History Franchise / DisneyPrincess

** Creator/SusanEgan (Megara in ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}''), Laura Osnes (Cinderella in the 2013 ''[[Theatre/CinderellaRodgersAndHammerstein Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella]]'' Broadway stage adaption), Courtney Reed (Jasmine in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' Broadway stage adaption), and Aisha Jackson (Anna in the ''Theatre/{{Frozen|2018}}'' Broadway stage adaptation) singing for "Disney Princess - The Concert". Other singers joining the tours include Creator/AnnelieseVanDerPol (Belle in the 2007 ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' Broadway stage adaption) and Krysta Rodriguez (Megara in the 'WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' Central Park stage production), among others.

** Creator/SusanEgan (Megaera in ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}''), Laura Osnes (Cinderella in the 2013 ''[[Theatre/CinderellaRodgersAndHammerstein Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella]]'' Broadway stage adaption), Courtney Reed (Jasmine in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' Broadway stage adaption), and Aisha Jackson (Anna in the ''Theatre/{{Frozen|2018}}'' Broadway stage adaptation) singing for "Disney Princess - The Concert".

* ModularFranchise: No Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon work depicted these heroines together in any combination until ''Ralph Breaks the Internet''. However, in pictures of the ladies all together, they were often shown staring off at various directions or looking straight ahead into the "camera:" this was to acknowledge that they're not really "together" and existing in the same universe. Beginning with the 2021 Ultimate Princess Celebration, some pictures (such as the one on the top of the Disney Princess website's homepage) show the Princesses [[https://imgur.com/a/OspfFLw actually interacting with each other]]. The line has even extended to include Creator/{{Pixar}} heroine Merida.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Every Disney princess has some kind of animal friend, or in some cases a whole posse: Snow White and Aurora are accompanied by various woodland animals (Snow White is usually pictured with songbirds, and Aurora with an owl); Cinderella had birds, mice, and a dog; Ariel has a fish, seagull, and crab; Belle has a horse; Jasmine had a pet ''[[PantheraAwesome tiger]]'' that drives away unwanted suitors; Pocahontas has a raccoon, a hummingbird, an army of technicolor leaves, and [[HeelFaceTurn later a pug dog]]; Mulan had her pet dog, a dragon, a cricket, and her horse; Tiana has a firefly and a trumpet-playing alligator; Rapunzel has a chameleon and later a horse ally; Merida has her horse (and of course her mother and brothers as bears).

*** Anna (GenkiGirl, bubbly, ThinksLikeARomanceNovel)

*** Elsa (AnIcePerson and PhysicalGoddess)

*** Raya ([[WarriorPrince Warrior Princess]])

*** Moana (MusclesAreMeaningless)

** ''VideoGame/DisneyPrincessRoyalAdventure''

** This was initially inverted with Pocahontas and Mulan, and to lesser degrees Jasmine and Tiana. All are considered "official princesses" and are as major characters as the others, but they were left out of the majority of the advertising. Many observers have noticed this, speculating that it's a race related issue as they are the only non-white princesses -- and ironically are some of the more recent and recognizable ones. When Disney decided not to renew their licensing agreement with Creator/{{Mattel}} to produce the dolls at the end of 2014, they opted to sign on with rival toymaker Creator/{{Hasbro}}. In a deal that managed to make the cover of ''Bloomberg Buisnessweek'', [[https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2015-disney-princess-hasbro/]] Disney and Hasbro made sure that these characters were marketed as prominently as their non-POC counterparts.

** In the film, Cinderella has a silver dress and strawberry-blonde hair, but in the franchise, she usually has a blue dress and golden blonde hair. In fact, later editions of the film edited Cinderella's dress of silver to blue. It's believed that this change was because as ColorCodedCharacters sell better, Cinderella's dress would've appealed to children more in blue than "grey". Funnily enough, this OlderThanTheyThink; a lot of early merchandise including [[https://archive.org/details/lp_the-best-of-disney_various-cinderella-cast-winnie-the-pooh records]], [[https://myfavouritefunnies.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/cinderella-pinkgown1.jpg comics]], and [[https://archive.org/details/waltdisneyscinde00gran books]] often made the dress ''pink''.

** In the film, Cinderella has a silver dress and strawberry-blonde hair, but in the franchise, she usually has a blue dress and golden blonde hair. In fact, later editions of the film edited Cinderella's dress of silver to blue. It's believed that this change was because as ColorCodedCharacters sell better, Cinderella's dress would've appealed to children more in blue than "grey".

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Pocahontas, Rapunzel, and Moana all go barefoot for their entire movie, and this carries over to most related materials. Aurora is barefoot while living as the peasant girl Briar Rose, but gets shoes when she's made up as a princess and taken to the palace. While Ariel wears heels for most merchandise, in most story-related materials (books, movies, etc) she is usually shown barefoot.

** Mulan is actually the daughter and the wife of military men -- nevertheless, she was included in the franchise so Asian little girls could have "their" Disney princess. [[spoiler: Mulan nearly married a prince in the sequel. When she offered her hand to the prince, a counselor of the king said he should accept because a heroine such as Mulan would be a better daughter-in-law than "simple princesses"]].

** [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] with Cinderella. She’s always presented in her ballgown, which she does wear for quite a bit of the movie. However, her dress in merchandise is blue, while it’s silver in the movie.
** Aurora spends most of her movie wearing the blue version of her dress. It was most likely changed to pink so she wouldn’t be mistaken for Cinderella.
** Ariel is presented in a sparkly sea foam green dress with purple seashell jewelry -- an outfit that doesn’t exist in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}''. This combines clothing from both her iconic mermaid form and her human form.

* TheBeautifulElite: All the princesses are attractive, and this is often made a major point in the movies. This is particularly true of Aurora, who received a fairy's blessing of beauty. Notably, their lives appear far more glamorous in the merchandise than their films: only Ariel, Jasmine and Merida are living as princesses during the beginning of their movies.

** An original song by Music/{{Brandy}} (Cinderella in ''[[Film/Cinderella1997 Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella]]'' film adaptation)
** Creator/SusanEgan (Megaera in ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}''), Laura Osnes (Cinderella in the 2013 ''[[Theatre/CinderellaRodgersAndHammerstein Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella]]'' stage play), Courtney Reed (Jasmine in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' stage adaptation), and Aisha Jackson (Anna in the ''Theatre/{{Frozen|2018}}'' Broadway stage adaptation) singing for "Disney Princess - The Concert".

* GracefulLadiesLikePurple:
** Rapunzel has a purple and lavender dress with pink touches.
** Jasmine has two such outfits: one she wears when her engagement with Ali is to be announced, the other is a slightly varied version seen in ''The Return of Jafar''.
** Aurora sometimes wears a purple dress as a compromise between her pink and blue dresses.
** All the girls get a few purple non-canonical outfits.

** Esmeralda and Tinker Bell was part of the Princess lineup until 2004.

** Esmeralda was part of the Princess lineup until 2004.

* AdvertisedExtra: This was initially inverted with Pocahontas and Mulan, and to lesser degrees Jasmine and Tiana. All are considered "official princesses" and are as major characters as the others, but they were left out of the majority of the advertising. Many observers have noticed this, speculating that it's a race related issue as they are the only non-white princesses -- and ironically are some of the more recent and recognizable ones. When Disney decided not to renew their licensing agreement with Creator/{{Mattel}} to produce the dolls at the end of 2014, they opted to sign on with rival toymaker Creator/{{Hasbro}}. In a deal that managed to make the cover of ''Bloomberg Buisnessweek'', [[https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2015-disney-princess-hasbro/]] Disney and Hasbro made sure that these characters were marketed as prominently as their non-POC counterparts.

* Raya from ''WesternAnimation/RayaAndTheLastDragon''

** Creator/KellyMarieTran (Raya in ''WesternAnimation/RayaAndTheLastDragon'') as a reader along Creator/AuliiCravalho, Music/MandyMoore, and Creator/AnikaNoniRose, as readers for ''Literature/TalesOfCourageAndKindness'', a collection of new Disney Princess tales.

*** Raya (WarriorPrincess)

** [[WesternAnimation/RayaAndTheLastDragon And a Southeast Asian girl]]

** Raya is [[TakenForGranite turned to stone]] by the Druun, but is restored to life by the Dragon Gem.

** [[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland Alice]] is sometimes included in the line, and was featured in the Disney Princess magazines in the early 2000s.

** [[WesternAnimation/{{Moana}} A Polynesian girl

** [[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} And a Scottish girl]]

* Merida from ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}''

* ModularFranchise: No Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon work depicted these heroines together in any combination until ''Ralph Breaks the Internet''. However, in pictures of the ladies all together, they were often shown staring off at various directions or looking straight ahead into the "camera:" this was to acknowledge that they're not really "together" and existing in the same universe. Beginning with the 2021 Ultimate Princess Celebration, some pictures (such as the one on the top of the Disney Princess website's homepage) show the Princesses actually interacting with each other. The line has even extended to include Creator/{{Pixar}} heroine Merida.

* AdaptationalBadass: It's common nowadays to see a previous princess who never actively engaged in battle being portrayed as a full-blown ActionGirl, parody or otherwise. DerivativeWorks/{{{{Cinderella}} seems to take the cake, as she's not only gotten a [[WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime sequel movie]] where she kicks ass, but was prepared to do so again in ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet.''