History Characters / FrozenAnna

* SuperiorSuccessor: Elsa believed that Arendelle would be better off ruled by Anna instead of her. At the very least, Anna’s more extroverted nature leads her to connecting to the people more and in F2 she is seen giving orders before Elsa does. They are both equally competent as leaders, but Anna is just more personable and natural while Elsa is professional and introverted.

* SuperiorSuccessor: Elsa believed that Arendelle would be better off riled by Anna instead of her. In “Polar Nights” Anna turns out to be able to tolerate meetings better than Elsa did. And in one of the stories in “All Is Found” Anna successfully establishes a trade agreement between with the Southern Isles which her father (and supposedly Elsa) had attempted to do before.

[[caption-width-right:193:''[-"Excuse me, I climbed the North Mountain, survived a frozen heart, and saved you from my ex-boyfriend, and I did it all without powers. So, you know, I’m coming."-]'']]

** Despite their estranged relationship, Anna has a strong admiration for her older sister Elsa is amazed by what Elsa is capable of. This admiration is obvious when Anna and Elsa are children playing together and Anna is 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. She refuses to give up faith in Elsa, even when Elsa freezes the kingdom and kills - despite it [[HeroWithBadPublicity appearing as if Elsa, who truly hadn't meant to do either, had done those things on purpose]].

* 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 [[ThinksLikeARomanceNovel naive]] and despite being rather sweet and well-intentioned, [[NoSocialSkills her general isolation and neglect growing up leave her social skills underdeveloped, so she often says the wrong thing at the wrong time]], like finishing the phrase "We finish each other's - " with "sandwiches."

** In the first film, if Elsa pushing her away and (accidentally - but Anna has no way of knowing that) freezing her heart wasn't enough, Hans's reveal that he never truly loved her pushes her to HeroicBSOD. 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.

* CharacterDevelopment: In the first movie, [[ThinksLikeARomanceNovel the naive Anna]] comes to have a mature understanding of what love actually is. Specifically, that "love is putting someone else's needs before yours." While [[AllLovingHeroine Anna never gives up her belief in Elsa's goodness]], she thought that her [[IceQueen aloof sister didn't love her because Elsa became closed-off toward her]]. She was unaware that it was a facade that Elsa used to keep her emotions - [[PowerIncontinence and, by extension, secret powers - in check]]. She also thinks at first that Hans must be her OneTrueLove [[DesperatelyCravesAffection because he acts nice]] and [[BirdsOfAFeather they seem to share many things in common]]. When Hans [[TheReveal reveals]] himself to have been an EvilAllAlong GoldDigger, Anna realizes that she was wrong about what love was, but after sacrificing her life to save Elsa, she acknowledges that her this was an ActOfTrueLove for her sister, her acknowledgement showing she now understands what it is.

** Green. Most of her outfits at least a green element to them, even her iconic "winter dress", which has green leaves and stems as part of the floral motif. Many even have it as their primary color, and she always chooses green at formal events. It's also present in her ''Frozen Fever'' and queen dresses. 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 translates to "The Renewal") and the chance of finding love, including romantic love. It's in her coronation dress, too. 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. 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 solid ice, but her ActOfTrueLove [[ThePowerOfLove brings her - and the color - back]].

-->'''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?

** The first thing Anna is shown doing as a child is asking her sister to play together. When her sister pushes her off the bed, she picks herself up and suggests an activity she clearly knows Elsa is passionate about and might change her mind - and does. As an adult, she is playful, resilient, and thoughtful.

* TheFettered: Despite being a CuteClumsyGirl who is quirky and awkward, Anna draws strength from her commitment to unconditional love, which drives her through dangerous journeys [[HeroicResolve even when]] she is literally dying - or feels as if she may prefer to be.

* GoodIsNotDumb: Zigzagged. One of her main weaknesses is that she [[DidNotThinkThisThrough sometimes makes rash decisions]], and being locked up most of her life has also left her rather naive. Both of these ''do'' get her hurt, and other characters question her idealism. After her attempts to help Elsa leave her with a deadly curse, her fiance reveals himself to have been a GoldDigger and mocks her for trying to help Elsa, sneering "You were dumb enough to go after her!" On the flip side, her optimisism and kindness allow her to retain her faith in HeroWithBadPublicity Elsa despite so much evidence against her. She is also rather clever sometimes, saving Kristoff from wolves and falling off a cliff with her quick thinking, and can be remarkably perceptive, realizing that Elsa isn't malicious like she seems. After being frozen by Elsa (with''out'' any way of knowing it was an accident) and Hans betraying her, she still rejects GoodIsDumb and chooses to continue to believe in and sacrifice her life for Elsa. Her compassion isn't just a product of naivety - she really is ThePollyanna and an AllLovingHeroine - and it pays off.

** In Polar Nights Elsa states that Anna doesn’t mind difficult working so long as she gets to help people. She even found soil reports interesting that Elsa found mind numbing.

* 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.

* ObliviousYoungerSibling: Anna is convinced her older sister Elsa is just misunderstood, remembering how close the two of them used to be when young, even when Elsa ends up looking ''really'' bad after seemingly ignoring Anna for most of their childhood, shooting ice spikes at Anna in the middle of an argument, and then promptly fleeing the kingdom, leaving the country in [[EndlessWinter a magical blizzard in July]]. [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood She turns out to be right - most of the issues truly are misunderstandings or accidents.]]

* 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 (accidentally - but Anna doesn't know that), Anna never gives up on her and is still determined to rekindle their relationship. She has UndyingLoyalty and unconditional love for Elsa no matter what. She makes a choice to [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice her life]] to save Queen Elsa despite the fact the she strikes her in the heart (also accidentally - but Anna doesn't know that, either) and continually shuts her out (in an attempt, unbeknownst to Anna, to protect Anna from the magical power Elsa can'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 saves Anna from her DisneyDeath because her sacrifice was an ActOfTrueLove. In the end, it's Anna's familial love for Elsa that ends up saving Anna herself, Elsa, ''and'' the entire kingdom of Arendelle.
* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Deconstructed. Anna was locked away at a young age and didn't get much socialization, to the point that she ended up turning to paintings for conversation, so her idea of love ends up rather storylike. She believes in FourthDateMarriage if it's "true love", which she thinks describes her relationship with Hans after one date. He turns out to be a GoldDigger manipulating her so he can get closer to the throne, and Anna moves on to the more sincere Kristoff, who's proven himself true - and they take things more slowly.

%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample. What about Elsa?* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Downplayed. 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 repeatedly, act awkwardly, be NotAMorningPerson with the hairstyle and drool to match, and ride a bicycle indoors.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Tomboy to Elsa's Girly Girl. Anna is a feisty SpiritedYoungLady in contrast to Elsa, a more reserved and graceful and strives to be a "perfect girl" as a way to control her emotions and her ice powers, manages to be very queenly even after she runs away, & is shown to be more of a ProperLady through the series, even as a free-spirited nature guardian.

** When Hans says, "We finish each other's -- ," she thinks of ''sandwiches''. 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]]. Her love of sandwiches has come up throughout the franchise, including TieInNovel ''Literature/AFrozenHeart'' and merchandise, like the Frozen Anna Travel Bag Play Set, which includes one.

* 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.

* WideEyedIdealist: Reconstructed. Anna is extremely idealistic by nature and naive. She thinks Hans is her OneTrueLove after less than day, only to find out he's a murderous GoldDigger. She also believes Elsa is just misunderstood when the latter freezes the whole kingdom, but turns out to be ''right''. By the end of the movie, she's become more discerning and realistic, but still retains her idealism. The casting call for the Broadway version even outright says "her greatest flaw – and her greatest strength – is her faith in love".

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Anna is instrumental in pulling Elsa out of her fear and depression. When everyone is afraid of Elsa and thinks that she is a monster, Anna is always the one to believe that Elsa is a good person despite the mistakes that she makes - shutting Anna out since childhood, abandoning her kingdom, dooming Arendelle to an eternal winter, freezing her heart, etc. - even before finding out that the latter two were accidents or Elsa's reasons for the first two. 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. She even says to her Elsa after she finally thaws Arendelle: "I knew you could do it."

* HeroesWantRedheads: Falls in love with Hans at first sight. Subverted when it turns out he's a villain, and she ends up with the blonde Kristoff in the end.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KristenBell (adult), Creator/AbbyTrott (''VideoGame/DisneyDreamlightValley''), Livvy Stubenrauch (child, speaking, 2013) and Katie Lopez (child, singing), Hadley Gannaway (child, 2019), Agatha Lee Monn (9 year old); Music/SaaraAalto (Finnish dub), Creator/EmmylouHoms (European French dub); Véronique Claveau (Canadian French dub); Einat Azulai (adult), Ayala Feldman (child) (Hebrew dub); Jaedyn Randell (adult), Tuakoi Ohia (teen), Te Atakorihi Tutengaehe (child) (te reo Māori dub); Creator/RominaMarroquinPayro (adult), Sara Gómez (teen), Andrea Gómez (child) (Latin Spanish dub), Niji Dyall Price (child, 2013), Tuva Skarby (child 2019), Zoë Ackerman (9 year old), Mimmi Sandén (Swedish dub)\\