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Actor Shipping: A small group of fans like to ship Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell, who played sisters Elsa and Anna, together due to their off-screen friendship, mainly as a way for fans who felt that they have chemistry but found "Elsanna" to be too squicky, to ship them. Even though both are straight, Bell is married to Dax Shepard, Menzel is married to Aaron Lohr, and both have described their relationship as "sisterly" at most. The pairing has plenty of fanfiction and cute moments edits around the internet, along with their own Portmanteau Couple Name, "Bellzel".
Complete Monster: King Runeard ^Appearances, former king of Arendelle, was the father of Agnarr and the grandfather of Anna and Elsa. Runeard was abusive towards his wife and child, eventually causing the former to leave him, with Runeard blaming this on "evil spirits". Runeard eventually encountered the Northuldra tribe and feared them for their use of magic which could threaten his power, so he built a dam to drain their resources and force their submission while lying about it as a peace offering. This dam would also threaten the nearby kingdom of Vesterland with starvation. Realizing this, its two princesses, Sissel and Ingr, refused to help fund the dam, and when Sissel died in a flash flood, Runeard forced the only witness to lie that Ingr "murdered" her sister, attempting to execute her to eliminate any opposition to his project. When the Northuldran chief showed concern over the dam, Runeard killed him in cold blood and waged battle on the Northuldrans, killing many on both sides. Even after his death, his actions would continue to haunt all involved.
Crossover Ship:
- Elsa is very frequently paired with Jack Frost and hilariously enough Sub-Zero, in addition to a large number of other "ice people", although less seriously, as spoofed in this fanart◊. ^note
- There's also a small portion of fans liking Elsa x Pitch, because his life's work is fear and her whole problem is letting fear control her, and even smaller portion liking Anna x Pitch as well, because they contrast so well.
- Ever since one of the directors jokingly mentioned they'd be a good couple◊, Elsa is also being shipped with the title character of Wreck-It Ralph. Rich Moore, the director of Wreck-It Ralph, has also teased the ship.
- The Mike Wazowski x Olaf joke ship, culminating into things like this and this◊.
- Given that Merida is, like Elsa, a romantically un-attached Disney Princess experiencing difficulties with royal propriety and possessing substantial Lesbian Subtext, this pairing◊ was probably inevitable.
- Pairing Elsa and Elphaba from Wicked is a thing due to their similarities and because they've both been played by Idina Menzel.
- There is a bunch of Elsa/Riku fan art. Here's some, and more here, and especially here.
- Elsa also tends to be paired up with either Steve Rogers or Bucky Barnes somewhat frequently.
- A few people ship Snow Queen Elsa with Fire Lord Zuko, as evidenced by this◊ gif.
- Some even have shipped Princess Azula with Hans, as shown here, given their tendencies to be Manipulative Bastards towards others and family issues.
- Elsa and Loki. Unsurprising, since the latter is a Frost Giant.
- Idina Menzel herself named Tinkerbell as Elsa's ideal love interest.
- Elsa x Tadashi Hamada is pretty popular as well.
- Elsa x Arthas/the Lich King - a very ice-themed villain who rules from a place called the Frozen Throne. It doesn't help that she looks and sounds a lot like his former lover, Jaina Proudmoore, who's also good at ice magic.
Fan-Preferred Couple: Anna/Elsa. Their being sisters or Anna having a canon fiancé does little to curb fan enthusiasm for this ship. There are however quite a few AU fics/art pieces that portray them as not being related.
Fandom-Enraging Misconception: It is Queen Elsa to you! She's not Princess Elsa. ^{Frozen II spoiler}
Fanon: Has its own page.
Fandom Heresy: The crossover ship with Jack Frost has become the subject of this for some fans with many claiming that anyone who ships Elsa with Jack is not a "True" fan and disloyal to the Disney brand since Jack Frost comes from DreamWorks Animation, Disney's rival.
Incest Yay Shipping: There's been no shortage of shipping of both Elsa and Anna (who are sisters, shall we repeat) ever since 2013. Doesn't really help that each and every animated installment of the franchise featuring them has brought material to fuel this.
Launcher of a Thousand Ships:
- Elsa is shipped with every character from Frozen and with characters from dozens of other works.
- While Anna isn't shipped with as many characters as Elsa, she has been shipped with many from both Frozen itself and other works.
Memetic Mutation: Has its own page.
Testosterone Brigade: Elsa has a number of fanboys (and even some fangirls), due to her Supermodel Strut, blonde hair, and her legs. About 50% of the male comments on the official "Let It Go" video are somewhere among the lines of "WORK THOSE THIGHS!", "DEM HIPS!", "You go, girl!", "DAT BOUNCE!", or some utterly horrible Pun on how their "hot love" will thaw Elsa's "ice cave." This video outright says "That chick from Frozen is hot!"
Theme Pairing:
- It's common to pair Elsa with just about any other character with ice powers. Jack Frost is the most popular, though there are others, such as the Ice King and DC Comics' Killer Frost and Mr. Freeze.
- The Royal Protector pairs together Elsa with Cassandra from Tangled: The Series because they fit a Lady and Knight theme: Elsa is The High Queen and Cassandra is her tomboyish Battle Butler.
Ugly Cute: Olaf is a very cute, if somewhat oddly shaped, snowman. Also the trolls, while they are literally stone, are also considered very cute.
Viewer Pronunciation Confusion: Anna's name is pronounced with a soft O instead of a soft A to sound more Norwegian (Ah-nuh), though many viewers use the more common pronunciation (Ann-uh).

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