In Disney's animated version of Rapunzel, an old crone named Mother Gothel locks Rapunzel away in a tower. The reason? So she can sing to Rapunzel's long, magical locks cuz

it keeps old Gothel lookin' young. 

But when the handsome Flynn Rider happens upon the tower, he and Rapunzel work out a deal—he takes her to the kingdom of flying lanterns,

and in return, he gets back the prized tiara he stole. Mother Gothel finds out, gets pissed, and somehow it all works out where Flynn ends up getting stabbed to

death. He doesn't die, though. Rapunzel's tears save his life, all after Mother Gothel ages into a pile of dust. 

Oh, and then, Rapunzel and Flynn live happily ever after.

Not so happily ever after, the Grimm Brothers' version is, as you may have guessed, WAY darker. The fairy tale opens on a young married couple who want a child.

Behind their home is a garden full of Rapunzel, an herb, which belongs to a sorceress. The wife decides she must have some or she would die (people back then

were so dramatic). So, obviously, the husband has to go get it for her. What kind of husband would let his wife die over a salad?

He waits until nightfall and sneaks into the garden. On the second night, the enchantress confronts him. She allows the husband to take the herb to his wife, but on

one condition: she would be given the couple's first child. The man agrees (like a dum dum). 

On the day Rapunzel is born, the sorceress appears and takes the child. As

Rapunzel grows, so does her hair, into magnificent golden locks. And so, the witch hides her away in a tower. The only way to enter or leave is through a tiny

window at the top. When the witch wants to enter, Rapunzel throws down her hair so the enchantress can climb up.  

One afternoon, after hearing such lovely singing from the tower, a Prince investigates. Upon seeing the witch enter, the Prince decides to do the same. That evening, he calls up

to Rapunzel and she lets down her hair. He climbs up to see her and instantly convinces Rapunzel to marry him. Obviously, she agrees (she's been sitting in a tower

for 18 years). 

During one of the Prince's visits, he knocks her up, and when the witch learns this, she cuts Rapunzel's hair and banishes her to the desert. When the

Prince discovers what's happened, he flings himself from the tower (accidentally) into a bunch of thorn bushes, which gouge out his eyes. Blindly, he crawls around in the forest for

years, until one day he makes it to the desert. Like magic, he's reunited with Rapunzel and their two children. Oh, and his blindness is cured when two of Rapunzel's

tears fall on his face. 

We're all familiar with Disney's beloved classic, "Cinderella". A kind girl gets treated like s*it by her evil stepmother and jealous stepsisters. Isn't that "the way of the world?" as Lady

Tremaine (Cate Blanchett) says in the 2015 live-action remake. The stepmother forbids Cinderella from attending the Prince's ball (b*tch tears up Ella's dress, to boot!). But Cinderella's Fairy Godmother swoops

down and saves the day. 

Ella goes to the ball, dances with the Prince, he finds her magic slipper, then tracks her down, and finally, marries her! Yay, for love at

first shoe-fitting!

In this darker version, Cinderella's father remarries (but doesn't die) not long after the death of his first wife. The evil woman and her two daughters move into the fine

little cottage. Quickly afterward, her stepmother and stepsisters treat Cinderella more like a servant than a sister. Cinderella is forced to carry water, make fires, cook, and wash dishes. And

at night, she falls asleep by the kitchen hearth 'cause those b*tches stole her bed. And so, ash smudges her face, hence giving her the name Cinder-ella.

Each day, Ella goes to her mother's grave and prays. A white bird always appears, granting her wishes. 

One day, the King announces a festival, so the Prince can choose

a wife. Cinderella wants to attend, but her stepmother refuses. When everyone leaves, Cinderella goes to her mother's grave. The dove drops a beautiful dress and slippers. Cinderella puts them

on and goes to the ball. She meets the Prince and they get jiggy. Cinderella escapes before he can learn her name. 

This happens for two nights, but on the third,

the dove throws down the most beautiful dress with gold slippers. That night, the Prince sets a trap, smearing tar on the steps. When Cinderella tries to escape, one of

her slippers gets stuck.

With her shoe in his possession, the Prince sets out to discover who Cinderella is, claiming he would only marry her. When he arrives at the cottage, the sisters try

on the shoe, first. One of the dumb girls cuts off her big toe, while the other cuts off her heel. 

When Cinderella tries on the shoe (a clear health-code

violation with all that blood), it fits perfectly. On the day Cinderella marries the Prince, her faithful bird friends peck out her stepsisters' eyes, so that they should be punished

for happily ever after. 

How could we forget Disney's first fairy tale classic? Heck, we still have major hair envy over Snow White's ebony locks. So, no surprise the Evil Queen was totally jelly

that Snow White was way prettier than her. So jelly, in fact, that she sent a huntsman to cut SW's heart out. But he couldn't do it, and told her

to run, instead. 

And run Snow did, right into the arms of seven miniature men (we hope for her sake it wasn't a one-bathroom kinda shack). But the Evil Queen found

out, got all ugly, and tricked SW into munching on a poison apple, sending her into a death-like sleep, only to be awakened by true love's kiss. 

Like Cinderella, this fairy tale starts with an evil stepmother. Snow White's father remarries a very beautiful, but vain woman. She is the fairest in the land, until Snow White

comes of age. At once, the Evil Queen hates Snow White, so much that she orders a huntsman to take Snow White into the woods, cut out her lungs and

liver, and bring them back. But the huntsman can't do it and tells her to run deep into the woods. Instead, the huntsman takes the Queen the innards of a

young boar, upon which she has the cook fix 'em up for her to eat. Sicko.

Snow White runs until she finds a tiny house in the woods. Inside, she falls asleep in one of the tiny beds. After nightfall, seven dwarfs return home from working

in the mountains to find her asleep. The next morning, the dwarfs agree to let her stay as long as she likes. During the day, they leave Snow White alone,

but warn her not to open the door for anyone, should it be the Evil Queen.

That very day, the Evil Queen learns of Snow White's fate from her handy-dandy talkin' mirror. She disguises herself as a beggar and goes to the cottage. Snow White agrees

to buy some lace and allows the Evil Queen inside. A rookie move, for sure. The Queen tightens the laces so SW can't breathe. The dwarfs return just in time to

save her. 

The next day, the Queen returns, this time with a poison comb. 

The third time, with a poison apple. Dumb as she is, Snow White eats the apple

and falls to the floor. The dwarfs return, think she's dead, and store her in a glass coffin. A few days later, a Prince sees her. He begs the dwarfs

to let him have the coffin. While transporting SW, a clumsy servant stumbles, rattling her body. When he does, a hunk of the apple is dislodged from SW's throat and

she wakes up. They get married immediately, and when the Queen arrives, she's ordered to wear red hot iron shoes and dance until she dies.

In Disney's "Mulan", we're introduced to a girl who's a total bada**. Mulan disguises herself as a man to join the Chinese army, all to save her father's life. She

valiantly goes off to war with a miniature dragon and an "unlucky" cricket before everyone finds out she's actually got a vajayjay. Thanks to her resolve as a woman, she

doesn't let a bunch of giant male egos stop her from taking down the biggest, baddest Hun alive.

There are several different versions of Mulan's story; it's not your run-of-the-mill Grimm Bros. fairy tale. Quite ancient in origin, each ode to Mulan tends to start the same, with Mulan

disguising herself in order to join the army and, ultimately, save her father from almost certain death. The original "Ballad Of Mulan" says that she doesn't reveal her true

identity to her fellow soldiers for 12 years, until after she returns home from kickin' a**. 

Multiple sources suggest that in one original version, Mulan returns home from war to find her father has died and her mother remarried. 

In a third, and a less than satisfactory ending, she kills herself so as not to become an international ruler's mistress.

Walt's version includes a genie, flying carpet, a tiny monkey, and a street rat-turned-prince. Aladdin has Genie disguise him as a Prince so that he can get close to Jasmine.

Obviously, she finds out he's lying, and almost instantaneously hates his guts. We've come to recognize those feelings as none other than true love. 

Oh, and throw in a talking bird

and one mega Villain who wants a royal scepter, and voilà, the makings of Disney royalty.

Disney's animated classic is based on “Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp” from "Arabian Nights". In the beginning, Aladdin is a poor boy who spends his days playing in

the streets. After his father dies, a magician arrives claiming to be Aladdin's long-lost uncle. Dude's a liar. The man convinces Aladdin to retrieve a magic lamp from a cave.

Aladdin finds the lamp, but refuses to hand it over until he's out of the cave. The magician gets angry and closes the entrance, trapping Aladdin inside. For days, Aladdin tries

to escape. 

Oddly enough, he rubs the ring the magician gave him before entering the cave. Suddenly, a Genie appears, delivering him and the lamp out of the cave. When Aladdin

arrives home, he discovers that a more powerful Genie is trapped inside the lamp. He and his mother become rich, thanks to it.

With the Genie at his side, Aladdin eventually marries the Sultan's daughter and grows quite wealthy. The magician gets wind of Aladdin's fortune, and returns in search of him. Upon arrival,

the magician seeks out Aladdin's palace and knows it's the work of the Genie. On the spot, he plans to steal the lamp. 

The magician devises a plan and appears at

Aladdin's castle one day offering to exchange new lamps for old ones. With Aladdin away hunting, the Princess willingly hands over the Genie's lamp. Ol' Al wasn't upfront with what

was in the lamp. 

That night, the magician summons the Genie and demands he transport Aladdin's palace, with the Princess inside, to Africa. Angry, the Sultan has his guards retrieve Aladdin

at once. Aladdin asks that his life be spared for 40 nights as he tries to find out what happened to the Princess. Once granted, Aladdin hastily rubs the magic

ring and the Genie from the cave appears. 

He demands the Genie transport him to his palace. Once there, Aladdin devises a plan with the Princess to kill the magician. The Princess manipulates the man into drinking poisoned

wine so that Aladdin can retrieve the lamp. At once, Aladdin rubs the lamp and has the palace returned to China. Things were going swell until the magician's big bro

shows up seeking revenge. The new guy kills a holy woman and disguises himself like her to fool the Princess and sneak into the palace. The Genie gives Aladdin a

heads up, and Al stabs the intruder with a dagger. The end.

We're all aware of the downplayed version of Little Red. Red's mom asks her to take food to her sick Gran, reminding her to stick to the path and not

to stray. However, she's met by a wolf, whom she stupidly tells her Grandmother's woodland address. When Red arrives, well, we all know that's not her sick Granny hangin' out

in a bonnet.

The Grimm Bros. version starts out just like the tale we all know. Red's mother requests she take cake and wine to her sick Grandmother, and reminds her to go

straight to her house without straying from the path. 

At the start of her journey, Red's met by a wolf, and willingly gives up the deets to her Gran's address. The sly fox convinces Red to pick flowers as

a nice surprise. Meanwhile, the wolf runs straight to her Grandmother's house and eats the poor woman.

The wolf quickly puts on her clothes and cap, then hops in the old lady's bed, awaiting Red's arrival. When Red makes it to Grandmama's, she immediately realizes something's off.

She pulls back the curtains to find her "Grandmother" lying in bed, but the wolf quickly reveals himself and, in a single bound, eats Red. 

Obviously suffering from a food hangover, the wolf falls asleep. A huntsman hears the loud snores and investigates. He finds the wolf. He thinks of killing the creature, but then realizes

what's happened. Instead, he cuts open the wolf's belly to release both Little Red and Granny-Dearest. After both climb out, unharmed, they fill the wolf's belly with rocks. When the

wolf finally wakes up, he falls over and dies.

Honestly, there aren't too many differences between Disney's animated version and Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland". Ultimately, even the Disney version of the tale as a whole is a

bit disturbing, especially considering most of the film has us feeling like we're on 'shrooms.

Of course, the tale begins with Alice falling down a rabbit hole (while chasing the white rabbit), but the first instance that has us seeing psychedelic spots is the moment

she meets a Caterpillar who's smoking a hookah, a strange activity for children to be watching, nonetheless. 

And then, of course, who can forget the Cheshire Cat with his floating grin, the Mad Hatter's Tea Party (which we still find annoyingly chaotic), and the very volatile Queen Of

Hearts. Each of these instances even more odd than the one before, and all quite strange for a young girl to be dreaming about. It has us, in fact, wondering

if Lewis Carroll, himself, wrote "Alice" while chasin' the purple dragon. 

This Disney classic about an "odd" girl (that's actually totally normal) begins with her silly father getting lost in the woods. He wanders upon an enchanted castle, where its master

takes him captive. In search of her father, Belle ventures to the forgotten castle and is met by the vicious (but tender-hearted) Beast. He sets her father free, as long as

Belle stays for dinner. But Belle totally freaks, runs away, nearly gets eaten by wolves, falls in love with the Beast's daring act of bravery, yada yada. Then a whacked out

Gaston kills the Beast just in time for him to morph back into a hunk, a hunk, of burnin' love.

The original story by Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont opens on a rich family: a father, three daughters, and he's got a few sons (but they're not important). The youngest, and kindest,

daughter is called Beauty. Her sisters are vain, harebrained girls. 

One day, the father loses his fortune, forcing the family to move to a country house. Lord forbid, everyone has to work.

The well-read Beauty doesn't mind, but her sisters can't handle. So, Beauty cooks, sews, and does dishes. One day, her father travels to town. Beauty's stuck-up sisters ask him to

retrieve lace, while she asks for a single rose.

On his way home, the man loses his way in the woods, taking refuge from the cold in a large castle. He waits, but no one greets him. Dude eats

some dinner and falls asleep. The next morning, he wakes up to clean clothes laying on the bed. Before he leaves, he notices an arbor of roses and remembers his

promise to Beauty. 

Just as he's about to pluck one, a giant Beast appears. The monster threatens the man's life. The man says he wanted it for his daughter. In need

of some lady-love, the Beast demands he go home and send his daughter back to die in his palace.

When the merchant arrives home, he tells his daughters about the Beast. Against his wishes, Beauty accompanies him to the Beast's castle. Once there, the Beast turns the old man

away. Despite being pretty creeped out, Belle decides to take a self-guided walking tour of the castle. She comes across a room marked as her own. Later, she joins the

Beast for dinner, and guy proposes. Super awkward, she declines, but thinks he's cool to hang with. Friend vibes.

Beauty shacks at the palace for 3 months, and every night, Beast proposes. Dude can't take a hint. Since he loves her, though, Beast lets her go home to see

her sick papa. While home, she learns her wigged out sisters have married handsome duds and are both unhappy. So, Beauty re-thinks her decision to marry Beast. Although he's hairy

and unkempt, he's nice and makes her happy, so she returns to the castle. She finds Beast in the garden, starving to death cause he's missed her so, which is

a terrible burden to put on someone, you know. Beauty professes her love, anyway, and suddenly Beast hops up a handsome prince, they get married, and live happily ever after.

Once upon a time, a King and Queen give birth to a beautiful baby girl, whom they name Aurora. But an evil fairy, Maleficent, places a powerful curse on the

child, revealing that when she turns 16 (or somewhere around there) she'll prick her finger on a spinning wheel and die. So her parents send her away to live with

three dim-witted fairies. 

On the day Aurora is meant to return to the castle, she meets a Prince in the woods, whom she falls in love with. This is extremely convenient

for her, considering the Prince is the only one to revive her from her death-sleep. True love and all. But only after fighting Maleficent as a giant, fire-breathing dragon. 

Like the Disney story, the original tale begins with a King and Queen giving birth to a daughter, whom they name Talia. In order to protect her from harm, the

King orders an astrologer to predict her fate. He reports that she's in danger from a splinter, so the King forbids anything of the sort inside his castle. 

One afternoon,

Talia is out walking when she happens upon an old woman spinning. The Princess touches the spindle and immediately falls dead on the ground. Once he hears the news, the

King has her taken to one of his country mansions and abandons the house forever. 

After some time, a totally different King wanders upon the country estate. He explores the home and finds no one inside. Suddenly, he notices Talia lying in one of the

rooms, and thinking she's asleep, decides it's totally fine if he rapes her (this story is just NOT OK). 

Afterward, the piece of crap King goes back to his own Kingdom. After

9 months, Sleeping Beauty gives birth to twins. While asleep, she's attended to by fairies. One of the newborns sucks on Talia's finger, thinking it's her boob, and coincidentally sucks

out the splinter. The Princess immediately awakens. 

Meanwhile, the King who raped Talia revisits the country home to find her awake. He tells her what happened and promises to bring her

to his Kingdom, and everything's cool. Wtf. 

The King's wife, however, suspects her husband is in love with another woman. She demands that a secretary tell her the truth about her husband's infidelity, or she'll have him

killed. So he tells her about Talia. She demands the secretary go to Talia and retrieve the children, explaining that the King wishes to see them. Talia allows the children

to leave with a total stranger. 

The Queen then orders the cook to kill the children, and serve them to the King as dinner. But the cook isn't down with that,

and hides the kids, preparing lamb, instead. The Queen, who thinks the King is eating his own kids, has the secretary return to retrieve Talia, herself. Talia's greeted by the

Queen who proceeds to curse at her. Talia explains that the King raped her while she slept, but it doesn't do any good. The Queen commands a fire be built

and Talia thrown in it. Just as Talia is about to be burned alive, the King appears. 

Once all is revealed, the King has the Queen tossed into the fire, along

with the secretary. The cook brings forth the children, and his life is spared. Afterward, the King marries Talia and everyone lives happy until they die.

In this Disney version, Geppetto, an aging toymaker, creates a puppet, whom he names Pinocchio. He wishes upon a star that the puppet becomes a real boy. That night, a beautiful fairy

appears to fulfill Geppetto's wish. With the help of a cricket named Jiminy, Pinocchio must prove he's worthy to be a real boy. 

The original tale by Carlo Collodi, called "The Adventures of Pinocchio" is much darker than Walt's adaptation. In fact, from the beginning, Pinocchio is a douche bag. Once his feet are finished

being carved, the puppet repeatedly kicks Geppetto. When finished, Pinocchio runs away and is caught by the police. Believing Pinocchio was mistreated, the police put Geppetto in jail. 

Home alone, the puppet is met

by a cricket who tries to talk some sense into Pinocchio's wooden head. Instead, he throws a hammer at the cricket, killing him. That night,  Pinocchio falls asleep with his feet on the stove

and they burn off. When Geppetto's released from prison, he carves the puppet new feet and, as thanks, Pinocchio agrees to attend school.

Afterward, Pinocchio continuously gets into trouble. Eventually he connects with a fairy who tells him that if he works hard and is good, he can become a real boy. He

heeds her warning and does well in school. On the day before Pinocchio is set to become a real boy, he's tricked into going to Toyland by a boy named Candlewick.

While there, one morning the boys awaken with donkey ears, which is what happens to boys who always play and never work, according to a Dormouse. Soon the two are

fully-transformed and sold to a circus. While performing, Pinocchio hurts his leg and is sold to a man who wants his hide to make a drum. The man throws Donkey Pinocchio

in the sea to drown him, but instead the fish eat all the skin off of him until he's a puppet again. 

Pinocchio swims out to sea and is swallowed by a giant dogfish. In the animal's belly, he finds Geppetto who was swallowed while searching for Pinocchio. The two finally escape. The pair

arrives at the home of the talking cricket, who allows them to stay. Pinocchio gets a job working for a farmer, whose donkey is his friend Candlewick. 

After working to support

the sick Geppetto, and to save money for a new suit, Pinocchio goes into town. When he hears the fairy is ill, he gives his savings to help. That night, he's visited

by the fairy who turns him into a real boy, at last. Happily, Geppetto's health is restored and everyone lives happily.

In this classic Disney animated film, Peter Pan is heroic in his efforts to protect the Lost Boys and to defeat the villainous Captain Hook. One night, the Darling children

are visited by Peter, who takes them to Neverland, where children never grow up.

The "Peter Pan" tale we've come to love was originally inspired by J.M. Barrie's early 1900s play/novel, "The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up". And this story is far darker than

the animated version Walt adapted. For starters, Peter Pan kills the Lost Boys. Don't believe us? Here's an excerpt:

"The boys on the island vary, of course, in

numbers, according as they get killed and so on; and when they seem to be growing up, which is against the rules, Peter thins them out; but at this time

there were six of them, counting the twins as two."

As if that's not enough, here's another excerpt from Barrie's original tale that's even worse:

"As soon as he got inside his tree he breathed intentionally quick short

breaths at the rate of about five to a second. He did this because there is a saying in the Neverland that, every time you breathe, a grown-up dies; and

Peter was killing them off vindictively as fast as possible."

On top of that, there's plenty of evidence to support that Peter had a fondness for dying, which adds a strange layer to the fact that he never aged in

Neverland. In the original tale, he says: "To die would be an awfully big adventure". That's pretty heavy stuff for a children's story.

We can sum up this Disney classic pretty easily. A lovestruck mermaid, Ariel, wants to be human, so she sells her voice to a sea witch for a couple of

human legs. Out of the water, she has to make Prince Eric fall in love with her before 3 days are up, or she'll become a wrinkly pet in Ursula's

garden of unfortunate souls. Pretty sure that covers all the high points. Almost forgot, Ariel and Eric get hitched. Yep, that about does it.

Walt's animated classic was inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's 1836 fairy tale by the same name. As with the more contemporary version, it centers on the youngest daughter of the Sea

King who has an intrigue for life above the sea. Her grandmother tells her that when she's 15, she'll have permission to go to the surface and see all the

sights and sounds.

When her birthday finally arrives, she heads to the surface. She spots a large ship. The sailors aboard are partying like it's 1999. And then she sees the Prince and it's

love at first sight. Duh. A storm approaches, tears the ship to shreds, and it's up to her to save the Prince. She sits him on a beach somewhere and

hides while a group of church girls tend to him, leaving the little mermaid totally heartbroken. 

Lo and behold, a family friendly mer-girl knows the Prince and his castle. So one night the little mermaid and her sisters head to the surface to check out his

dwellings. She must've really dug his pad, 'cause the next day she pays a visit to the Sea Witch to ask for a pair of legs. The Sea Witch agrees,

but asks for her voice as payment. Ariel 1.0 agrees. The witch warns her that the transformation will hurt like hell and every time she walks it'll feel like a

bunch of tiny knives. The mermaid doesn't care, and once the potion's complete, the Sea Witch chops off the girl's tongue. Another thing, if the Prince doesn't marry her, she'll instantly

turn into sea foam, which sounds like a terrible way to die. 

That night, the mermaid drinks the potion and relishes in her new legs in between giant snot-filled sobs. The Prince finds her and takes her to the palace. She quickly

enchants him, but dude's not down for marriage just yet. 

Soon it's decided the Prince must marry and he travels to another kingdom to meet a Princess. The little mermaid

goes with and gets to watch in horror as her Prince marries another girl. 

That same night, the mermaid's sisters pop out of the water with a magical dagger that

will save her if she plunges it into the Prince's chest. Instead she throws the knife into the ocean, flinging herself right after it. Not sure, but we're guessing she

turned into foam while her soul floated around for 300 years before it could enter heaven. This story is terrible.