Knotgrass, Flittle and Thistlewit

Knotgrass, Flittle and Thistlewit are supporting characters in the 2014 live-action film Maleficent, which is based on the 1959 animated Disney film Sleeping Beauty. Knotgrass is portrayed by Imelda Staunton, who previously portrayed Dolores Umbridge in the Harry Potter films and voiced Bunty in Chicken Run and Aunt Lucy in the Paddington films, Flittle was portrayed by Lesley Manville and Thistlewit was portrayed by Juno Temple. They are based on Flora, Fauna and Merryweather from the 1959 animated film Sleeping Beauty.
==History==
The Three Fairies appear in the 2014 live-action film under different names and are referred to as the "Flower Pixies". Though not outright vilifying them like King Stefan, this film portrays these characters in a rather unpleasant light by making them into a bumbling, comically inept trio and the female versions of the Three Stooges, as opposed to their competent and serious portrayal in the original movie.
They first appear when they tell Maleficent (as a child) that a human went into the moors. This human turns out to be a child named Stefan (who would later become King Stefan), an orphaned boy and he quickly becomes Maleficent's best friend and later lover.
Later, they make another appearance when they grant the infant Aurora with magical gifts but when Maleficent places a curse on the young princess, they take her into hiding and raise her as their niece. They claim they are very good with children but it turns out they are incapable of looking after a child so while they struggle living like humans, Maleficent secretly cares for the princess from a distance and through Diaval while at the same time, pranks the trio just to kill her boredom.
Later, after Stefan has been killed, the Flower Pixies appear at Aurora's coronation, when they give Maleficent the golden crown before Maleficent puts the crown on Aurora and crowns her to be the new queen of the two kingdoms.
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