Phelous, do you believe in Wabuu?
In Germany, people told the story of a crazed raccoon who went on an attempted murder spree. And when all the other animals were willing to forgive him, he gave them a cake full of sneezing powder.

Do you believe in Secrets? Like if my parents were turned into musical instruments? Or if I was really an Angel or that Quan Chi's first appearance was in Defenders of the Realm? Ok, you're clearly insane so never come near me please!

the queen: rattling off wierd names
rumplestiltskin: furiously writing those down because they're good ideas for naming his stolen baby

The Olaf story is the most realistic of all: a wealthy businessman screwing over a small-time contractor after they've done all the work for an important building project.

Floating Pat Morita in purple is perhaps the hero we don't deserve but the one we most want and need.

It’s nice that Britannica’s stories have a different animation style for each story even that the quality is quite varied throughout. Rumpelstiltskin’s characters have this carved look reminiscent of old wooden theater puppets with a distinct mouth part that opens and shuts in rolling fashion.

Also that king’s demonic grin would’ve haunted me next night as a kid, so the animation still managed to retain that cautionary atmosphere as many old children stories tend to.

There's a children's book called "Rumplestiltskin's Daughter" where the miller's daughter bails out on marrying the tyrant king and runs off with Rumplestiltskin instead and they have the titular daughter together. It's good.

Rumplestilskin is actually Gollum who survived the battle against Sauron and changed his name

So Olaf was a king, who couldn't afford to pay "several months" worth of wages to a single worker, so he needed to cheat his way out of payment. Seems legit.

King Olaf would eventually be demoted to Count and die trying to steal three childrens inheritence.

The moral of the episode is: Once people know your name, you’re Completely Useless!

In the original story, Rumpelstiltskin is a type of fairy, and in their lore you can control a fairy by knowing his true name.

"Do you believe in padding out the runtime with unnecessary questions?"🙄

There’s a children’s book where the miller’s daughter decides to escape with Rumplestiltskin and marry him. It was because he was actually a nice dude who promised he’d take good care of her firstborn child. Then the king tries to lock their daughter in a room so she’ll spin straw into gold. But she winds up outsmarting him and becomes the Prime Minister of the land

4:20  Apparently, the miller's daughter accomplished something the title character couldn't; she successfully kept her name a secret.

"Do you believe in secrets? I know what I know, boy, but I'm not telling it! "

I was kind of expected the troll to fall on Olaf and kill him. It would made more sense as a comeuppance story.

"If you thought the TROLL was mean and ugly..."
...I didn't??? We have literally been shown absolutely nothing that suggests the troll is even the slightest bit mean???

"Your, father, wind and weather" - that's a more unnatural line than "Save Martha."

Do you believe in Phelous?

The truth is, I don't know if i do