Seven Dwarfs
The Seven Dwarfs are a group of seven fictional dwarfs that appear in the 1812 fairy tale "Snow White" and other renditions and adaptations. History. The Seven Dwarfs are a group of seven dwarfs that live in a tiny cottage and work in the nearby mines, Snow White stumbles upon their house after being told by the Huntsman to flee from the Queen's kingdom. The Seven Dwarfs return home and immediately notice someone has snuck in, because the house has been cleaned. During their loud discussion, they discover the sleeping Snow White. She wakes up and explains  to them what happened. The Dwarfs take pity on her, saying: "If you will keep house for us, and cook, make the beds, wash, sew, and knit, and keep everything clean and orderly, then you can stay with us, and you shall have everything that you want." They warn her to be careful when alone at home, and to not let anyone in while they are delving in the mountains. When the Queen, disguised as an old peddler, ties a colourful, silk bodice onto Snow White, it causes her to faint. The Seven Dwarfs return just in time and Snow  White is saved when the Dwarfs cut the lace. The Queen comes once again, this time dressed as a comb seller. She gives Snow White a poisoned comb, but the Seven Dwarfs save her again. The Queen then appears disguised as a farmer's wife and gives Snow White a poisoned apple. Snow White bites into it and falls to the ground, apparently dead. This time, the Seven Dwarfs are unable to revive the girl, because they can't find the source of Snow White's physical state and, assuming that she is dead, they place her in a glass  coffin. After some time has passed, a Prince traveling through the land sees Snow White. He walks up her coffin and instantly falls in love with her, enchanted by her beauty. As the Prince transports her body back to his castle, her coffin is hit hard and a large piece of apple in her throat is released and thus revives her. The prince then marries Snow White and "they lived happily ever after". Response from people with dwarfism. As a prominent cultural portrayal, the Seven Dwarfs have been recently controversial among people with dwarfism. One critical scholar has said it  followed the conventions of the freak show and perpetuated contemporary prejudices in their constructions of people with dwarfism, portraying them as "incapable, humorous, weird, childlike," and "overly naïve, perhaps even dim-witted." In 2022, the actor Peter Dinklage criticized Disney's planned live-action remake of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" as being responsible for "renewing damaging stereotypes", saying "You’re progressive in one way but you’re still making that fucking backward story of seven dwarves living in the cave. What the fuck are you doing, man?" Others in the dwarfism community expressed different opinions, however: professional wrestler  Dylan Postl, better known by his ring persona Hornswoggle, voiced his disagreement with Dinklage in an interview where he, along with other dwarf actors, accused Dinklage of just virtue signalling and opined that Dinklage's condemnation of the Seven Dwarfs' portrayal, and Disney's replacement of them with anonymous "magical creatures" and portrayed by voice actors, would have deprived dwarf actors of a possible starring role in a film based on an established property, denouncing Dinklage as "hypocritical" and "selfish...trying to take roles away". Comedian Brad Williams also expressed a similar sentiment, in that while he seemed to partly  agree with Dinklage by calling the portrayal "mildly offensive" (likely with irony), he stated that there are ways to work around the issue by depicting the Dwarfs as a potential love interest for Snow White and de-emphasizing the prince's role in the story, also complimenting the positive aspects of the characters: "I mean, they have jobs, you know? They got good friends. They got a house. They like to protect her [Snow White]. They're diamond miners, so they're rich. They're self-made, wealthy." Appearances in modern media. Disney Dwarfs. A Disney version of the Seven  Dwarfs, also called Disney Dwarfs as a potential Disney Consumer Products/DisneyToon Studios franchise, appeared in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", the Seven Dwarfs in this are: The Seven Dwarfs also appeared in "Seven Wise Dwarfs", "All Together", "The Winged Scourge", and "House of Mouse". In the early 2000s, DisneyToon Studios (DTS) joined Disney Consumer Products (DCP) as their internal Disney conglomerate video partner in developing the new Disney franchises. While DCP eyed other potential franchises, DisneyToon looked to the Seven Dwarfs for a male-centric franchise to counterbalance the female-centric Disney Fairies. By 2005, "The Seven Dwarfs  computer-animated sequel to Snow White" was officially underway. Paul and Gaëtan Brizzi was one team that was given an attempt at a movie pitch, which was to follow the Dwarfs in which they trap the villain in the magic mirror and setting it up for "Snow White" movie. Given the possible demand, Buena Vista Games brought in Obsidian Entertainment, a game developer, who pitched a video game focusing on the Dwarfs' similar ancestors. DTS executives were not feeling that the two franchise launching projects were coming together well enough that they turned to Mike Disa, who worked on the  Tinker Bell story. Disa and Evan Spiliotopoulos pitched a "Lord of the Rings"-style epic for the dwarfs while "connecting seamlessly" with the original film, which was given permission to move forward. With interfering managers wanting a tragic back story for Dopey, Disa decided that he could not go forward. Walt Disney Animation Studios chief creative officer John Lasseter about two month later ended production on the film. "The 7D" is an American animated television series produced by Disney Television Animation franchise based on "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". This series is the first Walt Disney Animation Studios classic series . The TV series details the 7D working for Queen Delightful where they protect Jollywood from the Glooms and other threats. The Seven Dwarfs were given a new theme park attraction called the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train coaster. In "Descendants" and "Descendants 2", Dopey is shown to have a son named Doug (portrayed by Zachary Gibson) who can talk and becomes smitten by Evil Queen's daughter Evie. In the Descendants novel "The Isle of the Lost", Doc is shown to be sympathetic towards the Goblins that operate on the Isle of the Lost's Goblin Wharf where they want amnesty  for their involvement with Maleficent. Section::::"Sesame Street". In "Sesame Street", there were different versions of the Seven Dwarfs where each of them was made from Anything Muppets. Section::::"Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics". In the "Snow White" episode of "Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics", the Seven Dwarfs are named Sunday (voiced by Clifton Wells in the English dub), Monday (voiced by Kerrigan Mahan in the English dub), Tuesday, Wednesday (voiced by Tom Wyner in the English dub), Thursday, Friday (voiced by Michael Sorich in the English dub), and Saturday (voiced by Edward Mannix in the English dub) and are shown to  be allied with a pack of wolves. Section::::"Happily Ever After". In "Happily Ever After", it was mentioned that the Seven Dwarfs have opened up a mine in the next kingdom. In their place is the Seven Dwarfelles (their female cousins) who have received a power based on nature to help out their boss Mother Nature. The Dwarfelles consisted of: The Dwarfelles helped Snow White on her quest to rescue the Prince from the Queen's sorcerer brother Lord Maliss. Section::::"Snow White" (1990). The Seven Dwarves appear in the 1990 "Snow White" film voiced by Jim Cummings and Rob Paulsen. Section::::"Happily  Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child". In "", the show's adaption of "Snow White" that takes place in the American southwest depicts the Seven Dwarves as seven mystical little men who came from the north to mine turquoise. They consist of: Section::::"Shrek". The Seven Dwarfs appear in the "Shrek" series. In "Shrek", the Seven Dwarfs appear in the first film carrying Snow White's coffin. When they place the coffin on the table, Shrek says "Oh no no no no! Dead broad off the table!" One of the Dwarfs says "Where else are we supposed to put it? The  bed's already been taken." Shrek promptly finds the Big Bad Wolf in his bed. They are seen again at the start of "Shrek 2", giving Shrek a ring engraved with "I love you" in flaming letters for Fiona (in an allusion to the One Ring from "The Lord of the Rings"). In "Shrek the Third", one of them is given to Fiona as a wedding present (as a babysitter) from Snow White who says she has six more at home. The Seven Dwarfs are seen at the end of "Scared Shrekless" when Shrek and Fiona celebrate by egging them . In "Shrek The Musical", one of the dwarfs Grumpy knew that he abandoned his son Farquaad in the woods as a child after his wife The Princess and the Pea falls out of 25 mattresses. However, when the fairytale characters brought Grumpy to Farquaad's wedding, he reveals that he kicked Farquaad out because he was twenty-eight years old and living in his basement. Section::::"Mirror Mirror". In "Mirror Mirror", the Seven Dwarfs work as Highwaymen and rob from anyone that comes down their way by wearing boots with retractable stilts that make them look taller. The Seven Dwarfs consist  of: The Seven Dwarfs help Snow White to form a resistance against Queen Clementianna. Section::::"Princesses". In the "Princesses" series by Jim C. Hines, the dwarfs are actually anthropomorphic elemental personifications, summoned by Snow to aid her based on a spell from one of her mother's books. The seven dwarfs represent Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Light, Shadow, and Magic, although the 'Magic' dwarf is essentially a spirit that just inhabits Snow and enhances her power rather than appearing on its own, with the others appearing in some form to represent their element. Although powerful fighters that will serve Snow loyally , the consequences of summoning them is that Snow must 'pay' the spirits with seven years of her life, with the result that she appears to be in her mid-thirties when she is really only in her early twenties. As a result, she has only summoned the dwarves twice, initially calling on their aid to help her defeat her mother before the series began, and summoning them again to help her and her allies defeat her mother's spirit in the first book in the series (she contemplated summoning them against to deal with the ruthless Wild Hunt in "Red  Riding's Revenge", but was advised against it as the spiritual nature of the hunt meant that nobody could be sure if the dwarves could do anything against them). Section::::"Snow White and the Huntsman". In "Snow White and the Huntsman", the Seven Dwarfs started out as eight dwarfs when they are encountered by Snow White and Eric the Huntsman while fleeing Queen Ravenna. The Seven Dwarfs are: The Dwarfs were played by actors without dwarfism who had their faces digitally transmuted onto small bodies, prompting a protest from the Little People of America. In "", Nion returns where he aids Eric  the Huntsman in retrieving the Magic Mirror which was stolen before it can be sealed away. They are aided by Nion's half-brother Gryff (portrayed by Rob Brydon) who is a debt collector. Section::::"Once Upon a Time". In "Once Upon a Time", the Seven Dwarfs (who started out as eight) are on the side of Snow White and go by their Disney names. There were some other dwarfs that were associated with the Seven Dwarfs: Section::::"The Goodies". In the first episode of the final series of "The Goodies" (which was filmed at ITV), The Goodies did a story set  in a fairy tale world where they replaced three of the seven dwarfs (two of them died of exposure and another one was eaten by a gold fish). But they are later found out because of their height. The dwarfs take their names from the Disney film (Sleepy, Happy, and Grumpy) while Graeme and Bill renamed themselves to fit in (Soppy and Gwotty). Only Tim kept his name. Section::::"The 7D". "The 7D" is a prequel series to "Snow White" which stars the Seven Dwarfs, who work for Queen Delightful and help her solve any problem she has or protect the  kingdom of Jollywood from Grim and Hildy Gloom. Some of the dwarfs have their roles and personalities slightly altered; Doc is an inventor, Dopey can talk to animals, Bashful has a crush on the Queen and Happy is a hyperactive, happy-go-lucky musician instead of being simply jolly. Additional appearances. The following is a list of names of the Seven Dwarfs from various adaptations of the Snow White story. Some adaptations do not name the dwarfs, have seven non-dwarfs (such as the seven Leafe Knights in the anime "Prétear - The New Legend of Snow White") or omit them  altogether (as in the 1998 opera "Schneewittchen"). Additional mentions. Taylor Swift mentions the seven dwarves in her song The Best Day, a track about her childhood.