Comment on The average age of Disney princesses is 505y.

morphballganon@mtgzone.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  OP forgot to capitalize the P.

  To be included in the Disney Princess line, a character must be a protagonist or main supporting character in an animated theatrical film produced by a studio owned by The Walt Disney Company that is the first film in its franchise (thus excluding characters introduced in sequels, direct-to-video films and television series), must be human in her standard form and in general should be a princess by way of either marriage to a prince or through herself descending from a monarch or tribal chief. Exceptionally heroic characters who do not have a royal title can also be included.

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Princess

  The list of official princesses kept changing over time, mainly because new characters were added to the list as new movies emerged. Still, three princesses were removed from it in 2005: Tinker Bell, Esmeralda, and Jane Porter. The reasons why they made the list in the first place are not entirely clear since they are neither main characters in their films nor do they have royal heritage.

  […] In Esmeralda’s case, the reason was that the sales of The Hunchback of Notre Dame products were not going as Disney had hoped, and the character was not as popular with the audience.

  movieweb.com/official-disney-princess-rules/

  But as the reply said, Alice is not a Disney Princess nor a princess.

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  • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That would exclude Mulan

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    • Danquebec@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Exceptionally heroic characters who do not have a royal title can also be included.

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      • morphballganon@mtgzone.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Esmeralda stood up for Quasimodo when he was being harassed by a huge crowd. That’s pretty damn heroic.

        But I saw another comment say being a main protagonist is the way to circumvent the nobility rule, and Mulan is that, but Esmeralda’s not.

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    • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Exceptionally heroic characters who do not have a royal title can also be included.

      Saving Chiha and the Emperor is especially heroic.

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• captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Or Belle or Jane.

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  • morphballganon@mtgzone.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Belle marries nobility

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    • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Okay, so looking it up, it seems that the Beast was/is a prince, which in at least some traditions would mean his wife would be elevated to the rank of princess. I don’t know if that’s how it worked in the original French short story.

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• Jerb322@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Nor Alice…

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  • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yep, Alice is the only one on here (as far as I care to investigate) that has never been part of the Disney Princess brand. Jane and Esmeralda both used to be until 2005. See my reply to the comment you’re replying to for more information if you’re curious.

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