The Little Mermaid
- In the original version, the Little Mermaid feels an indescribable amount of pain every time she takes a step - due to a curse the witch put on her.
- The Little Mermaid has a mother in the original - her mother is dead in the Disney version.
- The Captain that the mermaid falls in love with marries another woman (whom he had been in love with in the first place) - in the Disney version the Little Mermaid gets the prince!
- The Little Mermaid's sisters offer her a knife to kill the prince so she can return to the see in the original.
- The Little Mermaid dies at the end (turns into sea foam) - she kinds of commits suicide - because she cannot bare to see the prince with someone else.
Snow White
- In the original - the Queen requests the lungs and liver (as well as the heart) of Snow White to eat for dinner that night.
- In the original - Snow White is not awakened by a kiss from the prince (like the Disney version) - she is awakened when she is jostled by the horse on which her coffin is being carried by the prince.
Cinderella
- In the original - the step-sisters of Cinderella try to cut off different parts of their feet to make them fit into the glass slippers.
- The Prince is alerted of the step-sisters by two carrier pigeons who then peck out the step-sisters eyes. The step-sisters live as blind beggars for the rest of their lives.
Sleeping Beauty
- Woman is put to sleep because of a prophecy (not a curse) in the original.
- In the real original (not Brothers Grimm version) - Sleeping Beauty is raped by the King (her father) and is awakened when her child sucks the piece of flax that was keeping her asleep out of her finger.
