History Literature / ATaleOf

* DrivenToMadness: The BiggerBad turns out to have been driven to this in ''Poor Unfortunate Soul''.

* VillainProtagonist: Ursula; unlike the books about the Queen and Prince, which spend most of their time on their descent into villainy, hers is presented primarily in the past tense, as flashbacks and recounting. In addition, [[spoiler: she turns out to be the BiggerBad]].

* ''Literature/AFrozenHeart'', a YA novel (''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen}}'')
* ''Literature/ATwistedTale'', a YA series by Liz Braswell, Elizabeth Lim and Jen Calonita featuring WhatIf retellings ([[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} "What if Aladdin had never found the lamp?"]] [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty "What if the sleeping beauty never woke up?"]] [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast "What if Belle's mother cursed the Beast?"]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} "What if Mulan had to travel to the Underworld?"]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid "What if Ariel had never defeated Ursula?"]] [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs "What if the Evil Queen poisoned the prince?"]])

* UndeadChild: Manea has an entire village slaughtered. She has the villagers, children included, made a part of ber undead army. This is the last straw for Primrose and Hazel, who can't believe their mother would do such a thing.

Scary Faerie Tales by author M.A Kersh.

* {{Crossover}}: The series establishes ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'', ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid'', ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' as sharing a common setting of several adjoining kingdoms, with the films listed in more or less the order of when their events unfold in the timeline. The Odd Sisters have a hand in the events of ''all'' of them. (The presence of the Blue Fairy in ''Mistress of All Evil'' suggests that ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'' also exists in this setting.) DarkerAndEdgier: ''Literature/ATaleOf'' is a TwiceToldTale {{crossover}} series of interconnected novels set in an AlternateUniverse take on the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon. Most, if not all, the films take place in one universe. The original book was a dark but sympathetic twist on ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' from the POV of Grimhilde. The other books are also based around Disney villains, though the original characters receive more spotlight in the sequels. And good luck finding any mention of ''suicide not intended as a HeroicSacrifice'' in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon...

* {{Crossover}}: The series establishes ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'', ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid'', ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' as sharing a common setting of several adjoining kingdoms, with the films listed in more or less the order of when their events unfold in the timeline. The Odd Sisters have a hand in the events of ''all'' of them. (The presence of the Blue Fairy in ''Mistress of All Evil'' suggests that ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'' also exists in this setting.)
* DarkerAndEdgier: * ''Literature/ATaleOf'' is a TwiceToldTale {{crossover}} series of interconnected novels set in an AlternateUniverse take on the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon. Most, if not all, the films take place in one universe. The original book was a dark but sympathetic twist on ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' from the POV of Grimhilde. The other books are also based around Disney villains, though the original characters receive more spotlight in the sequels. And good luck finding any mention of ''suicide not intended as a HeroicSacrifice'' in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon...

* DarkerAndEdgier: Good luck finding any mention of ''suicide not intended as a HeroicSacrifice'' in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon...

* ''Evil Thing: A Tale of [[WesternAnimation/{{One Hundred and One Dalmatians}} that Devil Woman]]'' (2020)

* ''Fairest of All: A Tale of [[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs the Wicked Queen]]'' (2009)
* ''The Beast Within: A Tale of [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Beauty's Prince]]'' (2014)
* ''Poor Unfortunate Soul: A Tale of [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid the Sea Witch]]'' (2016)
* ''Mistress of All Evil: A Tale of [[Disney/SleepingBeauty the Dark Fairy]]'' (2017)
* ''Mother Knows Best: A Tale of [[Disney/{{Tangled}} the Old Witch]]'' (2018)
* ''The Odd Sisters: A Tale of [[Disney/TheBlackCauldron the Three Witches]]'' (2019)
* ''Evil Thing: A Tale of [[Disney/{{One Hundred and One Dalmatians}} that Devil Woman]]'' (2020)

* ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'', a live-action film (''Disney/SleepingBeauty'')
* ''Literature/AFrozenHeart'', a YA novel (''Disney/{{Frozen}}'')
* ''Literature/ATwistedTale'', a YA series by Liz Braswell, Elizabeth Lim and Jen Calonita featuring WhatIf retellings ([[Disney/{{Aladdin}} "What if Aladdin had never found the lamp?"]] [[Disney/SleepingBeauty "What if the sleeping beauty never woke up?"]] [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast "What if Belle's mother cursed the Beast?"]] [[Disney/{{Mulan}} "What if Mulan had to travel to the Underworld?"]] [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid "What if Ariel had never defeated Ursula?"]] [[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs "What if the Evil Queen poisoned the prince?"]])

* {{Crossover}}: The series establishes ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'', ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'', and ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' as sharing a common setting of several adjoining kingdoms, with the films listed in more or less the order of when their events unfold in the timeline. The Odd Sisters have a hand in the events of ''all'' of them. (The presence of the Blue Fairy in ''Mistress of All Evil'' suggests that ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'' also exists in this setting.)

** Hades (as in the Hades from ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'') is used instead of Hell, regardless of the character's presumed religious beliefs. Characters get damned "to Hades". "Hades" is also used in the place of Hell-related curses, like "damn". Thus we get phrases like "[her] Hades-may-care attitude".

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The Queen tells Snow of ''Literature/SleepingBeauty''. According to future books, ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' is a real thing in their world. It's later shown that [[spoiler:the Odd Sisters have a magical book that writes down stories]], however it's supposed to only [[spoiler:write them as they happen]].

* ContrivedCoincidence: The Odd Sisters apparently planned for everything in the climax of ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' to happen, from Belle wanting to visit her father again to the Beast giving her the mirror to Gaston deciding to kill the Beast. This is despite the fact that many of the actions (most notably Belle choosing to reveal the Beast to the townsfolk and Gaston choosing to hunt him) are spur-of-the-moment decisions that would have been nearly impossible to account for.

* MythologyGag: Attina is Triton's oldest daughter, just like in ''Disney/TheLittleMermaidIII''. This contrasts with earlier media having Aquata as the elder sister.

* ''The Odd Sisters: A Tale of the Three Witches'' (2019)

* BurnTheWitch: Referenced by the Queen. Believing she's hallucinating, she fears telling people about the she sees things in her mirror because she'll be burned for being deemed a witch.

* YouMeanXmas: No matter the book, winter solstice is celebrated. It's celebrated in a way that ''heavily'' resembles Christmas, complete with a solstice tree. The exception is in ''Mother Knows Best'', where Manea's family celebrates a version of [[AllHallowsEve samhain]] rather than a more cheerful winter solstice.

* ''Evil Thing: A Tale of [[Disney/{{101Dalmatians}} that Devil Woman]]'' (2020)

* ''Evil Thing: A Tale of [[Disney/101Dalmatians that Devil Woman]]'' (2020)

* {{Crossover}}: The series establishes ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'', ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'', and ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' as sharing a common setting of several adjoining kingdoms, with the films listed in more or less the order of when their events unfold in the timeline. The Odd Sisters have a hand in the events of ''all'' of them. (The presence of the Blue Fairy in ''Mistress of All Evil'' suggests that ''Disney/Pinocchio'' also exists in this setting.)

* {{Crossover}}: The series establishes ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'', ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'', ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', and ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' as sharing a common setting of several adjoining kingdoms, with the films listed in more or less the order of when their events unfold in the timeline. The Odd Sisters have a hand in the events of ''all'' of them.

* ''The Odd Sisters: A Tale of Three Sisters'' (2019)

* ''The Odd Sisters: A Tale of Three Sisters]]'' (2019)

* YouMeanXmas: No matter the book, winter solstice is celebrated. It's celebrated in a way that ''heavily'' resembles Christmas, complete with a solstice tree. The except is in ''Mother Knows Best'', where Manea's family celebrates a version of [[AllHallowsEve samhain]] rather than a more cheerful winter solstice.

* ''A Twisted Tale'', a YA series by Liz Braswell, Elizabeth Lim and Jen Calonita featuring WhatIf retellings ([[Disney/{{Aladdin}} "What if Aladdin had never found the lamp?"]] [[Disney/SleepingBeauty "What if the sleeping beauty never woke up?"]] [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast "What if Belle's mother cursed the Beast?"]] [[Disney/{{Mulan}} "What if Mulan had to travel to the Underworld?"]] [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid "What if Ariel had never defeated Ursula?"]] [[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs "What if the Evil Queen poisoned the prince?"]])

* BeautyToBeast The Prince and [[spoiler:Princess Tulip (temporarily)]] in ''The Beast Within''.
* BrainlessBeauty[=/=]DumbBlonde: Princess Tulip Morningstar -- but only because she wasn't given the chance to become worldly-wise and book smart, which would have made her a much happier person.

* DudeShesInAComa: Mrs. Tiddlebottom mocks fairy-tales who have princesses kissing sleeping princesses. She doesn't want Rapunzel to end up "kissed by a prince taking far too many liberties with a sleeping princess".

* ShoutOut: Mrs. Tiddlebottom makes reference to ''Literature/Bluebeard''. She keeps her nose out of Gothel's business because she doesn't want to end up like the woman in the story.

-->'''Gothel''': "Stay away from my sisters, you witch!"

** ''Mother Knows Best: A youthful Gothel on the jacket, an elderly Gothel on the cover.

* UndeadChildren: Manea has an entire village slaughtered. She has the villagers, children included, made a part of ber undead army. This is the last straw for Primrose and Hazel, who can't believe their mother would do such a thing.