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184.63.28.42 wrote: @ Rusty280

Even though I dont think that they are based off of any fairytails I can relate them to a few. They are. Monty confirmed it.

Every character in RWBY is based on a classic story, not just fairy tales and not just Grimm tales. After all, Ozpin is based off Oz from The Wizard of Oz (Oz's full name makes his initials OZPINHEAD), and Glynda is based off Glenda the Good Witch from The Wizard of Oz. Neptune is based on the god Neptune; he even has a trident! Sun Wukong is based on Sun Wukong, from the super old classic Chinese story Journey to the West (The monkey king who wields a bo staff; the same guy who Son Goku of Dragonball and Sun Wukong of League of Legends is based on).

Another thing that connects Yang to Goldilocks is Junior. His name is Hei Xiong, which is Chinese for Black Bear, and his nickname is Junior. He's the baby bear.

But yeah, it was confirmed by Monty that


 * Ruby is Little Red Riding Hood.


 * Weiss is Snow White. Hell, her name, Weiss Schnee, translates literally to White Snow in German. Monty said the pendant on her necklace is an apple. Her trailer's song is asking a mirror who's the loneliest of all, and a Schnee Dust Company ad on the back of a magazine said "The finest of them all."


 * Blake is based on Belle from Beauty and the Beast. In the directors commentary, Miles even said they tried to surround her with as many Belle items as they could early on in volume 1, such as the book and the candelabra.


 * Yang is based on Goldilocks. Someone on the RWBY crew even mentioned that Monty has a habit of referring to the characters by the names of who they're based on/who they allude to, and Monty has actually called Yang Goldilocks. He even did it in the volume 1 directors commentary: "Barbara has to be Goldilocks."