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* RagsToRoyalty: Odette is a Cinderella example of this. She's a humble baker's daughter who has only ever seen Prince Daniel from afar until they meet in the Enchanted Forest and fall in love.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Though the Fairy Queen is clearly disappointed by Odette's RefusalOfTheCall, she immediately admits that it would be wrong to force Odette to fight Rothbart and doesn't try to stop her from leaving the Enchanted Forest. She also shows no resentment after Rothbart [[NiceJobFixingItVillain forces the issue by changing Odette into a swan]], instead rushing to Odette's aid and doing everything in her power to help her.


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* PowerCrystal: The Magic Crystal protects Odette with magically projected barriers when she wears it, and draws strength from ThePowerOfLove.


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* RagsToRoyalty: Odette is a Cinderella example of this. She's a humble baker's daughter who has only ever seen Prince Daniel from afar until they meet in the Enchanted Forest and fall in love.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Though the Fairy Queen is clearly disappointed by Odette's RefusalOfTheCall, she immediately admits that it would be wrong to force Odette to fight Rothbart and doesn't try to stop her from leaving the Enchanted Forest. She also shows no resentment after Rothbart [[NiceJobFixingItVillain forces the issue by changing Odette into a swan]], instead rushing to Odette's aid and doing everything in her power to help her.
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* WronskiFeint: Odette maneuvers this way in her swan form to evade one of Rothbart's raven minions while rescuing Erasmus. She flies at a bridge and pulls up at the last second, causing the raven to crash.

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* WronskiFeint: Odette maneuvers this way in her swan form to evade one of Rothbart's raven minions while rescuing Erasmus. She flies dives at a bridge and pulls up at the last second, causing the raven to crash.
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* WronskiFeint: Odette maneuvers this way in her swan form to evade one of Rothbart's raven minions while rescuing Erasmus. She flies at a bridge and pulls up at the last second, causing the raven to crash.
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* NoPowerNoColor: The magic crystal turns grey when it loses its power.
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* DanceOfRomance: Odette and Daniel dance together during their evening at the lake. Later, Daniel ''thinks'' he's doing this with Odette at the ball, not knowing it's actually Odile in disguise.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Right before Rothbart tries to kill Daniel after failing to manipulate him into shooting Odette in her swan form, he tells him he's as useless to him as, "say, a pig". [[spoiler:Near the end, he accidentally turns Odile into a pig while aiming his magic at Daniel.]]
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* CollapsingLair: Rothbart's castle collapses and falls apart upon his defeat at the end, complete with his dark and gloomy part of the Enchanted Forest growing lush and green again.
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* AdaptationNameChange: The prince's name goes from Siegfried to Daniel.

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* AdaptationNameChange: The prince's name goes from Siegfried to Daniel. His best friend's name also gets changed from Benno to Reggie.



* AdaptationalVillainy: Rothbart went from transforming Odette for no vaguely defined reason to being out to kill her, hence the creation of the Magic Crystal so he wouldn't be able to do so instantly.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: Rothbart went from transforming Odette for no vaguely defined reason to being out to kill her, hence the creation of the crown for the Magic Crystal so he wouldn't be able to do so instantly.
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* FourthDateMarriage: More like ''second'' date marriage. Two days after they met and had their first date, Daniel asks Odette to marry him during the royal ball.

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* FourthDateMarriage: More like ''second'' date marriage. Two days after they met and had their first date, Daniel asks Odette "Odette" (in reality, Odile disguised as Odette) to marry him during the royal ball.
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* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Odile is called the "Black Swan" in the ballet, implying she turns into one. In this movie, she turns into a vulture like her father.

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* AdaptationSpeciesChange: In the ballet, Rothbart is an OminousOwl-like creature and Odile is called the "Black Swan" in the ballet, implying (implying she turns into one. one). In this movie, she turns they both turn into a vulture like her father.vultures.
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* AdaptedOut: Odette's fellow swan maidens are replaced by the Fairy Queen and the forest children.

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* AdaptedOut: Odette's fellow swan maidens in the ballet are replaced by the Fairy Queen and the forest children.
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* AdaptedOut: Odette's fellow swan maidens are replaced by the Fairy Queen and the forest children.
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* AdaptationalUgliness: In the original ballet, Odile is Odette's IdenticalStranger (and is [[ActingForTwo usually played by the same ballerina]] to enforce this). Here, Odile is an unpleasant-looking EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette who only resembles Odette when disguised by a magic illusion.

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* AdaptationalUgliness: In the original ballet, Rothbart's daughter Odile is Odette's IdenticalStranger (and is [[ActingForTwo usually played by the same ballerina]] a beautiful [[TheVamp vamp]] whom he transforms to enforce this). appear as Princess Odette. Here, Odile is an a sallow and unpleasant-looking EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette who only resembles Odette when disguised by a magic illusion.EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette.
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* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Odile is called the "Black Swan" in the ballet, implying she turns into one. In this movie, she turns into a vulture like her father.

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* GorgeousGarmentGeneration: Odette's dress is transformed twice, once into a pink gown for her evening with Daniel and again into a sparkly swan feathered gown.


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* GorgeousGarmentGeneration: Odette's dress is magically transformed twice, once into a pink gown for her evening with Daniel and again into a sparkly swan feathered gown.

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* AdaptationalUgliness: In the original ballet, Odile is Odette's IdenticalStranger (and is [[ActingForTwo usually played by the same ballerina]] to enforce this). Here, Odile is an unpleasant-looking EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette who only looks like Odette when disguised by a magic illusion.

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* AdaptationalUgliness: In the original ballet, Odile is Odette's IdenticalStranger (and is [[ActingForTwo usually played by the same ballerina]] to enforce this). Here, Odile is an unpleasant-looking EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette who only looks like resembles Odette when disguised by a magic illusion.


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* GorgeousGarmentGeneration: Odette's dress is transformed twice, once into a pink gown for her evening with Daniel and again into a sparkly swan feathered gown.

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