History Main / PrincessForADay

* "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/donkeyskin/stories/kingdaughter.html The King Who Wished Marry To His Daughter]]"

* The HawkAndFisher story, ''Vengeance for a Lonely Man'', by Creator/SimonRGreen sees the main characters going undercover as minor nobility to catch a spy who's stolen extremely sensitive information. Interestingly a popular fan theory at the time had it that Hawk & Fisher were nobility - namely Prince Rupert & Princess Julia from the recently published ''Blue Moon Rising''. The later ''Blue Moon Rising'' officially [[spoiler:confirmed]] this theory.

* In ''Literature/WhyPolly'', Polly, a mere flower girl, gets to dress up as the princess and spend the night in the palace. It would be a lot more fun if she hadn�t been kidnapped...

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[-[[caption-width-right:349:One night of grace and charm in a life of toil and chore.]]-]

* The HawkAndFisher story, ''Vengeance for a Lonely Man'', by Creator/SimonRGreen sees the main characters going undercover as minor nobility to catch a spy who's stolen extremely sensitive information. Interestingly a popular fan theory at the time had it that Hawk & Fisher were nobility - namely Prince Rupert & Princess Julia from the recently published ''Blue Moon Rising''. The later ''Blue Moon Rising'' officialy [[spoiler:confirmed]] this theory.

* There are a few times when [[AnneOfGreenGables Anne Shirley]] dresses up and goes on outings into town. One memorable occasion has her attend a charity event where she and a number of other people recite monologues. While she initially feels miserable, plain, and nervous amongst the famous people who are clearly much higher-class and wearing more expensive clothes than her, she impresses everyone with her monologue, is invited to meet and mingle with said higher-class guests, and later learns that a skilled painter had admired her hair.

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%%* ''Film/MissPettigrewLivesForADay''
%%* ''Film/MaidInManhattan''
* The "glass slipper" of ''Film/EverAfter'' belongs to a FallenPrincess who pretended to be a courtier to save a man's life.
* Jack dresses up like a first class passenger in ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}''.
* Creator/FrankCapra's 1933 film ''Film/LadyForADay'', based on the short story "Madame La Gimp" by Creator/DamonRunyon, is the trope namer. He remade it as ''A Pocketful of Miracles'' in 1961 with Creator/BetteDavis as the lady for a day.

* Tiana in ''ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', accidentally, which leads to the film's big twist.

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* In the Creator/DamonRunyon short story "Madame La Gimp" (the basis for the film ''Film/LadyForADay''), a woman called "Apple Annie" has been telling her daughter in Spain that she is a New York socialite. When the daughter arrives with her fiancé, the son of a Spanish count, a mobster who considers her apples good luck helps Annie maintain the charade to avoid humiliating her daughter and ruining the engagement.

* In ''Literature/WhyPolly'', Polly, a mere flower girl, gets to dress up as the princess and spend the night in the palace. It would be a lot more fun if she hadn’t been kidnapped...

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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Caraboo Princess Carabobo]], actually an Englishwoman named Mary Baker, successfully pretended for some time to be a princess from an exotic country.

* In ''DieFledermaus'', the lady's maid Adele puts on a fancy dress to attend the Prince's ball. When "Marquis Renard" (Eisenstein in disguise) calls her a lady's maid, the ensemble laughs at the suggestion and she replies with a song asserting her obvious high breeding.

* ''Theatre/{{Pygmalion}}'' / ''MyFairLady''

* ''Film/MissPettigrewLivesForADay''
* ''Film/MaidInManhattan''

* Jack dresses up like a first class passenger in ''Film/{{Titanic}}''.

* In ''InfiniteSpace'', in order to get somebody from the LMC who is willing to hear about [[spoiler:Lugovalos threat]], Nia disguises herself as a representative from Lanco Warship Manufacturing (using the dress that Yuri bought for her) to attend the conference at Zefiro. [[spoiler:And a few hours later into the game, we learn that she WAS a princess...]]

* In an episode of ''Series/FullHouse'', the Tanners vacation in Disneyland and, while visiting an attraction based around the genie's lamp from ''Aladdin'', Michelle winds up winning the position of the amusement park's "Princess of the Day" and is rewarded three wishes-- all while simultaneously domineering her sisters around and eventually learning her lesson about it.
* ''Series/HorribleHistories'' had a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFJ5BPt3074 "Queen for nine days"]] skit about the reign of [[TheHouseOfTudor Lady Jane Grey]]. Naturally, it did not end well.

* Vin does this several times in {{Mistborn}}, impersonating a noblewoman in order to gather information about what the nobles are planning and to try and pit different noble houses against each other.

* In an episode of ''Full House'', the Tanners vacation in Disneyland and, while visiting an attraction based around the genie's lamp from ''Aladdin'', Michelle winds up winning the position of the amusement park's "Princess of the Day" and is rewarded three wishes-- all while simultaneously domineering her sisters around and eventually learning her lesson about it.

* In ''Die Fledermaus'', the lady's maid Adele puts on a fancy dress to attend the Prince's ball. When "Marquis Renard" (Eisenstein in disguise) calls her a lady's maid, the ensemble laughs at the suggestion and she replies with a song asserting her obvious high breeding.

* The HawkAndFisher story, ''Vengeance for a Lonely Man'', by SimonRGreen sees the main characters going undercover as minor nobility to catch a spy who's stolen extremely sensitive information. Interestingly a popular fan theory at the time had it that Hawk & Fisher were nobility - namely Prince Rupert & Princess Julia from the recently published ''Blue Moon Rising''. The later ''Blue Moon Rising'' officialy [[spoiler:confirmed]] this theory.

* ''Manga/SailorMoon'':
** The girls do this when they go to the princess finishing school for one episode. Ami and Makoto pass more or less well. [[HotBlooded Rei]], [[TheDitz Minako and Usagi]] [[EpicFail do NOT]]. [[spoiler: Since the whole princess school gig was a trap from the enemy to capture Sailor Moon/Princess Serenity (which involved brainwashing an English noblewoman who lived in Japan so she'd become TheMole), this means the three rejected girls avert capture by the MonsterOfTheWeek [[SpannerInTheWorks and completely trash the plan]].]]
** In both the anime and the manga, Sailor Moon investigates a party being held in honor of Princess D, since she's in possession of a very rare jewel that ''may'' be the Sivler Crystal. She uses her magic pen to morph into a princess, and has her fun until the enemy attacks. She also gets a dance and a kiss with Tuxedo Mask (although she doesn't seem to remember the latter, seeing as she was [[DudeShesLikeInAComa drunk and sleepy at the time]])

** The girls do this when they go to the princess finishing school for one episode. Ami and Makoto pass more or less well. [[HotBlooded Rei]], [[TheDitz Minako and Usagi]] [[EpicFail do NOT]]. [[spoiler: Since the whole princess school gig was a trap from the enemy to capture Sailor Moon/Princess Serenity (which involved brainwashing an English noblewoman who lived in Japan so she'd become TheMole), this means the three rejected girls avert capture by the MonsterofTheWeek [[SpannerInTheWorks and completely trash the plan]].]]

* ''MissPettigrewLivesForADay''

* A 1950s TV game show was ''QueenForADay''.

* Adele in ''DieFledermaus'', the lady's maid putting on airs.

* Makoto from ''ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld'' is forced to replace the kidnapped Princess Fatoria until such a time that she can be found and rescued. Makoto, [[DudeLooksLikeALady a guy]], isn't fond of this idea.

* It's not a party, but at one point in ''FruitsBasket'', Tohru is invited to take a vacation at a Sohma family-owned spa, as a Golden Week gift. Lampshaded when a blown-over Tohru says that she feels like a princess.