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* BadBoss: Madame Carp is ''awful'' to Erika and her mother. Preminger is also pretty nasty to his cronies, but they still seem to like him quite a bit.

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* BadBoss: Madame Carp is ''awful'' to Erika and her mother.the other dressmaker. Preminger is also pretty nasty to his cronies, but they still seem to like him quite a bit.
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* IdenticalStranger: True to [[ThePrinceAndThePauper the original]].

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* IdenticalStranger: True to [[ThePrinceAndThePauper [[Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper the original]].
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* CatsAreMean: Averted. Wolfie and Serafina are perfectly sweet and nice, and the mean animal is Preminger's pet poodle, Midas.
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* IAmSong: ''How Can I Refuse?'', ''I Am A Girl Like You''
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* EyesOfGold: Preminger's darken to an orange at the edge and are downright unsettling. Midas also has them, but they look less creepy on a dog. Preminger's {{Mooks}} have a more muddy golden tone to them.

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* ActuallyIAmHim: Upon their first meeting, Erika comments that Anneliese has the same name as the princess.
-->''"Well..."''



** Erika mentions at one point that she only owns one dress. This changes after she [[spoiler:begins masquerading as Anneliese.]]



* ScheduleFanatic: One of Anneliese's servant. [[JustifiedTrope But it makes sense, actually]], because it's his ''job'' to obsess about being on schedule.

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* ScheduleFanatic: One of Anneliese's servant. servants. [[JustifiedTrope But it makes sense, actually]], because it's his ''job'' to obsess about being on schedule.schedule.
* SissyVillian: Midas, and to a lesser extent, his owner, Preminger.


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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Though neither of them are particuarly frail or boyish, Erika is a bit more street-smart than Anneliese (what with being a commoner and all).
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* BlueEyes: Anneliese, Erika, Julian, and Dominick all sport them.

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* ExtremelyShortTimeline: The movie takes place almost entirely over a three-day period.

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* ExtremelyShortTimeline: ExtremelyShortTimespan: The movie takes place almost entirely over a three-day period.


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** Madame Carp confuses Anneliese as Erika attempting to pull this trope.
** King Dominick also hides his identity via disguise, more than once.

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* BeautyMark: The evil dog has one.

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* BeautyMark: The evil dog has one.Midas and Madame Carp both have them.


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* ExtremelyShortTimeline: The movie takes place almost entirely over a three-day period.


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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: At the end of the movie, we are given no indication as to what may have happened to [[spoiler:Preminger, Nick, and Nack]].
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The last minute or two of the film show [[spoiler:the royal double wedding. Enough time has passed that Erika went on and returned from her desired singing tour]].
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* DramaticIrony: PlayedForLaughs when the queen protests "DO you think I don't know my own daughter?" While her daughter [[spoiler:has been kidnapped and replaced with an IdenticalStranger]].

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* DramaticIrony: PlayedForLaughs when the queen protests "DO "Do you think I don't know my own daughter?" While her daughter [[spoiler:has been kidnapped and replaced with an IdenticalStranger]].



* PathworkKids: [[spoiler:Wolfie and Serafina's kittens all have either their mother or their father's pelt. Furthermore, we see one with white Serafina fur bark like his father, whereas one with Wolfie's coloration has Serafina's build.]]

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* PathworkKids: PatchworkKids: [[spoiler:Wolfie and Serafina's kittens all have either their mother or their father's pelt. Furthermore, we see one with white Serafina fur bark like his father, whereas one with Wolfie's coloration has Serafina's build.]]
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* AlmostKiss: Doominick and [[spoiler:Erika-masquerading-as-Anneliese]].

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* AlmostKiss: Doominick Dominick and [[spoiler:Erika-masquerading-as-Anneliese]].

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* AlmostKiss: Doominick and [[spoiler:Erika-masquerading-as-Anneliese]].



* BigNO: Queen Genevieve lets one loose when she thinks Anneliese [[spoiler:has been killed in a mine collapse]].



* ChastityCouple: Both Erika/Dominick and Anneliese/Julian are pretty chaste [[{{Shipping}} ships]], but the latter even more so. Where Erika and Dominick embrace and hold hands multiple times and even get an almost kiss, Anneliese and Julian only hug once and hold hands in the carriage.



* FurryReminder: Serafina chasing the mouse. Both the cats looking horrified when Julian and Anneliese let water into the cave.



* HoldingHands: Both Julian and Anneliese and Dominick and Erika.



* LimitedWardrobe: The movie can give the impression that the queen only has the one dress, seeing as she wears it in every appearance, including her wedding.



* LoveAtFirstSight: Dominick says he didn’t want to marry a stranger, but when he sees [[spoiler:Erika posing as]] Anneliese, he actually encourages his advisor to declare the wedding to be back on, although he’s never actually spoken to her.

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* LoveAtFirstSight: Dominick says he didn’t want to marry a stranger, but when he sees [[spoiler:Erika posing as]] Anneliese, he actually encourages his advisor to declare the wedding to be back on, although he’s never actually spoken to her. She, for her part, is temporarily stuck speechless when they are introduced.
* LoveConfession: [[spoiler: Anneliese gives one to Julian.]]


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* PathworkKids: [[spoiler:Wolfie and Serafina's kittens all have either their mother or their father's pelt. Furthermore, we see one with white Serafina fur bark like his father, whereas one with Wolfie's coloration has Serafina's build.]]


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* StandardFemaleGrabArea: is employed against both of our leading ladies.
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* ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction: Erika walks into the closet in one gown and out of it in another almost immediately. Of course, this is probably not meant to be realistic.


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* CuffsOffRubWrists: Julian does this after Anneliese unties him.
* DamselInDistress: Anneliese [[InvokedTrope pretends]] to be one to get [[spoiler:Nick and Nack to open the door]].


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* IKissYourHand: Dominick does this.


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* LargeHam: Preminger. Nick. Dominick's ambassador.


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* PurpleIsPowerful: The queen wears a dress of pinkish-purple. Preminger wears a lot of deep purples, indicative of his desire to take over.


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* {{Slapstick}}: Midas crashing around with a bucket on his head.


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* ThemeNaming: Nick and Nack.
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* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: Preminger's two henchmen.


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* PsychoticSmirk: Preminger, when there are too many people around for a full-out psychotic ''grin''.


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* WhatBeautifulEyes: Julian sings about Anneliese's.


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* XanatosSpeedChess: Preminger is very good at revising his plans as the need arises.
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* SurroundedByIdiots: Preminger. He should probably just find new help, but then again the ones he has are pretty loyal to him...
* TheyDo: [[spoiler:Anneliese and Julian, Erika and Dominick, and Serafina and Wolfie.]]


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* UptownGirl: While Anneliese and Serafina aren't ''really'' rich anymore, their relationships with Julian and Wolfie still have this dynamic, and [[spoiler:it becomes the rope technically as well as in spirit when valuable geodes give the kingdom an income again]].
* VillainSong: "How Can I Refuse"
* WeddingDeadline: [[spoiler: Anneliese stops a wedding as her mother is halfway through the word "do".]]
* WeddingsForEveryone: See TheyDo.
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* RitchBitch: Madame Carp
* RitchSuitorPoorSuitor: Dominick and Julian, respectively, to Anneliese.
* RoyalsThatActuallyDoSomething: Anneliese at least has an ''oppressively'' busy schedule. It's managed by her...

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* RitchBitch: RichBitch: Madame Carp
* RitchSuitorPoorSuitor: RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Dominick and Julian, respectively, to Anneliese.
* RoyalsThatActuallyDoSomething: RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Anneliese at least has an ''oppressively'' busy schedule. It's managed by her...
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* DramaticIrony: PlayedForLaughs when the queen protests "DO you think I don't know my own daughter?" While her daughter [[spoiler:has been kidnapped and replaced with an IdenticalStranger]].


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**This also happens to Anneliese, but sort of...against her will. She tries to convince people she's the princess more than once, but [[CassandraTruth gets pooh-poohed]].


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* OhCrap: Serafina substites "oh dear" when she realizes how bad Herve's cat-bucking aim is in the bloopers.


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* OnlyOneName: Nobody in the cast is stated to have a last one, so maybe people in that kingdom simply don't use them.
* OpeningNarration
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Dominick thinks his engagement to Anneliese is an example of this trope, but [[spoiler:she’s been kidnapped and replaced with a face double, and the woman he’s hitting it off with is Erika]].


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* PluckyGirl: Despite being worked like a slave, Erika is cheerful and spirited.


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* RebelliousPrincess: SubvertedTrope. Anneliese does not like her royal lifestyle, but pledges to “remain forever royal” in spite of her desire for freedom.


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* RitchBitch: Madame Carp
* RitchSuitorPoorSuitor: Dominick and Julian, respectively, to Anneliese.
* RoyalsThatActuallyDoSomething: Anneliese at least has an ''oppressively'' busy schedule. It's managed by her...
* ScheduleFanatic: One of Anneliese's servant. [[JustifiedTrope But it makes sense, actually]], because it's his ''job'' to obsess about being on schedule.
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* ImagineSpot: We are witness to Preminger's plotting in the second song, first directly, and then through shadows on a wall.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: The royal mines run out, leaving the queen and by extension her country, totally broke.
* InterclassRomance: Anneliese is a princess. Julian come from a family so poor they could only pay the rent for one room. Erika is an indentured servant. Dominick is a king, and so wealthy that the queen decides Anneliese should marry him just for his money. Serafina is a pampered cat who lives in a palace. Wolfie is a street-smart cat...dog...sort of guy.


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* KingIncognito: Dominick pulls two. Erika lampshades it.
-->''”You…do love disguises, don’t you?”''


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* LiteralMinded:
-->''”Who does [the Queen] think she is?!”''
-->''”The queen?”''
* LoveAtFirstSight: Dominick says he didn’t want to marry a stranger, but when he sees [[spoiler:Erika posing as]] Anneliese, he actually encourages his advisor to declare the wedding to be back on, although he’s never actually spoken to her.
* MayDecemberRomance: Preminger plans this for himself and Anneliese. It's hugely creepy.
* MeaningfulName: Midas the dog cares a lot for his gold tooth.


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* NonHumanSidekick: The girls' cats.


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* NotSoDifferent: Erika and Anneliese get a whole song dedicated to their being the same sort of person, under their surface differences.


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* SpiritedYoungLady: Serafina is this, despite being a cat.


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* WigDressAccent: The henchmen try this in an attempt to stop Preminger from finding out that [[spoiler:Anneliese has escaped]]. They do a pathetic job of it.
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* GoodParents: Erika's parents took on crushing debt to ensure that they could take care of her.
* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Preminger indulges in both [[GratuitousFrench French]] and [[GratuitousSpanish Spanish]] in his VillainSong, in the form of PoirotSpeak.


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* HilariousOuttakes: Some were written for the credits, featuring the AnimatedActors rather than the people who voiced them.
* HotForTeacher: Anneliese and Julian. However, he's her tutor rather than an actual teacher and appears to be pretty close to her age, so it does a lot to remove the {{Squick}} potential, thankfully.
* IdenticalStranger: True to [[ThePrinceAndThePauper the original]].


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* PrinceAndPauper: ''Duh''.
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* BlueEyes: Anneliese, Erika, Julian, and Dominick all sport them.


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* DisappearedDad: Both of our protagonists' fathers. While the queen is explicitly widowed, there's really no mention of what happened to ''Erika's'' dad.


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* DumbBlonde: One of Preminger's henchmen.
* EyesOfGold: Preminger's darken to an orange at the edge and are downright unsettling. Midas also has them, but they look less creepy on a dog. Preminger's {{Mooks}} have a more muddy golden tone to them.
* EvilChancellor: Preminger, of course!
* EvilLaugh: Preminger cackles. His assistants guffaw stupidly.


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* FailedASpotCheck: An EstablishingCharacterMoment for one of Preminger’s henchmen is putting a big ugly rock in the mine cart when they’re supposed to be collecting gold.
* ForegoneConclusion: There is a royal. There is also a peasant. They are identical. They switch places. Most people know this much through PopculturalOsmosis of the original story.

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* BadassDamsel: Anneliese is kidnapped twice, and both times uses her brains to help herself escape.



* BecauseDestinySaysSo: "But FATE decreed they would..."
* BedsheetGhost: Anneliese creates one to [[spoiler:escape her kidnappers]].
* BelligerentSexualTension: Preminger seems to think Anneliese acts cold to him in order to hide her attraction. While we never actually see her treat him badly, it could be that she was just so happy to be [[spoiler:rescued from Madame Carp’s]] that she didn’t really care ''who'' he was.



* BoyMeetsGirl: Erika alludes to this trope in the song "If You Love Me For Me" which begins 'Once a lass met a lad...'

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* BoyMeetsGirl: Erika alludes to this trope in the song "If You Love Me For Me" which begins 'Once a lass met a lad...' '
* BrainyBrunette: Julian is a male example.
* CassandraTruth: No, guys, she ''really is'' Princess Anneliese. Seriously!
* ChekhovsGun: Anneliese loves roses and Julian knows that. He is later able to determine that [[spoiler:the letter theoretically left by Anneliese is a fake, because it’s scented with lilac rather than rose]].
** [[spoiler:Anneliese’s birthmark.]]


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* CrowdSong: The very last number.
* DarkReprise: Erika reprises "To Be a Princess" [[spoiler:locked up in jail, breaking in to tears by the end]].


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* {{Leitmotif}}
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* AnimalMotifs: Pink and blue butterflies for our pink and blue heroines.


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* AntiquatedLinguistics: It's [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] and definitely intentional, but when Erika tries talking like a princess she's very formal and stops using contractions.


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* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:Serafina and Wolfie.]]
* BadBadActing: Preminger, because [[ObviouslyEvil he's evil]]. His henchmen, because they're just that stupid.
* BadBoss: Madame Carp is ''awful'' to Erika and her mother. Preminger is also pretty nasty to his cronies, but they still seem to like him quite a bit.
* BatmanGambit: Anneliese's fondness for her cat is used to [[spoiler:lure her to her kidnappers]].


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* BeautyMark: The evil dog has one.


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* ObliviousGuiltSlinging: Dominick complements Erika on being "honest, no pretenses" while she's [[spoiler:posing as Anneliese]].
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* PrincessClassic: Anneliese

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* ContrivedCoincidence: Anneliese and Erika are born at the exact same second and look exactly alike.

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* ContrivedCoincidence: Anneliese and Erika are born at the exact same second and look exactly alike.alike aside from their hard colors.



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* PimpedOutDressPimpedOutDress: Both Erika and Anneliese wear one.
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* DistantDuet: "Free".
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* CinderellaCircumstances: Erika suffers this at the hands of her mistress, Madame Carp
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* CinderellaCircumstances: Erika suffers this at her mistress, Madame Carp

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* CinderellaCircumstances: Erika suffers this at her mistress, Madame Carp


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* RagsToRoyalty: Erika [[spoiler: marries King Dominick]]
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{{Barbie}} as ''The Princess and the Pauper'' is the fourth in the 2000's Barbie film series and is billed as the first ever [[TheMusical Barbie Musical]].

It stars Barbie as both Anneliese and Erika, a princess and a peasant. After a chance meeting, the two become quick friends due to their similarities. However, with the kingdom's finances falling, Anneliese is engaged to Dominick, the king of a neighbouring kingdom. When the queen's scheming advisor arranges for Anneliese to be kidnapped so the marriage to King Dominick will not go through, Anneliese's tutor Julian arranges for Erika to replace Anneliese until the real princess is found.

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* AnimatedActors: Played straight in the credits.
* ArrangedMarriage: Anneliese and Dominick. Anneliese isn't too happy about it, neither is Dominick.
* BigBad: Preminger.
* BeYourself: Erika tells her ''cat'' to do this (''The Cat's Meow'')
* BoyMeetsGirl: Erika alludes to this trope in the song "If You Love Me For Me" which begins 'Once a lass met a lad...'
* ContrivedCoincidence: Anneliese and Erika are born at the exact same second and look exactly alike.
* CoolCrown: Anneliese, but Erika gets a symbolic one made of flowers.
* HeldGaze: Between Dominick and Erika at the end of their FallingInLoveMontage that uses the beautiful song "If You Love Me For Me."
* HeyItsThatVoice: Most of the cast.
* IAmSong: ''How Can I Refuse?'', ''I Am A Girl Like You''
* IWantSong: ''Free''
* {{Mooks}}: They're also ThoseTwoGuys.
* TheMusical: Of course.
* NamesTheSame: Anneliese's mother is called Queen [[BarbieInTheTwelveDancingPrincesses Genevieve.]] [[CallForward Hmm...]]
* NonSingingVoice: Anneliese and Erika, though it is notable that they have different singing voices. Also Dominick. Averted in the case of Julian, as Alessandro Juliani both voices the character and sings as him in the song "To Be a Princess," and Preminger, who is voiced by Martin Short.
* PimpedOutDress
* PrincessesPreferPink: Anneliese
* RedOniBlueOni: Erika and Anneliese, respectively.
* TrueBlueFemininity: Erika
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