The Seven Deadly Dwarves

Bethany dozes off after Sunday school and dreams she is Princess Snow DeWhite, who lives with her father, the Good Stepladder King, in a hardware store. A sneaky talking mirror convinces her that her loving father is brainwashing her, so she runs away to the deep, dark Amazon rainforest. There she finds a cottage-cheese house belonging to seven strange little men - Pride, Covetousness, Gluttony, Lust, Anger, Envy, and Sloth - who feed her a poisoned apple that fills her with their sins. Soon Snow is grabbing for her father's crown... and washing dishes for the dwarves who now control her. Disguised as a maintenance man, the king tracks her down and offers himself in her place, letting the dwarves tie him to his own stepladder. When Snow sees his sacrifice, she begs forgiveness, the ropes snap, and true love breaks the apple's spell. Bethany wakes with the details hopelessly scrambled, but as Eugene points out, she got the part that matters: her heavenly Father's love is strong enough to rescue and forgive her.

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0443 Changing Rodney A gifted young student sets out to reform the school bully with relentless kindness - and learns that changing a heart is harder than acing any test.

0444a Career Moves A middle schooler's career-fair internship at the Electric Palace teaches him Bart Rathbone's sales tricks - until a customer's return puts his conscience to the test.

0444b The Bad Guy When a notorious troublemaker from his past arrives in Odyssey claiming to be a changed man, a skeptical Nick Mulligan sets out to prove the transformation is too good to be true.

0444c Bethany's Flood When a flooded bathroom coincides with the story of Noah's ark, young Bethany's imagination sets sail on a wildly mixed-up voyage that teaches her about trust and obedience.

0445 No Boundaries Tired of his parents' rules, a boy gets the chance to experience a life with no limits at all - and learns what freedom without boundaries really costs.

0446a A Matter of Manners When two boys banished from Whit's End for rudeness reinvent themselves as the school's manners experts, their newfound politeness becomes a weapon nobody can defend against.

0446b The Seven Deadly Dwarves A little girl's mixed-up Sunday school lesson becomes a fairy-tale dream in which Princess Snow DeWhite, misled by a talking mirror, flees her father's hardware-store kingdom and falls in with seven dwarves named for the deadly sins.

0447 Potlucks & Poetry A teenage poet's secret reading collides with a church potluck as three generations of her family scheme to avoid embarrassing - and being embarrassed by - each other.

0448 Mandy's Debut A young playwright's opening night at Whit's End puts two comedies of guilt and neglected chores on stage - with her friends cast as themselves.

1 of 2 0449 The Big Deal When her parents forbid her from taking the theater role of a lifetime, Aubrey travels through the Imagination Station to the wilderness of a fearless prophet, hoping to learn how to stand up to them.

2 of 2 0450 The Big Deal A young girl caught up in the story of an imprisoned prophet risks everything to win his freedom from a king swayed by pleasure and a queen bent on revenge.

0451 Life Trials of the Rich and Famous When Nathaniel suddenly starts avoiding his friends, their curiosity uncovers a secret that changes how everyone sees him.

0452 Missionary: Impossible Inspired by a world-traveling missionary's thrilling stories, Alex signs up for a summer mission trip and launches an increasingly outlandish fundraising campaign to get there.

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Minor characters & crew 15 more roles

15 supporting roles

Ben Shepard Jerry Houser Ellen Shepard Carolyn Hennesy Narrator Corey Burton Covetousness Actor Unknown Anger Actor Unknown Envy Actor Unknown Gluttony Actor Unknown Jared Actor Unknown Lust Actor Unknown Pride Actor Unknown Sloth Actor Unknown Snow DeWhite Sara Pilgreen The Good Stepladder Father Jerry Houser Hardware Store Man Will Ryan Magic Mirror Corey Burton

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Chris Anthony Host Jim Ware Writer Phil Lollar Director · Producer Rob Jorgensen Sound Designer · Producer Al Janssen Executive Producer

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On the way home from church, Bethany tells her family that Sunday school was about the seven deadly dwarves. Her father corrects her and names the seven deadly sins: pride, covetousness, gluttony, lust, anger, envy, and sloth. Bethany confuses sloth with the animal from the Amazon rainforest, then falls asleep as her family discusses a stepladder, a new mirror, and the schoolwork Aubrey must finish.

In Bethany’s dream, she becomes Princess Snow DeWhite, who lives with her father, the Good Stepladder King, in a hardware store. A marvelous talking mirror left among Jared’s electronic equipment convinces Snow that her loving father is brainwashing her. She believes the mirror and runs away to the deep, dark Amazon rainforest.

Snow finds a cottage-cheese house belonging to seven strange little men named Pride, Covetousness, Gluttony, Lust, Anger, Envy, and Sloth. The Seven Deadly Dwarves give her a poisoned apple filled with their sins. Under its influence, Snow desires her father’s crown, declares herself queen, and falls under the dwarves’ control instead.

The king questions the talking mirror, learns where Snow has gone, and travels to the rainforest disguised as a maintenance man. When he finds his daughter washing dishes for the dwarves, they insist that anyone who eats their apple belongs to them. The king offers himself in Snow’s place, and the dwarves tie him to his own stepladder.

Snow sees her father’s sacrifice and realizes that the mirror deceived her. She apologizes, and he forgives her. The ropes break as he explains that true love is stronger than betrayal and sin. Love is not ruled by anger, selfishness, envy, or pride, and those truths break the poisoned apple’s spell. Father and daughter defeat the dwarves and return home together.

After waking, Bethany excitedly tells Eugene a confused version involving Snow DeWhite, a cottage-cheese house, the Amazon, a poisoned apple, a polka, and the Good Stepladder Father. Aubrey insists that she has everything wrong. Eugene observes that beneath the mixed-up details, Bethany has understood what matters: her heavenly Father loves her with a love powerful enough to rescue and forgive.