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The Blue Bird (Theatre)
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })A play written in 1908 by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck. It has been adapted into five films and an anime series, with the best-known version being the 1940 film starring Shirley Temple, which provides the above dialogue.The original play tells the tale of Mytyl and Tyltyl, two poor children. One night an old crone (who resembles their neighbor Berylune) arrives at their cottage and tells the children they must seek the Bluebird of Happiness for her sickly daughter. She gives the boy a cap with a magic diamond that reveals the true spirits (anthropomorphic personifications) of all things — including their cat Tylette and their dog Tylo, and those of Sugar, Bread, Milk, Water, Fire, and Light. This band serves as their companions as they venture through many lands and encounter everyone from the spirits of their grandparents to the decadent Luxuries to the simpler but more enduring Happinesses to Father Time himself. The Blue Bird proves elusive at every turn, but upon arriving home it turns out to be their own pet bird, which they give to Berylune's daughter. It flies away, and Tyltyl asks the audience to help them find it again...Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })In the 1940 film, Mytyl (Shirley Temple) is a selfish bratty girl who always complains about not having everything the wealthy children have. One day she catches a bird in the royal forest and keeps it for herself rather than giving it to her bedridden sickly friend. Later, after she complains to her parents about how poor they are, her father gets a message telling him he must go to war. That night, she's visited by the fairy Berylune (Jessie Ralph) who tells her and her brother Tytyl (Johnny Russell) that they can be happy if they find the Blue Bird of Happiness. The fairy transforms their dog Tylo and their cat Tylette into humans (Eddie Collins, Gale Sondergaard) to help them and calls the Anthropomorphic Personification of Light (Helen Ericson) to guide them. Together they visit the past, the land of luxury, the forest, and even the future, searching for the Blue Bird. Along the way, they learn some important lessons happiness and return empty-handed. Only to find that the bird Mytyl caught at the beginning was blue all along. She gives it to her friend and it flies away, but she says it's all right, because we all know where to find it again.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_1'); })The second most famous adaptation, and the last film version, was directed by George Cukor in 1976 and was the first-ever cinematic collaboration between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., featuring Elizabeth Taylor (Mother, Berylune, Light, and Maternal Love), Jane Fonda (Night), Cicely Tyson (Tylette), Ava Gardner, and Russian performers in most of the minor roles. Due in part to the severe culture clash between the Americans and Russians, the shoot was difficult and the expensive result (while quite faithful to the play) was widely derided. It bombed at the box office, and has never had a legit video release in the U.S.The 1918 film version, starring Tula Belle as Mytyl and Robin Macdougall as Tyltyl, is less well remembered today, but was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2002. | |
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Dropped link to TheMusical: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_113480b7 | type |
Canon Foreigner | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_113480b7 | comment |
Canon Foreigner: Luxury, Ava Gardner's character. Like the play's Luxuries she embodies a particular indulgence, but unlike them which one it is isn't revealed. (See Femme Fatale below for more on this issue.) | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_16d5ceef | type |
ManInWhite | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_16d5ceef | comment |
Man in White: Both Sugar and Father Time. | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_1e7487cd | type |
Breaking the Fourth Wall | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_1e7487cd | comment |
Breaking the Fourth Wall: Mytyl/Shirley looks straight in the camera when saying "don't we?" at the very end of the movie (see An Aesop above). A slightly different version of Breaking The Fourth Wall than in the play. | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_22cf536c | type |
Chekhov's Gun | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_22cf536c | comment |
Chekhov's Gun: The big one turns out to be the children's pet bird, which is revealed in the end to be the Blue Bird.. Less importantly, the children's father is a woodcutter, and the tree spirits of the forest — already bitter with mankind's dominance over them — are not happy to meet them as a result. | |
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Gem-Encrusted | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_252fb4b3 | comment |
Gem-Encrusted: Luxury and her cohorts' costumes. | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_272abb98 | type |
Shoot the Shaggy Dog | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_272abb98 | comment |
Shoot the Shaggy Dog: The poor kids finally get the Blue Bird only for it to fly away almost as soon as they give it to the sick girl! | |
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It Was with You All Along | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_34a9299c | comment |
It Was with You All Along: Justified: Their pet bird was black before the children set off, but after they're "en-Lightened" to what's truly important in life (as critic John Simon put it), they return to find it's turned blue. | |
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Everything's Sparkly with Jewelry | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_3936d715 | comment |
Everything's Sparkly with Jewelry: Luxury. | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_3ec27f76 | type |
Costume Porn | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_3ec27f76 | comment |
Costume Porn: Elizabeth Taylor (as Light), Jane Fonda, and Ava Gardner all get glamorous costumes. | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_40126d90 | type |
Infant Immortality | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_40126d90 | comment |
Infant Immortality: Averted. When Mytyl and Tyltyl meet the spirits of their grandparents, they also meet the spirits of their half-dozen dead siblings, all of whom died very young. | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_40d3da87 | type |
Woman in White | |
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Woman in White: Both Light and Milk; Light's dress is sparkly while Milk's is simple and homey. | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_4814d132 | type |
Big Fancy House | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_4814d132 | comment |
Big Fancy House: The Luxurys' mansion. | |
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Loads and Loads of Roles | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_51782ae8 | comment |
Loads and Loads of Roles: Four for Elizabeth Taylor (technically three, due to the Composite Character issue). | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_58e43f17 | type |
Cats Are Mean | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_58e43f17 | comment |
Cats Are Mean: Tylette. She does not like being in thrall to mankind, and tries to encourage her cohorts to keep the children from fulfilling their quest to find the secret of happiness because that would only put animals, etc. further under Man's control. When that fails, she collaborates with Night and later the tree spirits to stop the children. | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_6dd33e15 | type |
True Beauty Is on the Inside | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_6dd33e15 | comment |
True Beauty Is on the Inside: One of the big Aesops. The diamond's ability to reveal the true nature of things allows Tyltyl and Mytyl to see just how beautiful things they take for granted or fear actually are, starting with the old crone being revealed as a beautiful fairy. Maternal Love resembles what their mother would look like if she weren't weighed down with the day-to-day responsibilities of running a household and raising kids, and The Land of the Dead initially looks like a graveyard but turns out to be a beautiful garden of peaceful departed souls. The children, once they return home, take this lesson to heart and can see the beauty of their surroundings and family without the diamond. | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_6ef6417b | type |
Disney Death | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_6ef6417b | comment |
Disney Death: Tylette, who still has eight lives left. | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_7296e5cf | type |
Everything Talks | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_7296e5cf | comment |
Everything Talks: Once their spirits are revealed, anyway. Animals, trees, food, you name it! | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_7dbd52b8 | type |
Light Is Good | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_7dbd52b8 | comment |
Light Is Good: And she is the leader of the sidekicks. | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_838343d6 | type |
Fairy Tale | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_838343d6 | comment |
Fairy Tale: A theater example, and an original story to boot. | |
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Female Feline, Male Mutt | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_86c63f9 | comment |
Female Feline, Male Mutt: Tylette and Tylo, respectively. | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_8f788a30 | type |
Color-Coded Elements | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_8f788a30 | comment |
Color-Coded Elements: Reflected in several characters' costumes. Light: White Night (dark): Black Fire: Red Water: Blue | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_90b66e22 | type |
Femme Fatale | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_90b66e22 | comment |
Femme Fatale: Luxury is this to Tyltyl — she ends up diverting the whole party from their quest when she convinces him to come with her to the Palace of Luxury and enjoy the fun and food there. It's clear he finds her attractive, and when he asks her which specific luxury she happens to be (after she introduces him to ones like The Luxury of Eating When You Are Not Hungry and The Luxury of Knowing Nothing), she tells him that he'll find out when he's older. She even dresses in red; while her gowns are not typical of the Lady in Red trope, the symbolic function of the color is clear. | |
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Or Was It a Dream? | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_ac36578e | comment |
Or Was It a Dream?: The final scene reveals that the children's year-long quest for the Blue Bird is a dream that unfolds over one night, but not only is their neighbor Berylune's daughter actually ill, their pet bird is now blue... | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_ad8454f8 | type |
Bluebird of Happiness | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_ad8454f8 | comment |
Bluebird of Happiness: The kids are looking for it. | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_bdb0438e | type |
Everything's Better with Sparkles | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_bdb0438e | comment |
Everything's Better with Sparkles: Light's gown, tiara, and wand, as well as Night's elaborate hat. | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_c8db76f6 | type |
And You Were There | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_c8db76f6 | comment |
And You Were There: The same actress plays both the children's mother and the Spirit of Maternal Love. The 1976 version expands on this by having her actress also play Berylune (referred to in the credits as "The Witch") and Light. | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_cb538ca3 | type |
Let's Mock the Monsters | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_cb538ca3 | comment |
Let's Mock the Monsters: Mytyl and Tyltyl are initially afraid of the ghosts in Night's castle, who resemble decaying Elizabethan actors and moan their way through Shakespeare. But when Tylo barks and paws at them to defend his masters, the children realize the ghosts are capable of being scared too. They find this funny and from there easily drive them back behind their door. | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_d028ca10 | type |
Deliberately Monochrome | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_d028ca10 | comment |
Deliberately Monochrome: Until the children's dream begins. The rest of the film is in color, even when they return to the real world. | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_d2bff11f | type |
Loads and Loads of Characters | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_d2bff11f | comment |
Loads and Loads of Characters: The kids get eight sidekicks, for starters! | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_deea2fb5 | type |
Idle Rich | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_deea2fb5 | comment |
Idle Rich: All the Luxuries do is enjoy parties and feasts in their palace. | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_dfbb1685 | type |
"Pan Up to the Sky" Ending | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_dfbb1685 | comment |
"Pan Up to the Sky" Ending: One that has the Blue Bird in flight. | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_e4965307 | type |
Composite Character | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_e4965307 | comment |
Composite Character: Here, the old crone Berylune (called "The Witch" in the credits) is revealed to be Light herself, rather than a fairy. | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_e596f27b | type |
Star-Crossed Lovers | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_e596f27b | comment |
Star-Crossed Lovers: Two children-to-be have fallen in love in the Kingdom of the Future, but one isn't due to be born yet and has to watch as their sweetheart heads down to Earth without them. (They hope to find each other someday.) | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_e680af6f | type |
Grief Song | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_e680af6f | comment |
Grief Song: "Wings in the Sky" for Light when the children realize, to their sorrow, that the (fake) bluebirds they caught in Night's castle have all died. | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_e8b0f099 | type |
Dark Is Evil | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_e8b0f099 | comment |
Dark Is Evil: Night is the keeper of the world's secrets (both good and evil), and does not want Man to know the secret of happiness. With this in mind, she tries to scare the children and their companions away with some of the nastier things she keeps under lock and key, including ghosts, wars, and diseases. And Death can be seen sleeping at her feet. | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_ebfeb3d9 | type |
"Setting Off" Song | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_ebfeb3d9 | comment |
"Setting Off" Song: "Blue Halloo", a song about finding and sharing happiness, though it's placed after the kids have made their first stop in the Land of Memory. | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_f1a15f4b | type |
Cats Have Nine Lives | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_f1a15f4b | comment |
Cats Have Nine Lives: Mytyl uses this to explain why Tylette is waiting back at the house after being burned to death in the forest. | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_f1d2c779 | type |
Raven Hair, Ivory Skin | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_f1d2c779 | comment |
Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: Light. | |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_f1d2c779 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) | hasFeature |
The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_f1d2c779 | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_f3da74ff | type |
Creepy Crows | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_f3da74ff | comment |
Creepy Crows: A squawking crow lends atmosphere when the kids go into the graveyard to look for the Blue Bird. | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_f3da74ff | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_f3da74ff | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) | hasFeature |
The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_f3da74ff | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_f4a8b21c | type |
No Song for the Wicked | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_f4a8b21c | comment |
No Song for the Wicked: None of the villainous characters get to sing or dance. | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_f4a8b21c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_f4a8b21c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) | hasFeature |
The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_f4a8b21c | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_f76b8969 | type |
Anthropomorphic Personification | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_f76b8969 | comment |
Anthropomorphic Personification: Most of the characters are these, representing concepts, objects, or animals. | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_f76b8969 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_f76b8969 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) | hasFeature |
The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_f76b8969 | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_fb17af62 | type |
Rhymes on a Dime | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_fb17af62 | comment |
Rhymes on a Dime: Most of Fire's dialogue. Light, Water, and Bread each have rhyming speeches when they are first revealed, but Fire speaks almost exclusively this way. | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_fb17af62 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_fb17af62 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) | hasFeature |
The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_fb17af62 | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_fd94c4ac | type |
Theme Naming | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_fd94c4ac | comment |
Theme Naming: With one exception, the names of every character contain the syllable "Tyl" at least once. | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_fd94c4ac | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_fd94c4ac | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) | hasFeature |
The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_fd94c4ac | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_ff41780 | type |
Young Future Famous People | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_ff41780 | comment |
Young Future Famous People: When they go to the land of tomorrow, they meet the unborn versions of several famous people, including Thomas Edison; Abraham Lincoln; Queen Victoria ("I'm going to be born to a throne!"); and Crawford Long, one of the inventors of anesthesia. (Time calls out "Crawford!" when it's his turn to go, so we know it's him.) | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_ff41780 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_ff41780 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) | hasFeature |
The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_ff41780 | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_name | type |
ItemName | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_name | comment |
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| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_name | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_name | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) | hasFeature |
The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_name | |
| The Blue Bird (Theatre) / int_name | itemName |
The Blue Bird (Theatre) |
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