December 20th, 1812, is when the the Grimm Brothers published their first edition of "Children's and Household Tales," now commonly refereed to as "Grimms' Fairy Tales" (Battistella), It is considered on of the most popular literary works of German origin (Battistella). The stories are translated into more then 160 different languages. By publishing this collection, the Grimm Brothers would weave fairy tales into the daily lives of many people, even today. The Grimms fostered an endless source of inspiration for writers, filmmakers and artists, who all take from their published works (Battistella).
Countless people and companies today use the original stories as reference. Disney is leading example of this, as mentioned earlier, with at-least 8 of their films being directly based on the family-friendly versions of various Grimm Brother's stories. Most of these films were a massive success, and were a major part of many people's childhood memories. A movie titled "The Brothers Grimm" was released in 2005 (Battistella). While main characters of the movie bare the same name as the brothers, but don't exactly follow the same role. Rather then being writers, the brothers are con-artists, and the world they inhabit is full of the tales they helped collect. A recent TV series titled "Once Upon a Time" uses many of the original stories as references and characters. Many fantasy games, films, and TV series will often have a character relating to one of the tales. For example, there exists a Dungeon & Dragons add on simply named "Grimm," which consists of many of the original tales' settings, with the main characters being the players.
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