305]

00:48 Haha perfect Phelous. I often find myself quoting your bits from your animated videos, and I've gotten my partner to watch a lot of these. He made me pretty proud when he came in from the rain and said, "Ugh, I'm all wet...I'm completely usless now".

[@jasminehill463]

Oh my gosh, I thought I'd never see Britannica's Cinderella again! I used to have it on VHS as a kid and it was one of my personal favorites because of how bizarre and unique each version of the Cinderella story was told and animated! Thank you SO much for this, Phelous!! You brought a long-lost piece of my childhood back to me!!

[@LaDracul]

I remember seeing a strange Australian version of "Cinderella" where she ends up stuck in the pumpkin after the spell wears off, but she's just confused instead of walking around.

[@bloodrunsclear]

'What makes a story a Cinderella story? There's always a girl...in Chile!' Okay...I have seen surprisingly few accurate Cinderella stories then O_O

[@mali-muff3238]

The Cinderella version I grew up with, was the one where the stepsisters cut parts of their feet of to fit in the shoe and Cinderellas doves snitching on them "Gurru gurru blood is in the shoe". 😂 Funny video. Thank you for the entertainment 🤭👍

[@animewarrior08]

Ah the Grimm brothers version

[@markiangooley]

No one likes to be de-feeted, even partially!

[@glasscompass98]

That's was great as usual) I absolutely adore this series of cartoons in Phelous' vision. Also I was completely caught off-guard by soviet "Morozko" or "Jack Frost", didn't realise that somebody knew about this movie except past-soviet republics)

[@stephenschlueter8242]

Meanwhile, the Bevanfield Beast is enraged because, despite devoting the entire decor of his castle to them, his frogs never gave him gold and silver footwear.

[@sussybaka119]

Ok but the visual comedy in this video was amazing 😂❤

[@chadbertrand1460]

I love how you take media I would never watch and turn it into something I immediately click on when it appears in my YT feed. You deserve a million subs!

[@GageTheMatewielGurl]

At least the Disney version acknowledges how stupid the shoe idea is and to fix the "why doesn't he just remember what she looked like" they didn't have the prince watch the fittings. And the shoe staying with her and not disappearing was confirmed to be a gift from her. At least Disney fixed all of this including them actually conversing with each other.

[@sarasaland4709]

If she's Cinderclod, does that mean she needs a Fairy Clod Mother?

[@JamesBrown-zu8iv]

Hmm.... U could put it that way, but I was thinking that - the Fairy God Mother (first part with flying bug) this face doesn't sound looks like, like... ...like Bananas and Pajamas or something... 🤔🙄

[@justsomeone883]

Cinderella:why is your head a green triangle? Fairy Clod Mother:AND WHY IS YOUR BODY BUILT LIKE AN I-PAD YOU CLUMPY-LUMPY CLOD!?

[@unseenmarauder]

I also believe in *SUPPAR* at first sight.

[@jemofthe80s18]

Wow, how did the first 'Cinderella' here slip under my radar? Between the animation, Cinderella's voice and personality, the stepsisters, and the prince...! I saw the Golden Films version, and WOW. Cinderella has seriously huge Barbie hair, the music gets so loud you can barely hear the dialogue, the stepmother looks like Mr. Weatherbee, the stepsisters look like Jughead, and the godmother is tiny and tubby...it wasn't half bad;)

[@emac94]

To be fair phealous Cinderella’s stepmother doesn’t let her rest a whole lot and she’s gotta stay awake to get those chores done somehow.

[@michellecoleman5577]

I like the version with the dead mother tree, tattle tell birds, and step sisters cutting off parts of their feet like that's totally a normal thing to do.

[@ShowWithNoName]

I think if he reviews Britannica's Sleeping Beauty that's all of them.

[@phelous]

Yup, that's the last one.

[@gracekim1998]

Whoa!

[@reptile1687]

Yay

[@teedup8995]

​@@phelous Noooo!

[@AlchemicalGod13]

The important question is, does Pat Morita believe that?

[@kaijukidsam]

Pat Morita is lagging! Also man am I glad you preserve the Morita versions, what a crime to remove him from any of these, I mean why take out the best part of the tape? And yes, Jack Frost is an MST3K classic, it intrudes into my brain a little too often :P

[@SpeedyEric1]

I’ve actually seen this Brittanica episode in my junior year of high school when we were talking about Cinderella in English class, as well as writing our own page long versions of a Cinderella-like story. This memory took me back when you did your Brittanica Beauty and the Beast episode 4 years ago. Thanks, Phelous. 11:09 to 11:15- This ending shot from the first story has been hardcoded into my memory after all these years, because they wouldn't stop freaking bouncing. 16:59- And the movie "Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back)."

[@TheShy1000]

Chilean Cinderella reminds me alot of a German tale called "Frau Holle" (Old Mother Frost). Mary fall into a well, meets an old woman who is responsible of making it snow in the world (by shaking her blanket out off the window) and helps her out in the house, and after a year is sent home, gifted with golden hair and dress. Her evil step sister, also called Mary, also wants this, meets the old woman but does not help her and is sent home with hair and dress covered in tar. Also, please look up the Vietnamese version of Cinderella.

[@Inkoolu15]

Cool Phelous made it to this one. Britannica's Cinderella is the one in the series I watched when I was a kid after borrowing a copy of it from a cousin. I really appreciate it helped introduce me to different versions of fairy tales besides the Disney versions I was used to.

[@koichidignitythief7429]

The Argentinian story reminds me of a fairy tale called The Talking Eggs my elementary school would see by a local puppeteer with a Cajun aesthetic add to it; since we lived in Louisiana and all that. The story had the elements of an evil stepmother and sister, and visiting a magic woman who gave the good daughter gifts. However what I remember was that she had to promise not to laugh seeing the weird creatures she had like a two headed cow that barked and meowed, and to take the plain eggs not the Jeweled ones as a reward. The plain eggs gave the good daughter gifts like a dress, horse, and bird. But the step daughter was rude, lazy, and greedy so the seemingly valuable eggs spawned hornets, rattlesnakes, and a gator than assumingly ate the evil stepmother and sister.

[@koichidignitythief7429]

I found it! The name of the puppet studio was Calliope Puppets in New Orleans. I didn't realize they were still around. And yeah with more research it's meant to be Creole, not Cajun, but there's apparently a lot of similar stories in Europe with a girl abused by her mother and sister getting rewarded for following instructions and being good, while the wicked sister gets punished trying to do the same.

[@davidsantiago-bonilla3442]

It’s the Chilean story- not Argentinian…

[@felineki]

Phelous features so many of these discount animation studios on his channel that sometimes I can't remember which is which. But when he opens up with "The World of Purple Pat Morita" I instantly went "Oh, that one."

[@chsparkle]

I've seen a version where it's a magic tree that just drops dresses and shoes from it's branches for Cinderella. And it's an adoptive mother instead of a stepmother who has the tree chopped down. A frog is definitely a bit different. I hope we'll get to see you do Mondo world's version of hunchback of Notre Dame sometime.

[@chsparkle]

@Grin Reaper yes and it's a thing of beauty. It contains the original book ending...plus 20 more minutes of story. Check it out, especially that ending you won't be disappointed. XD

[@thenumberquelve158]

I like how memetic the intro is. Like, we've all been here, we know we're here for Purple Pat Morita, so let's just cut the crap and enjoy him! (At least I assume that's what you're going for. :P ) That being said, thank you as always for the historical context. Amazing to think the OG Cinderella author lived at the same time as Jesus. I respect Britannica's effort, but MAN, some of these look like fever dream material. Yellow bug Fairy Godmother and humanized dog and frog would be at the top of the list for this case. And Chile.... As a geologist Chile is my dream country for a number of reasons, but you have some *HECKED* up fairy tales!!!

[@gracekim1998]

yes i'm certain what's what he was going for playing the dramatic music at the start XD

[@galacticnightsky]

You know, if they could have added more stories within this episode, I would have loved to see their version of Yen Shen (the Chinese Cinderella), Vasilissa the beautiful (Russian Cinderella) or even Brother Grimm's Cinderella, although they would more likely try to make the Brothers Grimm version more "child-friendly" considering that the evil stepmother forces her biological daughter to cut parts of their feet to fit the golden slipper (worst mother of the year) and the stepsisters are punished at Cinderella's wedding by getting bloody blinded by birds, which I feel the punishment is more of a fit for the stepmother and Cinderella's father. Alo, I believe the stepsister in Brittanica were meant to say rags not red and the reason for why the fairy godmother changed Cinderella's hair colour was because her hair was actually covered in ashes and cinders due to be forced to sleep in the kitchen, which would explain her nickname, therefore, she did not actually change her hair colour. I do have to say that I hate the fact that they made the fairy godmother into a bug instead of an actual fairy, like a pixie, nymph or a more humanoid type of fairy like an elf.

[@SW23252]

There actually is a CBS Storybreak version of Yen Shen. It's really good, too.

[@maxordman4100]

Fantastic job on this review. I love all the supper and weird animal jokes! Also really like the dog with the eye patch! Your channel is always full of fun surprises!

[@RPGLover87]

Cinderella ran away from the ball but left behind half her budget. Also I always liked where the Disney movies took the matchmaking with her sisters idea - Anastasia in the sequels splits off from the rest of the family because whatever SHE wants they just make fun of her for, and Cinderella is there for her because her sister's trying to be less of a piece of shit, and both Lady Tremaine and Drizella pretty much get disowned by the two as they grow closer after getting out from under the bitch brigade's feet.

[@teedup8995]

Your last sentence is pretty funny! 🙂

[@shoestringVA]

Still waiting for Pat to ask if we believe in magic in a young girls heart

[@brianhebert6152]

I remember having this version on one of those cheap dollar store DVDs. IIRC my grandpa got it for me. Also never knew that the Cinderella story existed long before the original version we all know even existed!

[@Markus1894]

I’m going to be honest when you said the prince had multiple balls my mind did go to another disturbing place.

[@ninavale.]

Also the "bad sister repears good sister's deeds" is part of Frau Holle tale by Brother's Grimm. The lazy sister does job poorly and gets covered in mud and snakes and frogs that won't come off while the good sister is rewarded with like jewels falling out of her mouth when she speaks. and beforehand she gets gold and silver and precious stones from Frau Holle.

[@caucasoidape8838]

The legend of Knockgrafton is a fun, Irish fairy tale with that trope.

[@abbieananas]

@@caucasoidape8838 so happy to see someone else knows that story :)

[@0deadx21]

I've noticed a couple of fairy tales involving a girl getting rewarded for doing a good job/deed and her stepsister trying to repeat that but she fails and gets punished. Examples include _The Golden Girl_ from Bulgaria, and the aptly named _The Diligent Girl and the Lazy Girl_ from Hungary.

[@ProBreakers]

Thanks Phelous, for continuing to be a bright spot on KZbin. 👍

[@gracekim1998]

Do you believe in fun Phelous mornings ? Because I do!🥳😎 After all it just happened to me 😉

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

A Phelous video on March 10th! And it's on Britannica Cinderella!? Such a gentleman, he is!

[@riotwire]

I've been super down lately. But rewatching Phelan has been making my days brighter ❤

[@Maswartz226]

Phelous had fun with the slow mo in this.

[@WeirdDragonTwins]

Ok your edits are always super funny, but these slaughtered me, keep up the amazing work!

[@SwedishSinologyNerd]

Oh Phelous, the prince ain't no creep, he's just extremely, aggressively French xD

[@youukaaa]

it’s actually pretty interesting and kinda crazy to learn that the basic cinderella story has been around for that long tho

[@Esuerc]

The stepmother's mouth is so weirdly smoothly animated. They spent their whole budget on getting James Baxter, lol

[@mathieuleader8601]

I'm pretty sure those older courtiers whom Cinderella's stepsisters married are definitely closely related to them

[@CandyCane2004]

4:20 Apparently her stepsisters turned into Peridot from Steven Universe

[@renamon5658]

Really enjoy these britannica reviews

[@julianleverton7045]

Holy fuck! I watched the Maria story when I was like 8, and all I remembered of it was the "look down" and "look up" part. I've been trying to find it for years! Thank's Phelous. That's one less annoying thought to take to my grave.

[@WillKeaton]

4:04 I _think_ they're saying "Cuz you wear _rags."_ I'm not 100% sure, the line is a little hard to make out, but "rags "would make more sense.

[@TenPoundHammer]

I can tell you had a lot of fun with the editing on this one.

[@pennycarty7794]

ok first off: I love the editing choices made here, it's very KZbin Poop-esque (in a good way!) second: just as Maria said "Oh I wish I could go to church" and before you said your lines, I got an Amber Alert message and there were just sirens for a while. It was so perfectly timed I thought it was a bit you put in

[@cristobalaguilera4099]

I am from Chile.....but never heard of this version of the story. Thanks Phelous!

[@PuddingMcMuffin]

I remember reading a story book version of the Cinderella story that was similar to the Maria story in that it involved her transforming so she could go to church. The differences I can remember are that I'm pretty sure it doesn't take place in Chile and Cinderella has two evil stepsisters who are scared that she'll get married before either of them (at least I think that's why they're assholes to her). I can't recall how Cinderella gets the magic so she can transform herself, but her condition for that ability is that she can't enter the church itself, she can only stand outside the door during the church service. Her going to church happens multiple times and she attracts a lot of attention because people don't know who this beautiful, well-dressed woman is, and the prince equivalent in that waits for her to leave on her horse and grabs one of her shoes as she's riding away. From there I think it follows the typical Cinderella storyline and the shoe is tried by many different women before it finally gets to Cinderella. And then the story ends with the two stepsisters being placed on a barrel with provisions to last seven year and are abandoned in the middle of the ocean, where they are never seen again. Admittedly I don't remember enough of that version to know if they deserved that fate, but that seemed like overkill in terms of punishment.

[@EpicJasonX9000]

At least Maria never got an Evil Stick, which is in no way endorsed by the Daidouji Toy Company. ^-^

[@MoonMoon-cl4co]

Honestly- Maybe cause I have seen such bad animation but this one doesn't look so bad! Its not great but it least looks like they tried! And I think its neat that they shared so many interesting versions of the Cinderella stories from across the world! :D

[@dakat5131]

I liked the callbacks and the "supper" edits haha

[@ArthurAlfred1]

Seeing a new video of yours pop up feels like a good friend stopping by to make your day feel better! Your truly awesome Phelous!

[@jonjeez4218]

Pretty sure at 4:03 they say "because you wear rags" it just sounds like shit lol

[@flufflewarrior]

*YES* I'm so glad you reviewed these movies! Your editing just cracks me up xD

[@DasKame]

15:45 Very close to the "Mother Hulda" Fairytale also

[@pecahalloween]

The Maria story actually resembles the Serbian version of Cinderella, where Cinderella's mother gets turned into a cow and the father remarries. Stepmother forces Cinderella to do all the work while her lazy daughter does nothing, but when the Stepmother learns that the cow is helping Cinderella, she orders the cow to be eaten. Cinderella does not eat her mother but burries her bones and makes a wish on her grave whenever she needs something. The church part and the slipper part are the same.

[@theemperorsnewpodcast]

13:12 A LLAMA? HIS MOTHER'S SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD!

[@SmeddyTooBestChannel]

like a true filmmaker, phelan keeps us in tight anticipation for pat morita's bald head

[@SsnakeBite]

You know, the weirdness of the prince not just recognizing Cinderella by her face could easily be explained by making the ball a masquerade. Ta-daaa! Problem solved! Weird that no adaptation seems to think of that. As for the glass slipper not turning back, again it seems like it's an easy fix: just... have them turn back like everything else. Them not turning back really isn't necessary for the story and in fact, wouldn't it be more likely that it would clue the Prince in that not only is there something unique about Cinderella, but would allow him to weed out the frauds trying to come up with glass ones?

[@TheKrazeeLadee]

I love when Phelous makes a big deal out of something that he himself misheard, like mishearing "rags" for "red". But yes, I also like caffeinated Cinderella, lmao.

[@FireWolf05392]

As soon as you said the girl's name was Maria, Shadow the Hedgehog immediately came to my mind, and then the next second you drop the SA 2 footage. XD