Seven Dwarfs

The Seven Dwarfs are a group of seven dwarves that appear in the fairy tale Snow White and others.

History

The trailer from the 1937 film, with the Seven Dwarfs singing "Heigh-Ho".

The Seven Dwarfs are a group of dwarfs that live in a tiny cottage and work in the nearby mines. Snow White happened upon their house after being told by the Huntsman to flee from the Queen's kingdom.

The Seven Dwarfs returned home and immediately noticed someone had sneaked in, because everything was in disorder. During their loud discussion, they discovered the sleeping Snow White. She woke up and explained to them what happened. The Dwarfs took pity on her, saying: "If you will keep house for us, and cook, make 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 colorful, silky bodice onto Snow White which causes her to faint, the Seven Dwarfs return just in time and Snow White revives when the Dwarfs loosen the lace. When the Queen dresses as a comb seller and gives Snow White a poisoned comb, the Seven Dwarfs save her again. The Queen then appears disguised as a farmer's wife and gives Snow White a poisoned apple, of which she takes a bite. This time, the Seven Dwarfs are unable to revive the girl, because they can't find the source of Snow White's poor health 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 where he strides to her coffin, and instantly falls in love with her upon being enchanted by her beauty. The Seven Dwarfs let him take the coffin, and as his servants carry the coffin away, they stumble on some roots and the piece of apple comes out of Snow White's throat, reviving her.

Names

The following is a list of names of the Seven Dwarfs from multiple versions of the Snow White story. There are many adaptations to the story of Snow White; including animation, film, books, plays, etc. This is a listing of the Seven Dwarfs names based on release date. The original Snow White story, written by the Brothers Grimm, did not feature names to any of the dwarfs. Snow White & the Huntsman and Once Upon a Time feature eight dwarfs, while the 1991 animated Snow White only featured six.

1912 play[1]
Blick, Flick, Glick, Plick, Quee, Snick, Whick
1937 animated Disney film (AKA first Disney film)
Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy, Dopey
Schneewittchen (1961)[2]
Huckepack, Naseweis, Packe, Pick, Puck, Purzelbaum, Rumpelbold
Mr. Magoo's Little Snow White (1965)
Axlerod, Bartholomew, Cornelius, Dexter, Eustace, Ferdinand, George
Faerie Tale Theatre (1984)
Bertram, Bubba, Barnaby, Bernard, Boniface, Bruno, Baldwin
1987 film
Biddy, Diddy, Fiddy, Giddy, Iddy, Kiddy, Liddy
1991 film
Grouchy, Klutzy, Lazy, Sloopy, Smiley, Chubby
Happily Ever After (1993)
Blossom, Critterina, Marina, Moonbeam, Muddy, Sunburn, Thunderella
2001 film
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Sydney White (2007)
Terrence, Gurkin, Spanky, Embele, Jeremy, Lenny, George
Schneewittchen (2009)
Gorm, Knirps, Niffel, Quarx, Querx, Schrat, Wichtel
Once Upon a Time (2011-)
Doc, Grumpy/Dreamy (Leroy), Happy, Sleepy (Walter), Bashful, Sneezy (Tom Clark), Dopey, Stealthy
Mirror Mirror (2012)
Butcher, Will Grimm, Half Pint, Napoleon, Grub, Chuck/Chuckles, Wolf
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
Beith, Coll, Duir, Gort, Muir, Nion, Quert, Gus. (All but Gus map to letters in the Ogham alphabet.)
The 7D (2014-)
Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Sneezy

Other dwarfs

Popular culture

Disney Dwarfs

The Disney Dwarfs, walking on a log and singing "Heigh-Ho".
Walt Disney introducing the Disney Dwarfs in the trailer.
Disney Dwarfs
Creator DisneyToon Studios
Original work Licensing spin off
Films and television
Television series The 7D (Disney XD)
Miscellaneous
spun off from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
theme park attraction Seven Dwarfs Mine Train

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 House of Mouse, and Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep.

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 Fairies. While Disney purists did not want a sequel to Snow White as they had given a negative response to an April Fools Joke by Animated Views, the Dwarfs were still popular; that could not be ignored. 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 Dwarves' 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 movie story. Disa and Evan Spiliotopoulos pitched a Lord of the Rings-style epic for the dwarfs while "connecting seamlessly" with the original movie, 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.[3]

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 Jollyland from the Glooms and other threats.[3]

The Seven Dwarfs were given a new theme park attraction called the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train coaster.[3]

Sesame Street

In Sesame Street, there were different versions of the Seven Dwarfs where each of them was made from an Anything Muppets.

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 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.

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! 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. Also Grumpy, one of the Dwarves, is the father of the villain Prince Farquaad.

The Seven Dwarfs are seen at the end of Scared Shrekless when Shrek and Fiona celebrate by egging them.

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.

Princesses

In the Princesses series by Jim C. Hines, the dwarves are actually anthromorphic elemental personifications, summoned by Snow to aid her based on a spell from one of her mother's books. The seven dwarves 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, summoning the dwarves to defeat her mother before the series began and summoning them again to help her and her allies defeat her mother's spirit.

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 Dwarves were played by actors without dwarfism who had their faces digitally transmuted onto small bodies, prompting a protest from the Little People of America.[4]

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:

References

  1. "Snow White and the seven dwarfs : a fairy tale play based on the story of the brothers Grimm". Archive.org. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  2. "Schneewittchen (1961)". Defa-sternstunden.de. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  3. 1 2 3 Armstrong, Josh (August 14, 2013). "Mike Disa and The Seven Dwarfs: How the Snow White prequel became a Dopey movie". Animated Views.com. Animated Views. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  4. Dwarfs threaten '100-midget march' over Snow White and the Huntsman film, Guy Adams, The Independent (UK), Thursday 07 June 2012
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