History WesternAnimation / CinderellaIIIATwistInTime

* BigNo: Lady Tremaine yells "No" when [[spoiler:her magic gets deflected back at her]].

** Lady Tremaine. She is '''worse''' than the original movie, and she was already an abusive parent. [[spoiler:She poofs Cinderella in a twisted pumpkin carriage with Lucifer as its human driver in an attempt to get Lucifer to kill Cinderella. Especially heinous because up until that point, she was satisfied with just making Cinderella's life a living hell. She also makes Anastasia pose as Cinderella to fool the prince. If anyone doesn't know, this is rape by deception... and for worse, she tries to use one of her own flesh and blood daughters for this, and right when Anastasia is becoming more and more sympathetic. Finally, Tremaine herself eventually ends up earning the wrath of the king and the prince, meaning she continues to go through with her wicked scheme for no reason except to spite not only Cinderella but also Anastasia.]]

* IJustWantToBeLoved: Anastasia. At first, she thinks she'll be happy with the prince's love, but she eventually realizes that she wants someone to love her [[JustTheWayYouAre for who she really is]], not because they're under a spell. She also craves for her mother's approval and love, which explains a lot about [[spoiler:how she went with Tremaine's plan anyway]], until she realizes that the marriage Lady Tremaine is trying to force her into is truly loveless, and that she'll ''never, ever'' be able to truly gain her mother's love, because the sole purpose of her scheme was for power.
** Anastasia realizes by the end that Cinderella truly cares about her and wants her to be happy, as she knows that Anastasia (and most likely Drizella) ''only'' mistreated her [[JerkassWoobie because they've also suffered a life of abuse and loveless manipulation at the hands of her mother.]] Anastasia ''does'' indeed find someone who loves her, as Cinderella is able to [[EasilyForgiven forgive her easily]], and embrace her as a true sister

''Cinderella III'' stands as the last full-length DTV DAC sequel released before Walt Disney Animation Studios CCO John Lasseter's ban on DTV sequels and prequels took effect.[[labelnote:*]]In between ''Cinderella III'' and the start of the ban, [=DisneyToon=] did churn out a compilation of shorts, ''WesternAnimation/DisneyPrincessEnchantedTalesFollowYourDreams'', and a prequel to ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'', ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIIArielsBeginning Ariel's Beginning]]''.[[/labelnote]]

* ChekhovsGun: Metal reflecting the wand's magic.

%%* FairytaleWeddingDress

(See the Cinderella category under [[FanWorks/AnimatedFilms Fanworks: Animated Films]] for various fanworks of all 3 films)

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Heavily implied with Anastasia. Though she initially goes along without hesitation with her mother's scheme, she is clearly taken aback when the Prince, without any influence from Tremaine's spell, reassures her after their disastrous dance, and is further surprised when the King - instead of reprimanding her - gifts her a special TragicKeepsake from his late wife. [[spoiler:Their unconditional kindness, coupled with Tremaine and Anastasia's cynical dismissal of it, is clearly the first major step to Anastasia's HeelFaceTurn]].

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Subtly. In the first song, Drizella and Anastasia are both bemoaning their fate. Drizella complains about not being able to go to the ball and having to do chores. Anastasia simply wonders why she couldn't get ''her'' happy ending like Cinderella did, and wonders if there's a prince out there for her.

(See the Cinderella category under FanWorks/AnimatedFilms for various fanworks of all 3 films)

* IJustWantToBeLoved: Anastasia. At first, she thinks she'll be happy with the prince's love, but she eventually realizes that she wants someone to love her [[JustTheWayYouAre for who she really is]], not because they're under a spell. She also craves for her mother's approval and love, which explains a lot about [[spoiler:how she went with Tremaine's plan anyway]], until she realizes that the marriage Lady Tremaine is trying to force her into is truly loveless, and that she'll ''never, ever'' be able to truly gain her mother's love.
** Anastasia realizes by the end that Cinderella truly cares about her and wants her to be happy, as she knows that Anastasia (and most likely Drizella) ''only'' mistreated her [[JerkassWoobie because they've also suffered a life of abuse and loveless manipulation at the hands of her mother.]]

* IJustWantToBeLoved: Anastasia. At first, she thinks she'll be happy with the prince's love, but she eventually realizes that she wants someone to love her [[JustTheWayYouAre for who she really is]], not because they're under a spell. She also craves for her mother's approval and love, which explains a lot about [[spoiler:how she went with Tremaine's plan anyway]], until she realizes that the marriage Lady Tremaine is trying to force her into is truly loveless, and that she'll ''never'' be able to truly gain her mother's love.

* IJustWantToBeLoved: Anastasia. At first, she thinks she'll be happy with the prince's love, but she eventually realizes that she wants someone to love her [[JustTheWayYouAre for who she really is]], not because they're under a spell. She also craves for her mother's approval and love, which explains a lot about [[spoiler:how she went with Tremaine's plan anyway]], until she realizes that the marriage Lady Tremaine is trying to force her into is truly loveless.

* IJustWantToBeLoved: Anastasia. At first, she thinks she'll be happy with the prince's love, but then she realizes that she wants someone who loves her [[JustTheWayYouAre for who she really is]], not because they're under a spell. She also craves for her mother's approval and love, which explains a lot about [[spoiler:how she went with Tremaine's plan anyway.]]

A 2007 DirectToVideo sequel to the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon hit ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIDreamsComeTrue.'' It bears a resemblance to ''Theatre/TwiceCharmed'', and was made after it.

* AbusiveParents: Lady Tremaine. Not only with her stepdaughter but her own biological daughters as well - she's the one to blame for Drizella and Anastasia being jerks, [[spoiler:and she verbally and emotionally abuses Anastasia when she begins to question her, whisks Cinderella away to be killed off by Lucifer, and even attempts to attack Anastasia when she finally refuses to marry the Prince, exposing to Cinderella how indiscriminately abusive her stepmother really is. When Cinderella tries desperately to protect Anastasia, Tremaine decides to take her revenge on ''both'' of them, forcing the Prince to step in]]

'''Anastasia:''' I...I want what you had.\\
'''Cinderella:''' But...do you even ''love'' him?

* BigNo: Lady Tremaine [[spoiler:when her magic gets deflected back at her]].

* BrideAndSwitch: After her spell on the Prince is broken, Lady Tremaine tries one last time to ruin Cinderella’s happy ending and marry her own child into the throne by [[spoiler: teleporting Cinderella away and having Anastasia take her place in the wedding, magically disguised to look exactly like her stepsister. Fortunately, Anastasia turns down the vows last-minute.]]

** Despite the film removing ''Dream Come True'' from its timeline, Prudence and some other characters introduced in that film briefly appear in this one.

* ForWantOfANail:
** If Lady Tremaine had taken the time to deal with Cinderella's oh so useful animal friends, she would have won.
** Discussed a little earlier when after Anastasia starts having second thoughts about her mother's plan, [[YesMan Drizella]] says perhaps she should have been the one to put on the slipper instead. While that would have certainly ironed out several of the wrinkles Lady Tremaine encounters, given the "able to tell true love by {{holding hands}}" plot point, [[InSpiteOfANail whether it would have been enough to fool Prince Charming (or at least keep him from getting too suspicious) is less clear]].

* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: The triumphant fanfare playing for Prince Charming as he meets Anastasia dies when he lays eyes on her.
** Similarly, in the middle of Jaq and Gus's song "At the Ball," once they get to the part where Cinderella has been banished, Gus sobs uncontrollably. The orchestra seems to do the same, winding down chromatically like a record player.