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[[center: [[Characters/{{Frozen}} Main Character Index]] | '''Arendelle Royal Family''' | [[Characters/FrozenAnna Anna]] | [[Characters/FrozenOtherResidentsFromArendelle Other Residents from Arendelle]] | [[Characters/FrozenSouthernIsles Southern Isles]] | [[Characters/FrozenHans Hans]] | [[Characters/FrozenWeselton Weselton]] | [[Characters/FrozenExtendedMedia Extended Media]] ]]

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[[folder:Princess Anna of Arendelle]]
* See her page [[Characters/FrozenAnna here]].
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[[folder:Queen Elsa of Arendelle]]

!Queen Elsa of Arendelle
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[[caption-width-right:250: "The cold never bothered me anyway..."]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IdinaMenzel (adult), Eva Bella (child), Spencer Lacey Ganus (12-year old)
->'''Appears in:''' ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' | ''Disney/FrozenFever'' | ''Disney/OlafsFrozenAdventure''
->'''Appearances in alternate continuities:''' ''Frozen: Northern Lights'' | ''Series/OnceUponATime'' | ''Videogame/FrozenFreeFall'' | ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity'' | ''Disney/RalphBreaksTheInternet'' | ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''

Elsa is the deuteragonist of the film. She is the Queen of Arendelle and is the Snow Queen. Elsa is the oldest child and the first born daughter of King Agnarr and Queen Iduna of Arendelle. She is the older sister of the heiress apparent Princess Anna of Arendelle. Elsa had her ice powers from birth, but tried to suppress and hide them (even from her sister Anna) in [[AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength fear of the harm they might do]].[[note]]She also had numerous tropes [[WhatCouldHaveBeen from when she was going to be a villain]], although those count as [[{{Trivia/Frozen}} trivia]].[[/note]]
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* AboveGoodAndEvil: Played with. After running away to be alone, she resolves to discard concepts like "right" and "wrong," and simply live by her own rules, no longer caring what the rest of the world will think of her actions. Nonetheless, when she finds out she has unknowingly frozen the entire kingdom of Arendelle, she is deeply horrified.
* AdaptationalNameChange: Is CompositeCharacter of the nameless Snow Queen and a boy named Kai from the source material, Literature/TheSnowQueen, but is called "Elsa."
* AdaptationalHeroism: The Snow Queen was a neutral entity in [[Literature/TheSnowQueen the original tale,]] open to interpretation as either good or evil. While Elsa fears she's the latter, she's really the former, especially in later installments.
* {{Adorkable}}: She's so excited about Anna's birthday celebration in ''Frozen Fever'' that she squeals with excitement at several points.
* AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength: Ever since she was a child, she has obsessively tried to suppress her ice powers and stay as far away from people as possible since she is afraid that she will hurt others like she did with Anna.
* AloofBigSister: {{Justified|Trope}}. Elsa acts distant and aloof to Anna because she's afraid of hurting Anna again. The trope ends when she finally controls her powers.
%%* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Anna on occasion.
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* TheAtoner:
** Played with. When she learns that she caused an EndlessWinter in Arendelle, she would ''like'' to fix it, but she doesn't know how, and is too scared of making things worse to try.
** Her desire to make Anna happy in ''Frozen Fever'' is driven by guilt over how much her sister suffered because of her powers. "For everything you are to me, and all you've been through..."
* BadassAdorable: She may not be as {{Adorkable}} as Anna, but when she lets emotion show on her face, you can see the family resemblance to Anna. And even with ThouShaltNotKill in play, her cryokinetic powers are a force to be reckoned with.
* BadassBoast:
** "Here I'll stand, and here I'll stay" from "Let It Go" is a boast to the world that it won't be making any more demands of her identity.
** In the same song: "I am one with the wind and sky."
* BadassBookworm: Her powers make her considerably badass. It is also stated in the book ''Literature/ASisterMoreLikeMe'' that Elsa loves geometry. Note her mention of fractals during "Let it Go".
* BadassInCharge: The Queen of Arendelle, and also [[AnIcePerson a powerful ice mage]].
* BadassInDistress: As she's not an aggressive person, she's vulnerable whenever her state of mind is affected (in the original movie) or when she's sick (in ''Frozen Fever'').
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: At first, she didn't like Hans very much for his sudden proposal to Anna, wanting him to leave. After he talks her out of killing the Duke's men, keeping them from killing her and offers to do what he can to set her free, she starts to trust him enough to keep her sister safe. Of course, she was unaware Hans was just mirroring her concern and desire from a supportive friend to manipulate her, giving her a genuine reason to dislike him when his plans are revealed.
* BeneathTheMask: Anna has only seen her distant attitude for years on end, so she's both surprised and a little relieved to see Elsa having fun talking about chocolate and teasing her by making her dance with the duke. When her cover is blown, it also turns out that she really ''hated'' having to always repress her emotions, showing a playful and creative side with a lot of artistic sense. Unfortunately, there's also a lot of anxiety bubbling away beneath the surface.
* BenevolentMageRuler: The movie is basically the story of how she becomes one, and the hard road to mastering both her magical talent and the responsibilities of a Queen (with help from the most adorable little sister ever).
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Elsa doesn't want to hurt anyone intentionally, even two guys clearly sent to kill her. But when it's clear that it's her or them, she becomes brutal.
* BewareTheSuperman: Played with. Elsa is generally good at heart, but she is so afraid of accidentally hurting someone that she feels she has to shut everyone out of her life, including Anna. The show of her powers made her someone to fear. Once she runs away, she decides "screw this, I'm going to run away and let loose", yet it causes an EndlessWinter. Hans exploits this trope to justify killing Elsa.
* BigSisterInstinct: Elsa loves her little sister, Anna, dearly. When she accidentally struck her with her ice powers when they were little, she locked herself in her room and didn't play with or speak to Anna anymore. Elsa shut her out because she was terrified of hurting her sister or anyone else with her powers again. She continues to have this attitude throughout the majority of the film's events.
* BlessedWithSuck: She was born with magical powers, but started to fear them after her accident with Anna. She actually loves making ice and snow, but could never do so for fear of hurting everyone. They then started operating out of control, exposing her to the fear of other people, plunging the kingdom into an EndlessWinter, and killing Anna.
* BlueIsHeroic: Elsa's primary color scheme is blue and despite her aloof nature, she's quite kind-hearted.
* BraidsOfAction: Elsa wears a French braid while out of the castle.
* BreakoutCharacter: Despite Anna being the protagonist of the first film and Olaf initially receiving most of the marketing before the movie's release, Elsa became the most popular character in the film by far, eclipsing not just Anna and the rest of the cast but much of the Franchise/DisneyPrincess line. Countless articles have been written that analyze her character and her behavior, and most fanwork tends to focus on her. Also, while ''Frozen'' merchandise in general is still selling out of stores months after the film's release, Elsa merchandise was very hard to find, and people were selling Elsa merch on sites like [=eBay=] for much higher than their retail value. As a result of her popularity, the rest of the franchise, and most marketing and press, often gives Elsa a more prominent role, even in crossovers such as ''Series/OnceUponATime''.
* BreakTheCutie: Starts off rather cheerful, but after accidentally striking Anna with a misaimed ice bolt and being shown an image of her future self being attacked by a mob as Pabbie warns her there's danger in not controlling her power, she becomes haunted and repressed. She reaches the DespairEventHorizon when Hans tells her that her magic killed her sister.
* BrokenAce: Brilliant, beautiful, artistic, intense magical power, excels at everything, graceful and even a very kind person. However, she has a lot of emotional issues because the graceful perfect act is a misguided attempt to keep her magic in check.
* BrokenBird: After many years of isolating herself in fear that her powers might hurt someone, Elsa has become more cynical and more detached from Anna.
* ByronicHeroine: She is an IceQueen who not only is brooding about her powers, but also exiles herself after her powers are exposed at the coronation. Though, unlike most Byronic heroes, this is less due to selfish whining and more because she feels she must detach herself emotionally for the safety of everyone. Her inner conflicts over her powers end up driving many central elements of the plot. In fact, "Let It Go", with its extolling of rejecting the conventions of society -- not to mention her responsibilities as monarch -- is essentially an anthem to a kind of Romantic Existentialism.
* CelibateHeroine: Not clear if it's a direct result of her not wanting to get close to anyone out of fear of hurting them, or if she's [[{{Asexuality}} asexual]], or if it's something else entirely, but regardless of the reason, Elsa never shows romantic interest in anyone. When Hans was [[JustBetweenYouAndMe explaining his plans]] to Anna, he noted that his original plan to take the throne of Arendelle was simply to woo and marry Elsa, but he had to abandon that plan since "nobody was getting anywhere with her". The book ''The Secret Admirer'' shows that while she's flattered that someone has feelings for her and is curious who they are, she's not as curious as Anna or Olaf, who essentially look through every possible man or woman it could be. This suggests she is not necessarily against the idea of being in a relationship, but she puts her kingdom and her sister above all else.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: Between becoming queen and keeping her ice magic in check at the beginning of the film, Elsa certainly suffered from this, at least until she [[TheUnfettered gleefully broke those chains]] in "Let it Go".
* CharacterDevelopment: Following her return to power as Arendelle's reigning monarch, Elsa's original personality, not dominant since childhood, makes a return. With a warm, welcoming aura, Elsa rules her kingdom with a genuine smile, and spends most of her spare time using her abilities for the pleasure of herself, her sister, and the entire kingdom. As seen in ''Frozen Fever'', this aspect of Elsa's personality has not only remained, but strengthened, as the short heavily showcased Elsa's lighter side as fun-loving, and extremely devoted to her sister, yet retained her sense of elegance, vibrancy, and compassion.
* CharacterTics:
** She tends to cross her arms when she feels stressed. Notably when she is confronted by Anna during the coronation just before she cuts loose with her powers (especially since it was to hide her uncovered left hand); when she's alone on the North Mountain during the first lines of "Let It Go"; and twice in her ice palace when she realizes that her powers have plunged Arendelle into EndlessWinter.
** When she laughs (once when she and Anna are kids and sneak off into the ballroom to play, and a couple of times during the coronation), she tends to place her fingers over her lips[[note]]although you'd be forgiven for thinking that she does it when laughing at the Duke's [[DodgyToupee poor fitting toupee]] that she's just trying to hide it[[/note]].
** She also wrings her hands a lot. Notably, these are all variants on hiding or containing her emotion, which in her case is often expressed through ice powers that come from her hands.
%%** She rolls her eyes when she's impatient (when Anna keeps stalling to tell her what happened in Arendelle).
* CheerfulChild: In the beginning of the film, [[HeroicBSOD before she accidentally hurt Anna]], she was just as cheerful as Anna.
* ClassicalAntiHero: She is ''very'' unsure of herself and always afraid of hurting others.
* ClothingReflectsPersonality: At the start of the film, Anna and Elsa wear light-colored clothes, which symbolizes their relationship with each other going well. After they are separated and grow apart (especially during the "Do You Want To Build A Snowman" sequence), their clothes become progressively darker, with Elsa regaining lighter clothes after fleeing the kingdom once the eternal winter is unleashed and she feels less restricted.
** See ConspicuousGloves entry.
* ColorMotifs:
** Blue -- An indication of her [[AnIcePerson ice powers]], the main color choice for her clothing (including her ice dress), and represents her loneliness and later, happiness with her powers.
** Green -- In ''Frozen Fever'', Elsa magically changes her signature light blue dress into bright green which has several levels of meaning. 1) Elsa changing her clothing into Anna's color, represents her efforts in this short to open up her heart to Anna and let her in (after all, it is all about her giving Anna a perfect birthday to make up for the previous birthdays she missed out on). Plus, if you're familiar with the symbolism of the Chakras: green stands for the Heart Chakra or love - in this case sisterly love, which is what the short is all about - even Anna and Kristoff's romantic love takes a backseat here to the sisterly love. 2) Green being the color of spring or summer more than winter, represents Elsa not being overpowered by her ice powers (which can be represented as blue) anymore, but being in control of them and NOT being in danger of changing it into a winter anymore.
* CompositeCharacter: Elsa takes the role of both the Snow Queen and Kai from the source material, Literature/TheSnowQueen.
* ConspicuousGloves: Hoping to constrain her powers, Elsa is never without her gloves. Anna later comments that she thought the gloves were due to Elsa being TerrifiedOfGerms.
* CoolBigSis:
** Pun intended, but she used to be this for Anna when they were younger. In the ending, she becomes it again.
** In ''Frozen Fever'', this trope is definitely on her mind as she forces herself to go through Anna's birthday celebrations, even while suffering a bad cold.
* CoolCrown: She initially wore a small tiara but she discards it when she abandons Arendelle. TheStinger reveals that her minion Marshmallow found it.
* CostumeEvolution: Though she changes her coronation dress to something she's more comfortable with, she's willing to wear other clothes, as long as [[ClothesMakeTheLegend they also fit the general form of the ice dress]].
** In ''Frozen Fever'', she gives her ice dress a Spring look, but still keeps the general shape.
** In ''Olaf's Frozen Adventure'', her Winter dress looks like her ice dress, but darker blue, a more obvious snowflake motif, and a fur collar.
* CostumePorn: Par for the course for Disney, but Elsa's sky-blue snow queen dress deserves a special mention. It's breathtaking, and detailed to the stitch.
* CoversAlwaysLie: A lot of promotional art depicts her as confidently smug, while in the movie proper she's anything only appears this way briefly at the end of "Let It Go," but spends much of the film anxious.
* CreatingLifeIsUnforeseen: When she recreates Olaf during "Let It Go," she has no idea that he's alive until he shows up with Anna. Taken UpToEleven in ''Frozen Fever'', where she spawns the Snowgies by just ''sneezing''.
* CulturedBadass: The "cultured" part is more prominent in ''Literature/ASisterMoreLikeMe'' which shows her many talents. The "badass" part comes from her powers, and it's implied that she's holding back. "Let It Go" unites them when she uses math to create her ice palace.
* DamselOutOfDistress: When captured at the castle she uses her powers to free herself.
* DaddysGirl: During the growing up montage, it's implied that she is closer to her father than to her mother.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: As a child, [[MyGreatestFailure hit Anna in the head with her powers]]. This essentially drives the entire plot and is the reason why Elsa is so detached from her sister.
* DarkMagicalGirl: She's a good person at heart who was isolated from everyone due to her powers, leading to her becoming an (unintentional) antagonist. As with most {{Dark Magical Girl}}s, she's eventually saved through the PowerOfLove by her heroic {{Foil}}.
* DefrostingIceQueen: She has to keep her emotions and feelings in check, because if she doesn't, she loses control of her magic, and it can do terrible things to the people. It is Anna's [[ThePowerOfLove love]] for her that ultimately frees her from her fears and unlocks the ability to thaw out the winter.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: The story starts from her perspective and we see what she's doing almost as much as Anna. She's also the one actually driving the plot.
* DreamworksFace: She not only does this in the posters, but also InUniverse at the final line in "Let it Go".
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Finally conquers her crippling fear and reconnects with her sister.
* EasilyForgiven: Once she returns to the kingdom and undo the EndlessWinter she has caused on Arendelle, the citizens welcome her with open arms without any hint of resentment despite the potential casualties it has caused.
* EmotionalPowers: Her powers are connected to her emotions. When she's feeling better she creates happier things like Olaf, but when she wants to hide away from the world she creates the massive Marshmallow. Negative emotions like fear or worry tend to give her PowerIncontinence, while positive ones allow her more control of her powers. Embracing her love for others is what allows her to lift the EndlessWinter from Arendelle.
* EmotionlessGirl: For many years, Elsa had to constantly [[EmotionSuppression suppress her emotions]] in fear she would lose control of her powers.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Her ice dress is pretty glittery, which becomes particularly evident when she steps into the sunlight at the end of "Let It Go". There are also sparkles in her hair, as her braid is adorned with tiny sparkling snowflakes.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In the brief shots of her as a child at various ages, Elsa wears her hair in a braid until her parents die; then she wairs it in a bun [[note]]The first shot she wears it in a bun is at the very last line of "Do You Want to Build a Snowman"[[/note]]. Fast-forward to Coronation Day and it's again in a bun - symbolizing it's a moment she needs to restrain her emotions. Then at the end of "Let it Go", Elsa drops her PrimAndProperBun in favor of the French braid she originally wore, symbolizing she isn't as constrained anymore.
* FisherKing: The weather changes according to her mood.
* {{Foil}}: She is serious in contrast to her energetic sister, Anna.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Responsible Sibling to Anna's Foolish Sibling. Anna wants to marry Hans, but Elsa refuses to let them get married because they've only just met that day.
** The roles get reversed in ''Frozen Fever'', as Elsa insists on going through the birthday celebrations despite being rather ill, while Anna realises that her sister ''desperately'' needs rest.
* FormFittingWardrobe: Her coronation dress, and especially her ice dress, are tailored enough to perfectly highlight her curves.
* FriendlessBackground: Like her sister, she was raised in seclusion and she doesn't have any friends her age.
* FullContactMagic: Whenever she uses her powers intentionally, she always makes grand gestures with her hands or dancing. When she creates her ice palace, it's more like she's actually lifting it out of the mountain than anything.
* GlassCannon: She's ''very'' powerful, but still ultimately a young woman susceptible to conventional harm if one bypasses her icy defenses. When a crossbow knocks down the ice chandelier, it knocks her out.
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: {{Inverted|Trope}}. Instead of involuntary isolation giving someone mental/emotional issues, she isolates herself on purpose ''because'' of her emotional issues.
* GoodWithNumbers: It is stated in ''Literature/ASisterMoreLikeMe'' that Elsa loves geometry. This is shown in the film, when she uses her knowledge of geometry to create her ice palace, and describing her snow designs as 'fractals'; an advanced geometry concept for the time period.
* GorgeousGarmentGeneration: Her sparkly blue Snow Queen dress was ''woven from ice and snow''.
** In ''Fever'' she updates it to green, with flower decorations, to fit with Anna's birthday.
* HairDecorations: Elsa's is subtly adorned with snowflakes. As a kid, she has a blue headband.
* HairstyleInertia: After her IAmSong, Elsa goes back to wearing the same single ponytail she had as a child.
* HappyHolidaysDress: In ''Olaf's Frozen Adventure'', Elsa has a darker blue version of her ice dress, where the snowflake motif is more visible, and the neckline is trimmed with white fur, giving her a festive snow queen look.
* HatesBeingTouched: She won't let other people touch her, out of fear of losing control of her powers. Not knowing the truth leads Anna to think she's a neat freak. Once Elsa has her powers in check, she's freer with physical contact.
* HeroAntagonist: She unintentionally drives the conflict, creating an EndlessWinter in the middle of summer when she runs away to the mountains to isolate herself in an attempt to protect everyone else from her powers. Her sister, Anna, has to seek her out so that they could find a way to stop the winter she unknowingly caused.
* HeroicAlbino: Has extremely pale skin, white hair, and is a good person.
* HeroicBSOD:
** When Hans tells her that Anna's dead. When Elsa goes through these, the snow tends to freeze outside (also happened when she learned that her parents were dead).
** She goes through on in ''Olaf's Frozen Adventure'' when she believes she and Anna don't have any traditions.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: [[JerkassFacade Acts aloof and secretive]], attempting to be an EmotionlessGirl, for thirteen years in order to keep her powers as a [[AnIcePerson literal ice queen]] controlled and hidden, both to avoid the reactions of others and to avoid hurting them, but it makes her look like a [[IceQueen cold-hearted metaphorical one.]] And ''then'' she opens up the castle for her coronation day, and a [[FriendlessBackground neglected and lonely Anna]], who [[LaserGuidedAmnesia doesn't know why]] her family's been keeping [[FriendlessBackground her and the rest of them so isolated]] or [[JerkassFacade why Elsa ''appears'']] to [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim not care about her]], is ecstatic to finally find someone who seems to care about her. Knowing the gates are about to close again, she quickly becomes engaged to the visitor. Elsa, caught off-guard by [[FourthDateMarriage the suddenness of the engagement]], orders the guests out and the gates shut again, terrifying Anna, who begs Elsa, [[GoMadFromTheIsolation "please, please, I can't ''live'' like this anymore"]] and questions why Elsa shuts both her and the world out. A stressed Elsa lashes out during the argument, shooting out an array of ice spikes and revealing her powers to an astonished crowd. The Duke of Weselton accuses her of being a [[WickedWitch monster,]] and fearing her lack of control, she flees, as unbeknownst to her, the entire kingdom plunges into an EndlessWinter - which doesn't help the accusations. [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen For all the other characters know, it looks as if Elsa cursed the land on purpose]]. [[UndyingLoyalty Despite the argument, Anna's the only one to believe]] that Elsa is not the [[WickedWitch stereotypical evil witch-queen]] she appears to be and to realize that she's just scared.
* TheHermit: She tries this lifestyle for a while, as she thinks she can escape her problems by living alone in an ice castle on the side of a mountain. She ultimately learns otherwise, however.
* HiddenDepths:
** She demonstrates a sly sense of humor during the coronation, when she tricks Anna into dancing with the Duke of Weselton and barely suppresses a laugh at her sister's expense. One of the cut songs, "We Know Better", expands on this, indicating in the lyrics that as a child Elsa would occasionally "freeze her nanny's big behind" or "freeze her tutor's tea".
** Although she is passive compared to Anna, it is implied that she ironically enjoys more thrilling activities than her sister. Immediately after thawing Arendelle, she creates an ice rink for everyone to enjoy without hesitation. While Anna is somewhat hesitant, she skates without fear, even encouraging her to join in.
** ''Frozen Fever'' reveals that she's game enough to dance at the top of a clock tower, despite being delirious from a cold.
* HighClassGloves: Though her gloves were to contain her power, they are still items fit for royalty. Even her coronation gloves match her dress.
* TheHighQueen: Even while hiding her powers, she tries to be a wise and good ruler for her kingdom. After she returns, she does this even while being herself, and her people are shown to love her in the follow up shorts.
* HotWitch: Once she's finally able to be herself and embrace her powers, her beauty really shines.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Elsa is right that Anna is too sheltered to understand what love is. But Elsa herself is also very sheltered having never set foot outside the castle in 13 years. Anna even [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out]] [[LampshadeHanging on this.]]
-->'''Anna:''' What do you know about love? All you know how to do is shut people out.
* ICantDance: She turned down the Duke's offer to dance because she doesn't know how. In one of the Frozen comics, Anna teaches her how to dance in preparation for a group of princes she's scheduled to dance with... who turns out can't dance either.
* AnIcePerson: Has the ability to create ice and snow, which also extends to creating [[{{Snowlem}} sentient snowmen]] and even a dress made of ice for herself. The origin of these powers is a case of AllThereInTheManual from [[http://johnaugust.com/2014/scriptnotes-ep-128-frozen-with-jennifer-lee-transcript Jennifer Lee]] (about a third down the page) revealed the explanation: a child is born with ice magic "like when Saturn is in this alignment with such-and-such on the thousandth year." This makes sense because, you know, [[FridgeBrilliance Saturn has both rings of ice and rock and a moon covered in ice]] [[note]]Or possibly because, to quote Wiki/TheOtherWiki, "Saturn is associated with focus, precision, '''nobility''', ethics, civility, lofty goals, purpose, career, great achievements, dedication, authority figures, ordered hierarchy, stability, virtues, productiveness, valuable hard lessons learned, destiny, '''conforming social structures''', balance, and karma (reaping what you have sowed or divine cosmic justice) but also with limitations, '''restrictions''', boundaries, '''anxiety''', tests, practicality, reality, and time. (...) Saturn symbolized processes and things that were dry and '''cold''', which are necessary balancing aspects to maintain life. It governed the [[FourTemperamentEnsemble melancholic humor]]." Know a better planet to make AnIcePerson melancholic queen?[[/note]]. It was left out of the final film because the more you explain about magic, the more you want to know about its rules, and more importantly it would have detracted from the plot, seeing as planetary alignment is not a major point unlike [[Disney/{{Hercules}} another Disney film]]. See also WhenThePlanetsAlign below.
* IceQueen: Both literally and figuratively! Though she was rather cheerful as a child, when Elsa's powers accidentally hurt Anna, she felt a need to tightly control her emotions so that no one would find out or be hurt. In particular, Anna feels shut out and disliked by her sister for no reason she can understand, though the party at the beginning of the movie makes it clear even to her that Elsa ''does'' care about her. In any case, her own mask didn't work and when her cover was blown she just gave up on it entirely, leading into her song ''Let It Go.'' Sure, she might have to isolate herself from humanity from the rest of her life, but hey, look at the bright side! At least she doesn't have to bottle her emotions up anymore.
* AnIceSuit: A variation; her slinky blue gown seems much better suited for warm weather. [[RequiredSecondaryPowers The cold never bothered her anyway (presumably because being one who can make ice makes it possible for her to tolerate subzero temperatures more easily)]].
* IconicOutfit: Her silky blue gown + gauzy cape is her most recognizable outfit, and is printed on more merchandise than her others.
* IcyBlueEyes: Not evil, but since her element is ice, this fits.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Cutting off Anna when they were kids.
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: While she was going to kill the Weselton guards in self-defense (who didn't stop their assassination attempt even after she eased her icy death traps), Hans pleads with Elsa not to do it, because it would only end up painting her as a monster to everyone. Considering she had already accidentally plunged the country into an eternal winter a short while ago, as evil as Hans turns out to be, he does have a point.
* ImaginationBasedSuperpower: She can make ice constructs of anything, even a whole palace.
* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Her new outfit was woven from ice crystals.
* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: Downplayed, as her figure is still unrealistic, but not to the proportions typical of the trope.
* InstantExpert: During the course of "Let it Go", she gains increasing control of her powers, going from creating a few wisps of cold, to constructing a crude snowman, to a fairly large bridge, which becomes crystalline and intricate as she crosses it, to an entire palace made of ice. Also downplayed in that while she knows how to direct it, [[PowerIncontinence she doesn't know how to turn it off]]. The former is justified by one of the tie-in books, which reveals that Elsa was a fan of geometry since she was little.
* InternalizedCategorism: Thanks to some childhood trauma, she grows up fearing her own powers. This is especially bad for her since her powers can be triggered by her own emotions, so this made them even harder to control.
* JerkassFacade: Although Elsa may seem aloof towards Anna, this is only her repressing her emotions in order to keep her powers in check, and she really does deeply care for her sister and her well-being, but thought she had to push her away, believing this would protect her.
* JerkassHasAPoint: While she isn't being particularly understanding, she's completely right when she refuses to approve of Anna's wedding to Hans on the grounds that [[FourthDateMarriage marrying a man you just met]] is ridiculous, a sentiment [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Kristoff]] agrees with. She's proven right upon the reveal that Hans was EvilAllAlong.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Best displayed when the Duke's guards tried to kill her. She's in her ice outfit, as in the slinky dress, cape, and heels, and her powers still make her formidable against them. The only reason they even stood a chance at first was because she didn't want to hurt anyone. Their relentless attacks drove her to fight back, and they were clearly no match.
* LadyOfBlackMagic: Ice-oriented variant but her magic is certainly not evil.
* LettingHerHairDown: After tossing away the crown, she knocks off her bun in favor of a French braid.
* LonelyRichKid: Isolates herself from everyone, including Anna, even though they live in the same house.
* LoveRedeems: It's Anna's love for Elsa that helps Elsa make her HeelFaceTurn and end the EndlessWinter that she started.
* MadGod: Technically she's a Neurotic Overpowered-Mage, but [[Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible the results are surprisingly similar]]: She sets off an eternal winter by having an anxiety attack, and ''accidentally creates life'' while in a good mood.
* MadnessMantra: "Don't feel, don't feel, don't feel, don't feel!" She says this after Anna tells her that she caused an endless winter in Arendelle. To make it creepier, the icy room around her turns red and ice spikes jut forth from the walls as she says this, springing from the dread she is unable to suppress.
* TheMakeover: With no one left to worry about once she leaves Arendelle, she quickly drops her restraint, lets down her hair, and puts on something ''way'' more flattering. Even when gaining control over her powers, Elsa still keeps the look. It's just too cool to lose.
* MalfunctionMalady: In the ''Frozen Fever'' short she has a cold that gets progressively worse. Every time she sneezes, she creates a few tiny armless "snowgies". At the end, Olaf and Kristoff herd hundreds of them up to the ice palace. She also sneezes right as she tries to blow on the ceremonial horn which through sheer coincidence happens to launch a massive snowball that knocks Hans into a pile of manure all the way over in the Southern Isles entirely.
* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: Elsa and Anna's strained relationship is not helped by Elsa occasionally acting happy to see Anna (such as her coronation party and when Anna first enters her ice palace), which gets her hopes up, only to turn around and abruptly tell her they can't see each other anymore.
* MeaningfulName: "Elsa" is German for "noble", which alludes to her high status as a princess, her ascent as queen of Arendelle, and the fact that deep down she really has a good heart and spirit. Also, the name Elsa comes from Elizabeth, which stems from the Hebrew name Elisheva, which means "God is my oath," reflecting her sense of duty.
* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: When fleeing across the fjord she doesn't realize that behind her the steps across the water are expanding, causing the entire area to freeze solid. The rest of Arendelle freezes over within hours, before she manages to figure out how to actually ''thaw'' the ice she creates.
* MsFanservice: Fairly {{Downplayed}}, but after transforming into [[AnIceSuit her ice dress]], she is the most scantily clad character in the film (relatively speaking).
* MostCommonSuperpower: Downplayed. Though it's hard to tell given the animation style, Elsa's figure qualifies as a downplayed version of the ImpossibleHourglassFigure (see above). It's easy to see what contributes for Elsa's top half and she does have [[AnIcePerson powers]], completing the trope. Also, looking at the sisters side by side, one notices that Elsa's bust is considerably larger than Anna's.
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%%* MotherlySidePlait: After letting her hair loose, the braid hangs over one side, showing she still cares about Anna and her people.
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* MundaneUtility: At the end of the film, Elsa uses her ice powers to entertain her subjects, making an ice-skating rink in summer. She also can use magic to redesign clothing and decorate Anna's birthday cake.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: She suffers this a couple of times in the film:
** When she and Anna are first playing with snow in the beginning, Elsa hitting her sister accidentally with her ice spell is what first causes her to hate her powers.
** She's horrified when she learns that her powers have caused an endless winter, and utters the line word-for-word when she sees it firsthand.
* MyGreatestFailure: She deeply regrets how she almost killed Anna by accident when they were kids, and still worries it might happen again (in a SelfFulfillingProphecy, she does almost kill her again). This is the main reason she refuses to get close to her sister.
* MysticalWhiteHair: It's strongly implied that Elsa's platinum blonde hair (a shade of blonde that is a few shades away from perfect white) is somehow connected to her ice magic, since she clearly couldn't have inherited the gene for platinum blonde hair from her parents. This is evident when she accidentally hit Anna with her ice magic and Anna gained a platinum blonde streak as a result.
* NeatFreak: More prominent in ''Literature/ASisterMoreLikeMe''. In the film itself, Anna admits that she always assumed that this was why Elsa wore gloves so much.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: In [[Literature/TheSnowQueen Andersen's tale]], the Snow Queen character is only referred to by that title. In ''Frozen'', she's named Elsa.
* NervousWreck: Underneath her calm and aloof façade she's this. WordOfGod states that she suffers from depression and anxiety.
* NiceGirl: She is caring, protective, benevolent, and peaceful. Even before her CharacterDevelopment, her (metaphorical) IceQueen tendencies were really a JerkassFacade to keep her powers in control.
* NiceShoes: Her ice outfit includes a pair of ice-themed kitten heels.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Despite her EmotionlessGirl facade early in the film, she still has a (good-natured) [[TheGadfly Gadfly]] moment during the coronation when she manages to rope Anna into dancing with the Duke, who is a ''horrible'' dancer.
* OddNameOut: The main characters follow a trend of filling in parts of the original novel's author's name except for the deuteragonist Elsa, (Hans, Kristoff, Anna, Sven = "Hans Christian Andersen").
* OneWomanArmy: Elsa was able to handle herself against the Duke of Weselton's bodyguards.
* ParentalMarriageVeto: She's the queen and Anna's sister, so Anna goes to her to ask for her blessing to her engagement with Hans, assuming it's a done deal. She says no because ''Anna has just met Hans and definitely has known him for no more than twelve hours''. Not to mention, in real life European monarchies of the time, any member of a royal court, family members included, would need the permission of the reigning monarch to marry and have children.
* ThePerfectionist: She always tried her best to be "the perfect girl" so could keep her powers under control. Even after opening up and learning to use her powers, she still keeps this trait, as seen in ''Frozen Fever'' where Elsa is fixated on giving Anna a perfect birthday despite her cold.
* PersonOfMassConstruction: She can use ice powers to construct an ice castle for herself filled with giant doors and a spiral staircase, all in the course of a single song!
* PersonOfMassDestruction: She accidentally caused a country-wide EndlessWinter.
* PimpedOutDress: She gets two in the movie.
** Her coronation dress has [[GoldMakesEverythingShiny gold trimming]] on the waist and neckline, and floral motifs on the skirt and bodice.
** The dress she makes is loaded with small wintry things that make it glitter, and an attached cape with subtle snowflakes all over it.
** She creates another one with her powers in ''Disney/FrozenFever'', and a holiday-themed one in ''Olaf's Frozen Adventure''.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Due to the accident she had with Anna as kids, she's afraid to even ''speak'' to her sister for years. Granted, the trolls mind-wiping Anna and her parents' decisions contributed, but a lot of the film's problems would've been solved quicker if she tried to open up more (lampshaded by Anna). She gets over it at the end.
* PowerDyesYourHair: Elsa has a platinum-blonde hair color not shared with any other members of her family, which is presumably related to her ice powers.
* PowerIncontinence: [[EmotionalPowers Whenever she feels negative emotions]], her powers tend to manifest involuntarily, such as freezing anything she touches. When running away after the coronation ceremony she accidentally freezes the entire harbor and fjord and creates an EndlessWinter without even ''realizing it!'' When Anna tells her what she's done and asks her to lift the winter, a horrified Elsa tells her she doesn't know ''how.'' [[EmotionalPowers The secret turns out to be love.]]
* PowerLimiter: Her gloves allow her to touch things without freezing them and keep her from blasting anything around her with ice on accident. The plot is kicked off when she loses one while arguing with Anna. It's implied that their effect may have been [[MagicFeather purely psychological]], as later on, hand-covering manacles can't keep her powers at bay.
* ThePowerOfLove: How she gains control of her powers. "Love will thaw" indeed.
* PrettyInMink: Her holiday dress and cape in ''Olaf's Frozen Adventure'' has an extra festive touch with a white fur collar.
* PrimAndProperBun: Elsa's coronation appearance is with her hair woven in a French-braided crown twist bun. When she realizes she can cut loose with her emotions, she tears out the braid and allows her hair to hang in relative freedom.
* ProperLady: In the book ''Literature/ASisterMoreLikeMe'', her behavior pre-freak out is established.
* ProperlyParanoid: Played with in an interesting way, with a hint of SelfFulfillingProphecy. As a child, she's told to never reveal her powers, causing her to seclude herself inside her room constantly up until adulthood, refusing any physical contact with her parents as well as Anna, so not to hurt them. This seems to be justified when she appears publically for the first time on her coronation day, and, by the end of it, she's set off an eternal winter. Later, Anna momentarily gets too close and confrontational to her, resulting in her accidentally freezing her sister's heart within seconds. However, since her powers are [[EmotionalPowers affected by emotion]], her fear of what might happen if she gets near someone is actually the main reason things go wrong when she gets near people. Once she overcomes her fears of hurting people on accident, she gains enough control over her powers to not ''need'' to be afraid of hurting people on accident.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Her coronation cape is purple. Her room is also decorated in shades of lilac and violet, which is more obvious in ''Literature/ASisterMoreLikeMe'' and concept art.
* RageBreakingPoint:
** She does a fairly good job at keeping her powers in check by "concealing, not feeling" her fears... until Anna asks her a few {{Armor Piercing Question}}s and causes Elsa to snap, accidentally showing her powers.
** When the Weselton guards try to assassinate her, she tries to just reason with them, but is forced to defend herself until she realizes they won't stop. So she goes into TranquilFury mode, and on the offensive.
* RandomlyGifted: She was born with powerful ice magic, despite being born into a family of ordinary, mundane human beings. Exactly ''how'' that works isn't elaborated upon, but it's not that important to the story anyway.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: When not [[HeroicBSOD freaking out]], Elsa is a sensible, competent ruler.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Anna's Red given her stoicism.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: She doesn't get cold, even on top of a frozen mountain wearing a dress made out of ice. With one exception, she's also never shown having balance issues or sliding on ice. She doesn't even have visible breath like everyone else in the cold. In ''Frozen Fever'' she tries to argue that she doesn't catch colds either, but unfortunately [[CatchYourDeathOfCold that's not how colds work.]]
-->'''Elsa''': The cold never bothered me anyway.
* RequisiteRoyalRegalia: She has a CoolCrown, a StaffOfAuthority and an orb, a PimpedOutDress, a pair of HighClassGloves, and a PimpedOutCape. She abandons most of it and changes what she ''does'' keep after reinventing her image.
* RoyalBlood: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Elsa is the Queen of Arendelle. Her sister Anna is the Princess of Arendelle.
* SafetyInIndifference: After an incident in her childhood when she accidentally hit her little sister in the head with her ice powers, Elsa detaches herself from her relatives and locks herself in her room, convinced that she should "conceal, don't feel" and is better off alone.
* ShesGotLegs: The skirt of her ice gown has a slit in it.
* ShelteredAristocrat: Elsa and Anna didn't leave the castle in years.
* ShipperOnDeck: In the storybook app of the film, it is revealed that Elsa approved of Anna and Kristoff's love for each other.
%%SiblingYinYang:-Not necessarily Elsa is calm, reserved, and introverted while Anna is energetic, outspoken, and extroverted.
* SignificantBirthDate: It's AllThereInTheManual, but she was born on the winter solstice.
* SignificantWardrobeShift: In the middle of her song "Let It Go", Elsa magically changes her clothes from stately royal robes to a slinky gown, symbolizing her decision to stop hiding her powers and letting others determine how she will live her life.
* SimpleYetOpulent: Her coronation dress and cape are grand, but have very few decorations compare to what her contemporaries, and their peers, would have worn.
* {{Snowlems}}: Elsa has the power to create these.
* SolitarySorceress: Elsa becomes one after accidentally exposing her powers as a check against accidentally hurting someone with them.
* TheSouthpaw: Whenever seen doing something important, from shooting Ice Magic, Undoing her braid, Trying to save her falling sister to creating Olaf, she is doing it with her left hand.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Unintentional, but her denying Anna's marriage to Hans and running off wound up saving Anna, as it delayed his plans and gave Anna a lesson in trusting people so quickly while at the same time showing her the power of love.
* SpikesOfDoom: She summons sharp icicles not to hurt others but to shield herself.
* SquishyWizard: God-like ice powers, but human-like constitution. She's almost killed by a crossbow bolt to the face and then a falling chandelier.
* TheStoic: Her attempt to shut down her EmotionalPowers; when told "fear will be your enemy," she is determined to not be scared of her powers, which naturally [[SelfFulfillingProphecy leads to her being scared of her powers]].
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Elsa and Anna look similar to their mother, save for subtle differences in the shapes of their eyes, nose, chin, etc.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: She's reserved and tries to control her emotions, but she clearly cares for her sister and the people of Arendelle. Note her shock when Anna tells her that Arendelle has been completely frozen. In this case, the 'ice' part mostly results from her self-discipline and lonely upbringing; when the reasons for both are erased, she noticeably lightens up. She's ultimately able to control her powers and undo the EndlessWinter through her love for her sister and her country.
* SurvivalMantra: "Conceal, don't feel." She casts this off later.
* SwissArmySuperpower: Her ice magic covers a wide range of possibilities, from dress-making to [[{{Snowlems}} the creation of sentient life]], so long as it's in snow form.
* SymbolMotifClothing: Her coronation dress has flowers on it, while her ice dress has snowflakes all over the cape.
** Her holiday dress in ''Olaf's'' has an even larger snowflake motif.
* TakeCareOfTheKids: When Elsa escapes the castle, she tells Hans to take care of Anna.
%%TomboyAndGirlyGirl:-Not quite. The Girly Girl to Anna's Tomboy. Elsa is more reserved and graceful and strives to be a "perfect girl" as a way to control her emotions and her ice powers. She manages to be very queenly even after she runs away.
* TookALevelInBadass: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. It was already shown that Elsa had a pretty good control of her powers as a child, but after the trolls warned of the possibility a BurnTheWitch response if she didn't learn control, her parents thought it was best for her to conceal her powers. This led to her becoming emotionally troubled and accidentally unleashing an eternal blizzard. After escaping into the snowy mountains, Elsa sings "Let It Go" to show her accepting herself and her powers, proceeding to physically change herself and build an entire ice castle. And after Anna's HeroicSacrifice, she managed to put an end to the eternal blizzard.
* TookALevelInCheerfulness: Elsa grew up highly reserved because she was afraid being emotional would cause her powers to act up. The first time she opens up is when she sings her iconic ''Let It Go'' solo. She's still very anxious in "For The First Time In Forever (Reprise)" but at the end seems to have opened up more thanks to ThePowerOfLove, and has gained greater control over her ice powers.
* TookALevelInKindness: After [[DefrostingIceQueen she defrosts]], she uses the PowerOfLove to end the eternal winter, creates a small storm over Olaf so he'll never melt, makes Kristoff the official Ice Master and Deliverer, creates an ice skating rink for Arendelle, and in the final scene, she helps Anna learn how to ice skate.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Like her sister, Elsa has a liking towards chocolate.
* TraumaCongaLine: Elsa goes through one traumatic experience after another:
** She accidentally injures her little sister with her ice powers, making her [[AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength afraid to be around people]], including her sister.
** Then her parents are killed in a shipwreck.
** She's crowned queen but her powers are exposed to the entire kingdom, so she runs away and accidentally freezes Arendelle in the process.
** She's tricked by Hans into thinking that she killed Anna.
** She's heartbroken when Anna sacrifices herself to save her.
* TroubledButCute: She's shown to be rather aloof and brooding.
* TrueBlueFemininity: ''Every'' outfit Elsa wears in the movie is mostly made of blue, up to and including non-fabric items she wears (like the headbands she wears in her single-digit years). Her purple coronation cape, but still over a mostly blue/cyan dress.
** This continues in the holiday special ''Olaf's Frozen Adventure'', where her HappyHolidaysDress is dark blue.
** The only exception in the franchise so far is in ''Frozen Fever'', where she makes her dress a turquoise green, with FlowerMotifs, to match Anna's dress.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Until the incident with Anna, after which she became more brooding, distant, and aloof.
* UsedToBeMoreSocial: Before the accident with Anna, Elsa was perfectly willing to play around with her sister.
* VaporWear: Implied, as her stockings disappear after she forms her ice dress.
* VillainSong: "Let It Go", during which she builds her ice kingdom after running away and gleefully allows herself to express her emotions and show off her powers. It's more of a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds doing an IAmBecomingSong, but it's the closest to the trope this movie has. Ironically, WordOfGod says it was ''written'' as a VillainSong, but ended up being what drove them to change her into an ClassicalAntiHero {{Deuteragonist}} instead.
* VoiceForTheVoiceless: When Elsa and Anna first built Olaf as children, Elsa provided a funny voice for Olaf ("Hi, I'm Olaf and I love warm hugs!") to make Anna laugh.
* WellDoneDaughterGirl: {{Implied}} during "For the First Time In Forever", by the way she looks up at the painting of her father while she is mentally preparing herself for her coronation.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: She and Elsa were inseparable as children. Then, the accident happened.
* WhatTheHellHero: Anna really knows how to call her out for the many times she shut people out, including her.
* WhenSheSmiles: Elsa can be absolutely gorgeous when she shows those pearly whites. It's just that it can be hard to get her in a good mood to see those a lot. It's perhaps most notable during the "Let it Go" sequence, when she first begins to experiment with her ice powers.
* WhenThePlanetsAlign: The circumstances of Elsa's birth, according to [[WordOfGod Jennifer Lee]]. A child is born with ice magic "when Saturn is in this alignment with such-and-such on the thousandth year." It was meant to be explained in the film but was left out due to in part to raising too many more questions about the rules of magic.
* WillfullyWeak: After nearly killing Anna with her powers, she spent a good chunk of her life doing everything she can to keep her powers in check.
* WinterRoyalLady: This is {{Averted}}, as she never actually adopts the moniker of "Snow Queen" (at least, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen not in the final version of the movie]]).
* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Tries to be this, but cannot keep it up; when Anna confronts her at her coronation afterparty, she loses her composure. It's abandoned completely by the end, as she entertains her subjects with a skating rink in summer, skating amongst them as well.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: She's more of a repressed loner than anything due to years and ''years'' of trying to control her emotions and powers, only to have it amount to nothing. And the "Destroyer of Worlds" part is [[ObliviouslyEvil unintentional.]]
* YouthfulFreckles: They're not as prominent on Elsa as they are on Anna (which can be partially explained as Elsa is a bit older than Anna), but if you look close enough, they are there.
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[[folder:King Agnarr and Queen Iduna of Arendelle]]
!King Agnarr and Queen Iduna of Arendelle
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MauriceLaMarche (King Agdar), Jennifer Lee (Queen Idun)
->'''Appears in:''' ''Disney/{{Frozen}}''
->'''Appearances in alternate continuities:''' ''Series/OnceUponATime''

Elsa and Anna's parents.
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[[AC:Tropes that apply to both]]
* AdaptationDyeJob: In the ''Frozen'' book illustrations, the king has dark hair and the queen has light hair, but in the movie, it's vice-versa.
* AllThereInTheScript: Their names were not mentioned in the film nor were they named in the credits, but were named in the novelization.
* GoodParents: While they were alive, they make some mistakes, but they truly care about their daughters and want to help Elsa control her powers.
* GoryDiscretionShot: We only see their ship crash at sea from a wide angle and their deaths are not shown onscreen.
* MeaningfulName:
** "Agnarr" is a male form of Agða, a short form of Agatha, meaning "good" and/or "honourable". The name Agnarr means "brave" and/or "warrior" in Norse and from Greek agathos meaning "good". All of which reflect his noble intentions towards his daughters.
** "Iduna" is the anglicized version of Ithunn, or Idunn/Idun. Iðunn means "youthful", a nod to her [[MumLooksLikeASister youthful appearance.]]
* MyBelovedSmother: Deconstructed. Agdar and Iduna desired to protect their children, so they isolated them from anything that could hurt them, including each other. Because of this, the girls are denied the life experiences and skills that real people need to develop. Elsa becomes an IneffectualLoner who hides her emotions from everyone, including her sister until they are released. Since her powers are controlled by her emotions, not knowing how to handle either sets off the plot. Anna grows up very naive as to how love and healthy relationships work, resulting in her getting engaged to a man she barely knows who turns out to be a GoldDigger and is just using Anna's naivety to marry his way into ruling Arendelle.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: While their insistence that Elsa isolate herself and hide her powers was well-meaning, part of the reason her powers got so out of control as she grew older was ''because'' of the isolation. It's only once she opens up and accepts the love and affection of her friends and family that she regains the level of control over her powers that she had as a child. Many fans have interpreted this as AnAesop: When you have kids, don't make them feel ashamed or afraid of who they are, even if society may frown upon them. It will not end well.
* NicePerson: In spite of their ''huge'' mistake on how they handled Elsa's powers, they both prove to be loving and well-meaning people.
* NotQuiteTheRightThing: After Elsa accidentally injures her sister, her parents (mainly Agdar)conclude that the best thing to do is to keep her away from the world, making Elsa fear her powers. However, this just causes her to build up a lot of emotional issues when the actual secret to controlling herself requires her to ''embrace'' her emotions and love for others, which is more like what she was already doing. Not only was this exactly the wrong way to help Elsa, but it both took away Anna's friendship with her sister and prevented her from making friends with anyone else, leaving her desperately craving affection. The moment she gets out and meets someone, she rushes into the first relationship that presents itself.
* OlderThanTheyLook: At the time of their death, they look relatively young than for a couple whose oldest child is eighteen. Iduna is virtually a brunette version of Elsa.
* ParentalAbandonment: Their ship sunk, leading to their death.
* ParentsAsPeople: Though they are very loving, without meaning to, they contribute to Elsa's problem. They try to guide her, yet this makes Elsa fear her powers instead of trying to control them and to bottle up her emotions rather than confront them.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: Their deaths at the beginning of the film are why Elsa has to become Queen at the age of 21, kicking off the plot.
* SatelliteCharacter: All of his actions revolve around the two sisters. He brings the sisters to the trolls to cure Anna, locks the sisters away after Pabbie shows the image of a future Elsa being attacked by a mob in an effort to protect her from such a fate while she's still learning to control her powers, tries to help Elsa control them, and dies while on a ship headed to an unknown destination, the significance of which is limited to putting the sisters into morning and setting the stage for Elsa to be coronated as queen.
* ShownTheirWork: Their graves are written in the Runic alphabet, and so their names were revealed as King Agdar and Queen Iduna.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: They have good intentions, but isolating Elsa (and Anna) from the rest of the world for so many years causes the plot to kick off.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: They die within the first ten minutes of the film, just like [[RecurringElement most parents in Disney films]].

[[AC:Tropes that apply to King Agnarr]]
* DotingParent: In ''A Frozen Heart'', Agnarr has the tendency to spoil his daughters, and had a difficult time legitimately punishing them when they misbehave.
* HeroicBuild: Agnarr has a broad, muscular body; even though the outcome of his methods of teaching Elsa to control her powers wasn't exactly right, his intentions were noble and out of love.
* OneHeadTaller: King Agnarr is [[http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140109043557/disney/images/e/e1/Frozenkingandqueen.jpg this to his wife.]]
* OverprotectiveDad: When he takes Anna and Elsa to the Valley of the Trolls, this cautious instinct takes over and plays a significant part in Elsa's upbringing:
-->'''Agnarr''': We'll protect her. She can learn to control it, I'm sure. Until then, we'll lock the gates, we'll reduce the staff, and we'll limit her contact with people, and keep her powers hidden from everyone... including Anna.
* SharpDressedMan: Agnarr certainly looks the part of a king.

[[AC:Tropes that apply to Queen Iduna]]
* CreatorCameo: Iduna is voiced by Jennifer Lee, one of the co-directors of the film.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Iduna's PimpedOutDress is dark violet, just like Elsa's coronation dress.
%%* LadyAndAScholar: Iduna is presumed to be an intelligent character, yet her passivity is displayed in ''Frozen'' and we do not get to know much about her in the film. Nevertheless, she is kind and respectful towards those around her and seems to consent to Agnarr's decisions without causing much fuss herself.
%%Zero-Context Example. Uncomment when an example of Iduna's intelligence is available.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: In ''A Frozen Heart''. Although Agnarr is generally docile, when he is on the verge of losing his temper, it is Iduna who has the ability to calm his nerves. This peacekeeping aura of the queen is also carried over to other occasions, such as Elsa's training to control her powers; the queen being far more patient and accepting of momentary breaks, in hopes of preventing Elsa from becoming overwhelmed.
* MumLooksLikeASister: Iduna looks like [[StrongFamilyResemblance a brunette version of]] [[OnlySixFaces Elsa's and Anna's adult selves]] (21 and 18)... even when they're in their late to mid-teens toward the end of the prologue (18 and 15). Due to the former's lack of (visible) freckles, she looks like 21-year-old Elsa with brown hair.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Iduna was the name of a goddess in Norse mythology from one of [[http://norse-mythology.org/tales/the-kidnapping-of-idun/ the most well-known myths]].
* PrimAndProperBun: Queen Iduna's hair is styled like this, in the same way that Elsa wears her hair to the coronation in. Yet she has a signature side fringe that Elsa also has in the coronation scene.
* SatelliteCharacter:
** Queen Iduna only has one line in the film, "She's ice cold", and appears to accept her husband's decisions regarding their children. She also shows concern for her daughters when Anna is struck as a child and when Elsa declares that she is afraid of hurting anyone with her powers. However, this all of her personality that is shown to the audience.
** She's a bit more fleshed-out in the Broadway adaptation. It's mentioned that she lived with nomads before marrying into the royal family, and she debates the wisdom of Agnarr's plans for isolating the sisters.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Iduna looks almost identical to Elsa, just with a darker hair colour and a longer face shape.
* SweetTooth: In the TieInNovel ''A Frozen Heart'', Iduna has a sweet tooth.
* YouthfulFreckles: While not a child or teenager anymore, Iduna has them. If one looks, in some of her scenes, Iduna basically bears the same physical appearance that Elsa has at the coronation party, only with brunette hair instead of platinum blonde hair.
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* See [[Characters/PrincessAnnaOfArendelle Princess Anna of Arendelle]]

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!Princess Anna of Arendelle
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[[caption-width-right:193: "I'm not leaving without you, Elsa."]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KristenBell (adult), Livvy Stubenrauch (child, speaking) and Katie Lopez (child, singing), Agatha Lee Monn (9 year old), Music/SaaraAalto (Finnish dub)

Anna is the protagonist of the first film. She is the youngest child and the second born daughter of King Agnarr and Queen Iduna of Arendelle. Anna is the younger sister of Queen Elsa, and as of the end of the first film, the crown princess of Arendelle and the heiress apparent to the throne of Arendelle. She goes on a journey along with Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven to find her sister Elsa [[AnIcePerson the Snow Queen]] so that she can get her to undo the EndlessWinter that the queen accidentally unleashed.

* AdaptationalNameChange: Her counterpart in [[Literature/TheSnowQueen the Andersen tale]] is called "Gerda."
* {{Adorkable}}: She's a bumbling romantic. Her dancing's even more so. Given everything before that point has shown Anna to be ''extremely'' energetic, you'd expect her dancing to be the same. Not so. She just sort of jigs in place in a very restrained fashion.
* AgeLift: Gerda in Literature/TheSnowQueen is a young child, while Anna is eighteen for most of the film.
* AgonyOfTheFeet: She gets hers stepped on by the Duke of Weselton while they dance.
* AllLovingHeroine: All she wants is to reconnect with her big sister, and she believes in ThePowerOfLove.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Anna seems like she may suffer from ADHD ([[AttentionDeficitOohShiny Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder]]). She displays hyperactive behaviour such as extreme restlessness, an inability to sit still for too long, a serious case of racing thoughts along with MotorMouth and impulsive and reckless behavior. Considering that she had spent many years isolated away from people and locked in a castle of loneliness, it's not out of the realm of possibilities that Anna could be suffering from a mental disorder and affliction.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: PlayedForLaughs when she and Elsa are still kids, as demonstrated when Anna climbs into Elsa's bed and begs her to wake up and play with her, then rolls around in mock angst when Elsa playfully pushes her away, only to give in when Anna asks "Do you want to build a snowman?". After the accident, Anna's relentless efforts to reach out to Elsa, who in turn ''continuously'' shrugs her off in order to protect her, are depicted in a very heartbreaking way.
* TheAntiNihilist: Despite Anna growing up in grim situations and having a rather dysfunctional and troubled childhood, Anna never stopped believing that one day, it would get better. She extends the same attitude and outlook regarding her sister Elsa and their relationship. She believes that despite Elsa shutting her out for many years, not being able to control her powers, and accidentally setting off an EndlessWinter upon Arendelle that she is worthy of saving and helping. Her optimistic personality won't allow her to not believe that everything will get better with time and that fighting for it is how it can happen.
* AnythingThatMoves: {{Downplayed|Trope}}, JustifiedTrope. Having spent the majority of her life isolated and [[FriendlessBackground feeling lonely, neglected, abandoned and generally unloved]], Anna [[DesperatelyCravesAffection is so desperate for love]] and unaware of what a healthy relationship really looks like that she falls for the guy that she meets. This is one of the cases of this trope where the character is not promiscuous - in fact, Anna agrees to commit to him and [[FourthDateMarriage accepts his proposal the day they meet]], believing that he's her OneTrueLove, in part because her years of isolation left her [[ThinksLikeARomanceNovel quite naive]]. Further [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by the fact that Hans turns out to be an OpportunisticBastard taking advantage of her vulnerability and [[ManipulativeBastard actively manipulating her]], and Anna [[{{Deconstruction}} learns a greater understanding of what real love looks like throughout the course of the story]].
* BadassAdorable: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. She smacks down a wolf with a lute, hurls flaming wreckage at two more, saves Kristoff from falling into a chasm, knocks a giant {{Snowlem|s}} over with a tree, and [[spoiler:punches her ex-fiancé in the face, sending him flying over a railing]]. Still the story places more focus on her [[PluckyGirl plucky]] aspects than her action ones.
* BadassBookworm: At least in [[Theatre/Frozen2018 the theatre adaption]], which confirms Anna's love of books, something that was mostly implied in the film. {{Downplayed|Trope}}, as above.
* BadassCape: Anna wears a magenta or purple cape throughout the entire movie and she kicks a lot of ass while wearing it. She goes trenching through thick snow, battling off a pack of wolves and saving Kristoff, climbing up heights such as mountains, and standing up to a large snow monster.
* BadassInDistress: Saves herself from her curse as well as saving Elsa and stopping Hans all at the same time.
* BadassNormal: Anna may be a normal human without any magical powers like her sister Elsa, but that doesn't make her any less fearless, adventurous and capable of being badass.
* BattleCouple: {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Kristoff throughout the story until they have a RelationshipUpgrade at the end of the story and become an OfficialCouple. Kristoff and Anna go on a journey and adventure in order to find Elsa so that summer can return to Arendelle. Along the way on their journey, they encounter many times when they have to battle numerous obstacles such as wolves and a large ice monster.
* BettyAndVeronica: GenderInverted. Anna is the "Archie" to Kristoff's "Veronica" (manly ice farmer) and Hans's "Betty" (cultured prince).
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Gets angry enough at Marshmallow to throw a snowball at him. At the end, she punches Hans in the face so hard that he falls off a ship into the harbor.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Anna can be completely silly and dorky but don't think she won't stand up for herself. This is a girl who stood up to a furious giant snow monster and didn't care about the consequences, and sucker-punched a guy who tried to kill her sister.
* BigDamnHeroes: Saves Elsa's life by taking a sword slash for her just as her body totally freezes, which counts as the act of true love that in turn saves ''her'' life.
* BigEater:
** If the first word to come out of her mouth after "We finish each other's -- " is ''sandwiches'', she clearly loves food. This gets a [[ContinuityNod nod]] in ''Frozen Fever'', where one of the gifts she receives for her birthday is a [[DagwoodSandwich sandwich about as long as her torso.]]
** "I wanna stuff some chocolate in my face!"
* BigNo: As she jumps in front of Elsa just as Hans is about to strike her with his sword.
* BigSisterWorship: Despite their estranged relationship, Anna seems to have a strong admiration for her older sister Elsa. She seems to admire her and is amazed by what she is capable of. Such admiration is obvious when Anna and Elsa are children playing together and Anna cannot help but be in awe of Elsa's magic. In addition, Anna is very motivated and determined to rebuild the relationship with her sister as she misses how close they were in their childhood. In turn, Elsa has strong BigSisterInstinct towards Anna and is a CoolBigSis towards her.
* BirdsOfAFeather: What initially draws her to Hans is her belief that they are the same; the youngest child of their respective families, looking for love, ignored by their siblings, etc.
* BodyHorror: What she goes through after Elsa accidentally freezes her heart. Her hair slowly turns white, frostbite forms on her fingers and face, and she eventually turns into a solid ice statue.
* BraidsOfAction: Twin plaits for hiking through a magic winter and a mountain and other informal occasions.
* BrainlessBeauty: Downplayed when it comes to the "brainless" part. Anna is youthfully pretty, and while she can actually be quick-witted and clever, she can also be very idealistic and [[ThinksLikeARomanceNovel naive]].
* BreakTheCutie: Goes through ''a lot'' over the course of the film. If Elsa pushing her away and (accidentally) freezing her heart wasn't enough, Hans's reveal that he never truly loved her pushes her to the DespairEventHorizon. Thankfully, she gets better when Olaf saves her in the nick of time and gives a pep talk about love, which is putting others' needs above yours.
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: The Gentle Girl to Kristoff's Brooding Boy. Anna is lively, energetic, optimistic yet compassionate while Kristoff is brooding, anti-social, sullen, and sarcastic. Anna is the one that gets Kristoff to lighten up and she has a strong effect on the change in his personality. By the end of the movie, Kristoff is more upbeat and energetic due to Anna's influence throughout the story.
* BrutalHonesty: She rarely sugarcoats her feelings.
* BuffySpeak: "Beautifuller", "good different", etc.
* BullyingADragon: After Marshmallow literally throws her and her new friends out of Elsa's ice palace, Anna loses her temper and throws a snowball at him... which does absolutely ''nothing'' but piss him off enough to chase after her.
* CatchPhrase: "... Wait, what?", which was improvised by Kristen Bell.
* TheChampion: To Elsa. Anna is the one who saves Elsa by doing a HeroicSacrifice and using ThePowerOfLove to help Elsa control her powers. Anna is also the one who always believed in Elsa and always thought she was a good person deep down despite her mistakes.
* CharacterDevelopment: Throughout her adventures, [[ThinksLikeARomanceNovel the naive Anna]] came to have a mature understanding of what love actually is. Specifically, that "love is putting someone else's needs before yours." Although [[AllLovingHeroine Anna never gave up her belief in Elsa's goodness and risked her life as she struggled through a blizzard to prove it]], rather than letting people's fear of the queen prevail and taking the kingdom for herself like Hans later attempted to do, she thought that her [[IceQueen aloof older sister didn't love her because Elsa shut her out and became closed-off toward her]]. She's unaware that it's a [[JerkassFacade facade that Elsa uses to keep her emotions]] - [[PowerIncontinence and, by extension, powers - in check]] after [[LaserGuidedAmnesia an accident that was wiped from Anna's memories]] their parents it was best to keep her magic secret until it was under control. She also thinks at first [[ThinksLikeARomanceNovel that Hans must be her]] OneTrueLove [[DesperatelyCravesAffection because he acts nice to her]] and [[BirdsOfAFeather they seem to share many of the same favorite activities and perspectives on life]]. When Hans [[TheReveal reveals]] himself to have been an EvilAllAlong GoldDigger, Anna realizes that she was wrong about what love was, but after performing her ActOfTrueLove to save Elsa, shows that she now understands. She also tells Hans that "the only frozen heart around here is [his]," realizing that because he never truly showed a willingness to put the needs of others before his and always acted purely in self-interest, he has no love in his heart. With her improved character judgement, she begins a relationship with Kristoff, who reciprocated her sacrifices and selfless concern over the course of their journey together.
-->'''Elsa''': You sacrificed yourself for me?
-->'''Anna''': I love you.
* CharacterTic: Anna tucks a lock of hair behind her ear when she's self-conscious, and often bites her bottom lip when thinking.
* CheerfulChild: As a little girl she is non-stop cheer and smiles.
* TheChick: Excluding Elsa, Anna is the only girl between herself, Kristoff, Hans, Sven, and Olaf. She is also the emotional and feminine centerpiece of a group of characters that are male. All of the other characters' purpose centres around Anna and her journey. Anna's main motivations is to bring everyone together and keep everyone together for the common goal of bringing back summer to Arendelle.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: {{Averted|Trope}} with Kristoff. They ''technically'' met as kids when Anna was brought to see Pabbie and Kristoff (with Sven) watched. But, they wouldn't make a proper introduction, and later romance, with one another until they were young adults.
* ClothingReflectsPersonality: At the start of the film, Anna and Elsa wear light-colored clothes, which symbolizes their relationship with each other going well. After they are separated and grow apart (especially during the "Do You Want To Build A Snowman" sequence), their clothes become progressively darker. While Anna's coronation dress and adventuring outfit both are darker than her, her nightgown at age eighteen is the same shade as her child nightgown, representing that despite the pain, she's retained her same cheerful personality. Then at the end, both the sisters' clothes are light again representing they have finally reunited.
** The cape of her adventuring outfit is decorated with a fringe of pom-poms, and her coronation gown also involves ribbons and lace to reflect her playful personality.
** See ColorMotif entry for more.
* ColorMotif:
** Green. Every single one of her outfits has a green element to it, even her iconic "winter dress", which has green leaves and stems as part of the floral motif. If you're familiar with the symbolism of the Chakras: green stands for the Heart Chakra or [[ThePowerOfLove love - Anna's power.]] Green is also associated with growth, and spring and summer, which Anna helps bring back after Elsa accidentally freezes the kingdom in an EndlessWinter. (She was even born in summer).
** Pink. [[ThePowerOfLove It's associated with love]], [[ThinksLikeARomanceNovel particularly romantic love]], girlhood, as well as spring and rebirth. Fittingly, Anna's room is covered in in it, as seen when she wakes up excited for the gates to open on coronation day and for life to return to the castle (the French title for the accompanying song translate to "The Renewal" and the chance of finding love, including romantic love, and it's in her coronation dress. It's also the color of the cape and hat in her adventuring outfit, which she dons when she goes to help Elsa thaw the winter through ThePowerOfLove. She loses the hat when Elsa freezes her heart and has her giant [[{{Snowlem}} snow bodyguard Marshmallow]] kick her out of the ice palace, eventually losing all pink - and all color at all besides blue - when she finally freezes into a solid ice, but her ActOfTrueLove [[ThePowerOfLove brings her - and the color - back.]]
* CoolLoser: {{Justified|Trope}}. Even though Anna is a princess and is beautiful and caring, she grew up without any friends or companionship and she was very much an isolated outcast. It's expected and understandable since Anna has spent 13 years locked away in a lonely castle with the inability to branch out and make friends like she always wanted.
* TheCreon: Despite her insecurities concerning her status as 'the Spare', Anna displays no resentment whatsoever for her older sister or desire to take Elsa's position as Queen. Even when Elsa has exiled herself to the mountains and willingly relinquished the throne, rather than taking the opportunity to take power, Anna literally climbs a mountain and ''begs'' her to come back. Some of this is probably due to her lack of ambition, but it mostly comes down to her placing her love for Elsa and the people of Arendelle above all else. She doesn't even suggest Elsa simply thaw the EndlessWinter affecting the kingdom and continue to live in the mountains after the incident, which had been Elsa's plan.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Anna comes off as a CuteClumsyGirl, TheIngenue, and TheDitz, but she is incredibly badass and capable in a fight. There are many instances throughout the story that she is a PrettyPrincessPowerhouse who is incredibly fearless, courageous, and brave and won't back down from a fight.
* CuteBruiser: An {{Adorkable}} PrettyPrincessPowerhouse mixed with her being a PintSizedPowerhouse.
* CuteClumsyGirl: That incident with the statue and cake is endearing. Apparently, all that time she spent in the castle has made her this.
* TheCutie: Her cheerful attitude and endearing quirks make her rather lovable.
* DamselInDistress: Believed herself to be this because of the ice curse but in the end she changes into a DamselOutOfDistress when she performed the act of true love to save herself, Elsa and the kingdom.
* DamselOutOfDistress: [[ThinksLikeARomanceNovel Despite believing at first]] [[DesperatelyCravesAffection that she needed someone to rescue her]] [[ThinksLikeARomanceNovel by bestowing]] TrueLovesKiss, performs the ActOfTrueLove and saves herself, Elsa and the kingdom. Additionally, instead of letting Kristoff take care of Hans, she insisted on doing it herself.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Anna is a naturally extroverted person who was forced to be isolated from others for the majority of her childhood. To make matters worse, she doesn't know why it happened, and from her perspective, her older sister suddenly cut off their friendship and then ignored her. Her parents died when she was fifteen, and again she had no emotional support. It's obviously left some scars on her.
* DesperatelyCravesAffection: She grows up isolated from everyone except her parents, who pass away when she's a teen, and a few trusted servants, and is [[JerkassFacade shut out by her older sister and former best friend]]. As a result, Anna is so starved for both love and attention that she's willing to marry someone that she has just met, even if she "knows it's totally crazy." However, despite Anna's desperation for love and affection, she never turns bitter, angry or overly resentful and remains kind, selfless, and loving despite the lack of love that she received since childhood.
* {{Determinator}}: She sees her sister manifest ice powers, set off a seemingly boundless winter, and then run off into the mountains. Her response is basically 'Wait here. I'll be right back'. This trait especially shows in the scene where she climbs the ice wall, which is as scary as it is funny. The look on Kristoff's face is mostly "You're crazy!", but with a hint of admiration.
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: Falls victim to this more than once.
-->'''Anna:''' ''[after Hans falls on top of her in a rowboat]'' This is awkward. I mean, not that you're awkward - we're-''I'm'' awkward - you're gorgeous. Wait, what?
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: As a {{reconstruction}} of TheHeart and PluckyGirl, although Anna is brave, optimistic, and extremely loving, one of the downsides of these strengths is that this is [[FatalFlaw one of her weaknesses]]:
** When the castle gates temporarily open and Anna gains a brief reprieve from her [[GirlInTheTower isolation]], she becomes excited about having a chance to meet and potentially befriend new people (see DeconReconSwitch entry). Among the new visitors is [[TheSocialExpert the charming]] Hans, who is the first person in years to treat Anna as a friend, and she agrees to his marriage proposal [[FourthDateMarriage before the night ends]] and the gates close, despite not having met any other potential suitors yet to compare and [[FourthDateMarriage the two only having known each other for a day]]. Despite being aware that the decision is, by her own admission, "totally crazy," in her happiness and fear of losing her only [[spoiler: [[FalseFriend apparent]]]] friend, Anna neglects to consider various potential issues with the quick decision, some of which are later {{discussed}} by Kristoff. First, the queen refuses to allow the marriage because of [[FourthDateMarriage its suddenness]], and second, [[spoiler: Hans turns out to be a GoldDigger who was [[BitchInSheepsClothing not as caring]] as [[IWasOnlyPretendingToLikeYou he pretended]]]]. Lampshaded [[spoiler: by Hans in his BreakThemByTalking monologue]]:
---> [[spoiler: Prince Hans: You were so desperate for love, you willing to marry me, just like ''that''.]]
** Her plan to find Elsa and bring back summer. She's so quick to undertake the journey that she leaves unprepared for the ordeal. She also has no assurance that Elsa will want or knows how to thaw the EndlessWinter the [[AnIcePerson the snow queen's]] powers created and is acting out of optimism and [[UndyingLoyalty faith]] in her [[BigSisterWorship sister]], but without a backup plan. [[spoiler: She's right about [[HeroWithBadPublicity Elsa not being malicious]] and [[PowerIncontinence the curse on the kingdom being an accident]], but it ultimately takes [[HeroicSacrifice more]] than words of support to [[TheParagon show]] Elsa [[ThePowerOfLove ''how'' to thaw.]]]] {{Lampshaded}} by Kristoff:
---> Kristoff: That's your plan? My ice business is riding on you talking to your sister?
* DisneyDeath: Towards the end when she's frozen solid, before the act of true love defrosts her.
* TheDitz: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Anna can have her ditzy and clumsy moments, but she is still a functional person who is completely capable of thinking for herself and making her own decisions. She can be rather idealistic and naive in her beliefs and also impulsive and reckless in how she chooses to go about things, but she is still very competent and capable in her own right.
* DoNotTauntCthulhu: Throws a snowball at Marshmallow, despite Kristoff telling her to leave him be. Needless to say, it doesn't go well.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: After years of suffering and depression, finally feels truly happy at the end.
* EatingTheEyeCandy: More modest than other examples, but she spends a lot more time staring goofily at Hans than she ''really'' needs to during his intro.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Is a princess of Arendelle in ''Frozen'', although her counterpart in the [[Literature/TheSnowQueen original tale]] was nonroyal.
* FakeMemories: When Pabbie heals Anna's head after Elsa accidentally hit it with magic, he decides it'd be safer for Anna if she didn't remember Elsa has magic powers. He erases her memory of the magic but "leaves the fun", changing the scene of the two playing in the snow indoors with Elsa's magic into a day spent outside in the snow.
* FatalFlaw: Anna has two weaknesses:
** Naivety. Being sheltered and cooped up by her parents, it gave her a different view of things, and made her desperate for affection and love. This is a factor in why she was so quick to latch on to Hans, earning LampshadeHanging from Elsa and Kristoff, the latter of whom asks "Didn't your parents warn you about strangers?"
** [[FearlessFool Recklessness]] [[LeeroyJenkins and impulsiveness]]. She has a habit of doing things without planning them ahead of time, and is quite impulsive. For example: after Elsa ran away, she goes off into the dark and cold wilderness to find her without suitable clothing, supplies, or even a map, and her only plan is to talk her down.
* FearlessFool: Anna's greatest strength and biggest weakness is that she is completely fearless; she will go boldly in areas where others typically would hesitate, but she also tends to be impulsive, and these impulses tend to lead her into trouble.
* TheFettered: Despite being a CuteClumsyGirl who is quirky and awkward, Anna is probably the most upstanding, noble and moral character in the story. She believes in doing the right thing no matter what.
* FieryRedhead: She has strawberry-blonde hair, and can be pretty fiery when provoked.
* FlatWhat: Her CatchPhrase at several points in the film. She even does it to herself early on.
* FlowerMotifs: Sunflowers. They really start to show in "Frozen Fever": her dress has sunflower patterns, she carries a bouquet of them, and her birthday cake has sunflowers as part of the decorations.
* {{Foil}}: She's energetic and goofy in contrast to her serious older sister, Elsa.
* TheFool: Anna can be incredibly naive and impulsive but her heart is in the right place and she uses her pleasant and friendly personality to get by.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Foolish to Elsa's Responsible. Anna wants to marry Hans, but Elsa refuses to let them get married because they've only just met that day. "More Than Just the Spare", the cut song that originally was going to be used in place of "For the First Time in Forever," elaborates.
** The roles get reversed in ''Frozen Fever'', as Elsa insists on going through the birthday celebrations despite being rather sick, while Anna realises that her sister ''desperately'' needs rest.
* ForHappiness: Her motivation behind all of her actions. Anna does what she does because all she genuinely wants is for everyone to be happy.
* FreudianExcuse: It's not for villainy, but the reason why Anna is willing to [[FourthDateMarriage marry Hans when they've just met]] is because she's a very extroverted person who was starved of friendship for most of her childhood, which left her desperate for any kind of affection at all.
* FriendlessBackground: Anna was raised in seclusion her whole life without any close friends and little to no contact with her sister, which is why she's so quick to fall for Hans.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Anna seems to show this trope where Elsa can't, since she 1). Makes friends with baby ducks in "For the First Time in Forever", 2). manages to charm Hans's horse, Sitron, 3). waves at Sven when the latter is sitting outside Wandering Oaken's Trading Post & Sauna.
* GenkiGirl: Due to being cooped up in a castle for most of her life, Anna reacts to everything outside with enthusiasm and boundless energy. To the point that she's OneOfUs.
* GirlishPigtails: Anna wears braided pigtails in every scene except those leading up to and during the coronation ball, where because it's a formal affair she styles her hair into a more formal and grown-up fashion.
* GirlyBruiser: She may seem girly, but that doesn't mean she can't pack a punch!
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: It's apparent that since Anna was sheltered and had little to no contact with other people or the outside world, she may have become slightly unbalanced and depressed. It doesn't help that Anna has an extroverted personality and needs human contact to thrive. It could also be seen as a humorous example as when Anna mentions that she has started talking to portraits out of desperation, then promptly tells a painting of Joan of Arc to hang in there. It takes a darker turn when the audience realizes that Anna's isolation really has made her desperate enough for human affection to fall prey to Hans' political ploy.
* GoodIsNotDumb: Although Anna comes off as TheDitz and is a CuteClumsyGirl who's defining traits are her awkwardness and quirkiness, she is actually rather clever and smart when the time calls for it. However, it should be noted that she sometimes makes silly and rash decisions because she's incredibly gullible and trusting of others because of her kind personality and not because she's stupid and unintelligent by any means.
* GoodIsNotSoft: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. She's a NiceGirl most of the time, but she won't always extend her kindness and compassion to those that are her enemies or people that she doesn't trust, especially towards a certain prince from the Southern Isles.
* HairDecorations: Anna wears a ribbon in her hair with her Coronation Day dress. She also wears ribbons and a sunflower in "Disney/FrozenFever" and a festive piece that looks like leaves and cranberries with her HappyHolidaysDress in ''Disney/OlafsFrozenAdventure''.
* HairstyleInertia: Wears the same GirlishPigtails she had as a child. She just does them up in a braided bun for special events.
* HappyHolidaysDress: Her outfit in ''Olaf's Frozen Adventure'' isn't as grand as Elsa's, but still has several subtle decorations, such as white fur lining on her jacket and hat, HairDecorations that look like leaves with cranberries, and a bells-and-goats motif on the hem of her skirt.
* HarmlessFreezing: {{Double subverted|Trope}} (and {{justified|Trope}} by it being a magic curse). Anna is accidentally frozen from the inside out by Elsa, and not only is it incredibly painful for her, it will leave her as an ice statue forever unless an act of true love stops it. Though when it does, she's perfectly fine.
* TheHeart: Anna is the emotional centrepiece of the story and she is the one who brings everyone together for a common goal. She's also an AllLovingHero who uses ThePowerOfLove to save Elsa and the kingdom of Arendelle.
* HeroesWantRedheads: Falls in love with Hans at first sight. Subverted after it turns out he's a villain, she has a love epiphany that she's in love with the blonde Kristoff.

** Goes through an early one following her parents' deaths.
** After learning of Hans's betrayal, she sadly tells Olaf that she doesn't know what love is.
* HeroicSacrifice: Ends up [[TakingTheBullet dodging in front of a sword strike meant for her sister even as she's]] [[TakenForGranite turning to solid ice]]. Luckily, the CurseEscapeClause involving "an act of true love" kicks in.
* HeroicSpirit: Anna is TheDeterminator and isn't the type to give up. It's her determined spirit and passion that ultimately saves Elsa and Arendelle, despite all the obstacles that are thrown her way during her journey.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: {{Justified}}. You'd think she'd think more of herself than "completely ordinary" and "not [[BigSisterWorship ''that'' princess... it's just me,"]] but years of neglect and [[JerkassFacade apparent rejection]] did a number on her self-esteem.
* TheHeroine: Anna is the one who goes on the journey and mission to save Arendelle by doing a HeroicSacrifice. She's also the main protagonist of the film. In many ways, Anna could be considered the closest character to qualify as the BigGood since it is her actions and her HeroicSacrifice through ThePowerOfLove for her sister that ultimately save the entire kingdom
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Was this with Elsa when they were little; a good portion of the movie's drama is Anna wanting to become close to Elsa like they were as kids and not understanding why Elsa shuts her out.
* {{Hikikomori}}: Thanks to her parents closing off the castle and raising her and Elsa in virtual isolation.
* HonorBeforeReason: Anna isn't always the most logical person and she can't be highly reckless and impulsive when it comes to planning, but her sense of honour and duty seem to be of bigger importance.
* HopeBringer: Anna is the one who remains consistently hopeful and optimistic about bringing summer back to Arendelle. She also represents hope for Elsa in helping her control her powers.
* HotBlooded: She's free-spirited, feisty, adventurous, and easily excitable. Other than that, it's PlayedForLaughs.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Kristoff. He's only OneHeadTaller than her as well as being more muscular while she has a normal build for a young female adult.
* ICanChangeMyBeloved: Anna believes that she can persuade her sister to bring back summer to Arendelle by unfreezing it. She is also has a strong belief that Elsa can control her powers because she is strong enough to do so. Elsa, on the other hand, doesn't believe that she can change or control her powers and has severe self doubt regarding controlling herself and hurting others.
* IconicOutfit: Though Anna prefers green dresses, her winter ensemble is the most used on TheMerch.
* IdealHero: Anna is a combination of TheHeroine and an AllLovingHero. Plus, she is idealistic, naive yet highly noble and selfless in nature. Her strong desire to bring back summer to Arendelle while risking her life and conducting a HeroicSacrifice through ThePowerOfLove and an ActOfTrueLove is noble and admirable.
* TheIdealist: Anna is extremely idealistic and it is one of her defining personality and character traits.
* IdiotHero: Anna agrees to marry a guy after spending only a couple of hours with him. After Elsa runs away, she goes off into the flash frozen wilderness to find her without suitable clothing, supplies, or even a map, and her only "plan" is to talk her down.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Anna is someone who DesperatelyCravesAffection because she has been neglected since childhood with little to no human contact. It's understandable why Anna would end up falling for a man that she just met because she deeply craves to be accepted and loved by someone.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Anna is an extroverted person by nature but she was sheltered since childhood. She never got the opportunity to bond with other people and make friends. It didn't help that the only companionship that she had was her sister Elsa who kept shutting her out for years. It is why Anna expresses such excitement on coronation day because she can finally have the opportunity to be around people and possibly bond with others. It's part of the reason why Anna latched onto Hans as quickly as she did because she was so desperate for companionship of any kind.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Despite being locked up and isolated her entire life, Anna never became hateful, bitter, or resentful because of her situation. She never let bitterness or anger consume her due to isolation and being abandoned and neglected. Instead, Anna remained kind, caring, compassionate, loving and empathetic.
* TheIngenue: [[JustifiedTrope She's been locked up at home all her life]], making her very naive about the real world. It's [[DeconReconSwitch both]] a {{Deconstruction}} ''and'' {{Reconstruction}} of the trope in a Disney movie. Anna's naïveté and her status as the heir apparent after Elsa becomes queen leads to her being vulnerable to Hans's manipulations in his plot to take over the throne. However, once Hans had been neutralised, Anna gains some wisdom without becoming cynical or losing any of her warmth and sweetness.
* InkSuitActor: Her character was heavily inspired by her voice actress, Creator/KristenBell. She even sports Bell's lazy eye. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20140112131335/http://www.momtrends.com/2013/11/disneys-frozen-interviews In one interview]], songwriters Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez said:
--> "The more we were working with Kristen Bell, the more, the more she influenced. We all got on the same page with who Anna was because Anna’s Kristen Bell. Like Kristen Bell’s mind is so fast and she’s so funny... we kind of all started writing differently.”
* InLoveWithLove: After spending the first of half of "For the First Time in Forever" excited about [[FriendlessBackground not having to be alone anymore]], she spends the second half dreaming that she'd find romance, too. She even goes as far as to [[FourthDateMarriage accept his proposal after knowing him for only one day]], [[ThinksLikeARomanceNovel already thinking]] he's her [[OneTrueLove true love]]. [[OpportunisticBastard Hans]] uses her naïveté and vulnerability to his own advantage and lampshades it.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Anna's eyes represent her kind-hearted and naive personality. Since [[IcyBlueEyes Elsa's eyes]] are also blue, the color seems to run in the family.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: During ''Do You Want to Build a Snowman?'' in which she begs Elsa to build a snowman with her, not knowing that the last time they built a snowman together, it almost killed her, but there's [[LaserGuidedAmnesia a reason]] why she doesn't know better.
* IronicEcho: Elsa's "What do you know about true love?" is answered after Hans leaves her to die by freezing.
-->'''Anna:''' I don't even know what love is.
* IronicName: "Anna" means "grace", but she's hardly a graceful individual.
* IWantSong:
** "Do You Want To Build a Snowman", in which Anna wants the close bond she and Elsa shared before Elsa shut herself off to protect Anna.
** "For The First Time In Forever", in which Anna is excited at the prospect of meeting new people, and possibly finding true love (also the reprise, in which she wants to help Elsa and bring her back to Arendelle).
* KillTheCutie: Subverted. Though she eventually [[HeroicSacrifice does freeze from the curse]], she [[DisneyDeath gets better]].
* KirkSummation: She calls out Hans for his selfishness, telling him that he's the only one around with a metaphorical "[[TheSociopath frozen heart]]," meaning that because he never truly cared for others but saw them as mere objects, incessantly lied to and manipulated everyone, is power-hungry, and always acted purely in self-interest, he has no love in his heart.
* LargeHam: Quite possibly the hammiest princess in Disney, especially when she was a child. "Do you wanna build a snowman?!" while biking in the castle hallways and sliding down banisters.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Pabbie modifies her memory after Elsa's initial blast hits her as a child, letting her keep the memories of the fun times she had with her sister, but removing all knowledge of Elsa's powers as a precaution. It isn't for any major reason; he only does it "to be safe".
* TheLeader: Even though Elsa is the one who is Queen of Arendelle and is the ruler of a kingdom, Anna is the leader during the majority of the film. She is the one who leads Kristoff, Sven and Olaf during their journey and mission to bring back summer to Arendelle. It helps that Anna is also a princess and has a higher status than the other characters. Anna is the Charismatic and Headstrong type.
* LeeroyJenkins: Anna can be very impulsive and reckless. She has a habit of doing things without planning them ahead of time. Sometimes her impulsive nature can get her in quite a bit of trouble at times.
* LeParkour: Even as a child, she leaps high and has no trouble vaulting around the castle either. Ironically, she really sucks at climbing.
* LightIsGood: Commonly wears brighter colored clothing and is a kind-hearted, noble and caring individual.
* LittleMissBadass: Anna is 5 ft tall and she is rather naive, but she is still very feisty, adventurous, courageous and brave. Plus, she can stand toe to toe with the guys.
* LittleSisterInstinct:
** When Elsa runs off after accidentally freezing the castle, Anna immediately sets out in search of her, despite the inherent danger of traveling alone through a blizzard.
** In ''Frozen Fever'', she was quick enough to stop her sister from falling off the top of a clock tower.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: {{Implied|Trope}}. If Anna wasn't around, Elsa would have probably remained in her own self-imposed exile within Arendelle's castle, struggling to keep her powers hidden.
* LockedIntoStrangeness: Developed [[SkunkStripe a couple of platinum blonde hairs]] after Elsa accidentally struck her in the head with her ice powers (though due to the trolls altering Anna's memory, she is made to believe she had it from childbirth). Later, her hair begins to turn silvery-white after Elsa accidentally freezes her heart, but it turns back to normal after the curse is broken.
* LockedUpAndLeftBehind: Hans locks her in a room and leaves her to die from Elsa's curse.
* LonelyRichKid: A big reason for her agreeing to marry Hans so quickly is that her castle is big and there are few people staffing it.
%%* LonersAreFreaks: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Anna was sheltered and spent much of her time alone and she does come off as a little bit wacky at times, but surprisingly, she has rather good social skills considering her isolation from other people since her childhood.
* LoveAtFirstSight: {{Subverted|Trope}}. When she meets Hans she's awed by him and by the end of the night she agrees to marry him. We learn that Hans exploited this trope by faking being in love with Anna so he could marry into the throne.
* LoveFreak: Anna is obsessed with the idea of true love. She also has a strong belief that using ThePowerOfLove for everything will bring happiness and peace. Anna's strong ability to love is both a strength and a weakness. It's a strength because it helps her to try and always see the good in people, helped to save her sister from eternal isolation, and saved Arendelle from suffering an EndlessWinter. But it's also a weakness because she can fall prey to people playing on her emotions by using love and using the concept of love to use her and manipulate her, such as what Hans did to Anna.
* LoveMakesYouStupid: In regards to both Hans and Elsa in different ways. Anna was so desperate for love and attention that she impulsively wanted to marry him when she had just met him. Too bad that Anna couldn't see that Hans was not a good guy and couldn't be trusted. {{Subverted|Trope}} in regards to Elsa. While Anna was perceptive enough to realize, despite the suspicions of the townspeople, that her long-distant and secretive sister had not frozen the kingdom purposely and was "just scared," the film emphasizes the low likelihood of her faith being correct, most notably when Olaf agrees Elsa is probably "the nicest, gentlest, warmest person ever" only to be immediately impaled by one of her (accidentally-created) ice spikes. She also believes that her big sister will know how to thaw the kingdom. While Hans is revealed to be untrustworthy, and Elsa turns out to not be as capable as Anna had expected, Anna's undying love for and faith in Elsa is vindicated when, despite appearances, Elsa is in fact innocent and, with Anna's help, eventually learns to control her powers.
* LoveMartyr: Despite the fact that Elsa consistently has shut her out and neglected her since childhood, Anna refuses to leave Elsa or give up on rekindling their relationship. Elsa has repeatedly been aloof, cold and distant towards Anna while Anna has been nothing but loving, supportive and understanding of Elsa regardless of how Elsa has always treated her. As a result, Anna can come off as an ExtremeDoormat when it comes to Elsa since the relationship had come off as highly one-sided and unreciprocated.
* LoveRevelationEpiphany: Olaf tells her Kristoff loves her. This, coupled with Hans's betrayal, makes her realize she's in love with him.
* LovingAShadow: Anna falls for Hans and agrees to marry him quickly because she's desperate for affection--while the person whom she really wants to be close again with is her sister Elsa (not in that way). After reconciling with her sister and seeing that Hans is not the PrinceCharming he made himself out to be, Anna is able to move on and actually spends time getting to know her new LoveInterest Kristoff before getting into a serious commitment with him.
* MagneticHero: Despite being socially sheltered for the majority of her life, she seems to have the ability of gaining UndyingLoyalty from people with ease. Much of it has to do with the fact that Anna is an AllLovingHero who consistently chooses to see the good in others.
* MamaBear: Despite being the younger sister, Anna is very protective of Elsa and would do anything to keep her from getting hurt, even if she has to get hurt herself or die.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: She plays this part to Kristoff, being a spunky and cheerful girl to enliven the gruff, asocial ice harvester.
* TheMatchmaker: In the book ''The Secret Admirer'', Anna actively went searching for the person who has been sending Elsa gifts, hoping that her sister will fall in love with whoever this is.
* MeaningfulName: While her name doubles as [[IronicName ironic]], 'Grace' can also mean "kindness and caring," which Anna has in spades.
* MessianicArchetype: Even after Elsa was called a monster by everyone else, had unintentionally caused an EndlessWinter, and had rejected and even nearly killed her by accident... she never gave up on her fallen sister, believing in the inherent goodness in Elsa's heart. In the end, the concept of true love came in the form of a HeroicSacrifice, which allowed Elsa to finally redeem herself and brought Anna back from the dead.
* ModestRoyalty: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Unless Anna is dressed for a formal occasion (such as her sister's coronation), Anna's style of dresses tend to be rather simple yet elegant.
%%* MoralityChain: Anna is pretty much the major reason why Elsa doesn't completely lose control of her powers and cause harm to others. It is Anna's love for Elsa that basically keeps Elsa grounded and prevents her from going to TheDarkSide and becoming DrunkWithPower.
%%* MoralityPet: Anna's presence is what causes Elsa to go through CharacterDevelopment, such as coming out of isolation, letting go of her fears, and learning to control her powers. Basically, if Anna wasn't around, Elsa would have eventually lost control of her powers, go mentally insane and would stay in isolation and solitude for the rest of her life.
* {{Motifs}}: Fire. She's a FieryRedhead, she uses fire as a weapon against the wolves, and the moment where Hans betrays her and leaves her to die is punctuated by him extinguishing all sources of fire in the immediate area.
* MotorMouth: When she enters her {{Adorkable}} mode, she talks much faster.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: Has a lot of strength for her size: in "For the First Time in Forever," Anna accidentally hammer tosses a statue bust across a room. She later sucker punches Hans hard enough to send him over the railing of a ship.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When she gets betrayed by Hans, she realized Elsa and Kristoff were right about their objection of her getting engaged to him.
* MysticalWhiteHair: Has a streak of hair which turned platinum blonde after Elsa accidentally struck her in the head as a child. When Elsa accidentally freezes her heart, her hair slowly turns white as she nears death. By the time she unfreezes thanks to her HeroicSacrifice, the streak is gone.
* NaiveEverygirl: A romantic naive young girl who dreams of finding true love.
* NiceGirl: Anna is always sweet, cheerful, and kind, though [[BewareTheNiceOnes she has her limits]], and an AllLovingHero whose [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower big day-saving power]] is [[ThePowerOfLove love]].
* NiceHat: Anna is seen wearing a purple/magenta skullcap to wear over her head so that she doesn't freeze in the EndlessWinter that was set off by Elsa. It's a part of her winter wardrobe that she wears throughout the majority of the story.
* NotAMorningPerson: She has a lot of trouble waking up, both on Elsa's coronation day in the movie and on her own birthday in the ''Frozen Fever'' short.
* TheNotLoveInterest: Serves as this for Elsa to help her [[DefrostingIceQueen defrost]]. Ultimately, it's her act of saving Elsa that creates the act of true love: the bond between the sisters.
* ObliviousToLove: Has no clue Kristoff has fallen for her until ''Olaf'' points it out.
* ObliviousYoungerSibling: {{Justified}} since Anna's memories of magic are taken away (not out of malice) by the trolls after Elsa's magic almost killed her. As a result, she is unaware of the reasons for Elsa's isolation.
* OfficialCouple: With Kristoff, although they are not married by the movie's end.[[note]] In her appearance in Series/OnceUponATime she and Kristoff date for two years before marrying[[/note]]
* OhCrap: She has a rather huge one while discovering Hans' true self.
%%* TheOnlyOne: Anna was the only one who could convince Elsa to unfreeze or defrost Arendelle. Nobody else would have been successful, as Anna is the sole emotional tie that Elsa has left.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The moment Elsa runs off and Anna prepares to make chase, there is a very distinct difference in how she speaks when she says "Bring me my horse, please," and her tone when placing Hans in charge during her absence. It is a ''remarkable'' difference from her normal demeanor and shows just how important Elsa is to her. Compare and contrast her slightly less commanding tone and request when she solicits Kristoff for help the following night.
* OrphansOrdeal: At the end of 'Do You Want To Build a Snowman', after her parents' death, she collapses against her sister's bedroom door, sobbing and begging Elsa for company.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Her cut song ''More Than Just The Spare'' helped shape her character even if it didn't make it into the movie. Elsa is simply more talented at everything than her, plus has magic powers, and is the one who inherits the throne.
* TheParagon: Anna is the one who inspires Elsa to learn how to control her powers through ThePowerOfLove. Without Anna, Elsa would be isolated and would let her powers get completely out of control.
* PimpedOutCape: Anna has a green cape she wore to go searching for her sister, and later [[StylishProtectionGear a warmer pink cape]].
* PimpedOutDress:
** Her dress during the coronation is several shades of green, has large pleats all around the billowy skirt, and is covered with intricate rosemaling.
** Her winter outfit, which she acquires during her search for Elsa, is less flamboyant but still quite detailed and beautiful with its shades of purple and blue.
** Her birthday dress in ''Froze Fever'' has several sunflower motifs stitched on.
* PinkMeansFeminine: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Anna has both tomboyish and girly qualities, and pink is one of the colors associated with her, but not as strongly as her primary ColorMotif, green. See the ColorMotif and PrincessesPreferPink entries.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Despite her small stature, she can throw a mean punch. Hans finds this out when she decks him hard enough to knock him overboard at the end of the movie.
* PluckyComicRelief: Anna is known to be the comic relief character as she is the most humorous character in the story. Her quirkiness and oddball behaviour helps to relieve awkward moments and tension throughout the story.
* PluckyGirl: She shows incredible moxie and ''always'' tries to help. The most action-like instances are when she and Kristoff fight off a wolf pack, when they evade Marshmallow, and when she sucker punches Hans into the fjord.
* ThePollyanna: Promotional material lists ones of her defining traits as "eternal optimism". ReconstructedTrope. Anna's optimistic attitude doesn't always work out, as when her attempts to help Elsa get her PowerIncontinence and the EndlessWinter under control result in an accident that freezes her heart and when Hans betrays her. Eventually, the TraumaCongaLine ''does'' bring about HeroicBSOD, but Anna recovers and still chooses to continue believing in HeroWithBadPublicity Elsa's goodness, despite most of the evidence, from the perspective of Anna (who doesn't even really know her frozen heart was an accident, not having seen Elsa's look of shock afterwards), pointing otherwise and having just had her trust in the one person she believed loved her broken. She saves Elsa's life, [[HeroicSacrifice at the cost of her own]], and her faith in Elsa is validated.
* ThePowerOfLove: Her love for her sister allowed her to brave driving snow in little more than a ballgown, climb a mountain and cross a frozen lake in order to [[HeroicSacrifice throw herself in front of Hans' sword]] to save Elsa despite being half-dead at the time.
* PrettyInMink: When she gets winter clothes from Oaken, she gets a cape and cap lined with pink-white fur.
** In ''Olaf's Frozen Adventure'', she wears a jacket and hat lined with white fur.
* PrettyPrincessPowerhouse: This bubbly princess, who has been locked up in her home for 13 years, was able to help Kristoff take on a pack of wolves, stand up to an ice golem, and punch Hans in the face with enough force to knock him off a boat. Heck, she didn't even need a knight-in-shining-armor to finish the job.
** This was foreshadowed in "For The First Time In Forever", when we saw how much strength and agility she had, from hammer tossing a bust across the room on ''accident'', to bouncing off couches like Olympic trampolines.
* PrimAndProperBun: Anna's hair is put up into a neat, perfectly shaped bun at Elsa's coronation. A clear contrast to the way she normally wears her hair, which is in GirlishPigtails that are braided.
* PrincessClassic: Anna grows up to be an archetypal "sweet-natured, innocent, friend to all living things, romantic" princess.
* PrincessesPreferPink: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Most of her outfits contain some pink accents, although all of them are primarily green or blue. As for prominent appearances of it, her winter cape and hat are magenta and her room is pink, but that's about it. The color most associated with her is green instead.
* TheProtagonist: The story centres on her journey in rekindling her relationship with her sister Elsa and finding a way to bring back summer to Arendelle.
* PuppyDogEyes: Anna definitely has a strong case of puppy dog eyes and sometimes she unintentionally uses them, especially when she wants approval from Elsa or Kristoff.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
** In her hurt and anger at being forbidden Elsa's blessing to marry Hans and Elsa's decision to close the gates again and continue to keep the two of them isolated, she gives a short one to her sister.
** Near the end, Anna gives a short one to Hans for callously abandoning her to death and trying to kill Elsa, [[ShutUpHannibal telling him]] that he's the only one with a [[TheSociopath "frozen heart"]]. And she then suddenly sucker-punches him without warning.
* RebelliousPrincess: The theme behind the deleted song "We Know Better". It's about Elsa and Anna as little girls complaining about all the things princesses are expected to do, claiming they "know better."
* {{Reconstruction}}: Of TheHeart and TheIngenue. Much like TheChick of old, Anna's main strength isn't so much her smarts, experience or power, but her care for the people around her and her determination to save them from their darker sides. However, this doesn't mean she has to be [[DamselScrappy completely useless]], [[SatelliteCharacter completely based around those she cares about]], or that she [[NeutralFemale can't have agency in the plot.]] It [[DeconstructedTrope does take its toll on her]], though, and her naivety and the emotional toll of retaining her faith in and devotion to her sister, despite Elsa's JerkassFacade, leave her vulnerable to ManipulativeBastard Hans, who takes advantage of her heart to [[GoldDigger get close to the throne]]. They also nearly get her killed when she chooses to help Elsa, but her faith in her sister is ultimately validated; Elsa really is, as Anna chooses to believe, a HeroWithBadPublicity, and much of the damage Elsa causes really is unintentional, the result of PowerIncontinence. Anna gets to [[CharacterDevelopment grow and readjust her understanding of love]] without having to turn all cynical or lose any of her warmth and sweetness.
* RedheadInGreen: Nearly every outfit she's seen in is green, excepting the black mourning dress and the blue winter dress and pink cape bought from Oaken's, as well as her blue holiday dress in ''Olaf's Frozen Adventure''.
* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Elsa's blue. Anna is very energetic in contrast to her sister's calmness. Reversed in ''Frozen Fever'', where Elsa was more energetic than her.
* RoyalBlood: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Anna is the Princess of Arendelle. Her sister Elsa is the Queen of Arendelle.
* SadisticChoice: Once Anna realizes that Kristoff does love her and went back for her, she hopes she can get a kiss from him to save her life. On the other hand, she sees her estranged sister about to be killed by her traitorous ex-fiancé. It was her life or her sister's. She chooses the latter and it turned out to be a better choice.
%% Zero-Context Example. Uncomment if you can put an explanation saying specifically when this happened.
%%* SarcasmBlind: {{Justified}} since she has no contact with anyone around her age for years.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: With Kristoff. She is a spunky princess willing to do whatever it takes to bring her sister home, he is a grumpy, rough-around-the-edges ice harvester helping her along the way.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Anna is already pretty when she's not dressed up in fancy gowns, but when she does dress up, she looks much more regal and put together.
* ShelteredAristocrat: Her extreme naivety and awkwardness are a result of spending most of her life locked up in the royal palace with little to no companionship.
* ShipperOnDeck: In ''The Secret Admirer'', she's determined to learn who has been sending Elsa gifts so the two can meet face-to-face. She gives up on the relationship after learning Elsa's secret admirer, Freddie, is a seven year old boy.
* SiblingYinYang: She's energetic, outspoken, and extroverted while Elsa is calm, reserved, and introverted.
* SignificantBirthDate: According to extra material, Anna was born on the summer solstice. It does seem like a lovely summer's day on her birthday in the short ''Frozen Fever''.
* SimpleYetOpulent: Her everyday dresses are significantly less fancy than her formal dresses yet her casual dresses are still made of expensive fabric as she is royalty.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan:
** Anna was initially smitten with [[PrincelyYoungMan Hans]] because of his princely and nice guy demeanor, but it turned out he was just playing her.
** In the end, thankfully, she becomes an OfficialCouple with the surly, but brave and heroic [[GoodSamaritan Kristoff]] who would do anything to protect her and their loved ones.
* SkunkStripe: Anna has a single platinum blonde streak in her strawberry-blonde hair from Elsa [[LockedIntoStrangeness accidentally striking her in the head when she is 5]]. To judge by what she tells Hans, she believes she was born with it due to the trolls' erasure of her memories. Later, her hair turns completely white as she succumbs to Elsa's accidental curse, which hit her in her heart. [[NoOntologicalInertia It disappears after the curse breaks]].
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Anna is subjected to about the same amount of slapstick that Kristoff is subjected to, though significantly less than what Olaf is subjected to.
* SmittenTeenageGirl: Falls in love with Hans and agrees to marry him the first day they meet.
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: With Kristoff throughout the film. The two are both sarcastic and very much a DeadpanSnarker which can only result in them bickering and snarking at each other none stop LikeAnOldMarriedCouple.
* SpareToTheThrone: When the King was still alive, she was this. When Elsa became queen, she got bumped up to heir apparent, and soon finds herself needing to deal with the chaos that ensues when Elsa flees Arendelle, while retaining the inferiority complex associated with this trope. This was exploited by Hans.
* SpiritedYoungLady: In contrast to Elsa, who is a ProperLady. Anna is tomboyish, adventurous, outspoken, feisty, and fearless. Yet, at the same time, she's still very much a lady as she is a princess after all.
* StepfordSmiler: {{Implied|Trope}}. While she was energetic and happy even as a child, it seems like staying that way through adulthood was Anna's way of dealing with Elsa's emotional distance, especially after the deaths of their parents, and she is often seen briefly frowning in response to something negative before pasting on a smile.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Anna has similar features to both of her parents, especially to her mother. Specifically, she has her mother's facial structures but has her father's hair and eye colors.
* StylishProtectionGear: Justified. Elsa accidentally puts her kingdom in an EndlessWinter, and her sister Anna goes to find her. Anna then has to ditch her summer clothes for winter gear. The only winter clothes available at Wandering Oaken's Trading Post & Sauna not only conveniently fit her, but also look quite nice.
* SuccessfulSiblingSyndrome: Growing up in the shadow of her [[CoolBigSis older]], [[BrokenAce seemingly-perfect]] sister Elsa, Anna comes to develop an inferiority complex, thinking of herself as "completely ordinary" and "not [[BigSisterWorship ''that'' princess... it's just me"]]. [[https://johnaugust.com/2014/scriptnotes-ep-128-frozen-with-jennifer-lee-transcript This low self-esteem is exploited by]] [[ManipulativeBastard Hans]], and he [[BreakThemByTalking especially plays on it during his]] [[TheReveal post-reveal monologue]], telling Anna that she's "no match for Elsa" and that her sister "was preferable, of course." In an earlier draft where Elsa was written as less reclusive than in the final film, the theme of SpareToTheThrone was more prominent and this trope was more heavily explored. This is seen in Anna's [[CutSong unused]] song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKUGDQCzGz0 "More Than Just The Spare"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUcQWnBPDy0 this deleted scene]], which helped shape her character even if they didn't make it into the movie.:
-->I'm not part of the town, not meant to be queen, just somebody hopelessly in-between
-->[[TheAce She's the scholar, athlete, poet]]
-->I'm the screw-up... Don't I know it
-->[[OvershadowedByAwesome But then, who could ever compare?]]
-->Of course they're gonna think I'm just the spare
-->Well, I won't care.
* SunnySunflowerDisposition: In ''Frozen Fever'', sunflowers are the theme of her birthday party and dress, fitting Anna's cheerful and sunny personality.
* SweetTooth: Anna has a love of sugar and sweets, especially chocolate.
* SymbolMotifClothing: Both Anna's green princess dress and her blue winter dress have flowers on them.
* TakenForGranite: When one of Elsa's blasts strikes her in the heart, her body slowly begins to turn into really ''hard'' ice. (Instead of the LiterallyShatteredLives you'd expect from her being struck by a sword, it's the ''sword'' that shatters.)
* TakingTheBullet: [[HeroicSacrifice Takes a sword slash meant for her sister just as her body turns to ice.]]
* ThanatosGambit: Though unintentional, Anna throwing herself in front of Hans just as she began to expire earns Hans the ire and disgust of the Duke and many others who saw. After Anna thaws out, they cheer when she punches Hans off the boat, meaning that not only did her sacrifice help her sister end the winter, but it also gave them the opportunity to see what a traitor Hans really is.
* ThickerThanWater: Even though Elsa shut her out and neglected her for so many years and also set off an eternal winter which froze the entire kingdom of Arendelle, Anna never gave up on her and was still determined to rekindle their relationship. Anna has UndyingLoyalty and unconditional love for Elsa no matter what. Anna makes a choice to [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice her life]] to save Queen Elsa despite the fact the she (accidentally) struck her in the heart and continually shut her out (in an attempt, unbeknownst to Anna, to protect Anna from the magical power Elsa couldn't fully control). This trope is even stronger because [[CurseEscapeClause she could have gotten a kiss from Kristoff, which would save Anna at the cost of Elsa's life]]. However, ThePowerOfLove saved Anna from her DisneyDeath because her sacrifice was an ActOfTrueLove. In the end, it was Anna's familial love for Elsa that ended up saving Anna herself (from a frozen heart), Elsa (helping her to control her powers through the concept of love), ''and'' the entire kingdom of Arendelle (from the doom of an eternal winter).
* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Being from a FairyTale, and being a Franchise/DisneyPrincess, it's not surprising that Anna believes in "True love", wants to meet "The One" in a single day, and [[LoveAtFirstSight bumps into Hans right afterwards.]] Turns out that Kristoff is actually The One, but their first encounter was a lot less idealized. Coming from Disney, it looks like a self-parody, as evidenced by Elsa's disapproval of the attempted marriage proposal.
* ThisLoserIsYou: Part of what makes her a character to relate to (for girls) is because of her awkward and quirky personality.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Tomboy to Elsa's Girly Girl. Although both dress femininely, Anna is the one to stuff her face with food, punch out a prince, rescue her sister in the place of choosing to kiss Kristoff, act awkwardly, be NotAMorningPerson with the hairstyle and drool to match, and ride a bicycle indoors.
* TomboyPrincess: She spends her childhood climbing around the castle and badgering her sister into going outside and building snowmen.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: While she's a TomboyPrincess compared to Elsa, she's still a loving, romantic NaiveEverygirl and her IWantSong was all about finding romance and falling in love.
* TooMuchInformation: Her response to one of the trolls mentioning that Kristoff "only likes to tinkle in the woods" during the "Fixer Upper" number:
-->'''Anna''': I did ''not'' need to know that.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Has a fondness for chocolate. Also loves sandwiches (see BigEater entry).
* TranquilFury: The sight of Anna alive confuses Hans, prompting him to ask how she beat the frozen heart curse. Anna has been shown to be a bit hot-tempered when pushed enough, but this time she just coldly states that the only frozen heart is Hans's, and Anna then begins to take her leave... before suddenly turning her heel and sucker-punching the treacherous prince in the face, causing him to fall into the fjord below.
* TraumaCongaLine: Wow, does she go through tragedy!
** She gets accidentally hit in the head with ice by Elsa as kids and gets her memories wiped clean to not remember her sister's powers.
** Then, Anna is shunned by Elsa and doesn't know why, and tries desperately to reconnect with her.
** Cut to a few years later, her parents are dead and Anna tries again to reconnect with Elsa to no avail.
** Another three years go by and she finds someone she thinks is true love, Hans, then has an argument with Elsa about her quick engagement, which reveals Elsa's powers, culminating with her running away.
** As Anna deals with realizing that her family kept her in the dark about such a major secret, the kingdom plunges into a magical blizzard in the middle of summer and people begin to believe her estranged but still beloved sister is a "monster."
** Anna tries to get her to come back but only gets her heart frozen by her accidentally.
** She tries to get Hans to kiss her, and he reveals himself to be a manipulative sociopath who tells her no one loves her, leaves her to die and plans to kill Elsa, crushing her idea of what love is, while freezing to death.
** And finally, saves Elsa at the cost of her own life. It's a good thing she comes back to life and things get better for her, but someone needed to give her a hug and that someone was Elsa.
* TrueCompanions: With Kristoff, Olaf, Sven and of course Elsa.
* TrueLovesKiss: When Anna is struck by her older sister Elsa's out of control magic and is slowly freezing solid, it is believed that an "act of true love" is necessary to reverse the process and save her. Anna then goes back to her fiancé Hans to get a kiss from him, only to find out that he's only using her to get at Elsa and snatch the crown of Arendelle, so he mocks her and then says he will leave her to die, at which point she realizes that her companion Kristoff loves her. In the end, Anna forgoes a chance to get the kiss from Kristoff that would save her, instead throwing herself in front of Hans when he tries to kill Elsa and freezing solid just as the sword lands, breaking it. That sacrifice out of love for her sister is what ultimately not only saves her, but helps Elsa ''finally'' control her powers.
* {{Tsundere}}: Anna is a Type B, which means that her default mood is kind, sweet, loving and caring. But when she interacts with Kristoff, she can become more sarcastic, edgy and snarky. Ironically, Anna ends up falling for Kristoff at the end of the movie, which gives the implication that Anna was snarky towards Kristoff in the beginning because she did have an underlying attraction to Kristoff that she didn't realize or even want to admit was there.
* TheUnchosenOne: Thinks herself "completely ordinary," but volunteers to go on a journey to help her sister and free their kingdom from an EndlessWinter because she's the [[UndyingLoyalty only one]] who believes that [[HeroWithBadPublicity Elsa isn't actually evil]] and considers herself responsible for the argument during which Elsa snapped and revealed her powers.
* UndyingLoyalty: Anna seems to always believe Elsa is not someone to fear, but is someone who is just really scared and frightened of herself. When Elsa's powers are revealed, and she runs away, Anna doesn't hesitate to go after her. "She's my sister - she would ''never'' hurt me." The fact that she is later dying because of Elsa's magic, and still doesn't hesitate to save her, really proves this trope.
* UptownGirl: For Kristoff at the end; princess and ice salesman and all. As if that wasn't obvious.
* WakeupMakeup: Averted. Anna wakes up on coronation day with what must be the [[http://s48.photobucket.com/user/SpukiKitty/media/PICS%20for%20Web%20Forums/annabedhead_zpsmzq88sup.png.html world's worst case of bedhead]].
** The bedhead returns in ''Frozen Fever'', where the occasion was her own birthday.
** In the ''Frozen'' fan-comic ''Webcomic/CinemaSnobReviewsFrozen'', the Snob describes her as being a bassist for an 80s Hair Metal band.
* WellExcuseMePrincess: Anna can sometimes get really sarcastic and snarky towards Kristoff. Her interactions with Kristoff come off as VitriolicBestBuds at the start.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: She and Elsa were inseparable as children. Then, the accident happened.
* WhatTheHellHero: Anna calls Elsa out on shutting her out during the coronation party.
** She gets a lot of flak from Elsa and Kristoff on [[FourthDateMarriage a agreeing to marry a guy whom she met a few hours ago]].
* WideEyedIdealist: Anna is extremely idealistic and naive by nature, much to her detriment. She is the type that dreams about the concept of true love and romance and she has a strong adoration for adventure. In many ways, Anna is the type to fantasize and she is a big dreamer.
* WomanChild: Anna's only 18, but she can be quite immature and childish. The price of being isolated in the castle for 13 years and no contact with the outside world does take its toll.
* WrongGenreSavvy: She's convinced that her LoveAtFirstSight with Hans is true love. She learns otherwise the hard way when Hans reveals he only pretended to love her to get to the throne.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Anna is the one who is instrumental in pulling Elsa out of her fear, anxiety, and depression. While everyone was afraid of Elsa and thought that she was a monster, Anna was always the one to believe that Elsa was a good person despite the mistakes that she made (shutting Anna out since childhood, damning Arendelle to an eternal winter and abandoning her kingdom, accidentally freezing her heart, etc). Anna is also the catalyst for getting Elsa to learn how to control her powers that she had so many problems with controlling for years.
* YouAreNotAlone: Anna reminds Elsa that no matter what she did, such as abandoning her when they were kids, shutting her out emotionally, or cursing Arendelle to an eternal winter, she would always love Elsa no matter what and that together, they could undo the curse that Elsa put on the kingdom. Anna also tells Elsa that she doesn't have to spend her days alone or live in fear because she will always be there by her side supporting her through it all.
* YoungestChildWins: Inverted. Anna has mentioned that she has always felt OvershadowedByAwesome in comparison to her older sister, which is understandable considering that Elsa is the Queen of Arendelle, is extremely powerful because she has ice powers, and is more dutiful, responsible, serious, and regal. On the other hand, Anna is only the spare and a princess (although she is knocked up to heir apparent after her parents tragically die), is a regular human girl with no powers, and is a CuteClumsyGirl who is quirky, clumsy and awkward. However, Anna's archetype as TheEveryman makes her much more relatable.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: Twice, both for the same reason: she's unintentionally blasted by Elsa's magic, which begins to freeze her from the inside. The king and queen appeal to the trolls to reverse it the first time, though they're unable to do anything the second time, due to the damage being done to the heart instead of the head (the heart can only be melted by an act of true love, the head can be easily persuaded by memory surgery).
* YouthfulFreckles: On her face and shoulders. Serves to highlight her initial immaturity and naivety.
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[[folder:Queen Elsa of Arendelle]]

!Queen Elsa of Arendelle
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[[caption-width-right:250: "The cold never bothered me anyway..."]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IdinaMenzel (adult), Eva Bella (child), Spencer Lacey Ganus (12-year old)
->'''Appears in:''' ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' | ''Disney/FrozenFever'' | ''Disney/OlafsFrozenAdventure''
->'''Appearances in alternate continuities:''' ''Frozen: Northern Lights'' | ''Series/OnceUponATime'' | ''Videogame/FrozenFreeFall'' | ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity'' | ''Disney/RalphBreaksTheInternet'' | ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''

Elsa is the deuteragonist of the film. She is the Queen of Arendelle and is the Snow Queen. Elsa is the oldest child and the first born daughter of King Agnarr and Queen Iduna of Arendelle. She is the older sister of the heiress apparent Princess Anna of Arendelle. Elsa had her ice powers from birth, but tried to suppress and hide them (even from her sister Anna) in [[AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength fear of the harm they might do]].[[note]]She also had numerous tropes [[WhatCouldHaveBeen from when she was going to be a villain]], although those count as [[{{Trivia/Frozen}} trivia]].[[/note]]
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* AboveGoodAndEvil: Played with. After running away to be alone, she resolves to discard concepts like "right" and "wrong," and simply live by her own rules, no longer caring what the rest of the world will think of her actions. Nonetheless, when she finds out she has unknowingly frozen the entire kingdom of Arendelle, she is deeply horrified.
* AdaptationalNameChange: Is CompositeCharacter of the nameless Snow Queen and a boy named Kai from the source material, Literature/TheSnowQueen, but is called "Elsa."
* AdaptationalHeroism: The Snow Queen was a neutral entity in [[Literature/TheSnowQueen the original tale,]] open to interpretation as either good or evil. While Elsa fears she's the latter, she's really the former, especially in later installments.
* {{Adorkable}}: She's so excited about Anna's birthday celebration in ''Frozen Fever'' that she squeals with excitement at several points.
* AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength: Ever since she was a child, she has obsessively tried to suppress her ice powers and stay as far away from people as possible since she is afraid that she will hurt others like she did with Anna.
* AloofBigSister: {{Justified|Trope}}. Elsa acts distant and aloof to Anna because she's afraid of hurting Anna again. The trope ends when she finally controls her powers.
%%* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Anna on occasion.

%% Please take any examples of Ambiguously Lesbian to discussion before adding them.

* TheAtoner:
** Played with. When she learns that she caused an EndlessWinter in Arendelle, she would ''like'' to fix it, but she doesn't know how, and is too scared of making things worse to try.
** Her desire to make Anna happy in ''Frozen Fever'' is driven by guilt over how much her sister suffered because of her powers. "For everything you are to me, and all you've been through..."
* BadassAdorable: She may not be as {{Adorkable}} as Anna, but when she lets emotion show on her face, you can see the family resemblance to Anna. And even with ThouShaltNotKill in play, her cryokinetic powers are a force to be reckoned with.
* BadassBoast:
** "Here I'll stand, and here I'll stay" from "Let It Go" is a boast to the world that it won't be making any more demands of her identity.
** In the same song: "I am one with the wind and sky."
* BadassBookworm: Her powers make her considerably badass. It is also stated in the book ''Literature/ASisterMoreLikeMe'' that Elsa loves geometry. Note her mention of fractals during "Let it Go".
* BadassInCharge: The Queen of Arendelle, and also [[AnIcePerson a powerful ice mage]].
* BadassInDistress: As she's not an aggressive person, she's vulnerable whenever her state of mind is affected (in the original movie) or when she's sick (in ''Frozen Fever'').
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: At first, she didn't like Hans very much for his sudden proposal to Anna, wanting him to leave. After he talks her out of killing the Duke's men, keeping them from killing her and offers to do what he can to set her free, she starts to trust him enough to keep her sister safe. Of course, she was unaware Hans was just mirroring her concern and desire from a supportive friend to manipulate her, giving her a genuine reason to dislike him when his plans are revealed.
* BeneathTheMask: Anna has only seen her distant attitude for years on end, so she's both surprised and a little relieved to see Elsa having fun talking about chocolate and teasing her by making her dance with the duke. When her cover is blown, it also turns out that she really ''hated'' having to always repress her emotions, showing a playful and creative side with a lot of artistic sense. Unfortunately, there's also a lot of anxiety bubbling away beneath the surface.
* BenevolentMageRuler: The movie is basically the story of how she becomes one, and the hard road to mastering both her magical talent and the responsibilities of a Queen (with help from the most adorable little sister ever).
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Elsa doesn't want to hurt anyone intentionally, even two guys clearly sent to kill her. But when it's clear that it's her or them, she becomes brutal.
* BewareTheSuperman: Played with. Elsa is generally good at heart, but she is so afraid of accidentally hurting someone that she feels she has to shut everyone out of her life, including Anna. The show of her powers made her someone to fear. Once she runs away, she decides "screw this, I'm going to run away and let loose", yet it causes an EndlessWinter. Hans exploits this trope to justify killing Elsa.
* BigSisterInstinct: Elsa loves her little sister, Anna, dearly. When she accidentally struck her with her ice powers when they were little, she locked herself in her room and didn't play with or speak to Anna anymore. Elsa shut her out because she was terrified of hurting her sister or anyone else with her powers again. She continues to have this attitude throughout the majority of the film's events.
* BlessedWithSuck: She was born with magical powers, but started to fear them after her accident with Anna. She actually loves making ice and snow, but could never do so for fear of hurting everyone. They then started operating out of control, exposing her to the fear of other people, plunging the kingdom into an EndlessWinter, and killing Anna.
* BlueIsHeroic: Elsa's primary color scheme is blue and despite her aloof nature, she's quite kind-hearted.
* BraidsOfAction: Elsa wears a French braid while out of the castle.
* BreakoutCharacter: Despite Anna being the protagonist of the first film and Olaf initially receiving most of the marketing before the movie's release, Elsa became the most popular character in the film by far, eclipsing not just Anna and the rest of the cast but much of the Franchise/DisneyPrincess line. Countless articles have been written that analyze her character and her behavior, and most fanwork tends to focus on her. Also, while ''Frozen'' merchandise in general is still selling out of stores months after the film's release, Elsa merchandise was very hard to find, and people were selling Elsa merch on sites like [=eBay=] for much higher than their retail value. As a result of her popularity, the rest of the franchise, and most marketing and press, often gives Elsa a more prominent role, even in crossovers such as ''Series/OnceUponATime''.
* BreakTheCutie: Starts off rather cheerful, but after accidentally striking Anna with a misaimed ice bolt and being shown an image of her future self being attacked by a mob as Pabbie warns her there's danger in not controlling her power, she becomes haunted and repressed. She reaches the DespairEventHorizon when Hans tells her that her magic killed her sister.
* BrokenAce: Brilliant, beautiful, artistic, intense magical power, excels at everything, graceful and even a very kind person. However, she has a lot of emotional issues because the graceful perfect act is a misguided attempt to keep her magic in check.
* BrokenBird: After many years of isolating herself in fear that her powers might hurt someone, Elsa has become more cynical and more detached from Anna.
* ByronicHeroine: She is an IceQueen who not only is brooding about her powers, but also exiles herself after her powers are exposed at the coronation. Though, unlike most Byronic heroes, this is less due to selfish whining and more because she feels she must detach herself emotionally for the safety of everyone. Her inner conflicts over her powers end up driving many central elements of the plot. In fact, "Let It Go", with its extolling of rejecting the conventions of society -- not to mention her responsibilities as monarch -- is essentially an anthem to a kind of Romantic Existentialism.
* CelibateHeroine: Not clear if it's a direct result of her not wanting to get close to anyone out of fear of hurting them, or if she's [[{{Asexuality}} asexual]], or if it's something else entirely, but regardless of the reason, Elsa never shows romantic interest in anyone. When Hans was [[JustBetweenYouAndMe explaining his plans]] to Anna, he noted that his original plan to take the throne of Arendelle was simply to woo and marry Elsa, but he had to abandon that plan since "nobody was getting anywhere with her". The book ''The Secret Admirer'' shows that while she's flattered that someone has feelings for her and is curious who they are, she's not as curious as Anna or Olaf, who essentially look through every possible man or woman it could be. This suggests she is not necessarily against the idea of being in a relationship, but she puts her kingdom and her sister above all else.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: Between becoming queen and keeping her ice magic in check at the beginning of the film, Elsa certainly suffered from this, at least until she [[TheUnfettered gleefully broke those chains]] in "Let it Go".
* CharacterDevelopment: Following her return to power as Arendelle's reigning monarch, Elsa's original personality, not dominant since childhood, makes a return. With a warm, welcoming aura, Elsa rules her kingdom with a genuine smile, and spends most of her spare time using her abilities for the pleasure of herself, her sister, and the entire kingdom. As seen in ''Frozen Fever'', this aspect of Elsa's personality has not only remained, but strengthened, as the short heavily showcased Elsa's lighter side as fun-loving, and extremely devoted to her sister, yet retained her sense of elegance, vibrancy, and compassion.
* CharacterTics:
** She tends to cross her arms when she feels stressed. Notably when she is confronted by Anna during the coronation just before she cuts loose with her powers (especially since it was to hide her uncovered left hand); when she's alone on the North Mountain during the first lines of "Let It Go"; and twice in her ice palace when she realizes that her powers have plunged Arendelle into EndlessWinter.
** When she laughs (once when she and Anna are kids and sneak off into the ballroom to play, and a couple of times during the coronation), she tends to place her fingers over her lips[[note]]although you'd be forgiven for thinking that she does it when laughing at the Duke's [[DodgyToupee poor fitting toupee]] that she's just trying to hide it[[/note]].
** She also wrings her hands a lot. Notably, these are all variants on hiding or containing her emotion, which in her case is often expressed through ice powers that come from her hands.
%%** She rolls her eyes when she's impatient (when Anna keeps stalling to tell her what happened in Arendelle).
* CheerfulChild: In the beginning of the film, [[HeroicBSOD before she accidentally hurt Anna]], she was just as cheerful as Anna.
* ClassicalAntiHero: She is ''very'' unsure of herself and always afraid of hurting others.
* ClothingReflectsPersonality: At the start of the film, Anna and Elsa wear light-colored clothes, which symbolizes their relationship with each other going well. After they are separated and grow apart (especially during the "Do You Want To Build A Snowman" sequence), their clothes become progressively darker, with Elsa regaining lighter clothes after fleeing the kingdom once the eternal winter is unleashed and she feels less restricted.
** See ConspicuousGloves entry.
* ColorMotifs:
** Blue -- An indication of her [[AnIcePerson ice powers]], the main color choice for her clothing (including her ice dress), and represents her loneliness and later, happiness with her powers.
** Green -- In ''Frozen Fever'', Elsa magically changes her signature light blue dress into bright green which has several levels of meaning. 1) Elsa changing her clothing into Anna's color, represents her efforts in this short to open up her heart to Anna and let her in (after all, it is all about her giving Anna a perfect birthday to make up for the previous birthdays she missed out on). Plus, if you're familiar with the symbolism of the Chakras: green stands for the Heart Chakra or love - in this case sisterly love, which is what the short is all about - even Anna and Kristoff's romantic love takes a backseat here to the sisterly love. 2) Green being the color of spring or summer more than winter, represents Elsa not being overpowered by her ice powers (which can be represented as blue) anymore, but being in control of them and NOT being in danger of changing it into a winter anymore.
* CompositeCharacter: Elsa takes the role of both the Snow Queen and Kai from the source material, Literature/TheSnowQueen.
* ConspicuousGloves: Hoping to constrain her powers, Elsa is never without her gloves. Anna later comments that she thought the gloves were due to Elsa being TerrifiedOfGerms.
* CoolBigSis:
** Pun intended, but she used to be this for Anna when they were younger. In the ending, she becomes it again.
** In ''Frozen Fever'', this trope is definitely on her mind as she forces herself to go through Anna's birthday celebrations, even while suffering a bad cold.
* CoolCrown: She initially wore a small tiara but she discards it when she abandons Arendelle. TheStinger reveals that her minion Marshmallow found it.
* CostumeEvolution: Though she changes her coronation dress to something she's more comfortable with, she's willing to wear other clothes, as long as [[ClothesMakeTheLegend they also fit the general form of the ice dress]].
** In ''Frozen Fever'', she gives her ice dress a Spring look, but still keeps the general shape.
** In ''Olaf's Frozen Adventure'', her Winter dress looks like her ice dress, but darker blue, a more obvious snowflake motif, and a fur collar.
* CostumePorn: Par for the course for Disney, but Elsa's sky-blue snow queen dress deserves a special mention. It's breathtaking, and detailed to the stitch.
* CoversAlwaysLie: A lot of promotional art depicts her as confidently smug, while in the movie proper she's anything only appears this way briefly at the end of "Let It Go," but spends much of the film anxious.
* CreatingLifeIsUnforeseen: When she recreates Olaf during "Let It Go," she has no idea that he's alive until he shows up with Anna. Taken UpToEleven in ''Frozen Fever'', where she spawns the Snowgies by just ''sneezing''.
* CulturedBadass: The "cultured" part is more prominent in ''Literature/ASisterMoreLikeMe'' which shows her many talents. The "badass" part comes from her powers, and it's implied that she's holding back. "Let It Go" unites them when she uses math to create her ice palace.
* DamselOutOfDistress: When captured at the castle she uses her powers to free herself.
* DaddysGirl: During the growing up montage, it's implied that she is closer to her father than to her mother.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: As a child, [[MyGreatestFailure hit Anna in the head with her powers]]. This essentially drives the entire plot and is the reason why Elsa is so detached from her sister.
* DarkMagicalGirl: She's a good person at heart who was isolated from everyone due to her powers, leading to her becoming an (unintentional) antagonist. As with most {{Dark Magical Girl}}s, she's eventually saved through the PowerOfLove by her heroic {{Foil}}.
* DefrostingIceQueen: She has to keep her emotions and feelings in check, because if she doesn't, she loses control of her magic, and it can do terrible things to the people. It is Anna's [[ThePowerOfLove love]] for her that ultimately frees her from her fears and unlocks the ability to thaw out the winter.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: The story starts from her perspective and we see what she's doing almost as much as Anna. She's also the one actually driving the plot.
* DreamworksFace: She not only does this in the posters, but also InUniverse at the final line in "Let it Go".
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Finally conquers her crippling fear and reconnects with her sister.
* EasilyForgiven: Once she returns to the kingdom and undo the EndlessWinter she has caused on Arendelle, the citizens welcome her with open arms without any hint of resentment despite the potential casualties it has caused.
* EmotionalPowers: Her powers are connected to her emotions. When she's feeling better she creates happier things like Olaf, but when she wants to hide away from the world she creates the massive Marshmallow. Negative emotions like fear or worry tend to give her PowerIncontinence, while positive ones allow her more control of her powers. Embracing her love for others is what allows her to lift the EndlessWinter from Arendelle.
* EmotionlessGirl: For many years, Elsa had to constantly [[EmotionSuppression suppress her emotions]] in fear she would lose control of her powers.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Her ice dress is pretty glittery, which becomes particularly evident when she steps into the sunlight at the end of "Let It Go". There are also sparkles in her hair, as her braid is adorned with tiny sparkling snowflakes.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In the brief shots of her as a child at various ages, Elsa wears her hair in a braid until her parents die; then she wairs it in a bun [[note]]The first shot she wears it in a bun is at the very last line of "Do You Want to Build a Snowman"[[/note]]. Fast-forward to Coronation Day and it's again in a bun - symbolizing it's a moment she needs to restrain her emotions. Then at the end of "Let it Go", Elsa drops her PrimAndProperBun in favor of the French braid she originally wore, symbolizing she isn't as constrained anymore.
* FisherKing: The weather changes according to her mood.
* {{Foil}}: She is serious in contrast to her energetic sister, Anna.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Responsible Sibling to Anna's Foolish Sibling. Anna wants to marry Hans, but Elsa refuses to let them get married because they've only just met that day.
** The roles get reversed in ''Frozen Fever'', as Elsa insists on going through the birthday celebrations despite being rather ill, while Anna realises that her sister ''desperately'' needs rest.
* FormFittingWardrobe: Her coronation dress, and especially her ice dress, are tailored enough to perfectly highlight her curves.
* FriendlessBackground: Like her sister, she was raised in seclusion and she doesn't have any friends her age.
* FullContactMagic: Whenever she uses her powers intentionally, she always makes grand gestures with her hands or dancing. When she creates her ice palace, it's more like she's actually lifting it out of the mountain than anything.
* GlassCannon: She's ''very'' powerful, but still ultimately a young woman susceptible to conventional harm if one bypasses her icy defenses. When a crossbow knocks down the ice chandelier, it knocks her out.
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: {{Inverted|Trope}}. Instead of involuntary isolation giving someone mental/emotional issues, she isolates herself on purpose ''because'' of her emotional issues.
* GoodWithNumbers: It is stated in ''Literature/ASisterMoreLikeMe'' that Elsa loves geometry. This is shown in the film, when she uses her knowledge of geometry to create her ice palace, and describing her snow designs as 'fractals'; an advanced geometry concept for the time period.
* GorgeousGarmentGeneration: Her sparkly blue Snow Queen dress was ''woven from ice and snow''.
** In ''Fever'' she updates it to green, with flower decorations, to fit with Anna's birthday.
* HairDecorations: Elsa's is subtly adorned with snowflakes. As a kid, she has a blue headband.
* HairstyleInertia: After her IAmSong, Elsa goes back to wearing the same single ponytail she had as a child.
* HappyHolidaysDress: In ''Olaf's Frozen Adventure'', Elsa has a darker blue version of her ice dress, where the snowflake motif is more visible, and the neckline is trimmed with white fur, giving her a festive snow queen look.
* HatesBeingTouched: She won't let other people touch her, out of fear of losing control of her powers. Not knowing the truth leads Anna to think she's a neat freak. Once Elsa has her powers in check, she's freer with physical contact.
* HeroAntagonist: She unintentionally drives the conflict, creating an EndlessWinter in the middle of summer when she runs away to the mountains to isolate herself in an attempt to protect everyone else from her powers. Her sister, Anna, has to seek her out so that they could find a way to stop the winter she unknowingly caused.
* HeroicAlbino: Has extremely pale skin, white hair, and is a good person.
* HeroicBSOD:
** When Hans tells her that Anna's dead. When Elsa goes through these, the snow tends to freeze outside (also happened when she learned that her parents were dead).
** She goes through on in ''Olaf's Frozen Adventure'' when she believes she and Anna don't have any traditions.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: [[JerkassFacade Acts aloof and secretive]], attempting to be an EmotionlessGirl, for thirteen years in order to keep her powers as a [[AnIcePerson literal ice queen]] controlled and hidden, both to avoid the reactions of others and to avoid hurting them, but it makes her look like a [[IceQueen cold-hearted metaphorical one.]] And ''then'' she opens up the castle for her coronation day, and a [[FriendlessBackground neglected and lonely Anna]], who [[LaserGuidedAmnesia doesn't know why]] her family's been keeping [[FriendlessBackground her and the rest of them so isolated]] or [[JerkassFacade why Elsa ''appears'']] to [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim not care about her]], is ecstatic to finally find someone who seems to care about her. Knowing the gates are about to close again, she quickly becomes engaged to the visitor. Elsa, caught off-guard by [[FourthDateMarriage the suddenness of the engagement]], orders the guests out and the gates shut again, terrifying Anna, who begs Elsa, [[GoMadFromTheIsolation "please, please, I can't ''live'' like this anymore"]] and questions why Elsa shuts both her and the world out. A stressed Elsa lashes out during the argument, shooting out an array of ice spikes and revealing her powers to an astonished crowd. The Duke of Weselton accuses her of being a [[WickedWitch monster,]] and fearing her lack of control, she flees, as unbeknownst to her, the entire kingdom plunges into an EndlessWinter - which doesn't help the accusations. [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen For all the other characters know, it looks as if Elsa cursed the land on purpose]]. [[UndyingLoyalty Despite the argument, Anna's the only one to believe]] that Elsa is not the [[WickedWitch stereotypical evil witch-queen]] she appears to be and to realize that she's just scared.
* TheHermit: She tries this lifestyle for a while, as she thinks she can escape her problems by living alone in an ice castle on the side of a mountain. She ultimately learns otherwise, however.
* HiddenDepths:
** She demonstrates a sly sense of humor during the coronation, when she tricks Anna into dancing with the Duke of Weselton and barely suppresses a laugh at her sister's expense. One of the cut songs, "We Know Better", expands on this, indicating in the lyrics that as a child Elsa would occasionally "freeze her nanny's big behind" or "freeze her tutor's tea".
** Although she is passive compared to Anna, it is implied that she ironically enjoys more thrilling activities than her sister. Immediately after thawing Arendelle, she creates an ice rink for everyone to enjoy without hesitation. While Anna is somewhat hesitant, she skates without fear, even encouraging her to join in.
** ''Frozen Fever'' reveals that she's game enough to dance at the top of a clock tower, despite being delirious from a cold.
* HighClassGloves: Though her gloves were to contain her power, they are still items fit for royalty. Even her coronation gloves match her dress.
* TheHighQueen: Even while hiding her powers, she tries to be a wise and good ruler for her kingdom. After she returns, she does this even while being herself, and her people are shown to love her in the follow up shorts.
* HotWitch: Once she's finally able to be herself and embrace her powers, her beauty really shines.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Elsa is right that Anna is too sheltered to understand what love is. But Elsa herself is also very sheltered having never set foot outside the castle in 13 years. Anna even [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out]] [[LampshadeHanging on this.]]
-->'''Anna:''' What do you know about love? All you know how to do is shut people out.
* ICantDance: She turned down the Duke's offer to dance because she doesn't know how. In one of the Frozen comics, Anna teaches her how to dance in preparation for a group of princes she's scheduled to dance with... who turns out can't dance either.
* AnIcePerson: Has the ability to create ice and snow, which also extends to creating [[{{Snowlem}} sentient snowmen]] and even a dress made of ice for herself. The origin of these powers is a case of AllThereInTheManual from [[http://johnaugust.com/2014/scriptnotes-ep-128-frozen-with-jennifer-lee-transcript Jennifer Lee]] (about a third down the page) revealed the explanation: a child is born with ice magic "like when Saturn is in this alignment with such-and-such on the thousandth year." This makes sense because, you know, [[FridgeBrilliance Saturn has both rings of ice and rock and a moon covered in ice]] [[note]]Or possibly because, to quote Wiki/TheOtherWiki, "Saturn is associated with focus, precision, '''nobility''', ethics, civility, lofty goals, purpose, career, great achievements, dedication, authority figures, ordered hierarchy, stability, virtues, productiveness, valuable hard lessons learned, destiny, '''conforming social structures''', balance, and karma (reaping what you have sowed or divine cosmic justice) but also with limitations, '''restrictions''', boundaries, '''anxiety''', tests, practicality, reality, and time. (...) Saturn symbolized processes and things that were dry and '''cold''', which are necessary balancing aspects to maintain life. It governed the [[FourTemperamentEnsemble melancholic humor]]." Know a better planet to make AnIcePerson melancholic queen?[[/note]]. It was left out of the final film because the more you explain about magic, the more you want to know about its rules, and more importantly it would have detracted from the plot, seeing as planetary alignment is not a major point unlike [[Disney/{{Hercules}} another Disney film]]. See also WhenThePlanetsAlign below.
* IceQueen: Both literally and figuratively! Though she was rather cheerful as a child, when Elsa's powers accidentally hurt Anna, she felt a need to tightly control her emotions so that no one would find out or be hurt. In particular, Anna feels shut out and disliked by her sister for no reason she can understand, though the party at the beginning of the movie makes it clear even to her that Elsa ''does'' care about her. In any case, her own mask didn't work and when her cover was blown she just gave up on it entirely, leading into her song ''Let It Go.'' Sure, she might have to isolate herself from humanity from the rest of her life, but hey, look at the bright side! At least she doesn't have to bottle her emotions up anymore.
* AnIceSuit: A variation; her slinky blue gown seems much better suited for warm weather. [[RequiredSecondaryPowers The cold never bothered her anyway (presumably because being one who can make ice makes it possible for her to tolerate subzero temperatures more easily)]].
* IconicOutfit: Her silky blue gown + gauzy cape is her most recognizable outfit, and is printed on more merchandise than her others.
* IcyBlueEyes: Not evil, but since her element is ice, this fits.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Cutting off Anna when they were kids.
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: While she was going to kill the Weselton guards in self-defense (who didn't stop their assassination attempt even after she eased her icy death traps), Hans pleads with Elsa not to do it, because it would only end up painting her as a monster to everyone. Considering she had already accidentally plunged the country into an eternal winter a short while ago, as evil as Hans turns out to be, he does have a point.
* ImaginationBasedSuperpower: She can make ice constructs of anything, even a whole palace.
* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Her new outfit was woven from ice crystals.
* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: Downplayed, as her figure is still unrealistic, but not to the proportions typical of the trope.
* InstantExpert: During the course of "Let it Go", she gains increasing control of her powers, going from creating a few wisps of cold, to constructing a crude snowman, to a fairly large bridge, which becomes crystalline and intricate as she crosses it, to an entire palace made of ice. Also downplayed in that while she knows how to direct it, [[PowerIncontinence she doesn't know how to turn it off]]. The former is justified by one of the tie-in books, which reveals that Elsa was a fan of geometry since she was little.
* InternalizedCategorism: Thanks to some childhood trauma, she grows up fearing her own powers. This is especially bad for her since her powers can be triggered by her own emotions, so this made them even harder to control.
* JerkassFacade: Although Elsa may seem aloof towards Anna, this is only her repressing her emotions in order to keep her powers in check, and she really does deeply care for her sister and her well-being, but thought she had to push her away, believing this would protect her.
* JerkassHasAPoint: While she isn't being particularly understanding, she's completely right when she refuses to approve of Anna's wedding to Hans on the grounds that [[FourthDateMarriage marrying a man you just met]] is ridiculous, a sentiment [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Kristoff]] agrees with. She's proven right upon the reveal that Hans was EvilAllAlong.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Best displayed when the Duke's guards tried to kill her. She's in her ice outfit, as in the slinky dress, cape, and heels, and her powers still make her formidable against them. The only reason they even stood a chance at first was because she didn't want to hurt anyone. Their relentless attacks drove her to fight back, and they were clearly no match.
* LadyOfBlackMagic: Ice-oriented variant but her magic is certainly not evil.
* LettingHerHairDown: After tossing away the crown, she knocks off her bun in favor of a French braid.
* LonelyRichKid: Isolates herself from everyone, including Anna, even though they live in the same house.
* LoveRedeems: It's Anna's love for Elsa that helps Elsa make her HeelFaceTurn and end the EndlessWinter that she started.
* MadGod: Technically she's a Neurotic Overpowered-Mage, but [[Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible the results are surprisingly similar]]: She sets off an eternal winter by having an anxiety attack, and ''accidentally creates life'' while in a good mood.
* MadnessMantra: "Don't feel, don't feel, don't feel, don't feel!" She says this after Anna tells her that she caused an endless winter in Arendelle. To make it creepier, the icy room around her turns red and ice spikes jut forth from the walls as she says this, springing from the dread she is unable to suppress.
* TheMakeover: With no one left to worry about once she leaves Arendelle, she quickly drops her restraint, lets down her hair, and puts on something ''way'' more flattering. Even when gaining control over her powers, Elsa still keeps the look. It's just too cool to lose.
* MalfunctionMalady: In the ''Frozen Fever'' short she has a cold that gets progressively worse. Every time she sneezes, she creates a few tiny armless "snowgies". At the end, Olaf and Kristoff herd hundreds of them up to the ice palace. She also sneezes right as she tries to blow on the ceremonial horn which through sheer coincidence happens to launch a massive snowball that knocks Hans into a pile of manure all the way over in the Southern Isles entirely.
* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: Elsa and Anna's strained relationship is not helped by Elsa occasionally acting happy to see Anna (such as her coronation party and when Anna first enters her ice palace), which gets her hopes up, only to turn around and abruptly tell her they can't see each other anymore.
* MeaningfulName: "Elsa" is German for "noble", which alludes to her high status as a princess, her ascent as queen of Arendelle, and the fact that deep down she really has a good heart and spirit. Also, the name Elsa comes from Elizabeth, which stems from the Hebrew name Elisheva, which means "God is my oath," reflecting her sense of duty.
* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: When fleeing across the fjord she doesn't realize that behind her the steps across the water are expanding, causing the entire area to freeze solid. The rest of Arendelle freezes over within hours, before she manages to figure out how to actually ''thaw'' the ice she creates.
* MsFanservice: Fairly {{Downplayed}}, but after transforming into [[AnIceSuit her ice dress]], she is the most scantily clad character in the film (relatively speaking).
* MostCommonSuperpower: Downplayed. Though it's hard to tell given the animation style, Elsa's figure qualifies as a downplayed version of the ImpossibleHourglassFigure (see above). It's easy to see what contributes for Elsa's top half and she does have [[AnIcePerson powers]], completing the trope. Also, looking at the sisters side by side, one notices that Elsa's bust is considerably larger than Anna's.
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->'''Appearances in alternate continuities:''' ''Frozen: Northern Lights'' | ''Series/OnceUponATime'' | ''Videogame/FrozenFreeFall'' | ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity'' | ''[[Disney/RalphBreaksTheInternetWreckItRalph2 Wreck-It Ralph 2]]'' | ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''

->'''Appearances in alternate continuities:''' ''Frozen: Northern Lights'' | ''Series/OnceUponATime'' | ''Videogame/FrozenFreeFall'' | ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity'' | ''[[Disney/RalphBreaksTheInternetWreckItRalph2 Wreck-It Ralph 2]]'' | ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''

* ChildrenAreInnocent: Anna was a very idealistic, naive and happy go lucky child. She was the type to feel that nothing could ever go wrong. Unfortunately for Anna, something went severely wrong when Elsa accidentally injures her with her magic while they were playing together. The accident had serious consequences which includes having Anna's [[LaserGuidedAmnesia memories of Elsa's magic wiped]], not having social contact with others, and having an estranged and distant relationship with Elsa. Interestingly enough, Anna's actions of wanting to play with Elsa were the catalyst for everything that happened in the story yet Anna was too young and innocent to understand what was going on at the time.

* BettyAndVeronica: Anna is the "Archie" to Kristoff's "Veronica" (manly ice farmer) and Hans's "Betty" (cultured prince).

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Anna can be completely silly and dorky but don't think she won't stand up for herself. This is a girl who stood up to a furious giant snow monster and didn't care about the consequences, or sucker-punching a guy who tried to kill her sister.

* ThePollyanna: Promotional material lists her defining trait as "eternal optimism".

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: She has been said to have the personality traits of Ariel, Mulan, and Rapunzel all rolled into one.

* FoolForLove: Combined with LoveMakesYouDumb, Anna is extroverted, outgoing, headstrong, and brave. Her naivety, however, is a contributing factor as to why she was willing to marry Hans, a man she just met. Played even more straight when he turned out to be a {{Jerkass}} who was only using her to rule the kingdom. [[VillainHasAPoint Even he points out]] how foolish she was for this.

* TheIngenue: [[JustifiedTrope She's been locked up at home all her life]], making her very naive about the real world. It's [[DeconReconSwitch both]] a {{Deconstruction}} ''and'' {{Reconstruction}} of the trope in a Disney movie. Anna's naïveté and her status as the heir apparent after Elsa becomes queen leads to Hans hatching his plot to take over the throne. However, once Hans had been neutralised, Anna gains some wisdom without becoming cynical or losing any of her warmth and sweetness.

* {{Reconstruction}}: Of TheHeart and TheIngenue. Much like TheChick of old, Anna's main strength isn't so much her smarts, experience or power, but her care for the people around her and her determination to save them from their darker sides. However, this doesn't mean she has to be [[DamselScrappy completely useless]], [[SatelliteCharacter completely based around those she cares about]], or that she [[NeutralFemale can't have agency in the plot.]] StupidGood naiveté and any ideas about romance solving all your problems are treated as a [[SmittenTeenageGirl teenage girl thing]] she gets to [[CharacterDevelopment grow out of]] without having to turn all cynical or lose any of her warmth and sweetness.

** She's a bit more fleshed-out in the Broadway adaption. It's mentioned that she lived with nomads before marrying into the royal family, and she debates the wisdom of Agnarr's plans for isolating the sisters.

* NiceGirl: Anna is always sweet, cheerful, and kind, though [[BewareTheNiceOnes she has her limits]]. She's such a good person that she is an AllLovingHero who constantly uses ThePowerOfLove to fix everything bad that happens.

* MeaningfulName: "Elsa" is German for "noble", which alludes to her high status as a princess, her ascent as queen of Arendelle, and the fact that deep down she really has a good heart and spirit. Also, the name Elsa comes from Elizabeth, which stems from the Hebrew name Elisheva.

* NiceGirl: She is caring, warm, protective, loving, compassionate, selfless, benevolent, emotional, sensitive, and peaceful. Even before her CharacterDevelopment, her (metaphorical) IceQueen tendencies were really a JerkassFacade to keep her powers in control.

* AmbiguousDisorder: It's been confirmed by Jennifer Lee that Elsa suffers from depression and anxiety.

* {{Reconstruction}}: Of TheHeart and TheIngenue. Much like TheChick of old, Anna's main strength isn't so much her smarts, experience or power, but her care for the people around her and her determination to save them from their darker sides. However, this doesn't mean she has to be [[DamselScrappy completely useless]], [[SatelliteCharacter completely based around those she cares about]], or that she [[NeutralFemale can't have agency in the plot.]] StupidGood naiveté and any ideas about romance solving all your problems are treated as a [[SmittenTeenageGirl teenage girl thing]] she gets to [[CharacterDevelopment grow out of]] without having to turn all cynical or lose any of her warmth and sweetness. However, this may change in the sequel.

* AmbiguousDisorder: It's been confirmed by Jennifer Lee that Elsa suffers from a bit of depression and anxiety issues. Given [[TraumaCongaLine her story]], it's not too much surprise.

* CoversAlwaysLie: A lot of promotional art depicts her as confidently smug, while in the movie proper she's anything but she saves for the moments when she's being herself instead of "the good girl you always have to be".

* HighClassGloves: Though her gloves were to contain her power, they are still items fit for royalty. Even her coronation gloves match her dress. She had quite a lot of gloves, as shown in "Olaf's Frozen Adventure".

* IconicOutfit: Her silky blue gown + gauzy cape is most recognizable, and is printed on more merchandise, than her coronation outfit.

* JerkassFacade: Although Elsa may seem a bit aloof towards Anna, this is only her repressing her emotions in order to keep her powers in check, and she really does deeply care for her sister and her well-being, but always thought she had to push her away, just to protect her. Originally, when Elsa was going to be a villain, she demonstrated this trope more clearly.

* AnIcePerson: Has the ability to create ice and snow, which also extends to creating [[{{Snowlem}} sentient snowmen]] and even a dress made of ice for herself. The origin of these powers is a case of AllThereInTheManual from [[http://johnaugust.com/2014/scriptnotes-ep-128-frozen-with-jennifer-lee-transcript Jennifer Lee]] (about a third down the page) revealed the explanation: a child is born with ice magic 1000 years after Saturn is in an alignment with something. This makes sense because, you know, [[FridgeBrilliance Saturn has both rings of ice and rock and a moon covered in ice]] [[note]]Or possibly because, to quote Wiki/TheOtherWiki, "Saturn is associated with focus, precision, '''nobility''', ethics, civility, lofty goals, purpose, career, great achievements, dedication, authority figures, ordered hierarchy, stability, virtues, productiveness, valuable hard lessons learned, destiny, '''conforming social structures''', balance, and karma (reaping what you have sowed or divine cosmic justice) but also with limitations, '''restrictions''', boundaries, '''anxiety''', tests, practicality, reality, and time. (...) Saturn symbolized processes and things that were dry and '''cold''', which are necessary balancing aspects to maintain life. It governed the [[FourTemperamentEnsemble melancholic humor]]." Know a better planet to make AnIcePerson melancholic queen?[[/note]]. It was left out of the final film because the more you explain about magic, the more you want to know about its rules, and more importantly it would have detracted from the plot, seeing as planetary alignment is not a major point unlike [[Disney/{{Hercules}} another Disney film]]. See also WhenThePlanetsAlign below.

* OneWomanArmy: Elsa was able to handle herself against the Duke of Weselton's bodyguard.

* WhenThePlanetsAlign: The circumstances of Elsa's birth, according to [[WordOfGod Jennifer Lee]]. A child is born with ice magic 1000 years after Saturn is in a certain alignment with something. It was meant to be explained in the film but was left out due to being expository, and its unknown what Saturn is aligned with and how often it occurs.

* MyBelovedSmother: Deconstructed. Agdar and Iduna desired to protect their children, so they isolated them from anything that could hurt them, including each other. Because of this, the girls are denied the life experiences and skills that real people need to develop. Elsa becomes an IneffectualLoner who hides her emotions from everyone, including her sister until they are released. Since her powers are controlled by her emotions, not knowing how to handle either sets off the plot. Anna grows up very naive as to how love, the world and even how her own kingdom works, resulting in her getting engaged to a man she barely knows [[spoiler:who turns out to be a GoldDigger and is just using Anna's naivety to marry his way into ruling Arendelle]].
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: While their insistence that Elsa isolates herself and hide her powers was well-meaning, the reason her powers got so out of control as she grew older was ''because'' of the isolation. It's only once she opens up and accepts the love and affection of her friends and family that she regains the level of control over her powers that she had as a child. Many fans have interpreted this as AnAesop: When you have kids, don't make them feel ashamed or afraid of who they are, even if society may frown upon them. It will not end well.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Both of them could be around their early 40 at the time of the last voyage, but they look relatively younger than this. Iduna is virtually a brunette version of Elsa.

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