Cinderella

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**Cinderella** is the fourth episode of the second season of American McGee's Grimm and is based on the fairy tale of the same name.

## Characters

**NOTE** This list only includes the characters that played an active role in the story and does not include side characters or Grimm.

* Cinderella
* Cinderella's Mother
* Cinderella's Father
* Wicked Stepmother
* Wicked Stepsisters
* Prince Charming

## Plot

### Light Version

A woman dies leaving behind her distraught daughter and husband, wishing them a better life. However, her husband ends up remarrying a woman with two daughters of her own and move closer to the castle. This step mother and step sisters are demanding and cruel towards Cinderella, forcing her to do all the work and clean for them as they do nothing but abuse her. Meanwhile, Prince Charming declares that there will be a royal ball for everyone to attend. The Wicked Stepsisters beg their mother to go to the ball, which she allows, but when Cinderella asks, she is taunted and told not to come as she must do chores. Cinderella does her chores and meets with her stepmother and sisters, but again she is told to go away and not to come. As Cinderella cries, she visits her mother's grave and wishes she could have a "beautiful" dress and a carriage, which magically appears. She goes to the ball and is unrecognised, as she successfully dances with the prince . However, midnight comes and the magic is about to expire, Cinderella runs off but loses one of her glass slippers. The next day, Prince Charming searches for the woman who owned the glass slipper, to no avail as pretty much everyone fails to fit the size. However, eventually he comes across Cinderella and the slipper fits and the two get married.

### Dark Version

A woman dies leaving behind her distraught daughter and husband, before she dies, she warns her daughter. Cinderella attends her mother's funeral alone as her father quickly gets remarried, having never loved his previous wife. The stepmother and stepsisters take an instant hatred to Cinderella, attacking her and belittling her at every turn, making her feel small and insignificant. Cinderella becomes a slave to the household, forced to cook and clean for them. Meanwhile, Prince Charming announces a ball will take place, inviting young and namely rich women with a slight promise that a wedding could happen afterwards. The stepsisters become excited with them getting pretty dresses and wanting boob and butt jobs to be more "attractive", when Cinderella asks, she is taunted and told not to come and is told to kill herself in the fireplace. Cinderella goes to her deceased mother's grave and wishes to seduce the prince and take vengeance upon her enemies. The spirit world evidentially, goes ahead and fulfils her wishes. At the ball, Cinderella is unrecognised, as she successfully dances with the prince . However, midnight comes and the magic is about to expire, Cinderella runs off but loses one of her glass slippers. The next day, Prince Charming searches for the woman who owned the glass slipper, to no avail as pretty much everyone fails to fit the size. However, eventually he comes across Cinderella and the slipper fits, the prince wants to marry Cinderella but before they do, Cinderella asks for a favour. She has her father chastened, her stepsisters blinded and her stepmother physically and mentally beaten as she loses her mind. The two then get married afterwards.

## Levels

### Scene 1

Grimm starts off in the homestead of where Cinderella's mother ends up dying. After her death, is the funeral which Grimm makes more depressing and dark with the mother becoming a zombie.

### Scene 2

Cinderella's father remarries, which Grimm despises and so he goes on to ruin it with a zombie apocalypse, especially with "undead mommy"

### Scene 3

Now at the new home with a new family, Grimm starts off outside being breaking and entering inside, converting the home dark before setting Cinderella on fire.

### Scene 4

In the town as the stepsisters and stepmother are ready to go to the ball. Grimm first goes through the whole town where he turns Cinderella's resentment of her step family, violent, hitting the sisters and making them puke afterwards. Grimm continues through the town and up to the castle. He then revisits Cinderella and her dead mother, as the former gets ready for the ball via magic.

### Scene 5

At the ball, Grimm turns the dance floor deadly, breaking the giant clock, killing some of the guests. Grimm navigates a series of clockwork platforms as he rises to the top, breaking the mechanism further. Midnight comes and Grimm follows Cinderella down a slippy staircase as he makes the slipper gigantic, which kicks them to the next scene.

### Scene 6

Prince Charming looks for the woman who wore the glass slipper, Grimm goes around the courtyard and turns the checks violent with the Wicked Stepmother cutting her daughter's feet, to "help" fit the slippers. This doesn't work and Prince Charming and Cinderella get married on a giant cake. Grimm makes his way through the castle and to the wedding ceremony. The giant cake gets bombed and the vicar is killed.

## Trivia

* Despite it being halfway through the second season, Cinderella was advertised and even featured in the intro before release of the first season.