‘The Little Mermaid’
Not all fairy-tales started out as the family-friendly versions Disney made them out to be. The original version of “The Little Mermaid” has the main character suffer a brutal transformation, described as “if a sword is being passed through her body”, to win the affections of the prince. When he falls for another woman, she’s given the chance to murder him in exchange for the return of her tail. Instead, she commits suicide by flinging herself off the boat and dissolving into sea foam.