Princess Maniacs
is a Self-Insert Crossover between the Animaniacs and Disney Princess franchises written by gelefant.
Ariel, Jermaine, Melody, Rapunzel, and Tiana suddenly wake up to find themselves inside the Warner siblings' water tower with no idea how they got there or how to get back.
Artwork for the fanfic can be found here, here, and here.
Tropes found in this fanfic:
- Adaptational Badass: Rapunzel gains Hand Blast abilities as part of her Sun Drop powers.
- Anger Born of Worry: After Jermaine jumps off the water tower and lands safely on the studio lot below, Ariel places her hand on her heart and sighs in relief before she and the other princesses berate him for being so reckless.
- Comically Missing the Point: Pretty much all of Dr. Scratchansniff's sessions with the princesses end up like this.
- Futile Hand Reach: Ariel reaches her hand out towards Jermaine while shouting his name after he jumps off the water tower. As mentioned above, he suffers no injuries.
- Gasp!: The princesses do this after Jermaine jumps off the water tower.
- Get Out!: Dr. Scratchansniff screams this three times as he prepares to literally kick Ariel and Melody out of his office after they begin the word-association test before he actually begins it.Dr. Scratchansniff: Get out, get out, get out!Ariel: Leave, leave, leave.
- Girl in the Tower: All of the princesses, technically. Rapunzel lampshades that she's stuck in a tower again.
- Hurricane of Puns: Much to Dr. Scratchansniff's ire, the princesses do this.
- Inkblot Test: Rapunzel's session involves this. Of course, it goes just as poorly as the other ones.Dr. Scratchansniff: What do you say to this?Rapunzel: I'd say you're not a very good artist.
- Internal Homage:
- Most of the first half plays out exactly like the first episode of Animaniacs (2020) but with Jermaine and the princesses in place of the Warner siblings.
- Most of the second half plays out exactly like the first episode of the original series but with Jermaine and the princesses instead of the Warner siblings.
- Literal-Minded: The princesses do this constantly, much to the annoyance of Dr. Scratchansniff. Tiana's one-on-one session is especially loaded with this.
- Mythology Gag: As mentioned above and below, Ariel reaches her hand out towards Jermaine while saying "Jermaine, no!" after he jumps off the water tower. She did the exact same thing with Melody in The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea right before Melody hands Morgana King Triton's trident.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Not long after arriving in the Animaniacs universe, Jermaine and the princesses begin to act more like the Warner siblings. Dr. Scratchansniff theorizes this is a result of the universe itself and could get worse the longer they stay.
- Rearrange the Song: Jermaine and the princesses twice rewrite the Animaniacs theme song to fit themselves since they're not the Warner siblings and to avoid copyright infringement.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech: The princesses berate themselves for their above-mentioned out-of-character behavior.
- Say My Name: Ariel says "Jermaine, no!" and reaches her hand out towards him after he jumps off the water tower.
- Three-Point Landing: Rapunzel pulls one off after she jumps from the water tower. Jermaine and the other princesses are so impressed that they applaud.
- Weird Crossover: As mentioned in the description, it's a crossover between Animaniacs and the Disney Princesses.
- Word Association Test: Dr. Scratchansniff tries this on Ariel and Melody. Unfortunately, they do the test before he even begins. (Melody: Starts!)
