So Let’s Take A Look At 5 Real Disturbing Stories Behind Disney Movies
5. CINDERELLA
DISNEY VERSION
Oh the perfect fairy tale where there the beautiful girl who was mistreated by her family finds her prince charming and lives happily ever after. At last that’s the version we all know. But it turns out the origin story is much darker. So when the prince comes to find his princess we know that he takes her shoe with him so he can try it on all of the medians until it fits his true love Cinderella. I guess uhh back in those days no one girl had the same foot size. And apparently the prince has a horrible memory because he cant even remember what his true love looks like. But I guess the whole slipper thing is suppose to be romantic.
REAL VERSION
So moving on, turns out the origin story isn’t so romantic. In this story when the prince arrives to Cinderellas step moms house her daughters cut off their toes and heels in order to fit into the shoe. However this plan doesn’t work and the prince finds Cinderella. And to make matters worse during Cinderellas wedding some pigeons go in a peck out the evil step sisters eyes. Yeah its just a big old blood bath. But I mean things work out for Cinderella so that’s good.
4. THE LITTLE MERMAID
DISNEY VERSION
I don’t know about you guys but this is one of my favorite Disney films. The story we are all familiar with goes a little something like this; Ariel is the daughter of the king of the sea, she falls in love with a human and will do whatever it takes to be with him. So she goes to visit a sea witch named Ursula and exchanges her voice for a pair of legs. She and the prince fall in love, kill the witch and live happily ever after.
REAL VERSION
Yeah well, in the darker version things aren’t so happy go lucky. Turns out in the agreement between Ariel and Ursula, Ariel should have read the fine print because if she did, she’d see that it was noted that her new legs would hurt all the time. It would feel as though she was walking on knives. And you know pain and seduction don’t really go hand in hand. So Eric ends up marrying someone else and Ariel throws herself in the ocean where she dissolves into sea foam. Yeah love makes you do some crazy things.
3. PINOCCHIO
DISNEY VERSION
Pinocchio in the version we know and love Pinocchio was brought to life by his carpenter father who always wanted a son so he makes one out of wood. One day on his way to school Pinocchio puts his father’s life in danger and he makes friends with some not so nice characters. But in the end he becomes a real boy.
REAL VERSION
Well it turns out in the origin story Pinocchio isn’t a very nice boy. Ever since he was brought to life he’s been a brat, he steals, talks back and even his own father becomes sick of him. He never even gets the chance to become a real boy. Because One day the cat and the fox become bored of being around him and decide to hang him from a willow tree and watch him die a slow painful death. They then sit back and laugh as his lifeless body swings in the wind. Which if he’s made of wood still I don’t get how hanging him would kill him.. but I didn’t write the story and apparently it did. Still its pretty gruesome.
2. HERCULES
DISNEY VERSION
Another amazing Disney film From what we’ve seen Hercules is the son of Zeus, he battles many monsters, he saves Meg from Hades and becomes a true hero.
REAL VERSION
Well it turns out in his origin story, he wasn’t so chivalrous He was actually a jerk. In the origin Meg was the daughter of a king. Hercules took her in mirage by force. He raped her, had kids with her. One day Hera, Hercules mother killed Meg and his kids. This drove Hercules mad and he was tormented by guilt. He still went on to complete the tasks like he did in the Disney film, but he did so with disregard for his life and extreme
violence.
1. SLEEPING BEAUTY
DISNEY VERSION
Another beautiful classic, we have a princess who pricks her finger and falls into an eternal sleep only to be awoken with a kiss from her prince.
REAL VERSION
Yeah apparently the origin story isn’t so cute. In this version Aurora is raped by the prince who by the way is already married, he then leaves her and she is awoken by giving birth to her twins that he impregnated her with. Aurora then brings the infants to the castle where the princes wife tries to kill them. Yeah Maleficent’s got nothing on her.
