Line #26 Film/AChristmasPrince


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4	''A Christmas Prince'' is a 2017 American Christmas romantic comedy film that debuted on Creator/{{Netflix}} in November 2017 and stars Creator/RoseMcIver and Creator/BenLamb.
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6	Amber Moore ([=McIver=]) is a journalist tasked with uncovering why Prince Richard of Aldovia has gone MIA, despite being slated to take the throne before Christmas Day. She gets an in when the palace staff mistakes her for Princess Emily's new American tutor. However, in the process of uncovering the truth, Amber grows closer to Richard and becomes increasingly reluctant to expose the royal family's secrets.
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8	A sequel was released in December 2018, titled ''A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding''. A third film, ''A Christmas Prince 3: The Royal Baby'', debuted on Netflix in December 2019.
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13	* AbdicateTheThrone: Prince Richard is seriously considering passing up the throne.
14	* AbhorrentAdmirer: Simon to Sophia, who only has eyes for Richard. [[spoiler: Until it turns out that Richard is adopted, that is.]]
15	* AlmostKiss: Amber and Prince Richard are interrupted by a horse.
16	* AristocratsAreEvil: Simon and Sophia are specifically a Count and a Baroness, and scheme to usurp the throne.
17	* ArtisticLicenseLaw: The ending relies on a previously royal decree hidden in a Christmas decoration. Thing is, Aldovia is shown to be a ''constitutional'' monarchy, with a parliament shown in the movie. Royal decrees cannot suddenly be written and passed without the knowledge and consent of the parliament.
18	* AttentionWhore: As said by Prince Richard, Lady Sophia loves the spotlight.
19	* BigApplesauce: Amber appears to live in New York City - but it's unclear since after several opening establishing shots of New York, there's a shot of the Michigan Avenue bridge over the Chicago River.
20	* BigBrotherWorship: Emily towards Richard.
21	* BlandNameProduct: Amber works for a tabloid-style magazine called Beat Now that features "Pop Singer" on the cover.
22	* ColorMotifs: Very subtly played; Amber is introduced wearing lots of vibrant colors, most primarily [[RedIsHeroic red]], which contrasts with the mostly monochrome wardrobe of the royal family. As the film progresses and the characters get to know her, their outfits also gradually incorporate bright red into them. Even Amber herself in terms of her formal outfits go through this, starting off as uncomfortable and purely black, then gradually getting more colorful and warm by the end of the film.
23	* CompensatingForSomething: Nobles who insist upon the use of their titles and people who drive Ferraris, according to Richard.
24	* CoolOldLady: Queen Helena, far from being angry that Emily and her tutor secretly snuck out of the castle to go sledding, is overjoyed that her daughter is actually smiling again. She merely tells them to ask for permission in the future... and to be invited along on the next outing. In her own words:
25	-->'''Queen Helena''': I happen to know my way around a toboggan.
26	* DamselInDistress: Amber follows Prince Richard on horseback into the woods and then is attacked by wolves. Richard shows up to save her.
27	* DisabledSnarker: Princess Emily has spina bifida, and makes up for not being able to walk by dropping sarcastic comments at everyone around her.
28	* TheEvilPrince: Simon is specifically a count, not a prince, and Richard's cousin, not his brother, but he still wants to inherit the throne.
29	* FictionBusinessSavvy: Amber's boss. She pays for a low-rung staff member, Amber, to fly across the world to attend a press conference and then doesn't even bother to print Amber's article.
30	* FictionalCountry: Aldovia, not to be confused with [[Literature/ThePrincessDiaries Genovia]]. A brief shot of a map in the third movie indicates that, in this universe, Aldovia is located roughly where [[{{UsefulNotes/Yugoslavia}} Yugoslavia]] used to be.
31	* FourthDateMarriage: [[spoiler: Prince Richard has only known Amber for two weeks and only learned her real name and identity less than a week ago, but that's not going to stop him from flying across the world to propose.]]
32	* FriendToAllChildren: Prince Richard doesn't show to give a speech at an orphanage because he gets distracted by a snowball fight with the orphans.
33	* GayBestFriend: Amber has a TokenBlackFriend ''and'' a gay best friend, both of whom solely exist to cheer her on via webcam.
34	* GreenEyedMonster: Dear god, [[ClingyJealousGirl Lady]] [[GoldDigger Sophia]]. She immediately has it out for Princess Emily's new tutor for seemingly no reason at all, besides perhaps being an attractive woman with whom the Prince gets along well.
35	* GoldDigger: Lady Sophia, a rich blue-blood, seems like an odd example of this until you remember that she is a Baroness, the lowest European aristocratic rank. No wonder she has her eye on the Aldovian throne.
36	* HandsOnApproach: Richard gets a little up close and personal with Amber when demonstrating how to shoot an arrow.
37	* HeirClubForMen: The Aldovian royal family. If Richard does not become king, the next heir is Simon, the king's nephew, and not Richard's little sister Emily. Lampshaded.
38	* InformedAttribute: Richard's attractiveness is described as a "12". He's a good looking guy, but not quite so overwhelmingly handsome as that.
39	* InnocentInnuendo: [[SarcasmMode Apparently when Emily said better his head be cut off than "something else" she meant "his ear".]]
40	* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Princess Emily, who has spina bifida, but is smart as a whip and nice, once Amber gets past her exterior.
41	* IntrepidReporter: Amber is supposed to be [[MostWritersAreWriters a plucky journalist]] tasked with exposing the royal family. (Her notes for her story are ... [[https://amp.thisisinsider.com/images/5a344e2a0d4d091b008b46e6-1334-745.png something]].)
42	* LonelyRichKid: Princess Emily scares off all her tutors and doesn't appear to have any friends.
43	* MarriageOfConvenience: Baroness Sophia marries Count Simon and [[spoiler: is not happy when he won't be king after all. In fact, she immediately demands a divorce.]]
44	* MicroMonarchy: Averted. While Aldovia is depicted as a typical Micro Monarchy, a map shows that it takes up the entire Balkan Peninsula and Romania, making it comparable in size to Spain.
45	* MillionairePlayboy: Prince Richard is publicly perceived to be a jet-setting playboy.
46	* MementoMacGuffin: The wooden acorn Christmas ornament made by the deceased king.
47	* ObliviousAdoption: [[spoiler:Richard turns out to have been adopted by the royal family, since it was believed Queen Helena couldn't have children.]]
48	* PaperThinDisguise: Princess Emily figures out almost instantly that Amber is not actually her new tutor. Literally no one else in the royal family or palace staff does.
49	* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: We’re apparently meant to side with Richard and Amber, a heir apparent who shows no interest in running the kingdom and a journalist who’s not above snooping into peoples rooms for juicy bits to publish, instead of Simon, the rightful heir to the throne and someone who has his kingdom’s best interests at heart especially in the sequels, because the film says he’s the bad guy because he wants the throne that’s rightfully his and not Richard’s since Richard was adopted and thus not eligible for the throne in the first place.
50	* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: [[spoiler:[[DoubleSubversion Double-subverted!]] Prince Richard is revealed to have been adopted by the king and queen and therefore ''not'' really a royal and not able to be king. However, a RoyalDecree written by the deceased king is found inside a wooden acorn, and it declares that Prince Richard is the rightful king regardless of the adoption.]]
51	* RebelPrince: Prince Richard is more interested in casually traveling the world than ruling a country.
52	* RichBitch: Lady Sophia.
53	* RightfulKingReturns: [[spoiler: Prince Richard, despite being adopted, is declared the rightful heir by posthumous royal decree, and interrupts Simon's coronation just in time.]]
54	* SheCleansUpNicely: Amber, after Emily arranges a makeover for her before the ball. Lampshaded by Simon, who uses this exact phrase to describe her.
55	* SwissCheeseSecurity: Amber sneaks into the castle after the press conference by wandering off and then opening an unlocked door. After a while, she is stopped by a security guard, who assumes she must be Princess Emily's new American tutor and never bothers to ask for any sort of identification (we never even find out what happened to the ''actual'' tutor).
56	* TheUsurper: The film wants us to think Simon is attempting this. [[spoiler:He's not, Richard is adopted and Emily is not in line for the throne, making Simon the legitimate heir for most of the movie.]]
57	* ThoseTwoGuys: Amber's two best friends ([[TokenBlackFriend a black woman]] and [[GayBestFriend a gay man]]), who commentate on her decisions while she's in Europe.
58	* TokenBlackFriend: Amber has both a black best friend ''and'' a GayBestFriend, both of whom have little personality and solely exist to cheer her on via webcam. Amber herself and the rest of the characters are white.
59	* TrueBlueFemininity: Amber's Christmas ball gown is a Cinderella blue.
60	* UrbanLegendLoveLife: Prince Richard's so-called scandalous dalliances with various unnamed women are pure fiction.
61	* WholePlotReference: The plot is a simmering stew of several borrowed royal-based romcom plots, but resembles ''Film/ThePrinceAndMe'' and ''[[Film/ThePrincessDiaries The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement]]'' the most. Two scenes come from Princess Diaries 2 - a royal is distracted from their duties by adorable orphans and the male romantic lead teaches the female romantic lead how to use a bow and arrow. Amber's "I just want to be a real writer" angst is borrowed from ''Film/HowToLoseAGuyIn10Days'', and wolf attack scene is straight from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''.
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66	* AppealToTradition: Mrs. Averill and Amber chafe when the former insists that the latter follow ''all'' of the strict Aldovian protocol, even if it means stifling Amber's decisions for her own wedding.
67	* ArtifactTitle: Richard was the titular "Christmas Prince" of the previous movie and ostensibly this movie, except he begins it already having become king.
68	* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Lord Leopold is apparently an affable, helpful friend to the crown... Until it's revealed that he's the reason the initiative has been failing.]]
69	* BreakTheHaughty: It's revealed that Simon lost everything in his divorce with Sophia and shows up dressed in modest clothes and with a clunker car.
70	* CallBack:
71	** The film starts with Sahil stealing a cab from Rudy, mirroring how Richard stole a cab from Amber at the start of the first film.
72	** Before going out to choose a Christmas tree, Amber inquires about the possibility of wolves in the forest.
73	** [[spoiler:Amber wears Converse to her wedding, as she wore them to the ball in the original.]]
74	* ColorMotifs: Amber's signature red carries on from the previous film, present on her mainly during times of strength and with loved ones. Conversely, during times of personal conflict, her outfits fade into paler pinks and blues. [[spoiler:It's also worth noting that as she finally ties the knot with the royal family and becomes queen, her crown is a bright red]].
75	%%* CampGay: Sahil and Andy.
76	* HeelFaceTurn: Simon is still shady and underhanded, but ends up on the side of the heroes in the end.
77	* HollywoodHacking: Emily is able to break into a secure database in just a couple of hours using little to no software as an aid.
78	* InformedAttribute: The dress designer refers to Amber as "my Helen of Troy" which is similarly exaggerating her good looks.
79	* InnocentlyInsensitive: Sahil and Mrs. Averill demand Amber remove her locket before taking a royal portrait, not knowing that a picture of her late mother is in it.
80	* NotMeThisTime: Despite his shady past and desire to get his hands on the royal funds, [[spoiler:Simon really isn't responsible.]]
81	* TheOtherDarrin: The actor of Rudy. Rudy says he feels like a brand new person, a joke showing that the original actor of the character has been replaced.
82	* PairTheSpares: [[spoiler:It's implied that Melissa and Andy end up with Simon and Sahil respectively.]]
83	* PimpedOutDress: The dress Sahil designs for Amber, though she prefers something similar.
84	* ReformedButRejected: Simon returns for forgiveness from the royal family [[spoiler:and stays that way]], but considering his conspiracy against them in the last film, they're understandably pretty hesitant to trust him, even as he helps them investigate the kingdom's current problems.
85	* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Shell corporations owned by Lord Leopold have been buying up contracts and taking the money out of the country, resulting in the New Aldovia initiative failing.]]
86	* SchoolPlay: Emily is the lead in one, and it causes her a great deal of angst when a worker strike cancels it.
87	%%* StealthInsult: Sahil is a master of these.
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93	* ClosedCircle: A huge blizzard closes all the airports in Aldovia after it's discovered that the treaty was stolen.
94	* MaternityCrisis: A mild one, since the OB/GYN is stuck in a blizzard when Amber's contractions start. Luckily, Queen Ming is able to help with the initial stages, and Richard manages to ride out and rescue the nurse in time for the actual birth.
95	* MistakenForCheating: Simon's apparent sneaking around with Penglian attaché Lynn leads Melissa to believe that he is cheating on her.
96	* NotMeThisTime: Once again [[spoiler: it's not Simon.]] Although he's not helping his case any by sneaking around, he's actually just trying to [[spoiler: make a surprise proposal and work out a mutually beneficial addition to the treaty.]]
97	* RunningGag: Everyone trying to find out what sex and/or name the baby will have in extremely unsubtle ways.
98	* SignificantBirthDate: The titular royal baby comes on Christmas, of course.
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