History WesternAnimation / ThePrincessAndThePea

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Rollo delivers one to Laird while chasing him through a booby-trapped dungeon. He responds by setting off another trap.

* GoneHorriblyRight: Laird's plan was to swap Heath's daughter with his own, then have his wife raise her to be a spoiled-rotten brat just to get back at his brother. It works...to the point where Heath becomes so tired of Hildegard's behavior that he threatens to disinherit her and pass his kingdom onto Rollo instead.

* ConspicuousCG: All over the place.

* BrokenAesop: It's supposed to be something along the lines of "who you are matters more than your status", but since Daria was the king's biological daughter SwitchedAtBirth for an imposter and said imposter was disowned the instant the king found out about it, it comes off as "who you're related to biologically is what matters most".

* InformedAttribute: Although he's [[AmbitionIsEvil ambitious]] and acts like a [[SissyVillain stereotypical villain]], Laird barely does anything to suggest that he's unfit to rule.

* TheKingdom: The film's setting is in the kingdom of Corazion.

Watch the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE9x-wtipUU full movie on YouTube.]]

'''''The Princess and the Pea''''' is an obscure 2002 animated film based on the Creator/HansChristianAndersen [[Literature/ThePrincessAndThePea fairy tale of the same name]].

-->'''Rollo:''' I-I-I have to wash my... sword. I, uh, I mean I'm allergic to limes. I mean, um, I-I'm late... for a quest.

* FollowTheLeader: This movie pretty much copies every [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney]] trope ever, but what makes this case especially bad is how, at the time of its release, Disney and other big-name animation studios weren't even making fairy tale movies.

* IdiotPlot: Laird's plan to swap princesses would have failed immediately if anyone had noticed the different-colored eyes, lack of birth mark, or the fact that Hildegard doesn't look remotely similar to either Heath or the queen.

Watch the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMxTVnBBwaY&feature=g-vrec trailer on YouTube.]]

* FollowTheLeader: This movie pretty much copies every [[DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney]] trope ever, but what makes this case especially bad is how, at the time of its release, Disney and other big-name animation studios weren't even making fairy tale movies.

* PetTheDog: Helsa isn't exactly a good queen, but she did have second thoughts when Laird wanted to switch the two babies, and she didn't want her niece to be harmed.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Rollo delivers one to Laird. He responds by setting off another trap.

* HumanFocusedAdapation: Inverted, the animals get more spotlight than Daria.

* AwardBaitSong: The version of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9aAz5efnCo "My Kingdom of The Heart"]] that plays over the end credits.

* TheGoodKing: Heath

* PrincessClassic: Daria

* RoyalBrat: Hildegard

* VillainSong: "That's What It Takes to Rule"

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'''''The Princess and the Pea''''' is an obscure 2002 animated film based on the Creator/HansChristianAndersen [[Literature/ThePrincessAndThePea fairy tale of the same name]].

Watch the trailer [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMxTVnBBwaY&feature=g-vrec on YouTube]].

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: This happens to Daria after an angry mob tries to kill her. She goes back to the kingdom after hiding, and everyone runs away from her.

* AwardBaitSong: The version of "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9aAz5efnCo My Kingdom of The Heart]]" that plays over the end credits.
* BeardOfEvil: Laird has one of the pointy beard and tiny mustache variety.
* BigEater: Helsa, as well as Hungry, one of Daria's pet pigs.

* BoobyTrap: Laird set up one long ago in the castle dungeon. He tried to lead Rollo into it until Fearless set it off.

* CardCarryingVillain: Laird talks about how he'll make a wonderful despot before his coronation, and when he meets his daughter, he mentions how she needs a few lessons in deceit and hypocrisy.
* ChekhovsGun: Daria's heart-shaped birthmark on her left foot is later used to help identify her as the real princess. Hildegard paints one on her foot, but Sir Winthrop, Rollo's dog, licks it off proving to everyone that she is a fake.

* ConspicuousCG: All over the place.
* CrowdSong: "Corazion"

* DawnOfAnEra: Sebastian comments on this at the end, believing a new golden age will start now that [[spoiler:Daria, after passing the SecretTestOfCharacter and proving herself to be the princess from the prophecy, assumed her rightful role as the true princess]].

* DivingSave: When Heath pushes Rollo out of the way of a falling chandelier Laird's falcon cut loose. [[spoiler: It hardly does any damage.]]

* TheEvilPrince / EvilUncle: Laird

* FollowTheLeader: This movie pretty much copies every [[DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney]] trope ever, but what makes this case especially bad is how, at the time of its release, Disney and other big-name animation studios weren't even making fairy tale movies.

* INeedToGoIronMyDog: Rollo comes up with some pretty pathetic excuses to run away from Hildegard when she declares that she'll marry him
-->'''Rollo :''' I-I-I have to wash my... sword. I, uh, I mean I'm allergic to limes. I mean, um, I-I'm late... for a quest.

* MarryForLove: Rollo initially wanted to marry a princess to strengthen his own kingdom, but after being dissatisfied by how shallow all the princesses he meets are, he decides to marry Daria.

* NonMammalianHair: Sebastian has a head of white receding hair as well as white eyebrows.

* {{Revenge}}: Laird seeks it on Heath after he became king. Laird was the older son and supposed to inherit the throne, but because of the rule that the first son who enters the throne room during coronation day becomes king, he lost his birthright since Heath walked in while Laird was busy looking for his shoes.

* SayMyName: Rollo shouts Daria's name repeatedly when he tries rescuing her from the forest fire.

* SwitchedAtBirth: Daria and Hildegard were switched by Laird so that he could get his vengeance on Heath, knowing that Helsa would raise a RoyalBrat for a daughter. Meanwhile, Daria was sent to live with pig farmer peasants.

* TalkingAnimal: Sebastian, who is a crow.
* TorchesAndPitchforks: Laird assembles a mob to kill Daria.

'''''The Princess and the Pea''''' is an obscure 2002 animated film based on the Creator/HansChristianAndersen [[Literature/ThePrincessAndThePea fairytale of the same name]].

After King Heath’s daughter is born, his evil brother, Laird, [[SwitchedAtBirth switches]] her with his own newborn daughter and sends her away to live with pig farmers as vengeance for not inheriting the crown. The princess grows up to be a peasant girl named Daria, and after a chance encounter with Prince Rollo, they fall in love. Rollo quickly sets aside his own feelings in favor of finding a princess for a wife for the good of his kingdom, but trouble is stirring when Laird schemes to get his daughter, the wrongful princess Hildegard, to marry Rollo and to get Daria out of the picture for good. There’s also the matter of an impending prophecy that the kingdom will fall to ruin after the rule of the 18th king, and the only way to find the rightful princess to rule it is to have her sleep atop twenty mattresses with a single pea at the bottom and see if she can detect it without knowing it's there.

* DarkReprise / DistantDuet: of "My Kingdom of The Heart" sung by Rollo and Daria.
* DawnOfAnEra: Sebastian comments on this at the end believing a new golden age will start now that [[spoiler:Daria, after passing the SecretTestOfCharacter and proving herself to be the princess from the prophecy, assumed her rightful role as the true princess.]]

* DespotismJustifiesTheMeans: During his VillainSong, Laird sing about how he doesn't care if his subjects are starving or overtaxed so long as he gets to be king.

* FollowTheLeader: This movie pretty much copies every [[DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney]] trope ever, but what makes this case especially bad is how, at the time of its release, Disney and other big-name animation studios weren't even making fairytale movies.

* PetTheDog: Helsa isn't exactly a good person, but she did have second thoughts when Laird wanted to switch the two babies, and she didn't want her niece to be harmed.

* SecretTestOfCharacter: The test of having a princess sleep on top of twenty mattresses with a single pea at the bottom. If she can feel the pea beneath the mattresses without knowing it's there beforehand, it means she is the princess of prophecy. [[spoiler: Daria passes the test.]]
* SwitchedAtBirth: Daria and Hildegard were switched by Laird so that he could get his vengeance on Heath knowing Helsa would raise a RoyalBrat for a daughter. Meanwhile, Daria was sent to live with pig farmer peasants.