Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25886819-20150902231248/@comment-4598697-20150903002504

CeriseKitty3030 wrote: For example, in the real story of Cinderella, the stepmother cuts off the toes and heels of the stepsisters. Disney based their version of Cinderella on Perrault's version, which doesn't have the foot mutilations. But still, I do get your point.

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Disney/Barbie versions really do tend to change a lot. For example, Disney's Aladdin has very little to do with the original story. In the original story, there are two genies (the genie of the ring and the genie of the lamp), not one, the princess' name is Badroulbadour, not Jasmine, and the lamp has no limits on the amount of wishes. The original story also continues after the wedding of Aladdin and the princess - it involves the evil magician tricking the princess into giving away Aladdin's lamp. Also, there were no animal sidekicks. (However, some legitimate fairy tales really do have animal sidekicks. Princess Rosette and The Story of Pretty Goldilocks have dogs who assist the hero, Dick Whittington has a cat, The Goose Girl has a horse, and How the Beggar Boy turned into Count Piro has a fox.)

Here's a link that sums up Disney censorship in a nutshell: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Disneyfication