![]() ![]() Used again in Shrek Forever After, with multiple pages being ripped off in frustration by the villain, Rumpelstiltskin.Played surprisingly straight in Shrek 2, but even that turns out to be a setup for a gag that kicks off the rest of the film's plot.and then ripping out a page as toilet paper. Subverted by Shrek, which opens with the title character reading a Fairy Tale.Tangled was originally supposed to begin in a storybook style, as shown in the Extras on the DVD and also in the "Art Of" book, but was changed to the voiceover they used in the film.Ironically, the storybook opening was originally going to be used for the movie, but was cut for apparently the same reason. When the storybook appears, he rejects it as too cliched and moves on. The trope's usage was defied and lampshaded by Chicken Little the film opens with Buck Cluck deciding how best to begin the story.There were plans to do a more straightforward (though extremely elaborate) use of the trope involving shadow puppetry, but it was scrapped for being too costly. Mulan's variation involves the main titles being represented as the scene painted on traditional Chinese watercolour art.Hercules has another variation, with Greek pottery art that comes to life.Pocahontas opens with artwork on parchment that transitions into the animation, and it ends the same way in reverse.Beauty and the Beast uses a variation, with stained-glass illustrations on the Beast's castle windows instead of a book.When Tigger gets stuck in a tree, he's saved by the narrator, who simply turns the book sideways, allowing him to slide down the letters. From bumping into the words on the page, to hopping from one page to the next. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh constantly reminds you that the characters are in a book.Both segments of The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr.As mentioned above, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the Trope Maker.Disney Animated Canon examples, in chronological order:. ![]()
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