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| 14 | ->'''Jasmine:''' Please try to understand. I've never done a thing on my own. I've never had any real friends... ''[Rajah makes a surprised and offended growl]'' ...Except you, Rajah. I've never even been outside the palace walls.\ |
| 15 | '''Sultan:''' But, Jasmine, you're a ''princess''.\ |
| 16 | '''Jasmine:''' ...Then maybe I don't want to ''be'' a princess any more!\ |
| 17 | '''Sultan:''' ''Ooh!!!'' ''[to Rajah]'' Allah forbid you shall have any daughters! |
| 18 | -->-- Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' |
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| 20 | To the Rebellious Princess, being [[RoyalBlood part of the royal family]] is overrated: You have no control over the path of your life, your responsibilities are numerous and burdensome (or not [[RichBoredom burdensome enough]]), you're generally under everyone's thumb, or you're destined to live unhappily in a [[AltarDiplomacy political marriage]]. The only options are [[ErmineCapeEffect to throw off]] your [[PimpedOutDress frilly dress]] and to run off with the first hero who passes through (in old-fashioned stories), or set off for [[ActionGirl adventures]] on her own [[KingIncognito on the sly]] (in the modern ones). |
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| 22 | The Rebellious Princess is usually a teenager, typically brash (since it goes hand in hand with being rebellious). If she's not the hero, quite often she's the hero's love interest. This will sometimes invoke MarryForLove not only as another way for her to rebel, but to also get out of an ArrangedMarriage. She usually qualifies as a [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Royal Who Actually Does Something]]. Sometimes the Rebellious Princess is the WhiteMagicianGirl, but not always: in video games, she can also be an archer, [[LadyOfWar warrior]], or BlackMagicianGirl. Mage princesses are more likely to be found KickingAssInAllHerFinery. She may also be a PoliticallyActivePrincess depending on the nature of her "rebellion". |
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| 24 | When [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools written badly]], this trope [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic evokes a spoiled brat who is simply whining about how bad their palatial life is when they have never seen how the "lower classes" live]]; their "rebellious nature" is not based in any actual ethics or logic. For this reason, people who write this trope must remember to give royal status suitable drawbacks that she wants to get away from. |
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| 26 | Somewhat more common in the earlier days of the RPG genre than they are now; their population has dwindled with the reduced number of games involving monarchies. [[GenderInvertedTrope Male examples]] are rare but not [[RebelPrince unheard of]]. |
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| 28 | Can be an example of ModestRoyalty. Often experiencing RichBoredom and likely to invoke a CagedBirdMetaphor. For characters a little lower on the social hierarchy, see SpiritedYoungLady. Might be confused with a PrincessInRags who is forced into not being a princess where the rebellious one chooses not to be. |
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| 30 | Contrast PrincessClassic, IdleRich. |
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| 32 | ---- |
| 33 | !!Examples: |
| 34 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 35 | |
| 36 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 37 | * ''Anime/{{Basquash}}'': Flora Skybloom, after feeling the pure hotbloodedness of Dan and the rest of his team from their Bigfoot basketball matches, escapes from her castle, hides her identity, and makes her way into his inner circle. |
| 38 | * Farnese from ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' is a deconstruction (although she's technically not a princess). She becomes rebellious and pyromaniac [[FreudianExcuse because her parents never paid any attention to her]] (when her father instructed her to burn an old toy of hers, her half-brother Serpico remarks that it was the first time her father spoke to her in a year). This earns her the social isolation it would realistically earn her, and she [[spoiler:eventually burns down her family's mansion]] out of frustration. She then gets shipped off to a convent and becomes the figurehead leader of the ChurchMilitant because that's all the various nobles and churchmen believe her to be good for. |
| 39 | * ''Manga/BokuraNoKiseki'': [[PosthumousCharacter Veronica]]. While mostly mindful of her responsibilities, she was still very easygoing and flouted rules of propriety left and right. |
| 40 | * ''Manga/CandyCandy'': Variation. Candy plays the role quite well, but she's a member of the ''extremely'' rich and high-class Andree family only after being adopted by the leader and against the will of several other members. |
| 41 | * ''Anime/CodeGeass'' has a few. Notably, Euphemia li Britannia disapproves of the social Darwinism found throughout TheEmpire, and makes a point of telling her sister [[WarriorPrince Cornelia]] something along those lines, hinting that she'd even eye the throne at one point if it meant social reform. Lelouch, meanwhile, is literally a Rebel Prince against Britannia. |
| 42 | * Played with in ''Literature/{{Corsair}}'', where Aura is the princess of a pirate clan and already has the freedom most Rebellious Princesses want. She still rebels though, to the point where Canale knocks her out during a major attempt to rescue ''her'' because she refuses to place her safety above his own and go ahead without him. She also thinks she is TheHero's love interest until Ayace callously tells her [[SubvertedTrope she can't marry Canale]] because they're [[YaoiGenre lovers]]. |
| 43 | * Princess Angelise Ikaruga Misurugi, the titular heroine of ''Anime/CrossAnge'', starts off as a fairly unlikeable, prissy, prejudiced princess of an Empire that disapproves of anyone who cannot use the Light of Mana. But when she herself is outed as a "Norma", exiled to Arzenal, made to fight monsters that eat humans in a HumongousMecha, and later tries to come back to the Misurugi Empire only to suffer an attempted execution, she firmly becomes this as she now sees how savage and barbaric non-Normas are. |
| 44 | * ''Anime/FutureRobotDaltanious'': Kento Tate spent most of his life believing he was an ordinary human boy. When he managed to revive Beralios from his slumber, Earl realized the boy was descended from Emperor Palmillion, the last ruler of his long-destroyed planet, the Helios Empire. Earl instantly sets out on making Kento read up on Helios' history and learn how to act diplomatic to potential allies. Kento hates this, and often reacts by screaming at Earl and calling him an old man. Their friction is so bad that in one episode, Earl has to use a helper robot to haul a naked Kento away and force him into formal attire so he can attend a formal meeting about Helios' military. |
| 45 | * ''Anime/GoLion'': Princess Fala doesn't actually run away, but has to go against her advisors (who even tied her up at the start to keep her from piloting the blue lion). Later, she gets her wish to join the team as their Chick. She takes it a step further in a later episode, ultimately refusing a demand from fellow planetary sovereigns that she take full command of Go Lion. She is at last confident enough to lead a planet and an alliance of planets, but still be just a team member when it comes to the Super Robot, albeit designated as Black Lion's alternate pilot. Of course, her possible romantic feelings for Akira Kogane may play a role in that as well. The same applies to her ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'' counterpart Allura. |
| 46 | * ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' seems to have a fair number of these: |
| 47 | ** Cagalli Yula Athha in ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]'' is de facto the princess of the neutral state of Orb, but runs off to wage guerrilla warfare against ZAFT in Africa. She is much less volatile in the sequel, ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Gundam SEED Destiny]]''. |
| 48 | ** In ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]'', we have the tomboyish and willful Maria Louise from Neo France doing lots of un-princess-like things to get the attention of her "Knight in League" and local Gundam Fighter, George de Sand. After she grows up and learns her lesson, Maria doesn't lose her spirit and does what she can to aid George and the Shuffle Alliance. |
| 49 | ** Relena Peacecraft/Darlian in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing''. Even after [[spoiler:being made Queen of the World Sphere Alliance]], she refuses to go along with [[spoiler:Romefeller]]'s plans, makes her own policy instead, and when she can't fully institute it she prefers to leave matters to [[spoiler: Treize]] rather than being a puppet and bowing to the noblemen. [[spoiler: Her full and public rejection of the Princess mantle during ''Endless Waltz'' [[DoNotAdjustYourSet which is]] ''[[DoNotAdjustYourSet televised worldwide]]''.]] |
| 50 | ** If we count the Deikun clan from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' as royalty, then Zeon Zum Deikun's daughter and [[BrokenAce Char Aznable's]] / [[BigBad Casval Deikun's]] sister [[spoiler: Sayla Mass/Artesia Deikun]] fits the trope quite well. |
| 51 | ** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Gundam Unicorn]]'' has [[spoiler: Audrey Burn, a.k.a. Princess Mineva Lao Zabi, the last survivor member of the Zabi family and heir to the Principality of Zeon]], formerly a figurehead used by previous Neo Zeon movements, she's now decided to go out on her own to try to stop another war from breaking out. |
| 52 | ** ''{{Deconstructed|Trope}}'' with Princess Marina Ismail from ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]''. No matter what she tries to do, she's just a figurehead and ''never'' really accomplishes much despite her struggles. [[spoiler: Until the second season finale, where she starts rebuilding Azhadistan after the war is over]]. |
| 53 | ** Miorine Rembran of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury'' is a corporate heiress rather than an actual aristocrat, but the difference is semantic at best. Owing to the fact that she's specifically the heir to what's effectively an arms manufacturing MegaCorp, the death of her loving mother and her emotionally distant father having declared her hand in marriage to belong to [[CompeteForTheMaidensHand whoever can best her current groom-to-be in a mobile suit duel]], whether she likes it or not, she has every reason to want to escape her life, seeking to live freely on Earth. Indeed, her first scene is being picked up during one of her less successful escape attempts (she was free-floating in a spacesuit with limited oxygen). As the series goes on, she becomes more willing to use the power her position gives her and "play the game", and learns the truth of why her father set up those absurd duelling games, but she never drops her disgust. |
| 54 | * ''Anime/HelloSandybell'': Princess Catherine of Romanek actually hates being a Princess and feels suffocated by having to put on a ProperLady image. When she's finally away from the journalists, she begins ranting about her life. |
| 55 | -->'''Catherine''': "I don't get why journalists do this. Everyone always asks the same questions. ''What's your favourite subject in school?'' "Latin", I have to say. I have to say that because of my role as a Princess, but the truth is, I hate studying!" |
| 56 | ** The same episode has Sandybell's suspiciously-Mario-looking friend take Catherine out and experience the life of an ordinary child, with rollerblading, going to the park and eating ice cream. |
| 57 | * ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'''s Alto Saotome, while not technically royalty (nor [[DudeLooksLikeALady female]]), counts. The heir to a well-known family of Kabuki actors, he instead went and pursued his dream of becoming a pilot. It also helps that he really does [[DudeLooksLikeALady look like a Japanese princess]] whenever we're shown a flashback of his kabuki days. |
| 58 | * Being the top-ranked priestess and direct conduit to the Purato god, [=JuJu=] of ''Manga/MagicalCircleGuruGuru'' is as close to a princess as you can get without being actual royalty. She opts to run away and seek out the heroes after a RunningGag involving a ClingyMacGuffin makes things too ridiculous to tolerate at home. |
| 59 | * Lucia Nanami of ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'' is the heroine, but doesn't understand nor appreciate her position -- so she just tries to do what she wants. |
| 60 | * Princess Ana Medaiyu of ''Anime/OvermanKingGainer'' becomes a willing hostage to have some fun, and play along with going on Exodus with the Yapan. Later she tries to return but decides to stay once her father publicly disowns her to protect her from London IMA in case the Duke's line is discontinued, for allowing such a large Exodus to take place. |
| 61 | * ''Anime/QueensBlade'': Claudette regards her younger sister, Leina, as such since she's chosen [[WalkingTheEarth the life of a vagabond]], rather than take her rightful place on the throne. Which Claudette absolutely won't tolerate, so she sends their youngest sister, [[CatGirl Elina]], to find Leina and capture her. |
| 62 | * All this trouble in ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' started because a certain Moon Princess chose to be with the Earth's Prince, against her entourage's advice. |
| 63 | * ''[[Anime/LupinIIITheSecretOfTwilightGemini The Secret of Twilight Gemini]]'': [[GirlOfTheWeek Lara]] is a literal example, as she's the rebel leader of the oppressed [[LaResistance Geltic Tribe.]] However, she doesn't find out about her royal lineage until the Elder reveals it to her [[Franchise/LupinIII and Lupin]], before the battle to reclaim their ancient homeland. |
| 64 | * [[spoiler:Naga the Serpent]] of ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'' [[spoiler:is the missing first princess of the kingdom of Saillune, Gracia Ul Naga Saillune, and the older sister of Amelia, one of the four major protagonists]]. After witnessing the assassination of her mother, she ran away from home on a quest to learn the ways of the world, become more powerful ([[UnknownRival she doesn't]], but that really depends on the media), and [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl drink.]] The LightNovels imply that she ''does'' return to her home sporadically, and she even stays in contact with her loved ones, but more often than not for financial reasons. The anime more or less states that she hasn't returned at all, [[spoiler:which is a large source of [[StepfordSmiler well-hidden]] angst for Amelia]]. |
| 65 | * Lala from ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' runs away, to have control over who she marries. |
| 66 | * ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'' has [[TheMedic Princess Millerna]], who rebels against the desire of her father of marrying [[GuileHero Dryden Fassa]]. |
| 67 | * Defied in ''Anime/{{Windaria}}''. Veronica is set up to be this but reluctantly carries out her mother's will. |
| 68 | [[/folder]] |
| 69 | |
| 70 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 71 | * Destrii - the Primatrix Destriianatos - from ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine''. A decidedly different take on the trope, in that Destrii's a DarkActionGirl rebelling against her EvilMatriarch mother, and while her people see her as their heroine, she only wants to escape her {{dystopia}}n homeworld. When she finally does, she has repeated run-ins with the Eighth Doctor, which eventually see her homeworld's nobility overthrown, her mother dead, and Destrii herself slowly starting a HeelFaceTurn under the Doctor's tutelage. |
| 72 | * Princess Sally from ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''. Several times in the comics, most recently her (annulled) marriage with Patch show her dislike for the duties and protocols associated with her position as princess. And often times she will have a rather stern word about it to the powers that be. |
| 73 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': |
| 74 | ** In the [[ComicBook/AllStarComicsNumber8 original]] [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 comics]] after [[Characters/WonderWomanAllies Steve Trevor]] crashed on Paradise Island, a contest was held to determine which Amazon would return him to the outside world. Princess Diana wanted to enter the contest but her mother Queen Hippolyta forbade her to do so. Diana entered the contest in disguise and bested all of the other contestants, winning the right to leave. Most retellings of Wonder Woman's origin maintain at least some tension between Diana and her mother when she first goes into Man's World (in the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse, she outright ''steals'' the Wonder Woman armor when Hippolyta takes a not-our-problem approach to the white martians' invasion). But it's outright deconstructed in Jill Thompson's ''The True Amazon'', where Diana is portrayed as an immensely spoiled {{Jerkass}} who [[spoiler:takes up the mantle of Wonder Woman as penance for ''getting several other Amazons killed'' during the Contest]]. |
| 75 | ** [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 Post-Crisis]]. Artemis finds her father distasteful and is only stopped (by Athena) from jumping in herself when Zeus tries to rape Diana though she still helps Diana more indirectly. On that note, Athena carefully works and manipulates things for years so that she can usurp her father cleanly since she disapproves of his entitled misogynistic and pitiless attitude. |
| 76 | ** ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfWonderWoman2016'' is a revisiting a slight tweaking of Diana's WWII-era origin as a child and young adult, she wants no part of being her mother's heir and runs away to secretly get training and learn things her mother tells her to drop and give up. |
| 77 | * Ninjette from ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'' is the Rebellious ''{{Ninja}}'' Princess of her clan. |
| 78 | * Adrienne from ''ComicBook/{{Princeless}}'' is one of seven daughters who have all been locked up in towers waiting for princes to rescue them, but quickly decides to take matters into her own hands and not just break herself out, but also rescue her sisters and usurp their father's throne. |
| 79 | * ''ComicBook/TalesOfTheJedi'': Princess Galia of Onderon is a positive example. She was opposed to her parents' [[SorcerousOverlord evil ways]] and had secret dealings with the underground resistance movement, which is how she met and fell in love with Beast Rider noble Oron Kira. She conspired with him to have herself seemingly kidnapped from her palace chambers so that she could marry him. Together they would become the first rulers of Onderon in centuries who were not followers of the Dark Side. |
| 80 | * ''ComicBook/XWingRogueSquadron'': Plourr initially rejected her inheritance as heir apparent of Eiattu's monarchy after the rest of her family was murdered, running off to join the Rebel Alliance and becoming a pilot with Rogue Squadron. She's called back by her people later and eventually accepts the role, but on her terms. Plourr makes it clear there ''will'' be changes on Eiattu. |
| 81 | [[/folder]] |
| 82 | |
| 83 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 84 | * Princess Aura, daughter of Ming The Merciless in ''ComicStrip/FlashGordon'' was rebelling all the way back in the 1930s. She was just as determined to marry Flash as Ming was to kill him. The fact that Dale Arden was Flash's love interest simply complicated things more. |
| 85 | [[/folder]] |
| 86 | |
| 87 | [[folder:Fairy Tales]] |
| 88 | * In Creator/TheBrothersGrimm's "Literature/MaidMaleen", the titular princess refuses to go through an arranged marriage and is locked away in a tower as punishment. When she realizes nobody will come to free, she and her chambermaid dig a hole in a wall and run away. |
| 89 | [[/folder]] |
| 90 | |
| 91 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 92 | * In ''[[http://www.potionsandsnitches.net/fanfiction/viewstory.php?sid=2985&textsize=0&chapter=12 Red as Fire]]'' Harry's mother gave up her inheritance to the Northern throne of dragonkind so she could marry Snape. |
| 93 | * Astrid from ''Fanfic/WhatTheWaterGaveMe'' falls into this category. Because of Hiccup's sacrifice and [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan the death of Astrid's parents]], Stoick adopted Astrid with intentions of making her his successor. The only problem is that she doesn't want to become chief. |
| 94 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12790560/3/Harry-Potter-and-the-Heir-to-Atlantis Harry Potter and the Heir to Atlantis]]'' Harry's grandmother was crown princess of Atlantis before she ran away with one of her protectors, swearing not to return unless she was relieved of her duties. |
| 95 | * Jack plays a male example in ''WebVideo/FrostKillingHour''. After the death of their parents, Elsa is due to be crowned queen, but she feels she's emotionally unable to do so right now and tries to get her younger brother to become king instead. The rebellious Jack is unwilling to take up the mantle. |
| 96 | * ''Fanfic/OzmaSeesHerself'' is an interquel story meant to delve into how Princess (in name alone, as Ozma is actually a queen) Ozma felt about her new role after ''Literature/TheMarvelousLandOfOz''. Ozma spent her entire life [[RaisedAsTheOppositeGender as a farm boy]], so she doesn't take to her new life easily. She avoids her work to [[TomboyPrincess just climb trees and play]]. Ozma ends up [[TheRunaway running away]], but eventually she comes back and accepts her place as princess. |
| 97 | * Weiss is the heiress to the throne in ''Webcomic/RWBYAUBirds''. However, she hates being caged in the castle by her father and frequently escapes to do as she pleases. |
| 98 | * In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/34254403/chapters/85225396 Infinity Train: Crown of Thorns]]'', PrincessProtagonist Acerola, despite severe pressure from the ghosts of her ancestors, has no desire to uphold the legacy of the Alolan royal family, which is part of the reason why she gets taken by the Train. |
| 99 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6673523/1/Ex-Sanguis Ex Sanguis]]'' Harry's mother was crown princess of the elves before she ran away to escape being future ruler, while her sister was banished for marrying a Muggle. |
| 100 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5656012/5/Ever-After Ever After]]'' Ginny escapes from the castle to seek adventure and excitement while avoiding her ArrangedMarriage to an unknown earl. |
| 101 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14277771/1/Now-Then-Forever-and-Always Now, Then, Forever, and Always]]'' Fleur renounces her title and runs off with Harry. |
| 102 | [[/folder]] |
| 103 | |
| 104 | [[folder:Films -- Animated]] |
| 105 | * Outside of the interactive electronic oeuvre, practically every female protagonist in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon since ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'' has been of this type (Eilonwy, Ariel, Jasmine, Pocahontas, etc., etc., etc.), possibly as a response to feminists complaining about how "Disney Princesses" ''had'' been treated previously (almost exclusively) as [[DamselInDistress damsels in distress]]. |
| 106 | ** Even [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Aurora]] to some extent; once she learns that she ''is'' a princess and will be subject to an ArrangedMarriage, she is ''not'' happy with the idea, although she goes along with it. On the flip side, [[RebelPrince Philip]] wasn't about to accept ''his'' end of the bargain either. |
| 107 | ** Cinderella in ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIDreamsComeTrue''. She had to follow the traditional role of a Princess, until she decided to break the traditions, much to the King’s (eventual) approval. |
| 108 | ** Jasmine in ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', even more so in the [[Theatre/{{Aladdin}} stage adaptation]]. |
| 109 | ** Mei, Ting-Ting, and Su from ''WesternAnimation/MulanII''. At the end of the film, rather than marrying the princes that live on the other side of China, they all instead hook up with Yao, Ling, and Chien-Po, respectively. |
| 110 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'' downplays this. While Moana is drawn to sail the ocean she is willing to put those desires aside to fulfill the responsibilities of being the next chief of her village. It is only when she learns her childhood encounter with the ocean really happened and that Te Ka's curse will impact Motonui regardless of what they do does she leave on the quest to restore the heart of Te Fiti, but even then it's done to save her people. |
| 111 | ** Kiara from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'' plays this trope rather existentially, as she fears that her role as princess, then queen, will consume her entire identity, leaving her just a piece of a larger plan. As a teen, she also falls for Kovu from a banished pride. |
| 112 | * Merida from ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' plays this trope straight at first, then {{deconstruct|edTrope}}s it. The film itself really only starts this way, and it's really only the loving yet very strict mother who Merida is up against (when not getting involved with exciting drinking parties, her father is perfectly okay with much of it and even gave her ''her first bow'' for her birthday). In the end, it's not so much about her getting her way as it is about her and her mother getting an understanding of each other's opinions and finding a balance after Merida goes through a ''very'' rude awakening and lots of CharacterDevelopment coming from her poorly-thought "rebelliousness". |
| 113 | %%* According to the adverts, Princess Kyla of the flop movie ''WesternAnimation/{{Delgo}}''. |
| 114 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie'', one of the princess emojis is mentioned as having run away from Textopolis and with the help of Jailbreak, went to live on the cloud. [[spoiler: it's later revealed that Jailbreak herself is the missing princess, who left because she was tired of the limits and stereotypes associated with her role.]] |
| 115 | * ''WesternAnimation/RubyGillmanTeenageKraken'': [[ArcWords Fifteen years ago]], [[spoiler:after [[RoyalsThatActuallyDoSomething turning the tide in a war against the mermaids]] and sealing away the terrible weapon of their leader Nerissa; the only daughter of the great Warrior Queen of the Kraken turned her back on her heritage, departed the realm with her lover & [[GiveHerANormalLife infant daughter]], [[SleepModeSize suppressed the bulk of her power/size]], and started a new life in a seaside human town as realtor Agatha Gillman]]. |
| 116 | [[/folder]] |
| 117 | |
| 118 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 119 | * ''Film/WhenKnighthoodWasInFlower'': Princess Mary refuses her brother UsefulNotes/HenryVIII's orders to marry the king of France, instead engaging in a forbidden affair with a commoner. |
| 120 | * In ''Film/ThePrincessAndThePirate'', the princess is fleeing from an ArrangedMarriage, until she is kidnapped by the pirate. Luckily Creator/BobHope is there to save her. |
| 121 | * Gender-flipped in ''Film/EverAfter'': Prince Henry does not want to have an ArrangedMarriage and take on the duties of his kingdom. See RebelPrince. |
| 122 | * [[Creator/AudreyHepburn Princess Ann]] in ''Film/RomanHoliday'', who runs away for a day in the city of Rome due to the pressure put upon her. |
| 123 | * Princess Vespa from ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'' becomes a RunawayBride rather than be wed to the drippy [[PrinceCharmless Prince Valium]], and proves herself to be very spoiled and headstrong in her interactions with Lone Starr. |
| 124 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'': |
| 125 | ** Subverted with Princess Leia, who may be a rebel, but so is her father Bail. Despite this, she [[spoiler: (and her twin brother)]] are still rebelling against [[spoiler: their biological father]]. The Princess Leia Diaries has her rebelling against social norms as well. |
| 126 | ** ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' ultimately reveals that [[spoiler:Rey is the long-lost granddaughter of Emperor Palpatine, who offers to pass down his position to her so she can be Empress during the climax, but she refuses and duels with him instead with the spirits of his sworn enemies, the Jedi, lending their strength to help her]]. |
| 127 | * Jodhaa in ''Film/JodhaaAkbar'' definitely fits the bill. She's a beautiful Rajput princess who's not only an ActionGirl who can hold her own in a sword fight against the Mughal emperor of Hindustan, but she also refuses to marry him (and after she marries him, show him outward affection) until he shows her and the rest of India religious tolerance. |
| 128 | * Princess Yuki in Creator/AkiraKurosawa's ''Film/TheHiddenFortress'' which is the basis for the original ''Franchise/StarWars''. She's a tomboy who always argues against and contradicts the loyal general (Toshiro Mifune) protecting her as they travel through enemy territory in disguise. |
| 129 | * ''Film/MirrorMask'' features an evil one who is willing to destroy the world she's from in order to keep from going back there. |
| 130 | * In ''Film/{{Legend 1985}}'', it's implied that Lili frequently sneaks off into the woods to visit friends, one of whom even comments that she should be back at the palace and not hanging out with poor folks like them. |
| 131 | * Jen from ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'', though she isn't a princess, but a governor's daughter. She longed for an [[ActionGirl exciting life of adventure]] and didn't want to get married. |
| 132 | * Elizabeth from ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' is a governor's daughter instead of a princess, but shows the usual rebellious princess traits. |
| 133 | * ''Film/{{The Princess|2022}}'': The princess secretly trained in combat without permission by her father the king, refusing to submit when coerced into marrying by Julius, fighting both him and his men. |
| 134 | [[/folder]] |
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| 136 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 137 | * ''Literature/AlexisCarew'': The titular character is effectively a duke's granddaughter by her homeworld's standards (technically non-titled gentry). She balks at the gender roles society wants to place her in, refusing to marry some asshat solely so her family's land stays in the family and instead joining the Royal Navy as a midshipman while her grandfather tries to get the agnatic primogeniture law changed. Note that these gender roles have only been legally enforced on her planet for two generations at most and the law is nationally unconstitutional (but enforcement is lax to nonexistent in the Fringe), so she's got some reason. |
| 138 | * ''Literature/TheApprenticeRogue'': Downplayed. While Leona is willing to go along with her arranged marriage she is not completely docile. [[spoiler: She rebels by seducing her bodyguard and having sex with him on the night before her wedding to her bodyguard's boss.]] |
| 139 | * ''Literature/TheBelgariad'': Ce'Nedra has the attitude and the love interest bit down, though she actually loves being a princess -- one of her major problems with marrying Garion was the fact that, as Overlord of the West, he outranked her. However, she did run away from home with only her personal tutor, because a treaty required that she present herself in her wedding gown at the throne of the Rivan King to be betrothed to him on her sixteenth birthday. She thought it was completely pointless and humiliating, because there hadn't been a Rivan King in hundreds of years. She is, of course, found by the group that includes Garion -- who is the heir to the Rivan throne. |
| 140 | * ''Literature/BooksOfTheRaksura'': [[GenderInvertedTrope Gender-flipped]] with Moon, a Raksura who was RaisedByHumans. When he joins a Raksura court, he learns that, as a [[FantasticCasteSystem Consort]], he's expected to be a refined, shy, dainty piece of arm candy. He deliberately ignores all that and continues to be an adventurer and front-line fighter. |
| 141 | * Princess Halley in ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'' ran away from her duties in order to find out who murdered a big part of her family. While the princesses are expected to [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething do things]], her family is displeased because she doesn't write letters, and they don't even know whether she's still alive. |
| 142 | * ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfDorsa'': Tasia sneaks out into the city regularly to visit her lovers and has turned every suitor for her away, against what her father the Emperor wishes. |
| 143 | * ''Literature/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrath'': Jame is not happy at all [[RagsToRoyalty when she finds she's a Highborn lady of the highest rank and the sister of the Highlord]]. The rigid gender roles and restrictions chafe and she ultimately rejects them. |
| 144 | * ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain'': Princess Eilonwy, whose outspokenness and rebelliousness at times border on childish brattishness. Since Disney created TheFilmOfTheBook with ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'', Eilonwy would also be part of the Disney line-up; however, her characterization is a bit different in the film. As we see in ''The Book of Three'' that when her kinfolk, the Sea People, went to war, the women rode out with the men. In ''The High King,'' the ladies of the Court of Mona who were trying to teach her how to act "ladylike" were the weird ones. |
| 145 | * Jelka Tolonen in David Wingrove's ''Literature/ChungKuo'' series borders on this, due to an ArrangedMarriage. |
| 146 | * In ''Literature/DeadWest'', Lady Arabell of Atholl. Technically, she is a duchess, but otherwise qualifies, and she was specifically chosen as a bride to the Porcelain Doctor because of this characteristic. Arabell proves herself when she flees from Scotland before her ArrangedMarriage (after her planned marriage to Niall has already been broken up by her parents) to Africa, where his previous groom is stationed. She does this alone, without any kind of help except her gifts, and makes Niall very confused but otherwise proud. Cedric certainly approves of her spunkiness, viewing Arabell's ActionGirl tendencies as worthy of a [=MacArkill=], and most likely this is why the ShotgunWedding with Niall ends up as a PerfectlyArrangedMarriage. |
| 147 | * Susan Sto Helit of the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' books is a reigning duchess rather than a princess but otherwise fits the bill in that she displays no interest whatsoever in using her title or position and ends up taking a job as a lowly schoolmistress. Though it must be said she has very few of the traditional personality traits associated with this trope. |
| 148 | * ''Literature/TheDragonBusiness'': Princess Affonyl spends most of her time in scientific pursuits and other education and is fed up with her father and his DecadentCourt, eventually faking her death to flee his castle and join Dalbry and his crew. |
| 149 | * Aeriel in ''Literature/TheDreamlandChronicles'' is a minor {{aver|tedTrope}}sion. She is an Amazon Princess so her adventuring doesn't really make her a rebel. What makes her a rebel to her people is that she [[StrawFeminist falls in love with a man]] and is willing to do things for him that her tribe considers dishonorable. |
| 150 | * Princess Laurana from the ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' series. Blond, brash, and a teenager (by Elven standards anyway.) She runs away from home to try and win back TheHero even though he has just rejected her and her family disapproves of him for being a bastard half-human. She then becomes a LadyOfWar, even though elven women are not supposed to take up arms. After being reunited with her family, she immediately runs away again, this time to steal a [[AncientArtifact Dragon Orb]], from her father and deliver it to the [[TheAlliance Whitestone Council]] to help them fight the evil [[TheEmpire Dragonarmies]]. She wins the admiration of the highly chauvinistic Knights of Solamnia for her courage and skill in battle and is given command of their army, which she leads to a series of victories through highly innovative and risky tactics. And then, ignoring the advice of TeamDad, Flint Fireforge, she abandons her army to try and rescue her {{Love Interest|s}}, Tanis, [[spoiler:only to be betrayed and captured by her ArchEnemy, Kitiara]]. |
| 151 | * Subverted by Princess Sarene of ''Literature/{{Elantris}}''. She's very much got the personality, but since she's not the heir (she's got a brother ahead of her in the line of succession) and her father finds having a strong-willed diplomat who can handle herself in a swordfight if she has to and is more than capable of planning on the fly to be a far greater asset to the nation than a pampered princess would be, nobody minds. |
| 152 | * Princess Cimorene from the ''Literature/EnchantedForestChronicles'' - early in the first book, she intentionally gets herself "kidnapped" by a dragon in order to escape her current life and an ArrangedMarriage. Before this, she insisted on her teachers teaching her things not normally covered: magic, cooking, politics, fencing, Latin, etc. She also fights off many of the princes and knights to come to rescue her herself to prevent them from bringing her home and changes her official title (among the dragons) to "Chief Cook and Librarian" to help drive them away. |
| 153 | * ''Literature/AHoleInTheFence'': Saura is daughter of the man who has been the governor of Metropolis for forty years, and as far she is concerned, her privileged position means she cannot live her own life. She has been bickering with her father for years because he will not let her move out of the city and live a simple life, and he is still bitter about Saura marrying a man of the High Country against his wishes. |
| 154 | * ''Literature/TheHorseAndHisBoy'': Aravis, princess of the Calormene province of Calavar who prefers hunting and riding and scimitar-fighting to what princesses like her best friend Lasaraleen are expected to do. Even leaves her home rather than being forced to marry the SmugSnake of the Tisroc's Prime Minister. [[spoiler: Ends up marrying Shasta aka Prince Cor and becoming the Queen of Archenland.]] |
| 155 | * The titular princess from the children's story ''King Dicky Bird and the Bossy Princess'', who is quite happy being unmarried and running her father's kingdom by force of will, and is deliberately rude to all her suitors to put them off - including the sincere, persistent but unhandsome King Richard. Her father consequently declares that he'll marry her to the first beggar who offers to take her. One soon does. She makes the best of things in some fairly unprincessy ways (she supports herself and her husband by making and selling items made of upcycled rubbish) and eventually finds out that the beggar is King Richard in disguise, having discovered that he's an enlightened ruler with whom she could have a good marriage. So she rebels... only to end up where she would have been had she not rebelled. |
| 156 | * Anne Dare of Greg Keyes's ''Literature/KingdomsOfThornAndBone'' tetralogy -- though she is thwarted in her rebelliousness first by family members who are actually smart enough to predict her defiance and catch her at it, then by some (well-deserved) guilt-tripping from her friend and maidservant, and finally by, well, reality, in the form of a legion of disasters, tragedies and prophesied battles. |
| 157 | * ''Literature/TheLegendOfDrizzt'': Drizzt Do'Urden is a famous [[GenderInvertedTrope Rare Male Example]], who displays both the characteristics and the character arc in increasingly overtly defying his family and gods. This is aided by the exotic gender dynamics of his society, which is [[LadyLand matriarchal]], and so places him in an analogous role. |
| 158 | * ''Literature/TheLordOfBembibre'': Doña Beatriz was a pretty dutiful daughter until her father the Lord of Arganza attempted to force her into an arranged marriage which she did not want. |
| 159 | * Deconstructed in ''Literature/AMemoryOfFlames.'' Jaslyn is a princess who loves dragons more than people and loathes the thought of being Queen, [[spoiler: which she eventually becomes]]. However, her desire for rebellion leads her to single-handedly do more harm to the realms than anyone save Kemir; she raises and awakens Silence, one of the most bloodthirsty and cruel dragons of all. The trope comes full circle when she is eventually [[spoiler: driven virtually to madness by the potions designed to protect her from Hatchling Disease]] and submits to her new role. |
| 160 | * Princess Miriamele from the ''Literature/MemorySorrowAndThorn'' series [[SweetPollyOliver disguises herself as a boy]] and flees her father's castle to avoid an ArrangedMarriage, and also because she hates what he's doing with the kingdom. True to the trope, she ends up being the {{Love Interest|s}} for Simon and kicks no little ass herself. What makes her interesting is that her ultimate motivation is to [[WhereItAllBegan return home]] to [[LoveRedeems redeem her father]], which [[spoiler:fails to stop the EvilPlan but does set her up to [[SelfMadeOrphan kill her father]] when it's the only way to defeat the [[BigBad Storm King]] afterwards]]. |
| 161 | * ''Literature/ANecklaceOfFallenStars'': Kaela is one of the princesses of Visin, and she hates the pageantry and formality of court life. |
| 162 | * ''Literature/OfFireAndStars'': Mare stoutly rejects the expectation that as a princess she'll marry to further the family, along with [[TomboyPrincess female gender norms overall]] in how she dresses and acts most times. She also has no desire to ever be a mother at all, which they expect of her. Frequently she goes off into the city to get intelligence with her friend and former lover Nils, which they would absolutely forbid for her safety if they knew. |
| 163 | * Princess Amy from ''Literature/TheOrdinaryPrincess'' bolts from her home after her parents and their councilors come up with a plot to hire a dragon and imprison her in a tower in order to force some prince into marrying her. Amy's deception of being an ordinary person is helped by the fact that, as a baby, a fairy actually blessed her to be ordinary -- she doesn't look or act like a stereotypical princess at all! |
| 164 | * Ista from Creator/LoisMcMasterBujold's ''Literature/PaladinOfSouls'' would fit this almost perfectly were it not for the detail of being a forty-year-old widow and ''mother'' of the [[AChildShallLeadThem young queen]]. She started out guilting her keepers [[CoughSnarkCough *cough*]] attendants into permitting her an incognito vacation [[CoughSnarkCough *ahem*]] pilgrimage, and by the end... |
| 165 | -->'''dy Hueltar:''' ''[having caught up with Ista after the breaking of a sorcerous siege]'' Now that you are ''calmer'', Lady Ista, surely it is time we began to think of going safely to Valenda....\ |
| 166 | '''Ista:''' I'm not going back to Valenda. I'm going to follow the army into Jokona to hunt demons for the Bastard. ''Safety'' [[CosmicPlaything has little to do with the god's chores.]] |
| 167 | * Nerilka of [[Literature/DragonridersOfPern Pern]] isn't a princess, but she's the closest Pernese equivalent. She refuses to sit at home and waste her skills during a devastating plague, quietly leaving to work incognito with the healers instead. |
| 168 | * In the backstory of ''Literature/ThePriceOfTheStars'', Perada Rosselin, [[TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard Domina of Lost Entibor, Entibor-in-Exile, and the Colonies Beyond]], took pains to give her only daughter and [[{{Matriarchy}} rightful heir]] Beka the sort of life that the war which eventually destroyed her homeworld robbed her of (one which many who knew her suspected that she would not have liked that much herself). Beka responded by getting a Commercial Starpilot's Licence on her seventeenth birthday[[note]](she said she went in for the 'Pleasure Craft, Limited' sims and [[BlatantLies pressed the wrong button]])[[/note]] and talking her brother into [[PsychicPowers 'convincing']] a safe berth to hire her on that night. |
| 169 | * Mia in ''Literature/ThePrincessDiaries'' is ''extremely'' displeased to find out that she's a princess, largely because of all the stereotypes associated with the position. It should be noted that her parents specifically limit the amount of money she's allowed, and her new title requires her to spend years being trained in courtesy and diplomacy by her overbearing grandmother, who she legitimately hates. She grows into the position eventually, but most of the series devotes itself to answering; "What would a shy, anxious teenager with all the responsibilities of royalty and very few of the automatic privileges be like?" Answer: Not very happy. |
| 170 | * ''Literature/PrincessesOfThePizzaParlor'': As said in ''Boyfriends and Other Minor Annoyances'', Princess Priscilla ran away from home to avoid [[spoiler:going to school]]. |
| 171 | * ''Literature/TheQueenOfIeflaria'': Adale of Ieflaria. She's an irreverent hedonist who's openly uninterested in inheriting the throne initially. |
| 172 | %%* Although the title "princess" is not used in the world of Creator/PatriciaAMcKillip's ''Literature/TheRiddleMasterTrilogy'', the heroine Raederle, daughter of the land-ruler of An, certainly fits the description of a rebellious one. As do Lyra and Tristan, her traveling companions in the second volume, ''Heir of Sea and Fire''. |
| 173 | * Princess Meg from ''The Runaway Princess'', a typical "hates doing princessy things like embroidery" princess, starts off the book by questioning the stereotypical princess story her mother reads to her before bed, and later defies her father and attempts to interfere with the contest he set up to marry her off and help stimulate the kingdom's economy. She ends up winning the contest herself, accidentally. |
| 174 | * In Victoria Hanley's ''Literature/TheSeerAndTheSword'', Torina in the opening wants to ride out instead of staying in, and when her father arrives and presents her with the enslaved prince of the conquered country, she declares if she can really do anything with him, she's freeing him. |
| 175 | %%* Jenna in ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'' starts off as this, but she becomes more accepting of her role as the series progresses. |
| 176 | * Princess Briony from the ''Literature/{{Shadowmarch}}'' series also sort of qualifies. Her father is in captivity and after her older brother Kendrik dies she is forced to pick up the crown. She is not so much averse and seems to enjoy it in principle - if only she were a boy and not subject to the expectations of the courtiers. She does not run away [[spoiler: at first at least]], but shocks everyone in the castle by wearing her twin brother's clothes most of the time. She does not want to stop being a royal altogether but would like to be treated like her brothers. |
| 177 | * Annice of ''Literature/SingTheFourQuarters'' by Creator/TanyaHuff. Her even ''being'' a bard is the direct cause of her having been legally stripped of royal status [[spoiler: mostly because her brother had a snit fit when she refused the ArrangedMarriage he'd set up in favour of attending the Bardic College - the prince he was setting her up to marry came from a queendom that was ''rabidly'' phobic of bards. The FridgeLogic inherent in his attempt is [[LampshadeHanging pointed out near the end of the book]] when the Bardic leader pretty much hits the king over the head with the fact that the bard-hating queendom wouldn't even have considered Annice as an eligible candidate once word of her ability to Sing the kigh got out]]. She and her brother don't talk much, even ''after'' he fixes his mistake and apologizes. |
| 178 | * {{Deconstruct|ion}}ed in Creator/GeorgeRRMartin's ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': [[TomboyPrincess Arya Stark]] doesn't want to be held down by Westerosi tradition and wants to be a warrior. She gets her wish but only after her father is killed, she becomes a fugitive forced to live in the street and consort with the wrong people. |
| 179 | ** ''Literature/FireAndBlood'' has a few more examples: |
| 180 | *** Saera Targaryen, who is at the extremely negative end of this, turns into a right little shit of a teenager. Dad has her locked up to try and get her to behave better - she runs off to become a HighClassCallGirl, and never comes back. |
| 181 | *** Baela Targaryen, daughter of the infamous Daemon Targaryen, inherits some of his rebellious streak, and a fondness for hanging out with soldiers that was considered "unladylike". On the plus side, this meant during the Dance of the Dragons she manages to escape a coup attempt, and cripple Aegon II. A few years later, when Aegon III's regents are worried about the line of succession, they try to have her married off quickly and lock her up when she refuses their initial choice of Thaddeus Rowan. The next morning, it's turned out Baela's already managed to sneak out of the castle, and by the time they find her, she's gotten married to her cousin, Alyn. By this point, the regents throw up their hands and decide it's best to act like that was the plan all along. |
| 182 | * In Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/TheStarBeast'' Lummox is young and doesn't care about her important duties to her subjects. Having one sole hobby, she intends to raise humans, and will only return to her commitments if she gets to continue this activity ''indefinitely''. Somewhat unusual in that she is a multi-ton, eight-legged space lizard. |
| 183 | * In a short story titled, ''The Story of a Disfigured Princess'', Kamilah was something a downplayed version of this, as, initially, she was obedient to her loving but very overprotective and, subtly, overbearing family, regardless of their restrictions. However, because of her family's wants and expectations and the fact their relationship with her seemed to be one-sided, she decides, after an argument, to mutilate her face, grab as much stuff and wealth as she can, change her name to "Barabel", and flee to another village. Her mourning family sends people to look for her but, because of her scars, they don't recognize her, leaving her to live quietly but happy with the villagers, said villagers loving her as much she does they. |
| 184 | * In ''[[Literature/EddieLaCrosse The Sword-Edged Blonde]]'', the small job Eddie [[BatmanColdOpen takes at the start of the book]] is to retrieve a princess who has either been kidnapped by bandits or else run away with them due to foolish notions of romance. It turns out that she's neither kidnapped nor deluded — she's not really the biological daughter of the king in question, and consequently has an unhappy life which she's trying to get away from. |
| 185 | * Princess Andromeda (Andie) in the second book of Creator/MercedesLackey's ''Literature/TalesOfTheFiveHundredKingdoms'' novels. Subverted slightly in that Andie is led to rebellion by her intelligence and virtue, as the Queen and her Chief Advisor have nothing but bad intentions. This is a world where tropes have a force stronger than ''law itself''. [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen The Queen]] and [[EvilChancellor her advisor]] ''couldn't have'' been good, and the book [[LampshadeHanging says so]]. |
| 186 | * ''Literature/TheQueensThief'': [[spoiler:Gen, the titular Thief]], although the also male Sophos may count as well to a degree. |
| 187 | * ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'': |
| 188 | ** ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Although Éowyn does not carry the title of "princess," her uncle is the king and her brother Éomer is his heir (after their cousin Théodred died in the war); she also [[spoiler:marries Faramir, Prince of Ithilien, a province of Gondor]]. Her uncle had given her the responsibility of leading the people to the safety of Dunharrow in the mountains. When she was later despairing about things, she secretly rode into battle with the rest of the army disguised as a man, where she killed the Witch-king (with Merry's help). |
| 189 | ** ''Literature/BerenAndLuthien'': Lúthien's father King Thingol sends her beloved Beren on an [[EngagementChallenge impossible suicide quest]] to get rid of him and imprisons her in a treehouse to keep her from following. Lúthien escapes, rescues Beren from the dungeon he's ended up in and helps him fulfill the quest so they can get married. |
| 190 | ** ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'': As the daughter of Finarfin who, at the time of her birth, was a prince and later became the King of the Noldor living in the Undying Lands, Galadriel was is a princess and she was certainly rebellious. She felt trapped in Valinor and longed to see the far-off lands of Middle-earth and establish a realm of her own that she could rule as Queen, so became a prominent leader in the Flight of the Noldor. She was ''not'' involved in the Kinslaying of Aqualonde however and may have actively fought against Fëanor in defence of her Teleri kin. After the Kinslaying she was too proud to turn back and seek the pardon of the Valar and therefore fell under the Doom of Mandos and was exiled from the Undying Lands along with her brothers, cousins and uncles Fëanor and Fingolfin. This ban was not lifted until thousands of years later during the events of when she managed to overcome the temptation of the One Ring and assisted the Fellowship in the destruction of the Dark Lord Sauron. |
| 191 | * ''Literature/TheToughGuideToFantasyland'': Entry number two on Princesses. They are [[SpiritedYoungLady spirited, willful young women]] who often [[SweetPollyOliver disguise themselves as boys]] and marry "commoners" who turn out to be [[KingIncognito royalty too]]. |
| 192 | * Both of the "Twice Royal" Balitang girls in Creator/TamoraPierce's ''Literature/TrickstersDuet''. Sarai takes the traditional rebellious teenager route, while Dove becomes an actual rebel. |
| 193 | %%* Luxa from ''Literature/TheUnderlandChronicles'' is technically a queen, still she owns this trope completely, but makes it seem pretty cool. |
| 194 | * Lissa Dragomir from ''Literature/VampireAcademy''. She is dating a bad boy in Christian Ozera. She is mostly obedient to Queen Tatiana Ivashkov, but rebels against her mentor's expectations when it comes to her dating life. |
| 195 | * In Bujold's ''Literature/TheVorGame'', [[TheEmperor Emperor]] Gregor is almost a male version of this, partly because he's suicidal and afraid of going insane and being a horrible ruler. He gets over it. |
| 196 | * Leeana Bowmaster from Creator/DavidWeber's ''[[Literature/TheWarGods War God]]'' series is the daughter of a Baron rather than a King, but otherwise fits this trope to a T. Doesn't want to dress or act like a traditional noblewoman, is looking to escape an ArrangedMarriage and eventually runs off to join the [[AmazonBrigade War Maidens]].\ |
| 197 | Unusually, while her parents are sad to see her go (mostly because by doing so she is no longer legally their daughter) they also acknowledge that she will be much happier with the War Maids and quietly support her choice. |
| 198 | * In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', Squirrelflight, the daughter of Firestar, leader of [=ThunderClan=] is this; she's often strong-willed and disobedient, and ends up sneaking off to join Brambleclaw on his quest. |
| 199 | * In ''Literature/WhyPolly'', the princess ''will'' sneak off to the ball, despite being forbidden to by her father. |
| 200 | * In Creator/EDBaker's ''Literature/TheWideAwakePrincess'', Annie is AntiMagic and has none of the FairyGodmother gifts that make Gwendolyn so skilled. She deliberately learns nothing Gwendolyn does the same way -- she learns dancing from gypsies -- or not at all, and deliberately learns things that Gwendolyn doesn't, such as riding sidesaddle and reading and writing. |
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| 203 | [[folder:Live Action TV]] |
| 204 | * The ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'' episode "Princess of Tides" revolves around a princess, from a fictional European country, escaping her bodyguards to get away from her pampered life. |
| 205 | * ''Series/DowntonAbbey'': Sybil is a Rebellious Aristocrat, as she's more interested in politics, women's rights, and nursing than wearing fancy clothes and going to parties. She eventually falls in love with the family chauffeur Tom, a similarly rebellious Irish Socialist, and they go to Ireland where they can be together and get married freely. |
| 206 | * In ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' episode "Nice Lady", Will is responsible for taking a young British aristocrat, Lady Penelope, to an opera; she instead ends up running off and partying around Los Angeles. Not technically a princess, though Geoffrey does mention that she's in succession for the throne, albeit too far down the line to mean much. |
| 207 | * ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Arya Stark is one to a degree, she listens to her father but she abhors and dodges the traditional roles meant for noblewomen. Ned is cool enough with that and puts her under the tutelage of a "dancing" master. |
| 208 | * Lorelai Gilmore of ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' became pregnant with Rory at sixteen but chose not to marry the father, Christopher Hayden. Instead, she left her privileged world and moved to Stars Hollow where she became employed at the Independence Inn. There Lorelai progressed from maid to executive manager. |
| 209 | * ''Series/TheGlamorousImperialConcubine'': Fu Ya starts out as one, doing things like risking her life to save a prisoner and taking a foreign prince hostage. |
| 210 | * ''Series/GoodbyeMyPrincess'': Xiao Feng is arguably a deconstruction, since her rebelliousness leads to her running away, which is how she meets [[AxCrazy Cheng Yin]], which sets in motion all the tragedy that follows. |
| 211 | * ''Series/VagrantQueen'': Elida never wanted her royal position, even while she was a child, and disliked anything involved with this. The idea of succeeding her father and becoming queen never interested her. |
| 212 | * ''Series/{{Willow}}'': Kit is a [[TomboyPrincess tomboy]] who is unhappy with her {{arranged marriage}} to Prince Graydon and uninterested in the traditional ladylike things expected of her. She gets ready to run away, and then goes off on a quest when her brother's kidnapped. |
| 213 | * ''Series/{{Wonder Woman|1975}}'': Against the orders of her mother, Queen Hippolyta, Princess Diana participates in the tournament that allows her to become Wonder Woman. Doing so results in her leaving Paradise Island and venturing to Man's World, much to her mother's dismay. |
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| 216 | [[folder:Myths & Religion]] |
| 217 | * In Myth/NorseMythology we have Brynhildr, who was a valkyrie and a princess. She defied Odin and let the wrong army win a battle so Odin stripped her of her powers and turned her into a "Literature/SleepingBeauty"-esque PrincessClassic - as a punishment. |
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| 220 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 221 | %%* The song "Mercanti e servi" (literally, "Merchants and servants") from Italian band ''Music/INomadi'' ("The Nomads"). |
| 222 | * From the Music/HoneyWorks music video for "[[https://youtu.be/gR1kgZuBviw Pride Kakumei]]", we have [[spoiler:the ponytail boy]], though this is more of a case of a noble than a princess. She spent her days learning how to fight and use a sword, and seemed to run away from home in order to do it. Eventually her family caught up to her, but she was able to go back to training at the dojo. |
| 223 | * The character Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova (aka Nastya Rasputina) from the band Music/TheMechanisms spent much of her early life as a princess in the Empire of Cyberia, blissfully unaware of the suffering around her until she broke out of her virtual world and was mechanized by Music/DrCarmilla. |
| 224 | [[/folder]] |
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| 226 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 227 | * ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'': |
| 228 | ** [[http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Alusair_Obarskyr Alusair]], a princess of Cormyr, decided that everything may go far and fast but ''she'' would devote to her adventures (in different senses) all the time she could spare. Frequently to the point of prolonged inaccessibility via all but emergency communication means. Some people were displeased, but few dared to confront her and she was only the second daughter, not the crown princess, anyway. [[spoiler:That is, until she was forced to become Steel ''Regent''.]] ''[[TookALevelInBadass Earned]]'' the nickname "[[ActionGirl The Steel Princess]]" not just because she had access to high-end equipment and elite troops, but via constant training and enough experience to write "The Steel Princess' Field Guide to Tactics of [[PraetorianGuard the Purple Dragon]]". And when talking with her sister about how few less-than-elite commanders read this book... |
| 229 | --> '''Tanalasta''': Perhaps because your style was stiff. I'll be happy to help you liven it up in a revision.\ |
| 230 | '''Alusair''': There isn't going to be a revision -- there's going to be an order. |
| 231 | ** Liriel Baenre earned this summary from the city's Archmage (before she did anything ''really wild''): |
| 232 | --->'''Gromph''': Please, save that look of wide-eyed innocence to beguile the house guards. I know only too well the mercenary captain who boasts that he taught a princess to throw knives as well as any tavern cutthroat alive! Though how you managed to slip past the guard-spiders that Matron Hinkutes'nat posts at every turn, and find your way through the city to that particular tavern, is beyond my imagination. |
| 233 | [[/folder]] |
| 234 | |
| 235 | [[folder:Theater]] |
| 236 | %%* Guinevere in the musical ''Camelot''. |
| 237 | * ''Theatre/CesareIlCreatoreCheHaDistrutto'' shows an idealistic young Cesare Borgia as this. The kingdom he's rebelling against is the Catholic church, which Cesare sees as corrupt and incapable of solving society's problems. |
| 238 | %%* OlderThanTelevision: Zoradie, heroine of ''TheRoseOfAlgeria'', a 1909 operetta with music by Victor Herbert. |
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| 241 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 242 | * From ''VideoGame/ArcTheLad'', Sania of Milmana and Kukuru of Seyra, princesses and wanted terrorists: Sania is not averse to the idea of blowing up her own capital if this means killing her enemies. |
| 243 | * ''VideoGame/AtelierAnnieAlchemistsOfSeraIsland'', along with the Japan-only ''VideoGame/AtelierLieseTheAlchemistOfOrde'' features this in [[spoiler: Liese Randel herself. It's a little different in that she actually loves her parents and they love her... however, her father is a financial idiot and has managed to get the entire kingdom into a multimillion-gold debt to a foreign bank, and if the kingdom can't pay it off, the bank will foreclose on the rights to rule the kingdom - by any means necessary. Thus Liese disguises herself and leaves home to make a fortune in a neighboring kingdom, setting ''Atelier Liese'''s action and plot into motion. She fits the other parts of the trope to a T, being a bit brash and overbearing and she did technically dodge an arranged marriage by doing this - an arrangement to the Prince of the kingdom she's now in. [[HilarityEnsues Ooops]]]]. |
| 244 | ** This pops up again [[spoiler: when Liese appears in ''Atelier Annie''; she's evidently given her parents, who she did manage to bail out in the last game, the flip and run off to Sera Island to participate in the development contest, ostensibly for the prize money. That may not be her only motivation for coming, though..]]. |
| 245 | %%* In the ''{{Aveyond}}'' series, Alicia Pendragon in ''Ahriman's Prophecy'' can count as this. |
| 246 | * Nalia from ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII'' follows this trope to the letter, except that she's nobility rather than royalty. She also spouts somewhat condescending quasi-liberalisms about helping the "less fortunate", but in a world where even the most egalitarian governments tend to be oligarchic and the economy is a sort of capitalism, she's fighting a losing battle. She's also shown as being somewhat of a self-righteous poser. Nalia's character is somewhat vindicated about halfway through the D'Arnise hold quest, where the player character meets her aunt- a woman who is outraged that some of her servants left their posts at the castle ''after trolls attacked and conquered it''. When the player considers that this attitude is in line with what many other noble {{N|onPlayerCharacter}}PCs believe, suddenly Nalia's hopeful idealism doesn't sound so bad. |
| 247 | * Milly in ''VideoGame/BatenKaitosOrigins'' is an aristocrat's daughter who got fed up with the lifestyle, ran away, and latched on to Sagi. [[spoiler:She's actually not rebellious at all - her father, [[BigBad Baelheit]], sent her after Sagi to spy on him. It does get played straighter later, when she stops giving Baelheit useful information.]] |
| 248 | * ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite'': Technically, Elizabeth Comstock doesn't have a drop of royal blood, but since the floating city she lives on is convinced her father was anointed by God to rule them, and he claimed her as his heir in a prophecy, there's little difference. She resents him for neglecting her and screwing the city up. |
| 249 | * ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'': Edea Lee, after witnessing the atrocities committed by the generals of her father's army, outright ''turns traitor'' [[DefectorFromDecadence out of sheer disgust]] and throws her lot in with the Wind Vestal, joining your party as a playable character. |
| 250 | %%* Nina, in the [[VideoGame/BreathOfFireI first]] and [[VideoGame/BreathOfFireIII third]] ''VideoGame/BreathOfFire'' games, starts off as one of these but eventually ends up as a [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Royal Who Actually Does Something]] who keeps her strength while also gaining a sense of responsibility. |
| 251 | * Marle from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' also exemplifies this trope, even going so far as to use a pseudonym (her real name is Nadia). And if the ImagineSpot of her family line is any indication, rebelliousness is InTheBlood--all of her female ancestors either married into nobility or favored peasant clothes until they took the throne. |
| 252 | * In ''Dark Realm 2: Princess of Ice'' the title royal, faced with a loveless political marriage, steals a magic weapon, [[SweetPollyOliver disguises herself]] and runs off to find the man she loves. |
| 253 | * Princess Sapphire of ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 3|AbsenceOfJustice}}'' believes that the best way to defend her kingdom is to assassinate enemies before they get around to starting a war. The player never meets her parents or advisors, but they've probably told her to stop if they aren't [[AxCrazy terrified of her]] [[OneManArmy for good reason]]. |
| 254 | * ''Franchise/DragonQuest'': |
| 255 | ** Princess Alena from the second chapter of ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV''. The keepers of her castle had to board up the walls in her bedroom specifically ''because'' she kept knocking them down to steal away and go on adventures behind the king's back. In fact, within the realm of video games, she's probably the ur-example -- and definitely the ur-example for the series. |
| 256 | ** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVII'': Maribel isn't actually royalty; however, her father is the richest man in town, and she disobeys him at every turn, causing him no end of grief. |
| 257 | ** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII'': Jessica Albert is not a princess, but her house is one degree away from royalty, thus making her a Rebellious Noblewoman. Although in Jessica's case, her idea of rebelling is going off to avenge her dead brother rather than be a proper lady. |
| 258 | ** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIX'': Princess Simona is well-mannered and polite, but she's got no intention to heed her father's wishes. |
| 259 | * Extremely common in ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games: |
| 260 | ** Faris in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' - having [[SweetPollyOliver disguised herself as a man]] and become the captain of a gang of pirates, distinctly more so than the former. To her defense, she had been adopted by the pirates' captain after a tragic [[GlobalAirship Hiryuu]] accident. |
| 261 | ** Another rebellious prince, Sabin, appears in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', having given up the throne for his own freedom to train as a monk (and [[{{Pun}} defeat trains]] as a monk), after winning a coin toss between him and his brother Edgar to decide his own fate. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that Edgar rigged the coin toss in his brother's favor--shouldering the burden ''neither'' brother really wanted to bear.]] |
| 262 | ** Yuffie of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' is the daughter of Lord Godo, thus making her the princess of Wutai. In ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'' she even gives herself the title Treasure Princess. If you follow her sidequest you find out that she does not get along with her father, who she considers a coward for not fighting Shinra. Though they do manage to patch things up (if you have her go through all five levels of the pagoda) Yuffie never does act like you'd expect from a princess. |
| 263 | ** Rinoa of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' is not quite a princess, but fits the trope nicely -- she's the leader of a terrorist group seeking to overthrow the Galbadian government, of which her father is the Minister of Defense. And her party nickname IS "princess". |
| 264 | ** Garnet from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' is a borderline member -- she has a much calmer, shyer personality than most, but she's still a Rebellious Princess. |
| 265 | ** Ashe from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' is the rebellious princess in the way that she is leading a rebellion against the Archadian Empire that took over Dalmasca and she wants it back to the way it was, initially willing to go through any means. |
| 266 | * ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' is somewhat unusual when it comes to this trope in that rebellious ''princes'' outnumber their female counterparts. Probably the most famous of these is Hector of Ostia from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade Blazing Blade]]''; he's technically a minor noble compared to others [[spoiler: (until he becomes the leader of Ostia by the end of that game, and later of the whole Lycia alongside Eliwood)]], but otherwise hits every note of this trope. |
| 267 | ** Princess Tailtiu of Friege in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]'' though her dad is a duke instead of a king. Pretty much she's the only noblewoman in the first generation who ran away from home because she disagreed with their methods (Princess Ayra of Isaach did run off from home, but she still adheres to her Kingdom's ethics ''and'' it was per her brother the King's request since she had to keep Prince Shannan safe). |
| 268 | ** In ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]'', there's Princess Guinevere of Bern who's on the run for openly questioning [[CainAndAbel her older brother]], [[StrawNihilist King Zephiel]]. [[spoiler: She's finally crowned as Queen when Zephiel dies at the hands of Roy, but still has lots of nobles hissing at her.]] |
| 269 | * [[spoiler:Tahlkora]] from ''VideoGame/GuildWars''. The fact that she is a princess is kept secret from the player until halfway through the game when you find her chatting away with her father, the Prince you've just spent several missions trying to get to. |
| 270 | * While not actually royal, Soon-to-be-Queen Isabel in ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic V'' definitely has these traits early on. The demons are all too aware of it and use it against her. |
| 271 | * In ''VideoGame/HexyzForce'', Princess Irene is the illegitimate daughter of the former emperor. When her brother, who becomes the new emperor, decides to have one of their oldest friends arrested to be executed later and start a war of extinction, she goes right to the enemy, arranges a prison break for the captured hero, and spends the rest of the game trying to stop him. |
| 272 | %%* Kara from ''VideoGame/IllusionOfGaia'', though she does continue to act like a spoiled princess for some time. |
| 273 | * ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'' has [[spoiler:Silk Fox]], who enjoys escaping the pressures of palace life by donning a disguise that looks like a cross between a ninja suit and a harem girl outfit. Mainly, she just wants to take down the EvilChancellor to her father. Interestingly enough, her character model is the only one that changes throughout the entire game: She removes her veil in the Imperial Palace and after the PointOfNoReturn. |
| 274 | * ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'': While only a "princess" by virtue of being the EvilOverlord's daughter, Ashelin is so rebellious that she helps [[LaResistance the movement]] that's trying to knock her father out of power. |
| 275 | * Parodied in ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'', in which one of the randomly encountered enemies in the "Penultimate Fantasy Airship" zone is the Spunky Princess. Well, they're certainly rebellious enough to attack you on a random airship instead of whatever princesses should be doing. |
| 276 | * Lady from the Japanese-only game ''VideoGame/LadyStalker'' is a [[{{Ojou}} rich girl]] instead of a princess, but is otherwise not only a perfect example but is so much like Alena that she's one of the pieces of evidence used to back up the rumor that the game was originally intended as a ''Franchise/DragonQuest'' GaidenGame focused on Alena. |
| 277 | * Princess Zelda can fit this trope, depending on the incarnation in question. In some games, she's stated to frequently sneak out of her castle (''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap'', for instance), and when her kingdom falls in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', she becomes a Ninja instead of hiding out the old fashioned way. In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', she's known as Tetra, the very un-princessy captain of a pirate crew who dresses like a boy and kicks considerable butt. Tetra is something of an aversion since for most of the game she was completely unaware of her own identity. |
| 278 | ** Princess Zelda in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks'' would count, especially at the beginning of the game, when she has Link sneak her out of the castle so she can investigate strange goings on. |
| 279 | ** [[spoiler:Midna]] is forced to become one in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' when Zant takes over her kingdom. She has the brash, stubborn personality down perfectly, though. |
| 280 | ** Zelda again in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild''. She's perfectly aware that she is the only one who will be able to seal away Ganon with her divine power, but because she struggles to awaken her power, she prefers to spend her time as a scholar exploring Hyrule. Her father disapproves of her choice and has Link guard Zelda against her own will. |
| 281 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Littlewood}},'' Queen Iris is a queen, but she's still grown fed up with royal life. After making a brief attempt to form a political marriage with the Hero, she decides to abdicate her throne to come live in the town to get away from all her royal duties. And she's not too beat up about all the people now vying for her throne, either. |
| 282 | * Kitana from ''Franchise/MortalKombat''. She is part of the royal family of the Outworld and as such, works for [[EvilOverlord Shao Khan]] originally, but turns against him and helps the warriors of the Earthrealm. Mileena pulls this off as well but for a [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge somewhat]] [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen different]] reason. [[spoiler:It doesn't go so well for her.]] |
| 283 | * Elise from ''VideoGame/MyWorldMyWay'' is a spoiled brat of a princess who goes out to become an adventurer after an adventurer rejects her. |
| 284 | * ''VideoGame/OracleOfAskigaga'': The princess of Hachisuka would rather go out and mow down the armies of Askigaga herself instead of [[AltarDiplomacy marrying their prince to bring peace]] like her father wants. |
| 285 | * Princess Seraphine from ''VideoGame/PuzzleQuest: Challenge of the Warlords''. The player character is supposed to escort her to the court of the man to whom she's betrothed, but she begs for help in escaping. If the player elects not to force her into her arranged marriage, she joins the party and aids with future battles. |
| 286 | * Elsa is only the daughter of a Baron in ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory''. After being rescued and despelled in [=QFG1=], she departs for the locale of [=QFG5=] to become an ActionGirl. According to the backstory, she resented the Baron's restrictions on her fighting lifestyle and fled them. |
| 287 | * Princess Eruca of ''VideoGame/RadiantHistoria'' takes this to the logical extreme by actually ''[[RebelLeader leading]]'' the [[LaResistance rebellion against her stepmother]]. |
| 288 | * Uriel Chuluun in ''VideoGame/{{Rift}}'' is the daughter of a former tribal chieftain. She'd rather spend her time studying necromancy, bitching about the way Daddy is holding everyone back, and [[LesYay swooning over]] a certain [[{{Tsundere}} elven assassin]]. [[spoiler:Not to mention almost getting herself killed by messing around with the Endless Court.]] |
| 289 | * Selphy in ''VideoGame/RuneFactoryFrontier'' is heavily implied to have run away from her position as princess of some unnamed country. She then fulfills her dream in Trampoli, not of being an ActionGirl or anything of the sort, but of being a shut-in running the library. |
| 290 | * In ''VideoGame/ShopHeroes'', Odette (an ElectiveMute {{Ninja}}) is rumored to be runaway royalty from a distant kingdom. Her personal quests reveal that it was an arranged marriage that prompted her to flee. |
| 291 | * In ''VideoGame/ShuyanSaga'', Shuyan feels restricted by her status as princess, and dodges official duties to study kung fu (which, depending on player choice, she may say is "the one thing I have chosen for myself"). Her mother is unimpressed, but her father is a bit more tolerant. When the Guer attack, however, she's just as dedicated to her country as anyone else. |
| 292 | * Is it still rebellious if Daddy was the same way? Flare of ''VideoGame/SuikodenIV'' is strong-willed and, if not brash, at least unflinchingly true to her core principles. Then again, King Lino en Kuldes spends most of his days in sandals and a sleeveless t-shirt. C'mon. You know you want this royal family. |
| 293 | ** Flare runs away from home in Tactics to help Kyril and his crew defeat Iskas and his crowd. Semi-subverted because she sees it as duty to her country and her father ends up catching up with them. Also semi-subverted because she had her hypochondriac doctor guard with her throughout [[spoiler:unless you let him die, then he's dead forever]]. |
| 294 | ** Princess Lymsleia from ''VideoGame/SuikodenV'' qualifies, although her being rebellious is aimed towards the Godwins' scheming and is trying to be as much of a hindrance to them as possible until the prince can stop them. |
| 295 | *** ''VideoGame/SuikodenV'' also has Yuma Vayla, better known by her alias Josephine, the younger sister of one of the New Armes Kingdom's most powerful nobles. She's rebellious purely out of boredom and of finding her own nation lacking in "culture". So she runs off to Falena, her nation's arch-rival, hoping to find people who meet her decidedly odd definition of "cultured". |
| 296 | ** The first ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden|I}}'' also has Odessa Silverberg being an example, you probably won't notice unless [[AllThereInTheManual you read the novels]]. She starts out as [[ShelteredAristocrat The White]] [[{{Ojou}} Princess]], but fell in love with a rebel leader, and starts seeing the error of TheEmpire. When her lover is about to get executed, she broke through the execution in an attempt to rescue her lover, with a sword and wearing ''a wedding dress''. Her lover still died, but at least she got him out of being executed by the enemy and he still gets to transfer his ideals to her, leading her to become the leader of [[LaResistance The Liberation Army]]. |
| 297 | ** ''VideoGame/SuikodenIII'' has Lilly Pendragon, the SpoiledBrat daughter of the leader of the Tinto Republic. A super-bossy HeroicWannabe, she finds an excuse to head into the Grasslands just before things start going to hell and ''insists'' on staying there until she can complete her self-assigned mission. In the end, [[spoiler: she has to leave when their funds run out... only to lead Tinto's army back in to officially align with the Fire Bringer and join the war]]. |
| 298 | * The Incognito Princess from ''VideoGame/SunlessSkies'' is hinted to be rather bothered by her status if we are to believe her answer to the question "Why are you travelling around the High Wilderness?": |
| 299 | --> '''The Incognito Princess''': "The ambition of any Princess worthy of the name is not to remain so." |
| 300 | %%* Princess Peach in her own game, ''VideoGame/SuperPrincessPeach'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG''. In pretty much any other game, she's a DamselInDistress, though. |
| 301 | * ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' has not one, but three: |
| 302 | ** Princess Shine from the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'' series, who starts piloting a HumongousMecha to liberate her kingdom and eventually ups and joins the heroes outright... |
| 303 | ** Princess Armana Tiqvah from the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha'' series (actually, Alpha 3), who bucks the trend by being a princess of TheEmpire instead. |
| 304 | ** One of the protagonists of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars64'', Manami Hamill, actually fits this despite not being a Princess, but an {{Ojou}}. She's a daughter of a high-ranking family that actually supports the resistance force in an attempt to liberate the Earth. |
| 305 | * Angela of ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana''. While her motive might not quite fit the trope (she runs away from home because she doesn't want to become sacrificed), her personality and actions are certainly a match. In that game's predecessor, ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'', Primm runs off with the hero in search of her love interest, Dyluck. (However, she's not actually a princess, but rather the daughter of a noble.) |
| 306 | * Princess Sadira of ''VideoGame/VanguardBandits'' personally heads out into combat to route out all the corruption in TheEmpire. Against the wishes of nearly everyone in power who is corrupt and even her [[TheEmperor own father]]. |
| 307 | * ''VideoGame/WildArms1'' gets Cecilia the princess of Adlehyde. Her rebellion against her father unfortunately [[spoiler: puts the PlotCoupon in the hands of the [[BigBad demons]] and inadvertently kills her father]] [[spoiler: She rebels because she feels isolated due to her status but eventually realizes that it's her on coldness that keeps people at a distance]]. |
| 308 | * ''VideoGame/YesYourGrace'': Princess Asalia is quite dismissive of standard princess duties and prefers engaging in her TomboyPrincess hobbies. She will react to the news that an elderly king wants to marry her by [[spoiler:cutting her hair, piercing her nose, and retailoring her dress into something easier to move in]]. In addition to this, getting her good ending requires the PlayerCharacter to allow her to run off with her true love. |
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| 311 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 312 | * ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'' gives [[spoiler:Amy. The strained relationship between Amy and her mother becomes especially clear in her epilogue when they disagree about the prospect of a college education. Even in Morgan’s epilogue, Amy attends a concert in defiance of my mother’s wishes]]. |
| 313 | * Inverted by Princess Cordelia of Hise in ''VisualNovel/SevenKingdomsThePrincessProblem.'' She's the black sheep of her nation's nobility, and is at the Summit in the hopes of escaping to a life that better suits her... because she's a demure ProperLady from a nation of roguish {{pirate}}s. |
| 314 | * [[spoiler:Asaga]] di Ryuvia of ''VisualNovel/{{Sunrider}}'' is the crown princess of the planet Ryuvia, and she has run away from home to escape [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe an arranged marriage]] to [[BigBad Veniczar]] [[GalacticConqueror Arcadius]], the tyrannical leader of PACT. After Arcadius murders her father, she vows to return home and restore the kingdom to its former glory once the war with PACT is over. In the meantime, she’s more than happy to earn her PrettyPrincessPowerhouse credentials as an [[AcePilot Ace]] [[AMechByAnyOtherName Ryder]] [[AcePilot Pilot]]. |
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| 317 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 318 | * Princess Voluptua in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' has issues with her father the Emperor, not the least of them being that he tried to [[ArrangedMarriage marry her off]] to a [[StarfishAliens walking jellyfish.]] |
| 319 | * Although Princess Saffron Lachesis of ''Webcomic/FetchQuestSagaOfTheTwelveArtifacts'' respects her father, she doesn't really cut most people's expectations of a modest princess. The fact that [[ActionGirl she wields a cane sword and beats up criminals]] doesn't help. |
| 320 | * ''Webcomic/AMagicalRoommate'': Aylia is a duchess and [[AllThereInTheManual is legally required to obey her parents.]] However, as her mother has [[TheDitz proven]] [[CloudCuckooLander her]] [[ParentalObliviousness incompetence]] to her by sending her off to college, so whilst away from the castle she continued to practice the wizardry that her mother thought was "not for ladies." |
| 321 | * Jillian Zamussels in ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'' did not get along with her father King Banhammer, and preferred to spend as much time as possible away from home on mercenary missions. After her kingdom fell while she was away, she had no interest in returning home to re-establish it [[spoiler: until politics and circumstances forced her in that direction]]. |
| 322 | * Princess Quinn of ''Webcomic/CirqueRoyale'' is the heir to the throne of Clowny Island , but runs off as a teenager and was believed to be rebelling against her position and ArrangedMarriage to Leo Cashworthy. (Her younger sister Penelope calls being rebellious a tired trope Quinn was foolish to believe in.) In truth, she left to support her best friend Kingston while he was in the middle of a severe mental crisis--then realized that being away meant she was no longer under the pressures of being next in line to the throne anymore. She willingly stayed hidden from her family for fifteen years, living in the Sheep Kingdom--taking care of large cats in a sanctuary, marrying Kingston, and having their three children. Her children didn't even know they were royalty until her younger sister Penelope came and told Quinn their father had died, making her queen now. |
| 323 | * Fauna in ''Webcomic/{{Curvy}}'' is a princess (well, her royal title is "despoina") and [[LoveInterests love interest]] on the run from an ArrangedMarriage. |
| 324 | * Feferi of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' is next in line to be the Empress of all [[AllTrollsAreDifferent Trolls]], but she despises the [[FantasticRacism hemospectrum caste system]] their society has and aspires to change it into a more unified and caring system that protects weaker members of the race instead of culling them. |
| 325 | ** {{Subverted|Trope}} in that, whilst she despises the caste system, she doesn't shy away from becoming the Empress in order to exact her changes. |
| 326 | ** There's also [[spoiler:Feferi's ancestor/descendant]] Meenah, who ran away to the moon to avoid becoming empress, which was a position she saw as a glorified slave. Unlike most examples, she's [[SociopathicHero far from heroic]]. [[spoiler: Ironically, after the Scratch she wound up in servitude to Lord English, and actually became a glorified slave.]] |
| 327 | * Ame and Suko from ''Webcomic/{{Heartcore}}'' are examples of this, considering how they fought against their father Royce (A demon king) and other high-ranking demons in order to escape their royal home. |
| 328 | * Tanna of ''Webcomic/EarsForElves'' fits this trope, though her culture doesn't have royalty. Zalanna despairs at her, but [[http://www.earsforelves.com/archives/334 Luero comments on how Tanna likes that role]]. |
| 329 | * In ''Webcomic/{{Magience}}'', Crystal is not pleased to be playing a princess, so she runs away. |
| 330 | * Pheia from ''Webcomic/{{Holystone}}'' ran away and became a pirate in order to escape becoming something akin to both pope and queen of the world—an idea she found oppressive, no thanks to her mother's abusive levels of pressure and ambition. |
| 331 | * The Princesses of Jahad in ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' seem to be largely free to do whatever they want other than needing to look like they're faithful to the king, and not have romantic affairs (so as not to spread around Jahad's superpowers to any offspring), but some of them still manage to be rebellious. |
| 332 | ** Yuri Jahad, a TomboyPrincess, known ruffneck, rule-breaking maverick of a warrior who openly sides with an NGOSuperpower. Even when she was chosen as a princess, her plan was to somehow bring down all the rules that bind the princesses. She does the rule-breaking out of sight, though -- or gets lucky about that anyway, it's not like she's careful -- so for a long time, barely anyone notices or complains. Except for [[TheChewToy Evan]], her guide. |
| 333 | ** The original Anaak Jahad ran away to marry and have a child. She was killed for it. Her daughter, who goes by the same name, is sort of a princess, but in a way that makes her very existence an act of rebellion, not to mention her intention to take revenge on the Jahad family. |
| 334 | ** Endorsi Jahad has been asking around about other princesses who defected -- she seems to be considering it, possibly in order to be with a man (albeit one who's expressed no interest himself). |
| 335 | ** Garam Jahad is the opposite of the brash teenage archetype -- an [[TimeAbyss old]] princess who's probably the most mature of all the ones seen by the end of the second season. (The default for most princesses seems to be violent and narcissistic, even when they're sympathetic characters.) She defected and hid herself when she found out about corruption in the royal family and wanted no more part in it. |
| 336 | * Prince Ossian in ''Webcomic/SwordPrincessAmaltea'' is a gender-flipped version, thanks to the story being held in a {{Matriarchy}}. He's conscious that he's destined as either a MealTicket or as another offer in a future alliance, so in rebellion, he cut his long hair, uses pants, and speaks his mind, especially towards heroine Amaltea. |
| 337 | * Jade Marigold in ''Webcomic/TheStoryOfAnima'' [[http://tapastic.com/episode/43373 would rather be hanging out with the mercenaries hired to keep her safe then give speeches]]. [[http://tapastic.com/episode/52119 It's no surprise she's so to get to go on a real adventure]]. |
| 338 | * In ''Webcomic/PrincessPrincess2012'', Amira runs away to rescue princesses instead of staying at home and marrying a prince. |
| 339 | %%* Princess Kat from ''Webcomic/TheFuzzyPrincess'' is a downplayed example of this trope. |
| 340 | * ''Webcomic/{{Cosmoknights}}'' is about a rebellious lesbian princess waging a war of attrition against a galactic blood sport where the prize is selling princesses to mega-corporations. |
| 341 | * In ''Webcomic/RoyalBlue'' Princess Lobelia has a history of disobeying her father and her escape was just the first successful attempt. [[spoiler: Captain Mar]] also became a [[spoiler: pirate captain]] because her parents, the rulers of Askar, didn't care about the famine killing their people. |
| 342 | [[/folder]] |
| 343 | |
| 344 | [[folder:Web Video]] |
| 345 | * ''WebVideo/EmpiresSMP'' Season 2: Katherine's parents, the King and Queen of [=GlimmerGrove=], want their only child to be [[PrincessClassic the "fancy dress, always wearing a smile type" of princess]], but Katherine rebels against this by sneaking out under the cover of night to be a [[HunterOfMonsters monster slayer]] in an attempt to [[ResurgentEmpire restore the kingdom to its glory days and rid it of the darkness that has consumed it]]. [[spoiler:Her parents seem to accept this after Katherine reveals this to them in her finale.]] |
| 346 | * ''WebVideo/MiraraesRoyalFamily'': As a teenager and young adult, Amira hated her ArrangedMarriage and flirted with a bunch of different men. |
| 347 | [[/folder]] |
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| 349 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 350 | * ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'': Princess Maya crosses this and PrettyPrincessPowerhouse. We first see her in GladiatorGames arranged by two of the more sociopathic members of the RoguesGallery, having been captured from her home world. After she and the Rangers break free, she goes back and insists on bringing modern technology to her SpaceAmish people in order to protect them from interstellar threats, even if she has to openly revolt against her own father to do it. |
| 351 | * Played with in ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears''. Princess Calla, a CuteBruiser in training who loves to go adventuring, has her father discover her [[KingIncognito secret participation]] in a contest for the winner to become an official protector for herself. However, far from disapproving, he is deeply impressed with [[PluckyGirl her physical prowess]] and says publicly that it's clear she needs no personal protector after all. |
| 352 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' sent up the above example in their ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'' parody with the song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJrud9uW_wI Just the Same Old Heroine]]." ("First I tuned an aerial / Then I rang a bell...") |
| 353 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Disenchantment}}'': Princess Tiabeanie, better known by her nickname, Bean, takes this trope to some new levels. Like typical rebellious Princesses, Bean desires the freedom to make her own choices in life and believes that everyone should have that freedom as well. Unlike typical rebellious Princesses, Bean is an alcoholic and has been known to get drunk and [[TheGamblingAddict gamble.]] But in the end, she will protect her home and loved ones. |
| 354 | * ''WesternAnimation/DocMcStuffins'': Downplayed in the short "Sir Kirby and the Plucky Princess". Princess [[MeaningfulName Persephone]] is a friend's doll who is simply tired of always being the DamselInDistress in playtime scenarios and thus wants to reverse the traditional roles with Sir Kirby (she even has a helmet with a tiara design on it to substitute for her tiara) -- who scoffs at the idea that a princess can do the same things a knight does. During the resultant competition between them to see who's better at traditional knight skills she helps rescue him when the scaling-the-wall event goes awry. At the end, Doc suggests to her friend that the princess can be the hero in their next make-believe game; the friend happily agrees to the idea, not having thought of it before, and "Peri" is visibly grateful. |
| 355 | %%* Jillian, Darth Vegan's daughter from ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest''. |
| 356 | * ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': Princess Audrey of Kasnia. More of a party girl ala Creator/ParisHilton, but doomed to an arranged marriage. She strikes up a friendship with Wonder Woman to have a night on the town to go shopping and clubbing. Subverted, however, when her father is poisoned and goes into a coma: she immediately becomes serious about her royal duties and has the wedding take place immediately so that the Kasnian people will have assurance of the royal family's continuity. [[spoiler:Too bad her husband-to-be was really the villain Vandal Savage and it was all a part of his plan to gain power.]] |
| 357 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyG3'': |
| 358 | ** Rarity was a young filly who just wanted to have fun and had no desire to be a "rainbow princess." In her case, choosing fun over duty is a Bad Thing and she must learn otherwise. |
| 359 | ** The fact that being a princess isn't as much fun as little girls think was pretty much the whole point of "The Princess Promenade." Wysteria, a gardener who basically becomes a princess by finding a certain flower, she is at first willing to take up the mantle and everyone is supportive of her. However, in being trained to be refined and never get her own hooves dirty with manual work and to remember that her friends were now her subjects and she couldn't spend time with them as if nothing had changed, the whole idea quickly soured. She finally finds a loophole: she makes ''everyone'' a princess. |
| 360 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': The dragon princess Ember, in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E5GauntletOfFire Gauntlet of Fire]]". She ran the Gauntlet of Fire -- a dangerous DeathCourse inside an unstable volcano meant to decide who would be the next Dragon Lord -- despite not being as big or strong as other dragons and against the wishes of her father, the Dragon Lord Torch, since she believed intelligence could make up for lack of brute force. |
| 361 | * ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil:'' [[Characters/StarVsTheForcesOfEvilStarButterfly Star Butterfly]] is not one who conforms to the standards of a princess. In fact, just mentioning [[BoardingSchoolOfHorrors St. Olga's Reform School for Wayward Princesses]] absolutely terrifies her. It soon turns out [[IndividualityIsIllegal she has every reason to be scared of it]], especially when she sees [[{{Brainwashed}} what it has done]] to fellow Rebellious Princess, Pony Head (She gets better). Later episodes actually have her referred to as a "Rebel Princess." |
| 362 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake'' episode "A Princess Named Rap", a [[FracturedFairyTale retelling of Rapunzel]], the titular princess wants to be a good ruler but has a hard time keeping her individualistic tendencies at bay. At one point, she even sings a preteen anthem with the line "Why can't the things I love be part of royalty?" |
| 363 | * ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'' offers us Princess Rapunzel, who is a JustifiedTrope: Having being ThePawn of TheSociopath Mother Gothel who kept her in a GildedCage for the first 18 years of her life, she wants to know about the world before assuming the burdensome responsibilities of being a Princess, and she is also TheChosenOne destined to save the world from destruction, so she manages to get on [[ActionGirl adventures]] with her OneTrueLove. The series chronicles her evolution from an AdultChild StepfordSmiler to... an AdultChild StepfordSmiler RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething who is pretty capable of KickingAssInAllHerFinery. |
| 364 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'': Amalia Sharan Sharm won't hesitate to remind you that she is the princess of the Sadida people, but basically ran away from her royal duties to go adventuring around the world, and joined Yugo's quest to find his true family on what amounts to a whim. In "Moon Island", she admits to Yugo that she feels life in her castle is complicated and cramped. |
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| 367 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 368 | %%* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Margaret,_Countess_of_Snowdon Princess Margaret of the UK, Countess of Snowdon]]. |
| 369 | %%* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Ferguson Sarah Ferguson aka "Fergie", Duchess of York.]] |
| 370 | * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_of_Hungary Saint Elisabeth of Hungary,]] either as a princess (she spent her time in direct charity rather than just making donations, which the other nobles didn't approve of and even her husband Ludwig was skeptical of, fearing her proteges would abuse her kindness) or as a widow (she left the Warburg court willingly after her husband's death so she wouldn't have to bow to her brother-in-law's regency, wanted to be a nun rather than re-marrying, went through TrainingFromHell to enter the Dominic Tertiaries and even threatened to ''[[BeautyIsNeverTarnished disfigure herself]]'' so her power-hungry relatives wouldn't trap her in an ArrangedMarriage). |
| 371 | * Another famous and very rebellious Elisabeth was [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_of_Bavaria Elisabeth of Bavaria, Empress Consort of Austria and Queen Consort of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia]], better known as ''Sisi''. Her position as the Rebellious Empress ''and'' the eccentric BunnyEarsLawyer in the Austrian Imperial Court would bring her [[BreakTheHaughty much]] [[BreakTheCutie misfortune]], and her myth was the inspiration for the "Sissi" movie trilogy (Sissi, Sissi — Die junge Kaiserin, Sissi — Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin) starring Romy Schneider, the German musical ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}'' and the ''WesternAnimation/PrincessSissi'' TV series - as well as for the HistoricalHeroUpgrade she went through there. |
| 372 | ** Her granddaughter, Archduchess Elisabeth Marie (Erzsi to her family), was no slouch on the rebellion either. She successfully persuaded the ultra-conservative Emperor Franz Joseph (who took custody of her after the death of her father Rudolf) to let her marry Prince Otto Weriand of Windisch-Graetz [[note]]The Emperor resisted because he had wanted her to marry [[AltarDiplomacy Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Germany]] instead, but eventually gave in and ordered Otto to break off his lesser engagement to marry Erzsi.[[/note]]. Reportedly, Erzsi married Otto specifically because [[DatingWhatDaddyHates her mother Stéphanie didn't like him.]] She also [[MurderTheHypotenuse shot and killed]] an actress Otto was having an affair with, in the actress' bedchambers. After the marriage to Otto deteriorated, both parties openly had affairs. A sensational custody battle ensued during their divorce proceedings, with Erzsi supposedly retaining custody of her four children by threatening Otto either with a house full of armed Socialists or with her suicide. She joined the Social Democrats, married a fellow Socialist (who was a commoner), and earned the nickname "the Red Archduchess". |
| 373 | * Princess Stéphanie of Monaco. Her mom, Princess Creator/GraceKelly, nicknamed her "WildChild", and for good reason. And that's not even getting into her multiple love affairs, including her terrible relationship with [[ConMan Mario]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing Oliver]] and her ''very'' tempestuous marriage to [[BodyguardCrush her bodyguard]] Daniel Ducruet. |
| 374 | * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philomena Saint Philomena.]] According to her myth, she was a Greek princess who spurned the affections of ''TheEmperor'' (in this case, Diocletian) because she wanted [[CelibateHero to keep her virginity vows]] and hated the idea of [[WifeHusbandry becoming a child bride]] just to sign the peace between Rome and her kingdom. It went FromBadToWorse, needless to say. [[note]]Since the whole myth is chock-full of historical inaccuracies (i.e. Diocletian was a married man and not a widow as the myth says and his wife outlived him, marrying a non-Roman woman was out of the question for him, ''there were no Greek small kingdoms by the time Philomena's story was supposed to take place'', etc.), it's highly likely that it was a fake story inspired by the tombstone in Philomena's grave: there WAS a martyr girl named Philomena, yeah, but it's almost impossible for her to have been a Rebellious Princess who told Diocletian to go fuck himself.[[/note]] |
| 375 | * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymphna St. Dymphna]], who escaped to become a nun after her chieftain father nearly forced her into marriage... [[ParentalIncest to him]]! She and her protector ended up dead at the end of her maddened dad's sword. |
| 376 | * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awilda Alvilda]] (Who may or may not also be [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf_and_Alfhild Alfhild]]) [[http://www.cindyvallar.com/alfhild.html is]] [[http://www.katyberry.com/Dorianne/pirates.html a]] [[http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/alvilda.htm possibly]] real example. She decided to be [[PirateGirl a pirate]] because she didn't like the idea of getting married or being pampered. |
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