History Main / BrightCastle

** Pride Rock from ''Disney/TheLionKing''. Though not necessarily a castle in our sense- it is one for Simba and family, still it's a beautiful and imposing natural structure.

** Disney Castle is a cartoony take, with bouncy, exaggerated spires. It's also inspired by either the castle in the Walt Disney Pictures logo, o Cinderella castle in the parks.

[[caption-width-right:302:Look pretty nice when not cursed.]]

* Princess Peach's castle from the ''SuperMarioBros'' series games.

* Dark Beauty Castle in ''EpicMickey'', at least before the Blot Wars.

** Pi'illo Castle manages to come off as this in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'' despite being a ruin.

* Hyrule Castle from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series games.

* Radiant Garden's towering bastion in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep''.

[[quoteright:350:[[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/BeautyandtheBeast_CastleLithograph_8285.jpg]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Look pretty nice when not cursed.]]

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* Cair Paravel from ''TheChroniclesOfNarnia''.

* ''Berserk'': For Griffith, an ambitious commoner who dreams of winning his own kingdom, a beautiful castle on a hill is the emblem of the great heights he is trying to reach. Compared to other castles shown which are very military in design, the castle Griffith envisions looks more like something out of a fairytale with its vertically-oriented design and picturesque towers. In the Eclipse, the God Hand show him the castle shining in the distance beyond his reach, and call attention to the contrast between the purity of his dream and the mountain of dead bodies he's walked over in order to get closer to his goal.

A classic trope within {{Fairy Tale}}s, the Bright Castle is a beautiful structure usually owned by a monarch, magician or powerful creature. It is picturesque, but sometimes cursed or with a dark secret. It can also be the home of the protagonist, who often must either leave the sanctuary, or save it from imminent doom.

* ''Berserk'': For Griffith, an ambitious commoner who dreams of winning his own kingdom, a beautiful castle on a hill is the emblem of the great heights he is trying to reach. Compared to other castles shown which are very military in design, the castle Griffith envisions looks more like something out of a fairytale with its vertical design and picturesque towers. In the Eclipse, the God Hand show him the castle shining in the distance beyond his reach, and call attention to the contrast between the purity of his dream and the mountain of dead bodies he's walked over in order to get closer to his goal.

* The castle on the Disney logo, which is in turn based on {{Disney/Cinderella}}'s castle. Almost ALL of the Franchise/DisneyPrincess films feature this to some extent
** Disney/SnowWhite's Prince whisked her off to one at the end of the film

** ''{{Enchanted}}'', being an AffectionateParody of Franchise/DisneyPrincess films, of course has the castle of Prince Edward. Parodied in New York with the billboard castle.

A classic trope within Fairytales, the Bright Castle is a beautiful structure usually owned by a monarch, magician or powerful creature. It is picturesque, but sometimes cursed or with a dark secret. It can also be the home of the protagonist, who often must either leave the sanctuary, or save it from imminent doom.

* The castle from ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena''. [[spoiler:As revealed late in the series, it's nothing more than an illusion projected from Akio's planetarium.]]
* The Kanejou family from BGataHKei lives in one. PlayedForLaughs, naturally.

* The castle on the Disney logo, which is in turn based on {{Disney/Cinderella}}'s castle. Almost ALL of the DisneyPrincess films feature this to some extent

** ''{{Enchanted}}'', being an AffectionateParody of DisneyPrincess films, of course has the castle of Prince Edward. Parodied in New York with the billboard castle.

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* Cinderella Castle, the centerpiece of the "Magic Kingdom" DisneyThemeParks.
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuschwanstein_Castle Neuschwanstein Castle]], the TropeMaker
* The Fairy Castle dollhouse at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry is a miniature example.
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* Aside from the existing castle she and Anna grew up in, Elsa actually builds one from scratch using her ice powers in ''Disney/{{Frozen}}''.

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* Canterlot in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''.
* The white, [[BigFancyCastle sprawling]] palace of Thundera in ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011''
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* Aside from the existing castle she and Anna grew up in, Elsa actually builds one from scratch using her ice powers in ''Disney/{{Frozen}}''.