Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics. Ep.16. Bluebeard - Part II

[jenniferaethelinda]

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[anitacharmine]

That must be his hall of disobeyed wives

[obamasucksdick99]

this story doesnt seem right, i didnt read about any fires or running away from him. i read that she asked for time to pray when he was going to kill her, and i also read that she took all his riches when he was killed

[MrDreamblade]

I always knew of this fairytale, but always knew it under a different name of the princess and the butcher. I didn't know it was called bluebeard untill I watched this. Also, in the princess and the butcher the prince actually has horns under his crown instead of a blue beard.

[Julayla]

The Japanese version I saw on nico was a bit more violent and scary in my eyes for some reason. Still, though, it is shocking.

[Skeletor4ever]

Wow, they never showed this one on Nick Jr. when I was a kid. Thank you, Leo9944, and thank you, Youtube!

[PlutoPlanetoid]

everytime i open a door with a key I should spin around and laugh hysterically too.

[StayFabuluss]

@PlutoPlanetoid lol good one

[JakobDailes]

@Avellania Bluebeard was a Grimms' fairy tale. They took it and Puss in Boots from Perrault (others would argue that they took Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, etc. also, but they changed those dramatically, so they weren't really Perrault's, but were based on older versions) and rewrote them. (I have the entire Household Tales 1st and 2nd editions, which are where all the Grimms' tales are)

[stargazerlily86]

Wow and all this time I thought Bluebeard was a pirate story. This sure isn't a kiddo cartoon!

[Nibor7301]

Murder is a fair punishment for breaking a promise not to open a door. Yes.

Men who keep secrets from their own wives in locked rooms are always upstanding moral men and should be trusted. Yes.

Yes.

[JackRussellTerrier2]

@Nibor7301 A young, virginal woman who falls for a wealthy older man with a past (in this case a long list of wives/lovers, especially those killed in a reverse black widow fashion) can expect to have gotten herself into a lot of trouble & to have ruined her life (except here, where he is killed.)

There sure are a lot of cliches in these 1980's literary anime productions. Like the way the entire scene is static except for the mouth of someone talking & the Speed Racer style dialogue

[zappbrannigan420]

@JackRussellTerrier2 You do realise the plot isn't an anime cliche but a traditional European folk tale right? If it seems cliched, its because its a form that has existed in many forms for thousands of years - so, bark off.

[izayoi2006]

The Prince reminded me of King Henry VIII.

[M0ulinRouge]

creepiest cartoon ever.

[sadstonereaperneko]

curiosity killed the cat XD or in this case almost killed the girl O.O

[Avellania]

Originally fairy tales weren't intended for children. Adults told each other these stories during monotonous work. Their only purpose was entertainment and not teaching morals.

[xXull]

@Avellania You are incorrect. This story was told during the roccoco period to teach women to 'obey their husbands'

[Avellania]

@xXull I spoke about fairy tales in general. In the beginning most of them were just for entertainment, but not all of them. Also many fairy tales existed long before the roccocco period and and changed over the years. Someday somebody had the idea that stories could be used to teach people and they added morals to already existing stories and created new stories for morals, which they could not fit in the existing stories. This is how German fairy tales evolved from "entertainment" to ...

[Avellania]

"tools to teach morals". Bluebeard is a French fairy tale, not one of Grimm's fairy tales. Maybe it was different in France. What I write here is what I learned in school about Grimm's fairy tales.

[kaido305]

moral lesson: obeying rules must be hard, but it can save your life!

[TheLordmep]

Poor Bluebeard. When you think about it, he was in the right.

[71crm]

Lol "Why do you make this so difficult?!" Okay Bluebeard.....did it ever occur to you once Joesphine probably doesn't want to be killed!?

[Passions55]

wow, how many wives did he have hanging on the walls there?

[heartseed]

It's definatly difficult to find a moral for modern audiences in this fairytale. Not quite as simple as "don't talk to strangers" or "use your brain instead of physical strength".

[firexsound]

wonder what the first wife did...

[CatBonner13]

@firexsound She probably Cheated... think about it he has this issue with trust usually this will stem from a first/previous marriage. all his marriages he has deemed them untrust worthy and (in a scense) they were.

[ohgoodjoy]

This story is as creepy as hell.

[AxAie]

Bluebeard is the real villain. If you think about it, all this is his fault. you flash money at a woman who is poor and can't even afford shoes just so she can accept you and your beard? why bother testing the woman when you practically bribed her and her brothers for the marriage? if he looked hard enough he'd find someone who can like him despite his beard. but his own greed for a wife end up making someone else a victim of their own greed. it's a battle of greed. don't have a greedy marriage.

[Passions55]

@AxAie

thats a good point.

[chosenmibhar]

I don't understand my own emotions but I feel sorry for Bluebeard. He just wanted a trustworthy wife and none of the girls fitted the bill. I'm glad Josephine's brothers rescued her in time but still...

[solidlove015]

how on earth did her dress turn yellow when she put on jewels?

[alexander3826]

@solidlove015 Maybe she changed into that one out of the pink one? She had a whole wardrobe full of them remember? I always thought she looks like Queen Elizabeth II at 1:10.

[NaiTaiDai]

Didn't the story also say that Bluebeard was really a pirate who passed himself off as a nobleman?

[aulaw2011]

@NaiTaiDai I missed that. Did it say so? If that was the case then Bart Simpson from the earlier seasons of the Simpsons was right that he was a pirate, but no the one in Treasure Island. I wonder how Bart would confront this Bluebeard guy.

[2wingo]

@videogamester07 Prince does not always mean "son of a king." It often refers to the ruler of an area known as a Principality, often within a larger kingdom.

[Cyerie]

I'm amazed that this was shown to little kids when "The Water Witch" was "too dark / inappropriate". This is way darker! lol

Creepy story, interesting though. <3 GFTC!

[princessaiofcinders]

Actually in the end she inherits all his great fortune, and then marries a worthy gentleman and forgets ALL about Bluebeard.

[MDthornton83]

Wow. This is a pretty dark episode.

[TaoKiomi]

lol Talk about recycled animation. XD There is no way she'd look the exact same every time she spins.

[wizardwarrior713]

9:42-9:44 with those axes should have scared me like the rest of this, but something about it I can't take seriously. It's probably the brothers' voices lol.

[Leatootskirootsboot]

wait....so not even one gold coin was left?! NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! and besides that bluebeard just wanted an excuse to kill his wives. I mean telling someone, "never to open that one door even if you have the key to it" is almost like saying "open it, open it!!!" LOL

[Elishacute16]

i dont like josephine being kind of mean or something

[crazygirl3500]

thats what you get when youre too greedy to have everything

[janineandautumn]

you know what they always say 'curiosity killed the cat' or in this case the princess

(just in case any of you was confused i meant the other girls)

[jellybean0380]

yup i think he's gonna notice that she opened the door

[jellybean0380]

it's almost like they don't take a breath

[yanarifrettchen]

I never thougt I see this anime ever again. I watcht this when I was in the Kindergarden and it scared me to death, I was scared of red roses cause I think they could turn to blood.

[karnella]

@yanarifrettchen

I feel so bad for you. Kindergarten!? Holy cow! I've heard this story all my life, but I've never seen it animated.

[yanarifrettchen]

@karnella

Yes Kindergarten...

I´m from Germany so my english isn´t the best. Whent I was at this age the anime was broadcastet in the childrens programm on TV. I always thought that fairytales aren´t for Kids. But those who broadcastet this may thought Fairytales = Children. What a mistake.

[Lilalbertus]

If you like this you should see "A lover's vow" its the 3 story on tales from the darkside: the movie

[yubnub1]

You know Jeffrey Dahmer might have been inspired by this story.

[yubnub1]

Bluebeard is one crazy mofo and that Josephine's a perfect example of a dumb blonde. She really takes the cake!!!

[jenifer4701]

This won't work

[RagamuffinBabyDoll]

This is so cool! I didn't know they did Bluebeard and I gotta say the room is much more tidier than I imagined it

[anitacharmine]

what kind of guy is he? that kills his wives and hangs `em in a room

[anitacharmine]

this like the stepfather

[SwaNyamChek]

I've seen almost all the Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics except for this one, I can't believe you have a copy of it! Still, a sad ending though. :(

[XxjcncatocxX]

Certainly not the way I pictured the room when I read the original story.

[PrincessLonay]

have to read the original classical fairy tales. it was awesome, they described the room filled with chopped up bodies and how the key was covered in blood, which got his new wife in trouble :D

[aulaw2001]

Maybe Bluebeard was a pirate? And the wives found out, I mean he has all that wealth, maybe he stole them, his staff never returned, they were probably pirates and they got killed. Just like Bart Simpson said in the earlier episodes, even though he was NOT the pirate in Treasure Island.

[blacknight228]

That Josephine's a golddigger!!

[QueenVampireLover]

@blacknight228 Yes she is, but this is also an example of how wealth corrupts people. BTW this reminds me of a saying that I have heard. "Beauty without intelligence is like a masterpiece painted on a napkin."

[hikost]

I always remembered this! It may be gruesome but it is truly GRIMM

[AdamYJ]

@hikost Actually, it isn't. Bluebeard wasn't one of the ones collected by the Brothers Grimm. Bluebeard is generally thought of as a French tale, while the tales collected by the Grimms were German.

[primohomme]

This is extremely gruesome, it's interesting to see how the original fairy tales are rather scary and disturbing and not cutesy like when Disney gets a hand on it

[LaCarusiella]

It kind of reminds me the story of Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit in the garden of Eden...she lost everything because of her disobedience...the man was a serial killer though, real psycho

[karnella]

ha! love and trust?

I thought it was about not marrying a crazy man with a blue beard just because he's rich.

I remember my mom would tell this story to us as children and it would scare us to death. I always imagined all the wives in a cellar, rotting in piles. I have to say, he hung them up quite nicely. It does the story justice.

[senshiofthunder]

@karnella i heard about this story from my college english professor.It scared me and every adult in the room.HA!This and the bearskin,creeped me out.

[karnella]

@senshiofthunder

there's an older version of this story where he made potions by chopping off the heads of the wives and draining their blood. There was another version I heard where she was curious because blood was dripping from the ceiling. Even though this story is absolutely frightening, it was one of my favorites. Parents would never read such things to their kids now days. It's all fluffy fairy tales. Most of them are originally very morbid.

[senshiofthunder]

@karnella thats true. most of us as children didnt get the meanings,for example ring around the rosy, was about the black plague,(i was little,i didnt have a clue what it meant. although if i had known sooner,i probabl wouldnt have been singing it constantly.)

[JakobDailes]

@karnella It's no good being crazy and rich if you arent also tidy. ;)

[GentleHeart001]

I understand the lessons she learns at the end but....I know this sounds terrible, she was so foolish, she kind of deserved to join the others in the secret room.

Also seems kind of sexist in a way presumably the reason all the other women are there is because they too were unable to deny there women curiosity and no one could keep a promise.

[71crm]

@GentleHeart001 Yeah I know....I hate how some fairy tales are so misogynistic! I preffer William Shakespeare and Hayao Miyazaki....both of whom had a deep love and respect for strong women! I bit of a feminist!

[Passions55]

@71crm

sooo, you have never heard of or read "the taming of the shrew?" That was written by Shakespear and it is possiably the most misogynistic piece of lititure you'll ever read. there is no deep respect of women strong or otherwise in that play.

[71crm]

@Passions55 Oh I've heard of that....I'm referring to plays like Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night.....those contained some strong, smart women!

[Passions55]

@71crm

I agree about those. And I agree on your assertion on Hayao Miyazaki's potrayal of females.

[acecat2798]

@Passions55 Exactly! It makes us seem like we're little dogs that will never behave unless we're trained properly, and we need a man to support and guide us! UGH! Why? What the crap?

[glowworm2]

@videogamester07 In the Grimm's version--he was indeed a king--although I'm certain that middle aged princes existed--take for instance Prince Charles--he's a prince--and definately middle-aged.

[EmilyChesterton]

God, what a bloody nitwit.

[caitsith]

Ah, wow! I never thought I would ever see this episode in English. Thank you very much for uploading it.

[glowworm2]

Do you by any chance have any of the other hard to find Grimm Fairy Tales in English such as "The Crystal Ball" or "The Iron Stove?"

[glowworm2]

In the French version--the heroine actually knows Bluebeard--and at first fears him for his terrible looking beard--and the fact that he had several wives but no one knew what had happened to them all. However, he continuously invited her to many of his grand parties and soon she began to look past his beard and found him to be a worthy man--of course until she discovers his secret.

[wildtk123]

her brothers did told her not too merry him but she did not listen why would you merry a guy you dont know anyways.

[glowworm2]

@wildtk123 Actually that happened a lot back then. It didn't matter so much about love--more about rich dowries in the past.

Anyhow believe it or not this is the Grimm's version of the tale not the French version by Perault. The Grimm's version is actually obscure because of its French origins. Thus it was omitted from their collection.