* A variation of the story was incorporated into an episode of the ABC TV series Once Upon a Time entitled " Skin Deep " in which Beauty / Belle is played by Emilie de Ravin and the Beast is this series ' version of Rumpelstiltskin, as played by Robert Carlyle.

She noted that in such tales as Rumpelstiltskin, Puss-in-Boots and the Frog Prince, the protagonist is approached by a supernatural being when they are in need of aid, something that she connected to the appearance of familiar spirits in the Early Modern accounts of them.

His recurring role is based not only on the story of Rumpelstiltskin, but also on the Beast in the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast.

Rumpelstiltskin is the eponymous character and antagonist of a fairy tale that originated in Germany ( where he is known as Rumpelstilzchen ).

: That the name I am called is Rumpelstiltskin!

: Rumpelstiltskin is my name!

* Rumpelstiltskin has also appeared in The Witch's Boy by Michael Gruber, wherein the character is an unnaturally ugly baby is raised by a witch, who names him Lump when she finds him abandoned in a tree.

Through a ritual, the witch helps him find his name ( i. e., the name of his soul ), Rumpelstiltskin, which he is not to tell anyone, for knowledge of it will give one power over him.

* It seems likely that the DC Comics ' supervillain Mr. Mxyzptlk is inspired by Rumpelstiltskin.

* Rumpelstiltskin Grinder is a thrash band from Pennsylvania signed to Relapse Records.

Muriel later suggests that he legally change his name, suggesting " Rumpelstiltskin ", which he thinks is a good idea.

** A 1996 Supernatural B-Horror movie where Rumpelstiltskin is trapped as a rock of Jade for 500 years until a woman is compelled to purchase it from an unusual antique shop.

Although Tony assumes that the man's name is Rumpelstiltskin due to the similarities between the situations, he is eventually revealed to actually be named Juliet.

She comes out shortly later to inform her father that Rumpelstiltskin is in the room with her.

O ' Brien assumes that it is just her imagination and goes in to the room with her only to discover that Rumpelstiltskin is in fact in her room.

At the end of the episode it is revealed that Rumpelstiltskin ( along with various other manifestations ) were in fact aliens that were studying imagination.

Hervé Villechaize plays Rumpelstiltskin, Ned Beatty is the king and Shelley Duvall as the miller's daughter.

Flashbacks to the fairy tale realm that the characters came from regularly reveal that Rumpelstiltskin plays a role in the backstories of nearly every major fairy tale character, serving as a Faustian figure who enacts costly deals with the characters that they think are to their advantage.

* In an episode of the TV show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine titled " If Wishes Were Horses ", Miles O ' Brien reads his daughter the story of Rumpelstiltskin at bedtime and then leaves her room.

* In the TV show Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre, the second episode aired on 1982 titled " Rumpelstiltskin ".

Beginning in October 2011 Carlyle portrayed Rumpelstiltskin in the fantasy-drama series Once Upon A Time.

She manages to chase off Munk and Mambo and tip the scales of good and evil, causing a series of fairy tales to go wrong and have unhappy endings including Jack getting stepped on by the Giant ( John DiMaggio ), Little Red Riding Hood being eaten by the Big Bad Wolf, and Rumpelstiltskin ( Michael McShane ) winning his bet with the miller's daughter and takes her baby.

* In Diane Stanley's short fiction, Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter, Rumpelstiltskin falls in love with and marries the miller's daughter and helps her escape from the king.

In the remake, he weaves gold from hay, which is a reference to Rumpelstiltskin.

* Michael McShane as Rumpelstiltskin from the tale " Rumpelstiltskin ".

When Shrek makes his deal with Rumpelstiltskin, for a single day he is brought to a universe where he was never born.

* Pied Piper appeared as a bounty hunter, paid by Rumpelstiltskin to hunt Shrek and princess Fiona in the movie Shrek Forever After.

When the imp comes to the queen on the third day and she, first feigning ignorance, then reveals his true name, Rumpelstiltskin loses his temper and his bargain.

The ending was revised in a final 1857 edition to a more gruesome ending wherein Rumpelstiltskin " in his rage drove his right foot so far into the ground that it sank in up to his waist ; then in a passion he seized the left foot with both hands and tore himself in two.

" Other versions have Rumpelstiltskin driving his right foot so far into the ground that he creates a chasm and falls into it, never to be seen again.

In one Italian variant, she must discover their names, as with Rumpelstiltskin, but not for the same reason: she must use their names to invite them, and she has forgotten them.

For some languages, a name was chosen that comes close in sound to the German name: Rumpelstiltskin in English, Repelsteeltje in Dutch, and Rumpelstichen in Portuguese.

* In written fiction, Vivian Vande Velde's book The Rumpelstiltskin Problem presents a handful of alternative versions of the tale in a humorous attempt to address perceived plot holes in the story.

* Elizabeth C. Bunce's novel A Curse Dark as Gold was inspired by the story of Rumpelstiltskin.

* Rumpelstiltskin appears in the issue 4 of The Muppet Show that was a part of " The Treasure of Peg-Leg Wilson " arc.

** Rumpelstiltskin already made an earlier appearance in Shrek the Third as a member of the gang of fairy tale villains Prince Charming rounds up in an attempt to take over Far, Far Away.

* Rumpelstiltskin appeared in Happily N ' Ever After voiced by Michael McShane.

Adaptations included such classics and fairy tales as Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Arabian Nights, Beauty and the Beast and Rumpelstiltskin.

In particular, the dwarves in the Germanic story The Ring of the Nibelungen and the Brothers Grimm fairy tale " Rumpelstiltskin " have been called " ancestors " of Dungeons & Dragons dwarves.

The daughter who, her father claimed, could spin straw into gold and was forced to demonstrate her talent, aided by the dangerous earth-daemon Rumpelstiltskin was an old tale when the Brothers Grimm collected it.

A well-known reference to these important women's skills is in the folk tale Rumpelstiltskin, which dates back to Medieval Germany and was collected in written form by the folklorists the Brothers Grimm.