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* ''Normy's Beach Babe-O-Rama'': In the second stage, "[[BigFancyCastle England 1447]]", Persephone, the Goddess of Sunshine has been captured by Princess Cuffy so that Cuffy can work on her tan, and Normy's goal for this stage is to rescue Persephone. Cuffy uses magic powers in her battle against Normy, such as firing lightning bolts at him and turning herself into a dragon.

* ''Film/ThorRagnarok'': [[BigBad Hela]] was this during Asgard's imperial days under the tutelage of her father Odin, helping him conquer whole realms and drown them in blood and tears. However, while Odin had a change of heart, Hela continued in her ways, and ultimately threw a coup against him. Fortunately, Odin was far more powerful than her and [[SealedEvilInACan sealed her away]] in Hel. With Odin's death, she escapes and attempts to restart the conquest.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has Princess Azula of the [[TheEmpire Fire Nation]], a sociopath who acts as one of the Gaang's most dangerous foes. She is very cunning and manages to outsmart the Gaang numerous times, is a DarkActionGirl who puts up quite a fight as well, and is fully supportive of her genocidal father BigBad and the ruthless conquests that the Fire Nation is doing in general.

* ''VideoGame/DisneyPrincessEnchantedJourney'': The BigBad [[spoiler:Princess Zara]] was a princess who was banished from her kingdom for refusing to learn princesses' virtues. She commands the Bogs which take over the worlds of other princesses as she believes no one else deserves to be a princess if she can't be one.

The Villainous Princess, on the other hand, is a rebuke of this rule: a princess who serves as a villain. They tend to fall into two types: the overtly antagonistic ones, and the BitchInSheepsClothing who seems to fit the image of a PrincessClassic but is hiding their true nature. They can be ruthless, cunning, tyrannical, and total psychopaths underneath their image, but just as often they can be {{Anti Villain}}s who care for their people or have some other sympathetic motivation.

* Princess Namaari from ''WesternAnimation/RayaandtheLastDragon'' is Princess Raya's archrival and the main opponent towards the protagonists. However, she is only antagonistic because she too is trying to save her own kingdom, but for the wrong reasons [[spoiler: and ultimately performs a HeelFaceTurn to help the heroes finally defeat [[EldritchAbomination the Druun]] destroying their kingdoms.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Wadanohara}}:'' Princess Totsusa is the leader of the enemy kingdom invading the [[TheGoodKingdom Blue Sea Kingdom]] and is a CuteAndPsycho bunny girl with a [[PsychoKnifeNut boning knife]]. She serves as the EvilCounterpart to Princess Uomi. [[spoiler:However, Princess Mikotsu, Uomi's sister, is even worse, as she tricked Totsusa into waging war on Uomi so that she can take the throne as she tried to in the past, which resulted in her getting sealed away in the Sea of Death, and EldritchLocation she controls.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Wadanohara}}:'' Princess Tosastu is the leader of the enemy kingdom invading the [[TheGoodKingdom Blue Sea Kingdom]] and is a CuteAndPsycho bunny girl with a [[PsychoKnifeNut boning knife]]. She serves as the EvilCounterpart to the Princess Uomi. [[spoiler:However, Princess Mikotsu, Uomi's actual sister, is even worse, as she tricked Tostasu into waging war on Uomi so that she can retake the throne as she tried to in the past, which resulted in her getting sealed away in the Red Sea, and EldritchLocation she controls.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': As explained in the show's first episode, Princess Luna's [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]] turns her into the villainous Night Mare Moon and she becomes the BigBad of the two-part [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon introductory]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony episode]]. Fortunately, she gets reformed when the Mane Six eventually turn Luna back to her old self.

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Turandot. She gets better.

* ''VideoGame/BraveHeroYuusha:'' Princess Lorica is TheDarkChick of [[BigBad The Puppeteer]]'s minions and EvilCounterpart to Princess Glynn who wants to prove that she is the better princess and tries to kill the party.

* ''Literature/TheNecklaceOfPrincessFiorimonde'': The titular princess is renown for her beauty, which causes her subject to assume that she's a [[BeautyEqualsGoodness good]]-hearted PrincessClassic. But her beauty is in fact a result of dark magic, which she secretly learnt from a WickedWitch. When her father decides that the princess should marry, Fiorimonde conspires with the witch to curse her suitors and transform them into beads for her necklace.

-->-- '''Princess Victoria''', ''LightNovel/TheHeroWhoSeeksRevengeShallExterminateWithDarkness''

* ''LightNovel/OurLastCrusadeOrTheRiseOfANewWorld'': [[spoiler:Elletear Lou Nebulis IX]] is a tragic example of this trope with a FreudianExcuse. [[spoiler:She was born as the first princess of the Nebulis Sovereignty and worked hard so that she could give equality to all the Astral Mages with weak Astral Spirits like herself. However, because she was born with a laughably weak astral spirit, no one gave her a chance to become Queen, so she decided "To hell with it!" and plotted to burn the Sovereignty to the ground.]]

* ''LightNovel/TheHeroWhoSeeksRevengeShallExterminateWithDarkness'': Princess Victoria has Raul slay the Demon King and then betrays and kills Raul for her own sadistic amusement and continues to torture and even rape some of her agents, especially Sandra if they "fail" her.

* "Literature/TheBlueBird" contains both this trope and a PrincessClassic. The villainous princess is the ugly Truitonne, who tries to undermine the happiness of her pretty stepsister Florine and steal her beloved.

The Villainous Princess, on the other hand, is a rebuke of this rule- a princess who serves as a villain. They tend to fall into two types- the overtly antagonistic ones, and the BitchInSheepsClothing who seems to fit the image of a PrincessClassic but is hiding their true nature. They can be ruthless, cunning, tyrannical, and total psychopaths underneath their image, but just as often they will be {{Anti Villain}}s who care for their people or have some other sympathetic motivation.

SisterTrope to {{The Evil Prince}}(ss) with the difference that TheEvilPrincess is specifically gunning for the throne and kills her parents and/or rivals for this purpose, while a Villainous Princess is often a royal version of DaddysLittleVillain, although they can overlap. Also note that they have to be actual royalty to qualify- the AlphaBitch who is an HonoraryPrincess is not this trope.

* ''Literature/TheNecklaceOfPrincessFiorimonde'': The titular princess is renown for her beauty, but her beauty is in fact a result of dark magic, which she secretly learnt from a WickedWitch. When her father decides that the princess should marry, Fiorimonde conspires with the witch to curse her suitors and transform them into beads for her necklace.

[[caption-width-right:310:Her crimes include: [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Arson, Murder]] and [[{{Stripperriffic}} Immodest Clothing]].]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Princess Malty M. Melromarc- tyrant, [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder chronic traitor]], and slaver.]]

* ''LightNovel/UndefeatedBahamutChronicle'' has the princesses of the Lords' Faction, a remnant of the Old Arcadia Empire who want to restore the Old Empire and get back in power, working with Prince Fugil Arcadia to do so.

* ''LightNovel/AltinaTheSwordPrincess'': In volume 4, Princess Margaret Steelheart causes a SuccessionCrisis in High Britannia by usurping the throne from designated heir Princess Elizabeth, and then invades the Belgarian Empire, [[ItAmusedMe for no other reason than her own boredom with the world]].

* ''LightNovel/TheHeroLaughsWhileWalkingThePathOfVengeanceASecondTime'': Princess Alesia summons Kaito to her world as the hero who will defeat the Demon King. Once he does, she betrays him. She is also TheCaligula who enslaves her citizens for being poor and persecutes non-humans.

* ''LightNovel/Overlord2012'' has Princess Renner Theiere Chardelon Ryle Vaiself or Re-Estize. Intelligent and manipulative, Renner presents herself as a sweet and benevolent princess but is secretly a {{sadist}}ic [[TheSociopath sociopath]] who would not hesitate to kill her own subjects if they anger her, or if it benefits her in some way. The only person she has any affection for is Climb, whom she regards as a puppy rather than his own person, and whom she intends to keep as a chained-up SexSlave. This eventually culminates in [[spoiler:Renner abandoning her humanity and becoming an Imp, after selling out her entire kingdom to [[VillainProtagonist Ainz]]]].

* ''Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'': The Light Novel version of Princess Malty Melromarc is even worse than her other versions. As usual, she starts off by making a FalseRapeAccusation towards Naofumi and betrays everyone around her, but she also turns out to be ''[[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil selling female companions into slavery]]'', [[SexSlave sexual]] or otherwise. Eventually, she [[spoiler:instigates a bloody coup and uprising that kills many so she can usurp and murder her mother, taking the throne for herself]]. Notably, she also lacks the web novel version's [[spoiler:AlasPoorVillain death, and the backstory of having been created by Medea, meaning she is doing this of her own free will]].

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* ''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'': The original web novel version of Princess Malty Melromarc initially appears to protagonist Naofumi as a beautiful and kind princess, until she robs him and makes a FalseRapeAccusation, ruining his reputation. She then goes on to betray and use everyone around her, and causes chaos everywhere she goes. It is eventually revealed that [[spoiler:she is a fragment of the goddess Medea Pideth Machina, who created her and other fragments specifically to spread chaos for her amusement]].
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