However, that understanding of the animated film might be unwarranted.

One title card towards the end inspires a dark theory that even the live-action movie wouldnt consider.

The latter is so unbelievably dark for a Disney animated movie that I could never see them confirming it.

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EvenThe Black Cauldron, arguably the darkest Disney animated movie, has a happy ending.

Shes forced into servitude by the dwarfs.

Rather than falling into a cursed sleep state, they overtly say that she dies from eating the apple.

Snow White from the 2025 movie looks confused at the 1937 animated character

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She nearly dies twice before that, too.

Ultimately, Snow White only comes back to life when the piece of poisoned apple in her throat dislodges.

Alternatively, death could have taken the form of the prince she met earlier in the movie.

A title card in Snow White says “…So beautiful, even in death, that the dwarfs could not find it in their hearts to bury her” with a tree branch above it

A live-action adaptation of the classic fairy tale. The film follows Snow White as she escapes into the forest and seeks refuge with seven dwarfs to elude her jealous stepmother, the wicked Queen, who is threatened by Snow White’s surpassing beauty.

If hes taking her soul away, many parts of the ending fall into place.

Snow and the Princes choice to leave the dwarfs would make more sense.

Theyre going to the afterlife, where the living cant dwell.

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Her tearful goodbye seems appropriate if she could never come back to see them again.

They also leave on a white horse.

This interpretation ofSnow Whitewould make the live-action remake more different than most people recognize.

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Its a traditional happy ending.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a classic 1938 animated film based on the Brothers Grimm tale.

The Queen is determined to be the fairest in the land, threatened by Snow White’s beauty.

The Queen and Snow White from the live-action movie and Doc from the animated version

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a classic 1938 animated film based on the Brothers Grimm tale. The story follows Snow White, who hides in a forest with seven dwarfs to escape her jealous stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is determined to be the fairest in the land, threatened by Snow White’s beauty.

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