Fairy tales helped popularize many tropes and character archetypes. Fairy tales are generally associated with love, magic, and danger. Tropes popular in fairy tales are also popular in nearly every genre of fiction. Almost everyone can recognize a downtrodden yet kind and hopeful character like the Cinderella archetype, regardless of whether she lives in a fantasy world or in a sci-fi universe.Some anime combine different fairy tale tropes and reinterpret or complicate them. Anime like Ouran High School Host Club will parody some tropes. Others like The Saint’s Magic Power Is Omnipotent will turn character archetype expectations on their head.Ouran High School Host Club starts off Haruhi’s plot with the Girl in Breeches trope. Young ladies will disguise themselves as boys in fairy tales often for protection. The fairy tale The Princess Who Would Be a Prince is a Romanian fairy tale about an emperor’s daughter who travels to another court disguised as a man.RELATED: 10 Best Fantasy Anime for Game of Thrones Fans, Ranked
Fairy tales helped popularize many tropes and character archetypes. Fairy tales are generally associated with love, magic, and danger. Tropes popular in fairy tales are also popular in nearly every genre of fiction. Almost everyone can recognize a downtrodden yet kind and hopeful character like the Cinderella archetype, regardless of whether she lives in a fantasy world or in a sci-fi universe.
Some anime combine different fairy tale tropes and reinterpret or complicate them. Anime like Ouran High School Host Club will parody some tropes. Others like The Saint’s Magic Power Is Omnipotent will turn character archetype expectations on their head.
Ouran High School Host Club starts off Haruhi’s plot with the Girl in Breeches trope. Young ladies will disguise themselves as boys in fairy tales often for protection. The fairy tale The Princess Who Would Be a Prince is a Romanian fairy tale about an emperor’s daughter who travels to another court disguised as a man.
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