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Coppélia (Theatre)

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Coppelia
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Coppelia is an 1870 ballet based on "The Sandman (1816)" by E. T. A. Hoffmann, with choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon and music by Léo Delibes. Most modern versions of the ballet are based on the revival choreographed by Marius Petipa.Franz is preparing for his wedding to his sweetheart, Swanhilda, when he glances into the upper story windows of the house of the reclusive Doctor Coppelius. Inside, he sees the most beautiful girl he has ever laid eyes on—Coppelia, the doctor's daughter, and falls in love at once. Forgetting Swanhilda, he sneaks into the Doctor's house to woo his new love. However, Coppelius has more than a few secrets hiding in his home... and Swanhilda is by no means going to take her lover's abandonment lying down! So she decides to check on this mysterious love rival, and in her quest she finds out about more than one shocking truth—and the truth behind Coppelia and her father.
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Villain: Exit, Stage Left
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Villain: Exit, Stage Left: In the 2021 modernized retelling, Dr. Coppelius is forced to retreat with his robot when his plans are foiled, resulting in his laboratory blowing up.
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Not-So-Harmless Villain
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Not-So-Harmless Villain: The dolls just appear to be oversized toys when activated by Swanhilda and her friends, but they end up becoming actual antagonists who manage to capture Franz.
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Girl Posse
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Girl Posse: Swanhilda has one. Subverted in that she's not exactly an Alpha Bitch. She just wants Franz to stop his infatuation for Coppelia.
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Youth Is Wasted on the Dumb
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Youth Is Wasted on the Dumb: Most notably when Swanhilda and her friends all dare each other into sneaking into Coppelius's house and messing around with his stuff.
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Make It Look Like an Accident
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Franz's father also appears in some performances, clearly having avoided his literary counterpart's fate of dying in what appeared to be a lab accident.
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Bittersweet Ending
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The 1966 film adaptation Dr. Coppelius similarly has a Bittersweet Ending in which the scientist has to face the fact that his creation isn't and will never be a real person, but he still becomes beloved by the townsfolk after showing off Coppelia's dancing and some chemistry tricks during the wedding. He ends up hooking up with Canon Foreigner Brigitta, a local barmaid who has been fancying him throughout the film.
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Paper-Thin Disguise
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Paper-Thin Disguise: Swanhilda successfully impersonates Coppelia by simply swapping clothes with her.
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Pygmalion Plot
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Pygmalion Plot: Maybe. It's possible that Coppelius didn't want Coppelia as a daughter, but as a Robotic Spouse. The 1966 film very much goes with this premise.
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ColorCodedForYourConvenience
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Color-Coded for Your Convenience: In some productions, Swanhilda's friends all wear the same outfit, while Swanhilda herself wears a similar costume in brighter colors to make her stand out. This is also done with Franz and the other guys in the village.
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Spared by the Adaptation
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Spared by the Adaptation: Everybody Lives here. Nathaniel/Franz wasn't as lucky in the original story. Franz's father also appears in some performances, clearly having avoided his literary counterpart's fate of dying in what appeared to be a lab accident.
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Tsundere
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Tsundere: Swanhilda comes across like this in her interactions with Franz.
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Where the Hell Is Springfield?
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Where the Hell Is Springfield?: The ballet takes cultural inspiration from various countries, and while some productions try to give it a proper (inconsistent) setting, many don't make it more specific than "old rural central Europe."
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Plucky Girl
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Plucky Girl: Swanhilda is unwilling to take Franz's sudden abandonment and defends him when it turns out that he's in danger of losing his own soul.
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Perspective Flip
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Perspective Flip: The story is mostly told from Swanhilda's point of view, whereas The Sandman (1816) followed her counterpart's fiancÄ—. (Though the stories are so different that the tropes usually associated with this don't really apply.)
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Cross-Cast Role
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Crosscast Role: In the original production, the role of Franz was played by a woman in drag.
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Grumpy Old Man
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Grumpy Old Man: Doctor Coppelius, though he's still an Adaptational Nice Guy compared to his literary namesake, who was a Jerkass Child Hater and possibly a murderous Humanoid Abomination. At the very least, he seems to geniunly care for Coppelia.
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Life Energy
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Life Energy: Coppelius tries to steal Franz's life energy to bring Coppelia to life. It only appears to work because at this point, "Coppelia" is actually Swanhilda.
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Love at First Sight
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Love at First Sight: Franz falls in love with Coppelia as soon as he first sees her. He gets over it when he finds out that she's just a doll.
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Slipping a Mickey
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Slipping a Mickey: Coppelius offers Franz a drink, and spikes it with a sleeping agent when he isn't looking. The doctor then pretends to drink, while secretly pouring the contents of his goblet into his drink-serving robot.
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Robot Master
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Robot Master: In the original story, Coppelius only made the eyes of one robot. Here however, he not only built Coppelia all by himself, but she's just the crown jewel in a large collection of automatons.
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Setting Update
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Setting Update: A few modern productions have changed the setting to modern times; the most prominent examples being the Ballet Monte Carlo's Coppél-i.A, where the title character is a robot with artificial intelligence, and the Dutch National Ballet's production, where Dr. Coppelius is a plastic surgeon seeking a heart to bring his creation to life.
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Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter
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Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter: Coppelia is the daughter of Doctor Coppelius. Or at least, that's what she seems to be.
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Einstein Hair
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Einstein Hair: Coppelius is often depicted with this to emphasise his eccentricity.
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Lighter and Softer
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Lighter and Softer: The ballet is a light-hearted comedy, whereas the original E. T. A. Hoffmann story is a horror story and a tragedy.
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Cerebus Syndrome
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Cerebus Syndrome: Downplayed, in that there's still tons of comedy, but the story does get more dramatic and tragic when Coppelius makes his entrance in Act II.
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Badass Long Robe
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Badass Long Robe: Worn by Coppelius when he attempts his magic ritual.
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Everybody Lives
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Everybody Lives here. Nathaniel/Franz wasn't as lucky in the original story.
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Slap-Slap-Kiss
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Slap-Slap-Kiss: Swanhilda and Franz have a rather... lively relationship.
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Morally Ambiguous Doctorate
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Morally Ambiguous Doctorate: Dr. Coppelius, a hermit who slaves over his dedication to his perfectly lifelike dolls, and bringing his "daughter" to life—at any cost. He is, however, FAR nicer than his incarnation in the original "Sandman", where he was (probably) the Sandman himself, and liked nothing better than to drive men mad and rip out the eyes of children.
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Adaptational Wimp
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Adaptational Wimp: Coppelius goes from being The Dreaded to being a meek Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain who fails with all his plans, gets mugged by a local gang of youngsters, and is intiminated by Swanhilda, who can't help but feel a little bad for the poor man once his dreams are utterly shattered.
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Revised Ending
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Revised Ending: While many different interpretations of the story exist, The Royal did one of the most drastic changes to Act III: The 1966 film adaptation Dr. Coppelius similarly has a Bittersweet Ending in which the scientist has to face the fact that his creation isn't and will never be a real person, but he still becomes beloved by the townsfolk after showing off Coppelia's dancing and some chemistry tricks during the wedding. He ends up hooking up with Canon Foreigner Brigitta, a local barmaid who has been fancying him throughout the film.
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Buy Them Off
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Buy Them Off: In some productions, Coppelius is given money in Act III as a compensation for the damage our protagonists caused in his workshop.
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Composite Character
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Composite Character: Coppelius is based on two characters from The Sandman (1816): Coppelius (the Big Bad), and Spallanzani (the father of Olimpia/Coppelia).
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Clingy Jealous Girl
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Clingy Jealous Girl: Swanhilda is jealous. Probably justified, as her fiancé suddenly is smitten with a new girl right before Swanhilda and him are going to marry.
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Brainless Beauty
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Brainless Beauty: Coppelia is a literal example, being a Robot Girl and all.
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Anthropomorphic Personification
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Anthropomorphic Personification: During the cermony in Act III, when the new church bell is presented, personifications of Dawn, Prayer, War and Discord (all things the tolling of said bell might announce) appear. (Whether or not all of them actually appear depends on the production.)
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