29 quotes
Questioning Tradition and Expectations
Ella
Just because it's what's done doesn't mean it's what should be done.
[to Prince "Kit" Charming]
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Fairy Godmother's Playful Introduction
Fairy Godmother
I'm your Hairy Dogfather. I mean, Fairy Godmother!
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Acceptance of Love and Identity
Kit
Who are you?
Ella
I’m Cinderella. Your Majesty... I'm no princess. I have no carriage... no parents... no dowry. I do not even know if that beautiful slipper will fit, but... if it does... Will you take me as I am? A good honest country girl who loves you.
[to Kit]
Kit
Of course I will. But only if you'll take me as I am: An apprentice still learning his trade. Please...
Drizella
Cinderella!
[apologetically]
Anastasia
Ella!
Drizella
My dear sister! I'm sorry.
Anastasia
So very sorry!
[they curtsy to Ella and Kit, with the Grand Duke following suit]
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Stepmother's Demands and Ella's Response
Lady Tremaine
no more tears.
Ella
Yes, stepmother.
Lady Tremaine
You needn't call me that. Call me Madam. For all your clothes then more have little Anastasia and Drizella always affectionate shared room they are so affectionate and I would like not to Sometimes I would like to leave you without a nose.
Ella
I think their bedroom is more biggest that's it after my father. Now than they get used to it. Mine is the biggest. Share it if you want.
Lady Tremaine
What a wonderful idea you are such a girl gentle.
Ella
I will stay then entic elastic?
Lady Tremaine
yes.
Ella
Ah it will be temporary?
Lady Tremaine
Of course, in the finish redecorating the entire house elastic is fresh and big and you can sleep better away from the annoying noise. We will make it more welcoming if you take it all these old objects up.
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Authority and Defiance in Family Dynamics
Captain
Miss, you're requested and required to present yourself to your King.
Lady Tremaine
I forbid you to do this!
Captain
And I forbid you to forbid her. Who are you to stop an officer of the King? Are you an empress? A saint? A deity?
Lady Tremaine
I am her mother!
Ella
You have never been... and you never will be my mother.
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Concerns About the Kingdom's Future
Grand Duke
How many divisions will this "good, honest country girl" provide us? How will she make the kingdom stronger? We are a small kingdom amongst great states, Your Royal Highness. And it's a dangerous world.
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The Beauty of Blue Lavender in Nature
Ella
If you see everywhere blooming blue lavender…
[singing]
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A Bargain for a Ball and a Princess
Grand Duke
I think we might have made a bargain: A ball for the people, and a princess for the prince.
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The Connection Between Humans and Animals
Ella's Mother
Do you still believe that they understand you?
Ella
Don't they, Mother?
Ella's Mother
Oh yes. I believe that animals listen and speak to us if we only have the ear for it. That's how we learn to look after them.
Ella
Who looks after us?
Ella's Mother
Fairy Godmothers, of course...
Ella
And do you believe in them?
Ella's Mother
I believe in everything...
Ella
Then I believe in everything, too!
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A Choice Disrupts a Pleasant Experience
Captain
I was having a fine old time. You had to go and choose that one, didn't you?
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A Dispute Over Attire and Royalty
Ella
it was my mother's, it's cute don't you think? and I adjusted it myself
Lady Tremaine
Hi, I don't even feel it the dance Who wants a maid like wife after all i've done. I don't want to ruin anything for you, I don't want to see to the prince at least and you will not do it because there is no doubt that you will not go.
Ella
But... All the ladies in the land are invited. By order of the king.
Lady Tremaine
It is "the king" I'm thinking of. It would be an insult to the royal personage to take you to the palace dressed in these old rags.
Ella
Rags? This was my mother's.
Lady Tremaine
Oh... Sorry to have to tell you, but your mother's taste was questionable. This "thing" is so old-fashioned, it's practically falling to pieces.
[She tugs harshly at the sleeve of Ella's dress, then rips it]
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Embracing Identity Amidst Uncertainty
Ella
Mr. Lizard, I'm scared. I'm only a girl, not a princess.
Lizard Footman
And I'm only a lizard, not a footman. Enjoy it while it lasts.
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A New Beginning for Cinderella's Future
Fairy Godmother
Forgiven or not, Cinderella's stepmother and her daughters would soon leave with the Grand Duke, and never set foot in the kingdom again.
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A Moment of Enchantment in Song
Prince Charming
What sweet singing. Makes me want to tarry just a little.
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Captain's Humble Request for Merriment
Captain
It's beyond my wit, Your Majesty, but I wouldn't mind a bit of a jolly.
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A Subtle Acknowledgment of Improvement
Fairy Godmother
That's better.
[after transforming into her true form]
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Transformation of a Dress
Ella
Fairy godmother?
Fairy Godmother
Yes, what?
Ella
My dress. I can't go in this dress. Can you mend it?
Fairy Godmother
Mend it? No-no, I'll turn it into something new.
Ella
Oh no, please don't. This was my mother's, and... and I'd like to wear it when I go to the palace. It's almost like - taking her with me.
Fairy Godmother
I understand. But I don't think she'd mind if I - gee it up a bit? Wouldn't mind a nice blue?
Ella
No.
[whispering]
Fairy Godmother
There.
[smiles in satisfaction]
Ella
It's beautiful! She'd love it.
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A Servant's Fate Is Unchangeable
Lady Tremaine
A ragged servant that's what you are and what you will always be.
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Mutual Admiration in a Crowded Room
Ella
They're all looking at you.
Kit
Believe me, they're all looking at you.
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The Cost of Kindness and Love
Lady Tremaine
Are you looking for this? There must be quite a story to go with it won't you tell me. No? All right then I shall tell you a story. Once upon a time there was a beautiful young girl who married for love and she had two loving daughters all was well but one day her husband the light of her life died the next time she married for the sake of her daughters but that man too was taken from her and she was doomed to look every day upon his beloved child she had hoped to marry off one of her beautiful stupid daughters to the prince but his head was turned turned by a girl with glass slippers and so I lived Unhappily Ever After my story would appear to be ended now tell me yours
Ella
It was given to me.
Lady Tremaine
It to you given to you nothing is ever given for everything you must pay and pay
Ella
That’s kindness is free love.
Lady Tremaine
Free love is not free.
Lady Tremaine
Now, here is how you will pay me, if you were to have what you desire. No one will believe you, a dirty servant girl without a family, if you lay claim to the Prince's heart. But with a respectable gentlewoman to put you forward, you will not be ignored. When you are married, you will make me the head of the royal household. Anastasia and Drizella we will pair off with wealthy lords, and I shall manage that boy.
Ella
But he's not a boy.
Lady Tremaine
And who are you? How would you rule a kingdom? Best to leave it to me. That way we all get what we want.
Ella
No.
Lady Tremaine
No?
Ella
I was not able to protect my father from you, but I will protect the prince and the kingdom... no matter what becomes of me.
Lady Tremaine
Well, that is a mistake.
[shatters Cinderella's glass slipper using a wall]
Ella
NO! Why... Why are you so cruel? I don't understand it... I've tried to be kind to you-
[horrified]
Lady Tremaine
You? Kind to me?
[scoffs]
Ella
Yes! And though no one deserves to be treated as you have treated me! Why do you do it? WHY?!
Lady Tremaine
Why? Because you are young, and innocent, and... good! And I-!
[angry; struggles; breaks off suddenly, then storms out of the room, locking the door]
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Love Over Advantage in Marriage Choices
Kit
Father, don't go.
[as the King is dying]
King Frederick
I must. You needn't be alone. Take a bride. The Princess Chelina. What if I commanded you to do so?
[pause]
Kit
I love and respect you, but I will not. I believe that we need not look outside of our borders for strength or guidance. What we need is right before us, and we need only have courage and be kind to see it.
King Frederick
Just so. You've become your own man. Good. And perhaps, in the little time left to me, I can become the father you deserve. You must not marry for advantage. You must marry for love. Find that girl. Find her. The one they're all talking about. The forgetful one...
Kit
Who loses her shoes.
King Frederick
Loses her shoes...
[laughs]
King Frederick
Be cheerful, boy.
Kit
Thank you, Father.
King Frederick
I love you, Kit.
Kit
I love you, Father.
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Courage and Kindness Bring Magic
Ella's Mother
I want to tell you a secret that will see you through all the trials that life can offer. Have courage, and be kind. Ella, you have more kindness in your little finger than most people possess in their whole body... Where there is kindness, there is goodness. And where there is goodness, there is magic.
[to young Ella]
Goose Coachman
I can't drive. I'm a goose.
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A Conversation on Dreams and Reality
Lady Tremaine
What on Earth have you've been doing?
Ella
Dreaming, that's all.
Lady Tremaine
Well, then wake up.
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Prohibition Against Attending the Ball
Lady Tremaine
You shall not go to the ball!
[to Cinderella, after she and Drizella tear Cinderella's mother's dress]
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A Tale of Belief and Kindness
Fairy Godmother
And so Kit and Ella were married. And I can tell you, as her fairy godmother, that they were counted to be the fairest and kindest rulers the kingdom had known. And Ella continued to see the world not as it is, but as it could be, if only you believe in courage, and kindness, and occasionally, just a little bit... of magic.
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Name-Calling Among Stepsisters
Drizella
Cinder Wench!
Anastasia
Dirty Ella!
[chuckles briefly]
Drizella
Cinderella! That's what we'll call you!
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Theme of Forgiveness in Cinderella
Ella
I forgive you.
[to Lady Tremaine, after having her foot encased in the glass slipper]
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Introduction of Prince Charming's Nickname
Prince Charming
My name is Kit, my dad calls me that when he's in a good mood.
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A Determined Search for True Love
Prince Charming
Even if she does not want to be found, I have to see her again.
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