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| 16 | A Princess who is a {{Tomboy}}, instead of, or perhaps in addition to, the more typical traits of a princess. |
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| 18 | There are many reasons for this trope. A ''very'' [[DoubleStandard unfortunate one]] is that {{Tomboy}}s are depicted as "better" than {{Girly Girl}}s. This might be because MostWritersAreMale, or because female writers project their issues with femininity on their writing, or because there's a need for role models, or because RealWomenDontWearDresses, but either way it seems to be a way of saying, "See, our Princess is a role model for modern girls! She's ''not'' girly like the stupid and shallow princesses from the past, she's ''better''!" Expect there to be several girly traditional Princesses for [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl contrast]]. Occasionally both the Tomboy and the Girly Princess might learn to appreciate each other in spite of their differences. In these types of uses, the Tomboy Princess is used to tell AnAesop about gender roles. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools This isn't necessarily a bad thing]], as long as it doesn't [[WriterOnBoard overwhelm the character and story]]. |
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| 20 | A more moderate approach is to use the "Tomboy Princess" as a way to combine TomboyAndGirlyGirl and TomboyWithAGirlyStreak into one character. Who says tomboys can't be girly? Who says girly girls can't be tomboys? This has the advantage of appealing to a lot of girls who both want to play with the boys, but also like wearing [[RequisiteRoyalRegalia tiaras]] and fancy dresses (also showing that SheCleansUpNicely). Maybe she considers a PimpedOutDress to be the princess version of the ErmineCapeEffect, and her style of everyday ModestRoyalty happens to appear quite boyish (if only by comparison). |
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| 22 | These Tomboy Princesses are usually too busy being awesome to bother with trying to teach Aesops. Although occasionally they'll have a VerySpecialEpisode to teach one. The most common pitfall for a writer with this type of Tomboy Princess is having her become too awesome. |
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| 24 | These are the most common forms of the Tomboy Princess, but there are other uses. For example, a Princess might be made a Tomboy so as to make her more down-to-earth than the rest of the nobles. In this case, the focus is more on class roles rather than gender roles. |
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| 26 | Because she doesn't care as much about keeping up a [[PrincessClassic feminine and demure appearance]], she might not be a PrettyPrincessPowerhouse even if she's a [[WarriorPrince fighter.]] There also may be some overlap with RebelliousPrincess, depending on the character and the narrative. |
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| 28 | Contrast PrincessClassic. |
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| 30 | !!Examples: |
| 31 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 32 | |
| 33 | [[folder:Anime and Manga]] |
| 34 | * ''Literature/{{Anpanman}}'': Princess Yuzu. She's skilled in using a spear in combat and loves to get out of her castle to just have fun, avoiding her duties whenever she can. The only problem is she's very tiny, she's able to ride a pigeon as a steed, so she's an easy target. Also on the show is Princess Salad. She hates her duties and wants to explore so much that she created the persona of Prince Salad, so she can leave the castle without suspicion. |
| 35 | * ''Manga/BlackGod'': Kuro, herself. So much so, that she initially comes across as a NubileSavage, both in appearance and because of [[CuteBruiser the way she fights.]] Though a lot of it has to do with having had [[CountryMouse no exposure to the outside world]], 'til [[CallToAdventure circumstances]] forced her to leave her home. |
| 36 | * ''Anime/DokiDokiPrettyCure'': Princess Marie-Ange is good at some hobbies typically enjoyed by men, such as horse-riding and sculpting. She's also a capable fighter and plays karuta. It helps that she fights MonstersOfTheWeek with a laser-bladed spear in her introductory episode. |
| 37 | * The ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' series. It's been a [[LongRunners while]], so over that time Franchise/{{Gundam}} has come across a few. |
| 38 | ** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Gundam SEED]]'': The princess of [[TheGoodKingdom Orb]], Cagalli is both tomboyish and rebellious. |
| 39 | ** ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]'': Maria Louise is a rather interesting case. She looks the part of a [[PrincessClassic girly princess]] but it takes about one episode to figure out that that mask hides a very [[PluckyGirl determined]] {{Tomboy}}, willing to risk her life to help her friends and KnightInShiningArmor if needed. |
| 40 | ** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn'': [[spoiler:Audrey Burne]] is very much the {{Tomboy}}, so the problems around her really start when [[spoiler:people around her ''notice'' that she used to be a princess and not the GirlNextDoor she now appears to be]]. And not just ''any'' princess, but [[spoiler:[[LastOfHisKind Minerva, the last of the Zabis]].]] |
| 41 | * ''Anime/LupinIIITheSecretOfTwilightGemini'': [[GirlOfTheWeek Lara]] is the spunky gun-totting rebel leader of a band of Geltic guerrillas, who're fighting to reclaim their homeland from [[FantasticRacism the oppression]] of the Igo Tribe. Though she doesn't [[TheReveal find out about her royal lineage]], 'til near the end of the film. Which literally makes her a RebelliousPrincess and an example of RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething. |
| 42 | * Subverted in ''Manga/MurderPrincess''. Alita is a typical girly princess, but since she has [[FreakyFridayFlip switched bodies]] with the {{Tomboy}} [[BountyHunter Farlith]], "Princess Alita" has become a PrettyPrincessPowerhouse who slays monsters. |
| 43 | * ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' has Nausicaa. Kushana takes it straight into PrettyPrincessPowerhouse territory. |
| 44 | * ''Manga/PrincessKnight'': Princess Sapphire is a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak, being born with both male and female hearts because of Tink's mischief. She has to pretend to be the crown prince because only men are allowed in the succession for the throne, and if her father hadn't announced her as a boy, the next in line would be Plastic, who was raised as a future PuppetKing for Duke Duralmin. Just to hammer the point home, she actually enjoys the ActionGirl perks her male heart gives her so she doesn't want her guardian angel, Tink, to take it from her as God had tasked him. |
| 45 | * ''Anime/QueensBlade'': [[CatGirl Elina]] has been called unladylike more than once, due to [[OneOfTheBoys her raucous behavior and candour.]] Plus, she's very athletic and is the only one of the Vance sisters who's had training in unarmed combat, and she's [[SheFu not afraid]] [[MurderousThighs to use it.]] |
| 46 | * ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter, Minako Aino/Sailor Venus, and Haruka Tenoh/Sailor Uranus were princesses in the Silver Millennium, just like the rest of the Sailor Team. |
| 47 | * ''Literature/ScrappedPrincess'': Seness Giat, whose short temper has earned her the nickname of "Beast Princess". She contrasts with the more girly princess Pacifica. |
| 48 | * ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'': Princess Amelia Seiryuune [[DaddysGirl takes after her father]], Prince Phil, and is a fighter ForGreatJustice. And, like her father, she smites evil by beating the hell out of it in the name of "Peace and Love!", with [[KickChick flying kicks]], [[WrestlerInAllOfUs piledrivers and suplexes]], or smashing them to bits with ''really heavy'' objects. |
| 49 | * ''Anime/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' has Ozma. Despite it being a logical consequence of [[spoiler:[[RaisedAsTheOppositeGender Ozma being raised to adolescence]] [[GenderBender as the boy Tip]]]], the original books and most other versions of the series portray Ozma as completely feminine. |
| 50 | [[/folder]] |
| 51 | |
| 52 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 53 | * ''The Courageous Princess'' Mabelrose. |
| 54 | * The ''New 52'' ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman|2011}} is a proud warrior with an [[CharacterDevelopment (initially)]] rough and violent personality in addition to being a RebelliousPrincess who wants to protect and help humanity. Even ''Zod'' is impressed by how fiery she is. |
| 55 | * Adrienne Ashe from ''ComicBook/{{Princeless}}'' is sarcastic, direct, easily annoyed; doesn't wear pink clothes, clads herself in armor, begins sword-fighting, and questions her supposed role as a PrincessClassic. |
| 56 | * Princess Ulga of ''ComicBook/PrincessUgg'' loves fighting and is more of a rough barbarian compared to her much more feminine princeless classmates. |
| 57 | * ComicBook/{{Starfire}} from ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' is a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy warrior]] princess. |
| 58 | * ''ComicBook/XWingRogueSquadron'' has [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:X-wing_26.jpg Plourr Illo]]. She's the last survivor of her planet's royal family, and an extraordinarily BoisterousBruiser. |
| 59 | -->"Plourr, try to remember that we're supposed to keep a low profile."\ |
| 60 | "I'm not exactly little miss wallflower, Wes, but I'll make you a deal. I won't beat on any of the resident scum unless they hit me first--or they pick on my friends--or I ''feel'' like it!" |
| 61 | [[/folder]] |
| 62 | |
| 63 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 64 | * ''Fanfic/BurningBlack'' both {{downplay|ed}}s and [[PlayedWith plays with]] this through Trixie Tang, who acts like an {{Ojou}}, but would secretly prefer the freedom to reveal her true personality. However, she fears that doing so would ruin her reputation, believing that she needs to be "pretty and perfect" in order to appeal to the public. |
| 65 | * ''Fanfic/TheFieryBlushOfDawn'' has Franchise/Naruto {{reincarnat|ion}}ed as Manga/YonaOfTheDawn. She spends much of her childhood using her lessons as a cover to sneak off to train and set up hidden traps around the palace, and surprises her companions with just how ''enthusiastic'' she is about learning how to handle new weapons and set traps. |
| 66 | * ''Fanfic/{{In the Blood|Justplainrii}}'' has Kiine, who runs away from home to escape an ArrangedMarriage |
| 67 | * ''Fanfic/OzmaSeesHerself'': After being RaisedAsTheOppositeGender for so long, Ozma prefers acting "boyish", and is not too keen on conforming to what's ''expected'' of her after becoming a princess. |
| 68 | * ''Fanfic/SurfaceTension'': As in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', Zelda is noted to have been actively tomboyish as a child, before trying to conform to the image of a PrincessClassic. This parallels her grappling with her {{Gayngst}} as she struggles with her mutual attraction to Ruto. |
| 69 | * ''Fanfic/TheWeedverse'': Princess Flurry Heart acts this way. The sole reason she learned how to dance was in order to [[DanceBattler improve her fighting abilities]], she sees nothing wrong with casually [[UseYourHead using her own head]] to crack open coconuts, and she has a tendency to act out. Such as in ''Fanfic/CrystalCotillion'', where she intends to get revenge upon the Crystal Empire's nobility for pressuring her to act more like a PrincessClassic... and also wanting her to [[MandatoryMotherhood crank out those foals]]. |
| 70 | [[/folder]] |
| 71 | |
| 72 | [[folder:Film -- Animated]] |
| 73 | * In ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheTwelveDancingPrincesses'', of the titular princesses Delia and Edeline excel at sports, Blair is an accomplished equestrian who is [[UnkemptBeauty unperturbed at getting mud on her dress]], and Janessa has a passion for finding and collecting bugs. |
| 74 | * [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney movies]], especially during or around TheNineties, tended to noticeably have these. |
| 75 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'': Princess Eilowny. Although heavily watered down from her original characterization, which fits this more. |
| 76 | ** Ariel from ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989''. Very feisty, active and adventurous, and can hold her own against a shark—the start of a Renaissance-era tradition involving the ''Disney Princesses''. Her daughter Melody in the sequel fits as well. |
| 77 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'': Nala (although she's never called a princess), as seen when she play-wrestles with Simba on her way to an elephant graveyard with him. That far into the movie, they're just friends (and they don't take seriously the idea that they'd grow up to be more than friends) and you could almost forget they're opposite genders if not for the voices. ''The Lion King'' has its protagonist and princess more similar to each other than most Disney movies do. Her [[RebelliousPrincess rebellious]], boisterous young daughter Kiara is another example, especially as Nala matures and becomes more regal. It helps that both characters are lionesses, who hunt and fight by nature. |
| 78 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'' has the titular character, who is athletic, scales mountains, climbs trees, jumps off cliffs, and steers her canoe into turbulent waters. After Merida, she's probably one of the most tomboyish Princesses. |
| 79 | ** The eponymous character of ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' is not a princess, but she is part of the official [[Franchise/DisneyPrincess Disney Princess lineup]], and she's tomboyish to the extent of [[SweetPollyOliver pretending to be a man to join the army]]. |
| 80 | ** ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'': Princess Kida, which seems to be part and parcel of her being TheChiefsDaughter, right up to the point where they actually show her climbing up a large rock structure while wearing a long, flowing dress at the end of the film! |
| 81 | ** Princess Merida from the Creator/{{Pixar}} film ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}''. This is the root of the conflict with her mother; she hates the courtly education Elinor gives her and doesn't want to marry. She just wants to ride horses and practice archery. |
| 82 | ** Downplayed with Princess Anna from ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}.'' She stuffs her face with food, is NotAMorningPerson and wakes up with an outrageous case of bedhead, is generally clumsy and graceless, rides bikes indoors, and is impulsive and eager to jump into physical action, whether it be attempting to climb a mountain, throwing a snowball at an angry snow golem, or punching out a prince. However, she also has a prominent [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak Girly Streak]], since she is very naive, romantic to the point of eagerly believing in LoveAtFirstSight, favors feminine clothing (albeit of the ModestRoyalty variety), and is highly compassionate. |
| 83 | ** Downplayed with WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}, who is athletic, acrobatic and would prefer to sail the ocean and explore. At the same time, she also partakes in her culture's tribal dancing and is learning the skills to be a good chief under her father's tutelage. |
| 84 | ** [[spoiler:Vanellope von Schweetz]] from ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'', a spunky and tomboyish little kart racer, [[spoiler:is revealed to be a princess at the end of the movie, although she gives up that title to become a President instead.]] |
| 85 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyANewGeneration'': Zipp Storm is the princess of Zephyr Heights, but unlike her twin [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl Pipp Petals]], she hates the pampered life, is shown to have an interest in athletics, and is much more tomboyish and rebellious. |
| 86 | * In the first ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'' movie, Fiona displays traits such as being willing to burp even before she turns into an ogre. |
| 87 | * ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'': Princess Marianne who used to be more of a {{Princess Classic}}. After finding out her fiancee was cheating on her the day of her wedding, becomes a pants-wearing, sword-wielding {{Action Girl}}. Interestingly, as part of her transformation, she also starts wearing blue eyeliner, making her a {{Tomboy with A Girly Streak}}. |
| 88 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess'', Odette is one as a little girl. When she's introduced to Prince Derek, she instantly puts up her fists; later she's seen fighting him with a wooden sword, and later still wears boys' clothes and tries to be OneOfTheBoys with Derek and Bromley. She becomes more of a girly girl when she grows up, but stays badass as well. |
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| 90 | |
| 91 | [[folder:Film -- Live-Action]] |
| 92 | * ''Film/TheHiddenFortress'' has Princess Yuki, who tries to talk like Creator/ToshiroMifune and enjoys riding and hitting people with a stick. |
| 93 | * In ''[[Film/Onmyoji2001 Onmyōji II]]'', Himiko wears unusually masculine clothes and performs archery, to the chagrin of her father and handmaidens. |
| 94 | * ''Film/{{The Princess|2022}}'': The princess prefers to train for combat out in the woods with Linh, her instructor, and wants to become a knight rather than marry a prince. |
| 95 | * The ''Franchise/StarWars'' series. Princess Leia Organa, of course, volunteers for commando missions, eventually being promoted to the rank of General of the Army of the Galactic Republic, and also of the Rebellion that helped restore it and works alongside it against the First Order. She's also not averse to [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak more feminine garb or activities]] either though, wearing beautiful gowns and being a professional diplomat. |
| 96 | %%* Princess Series/{{Fantaghiro}}. |
| 97 | [[/folder]] |
| 98 | |
| 99 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 100 | !!By Author: |
| 101 | * Creator/LloydAlexander is obviously into this trope: |
| 102 | ** ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain'' Again, Princess Eilowny. |
| 103 | ** The ''Literature/{{Westmark}}'' Trilogy, Mickle/Augusta. Granted, she wasn't a princess for a very long time and just didn't want to get used to the idea... |
| 104 | ** And in ''Literature/TheGoldenDreamOfCarloChuchio'' except she's an innkeeper's daughter, not a princess. |
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| 106 | !!By Title: |
| 107 | * ''Literature/BridgeToTerabithia'' has Leslie, the only girl wearing cut-offs and a t-shirt, who wants to run with the boys and finds a space outside that can be the land of Terabithia. She will be its queen and her friend will be its king. She's an imaginary tomboy queen, but still. |
| 108 | * In ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'', all the princesses, by default. This is a world where gentleness, needlework, and beautiful walking robes are for ''men''; the princesses go and chase bandits. |
| 109 | * ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'', ''Literature/TheHorseAndHisBoy'' has Aravis Tharkeena, who upgrades from a Tomboy Noblewoman to a Tomboy Princess when she [[spoiler:marries Shasta aka Crown Prince Cor.]] Lucy The Valiant is a Tomboy ''Queen'' [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak with some traces of girliness]] who is good at archery and acts like a CoolBigSis to Aravis when they meet. The femininity and [[MartialPacifist reluctance to openly fight unless it's truly needed]] are for her older, wiser, quieter sister, [[LadyOfWar Queen Susan]] [[TheOjou the Gentle.]] |
| 110 | * While Sorcha in ''Literature/DaughterOfTheForest'' is traditionally Feminine in the sense of being "caring and motherly" rather than "ferocious and warlike" in nature, she prefers wandering in the woods with her brothers to being dressed up like a doll and knows such things as surviving in a forest, identifying herbs, building fires, and how to avoid offending [[TheFairFolk guess who]]. |
| 111 | * In Creator/WalterJonWilliams' ''Literature/DrakeMaijstral'' series, Roberta, the Duchess of Benn, is a top-ranked amateur racer and can hold her own in a fight. She's also the owner of the famous Eltdown Shard, and a fan of Drake--despite the fact that she's fairly sure he plans to steal the Shard. |
| 112 | * Cimorene from the ''Literature/EnchantedForestChronicles'', who tries to learn such unfeminine and un-princesslike things as magic and fencing. When her parents still try to force her into a proper marriage, she runs away to go live with a dragon… where, ironically, her duties consist largely of [[FeminineWomenCanCook cooking]] and [[StayInTheKitchen cleaning.]] OTOH, it does promote her to the status of RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething. |
| 113 | * In ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'', Catarina Claes is a confirmed Tomboy Noblewoman, who loves to climb trees, practices swordfighting (though she's not very good at it), works a small crop field (ostensibly as an exercise to hone her earth magic), and keeps her fiancé on his toes by throwing an imitation snake at him. She's also extremely friendly, caring, and down to earth, which have caused several of her peers ([[EvenTheGirlsWantHer of both genders]]) to fall in love with her. Catarina is actually a reincarnated otome-game otaku who knows from past experience that she's destined to become the only villain in the game to get no happy endings, and most of her behavior is part of an elaborate BatmanGambit to avoid the titular "doom routes" - the events that will trigger the bad endings - or, failing that, at least help her survive the worst possibilities. The ''original'' Catarina was very much a haughty AlphaBitch. |
| 114 | * ''Literature/OfFireAndStars'': Mare is a firm tomboy, much preferring to wear shirts and breeches while training the horses rather than doing anything traditionally feminine. Her family despairs of her as a result. She will only put gowns on when it's absolutely demanded with formal occasions. As a result of this, Dennaleia (a much more feminine princess) initially mistakes her for just a servant, as she's introduced taking care of the horses and has to be corrected. |
| 115 | * ''Literature/TheOrdinaryPrincess'' by MM Kaye. Princess Amy is plain and tomboyish after she was cursed at birth to be "ordinary". |
| 116 | * ''Literature/PrincessDzhavakha'': Princess Nina Dzhavakha is a headstrong girl who loves riding far into the mountains and excels at trick riding as well. When her scandalized grandmother compares her to a ProudWarriorRaceGuy, Nina takes it as a compliment. |
| 117 | * Of the seven Princess Fairies from ''Literature/RainbowMagic'', Elisa is the most boyish of them all, being the Adventure Fairy and the only one of them to not wear a dress. |
| 118 | * ''Literature/TheQueenOfIeflaria'': Esofi and Adale are both tomboy princesses to some degree. While both have a feminine style, Esofi is a very skilled warrior with a sword that she [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation conjures]] and battle spells. Adale enjoys hunting frequently and also often defies the expectations put on her as a princess. |
| 119 | * ''Literature/TheRoyalDiaries'' has a couple. ''Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess'' would rather climb trees than dance while in ''Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles'' Archduchess Antonia's favorite activity is horse riding astride through the mud. |
| 120 | * ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' Arya Stark is a tomboy from the start, and a princess after her brother Robb is acclaimed king. The main advantage of this trope is shown when she has to go on the run during a CivilWar, often posing as a commoner ([[SweetPollyOliver usually a boy]]). |
| 121 | * ''Literature/SplitHeirs'': Arbol, due to being [[RaisedAsTheOppositeGender raised as a boy]], is very tomboyish and flatly rejects being more feminine after learning her gender. She continues to be a very skilled sword fighter, while unsubtly threatening people who object to her stance and removing a dress that her mother had her wear at the earliest opportunity. |
| 122 | * ''Literature/ATasteOfHoney'': As the daughter of the Blessèd Femysade, Lucretia is a princess but spends any free minute she can outside hunting or at her father's Menagerie, and her witch powers are also of the more hands-on nature, like moving big stones through telekinesis whenever needed for construction purposes. |
| 123 | [[/folder]] |
| 124 | |
| 125 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 126 | * ''Series/DowntonAbbey'': Sybil is a Tomboy Aristocrat, as she rebels against corsets, wears bloomers instead of dresses, trains as a nurse, and prefers hanging out in the garage with the chauffeur than attending fancy parties. Edith also develops this in Season 2 as she learns to drive and helps with farmwork. |
| 127 | * ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Lyanna was the daughter of one of the most powerful lords of Westeros, she loved horseback riding and she's shown to be savvy enough to give Hodor advices about how to spar with Benjen. She definitely was this. |
| 128 | * ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'': Princess Rhaenyra likes [[DragonRider dragon riding]], violent combat and longs for adventure. |
| 129 | * ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Elrond characterizes Galadriel, commander of the Northern Armies and warrior of the Wastelands as someone who would rather arrive in Lindon covered in grime and mud. |
| 130 | * ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'': |
| 131 | ** Princess Elena, as a side effect of the Sidhe that has been possessing her all her life. Once it's gone, she becomes a PrincessClassic. |
| 132 | ** Princess Mithian is exactly ''half'' this trope. On the one hand, she enjoys outdoor pursuits, especially hunting. She's also pretty damn good at [[{{Gasshole}} burping]]. On the other hand, she is always immaculately groomed and dressed. Tomboy Princess in spirit + ProperLady in conduct and appearance = TomboyWithAGirlyStreak. |
| 133 | * In the Belgian children's show ''Series/{{Prinsessia}}'', Princess Linde is a FieryRedhead PassionateSportsGirl who is far more tomboyish than her PrincessClassic roommates at the RoyalSchool. |
| 134 | * ''Series/VagrantQueen'': Elida is quite the {{tomboy}}, being an {{action girl}} with a fairly masculine attitude and style, although still a princess through blood. We see that even growing up in the royal palace as a girl she didn't like putting on long dresses for ceremonies (though she didn't come off as very tomboyish then). |
| 135 | * ''Series/{{Willow}}'': Kit, in a nutshell. She has BoyishShortHair, a distaste for dresses, wears quite boyish clothing, is better at swordsmanship than social graces and also has a very irreverent attitude to everything around her. |
| 136 | [[/folder]] |
| 137 | |
| 138 | [[folder:Myths & Religion]] |
| 139 | * In Myth/ClassicalMythology, Artemis and Athena (are ''you'' going to say a goddess is not a princess?) both have a bit of tomboy in them but Artemis is the goddess of the wilderness and Athena is the goddess of civilization. |
| 140 | [[/folder]] |
| 141 | |
| 142 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 143 | * ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. Princess Alusair Nacacia Obarskyr (daughter of King Azoun in the TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms setting) who became a fighter and an adventurer. She was also a RebelliousPrincess because she took off without her father's permission. |
| 144 | * ''TabletopGame/LaceAndSteel''. Linette Vulpiniere, the example character used to illustrate the rules throughout the book, is of genteel birth but rejects the in-universe notions of the proper lady behavior and instead goes for mostly combat-oriented skills. |
| 145 | [[/folder]] |
| 146 | |
| 147 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 148 | * ''Theatre/OnceUponAMattress''[='s=] main character, Princess Winnifred, for starters, rather than wait for the drawbridge to be lowered, swims the moat herself. Furthermore, [[TomboyishName "Fred"]] happens to be her preferred nickname. |
| 149 | [[/folder]] |
| 150 | |
| 151 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 152 | * Marle of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' is a princess, sheltered by an over-protective father and encouraged to be a ProperLady… who runs away from home to have fun, wields a crossbow (and later, magic), and breaks every rule of lady-like etiquette generally. Her tomboyish actions even make her the talk of the Millennial Fair. |
| 153 | * Sarna of ''VideoGame/ChronusArc'', who wields a spear in battle, whose battle sprite shows her wearing the most armor, and even her character portrait makes her look like she's striking a martial arts pose. |
| 154 | * ''VideoGame/CookieRun:'' Princess Cookie, true to her name, is the royal princess of Hollyberry kingdom. While she isn't [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak a complete tomboy,]] she's [[OutdoorsyGal adventurous,]] passionate and [[GirlyBruiser protective of her kingdom,]] and [[PrefersGoingBarefoot is barefoot underneath her dress.]] |
| 155 | * ''VideoGame/Dishonored2'' allows the player to take control of Emily, the daughter of the previous empress and the previous player character. She clearly prefers sneaking around the city's rooftops over ruling its citizens. |
| 156 | * Alena in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'' would rather participate in martial tournaments and beat up monsters than live life as a tsarevna, to her father's dismay. |
| 157 | * ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' has Faris. This is because she spent the latter part of her childhood among pirates. |
| 158 | * ''Franchise/FireEmblem'': |
| 159 | ** In ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]'', Lyndis aka Lyn is this ''and'' TheChiefsDaughter since her mom was a Lycian princess and her dad was the chieftain of the Lorca tribe. |
| 160 | ** Same goes for Sue, a HorseArcher and the princess of the Kutolah tribe in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]'' (who ''may'' be Lyn's daughter, if you paired her up with Sue's dad Rath in the prequel). Double if she falls for Roy and marries him since their common ending mentions how the Lycian nobles look at Sue kinda weirdly for being a tomboyish and free-spirited Duchess of Pherae. |
| 161 | ** Averted by Eirika from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]'', who is quite proactive but still a LadyOfWar. Her best friend Tana plays it a little straighter. |
| 162 | ** [[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight The original Fire Emblem heroine]], Princess Shiida/Caeda of Talys, is also a bit of an aversion. She's very feminine, but her preference to take on the battlefield like a LadyOfWar is why she's called a tomboy. She even lampshades this in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes''. |
| 163 | ** Princesses [[ActionGirl Ayra]] of Isaach, [[LadyOfWar Lachesis]] of Nordion and [[BlackMagicianGirl Tailtiu]] of Friege from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]'' play this straight as well. Also Bridget of Jungby, but that's because she also spent her childhood as a PirateGirl. Ayra's daughter [[CuteBruiser Lakche]] and [[DragonRider Altenna]] from Thracia are this too. |
| 164 | ** [[MagicalGirlWarrior Miranda]] of Alster and [[spoiler:[[CuteBruiser Mareeta]] of Rivough]] from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]'', in a FallenPrincess way. |
| 165 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' has Chrom's teenage sister, Princess Lissa of Ylisse, as well as [[spoiler:Chrom's prospect daughter(s) Cynthia or Kjelle (Lucina is more of a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak)]]. Princess Say'ri of [[{{Wutai}} Chon'sin]] is in the fence, as she is rather straightforward but very much a LadyOfWar. [[spoiler:Morgan]] can also be this if [[spoiler:the Avatar]] marries [[spoiler:Say'ri or Lucina, and probably Lissa as well]]. |
| 166 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' has Princess Hinoka of Hoshido, a tomboyish AmazonianBeauty and Pegasus Warrior who is the most outwardly tomboyish of the princesses in the game. |
| 167 | * Kairi in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', albeit her "Princess" title being based around her heart rather than true royal lineage. |
| 168 | * ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''. The titular Princess Zelda in some incarnations: |
| 169 | ** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'': A Gossip Stone claims that she's one, which is something that, if kept in mind, makes [[SweetPollyOliver a certain reveal]] later on less surprising. There's also Princess Ruto, who has a tomboyish attitude towards Link when he tries to rescue her, but in the future, she behaves in a more affectionate way. |
| 170 | ** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]]'', because [[spoiler:she is the alter ego of pirate captain Tetra]]. |
| 171 | ** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Spirit Tracks]]''. Zelda acts a little girly sometimes but is a lot more assertive and HotBlooded after taking over a Phantom for the first time. She's more than willing to help Link on his quest. |
| 172 | ** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathofTheWild Breath of the Wild]]''. She is an aspiring AdventurerArchaeologist researching the LostTechnology of ancient Hyrule who is more commonly shown wearing a ModestRoyalty outfit with pants than a dress and isn't afraid to get dirty handling things in the wilderness, to the point of excitedly picking up a frog and trying to get Link to eat it. |
| 173 | * ''VideoGame/MagicalPopn'': The princess who serves as the game's [[TheHero hero]] can easily qualify with her [[GenkiGirl energy]]. When the [[BigBad Demon King]] unleashes his soldiers, she steps up to defend the world she loves. |
| 174 | * The ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' series has Pride, the operator of Knightman, princess of Creamland. |
| 175 | * Kumatora from ''VideoGame/Mother3'' has [[BoyishShortHair short red hair]] and a [[TheLadette Lad-ette]] attitude and hates when she has to wear a dress and grow her hair out to disguise herself as a waitress, although [[spoiler:she isn't really a princess; that's just a title]]. |
| 176 | * Criosa in the ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'' mod series The Aielund Saga is a princess and the heir to the throne of Aielund and is also a wizard/rogue of a level on par with your character and runs around in pants with a sword more often than not. |
| 177 | * Depending on how you raise your girl in the ''VideoGame/PrincessMaker'' games, she may grow up to be any kind of tomboyish swordswoman or sorceress who works part-time lumberjacking or keeping the dead down in the local graveyard. Whether she actually becomes a ''princess'' is a different issue. |
| 178 | * ''VideoGame/RecettearAnItemShopsTale'': It's implied that [[spoiler:[[CoolBigSis Charme the Thief]]]] of all people is [[FallenPrincess the heir to the throne of a fallen kingdom]] [[spoiler:[[HardDrinkingPartyGirl known for its booze]].]] |
| 179 | * The ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series' very own Princess Daisy (who also provides the trope image and quote) ditches the DamselInDistress trope after her debut in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand'', becoming a tomboy princess beginning with her appearance in ''VideoGame/MarioTennis''. So much, in fact, that her only ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' trophy is part of the ''VideoGame/MarioStrikers Charged'' series (which also includes Mario and a [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry Kritter]], who have trophies of their normal versions). She ''does'' have a sticker depicting her usual attire, but it is shared with Peach, so it is not a solo sticker. Later portrayals of Daisy, however, tend to downplay this, giving her [[GirlinessUpgrade more feminine mannerisms]] and making her more of a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak. Daisy has a total of four trophies in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'''s two versions: the Wii U version has one of Daisy in her usual dress, one of Daisy in her athletic two-piece outfit as seen in ''VideoGame/MarioSuperstarBaseball'' and its [[VideoGame/MarioSuperSluggers sequel]], and one of [[SpinOffBabies her baby version]]; while the 3DS version only has a trophy of her in her sports minidress from ''VideoGame/MarioTennisOpen''. Her appearance as Peach's [[MovesetClone Echo Fighter]] in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Ultimate]]'' has her doing DaintyCombat in an identical manner to Peach, while Daisy's usual dress is the only outfit she's ever depicted wearing in that game. She even briefly returns to the damsel-in-distress role, but only for the mobile game ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRun'' which is also notable for her first ever [[PromotedToPlayable playable appearance]] in an official ''Mario'' platformer if ''Run'' is treated as a mainline game. |
| 180 | * ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' has Elena, an African princess of a KickChick with a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin tomboyish theme tune]]. |
| 181 | * ''VideoGame/YesYourGrace'': Asalia, the PlayerCharacter's middle daughter. She's dismissive of most typical princess activities and prefers learning how to use swords and a bow. [[spoiler:Her possible girlfriend Maya]], who's a full-on ActionGirl, qualifies as well, depending on the extent to which her father is considered a King (he holds the title, but it's not quite official). |
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| 184 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 185 | * ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}''. {{Justified|Trope}} in that drow society reverses many traditional gender roles, is made up of clans that act as mini-kingdoms within [[TheFederation Chel]], and practices BlueAndOrangeMorality. [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=287 Vaelia is initially introduced as having been this in the past]]. |
| 186 | * Meenah from ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'', who is a RebelliousPrincess but dresses and acts more like a punk. |
| 187 | * ''Webcomic/{{Oglaf}}:'' [[http://www.oglaf.com/pea/1/ This strip]] takes the RebelliousPrincess trope and melds it with Tomboy Princess in an amusingly NSFW way. |
| 188 | * ''Webcomic/ThePrinceAndPrincess'': Emilia wants to be treated like a boy, but unlike Edmund, doesn't seem to actually want to be seen as male, considering that [[spoiler:at the end of the comic, she is still a princess alongside Edmund, but as a knight in masculine clothing with a sword protecting the kingdom]]. |
| 189 | * ''Webcomic/PrincessPrincess'': Princess Amira has a mohawk, wears a military uniform, wields a sword and rescues people as a wandering hero. |
| 190 | * [[http://www.samuraiprincess.com Samurai Princess's]] star and namesake is one of these. |
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| 193 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 194 | * The "JustForFun/{{Bowsette}}" meme: A MemeticMutation where [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bowser]] gets GenderFlipped into a huge, muscular princess who ''still'' behaves like Bowser, including breathing fire and kidnapping Peach (for makeup advice).%% Based on a |
| 195 | [[/folder]] |
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| 197 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 198 | * ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' has Princess Calla. She dislikes having to act prim and proper and would rather take part in governing and defending her kingdom. She's skilled in the use of weapons, and the episode "Girls Knight Out" has her secretly entering and winning the tournament that was to determine who would be her royal protector. Even better, when King Gregor, her father, learns the truth, he is deeply impressed at what a powerful warrior his child has become. |
| 199 | * ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': Depending on the episode, Princess Bubblegum. It's especially seen in the comics tie-ins, like ''ComicBook/AdventureTimeMarcelineAndTheScreamQueens'', where she actually leaves Finn to rule the Candy Kingdom in her stead to accompany Marceline as she's touring. |
| 200 | * ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Princess Azula of the Fire Nation is an [[BloodKnight aggressive]] and ruthless young warrior and high ranking military leader of her nation's army. She wears battle armour, is very cunning and brutal in both personality and fight style, and despite [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak having her servants pamper her up and placing a lot of stock in her appearance]], she is otherwise generally not very feminine. She even rejected a doll her mother gave her as a child and instead expressed a desire to recieve a weapon as a gift like her brother Zuko. In ''[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheSearch The Search]]'' comics, she stated she had a tendency to decapitate her dolls to fulfill her sadistic streak. |
| 201 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Disenchantment}}'' has Princess Tiabeanie, or Bean for short. She's rebellious, doesn't mind getting her hands dirty at times, and loves to fight and [[TheAlcoholic drink]]. |
| 202 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjyYiaSvJaQ In the Rankin Bass adaptation of]] ''Literature/TheEmperorsNewClothes'', the titular Emperor has one for a daughter, who serves as the love interest of one of the tailors (who in this version are given a dose of AdaptationalHeroism). The short plays it for parody; she deludes herself into thinking that he is the hero who can save her from her father's EvilChancellor, when she is clearly the tougher of the two, [[spoiler:and she is right about that first part]]. |
| 203 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda1989'' animated series. Princess Zelda, much more so than her video game counterpart, which generally causes WellExcuseMePrincess situations. |
| 204 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': |
| 205 | ** There is Princess Ember from the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E5GauntletOfFire Gauntlet of Fire]]", daughter of the Dragon Lord Torch and an ActionGirl who takes part in the titular Gauntlet of Fire to prove to her father and the other dragons that she is not a weak little princess. [[spoiler:In the end, she becomes the new Dragon Lord]]. |
| 206 | ** While she's only slightly tomboyish, Twilight Sparkle's focus on her studies is, relatively speaking, not quite as conventionally feminine as Rarity's fashion design, Fluttershy's animal care, or Pinkie Pie's catering, making her more tomboyish than average, at least as far as the Mane Six go. She's certainly the most tomboyish of the princesses; Celestia and Cadance are each clearly shown to be acting according to the in-universe traditions of the lands they have authority over, and Luna thinks she is. |
| 207 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Mysticons}}'' has [[spoiler:Zarya]] who keeps her tomboyish personality even after learning that she's a princess. |
| 208 | * ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' has a wide variety of princesses, all of them portrayed positively (even the villainous ones, generally), meaning that naturally some would fall under this. [[TheHero Adora]] may qualify on a technicality, since she's considered a princess despite being an orphan [[spoiler:from another world]] raised by a military dictatorship as a soldier, but Mermista (who insists that instead of being represented in a battle plan by lipstick, they should use a knife), Frosta (a twelve-year-old who turns out to love beating the crap out of Horde robots), and Netossa (a tough fighter whose preferred outfit includes multiple armour plates) could all qualify. |
| 209 | %%* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'': Princess Savina. |
| 210 | * ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'': Sofia herself qualifies as one. She is adventurous, isn't afraid to get her hands dirty, and even joins the all-male flying horse derby races as well as other sports. |
| 211 | * ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'': Princess Sally, who despite her title actually has several roles, many of which are stereotypically associated with males, such as that of battle strategist, engineering technician, and of course, as a [[ActionGirl fighter]]. No major female character in the show conforms ''entirely'' to female stereotypes, but Sally is ''especially'' divergent from them. |
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| 213 | |
| 214 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 215 | * UsefulNotes/ElizabethII seems to have had elements of this when she insisted on joining the Army during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and became a mechanic and truck driver. As it is, she was the ''only'' remaining head of state who was a vet of that war in the decades preceding her death in 2022. The Queen [[GirlinessUpgrade eventually became much more]] of a GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak over the years. |
| 216 | ** Her daughter Princess Anne was an Olympic-level equestrian in her youth. Anne's daughter Zara Phillips has taken up riding as well, participating in the London Olympic Games. |
| 217 | * Several Medieval European noblewomen had this characteristic to some degree. Someone had to take care of the castle while all the knights were busy killing each other, including its armed defense when necessary. At least one Arab visitor commented on how forward Western women were. |
| 218 | * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina,_Queen_of_Sweden Christina]], [[UsefulNotes/NotableSwedishMonarchs Queen of Sweden]], who [[YouGoGirl took up traditionally-masculine hobbies and interests (like fencing, shooting, and alchemy)]], [[WholesomeCrossdresser dressed]] and [[OneOfTheBoys behaved like one of the guys]] -- and associated with them in a manner considered inappropriate for her time, and, of course, was suspected to have both male and female lovers, but [[CelibateHero never married]]. Invoked by her father, Gustavus Adolphus, who ordered that his sole heir be [[RaisedAsTheOppositeGender raised as a prince]], and possibly complicated by the allegations of AmbiguousGender raised at her birth. |
| 219 | * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khutulun Khutulun]], daughter of Kublai Khan's cousin Qaidu. One of the great warriors of eastern Asia, as well as a great leader and politician. When her family demanded she marry, she promised to marry the first man who could [[BestHerToBedHer beat her at wrestling]], and that she would take one hundred horses from any man who lost such a challenge. After winning ten thousand horses and gaining no husband, her family backed off. She eventually did marry, though her husband's identity isn't clear. |
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