You see them everywhere. Merchandise, online images, Disney parks, and much more will feature the Disney princesses. There are:
- Snow White
- Cinderella
- Aurora
- Ariel
- Belle
- Jasmine
- Pocahontas
- Mulan (although she isn’t a princess at all, but that’s another story)
- Tiana
- Rapunzel
- Merida
- Anna
- Elsa
- Moana
- Raya
Those are the official Disney princesses. They are the ones that have the most marketability.
However, they are not the only princesses Disney has ever created. There a bunch of princesses that Disney has created that have not made it to the Disney Princess line that appears on products and other popular places and things.
Not only does the general public forget about them, but so does Disney themselves. Sometimes the forgotten Disney princesses have been labeled as “non-princesses”.
Some forgotten Disney Princesses include Kida from Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Eilonwy from The Black Cauldron, and Faline from Bambi. There are more that you can find elsewhere online since there are so many and this post is going to focus on the misconceptions about the official Disney princesses that are claimed to be facts by both Disney and the public.
1: Jasmine is the only Disney princess who does not have the lead role.
She is only official Disney princess who does not have the lead role. All three forgotten Disney princesses mentioned above are secondary characters, too.
In fact, according to my research, it seems that most forgotten Disney princesses do not have the lead role as the main characters. Others include Ariel’s six sisters, Nala, Tiger Lily, Megara (she and Hercules marry in the TV series), Jane Porter, Vanellope, and Maid Marion. There are more, but I want to get to the next point.
2: Elsa is the only Disney princess not a teenager.
Once again, Elsa is the only official Disney princess not a teenager.
There is Sophia the First, who is not part of the Disney princess line, but unlike the princesses listed above, is not forgotten about by the public, either. She has popularity amongst little girls as well as her line of products. But that is also a different story.
Some forgotten Disney princesses who are not teenagers include Vanellope, Tiger Lily, and possibly Megara (Wikipedia said she was 20). In fact, it has been confirmed that part of the reason Vanellope is not an official Disney princess is because she was considered too young.
I hear her age isn’t said in the film, and that is common for Disney movies. But I read somewhere that she is supposed to be around 9. That is pretty young since Snow White is the youngest official princess at 14, although she does look old for her age.
I am hoping that Disney will, one day, create another official princess not a teenager.
3: Ariel is the first Disney princess since Aurora.
The truth is that at least two princesses came in between Aurora and Ariel. Those are Maid Marion and Eilonwy.
4: Elsa is the first Disney princess to be crowned queen.
Kida was actually the first. I did not see Atlantis: The Lost Empire. But I read about Kida’s queen status somewhere online.
5: Moana is the first Disney princess without a love interest.
Now this differs from the other misconceptions. Moana is the third official Disney princess to not have a love interest.
The first one was Merida. The second one was Elsa. That was why fans have been begging Disney to give Elsa a girlfriend. And there are some forgotten Disney princesses who never fell in love.
6: Aurora is the least speaking Disney Princess.
Yes, she only gets 18 spoken lines, not counting the song, “Once Upon a Dream”. But if you’ve seen “Peter Pan”, Tiger Lily is non-speaking except when she yells for help while drowning in a base of water.
Conclusion
Sometimes unofficial Disney princesses are forgotten about because of their films’ lacks of success. That was the case with The Black Cauldron.
Because the film didn’t do well, everyone forgot about it. Therefore, Eilonwy was forgotten about.
Sometimes princesses don’t receive the official status because they are animals, such as Faline, Nala, and Kiara. And there are other reasons why certain forgotten Disney princesses did not receive the official status.
So, there you have it. Did I miss any common misconceptions? Please state in the comments below if you think.