- Alternate Character Interpretation: A common one is that Thumbelina is one of the fairy people she encounters at the end and that the witch stole her from her people.
- Fridge Logic: Where did the witch get the grain for the tulip? After all, she is the one responsible for Thumbelina's sticky situation in the first place.
- The Woobie: The woman who wished for a child in the first place, only to get a child which is just a tiny humanoid. How she reacted when she found the child gone, is anyone's guess. And unlike in later adaptations, they never reunite.
- Values Resonance: Thumbelina's misadventures with the Toad, the Maybug and the Mole were originally meant as a Take That! to the 19th century Danish practice of Arranged Marriage where the bride had no choice. But it still holds up in today's post-Me Too! era as a critique of men who press unwanted attention on women and feel entitled to their affections, as well as their families and friends who encourage that behavior.
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