Shocking Disney Plot Hole Baffles Fans for 75 Years: What Everyone Missed!

“Mix them together and what have you got? Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo!” This line from the Fairy Godmother’s song in Cinderella persists in our memories as it accompanies the transformation of a simple pumpkin into a carriage, mice into horses, and the farm’s horse and dog into well-dressed human footmen.

It is during this scene that Cinderella, whose ball gown had been destroyed by her stepsisters, is gifted a stunning outfit and exquisite glass slippers. These slippers turn out to be a key element later in the film… but they also introduce its biggest plot hole.

The Question on Everyone’s Mind

Indeed, if at midnight Cinderella’s beautiful dress turns back into rags and her carriage reverts to a sad pumpkin, why do the glass slippers remain intact?

The immediate answer might be: “because it suits the plot.” After all, it is Cinderella’s forgotten glass slipper that allows the prince to find her by having all the women in the kingdom try it on… but that doesn’t really make sense!

However, some fans have tried to justify this by proposing two theories.

Fan Theories

– The slippers were not magically created but were real glass slippers given by the Fairy Godmother, thus not subject to the magical spell.

– Unlike the rest of the enchanted items, the slippers were not transformed from any existing object and appeared out of nowhere, thereby not following the spell’s rules.

Of course, these explanations are somewhat convoluted and, in the end, not all that crucial considering the magical nature of this tale as told by Disney. You can choose to view this as a significant inconsistency or simply embrace the suspension of disbelief which is quite useful if you don’t want to nitpick and just enjoy a film that has become a beloved classic.

And as the Fairy Godmother would say: “It’s magic, or I don’t know what is!”