History Characters / FrozenHans

* ThisCannotBe: After Elsa manages to finally control her powers and thaw out Anna after being frozen through ThePowerOfLove, Hans has this very revelation when he sees them both alive and exclaims to Anna, "But she froze your heart!"

** Wrath: Gets irate when Elsa escapes the prison and chases her in the ice storm. When the Duke whines that he's giving away "tradable goods" and that Anna "may be conspiring with a sorceress," he angrily threatens the man. The Duke stands down.

* SpareToTheThrone: The youngest of ''thirteen'' princes, giving him a very slim chance at inheriting the throne. Whereas Anna [[TheCreon doesn't take advantage of the snowstorm to depose her sister]], Hans doesn't have any qualms using shortcuts to become king. Ironically, if he had been genuine in his affections for Anna, he likely would have become king anyway, [[spoiler:as Elsa abdicates the throne at the end of ''Frozen II''.]]

* SpareToTheThrone: The youngest of ''thirteen'' princes, giving him a very slim chance at inheriting the throne. Whereas Anna [[TheCreon doesn't take advantage of the snowstorm to depose her sister]], Hans doesn't have any qualms using shortcuts to become king.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SantinoFontana (English); Erik Segerstedt (Swedish); Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (Japanese); Liron Lev (Hebrew), David Robles (European Spanish), Hugo Serrano (Latin Spanish)

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* EvilPrince: He is most certainly evil, but unlike most examples of this trope, it's not his own kingdom he's trying to kill the rightful heirs to and usurp, as he has twelve older brothers and there's no way he can get them out without casting suspicion onto himself.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His last name has been spelled as Westerguard, Westergard, and even Westergaard. Considering the fact that Jennifer Lee never directly stated in her tumblr post on the subject how to spell it, and didn't correct the poster who asked the question, it can be assumed that Westerguard is meant to be correct.

* * StressVomit: Subverted in ''A Frozen Heart''. He nearly barfs while giving a account of the tax collection he "conducted" to his father.

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[[Characters/FrozenArendelle Arendelle]] ([[Characters/FrozenAnna Anna]], [[Characters/FrozenElsa Elsa]]) | '''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:''' ''Series/OnceUponATime'' | ''Videogame/FrozenFreeFall'' | ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6''[[note]]cameo only[[/note]] | ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''[[note]]retelling of ''Frozen''[[/note]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SantinoFontana (English); Erik Segerstedt (Swedish); Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (Japanese); Liron Lev (Hebrew), David Robles (European Spanish)

* BaitTheDog: His character is a major subversion of the classical Disney Prince: handsome, brave outwardly friendly and polite, and even played by Creator/SantinoFontana, known at the time of his casting for playing a more straightforward PrinceCharming role in the Broadway run of Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein's ''Theatre/{{Cinderella}}''. He's friendly to Anna and is shown helping the common folk and standing up to the Duke when the old man starts complaining that he's giving away "tradable goods" and that Anna [[FantasticRacism "may be conspiring with a sorceress."]] He later goes after the sisters himself when Anna's horse comes back without her, stops Elsa from killing the Duke's men who had attacked her, stops one of the men from shooting her, and then later when Elsa is imprisoned, pleads with her to stop the eternal winter and seems nothing but sympathetic. Then when a cursed Anna comes to him for a TrueLovesKiss, Hans smiles as romantic music swells, leans in... and the music abruptly stops as he flashes a SlasherSmile and [[TheReveal reveals]] that he was faking his romance with Anna and pretending being a NiceGuy to the dignitaries and locals [[PragmaticVillainy to usurp the Arendellian throne with both sisters out of the way and with enough support to avoid too much objection]].

* CorruptedCharacterCopy: In ''A Frozen Heart''. Minus the lack of pyrokinesis, he has a backstory similar to [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Prince Zuko]]: Both are the sons of sociopathic despots who openly abused them emotionally and physically while showing favoritism to their siblings for being more competent and loyal, both of them have a mother in an AwfulWeddedLife that they genuinely care for, both have have one relative who served as a confidant (Iroh for Zuko, Lars for Hans), and both of them don't want to do harm yet want to prove themselves to their fathers. But whereas Zuko was a teenager who had his uncle as a ParentalSubstitute to be a positive influence and would pull off a HeelFaceTurn upon realizing his father is a terrible man, Hans is a grown adult who embraced cruelty to the point of caring only for power and respect as a means of earning his father's love while lacking a positive influence of his own.

* BullyMagnet: In ''A Frozen Heart''. Being the easiest target for bullying, his brothers frequently pick on him as a reminder of his low status in the familial pecking order.

** In ''A Frozen Heart''. At times, Hans does acknowledge that he's the BlackSheep of the Westergaard clan. So to escape from his grimy reality, he often fantasizes a world where he's appreciated by his family, but those daydreams often end with him realizing he'll never be loved. [[SelfDeprecation He even makes self-deprecating deadpan jokes]] about his low status in the familial pecking order and tries to downplay it, but only Lars knows the reality behind it.

** He embodies [[TheCreon Anna]]'s [[SpareToTheThrone feelings of inadequacy and invisibility]], representing what she could've been if she stopped reconciling with Elsa and sought attention at all costs. They're both ignored by their older siblings, driven and active in pursuing their goals, but Hans thinks LoveIsAWeakness and focuses on his own betterment over others, while Anna makes an effort to find love again and zealously protects her sister. Taken further in the novel ''A Frozen Heart'', in which he plans to rub it in his family's faces rather than reconcile with them.

** In the film, he is a hybrid of the unstable and empty types. His feigned charms hide his true intent of seizing the Arendellian throne and the internal hatred against his brothers. He [[MasterActor mirrors his persona]] towards the person he's talking to [[ManipulativeBastard in a calculated approach]]. The creators even compared him to a [[AnimalMotifs chameleon]].

* SuccessfulSiblingSyndrome: He still resents his 12 older brothers, and it's expanded upon in ''A Frozen Heart''. His father often favored his 12 older sons, causing him to develop a desire of getting out of their shadow and seek his distant father's approval at all costs.