History Characters / FrozenAnna

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KristenBell (adult), Abby Trott (''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)\\

[[center:[-''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' '''[[Characters/{{Frozen}} Main Character Index]]'''\\
[[Characters/FrozenArendelle Arendelle]] ('''Anna''', [[Characters/FrozenElsa Elsa]]) | [[Characters/FrozenHans Hans]] | [[Characters/FrozenWeselton Weselton]] | [[Characters/FrozenNorthuldra Northuldra]] | [[Characters/FrozenMagicalCreatures Magical Creatures]] | [[Characters/FrozenAnimals Animals]] | [[Characters/FrozenExtendedMedia Extended Media]] ([[Characters/AFrozenHeartExclusive A Frozen Heart Exclusive]])-]]]

'''Appearances in alternate continuities:''' ''Frozen: Northern Lights'' | ''Series/OnceUponATime'' | ''Videogame/FrozenFreeFall'' | ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity'' | ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'' | ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''[[note]]retelling of ''Frozen''[[/note]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KristenBell (adult), Abby Trott (''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)\\

* CharacterCatchphrase: "...Wait, what?", which was improvised by Kristen Bell.

!Anna

* CatchPhrase: "...Wait, what?", which was improvised by Kristen Bell.

* FlatWhat: Her CatchPhrase at several points in franchise. She even does it to herself early on.

* TheHeroine: Anna is the one who goes on the journey and mission to save both Elsa and the entire kingdom, and is the one who does so with her HeroicSacrifice. She's also the main protagonist of the film.

* CoolLoser: {{Justified|Trope}}. Even though Anna is a princess and is beautiful and caring, she grows up without any friends because she's locked away in a castle with few other people. Meanwhile, her sister Elsa starts avoiding Anna in an attempt to keep her secret powers under control, but since Anna doesn't know this is Elsa's reason, this leads her to believe Elsa doesn't care about her.

* AnythingThatMoves: {{Downplayed|Trope}}, {{Deconstructed}} JustifiedTrope. Having spent the majority of her life isolated and [[FriendlessBackground feeling lonely, 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 first 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 {{justified|Trope}} by the fact that Hans turns out to be an OpportunisticBastard taking advantage of her vulnerability and [[ManipulativeBastard actively manipulating her]]. Anna [[{{Deconstruction}} learns a greater understanding of what real love looks like throughout the course of the story]].

** 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 wants 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. 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]]'' [[ThePowerOfLove to thaw]]. {{Lampshaded}} by Kristoff:

** This is her biggest strength in the sequel where, after losing Elsa and Olaf, and Kristoff and Sven leaving without saying anything, Anna is left all alone again and broken. But despite this, she forces herself to do the next right thing. She gets better at the end when everyone comes back to her. It's this trait, along with her All-Loving nature, that Elsa decides makes her the best person to rule Arendelle.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KristenBell (adult), Abby Trott (''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)\\

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KristenBell (adult), Abby Trott (''VideoGame/DisneyDreamlightValley''), Livvy Stubenrauch (child, speaking) and Katie Lopez (child, singing), 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)\\

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KristenBell (adult), Abby Trott (''VideoGame/DisneyDreamlightValley''), Livvy Stubenrauch (child, speaking) and Katie Lopez (child, singing), Agatha Lee Monn (9 year old), Music/SaaraAalto (Finnish dub), Creator/EmmylouHoms (European French dub), Véronique Claveau (Canadian French dub)\\

[[Characters/FrozenArendelle Arendelle]] | '''Anna''' | [[Characters/FrozenElsa Elsa]] | [[Characters/FrozenHans Hans]] | [[Characters/FrozenWeselton Weselton]] | [[Characters/FrozenNorthuldra Northuldra]] | [[Characters/FrozenMagicalCreatures Magical Creatures]] | [[Characters/FrozenAnimals Animals]] | [[Characters/FrozenExtendedMedia Extended Media]] | [[Characters/AFrozenHeartExclusive A Frozen Heart Exclusive]]-]]]

* TheChick: Excluding Elsa, Anna is the only girl between herself, Kristoff, Hans, Sven, and Olaf, and Elsa barely interacts with those characters. 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 are to bring everyone together and keep everyone together for the common goal of bringing back summer to Arendelle.

* {{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 [[TheLoad 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 aloof behaviour, 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.

* 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.

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

* AmbiguousDisorder: After spending many years isolated away from people and locked in a castle, Anna displays hyperactive behavior 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. Her InksuitActor, Creator/KristenBell, has said in interviews that she felt "weird" growing up and wanted to help kids who felt different to accept themselves by creating a character who was also that way - who was awkward and goofy and klutzy and hyperactive, who talked a lot and to themselves and who often put their foot in their mouth, yet was still a good person who was loving and determined.

* EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes: Anna strictly believes in ThePowerOfLove and never stops believing that Elsa is good inside. There is one exceptions to this: Hans, when he pretends to love her [[GoldDigger just so he can]] [[TheUsurper usurp the Arendellian throne]] and [[MurderByInaction leave her for dead]] after Elsa accidentally freezes Anna's heart.

** [[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 runs 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.

* 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.

* 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]]'' [[BigSisterWorship 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 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.

* 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 AllLovingHero - and it pays off.

* 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 find a way to save both Elsa and the kingdom of Arendelle when at first it looks like only one can be.

* 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.

* 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.

* 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 magenta skullcap to wear over her head as part of the winter wardrobe that she acquires at Wandering Oaken's Trading Post & Sauna.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KristenBell (adult), Livvy Stubenrauch (child, speaking) and Katie Lopez (child, singing), Agatha Lee Monn (9 year old), Music/SaaraAalto (Finnish dub), Emmylou Homs (European French dub), Véronique Claveau (Canadian French dub)\\

* LockedIntoStrangeness: Developed [[SkunkStripe strands 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 that she has had it from birth). 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, with the streak gone completely.

* SkunkStripe: Anna has a single platinum-blonde streak in her strawberry-brown hair from Elsa [[LockedIntoStrangeness accidentally striking her in the head when she was 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.]]

** Green. Every single one of her outfits has at least a green element to it, even her iconic "winter dress", which has green leaves and stems as part of the floral motif. Most even have it as their primary color. 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.

* PimpedOutCape: Anna has a green cape she wears to go searching for her sister, and later [[StylishProtectionGear a warmer pink cape]].