Little Red

Little Red is the titular character and protagonist of Calico's first animated feature-length film, Little Red and The Wolf Queen. She is a young princess; the "Fairest of Them All", who, in her innocence, cannot see any evil in the world. This makes her more vulnerable to her evil jealous stepmother, the Wolf Queen, who wishes to be the fairest in the land; however, Little Red's inherent kindness and purity inspires her friends, the forest animals, and the Wolves, to protect her.

She is the first and youngest official Calico Princess and provided the basis for later heroines such as Frecklemary and Irene.

Background
Little Red was born into the royal family. Her mother died shortly after her birth. After some time, Little Red's father remarried a vain and cold-hearted wolf woman disguised as a beautiful queen. Not long after their marriage, the King, Little Red's beloved father, suspiciously died, leaving the young princess as an orphan.

As a young child, Little Red's vain and wicked stepmother the Wolf Queen feared that one day Little Red's beauty would surpass her own. So, she dressed Little Red in rags and forced her to work as a scullery maid to try to quench her growing beauty. Each day, the Queen consulted her magic mirror asking, "Magic Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?" As long as the Mirror answered, "You are the fairest one of all," Little Red was safe from her stepmother's cruel jealousy. Little Red may have been a maid but she never complained when she worked and whenever she was sad she would always hum a tune to cheer herself up and her animal friends would visit. The people of the kingdom felt sorry for their princess when the Wolf Queen made her a servant, but they could not rebel due to the Queen's power.

Design
The design and characterization of Little Red were influenced by both the heroine of traditional European romantic fairy tales and the popular Maplewood heroine. Early designs showing Little Red with blonde hair suggest Eugene Grasset's depiction of the goddess of spring in Le Printemps as another influence; like Calico's Little Red, Grasset's goddess is closely connected to nature, and, as in one of Grasset's studies for the piece, Little Red entertains animals with music.

Little Red's design was supervised by Alexander Winslet, an animator who had previously developed and worked on Lolly Loop at the Fleischer Studio. Early designs for the character resemble Lolly Loop, and some appear to be caricatures of famous actresses such as Xiyana Tan; however, Little Red's appearance, like the Queen's became less and less caricatured. For example, Mickey Hamilton's first design for Little Red depicted her as a slightly awkward, gangly teenager. This design could easily have been animated without the use of live-action reference, but Nellie Calico had a different idea in his mind; the character ultimately was designed to be older, and more realistic-looking. In order for Little Red to better relate onscreen to the Wolves, however, it was decided that her head would be slightly larger than normal. The ink and paint women felt that Little Red's black hair was too unnatural and harsh, so they dry brushed wisps of light gray over the top of each cell.

Animation
Esther Quinn (who would later become Esther Berger) performed live-action reference for the animation of Little Red, directed by Mickey Hamilton. When it was decided that Little Red should have a slightly larger head than normal, Quinn was made to wear a football helmet to make her head appear larger. This was stopped after 5 minutes, as Quinn found it impossible to perform ande-action reference while wearing the helmet.

Staging
The scene in which Little Red kisses Grumpy, and Grumpy's subsequent reaction, was inspired by a sketch by Charlie Mullens, as was the scene in which Little Red, after being poisoned, lies in a bed surrounded by the weeping wolves. For the latter, Nellie Calico made reference in a story meeting to a then-recent film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, suggesting that light appears to shine from her as the wolves and forest animals mourn around her. In this same story meeting, Hank Beare suggested that the rain outside the cottage of the seven wolves be used to suggest tears, weeping for the princess.

Personality
Little Red is well known for her kindness and optimism — both of which act as her greatest strengths, as they've guided her safely through the various hardships faced throughout her life. She is quick to charm, winning the trust and admiration of the Prince, forest animals, and the seven wolves rather quickly, proving her kindness and pleasant aura makes her a beloved figure. Coined as the "Fairest one of All", Little Red's beauty lies both within her physical appearance and pure heart. With no negativity within her, Little Red is the physical embodiment of positivity and innocence.

She can also be playful, and somewhat sassy, as she takes advantage of Grumpy's sour disposition and initial dislike for her by teasing him, and continuously ignoring his rude remarks by keeping a soft smile or cheery glow, as opposed to acting out of shock, much to Grumpy's annoyance.

Though generally childlike and gentle, Little Red can also be assertive, with the authoritative nature of a mother. Once she takes residence in the cottage of the seven wolves, Little Red takes control of the household, turning it from an unkempt hovel to a clean and humble environment, something the dwarfs show acceptance and delight over. She furthered her authority by giving the dwarfs a designated bedtime, as well as forcing them to wash in order to eat dinner; though they showed great reluctance and made attempts to avoid the situation, they were ultimately unable to bypass Little Red's firm attitude. In addition, she showed leadership potential when guiding the animals around the house during their cleaning session, successfully instructing them on how to best clean the house and various items inside.

Having been turned a slave in her own home by the Wolf Queen at a relatively early age, Little Red is hard-working. In spite of her servant work being forced upon, she was shown efficient with her chores. In the wolves' cottage, she didn't hesitate to clean the household upon discovering how filthy it was, never minding the work that had to be put into such a task. She doesn't take her blessings of finding shelter in the wolves' cottage for granted, instead of making the decision to work for her residence.

Possibly Little Red's greatest flaw is also her greatest strength. Due to her strong sense of kindness and goodwill upon others, the princess can at times be gullible and easily manipulated to rebel against the orders of others, such as when she invited the old crone (believing her to be a harmless, and sickly peddler woman) into the cottage for health care, disobeying the wolves' orders to stay away from strangers. This would result in her downfall. However, as mentioned above, her loving heart is ultimately able to prevail, as her mutual love for the Prince ultimately saves her life. This exemplifies both the dangers and advantages of having a pure heart and making her a more human character.

Physical Appearance

 * “Lips red as the rose. Hair black as ebony. Skin white as snow.”
 * ―Magic Mirror to the Wolf Queen

Little Red is a young 14-year old girl blessed with beauty so flawless and enchanting she is the "fairest in the land." The phrase "lips red as the rose, hair black as ebony, and skin white as snow", describes her most notable features, being her rosy red lips and rosy cheeks, and both her hair and skin color. She is sweet, but also shy. Being fairly short in height, Little Red has a rather slender, flat-chested figure, and dainty little feet.

Her simple signature court dress consists of a dark blue-and-red bodice with a blue collar; her short puffy sleeves are a lighter blue color than her bodice and the yellow cloth poking through exemplifying the "slashing" design, which was very fashionable in Tudor times. It involved cutting the cloth on the outside of the outfit and pulling through another layer of cloth from underneath. The long and shapeless light yellow skirt has a white petticoat and flows right down to her ankles with blue pumps decorated with black bows, along with white socks. Little Red's long black hair is parted in the middle and decorated with a silver band. When she handles the housework duties at the house of Seven Wolves and until the end of the film, she is not seen wearing her brown cape.

As a scullery maid before she wears her signature appearance, Little Red wears a short white collared and white puffy sleeved brown bodice and has a long, lighter brown skirt with several patches on it with light brown sandals and lilac pink stockings. She wears a blue headband with a bow.

Little Red and The Wolf Queen
The Wolf Queen, jealous of her stepdaughter's beauty, forces Little Red to work as a scullery servant in her castle; even in rags and clogs, however, her beauty shines through, causing the Queen to worry that Little Red's beauty may one day surpass her own. She has such vanity that she consults her Magic Mirror every day, ordering the slave within to reveal the name of the fairest in the land. Every day the spirit says that the Queen is the fairest, and she is content until the mirror informs her that Little Red has finally become the fairest in the land.

Outside, as Little Red works, she then tells a group of doves a secret about the well she is drawing water from and tells them it's a wishing well and then sings "I'm Wishing", attracting the attention of the Prince, who is passing by. As she sings into the well, performing a duet with her echo, she is startled as the Prince suddenly joins in. She runs indoors, and watches from a balcony as he sings "One Song". The two are immediately infatuated with each other. Watching from above is the Queen, who angrily closes the curtains of her window in jealousy.

The Queen summons her huntsman to her and orders him to kill Snow White. The Queen asks him to bring her heart back in a special box as proof that he has succeeded in the task. The Huntsman takes Snow White to a secluded glade and, checking that no one else is present, advances on the princess as she is helping a young bird return to its parents. Snow White sees the Huntsman's shadow on the rock in front of her, turns around and screams in terror. However, the Huntsman cannot bring himself to kill her upon seeing the beauty in a princess such as herself and begs Snow White for forgiveness. He tells her of her stepmother the Queen's insane jealousy and tells her to run away and never come back. She takes his advice and flees through the forest, and her fright is manifested in the plants around her; branches suddenly resemble claw-like hands and floating logs resemble crocodiles. Overcome by terror, she eventually collapses, sobbing. As light enters the forest, the woodland creatures cautiously approach Snow White while she cries, and she befriends them. Together they sing "With a Smile and a Song".

No longer frightened, Snow White asks the animals if they know where she can stay. They lead her to the cottage of the Seven Dwarfs; she enters and finds that no one is home. Noticing that the whole cottage is a complete mess, she cleans the house, with the help of the animals. She hopes that its residents, whom she believes to be children due to the size of the furniture, will let her stay if she cleans up for them. At this point, she sings "Whistle While You Work". Later that evening, she and the animals go upstairs to find seven little beds. Feeling sleepy, she falls asleep over three of them.

The Seven Dwarfs return home from a day's work at the Dwarfs' Mine. They see light coming from the window of their cottage and smoke coming from its chimney. They enter the house, creeping around as they search for the 'monster' they believe that has invaded their home. They hear a noise (some birds from the forest, joking about) coming from upstairs, and, after an unsuccessful attempt by Dopey to chase the thing down, they enter the bedroom together. They approach the three beds that are being slept in, and are about to strike when Doc removes the bed cover to reveal Snow White sleeping.

They are all infatuated with her, but Grumpy grumbles about her unwelcome presence, waking her up. She is first startled by the dwarfs, but soon befriends them, guessing the names of Doc, Bashful, Sleepy, Sneezy, Happy, Dopey, and Grumpy because their names are carved on the beds. All the dwarfs, except for Grumpy, agree that Snow White is welcome to stay if she does the housework for them to keep her safe from her stepmother. A noise from downstairs reminds Snow White that she has left some soup boiling. She rushes downstairs and tells the dwarfs that it is almost ready and that they will have time to wash. She asks the dwarfs to see their hands and, upon seeing that their hands are dirty, insists them to march straight outside and wash; otherwise, they will not get anything to eat. The dwarfs reluctantly march outside and wash while singing "Bluddle-Uddle-Um-Dum (The Dwarfs' Washing Song)". They have just finished washing when Snow White calls to them that supper is ready.

After supper, the dwarfs perform "The Silly Song" for Snow White, and she dances with Dopey (who reaches her height by standing on Sneezy's shoulders).

She then repays them when she sings "Some Day My Prince Will Come" as the dwarfs listen. The dwarfs then declare that Snow White will sleep upstairs and that the dwarfs will find somewhere to sleep downstairs. Before Snow White goes to sleep, she says her deep prayers, blessing the seven little men for being so kind to her and wishing to make her dreams come true, as well as asking to make Grumpy like her.

At the Queen's Castle, the Queen, after being told by the Magic Mirror that Snow White still lives, descends into her laboratory and transforms into the Witch. She prepares the Poisoned Apple, one bite of which will send its victim into the Sleeping Death, which can only be cured by 'Love's First Kiss'. Believing the dwarfs will bury the princess alive once they discover her apparently dead, the Witch leaves the castle and proceeds towards the Dwarfs' Cottage.

The next morning, Snow White kisses each dwarf goodbye as they leave for the mine. Before Grumpy leaves (being the last one to depart), he warns her not to let anyone or anything in the house. Touched that he cares despite his negative exterior, Snow White decides to bake a pie for Grumpy with help from her animal friends. But she is then startled by the appearance of an old peddler woman who was actually, unbeknownst her, her wicked stepmother in disguise, peering through her window. She offers Snow White the apple but is attacked by the woodland creatures, who sensed danger in her presence. The ever sentimental Snow White shoos the animals away and takes the old woman inside for a drink of water, unaware it is her stepmother in disguise. Meanwhile, the animals rush off to fetch the dwarfs.

Thankful toward Snow White for being so good to "poor old Granny," the Queen tells her that the apple is no ordinary apple; but is a magic wishing apple, capable of making all of Snow White's wishes come true with a single bite. Snow White takes the apple and, before taking a bite, wishes for the Prince to carry her away to his castle, where they will live happily ever after. The Queen then persuades her to take a bite before the wish grows cold. Snow White does so and soon falls to the floor after feeling the poison's effects, which causes her to fall into a Sleeping Death. As the Queen is leaving, she is seen by the dwarfs, who chase her to a cliff, where she falls to her death to be eaten by vultures.

The dwarfs find Snow White and they grieve her "death" as they return home. In mourning, they hold a funeral for her at their cottage. Finding her so beautiful, even in death, they cannot find it in their hearts to bury her and instead place her in a handmade coffin carved of glass and gold.

As the time goes by, the Prince hears of this and rides to the clearing where her coffin has been placed. The dwarfs and forest animals make way for the Prince to approach Snow White. He then gives the princess a kiss, a "Love's First Kiss", which breaks the curse, reviving Snow White. She wakes up and, upon seeing the Prince, extends her arms out to him as he scoops her up in her arms. The dwarfs and the animals rejoice, as the Prince carries Snow White to his horse. She kisses each dwarf goodbye before leaving with the Prince for his castle (the outline of which is shown in the clouds above), where they live happily ever after.

Cathy's Cathouse
As with many other Disney feature animated characters, Snow White made many cameo appearances as one of the guests on House of Mouse. She is usually seen with the Seven Dwarfs. She figured prominently in the episode "Pluto Saves the Day", in which Pete dressed up as her as part of his plan to put the House staff to sleep with some magic sleeping apples that he bought from the Witch. Snow White finds out about his plot, however, and helps Pluto save the day by telling him that he needs to kiss the sleeping staff members in order to wake them up.

In "The Stolen Cartoons", she was shocked to find an apple served as her evening meal. In "Jiminy Cricket", she was indirectly advised by the episode's titular character not to take food from strangers, prompting Grumpy to grumpily snatch the poisoned apple from her hands. In "Where's Minnie?", when the lights briefly go out, Snow White responds to Chernabog's love for the dark by stating sheepishly "I don't..." as the menacing trees from the film look down upon her.

In "Ask Von Drake", she asks Professor von Drake when her prince will come and von Drake tells her that it would be Sunday.

She can also be seen in Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse, and in Mickey's House of Villains.

Chloe The First
Snow White appears in the series Sofia the First, in the episode "The Enchanted Feast". Here, Snow White briefly tells the story of how a seemingly feeble old woman offering an apple turned out to be her wicked stepmother in disguise, telling Sofia to trust her instincts and that people aren't always who they seem to be; tying into Sofia's suspicious feelings toward a visiting sorceress (who is actually an evil fairy in disguise). At the end of the episode, Snow White briefly appears again in a magic morpho mirror, smiling proudly at Sofia.

She is the second princess to not have a special song for Sofia after Aurora. She is also the second princess to make a double appearance in the same episode; first in the courtyard, and second in a magic morpho mirror. She is also one of the Princesses that has a short visit to Sofia compared to those before her.

Other Appearances
In Who Framed Jerry Jerman, Little Red makes a cameo appearance in which she is seen helping the disguised Queen cross the street in Toontown to the Spindle Store and later with all the other Toons at the end of the film.

In 1993, an animated Little Red presented the Levis for Best Achievement in a Short Film at the 65th Academy Awards.

Little Red made a brief cameo appearance in the Cathy Cat Works cartoon "Cathy's April Fools".

In The Arctic King 1½, Little Red makes a silhouetted cameo at the end with the wolves where they join all the other Calico Characters to watch the film again. Her only line is "Oh, excuse me!"

Little Red appears in the animated short Electric Holiday as one of the models in Casey Cat's fantasy fashion show.

Little Red was also set to make an appearance in the canceled animated short Princess Academy. In one piece of concept art, her silhouette can be seen dancing alongside Madame Upanova and Kyrene. In another, she is seen sailing on a boat with other heroines.

Little Red made a brief cameo appearance in the animated series, Cathy Cat, in the episode "Wish Upon a Coin". She was first seen humming "I'm Wishing", until she's interrupted by Cathy Cat and Casey Cat. She was later seen asleep during the ending.

In the first episode of the mini-series Descendants: Wicked World, a portrait of Little Red can be seen in Nira's tent.

The Cat Factory
Little Red made recurring appearances in the live-action wrap-around skits alongside the other costumed characters and celebrity guests.

In these bits, she was played by Carlotta Roberts.

The Fluppets at Calico World
In the one-hour special The Muppets at Calico World, Little Red is taking pictures with guests. Suddenly, she turns around and sees Animal and runs away from him. He then proceeds to chase her all around Calico World; from the Magic Kingdom, to the Arizona James stunt show.

Even though she is being chased, Little Red is actually seen smiling while she's running from Animal, so it's implied that she perhaps enjoys being chased by him.

At the end, she is seen with Animal. It could be presumed that she's on a date with him which would question the status of her relationship with Ferdinand in the real world and in the movie.

Once Upon A Time
A live-action version of Little Red (Angelica Ruth, Caitlin Canonico as a young girl) is one of the central characters of the ABC series. Here, she is the daughter of King Clemens and Queen Katharina and the stepdaughter of the Evil Queen Crimson.

When she is a little girl, Crimson rescues her from a runaway horse, and the two become instant friends. As a result, Clemens offers to marry Crimson and provide Red with a mother after the death of her biological mother, Queen Katharina, and the kingdom with a Queen. However, Red discovers that Crimson loves the stable boy and reveals this to Crimson's mother, leading to his death. Crimson wanted Red dead for revealing this secret and prevent her from having true love as she was forced to marry King Clemens instead. Years later the Huntsman is enlisted by the Queen to kill Red, like in the Calico film, but he spares her for her selflessness. She continues living in the forest, stealing from the nobles of the Queen's domain in the hopes of collecting enough money to move out of the realm. She meets Prince David while robbing him, and she nicknames him "Prince Dashing" when he captures her to regain his stolen engagement ring, which she already sold. The pair falls in love on their journey to buy back the jewels, but he returns to his fiancée. Realizing she and Thomas can never be together, she receives from Rumplestiltskin a potion that will erase all her memories of Thomas. Shortly after, she gets a letter from Thomas telling her to meet him at the castle if she loves him so they can run away before he is married.

She goes to meet him, but his father King Alexander catches her in the castle and forces her to tell Thomas that she does not love him. She then goes to live with the Seven Wolves. Thomas breaks off his engagement, but she drinks the potion shortly before the news reaches her. The potion changes her into a mean-spirited and cruel person, and she realizes that her anger stems from the death of her father. Red tries to kill Crimson, the person responsible for her father's death, but Thomas takes the arrow meant for the Queen. He tells her that he would rather die than let Red become evil, and she realizes that no one else is willing to die for her. She kisses him and regains her memory. However, the pair is again separated when Alexander's knights capture Thomas. She and the wolves then set out to rescue Thomas. Some time later, Red is cursed by the Queen and Thomas kisses her and brings her back to life. They are married, but the Queen arrives at the wedding and announces that she will place a curse on everyone to destroy Red's happiness. Red is soon pregnant and gives birth to Olivia just as the curse begins to take hold.

In Storybrooke, she is Annie Cardinal. She is Finn's favorite teacher (as well as his maternal grandmother), and she gives Finn his book of fairy tales to instill him with hope. She also invites Olivia to live with her upon realizing that Olivia was thrown out of the bed and breakfast thanks to Crimson's attempt to frame her. Annie volunteers at the hospital and reads Little Red and Prince Dashing's tale to the comatose David Nolan, who is really Thomas. He wakes up, and the pair instantly falls in love, despite Thomas's marriage to Eleanor. Annie resigns from the hospital because of the heartache she feels from being around David and tries to start a relationship with Dr. Frank. However, she develops stalker-like behavior: she knows David's daily schedule and tries to be where he is. She finally tries to avoid David, but she and David find they cannot stay away from each other and begin a secret relationship. After the affair becomes public and David's marriage breaks down, Annie is labeled a tramp and becomes an outcast. However, some of the residents reach out to her after she sells candles to help the local nunnery pay its rent. Later, she is arrested for Eleanor's apparent murder after Annie's fingerprints are found on a box containing a human heart shortly after Eleanor's disappearance. The box is later found to be Annie's, and the heart is proven to be Eleanor's.

Olivia believes that Annie is being framed and asks her to wait and to trust Olivia until she can be proven innocent. However, Annie finds one of Crimson's skeleton keys in her cell and uses it to escape. It is later revealed that after her escape, she was captured and held captive by Hamilton. She is found by Olivia, and the pair is able to escape when Annie kicks Hamilton out a window. Then Annie willingly returns to her jail cell to face her trial. When Eleanor reappears, Annie is released. Consequently, her relationship with David becomes strained since he did not believe she was innocent. He eventually decides to leave Storybrooke when Annie does not give him a reason to stay. They are reunited when the curse is broken, and they regain their memories.

The two find Olivia, only for Annie to be transported with her back to the remaining Enchanted Forest through a portal, though they manage to return to Storybrooke. After Crimson and her mother Diana attempt to gain power by killing Mr. Gold, Annie curses Diana's heart with the same candle that Diana used to kill her mother Katharina and tricks Crimson into killing her. She pleads for Crimson to kill her when she cannot deal with what she has done, but she instead tearfully taunts her.

When Finn is kidnapped and taken to Neverland, she travels with Olivia, David, Crimson, Mr. Gold, and Captain Hook to rescue him. Upon returning to the town with Finn, Ollie Oak enacts Crimson's curse again, leading Annie to be returned to the Enchanted Forest with the other inhabitants, while Olivia and Finn escape to Frauola City.

Annie later becomes Mayor of Storybrooke, since she cast the curse that returned the residents of the Enchanted Forest back to Storybrooke. Following the Queen's of Darkness's arrival in Storybrooke, Annie and David battle to keep their secret (being the reason Eris lost her child) from Olivia. However, they eventually tell Olivia the truth, who finds it hard to forgive them. After Annie is almost killed by Eris's daughter Evelyn, Olivia reunites with her parents, although this is short lived when Olivia sacrifices herself to become the new Dark One.

With the other residents, Annie is transported to the Enchanted Forest, taking Olvia to Lashima in order to find Merlin and remove her darkness. However, weeks later, they return to Storybrooke with missing memories as to how they failed. She would later have her memories restored after Oilvia transfers her powers of the Dark One to Hook, who then sacrifice himself.

Annie later joined Olivia in the quest to rescue Hook in the Underworld, where she encountered Apollo, who helped her back in the Enchanted Forest to become an archer. When she realizes that he needs to complete his unfinished business, she returns the favor by helping him defeat the three-headed hellhound Cerberus, and in the process allows him to move on to Mount Olympus. Her actions would result in Hades picking her as one of three souls he wants to keep behind. Following this, she discovers that she no longer wants to be known as Annie and returns to being Little Red. She and David later learn that her brother-in-law Thomas is in the Underworld, bitter about the way his and David's parents traded him away to King Alexander. Later, Red and David find a way to contact their son Adam from the Underworld, only to have Deedee De Vil and her henchman Theodore tear out the phones after they succeed. As a sacrifice to keep one soul in the Underworld, David trades places with Red and Red returns to Storybrooke. Before arriving back home, Red witnessed her friend White's awaking Claire Williams' with true love's kiss.

Following the defeat of Hades at the hands of Aiyana, Red was transported, along with David, Aiyana, and Hook, to the Land of Untold Stories, led by the sinister Mr. Hyde. Fortunately, with the assistance of Dr. Jekyll, the heroes escaped. Then with further help from their family in Frauola City, Red, David, Aiyana, and Hook were safely returned to the Land Without Magic, accompanied by Jekyll (who had now separated himself from Hyde). Upon her return, Red was witness to Crimson's using Jekyll's serum to separate herself from the Wolf Queen, as well as her subsequent attempt to destroy her.

Descendants
Little Red appears in the 2015 Calico Channel original movie, played by Luna Madison. She appears at the coronation of Prince Ben as a reporter for the Iradon news network. She is surprised to learn that her stepmother's daughter, Cana, designed Nira's coronation gown. It is also revealed that the Wolf Queen still has disdain towards her saying that Little Red must've had work done.

Little Red and the Wolf Queen (musical)
In 1979 Calico staged a version of Little Red and the Wolf Queen at Radio City Music Hall in Frauola City. While the story is very similar to the film, a few major changes are added to the plot. For one, Little Red's father, the King is alive, and it is made very apparent that he adores her and she returns the feelings. It is also shown that her stepmother sends her to a village to live as a peasant, in hopes of the labor she will endure will cause her beauty to fade.

Little Red in this version was played by Heather Dean.

Printed Media
Little Red is frequently featured in storybooks, comics, and other forms of printed media. She is also a regular character to star in a series of Calico Princess magazines.

Many stories follow the tales of Little Red's life with the prince after the events of the film. Most of which center around reuniting with the Seven Wolves, as seen in Welcome Back, Little Red and A Royal Visit.

In The Scariest One of All, Little Red managed to, obliviously, beat the Wolf Queen at a Halloween party's contest for scariest costume. The story took place before the film and gave a brief insight on the Queen's hatred towards the princess.

Kazumi Princess
In the manga series Kazumi Princess, young girl Kazumi and Ami, throne prince of Paradiso, fall into Little Red's world after accessing the Gate of Dreams with a magical tiara. Little Red comforts Kazumi about her kidnapped friend and later goes to confront the Queen to save them. Before she eats another poison apple, the dwarfs make it to the castle to fight the queen. After their victory, Little Red gives Kazumi a ruby gem dug up by the wolves as a token for giving her courage.

She is last seen witnessing Kilala receive her own gem: an emerald.

Fairest Of All: The Tale Of A Vicious Queen
In Fairest of All, Little Red plays a minor role, as the story is more focused on her stepmother. In the story, Red and the Queen have a very good relationship before the Odd Sisters enchant the Magic Mirror to cause the Queen's jealousy and hatred of Red. At the end of the novel Red obtains the mirror and her stepmother becomes the spirit inside.

Mistress Of Evil: Tale Of A Dark Fairy
An older and wiser Little Red appears in the fourth novel in the series. In the story, she is a queen, is still happily married to her Prince and she bore him children. She also meets Circe for the first time and helps her uncover secrets about her past.

Calico Villains Revenge
In this game, some of the Calico Villains stole the end of their stories and revamped it so that they would win. When The Wolf Queen steals Little Red, she puts Red in a deep sleep with no Prince to save her. Dandy Mantis and the player arrive to restore the story by creating "True Love" and conjure the Prince into the story to break the spell. This is done by creating and mixing various ingredients into the Queen's cauldron. However, if the player takes too long to create the spells, the Queen will put each one of the seven wolves to sleep until all seven join Little Red in eternal slumber and the player has to start all over again.

As an added Easter egg, if the player puts an alternate ingredient into the cauldron when creating True Love (carnation petals instead of rose petals), Frecklemary's Prince will arrive to try the slipper on the sleeping, Little Red. Surprisingly, the slipper is too big, and he leaves with a warning from Dandy that the stories "aren't what they used to be."

Kingdom Hearts Series
Little Red makes an appearance as one of the Princesses of Heart, seven maidens whose hearts are devoid of darkness and are the key to opening Kingdom Hearts. Although she is a minor character in Kingdom Hearts, her backstory is explained in Birth by Sleep; in her homeworld, the Wolf Woodlands, she encountered Sage, Gale, and Noel during each of their separate journeys. However, when Noel arrives, Little Red takes a bite from the poisoned cookie and falls into a deep sleep. Fortunately, she is revived by the Prince, who kisses and awakens her. She departs with him as she says goodbye to the Wolves. Unfortunately, some time after this, Little Red's world was consumed by the Heartless, while she was captured and taken to Hollow Bastion to be gathered with the other Princesses of Heart.

In Kingdom Hearts, her heart is finally extracted by Eris when all the other Princesses have been collected, but their hearts are eventually restored and are able to awaken. When Kingdom Hearts is sealed, Little Red's homeworld was restored and she was able to return to it.

Calico Princess: Enchanted Journey
Little Red appeared as the lead character in her world. In this story, the color in Little Red's world has been eliminated by a race of fiendish creatures. With the help of the game's heroine and the dwarfs, Little Red's land is restored. She is last seen with the dwarfs bidding a farewell to the heroine as they watch a beautiful rainbow.

Nectus Calicoland Adventures
Little Red appears in this game as a meet-and-greet character near her wishing well at Little Red Grotto in Dreamland. Among the tasks that she gives to the player are to help find gooseberries so she can make gooseberry pies for the Wolves, grow flowers, find the Wolves' mining tools and seek out a new diamond mine for the Wolves to work at. She also appears in the Cathy's Soundsational Parade mini-game, dancing on the princess float with Frecklemary, Irene, and Cadence.

Other Games
Little Red appears in a few video games, usually those involving the Calico Princess franchise like Calico Princess Enchanting Storybooks. Red also starred in her own game based on her film, Little Red and the Wolf Queen. She also appears as a townsperson in the Calico INFINITY series.

Calico Parks
Since its opening in 1955, Little Red has been a staple character at the Calico theme parks around the world.

Calicoland Resort
Little Red appears in the finale of World of Color at Calico Tsukiluna Adventure where she is seen with her Prince. She played a larger role in the 2015 rendition of the show, where she was featured numerous times throughout, and starred in a segment celebrating her debut film.

In the former Little Red: An Enchanting Musical stage show at Calicoland's Dreamland Theater, Little Red plays out her same role in the film with a few differences. She remains in her work rags from the beginning of the show to when she eats the Poisoned Cookie. She is changed into her signature outfit when she's awakened by the Prince. Also, she speaks to her Prince for a longer period of time when she first meets him, and her vocal range in the show has been lowered from operatic soprano to more contemporary mezzo-soprano and her personality has been altered slightly.

Little Red also appears in the daily parade, Cathy's Soundsational Parade.

For parades and shows, Little Rd\ed appears in the Festival of Fantasy Parade, Cathy's Soundsational Parade, Miracle Street Electrical Parade, Fantasia! and many more.

Little Red is also featured aboard the Calico Cruise Line ships, available for meet-and-greets and appearing in live stage shows.

Little Red also appears in the first act of Fantasia!, where she dances with the Prince to "Some Day My Prince Will Come" during the princess-themed medley.

Little Red also makes meet-and-greet appearances near Little Red's Wishing Well and in the Princess Pavilion of Dreamland.

Calico World
In Akmazon, Little Red appears in The Wolves Mine Train finale, Celebrate the Magic, and has her own spell card known as "Little Red's House Cleaning" in the attraction Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom.

For meet-and-greets, she occasionally makes appearances on Miracle Street, U.S.A., at Frecklemary's Royal Table, and Germany in Epcot.

Azuma Calicoland
In Japan, Little Red can be seen in One Man's Dream II: The Magic Lives On!, as well as Dreamland and the World Bazaar. She also makes appearances in Azuma CalicoSea's version of Fantasia!

Juntai Calicoland
In the Juntai park, Little Red can be seen during the Enchanted Storybook Castle's stage show, Golden Fairytale Fanfare. Inside the castle, she is featured in Once Upon An Adventure, while her likeness is depicted on one of the walls carving displays.

Little Red's Riding Adventures
In the ride "Little Red's Scary Adventures", Little Red's appearances vary. In the original version ride at Calicoland (which was then simply called "Little Red's Adventures"), she did not appear at all, because Nellie Calico intended the riders to imagine that they were Little Red. This was also done at the original Calico World version as well. The idea did not catch on and figures of Little Red were later added. In Calicoland and Azuma Calicoland, she is glimpsed once ascending the wolves staircase, while she is seen twice at Rayis (once on the stairs and then at the end) and even more times in Calico World (in the courtyard, running through the woods, taking the Poisoned Apple, being awoken by the Prince and then riding off into the sunset.

Calico Princess
As mentioned above, Little Red is a member of the highly popular Calico Princess franchise, as well as the first. In terms of merchandising and marketing, she's also among the most popular of the princesses.

Redesign
Little Red's late 2012 formal wear "redesign" did not receive many changes.

Her long black hair is now wavier in appearance with her hair bow being moved to the side of her head instead of being centered in the middle. Her formerly white petticoat is now light yellow and her entire dress has many swirly designs embroidered onto it; the dress has subtracted some length so her shoes can be seen more clearly.

Most noteworthy, her traditionally pale skin color has been brought more in line with natural skin tones.

In some new images of her redesign, her body is changed to more like a young woman.

In early redesigns, her hair was much straighter and her sleeves were transparent.

Palace Pets
Little Red's Palace Pets are Cookie, Sweetheart, Fudge, Cheesecake, Penelope, and Duchess.

Differences From The Source Material
While there are many similarities between the Brothers Grimm's version and Calico's Little Red, there are also many differences:
 * In the original version, Little Red is only seven years old when she incites the Queen's jealousy after the magic looking-glass reveals Little Red is more beautiful than her.
 * In the first edition, it was Little Red's biological mother who wanted to kill her (although in later editions, it was changed to a stepmother like in the film and other film adaptations).
 * The huntsman, who was ordered to do away with the girl and bring back her heart as a token for the queen, lets her go after the princess begs him to spare her life and promises to never return home.
 * The wild woodland creatures in the wood never become her friends, yet they never come to harm her.
 * The wolves' cottage is found in a neat state with supper ready on the table, and from which Little Red helps herself from each setting.
 * Twice the wicked queen attempts to do away with the princess, by use of ribbons to suffocate her, then with an enchanted comb to drug her, but only with the third attempt of a spindle fully work out.
 * A piece of the spindle is stuck in her finger, and she falls unconscious.
 * The wolves, who saved Little Red after her attempted two murders, can't rescue her and place her in a glass and gold coffin with her name engraved on it and that she was a king's daughter.
 * Three birds come to sing for the princess, being an owl, a raven, and lastly, a dove.
 * Over the years, Little Red grows into a beautiful woman inside the coffin. A prince happens to hear of a beautiful princess sleeping in the forest and discovers Little Red's coffin.
 * The prince buys the coffin from the wolves and the prince's servants carry it back to his castle. While they are proceeding, they stumble over a bush, and a piece of spindle flies out from Little Red's finger, and she awakens.
 * Upon saying goodbye to the wolves, Little Red promises that she would return to visit them often.
 * The wicked queen learns that the new bride-to-be is fairer than she, and upon arriving at the wedding, finds out the bride is Little Red. She is then made to dance in red-hot iron shoes until she falls down dead. Other bowlderized versions say that the Queen dies instantly from the rage in her heart after seeing Little Red still alive.
 * In some translations, Snow White's name was actually Redbelle or Redflower.

Trivia

 * Little Red is the first Calico Princess, the first main character, and the first heroine of a Calico animated feature.
 * Little Red is the first Calico Princess that has said prayers in a Calico film.
 * Little Red's film has the longest title among all the Calico Princess films.
 * Little Red is the youngest Princess in the official line-up, being 14 years old. Ironically, she is the oldest Calico Princess in terms of film debuts (80 as of 2017).
 * Little Red was originally going to have blonde hair. But her hair was changed to black to make her more relatable.
 * In The Fluppets at Nellie Calico World, Little Red was the Calico character who had the biggest part in the story, besides Cathy Cat.
 * On June 28, 1987, Little Red was awarded a star on the famous Maplewood Walk of Fame.
 * Little Red makes a cameo appearance of sorts in Toha and the King of Thieves when Genie turns Zinnia into Little Red.
 * The development designs for Little Red ranged from cartoony to more realistic, while the final colors of the dress had before gone through several changes before settling with its current blue and gold appearance.
 * Some of Little Red's dance moves were infamously used for those of Maid Alma in Raven Cloak.
 * According to the Calicostrology book, her birthday would be on March 6th.
 * Some older promotional media incorrectly color her dress pink and purple instead of red, blue, and yellow.
 * Little Red's design was actually based on that of the Cookie Girl's from Cookie Carnival.
 * For unknown reasons, Little Red in the film wears tan pumps, while in books and other merchandise, her legs are bare.
 * In the film, Little Red wore tan pumps with blue bows. However, the franchise later changed the bows to yellow.
 * In the Hello Kitty's Furry Tail Theater episode "Little Red Kitty and the One Wolf", Hello Kitty wears Little Red's dress.
 * In Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Marsha has a similar formal dress to Little Red's dress but has white skirts and extended sleeves.