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The 'weavers' set up shop and go to work, making many demands for fine materials and expensive thread but not actually weaving anything. After some time, the Emperor sends his advisors and ministers to observe and give him a report. They cannot see anything on the loom, but they return with glowing reports on how beautiful the cloth is. Eventually the Emperor goes to be dressed in his new finery -- which he of course can neither see nor feel -- and he too agrees that they are the finest clothes he ever owned. The swindlers leave with their payment, and the emperor parades through the city in his new 'suit.' The townspeople are too afraid to point out the obvious, until finally a young child cries out that [[NakedPeopleAreFunny the emperor has nothing on]].
The story has since entered public lexicon as the definitive example of Pluralistic Ignorance -- agreeing with the group consensus despite personal belief to the contrary because 'everyone' believes it... even if they don't. In this case, no dares to say that they can't see the exquisite clothing, so they act as if they can in order to not be painted as ignorant. Saying "the emperor has no clothes" means that someone is clearly lying and hoping to get away with it by discouraging anyone from disagreeing with them.
The story has since entered public lexicon as the definitive example of Pluralistic Ignorance -- agreeing with the group consensus despite personal belief to the contrary because 'everyone' believes it... even if they don't. In this case, no dares to say that they can't see the exquisite clothing, so they act as if they can in order to not be painted as ignorant. Saying "the emperor has no clothes" means that someone is clearly lying and hoping to get away with it by discouraging anyone from disagreeing with them.
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The 'weavers' set up shop and go to work, making many demands for fine materials and expensive thread but not actually weaving anything. After some time, the Emperor sends his advisors and ministers to observe and give him a report. They cannot see anything on the loom, but they are afraid to admit it, so they return with glowing reports on how beautiful the cloth is. Eventually the Emperor goes to be dressed in his new finery -- which he of course can neither see nor feel -- and he too agrees that they are the finest clothes he ever owned. The swindlers leave with their payment, and the emperor parades through the city in his new 'suit.' The townspeople are too afraid to point out the obvious, until finally a young child cries out that [[NakedPeopleAreFunny the emperor has nothing on]].
The story has since entered public lexicon as the definitive example of Pluralistic Ignorance -- agreeing with the group consensus despite personal belief to the contrary because'everyone' 'everyone else' believes it... even if they don't. In this case, no dares to say that they can't see the exquisite clothing, Emperor's new clothes, so they act as if they can in order to not be painted as ignorant. Saying can. The aphorism "the emperor has no clothes" means that someone is clearly lying and hoping to get away with it by discouraging anyone from disagreeing with them.
The story has since entered public lexicon as the definitive example of Pluralistic Ignorance -- agreeing with the group consensus despite personal belief to the contrary because
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* AnAesop: Andersen was well known for these. This was a lesson not only about honesty, being that the truth will come out sooner or later, but also about what is called "pluralistic ignorance" -- in which people go along with something just because they ''assume'' other people agree.
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* AnAesop: Andersen was well known for these. This was a lesson not only about honesty, being that the truth will come out sooner or later, but also about what is called "pluralistic ignorance" -- in which people go along with something a falsehood just because they ''assume'' other people agree.it's true for everyone else.
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* {{Applicability}}: Human nature being what it is, the story has been invoked on many, many occasions when a large group of people is going along with a leader or a plan or an ideology that has some obvious flaws.
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* {{Applicability}}: Human nature being what it is, the story has been invoked on many, many occasions when a large group of people is going along with a leader or a plan or an ideology that has some obvious flaws.
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* BatmanGambit: The weavers' con relied on both people in general and the Emperor in particular being too embarrassed to admit they couldn't see the "cloth" for fear of being seen as stupid or incompetent. It could have fallen apart right away if anyone had had the guts to speak up.
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* BatmanGambit: The weavers' con relied on both people in general and the Emperor in particular being too embarrassed to admit they couldn't see the "cloth" for fear of being seen exposed as stupid or incompetent. It could would have fallen apart right away immediately if anyone had had the guts to speak up.
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* {{Bowdlerisation}}: As the original version has the emperor fully naked, some versions give him underwear as a form of censorship.
* BrutalHonesty: The kid who insists there are no clothes even when he's being shushed by others.
* BrutalHonesty: The kid who insists there are no clothes even when he's being shushed by others.
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* {{Bowdlerisation}}: As the original version has the emperor fully naked, some versions give have him parading in his underwear as a form of censorship.
* BrutalHonesty:The kid who insists there are no clothes even when he's being shushed by others.A child is the one to point out the Emperor's obvious problem.
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* ElephantInTheLivingRoom: All the Emperor's subjects ignore that he's walking through their city not wearing any clothes despite it being plainly obvious to everyone.
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* ElephantInTheLivingRoom: All None of the Emperor's subjects ignore dare point out that he's walking through their city not wearing any clothes naked, despite it being plainly obvious to everyone.
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* FullyClothedNudity: A lot of adaptations (especially ones intended for children) opt to show the Emperor in GoofyPrintUnderwear or the like, rather than going full-frontal. (The ones that don't will usually give him a SceneryCensor.)
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* FullyClothedNudity: A lot of adaptations (especially ones intended for children) opt to show the Emperor in GoofyPrintUnderwear or the like, rather than going full-frontal. (The ones that don't will usually give him a SceneryCensor.)) Not that the leader of a country parading in his underwear is much less humiliating than going in the altogether.
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* KidHasAPoint: The kid at the ending is the one who dares to point that the emperor is actually naked.
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* KidHasAPoint: The kid at the ending A child is the one who dares to point say that the emperor is actually naked.naked. When he hears this, even the Emperor realizes that it is true, but he has no choice but to keep parading.
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* VisibleToBelievers: DoubleSubverted. There really are no clothes but those who believe the swindlers' lies pretend to see them.
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* VisibleToBelievers: DoubleSubverted. Subverted. There really are are, in fact, no clothes clothes, but those who believe everyone claims to see them due to buying the swindlers' lies pretend to see them.and out of fear of being deemed stupid.
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''The Emperor's New Clothes'' is a short story by Creator/HansChristianAndersen, first published in 1837, about a vain, selfish Emperor who gets swindled by two charlatans.
Posing as weavers, the conmen approach the Emperor and tell him that they can make the finest, most beautiful clothing, which is also enchanted so that the foolish or incompetent are unable to see it. The Emperor, thinking that this will be a fine way to weed out the unfit among his court, hires them to make a suit of clothing for him.
The 'weavers' set up shop and go to work, making many demands for fine materials and expensive thread. The Emperor sends his advisors and ministers to observe and give him a report. They obviously cannot see these non-existent clothes, but they don't dare say so, returning with glowing reports on how beautiful the cloth is. Eventually the Emperor goes to be dressed in his new finery -- which he of course can neither see nor feel -- and he too agrees that they are the finest clothes he ever owned. The swindlers leave with their payment, and the emperor parades through the city in nothing at all. The townspeople are too afraid to point out the obvious, until a young child cries out that [[NakedPeopleAreFunny the emperor is naked]].
The story has since entered public lexicon as the definitive example of Pluralistic Ignorance -- where individuals in a group go along with something because they incorrectly assume everyone else feels the same way. In this case, no one wants to be the one to say that they can't see the exquisite clothing, so they act as if they can in order to not be painted as ignorant. If someone these days says "the emperor has no clothes", they think that someone else doesn't ''really'' believe what they're saying, they're just going along with it to fit in.
Posing as weavers, the conmen approach the Emperor and tell him that they can make the finest, most beautiful clothing, which is also enchanted so that the foolish or incompetent are unable to see it. The Emperor, thinking that this will be a fine way to weed out the unfit among his court, hires them to make a suit of clothing for him.
The 'weavers' set up shop and go to work, making many demands for fine materials and expensive thread. The Emperor sends his advisors and ministers to observe and give him a report. They obviously cannot see these non-existent clothes, but they don't dare say so, returning with glowing reports on how beautiful the cloth is. Eventually the Emperor goes to be dressed in his new finery -- which he of course can neither see nor feel -- and he too agrees that they are the finest clothes he ever owned. The swindlers leave with their payment, and the emperor parades through the city in nothing at all. The townspeople are too afraid to point out the obvious, until a young child cries out that [[NakedPeopleAreFunny the emperor is naked]].
The story has since entered public lexicon as the definitive example of Pluralistic Ignorance -- where individuals in a group go along with something because they incorrectly assume everyone else feels the same way. In this case, no one wants to be the one to say that they can't see the exquisite clothing, so they act as if they can in order to not be painted as ignorant. If someone these days says "the emperor has no clothes", they think that someone else doesn't ''really'' believe what they're saying, they're just going along with it to fit in.
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''The Emperor's New Clothes'' is a short story by Creator/HansChristianAndersen, first published in 1837, about a vain, selfish Emperor who gets swindled by two charlatans.because of his pride.
Posing as weavers, the Two conmen approach the Emperor and tell him that they are expert weavers who can make the finest, most beautiful clothing, cloth, which is also enchanted so that only the foolish or incompetent are unable to diligent and competent can see it. The Emperor, thinking that this will be a fine way to weed out the unfit among his court, hires them to make a suit of clothing for him.
The 'weavers' set up shop and go to work, making many demands for fine materials and expensivethread. The thread but not actually weaving anything. After some time, the Emperor sends his advisors and ministers to observe and give him a report. They obviously cannot see these non-existent clothes, anything on the loom, but they don't dare say so, returning return with glowing reports on how beautiful the cloth is. Eventually the Emperor goes to be dressed in his new finery -- which he of course can neither see nor feel -- and he too agrees that they are the finest clothes he ever owned. The swindlers leave with their payment, and the emperor parades through the city in nothing at all. his new 'suit.' The townspeople are too afraid to point out the obvious, until finally a young child cries out that [[NakedPeopleAreFunny the emperor is naked]].
has nothing on]].
The story has since entered public lexicon as the definitive example of Pluralistic Ignorance --where individuals in a agreeing with the group go along with something consensus despite personal belief to the contrary because 'everyone' believes it... even if they incorrectly assume everyone else feels the same way. don't. In this case, no one wants to be the one dares to say that they can't see the exquisite clothing, so they act as if they can in order to not be painted as ignorant. If someone these days says ignorant. Saying "the emperor has no clothes", they think clothes" means that someone else doesn't ''really'' believe what they're saying, they're just going along is clearly lying and hoping to get away with it to fit in.by discouraging anyone from disagreeing with them.
The 'weavers' set up shop and go to work, making many demands for fine materials and expensive
The story has since entered public lexicon as the definitive example of Pluralistic Ignorance --
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* AbileneParadox: "Pluralistic indifference" and collective pride is what drives everybody to keep saying there is an invisible fabric until there is no turning back. [[BatmanGambit Had any of them actually spoken up, the con would have died early.]]
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* AbileneParadox: "Pluralistic indifference" and collective pride is what drives everybody to keep saying there is an invisible they can see the fantastical fabric until there is no turning back. [[BatmanGambit Had any of them actually spoken up, the con would have died early.]]
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** In the "Naked King" play by Eugeny Shwartz, which borrows plot elements from several of Andersen's stories, including this one, the "con-men" are heroes on a quest to rescue the princess from being force-married to the king, who's a [[StupidEvil moronic]] [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazi-esque]] [[TheCaligula tyrant]]. Their main goal is to publically humiliate the king, incite a [[VelvetRevolution riot]] and abscond with the princess. Pocketing the payment for the clothes is just a nice side-bonus to set the newlyweds up for life.
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** In the "Naked King" play by Eugeny Shwartz, which borrows plot elements from several of Andersen's stories, including this one, the "con-men" are heroes on a quest to rescue the princess from being force-married to the king, who's a [[StupidEvil moronic]] [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazi-esque]] [[TheCaligula tyrant]]. Their main goal is to publically humiliate the king, incite a [[VelvetRevolution riot]] and abscond with the princess. Pocketing the payment for the clothes is just a nice side-bonus to set the newlyweds up for life.side-bonus.
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* SnakeOilSalesman: The two imposters pretending to be weavers claim to have a magic cloth that is invisible to anyone who is stupid and unfit to hold office. In reality, it's all imaginary.
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''The Emperor's New Clothes'' is a short story by Creator/HansChristianAndersen, first published in 1837, about a vain, selfish Emperor who gets swindled by two charlatans pretending to be weavers.
The conmen approach the Emperor and tell him that they can make the finest, most beautiful clothing, which is also enchanted so that the foolish or incompetent are unable to see it. The Emperor, thinking that this will be a fine way to weed out the unfit among his court, hires them to make a suit of clothing for him.
The conmen approach the Emperor and tell him that they can make the finest, most beautiful clothing, which is also enchanted so that the foolish or incompetent are unable to see it. The Emperor, thinking that this will be a fine way to weed out the unfit among his court, hires them to make a suit of clothing for him.
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''The Emperor's New Clothes'' is a short story by Creator/HansChristianAndersen, first published in 1837, about a vain, selfish Emperor who gets swindled by two charlatans pretending to be weavers.charlatans.
The Posing as weavers, the conmen approach the Emperor and tell him that they can make the finest, most beautiful clothing, which is also enchanted so that the foolish or incompetent are unable to see it. The Emperor, thinking that this will be a fine way to weed out the unfit among his court, hires them to make a suit of clothing for him.
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''The Emperor's New Clothes'' is a short story by Creator/HansChristianAndersen, first published in 1837, about a vain, selfish Emperor who gets swindled by two charlatans pretending to be weavers. The weavers tell him they can make the finest, most beautiful clothing, which is also engendered with magical properties meaning that the foolish or incompetent among his people would be unable to see it. The Emperor thinks that this will help him find out who in his court is unworthy of their position, and asks for them to make clothing for him.
Afraid that he might not see the clothes, he at first sends his advisors and ministers to see it. They obviously cannot see these non-existent clothes, but the swindlers describe them so intricately that they are fooled, and eventually even the Emperor himself goes to see them and wear them. Afraid to be dubbed unworthy of his job, he too agrees that he can see them. The swindlers leave with their payment of gold and fine materials, and the charade continues until the emperor parades around in his new clothes, and a naïve child points out that [[NakedPeopleAreFunny the emperor is naked]].
Afraid that he might not see the clothes, he at first sends his advisors and ministers to see it. They obviously cannot see these non-existent clothes, but the swindlers describe them so intricately that they are fooled, and eventually even the Emperor himself goes to see them and wear them. Afraid to be dubbed unworthy of his job, he too agrees that he can see them. The swindlers leave with their payment of gold and fine materials, and the charade continues until the emperor parades around in his new clothes, and a naïve child points out that [[NakedPeopleAreFunny the emperor is naked]].
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''The Emperor's New Clothes'' is a short story by Creator/HansChristianAndersen, first published in 1837, about a vain, selfish Emperor who gets swindled by two charlatans pretending to be weavers. The weavers tell him they can make the finest, most beautiful clothing, which is also engendered with magical properties meaning that the foolish or incompetent among his people would be unable to see it. The Emperor thinks that this will help him find out who in his court is unworthy of their position, and asks for them to make clothing for him.
Afraid The conmen approach the Emperor and tell him that he might not they can make the finest, most beautiful clothing, which is also enchanted so that the foolish or incompetent are unable to see it. The Emperor, thinking that this will be a fine way to weed out the clothes, he at first unfit among his court, hires them to make a suit of clothing for him.
The 'weavers' set up shop and go to work, making many demands for fine materials and expensive thread. The Emperor sends his advisors and ministers tosee it. observe and give him a report. They obviously cannot see these non-existent clothes, but the swindlers describe them so intricately that they are fooled, and eventually even don't dare say so, returning with glowing reports on how beautiful the cloth is. Eventually the Emperor himself goes to be dressed in his new finery -- which he of course can neither see them nor feel -- and wear them. Afraid to be dubbed unworthy of his job, he too agrees that they are the finest clothes he can see them. ever owned. The swindlers leave with their payment of gold payment, and fine materials, and the charade continues until the emperor parades around through the city in his new clothes, and nothing at all. The townspeople are too afraid to point out the obvious, until a naïve young child points cries out that [[NakedPeopleAreFunny the emperor is naked]].
The 'weavers' set up shop and go to work, making many demands for fine materials and expensive thread. The Emperor sends his advisors and ministers to
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* {{Pride}}: Since the conmen bill their wares as invisible to the incompetent, everyone pretends they can see them for fear of being exposed.
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** In Creator/RankinBassProductions' adaption, ''The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye'', the VillainousHarlequin Jasper makes the emperor into the vain man he is in the story so he can take over the kingdom for himself. The con-men reveal his evil scheme with their "clothes that are invisible to anyone stupid" scam.
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** In Creator/RankinBassProductions' adaption, ''The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye'', the VillainousHarlequin Jasper makes the emperor into the vain man he is in the story so he can take over the kingdom for himself. The con-men reveal his evil scheme with their "clothes that are invisible to anyone stupid" scam.
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** In Creator/RankinBassProductions' adaption, ''The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye'', the VillainousHarlequin Jasper makes the emperor into the vain man he is in the story so he can take over the kingdom for himself. The con-men reveal his evil scheme with their "clothes that are invisible to anyone stupid" scam.
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Not a trope.
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The story has since entered public lexicon as the definitive example of PluralisticIgnorance -- where individuals in a group go along with something because they incorrectly assume everyone else feels the same way. In this case, no one wants to be the one to say that they can't see the exquisite clothing, so they act as if they can in order to not be painted as ignorant. If someone these days says "the emperor has no clothes", they think that someone else doesn't ''really'' believe what they're saying, they're just going along with it to fit in.
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The story has since entered public lexicon as the definitive example of PluralisticIgnorance Pluralistic Ignorance -- where individuals in a group go along with something because they incorrectly assume everyone else feels the same way. In this case, no one wants to be the one to say that they can't see the exquisite clothing, so they act as if they can in order to not be painted as ignorant. If someone these days says "the emperor has no clothes", they think that someone else doesn't ''really'' believe what they're saying, they're just going along with it to fit in.
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''The Emperor's New Clothes'' is a short story by Creator/HansChristianAndersen, first published in 1837, about a vain, selfish Emperor who gets swindled by two weavers. The weavers tell him they can make the finest, most beautiful clothing, which is also engendered with magical properties meaning that the foolish or incompetent among his people would be unable to see it. The Emperor thinks that this will help him find out who in his court is unworthy of their position, and asks for them to make clothing for him.
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''The Emperor's New Clothes'' is a short story by Creator/HansChristianAndersen, first published in 1837, about a vain, selfish Emperor who gets swindled by two charlatans pretending to be weavers. The weavers tell him they can make the finest, most beautiful clothing, which is also engendered with magical properties meaning that the foolish or incompetent among his people would be unable to see it. The Emperor thinks that this will help him find out who in his court is unworthy of their position, and asks for them to make clothing for him.
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The story has since entered public lexicon as the definitive example of "pluralistic ignorance" -- where individuals in a group go along with something because they incorrectly assume everyone else feels the same way. In this case, no one wants to be the one to say that they can't see the exquisite clothing, so they act as if they can in order to not be painted as ignorant. If someone these days says "the emperor has no clothes", they think that someone else doesn't ''really'' believe what they're saying, they're just going along with it to fit in.
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The story has since entered public lexicon as the definitive example of "pluralistic ignorance" PluralisticIgnorance -- where individuals in a group go along with something because they incorrectly assume everyone else feels the same way. In this case, no one wants to be the one to say that they can't see the exquisite clothing, so they act as if they can in order to not be painted as ignorant. If someone these days says "the emperor has no clothes", they think that someone else doesn't ''really'' believe what they're saying, they're just going along with it to fit in.
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** Likewise, in the song "I Can See" by Music/MCFrontalot, the king is portrayed as a greedy, oppressive tyrant. The song ends with him being overthrown in a revolution, which is implied to have been [[TheChessmaster the tailor's]] plan all along.
