ⓔⓛⓢⓐ : Every time Elsa says "Let it go", her fists open, representing that she's releasing her powers.
Elsa is the only playable character in Disney INFINITY who can't execute close combat.
In all the songs she sings in, her powers are present too.
"For the First Time in Forever" - freezing jewelry box and candle-stick.
"Let It Go" - creating her ice palace and Olaf.
"For the First Time in Forever (Reprise)" - accidentally freezing Anna's heart.
"Making Today a Perfect Day" - changing the look of her and Anna's dresses and creating the Snowgies every time she sneezed.
Ironically, Elsa appears to be associated with the number 13: hers and Anna's ages in the prologue were 8 and 5, respectively (8+5=13), that the two were both isolated from each other for 13 years, and her film was released in 2013.
Elsa is 21 years old by the time of her coronation, according to Jennifer Lee, the Junior Novelization, and the age difference between her and Anna is more than 3 years (Anna is 18 years old during the coronation).
According to Jennifer Lee, Elsa was born on the Winter Solstice. Given that the film takes place around the summer, Elsa would have likely turned 22 by winter.
Also, Frozen Fever confirms Anna's birthday to be a year after the film, and the potential year it takes place (1840), suggesting that Elsa was born on December 22, and should have turned 23 that year.
Elsa's name (a variant of Elizabeth) is Germanic for "noble". It could also be a reference to Eliza, the heroine of another one of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales, The Wild Swans.
αηηα : aт one poιnт, anna waѕ goιng тo вe naмed greтa, looѕely aғтer gerda, тнe orιgιnal нeroιne oғ тнe ѕnow qυeen. ѕнe мay alѕo вe вaѕed on тнe ѕυммer wιтcн, wнoм accordιng тo ѕoмe adapтaтιonѕ oғ тнe ѕnow qυeen, ιѕ тнe тιтle qυeen'ѕ ѕιѕтer. accordιng тo jennιғer lee, anna waѕ вorn on тнe ѕυммer ѕolѕтιce,[] and waѕ dυrιng ғrozen, wнιle тнe evenтѕ oғ ғrozen ғever alѕo conғιrм нer вιrтнday тaĸιng place roυgнly a year aғтer тнe ғιlм, мaĸιng нer yearѕ old вy тнaт тιмe. a мap вrιeғly appearѕ ιn тнe ѕнorт, мarĸed wιтн тнe year , ιndιcaтιng нer вιrтнday тo вe on тнe ѕт oғ jυne ѕιnce тнe ѕυммer ѕolѕтιce waѕ on тнaт day oғ тнe year. anna'ѕ naмe мeanѕ "gracιoυѕ" or "ғυll oғ grace". ιronιcally, anna ιѕ мore вυввly and darιng тнan graceғυl. anna, вeιng тнe yoυnger ѕιѕтer, нaѕ тwo вraιdѕ ιn нer нaιr; wнιle elѕa, тнe oldeѕт, нaѕ one. anna'ѕ naмe ιѕ pronoυnced aѕ "aн-na," aѕ ѕнe ιѕ norwegιan. ѕнe ιѕ ѕнown тo вe тιcĸlιѕн aт тнe вegιnnιng oғ нer ғιlм aѕ a cнιld, aѕ ѕнown wнen ѕнe and elѕa ѕlιde down тнe ѕnow, wнιcн anna gιggleѕ yellιng "тιcĸle вυмpѕ!" anna ιѕ мoѕтly ѕeen wearιng green and мagenтa, wнιle elѕa wearѕ вlυe. green and мagenтa repreѕenт ѕprιng and ѕυммer aѕ well aѕ нer cнeerғυl and opтιмιѕтιc perѕonalιтy. anna ѕιngѕ тнe мoѕт oυт oғ all тнe cнaracтerѕ oғ ғrozen. тнe тwo parтѕ oғ anna'ѕ вody тнaт elѕa accιdenтally нυrт wιтн нer ιce powerѕ, нer нead and нer нearт, мιrror тнe тwo parтѕ oғ ĸaι'ѕ вody тнaт were нιт вy тнe вroĸen ѕнardѕ oғ тнe devιl'ѕ мιrror ιn тнe orιgιnal ѕnow qυeen ғaιry тale: тнe eye, dιѕтorтιng тнe way нe ѕee тнιngѕ, and тнe нearт, мaĸιng нιм reѕenтғυl тo oтнerѕ. ιronιcally, elѕa тaĸeѕ on ĸaι'ѕ role ιn тнe ғιlм.
MERIDA : She is the second Princess to be trained with a bow and arrow, Mulan being the first.
She is the second Princess to be raised by both of her biological parents for her entire current life, Mulan being the first.
She is the only Princess who isn't a Spell Card character in Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom.
She is the fourth Princess to wear a cape in her feature film, Snow White being the first, Aurora being the second, Mulan (in her soldier uniform) third, and Anna and Elsa being the fifth and sixth. Belle wears one in her direct-to-DVD midquel Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas and Jasmine wears a cape in the Aladdin episode "The Wind Jackal of Mozenrath".
She is the fourth Princess to have a horse companion, the others being Cinderella, Belle, and Mulan.
Merida is the fifth to be shown physically as a child in her feature film, Cinderella being the first, Aurora the second, Tiana the third, Rapunzel the fourth, Anna the sixth, and Elsa the seventh.
She is the second Princess to have a parent physically transformed, Ariel being the first.
She is the second Princess to be visibly wounded (gets cut on her right arm by Elinor as a bear), the first being Mulan (she was cut on her chest by Shan Yu).
She is the first Princess in a film in which the villain is defeated by a parent.
She is the fifth Disney Princess in which she has to deal with an unwanted marriage as a major or minor source of conflict. Aurora is the first (in which she did not know the boy she met was Prince Phillip), Belle is the second (as she has to deal with Gaston's intent to marry her solely out of vanity and to fulfill societal norms), Jasmine is the third (in that her father is trying to marry her off before her next birthday), and Pocahontas is the fourth (in that her father is trying to marry her off to Kocoum). Hers is because, like with Jasmine and Pocahontas, one of her parents wants to marry her off.
She is the second to not have an American accent as she has a Scottish accent, the first being Aurora, as she has an English accent, though Tiana's Southern accent makes her the third Princess without a standard American accent.
мυℓan : Mulan is the only Disney Princess to be of East Asian descent.
Mulan's pink bridal outfit is often confused for a kimono (which is Japanese), but it is actualy a hanfu, a Chinese garment.
Mulan is the first Disney Princess to not be an actual princess, for she was neither born into royalty, nor did she marry a prince. She is the third Disney Princess to not be of royal descent (the first being Cinderella, the second being Belle, and the fourth being Tiana), as well as the third to not marry a prince (the first being Jasmine, the second being Pocahontas, and the fourth being Rapunzel).
Mulan is the first Disney Princess to have her hair cut, the second being Rapunzel; however, Rapunzel did not cut her own hair, while Mulan did.
Mulan is the second princess to have her mother in her first film after Aurora. The third is Tiana, the fourth is Rapunzel, the fifth is Merida, sixth and seventh is Anna and Elsa respectively.
Mulan is the first Disney Princess to disguise herself as a man in her primary film and the second Disney Princess to disguise herself as another person, after Jasmine (who disguised herself as a male soldier in a 1994 episode of the Aladdin animated series).
Mulan is the second Disney Princess to be seen wearing pants after Jasmine, except that she wears them for the most of the film while she wore dresses in other scenes.
Mulan in the film spends most of the time in either her training uniform, her battle armor, or her blue infiltration dress, while in the merchandise, she is shown mostly either in her "normal" (green and yellow) dress or her pink matchmaker dress.
Mulan's portrayal in the merchandise has been the origin of the fan-made term, "Mulan syndrome," where a tomboyish female in a source material is re-written as a more effeminate character in spin-offs.
Mulan is the second Disney Princess to have both parents alive and present during the entire film, the first being Aurora in 1959 and the third being Rapunzel in 2010, and Merida being the fourth in 2012.
Mulan is the third Disney Princess to be played by two actresses, with the first being Jasmine in 1992 and the second being Pocahontas in 1995. Ming-Na provides her speaking voice, and Lea Salonga provides her singing voice. Coincidentally, Lea Salonga also provided the singing voice for Jasmine 6 years prior.
Mulan is the first Disney Princess to kill the film's villain before Tiana in 2009. She may also be the only Disney Princess to intentionally kill the villain; Tiana caused Facilier's death by destroying his talisman, but it is unknown if she was aware what would happen to him by doing so.
clnDêяêllå : Cinderella is the second official member of the Disney Princess line, joining the franchise in 1950, after Snow White in 1937. Ironically, Snow White being forced to wear rags and work as a slave was "borrowed" from Cinderella's story, specifically the Grimm's version, as she also has doves for friends.
Although her feature film is the second Disney Princess entry, her overall story technically predated Snow White with the 1922 short cartoon version.
Cinderella is the first Disney Princess to originate from a Charles Perrault fairy tale, the second being Aurora.
Cinderella is the second Disney Princess to get a live-action film version years after the original animated film, the first being Aurora and the third being Belle.
Cinderella is the second oldest Disney Princess, with the oldest being Elsa from Frozen, who is 21 at the time of her coronation. Tiana from The Princess and the Frog is the third oldest, being three months younger than Cinderella.
Not counting Ariel in Ariel's Beginning, Cinderella is the first Disney Princess to be seen as a little girl. The second is Tiana, the third is Rapunzel, the fourth is Merida, the fifth and six are the sisters Anna and Elsa from Frozen.
Starting from Tiana, all the Disney Princesses are shown as children in their film.
Cinderella's hair color has often been the subject of debate among fans. In the original film, Cinderella's hair seems to be of a light orange tone, classifying her as either a redhead or a ginger as her hair had been officially called burnt orange. In the franchise and in the Disney parks, Cinderella's hair is publicized as bright yellow, making her a golden blonde, although her hair remained orange-like in the films. The most common consensus is that she is a strawberry-blonde, which is blonde hair bearing an orange tint.
Cinderella is the first Princess to be a strawberry-blonde, and to have her hair in pigtail braids, the second for both being Anna from Frozen.
Snow White : Snow White is the first Disney Princess currently without a sequel for her film. The other ones are Aurora, Tiana and Merida (and Rapunzel if you only think in long feature films). Though an unfinished short film, 'Snow White Returns', can be seen on the Diamond Edition DVD and Blu-ray. Snow White's film doesn't have a sequel because it is reserved as one of Disney's special films.
Snow White's the first Disney Heroine to be seen praying, the second being Esmeralda from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, but is the first, and so far only, Disney Princess to be seen doing so.
Snow White is the first Disney Princess to run away from her love interest. Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, and Pocahontas do this as well.
Snow White is the first Disney Princess to sing with her respective love interest. Other ones are Aurora, Jasmine, Tiana and Rapunzel.
Some of Snow White's dance moves were infamously reused for that of Maid Marian's in Robin Hood.
According to the Disneystrology book, her birthday would be on March 6th.
Some older promotional media incorrectly color her dress pink and purple instead of red, blue and yellow.
One illustration in the book The Art of the Disney Princess depicted Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as a planetary system, with Snow White as the "sun" and the dwarfs as "planets." The latter appears to be a literal interpretation of "dwarf planet", a term coined in 2006 following the coining of an official definition of "planet" that refers to small spherical objects that are too small to be considered planets but too big and too round to be considered asteroids, and cannot "clear their neighborhood" during formation using their gravity to pull debris closer to it to make itself larger or push them away into space, leaving nothing else in its orbit except for moons. This category includes Pluto, the former ninth planet, the large asteroid Ceres, and the Trans-Neptunian objects Eris, Haumea, and Makemake.Snow White is the first Disney Princess to have notably decorative shoes. Others include Cinderella and Jasmine.
Snow White is one of the six Disney Princesses to have a notable hair accessory, the five others being Cinderella, Aurora, Belle, Jasmine and Tiana.
Snow White is the first Disney Princesses to wear a cape, the second one is Merida, and the third and fourth being Anna and Elsa.
Snow White's design was actually based on that of the Cookie Girl's from Cookie Carnival.
Snow White is the only official Disney Princess whose father is not seen in the film.
Snow White is also similar to Simba as both characters run away on the orders of Scar and Humbert respectively and run into danger (Simba is chased by Shenzi, Banzai and Ed and Snow White runs into the dark forest). Unlike Simba though Snow White runs off to escape the Queen while Simba runs away because he believes he killed his father not knowing Scar was the murderer.
Aurora : Aurora's name means "sunrise" or "dawn" in Latin.
Aurora is the third Disney Princess, after Snow White (1937) and Cinderella (1950).
Although most of the Princesses prior to Belle had pursuing their prince as part of their motivations in their films after encountering them, Aurora is the only Disney Princess who lacked any primary motives beyond pursuing her prince (Snow White's primary motivation was to get away from her murderous stepmother, Cinderella's primary motivation was to get away from the harsh world and especially her stepfamily, and Ariel's primary motivation was to live among humanity).
Out of all Disney Princesses, she has least screen time, 18 minutes to be exact. During those 18 minutes, she said only 18 lines. So technically, this makes the Fairies the protagonists instead of her.
Her film did not originally do well at the box office nor was it ever re-released in Walt Disney's lifetime. Sleeping Beauty was also the last Princess film made in Disney's lifetime, and the fairy tale genre was not returned to until The Little Mermaid in 1989.
However, the film developed a loyal following in later years and Aurora has gained much popularity when the Disney Princess franchise was created.
All the Princesses' films so far were commercially successful during their initial releases, except for Aurora, thus making her film the only one to be a commercial failure during its initial release.
Aurora is also the last "traditional" Disney Princess; as these princesses in that era are more reactive. After that, the later Princesses are more "contemporary" and proactive, starting with Ariel in 1989.
Aurora is the first female to possess violet or purple eyes, second was Vanessa (Ursula's human alter-ego) and third was Megara.
Aurora is seen as the only "true" blonde Disney Princess as Rapunzel was a natural brunette and Cinderella has strawberry-blonde hair.Aurora is the third youngest Disney Princess, with Snow White being the youngest at 14 and Jasmine being the second youngest at 15, but she turns 16 at the end of Aladdin. Aurora turns 16 in her feature film and a majority of the movie takes place on her birthday. The fourth youngest is Ariel who was already 16 in her feature film as well for sometime before the events of her movie took place.Aurora has been selected as the #2 most attractive Disney heroine, the #5 most popular Disney Princess and the #5 favorite Disney heroine.
Tiana : Tiana is the first official Disney Princess to be an African American, with an African American actress voicing her. She is also the first black Disney protagonist in general (not counting Br'er Rabbit as he is not human).
Tiana as the protagonist, is present and relevant for the entire film, but her screen time as a human was limited to 19 minutes, despite what DVD cover arts and promotional stuff showed (Not including deleted scenes).
She is the first Disney Princess to have dimples.
Tiana is the second Disney Princess to be physically transformed during her film, after Ariel in 1989, a complete 20 years later.
Tiana is the fourth Disney Princess not to fall in love at first sight. The first being Belle, then Jasmine and Mulan, she is followed by Rapunzel, Merida and Elsa - being that Elsa and Merida don't fall in love at all. Even with Anna falling in love at the first day, she is betrayed and falls for another man.
She is also the second Disney Princess to be transformed into an animal, the first being Jasmine when she turns into a rat in the TV episode "Do the Rat Thing".
Tiana is the first Disney Princess to have her story take place in a relatively recent period, in the early 20th Century New Orleans.
She is the only Princess to ever come into contact with automobiles, besides Kida. Interestingly enough, Merida once saw a Pizza Planet truck (as one of the Witch's wood carvings) despite living in medieval Scotland.
Tiana is left-handed.
Tiana is the third Disney Princess seen wearing opera gloves, the first two being Cinderella and Belle. Coincidentally all three are the only Disney Princesses that became royalty by marriage.
Tiana is the first Disney Princess to sing songs outside of the traditional "musical theatre" genre. The genres range from jazz, R&B, blues, and soul, instead of traditional pop or classical.
Tiana is the first Disney Princess to be voiced by a single actress (who does both her speaking and singing voices) in 18 years, with the last being Belle in 1991. However, if you include Megara in 1997, she is the second heroine.
Tiana is the second Disney Princess to wear a dress with a slit. The first being Ariel and the third being Elsa.
Tiana is the first Disney Princess seen going to a funeral, the second being Anna.
Tiana is the third Disney Princess to be tempted by the villain's offer to make their wishes come true; the first two being Snow White, who wished to marry a prince and ate the poison apple, and Ariel, who exchanged her voice for human legs. Through Tiana was able to resist because she finally realized what was important.
Tiana is the second Disney Princess to kill the film's villain, with the first being Mulan.Tiana is the second Disney Princess who married twice, with the first being Cinderella. Her and Naveen's first wedding was in the swamp witnessed by Mama Odie and many of its animals. Their second wedding occurred in their human forms in front of their human-loved ones. This was likely to make their marriage legitimate and recognized by Louisiana.
Ariel : Ariel is the fourth youngest Disney Princess, as she was already 16 before her feature film began. Aurora is the third youngest for a majority of Sleeping Beauty takes place on Aurora's 16th birthday. Jasmine is the second youngest as she was 15 during the events of Aladdin and turns 16 by the end of the film, while Snow White is the youngest, being only 14.
Ariel is the second Disney Princess to be depicted nude (not counting the seashell bra). The first is Cinderella (briefly), and succeeding them is Mulan, who is depicted nude the longest.
Ariel is the second Disney Princess to be tempted by the villain's offer to make her wish come true (the first being Snow White and the third being Tiana), and yet, the last to give in to the temptation in all versions of the story.
Ariel is one of the only Disney Princesses to have a level of strength higher than a normal human being, the second is Rapunzel and the third is Elsa the Snow Queen.
Until Tiana in The Princess and the Frog nearly two decades later, Ariel was the last Disney Princess to actually be seen getting married in her debut film. Belle, Jasmine, Mulan, and Pocahontas either had their marriages occur offscreen and left unmentioned, or otherwise had their marriages depicted in sequels.
Although Ariel and Athena bare a striking resemblance, her personality is more similar to that of her father, King Triton's. This is especially noticeable in The Little Mermaid II, when Ariel reprimands her daughter Melody, for disobeying orders and venturing out into the sea, the same way Ariel disobeyed her father's orders in the first film.
Ariel's daughter, Melody, shares almost all of Ariel's personality traits from the first film. However, Ariel dreamt of becoming human and living on land while Melody's dream was to swim beneath the waves. Melody also resembles her father, however they only have the same eyes and hair texture.
In The Return of Jafar, Genie briefly transformed into Ariel near the film's climax (having disguised himself as a figurehead that's modeled in her likeness, in order to steal Jafar's Lamp from an elated Abis Mal).
In A Goofy Movie, a mermaid lamp with Ariel's trademark colors was seen in Goofy and Max's motel room. Before that, a prop resembling Ariel could be seen in the school auditorium.
In the video game Skate or Die 2: The Search for Double Trouble, CJ, the main protagonist's girlfriend, was modeled after Ariel.
Rapunzel : Rapunzel was originally going to be voiced by Broadway actress and singer, Kristin Chenoweth, but she was later replaced by pop singer-songwriter and former teen idol, Mandy Moore.
Reese Witherspoon, was at one point, considered for the role of Rapunzel.
It is never made clear in the film whether Rapunzel was the name given by her parents or Gothel.
Arguably, after her hair gets cut, Rapunzel became the first Disney Princess with the shortest hair, the second is Snow White.
The color purple is often said to be the color of royalty. During the film, Rapunzel only wears purple, which can be a reference to Rapunzel's true royal identity.Rapunzel is the second Disney heroine to have visually artistic abilities, with the first being Jane Porter.
Rapunzel is the seventh Disney Princess to have her voice actress also provide her singing voice.
Rapunzel is similar to fellow Disney Princess Jasmine, as both feel "trapped" by being cooped up in their homes, and they also dream of being free to get out and see the real world.
Rapunzel's veil of her wedding dress is the longest out of the other featured married Disney Princesses/Heroines.Rapunzel and Flynn are said to have the widest age gap of any Disney Princess couple (8 years; she's 18, he's 26)
Elsa is the only playable character in Disney INFINITY who can't execute close combat.
In all the songs she sings in, her powers are present too.
"For the First Time in Forever" - freezing jewelry box and candle-stick.
"Let It Go" - creating her ice palace and Olaf.
"For the First Time in Forever (Reprise)" - accidentally freezing Anna's heart.
"Making Today a Perfect Day" - changing the look of her and Anna's dresses and creating the Snowgies every time she sneezed.
Ironically, Elsa appears to be associated with the number 13: hers and Anna's ages in the prologue were 8 and 5, respectively (8+5=13), that the two were both isolated from each other for 13 years, and her film was released in 2013.
Elsa is 21 years old by the time of her coronation, according to Jennifer Lee, the Junior Novelization, and the age difference between her and Anna is more than 3 years (Anna is 18 years old during the coronation).
According to Jennifer Lee, Elsa was born on the Winter Solstice. Given that the film takes place around the summer, Elsa would have likely turned 22 by winter.
Also, Frozen Fever confirms Anna's birthday to be a year after the film, and the potential year it takes place (1840), suggesting that Elsa was born on December 22, and should have turned 23 that year.
Elsa's name (a variant of Elizabeth) is Germanic for "noble". It could also be a reference to Eliza, the heroine of another one of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales, The Wild Swans.
αηηα : aт one poιnт, anna waѕ goιng тo вe naмed greтa, looѕely aғтer gerda, тнe orιgιnal нeroιne oғ тнe ѕnow qυeen. ѕнe мay alѕo вe вaѕed on тнe ѕυммer wιтcн, wнoм accordιng тo ѕoмe adapтaтιonѕ oғ тнe ѕnow qυeen, ιѕ тнe тιтle qυeen'ѕ ѕιѕтer. accordιng тo jennιғer lee, anna waѕ вorn on тнe ѕυммer ѕolѕтιce,[] and waѕ dυrιng ғrozen, wнιle тнe evenтѕ oғ ғrozen ғever alѕo conғιrм нer вιrтнday тaĸιng place roυgнly a year aғтer тнe ғιlм, мaĸιng нer yearѕ old вy тнaт тιмe. a мap вrιeғly appearѕ ιn тнe ѕнorт, мarĸed wιтн тнe year , ιndιcaтιng нer вιrтнday тo вe on тнe ѕт oғ jυne ѕιnce тнe ѕυммer ѕolѕтιce waѕ on тнaт day oғ тнe year. anna'ѕ naмe мeanѕ "gracιoυѕ" or "ғυll oғ grace". ιronιcally, anna ιѕ мore вυввly and darιng тнan graceғυl. anna, вeιng тнe yoυnger ѕιѕтer, нaѕ тwo вraιdѕ ιn нer нaιr; wнιle elѕa, тнe oldeѕт, нaѕ one. anna'ѕ naмe ιѕ pronoυnced aѕ "aн-na," aѕ ѕнe ιѕ norwegιan. ѕнe ιѕ ѕнown тo вe тιcĸlιѕн aт тнe вegιnnιng oғ нer ғιlм aѕ a cнιld, aѕ ѕнown wнen ѕнe and elѕa ѕlιde down тнe ѕnow, wнιcн anna gιggleѕ yellιng "тιcĸle вυмpѕ!" anna ιѕ мoѕтly ѕeen wearιng green and мagenтa, wнιle elѕa wearѕ вlυe. green and мagenтa repreѕenт ѕprιng and ѕυммer aѕ well aѕ нer cнeerғυl and opтιмιѕтιc perѕonalιтy. anna ѕιngѕ тнe мoѕт oυт oғ all тнe cнaracтerѕ oғ ғrozen. тнe тwo parтѕ oғ anna'ѕ вody тнaт elѕa accιdenтally нυrт wιтн нer ιce powerѕ, нer нead and нer нearт, мιrror тнe тwo parтѕ oғ ĸaι'ѕ вody тнaт were нιт вy тнe вroĸen ѕнardѕ oғ тнe devιl'ѕ мιrror ιn тнe orιgιnal ѕnow qυeen ғaιry тale: тнe eye, dιѕтorтιng тнe way нe ѕee тнιngѕ, and тнe нearт, мaĸιng нιм reѕenтғυl тo oтнerѕ. ιronιcally, elѕa тaĸeѕ on ĸaι'ѕ role ιn тнe ғιlм.
MERIDA : She is the second Princess to be trained with a bow and arrow, Mulan being the first.
She is the second Princess to be raised by both of her biological parents for her entire current life, Mulan being the first.
She is the only Princess who isn't a Spell Card character in Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom.
She is the fourth Princess to wear a cape in her feature film, Snow White being the first, Aurora being the second, Mulan (in her soldier uniform) third, and Anna and Elsa being the fifth and sixth. Belle wears one in her direct-to-DVD midquel Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas and Jasmine wears a cape in the Aladdin episode "The Wind Jackal of Mozenrath".
She is the fourth Princess to have a horse companion, the others being Cinderella, Belle, and Mulan.
Merida is the fifth to be shown physically as a child in her feature film, Cinderella being the first, Aurora the second, Tiana the third, Rapunzel the fourth, Anna the sixth, and Elsa the seventh.
She is the second Princess to have a parent physically transformed, Ariel being the first.
She is the second Princess to be visibly wounded (gets cut on her right arm by Elinor as a bear), the first being Mulan (she was cut on her chest by Shan Yu).
She is the first Princess in a film in which the villain is defeated by a parent.
She is the fifth Disney Princess in which she has to deal with an unwanted marriage as a major or minor source of conflict. Aurora is the first (in which she did not know the boy she met was Prince Phillip), Belle is the second (as she has to deal with Gaston's intent to marry her solely out of vanity and to fulfill societal norms), Jasmine is the third (in that her father is trying to marry her off before her next birthday), and Pocahontas is the fourth (in that her father is trying to marry her off to Kocoum). Hers is because, like with Jasmine and Pocahontas, one of her parents wants to marry her off.
She is the second to not have an American accent as she has a Scottish accent, the first being Aurora, as she has an English accent, though Tiana's Southern accent makes her the third Princess without a standard American accent.
мυℓan : Mulan is the only Disney Princess to be of East Asian descent.
Mulan's pink bridal outfit is often confused for a kimono (which is Japanese), but it is actualy a hanfu, a Chinese garment.
Mulan is the first Disney Princess to not be an actual princess, for she was neither born into royalty, nor did she marry a prince. She is the third Disney Princess to not be of royal descent (the first being Cinderella, the second being Belle, and the fourth being Tiana), as well as the third to not marry a prince (the first being Jasmine, the second being Pocahontas, and the fourth being Rapunzel).
Mulan is the first Disney Princess to have her hair cut, the second being Rapunzel; however, Rapunzel did not cut her own hair, while Mulan did.
Mulan is the second princess to have her mother in her first film after Aurora. The third is Tiana, the fourth is Rapunzel, the fifth is Merida, sixth and seventh is Anna and Elsa respectively.
Mulan is the first Disney Princess to disguise herself as a man in her primary film and the second Disney Princess to disguise herself as another person, after Jasmine (who disguised herself as a male soldier in a 1994 episode of the Aladdin animated series).
Mulan is the second Disney Princess to be seen wearing pants after Jasmine, except that she wears them for the most of the film while she wore dresses in other scenes.
Mulan in the film spends most of the time in either her training uniform, her battle armor, or her blue infiltration dress, while in the merchandise, she is shown mostly either in her "normal" (green and yellow) dress or her pink matchmaker dress.
Mulan's portrayal in the merchandise has been the origin of the fan-made term, "Mulan syndrome," where a tomboyish female in a source material is re-written as a more effeminate character in spin-offs.
Mulan is the second Disney Princess to have both parents alive and present during the entire film, the first being Aurora in 1959 and the third being Rapunzel in 2010, and Merida being the fourth in 2012.
Mulan is the third Disney Princess to be played by two actresses, with the first being Jasmine in 1992 and the second being Pocahontas in 1995. Ming-Na provides her speaking voice, and Lea Salonga provides her singing voice. Coincidentally, Lea Salonga also provided the singing voice for Jasmine 6 years prior.
Mulan is the first Disney Princess to kill the film's villain before Tiana in 2009. She may also be the only Disney Princess to intentionally kill the villain; Tiana caused Facilier's death by destroying his talisman, but it is unknown if she was aware what would happen to him by doing so.
clnDêяêllå : Cinderella is the second official member of the Disney Princess line, joining the franchise in 1950, after Snow White in 1937. Ironically, Snow White being forced to wear rags and work as a slave was "borrowed" from Cinderella's story, specifically the Grimm's version, as she also has doves for friends.
Although her feature film is the second Disney Princess entry, her overall story technically predated Snow White with the 1922 short cartoon version.
Cinderella is the first Disney Princess to originate from a Charles Perrault fairy tale, the second being Aurora.
Cinderella is the second Disney Princess to get a live-action film version years after the original animated film, the first being Aurora and the third being Belle.
Cinderella is the second oldest Disney Princess, with the oldest being Elsa from Frozen, who is 21 at the time of her coronation. Tiana from The Princess and the Frog is the third oldest, being three months younger than Cinderella.
Not counting Ariel in Ariel's Beginning, Cinderella is the first Disney Princess to be seen as a little girl. The second is Tiana, the third is Rapunzel, the fourth is Merida, the fifth and six are the sisters Anna and Elsa from Frozen.
Starting from Tiana, all the Disney Princesses are shown as children in their film.
Cinderella's hair color has often been the subject of debate among fans. In the original film, Cinderella's hair seems to be of a light orange tone, classifying her as either a redhead or a ginger as her hair had been officially called burnt orange. In the franchise and in the Disney parks, Cinderella's hair is publicized as bright yellow, making her a golden blonde, although her hair remained orange-like in the films. The most common consensus is that she is a strawberry-blonde, which is blonde hair bearing an orange tint.
Cinderella is the first Princess to be a strawberry-blonde, and to have her hair in pigtail braids, the second for both being Anna from Frozen.
Snow White : Snow White is the first Disney Princess currently without a sequel for her film. The other ones are Aurora, Tiana and Merida (and Rapunzel if you only think in long feature films). Though an unfinished short film, 'Snow White Returns', can be seen on the Diamond Edition DVD and Blu-ray. Snow White's film doesn't have a sequel because it is reserved as one of Disney's special films.
Snow White's the first Disney Heroine to be seen praying, the second being Esmeralda from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, but is the first, and so far only, Disney Princess to be seen doing so.
Snow White is the first Disney Princess to run away from her love interest. Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, and Pocahontas do this as well.
Snow White is the first Disney Princess to sing with her respective love interest. Other ones are Aurora, Jasmine, Tiana and Rapunzel.
Some of Snow White's dance moves were infamously reused for that of Maid Marian's in Robin Hood.
According to the Disneystrology book, her birthday would be on March 6th.
Some older promotional media incorrectly color her dress pink and purple instead of red, blue and yellow.
One illustration in the book The Art of the Disney Princess depicted Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as a planetary system, with Snow White as the "sun" and the dwarfs as "planets." The latter appears to be a literal interpretation of "dwarf planet", a term coined in 2006 following the coining of an official definition of "planet" that refers to small spherical objects that are too small to be considered planets but too big and too round to be considered asteroids, and cannot "clear their neighborhood" during formation using their gravity to pull debris closer to it to make itself larger or push them away into space, leaving nothing else in its orbit except for moons. This category includes Pluto, the former ninth planet, the large asteroid Ceres, and the Trans-Neptunian objects Eris, Haumea, and Makemake.Snow White is the first Disney Princess to have notably decorative shoes. Others include Cinderella and Jasmine.
Snow White is one of the six Disney Princesses to have a notable hair accessory, the five others being Cinderella, Aurora, Belle, Jasmine and Tiana.
Snow White is the first Disney Princesses to wear a cape, the second one is Merida, and the third and fourth being Anna and Elsa.
Snow White's design was actually based on that of the Cookie Girl's from Cookie Carnival.
Snow White is the only official Disney Princess whose father is not seen in the film.
Snow White is also similar to Simba as both characters run away on the orders of Scar and Humbert respectively and run into danger (Simba is chased by Shenzi, Banzai and Ed and Snow White runs into the dark forest). Unlike Simba though Snow White runs off to escape the Queen while Simba runs away because he believes he killed his father not knowing Scar was the murderer.
Aurora : Aurora's name means "sunrise" or "dawn" in Latin.
Aurora is the third Disney Princess, after Snow White (1937) and Cinderella (1950).
Although most of the Princesses prior to Belle had pursuing their prince as part of their motivations in their films after encountering them, Aurora is the only Disney Princess who lacked any primary motives beyond pursuing her prince (Snow White's primary motivation was to get away from her murderous stepmother, Cinderella's primary motivation was to get away from the harsh world and especially her stepfamily, and Ariel's primary motivation was to live among humanity).
Out of all Disney Princesses, she has least screen time, 18 minutes to be exact. During those 18 minutes, she said only 18 lines. So technically, this makes the Fairies the protagonists instead of her.
Her film did not originally do well at the box office nor was it ever re-released in Walt Disney's lifetime. Sleeping Beauty was also the last Princess film made in Disney's lifetime, and the fairy tale genre was not returned to until The Little Mermaid in 1989.
However, the film developed a loyal following in later years and Aurora has gained much popularity when the Disney Princess franchise was created.
All the Princesses' films so far were commercially successful during their initial releases, except for Aurora, thus making her film the only one to be a commercial failure during its initial release.
Aurora is also the last "traditional" Disney Princess; as these princesses in that era are more reactive. After that, the later Princesses are more "contemporary" and proactive, starting with Ariel in 1989.
Aurora is the first female to possess violet or purple eyes, second was Vanessa (Ursula's human alter-ego) and third was Megara.
Aurora is seen as the only "true" blonde Disney Princess as Rapunzel was a natural brunette and Cinderella has strawberry-blonde hair.Aurora is the third youngest Disney Princess, with Snow White being the youngest at 14 and Jasmine being the second youngest at 15, but she turns 16 at the end of Aladdin. Aurora turns 16 in her feature film and a majority of the movie takes place on her birthday. The fourth youngest is Ariel who was already 16 in her feature film as well for sometime before the events of her movie took place.Aurora has been selected as the #2 most attractive Disney heroine, the #5 most popular Disney Princess and the #5 favorite Disney heroine.
Tiana : Tiana is the first official Disney Princess to be an African American, with an African American actress voicing her. She is also the first black Disney protagonist in general (not counting Br'er Rabbit as he is not human).
Tiana as the protagonist, is present and relevant for the entire film, but her screen time as a human was limited to 19 minutes, despite what DVD cover arts and promotional stuff showed (Not including deleted scenes).
She is the first Disney Princess to have dimples.
Tiana is the second Disney Princess to be physically transformed during her film, after Ariel in 1989, a complete 20 years later.
Tiana is the fourth Disney Princess not to fall in love at first sight. The first being Belle, then Jasmine and Mulan, she is followed by Rapunzel, Merida and Elsa - being that Elsa and Merida don't fall in love at all. Even with Anna falling in love at the first day, she is betrayed and falls for another man.
She is also the second Disney Princess to be transformed into an animal, the first being Jasmine when she turns into a rat in the TV episode "Do the Rat Thing".
Tiana is the first Disney Princess to have her story take place in a relatively recent period, in the early 20th Century New Orleans.
She is the only Princess to ever come into contact with automobiles, besides Kida. Interestingly enough, Merida once saw a Pizza Planet truck (as one of the Witch's wood carvings) despite living in medieval Scotland.
Tiana is left-handed.
Tiana is the third Disney Princess seen wearing opera gloves, the first two being Cinderella and Belle. Coincidentally all three are the only Disney Princesses that became royalty by marriage.
Tiana is the first Disney Princess to sing songs outside of the traditional "musical theatre" genre. The genres range from jazz, R&B, blues, and soul, instead of traditional pop or classical.
Tiana is the first Disney Princess to be voiced by a single actress (who does both her speaking and singing voices) in 18 years, with the last being Belle in 1991. However, if you include Megara in 1997, she is the second heroine.
Tiana is the second Disney Princess to wear a dress with a slit. The first being Ariel and the third being Elsa.
Tiana is the first Disney Princess seen going to a funeral, the second being Anna.
Tiana is the third Disney Princess to be tempted by the villain's offer to make their wishes come true; the first two being Snow White, who wished to marry a prince and ate the poison apple, and Ariel, who exchanged her voice for human legs. Through Tiana was able to resist because she finally realized what was important.
Tiana is the second Disney Princess to kill the film's villain, with the first being Mulan.Tiana is the second Disney Princess who married twice, with the first being Cinderella. Her and Naveen's first wedding was in the swamp witnessed by Mama Odie and many of its animals. Their second wedding occurred in their human forms in front of their human-loved ones. This was likely to make their marriage legitimate and recognized by Louisiana.
Ariel : Ariel is the fourth youngest Disney Princess, as she was already 16 before her feature film began. Aurora is the third youngest for a majority of Sleeping Beauty takes place on Aurora's 16th birthday. Jasmine is the second youngest as she was 15 during the events of Aladdin and turns 16 by the end of the film, while Snow White is the youngest, being only 14.
Ariel is the second Disney Princess to be depicted nude (not counting the seashell bra). The first is Cinderella (briefly), and succeeding them is Mulan, who is depicted nude the longest.
Ariel is the second Disney Princess to be tempted by the villain's offer to make her wish come true (the first being Snow White and the third being Tiana), and yet, the last to give in to the temptation in all versions of the story.
Ariel is one of the only Disney Princesses to have a level of strength higher than a normal human being, the second is Rapunzel and the third is Elsa the Snow Queen.
Until Tiana in The Princess and the Frog nearly two decades later, Ariel was the last Disney Princess to actually be seen getting married in her debut film. Belle, Jasmine, Mulan, and Pocahontas either had their marriages occur offscreen and left unmentioned, or otherwise had their marriages depicted in sequels.
Although Ariel and Athena bare a striking resemblance, her personality is more similar to that of her father, King Triton's. This is especially noticeable in The Little Mermaid II, when Ariel reprimands her daughter Melody, for disobeying orders and venturing out into the sea, the same way Ariel disobeyed her father's orders in the first film.
Ariel's daughter, Melody, shares almost all of Ariel's personality traits from the first film. However, Ariel dreamt of becoming human and living on land while Melody's dream was to swim beneath the waves. Melody also resembles her father, however they only have the same eyes and hair texture.
In The Return of Jafar, Genie briefly transformed into Ariel near the film's climax (having disguised himself as a figurehead that's modeled in her likeness, in order to steal Jafar's Lamp from an elated Abis Mal).
In A Goofy Movie, a mermaid lamp with Ariel's trademark colors was seen in Goofy and Max's motel room. Before that, a prop resembling Ariel could be seen in the school auditorium.
In the video game Skate or Die 2: The Search for Double Trouble, CJ, the main protagonist's girlfriend, was modeled after Ariel.
Rapunzel : Rapunzel was originally going to be voiced by Broadway actress and singer, Kristin Chenoweth, but she was later replaced by pop singer-songwriter and former teen idol, Mandy Moore.
Reese Witherspoon, was at one point, considered for the role of Rapunzel.
It is never made clear in the film whether Rapunzel was the name given by her parents or Gothel.
Arguably, after her hair gets cut, Rapunzel became the first Disney Princess with the shortest hair, the second is Snow White.
The color purple is often said to be the color of royalty. During the film, Rapunzel only wears purple, which can be a reference to Rapunzel's true royal identity.Rapunzel is the second Disney heroine to have visually artistic abilities, with the first being Jane Porter.
Rapunzel is the seventh Disney Princess to have her voice actress also provide her singing voice.
Rapunzel is similar to fellow Disney Princess Jasmine, as both feel "trapped" by being cooped up in their homes, and they also dream of being free to get out and see the real world.
Rapunzel's veil of her wedding dress is the longest out of the other featured married Disney Princesses/Heroines.Rapunzel and Flynn are said to have the widest age gap of any Disney Princess couple (8 years; she's 18, he's 26)