Continuity mistake: While Godfather Drosselmeier is sitting on the clock talking to Marie, she has a bow in her hair, but when she turns around to see the mice the bow has vanished, then it reappears.
Continuity mistake: While the Mouse King and Nutcracker are in the midst of the sword fight, in the closeup a long drapery cord has suddenly appeared in front of the draperies which wasn't there in the wideshot, and after Nutcracker uses the cord it vanishes just as quickly.
Continuity mistake: While the Mouse King and Nutcracker are fighting, when Marie wakes up we see the stuffed toys are at the foot of her bed and the wardrobe doors have handles. However, when she walks toward the door, the four stuffed toys have vanished, and the wardrobe handles are missing.
Answer: The original 1816 story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" by ETA Hoffmann features the seven-headed Mouse King. Since then there have been numerous adaptations and re-imaginings of that story in literature, on stage and screen in different forms. In the classic versions the Mouse King has seven heads wearing seven crowns, other versions he has only one head, and in a few versions three heads. In the original and other adaptations the number seven is specified several times: Marie Stahlbaum is seven yrs old; the seven-headed Mouse King; the seven steps backwards; seven little crowns. The makers of this animated movie chose to feature the classic Mouse King.
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