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A SuperTrope to PrincessClassic, PrincessesRule, PrettyPrincessPowerhouse, PoliticallyActivePrincess, TomboyPrincess, RebelliousPrincess. If your princess doesn't hail from a well-organized kingdom but from a faraway village, she's TheChiefsDaughter.

* The Franchise/DragonAge games have a handful of princesses, all of whom qualify for BadassPrincess. Cassandra Pentaghast, Seeker of Truth and Right Hand of the Divine, is a princess of the kingdom of Nevarra, although her RoyalBlood is of absolutely no interest to her. A female protagonist in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' who comes from either the Human Noble or Dwarf Noble background is entitled to be called a princess; the Dwarf Noble is the daughter of the king of Orzammar, while the Human Noble is the daughter of the ruler of a {{principality}} within Ferelden. And if Hawke, in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', is female and marries potential {{Love Interest|s}} Sebastian Vael, she becomes Princess of Starkhaven.

A SuperTrope to PrincessClassic, PrincessesRule, PrettyPrincessPowerhouse, PoliticallyActivePrincess, TomboyPrincess, BadassPrincess, RebelliousPrincess. If your princess doesn't hail from a well-organized kingdom but from a faraway village, she's TheChiefsDaughter.

* Princess Calla of ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' is an ActionGirl and BadassPrincess-in-training. Really, she'd rather be a knight.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': The titular character Star Butterfly is a princess of Mewni, she counts as BadassPrincess as she beats up monsters with her bare fists, and has inherited a magical wand which she can use to destructive effect. Which is also the reason her parents sent her to Earth, so she can learn how to use her power more responsibly.

* ''FanFic/TheVow'' (a ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' fanfic) includes as one of the main characters Lady Lianne, a gentle [[SwansASwimming swan]] noble, who's [[{{Expy}} based on]] the below mentioned [[WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess Odette]]. She becomes Gongmen City's ruler for twenty years, and she's called "The Swan Princess" by the admiring people.

A SuperTrope to PrincessClassic, PrincessesRule, PrettyPrincessPowerhouse, PoliticallyActivePrincess, TomboyPrincess, RebelliousPrincess. If your princess doesn't hail from a well-organized kingdom but from a faraway village, she's TheChiefsDaughter.

** Kaguya also fits, though not literally being a princess, she is the highest ranking of the surviving Japanese noblewomen, delicate, though spirited, with all the personality of a traditional fictional princess, and the head of the NAC, which governs the Japanese "on behalf" of the Britannain Prince/Princess in charge of Area 11. Though she's not said to suffer as much as the Britannian Princesses, all of her family are dead, and [[spoiler:by the end of the series, she is the chairwoman of the UFN -- composing of the countries of at least half the world - though at the cost of her self-declared husband.]]

** ''Anime/GundamReconguistaInG'' has Aida Surugan, who was the daughter of the commander of the the Amerian Army. [[spoiler: She's actually adopted, though her real parents were a disgraced political family from the Moon.]]

* ''Comicbook/TeenTitans'' has had a surprising number of princesses join their team: Comicbook/{{Starfire}}, [[Comicbook/WonderGirl Donna]], [[SixthRangerTraitor Terra]] and arguably [[AntiAntiChrist Raven]]. {{Parodied}} [[http://waitingforthet.tumblr.com/post/162429199930/even-barbara-gordons-dad-is-sort-of-like-the-king here]].

* {{Averted}} in ''Film/{{Cinderella 2015}}''. The movie emphasizes the prince choosing Cinderella over other possible princesses. [[spoiler:Moreover, Cinderella becomes a queen, not a princess, upon marriage, since Kit had been made king due to his father's death.]]

* ''{{Film/Kingsman}}'': In the first movie, there is a [[SexyScandinavian Swedish princess]] held captive by [[BigBad Valentine]], but she gets rescued by [[TheHero Eggsy]] and promises to... "[[RescueSex reward him properly]]". In the second movie, she becomes his LoveInterest and play a bigger role in the story.

* The warlord Manzai from ''[[Literature/{{Spellsinger}} Chorus Skating]]'' evidently believed this in-universe, as he ''collected'' princesses abducted from neighboring countries. The party that freed his collectibles found this trope subverted when their five rescued charges prove to be [[SpoiledBrat quite a handfull]].

* ''Series/TheMysticKnightsOfTirNaNog'' features a FiveManBand of warriors who utilize the elements of earth, air, fire, water and, oddly, forest. Four of the Knights are male, one is female -- Princess Deirdre. She [[ActiveRoyalty takes over her father's duties when he's incapacitated]]. Also, three of the male knights were princes from other kingdoms [[spoiler:including the one they were fighting against!]]

* Pops up a couple of times in ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch''. When Sabrina is preparing for her wedding she becomes obsessed with being a princess. To the degree that she summons Cinderella for advice.
** It's also given a Gender Flip in the season 1 finale. Sabrina is locked in a tower by a troll. And it's legal. The only way to save her is if a ''Prince'' rescues her. Said troll does dress Sabrina up like a PrincessClassic though.

** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' once again gives us a slew of princesses; there's Emmeryn and Lissa, who are [[WarriorPrince Chrom's]] older and younger sisters, respectively, and [[spoiler:there is his future daughter, Lucina. If he marries Sumia or Sully, their daughters, Cynthia and Kjelle, will also be princesses]]. Finally, [[spoiler:the BigBad Validar becomes the king of the Theocracy of Plegia during the game, so this would technically mean that [[PlayerCharacter the Avatar]], if female, would be a princess as well]]. Finally, we get Say'ri, the sword-wielding princess of Chon'sin. [[spoiler: If a Male Avatar marries any of the above, his daughter Morgan would be a princess by birthright]].

* ''VideoGame/DivinityDragonCommander'' offers four princesses as love interests for the main protagonist to [[ArrangedMarriage marry in order to forge a political alliance]], though he can pursue an [[RomanceSidequest unique relationship]] with each one of them.

* ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' subverts this in a game called "Castles and Knights". Since Bob rebooted into a knight, the viewer assumes that Dot has rebooted into the princess and is the damsel in distress. The subversion comes when it's revealed that ''Enzo'' has rebooted into the princess, and Dot rebooted into another knight. [[FridgeHorror Very disturbing when you think of what this would do to a little boy's psyche]].

* ''Film/Kingsman'': In the first movie, there is a [[SexyScandinavian Swedish princess]] held captive by [[BigBad Valentine]], but she gets rescued by [[TheHero Eggsy]] and promises to... "[[RescueSex reward him properly]]". In the second movie, she becomes his LoveInterest and play a bigger role in the story.

A SuperTrope to PrincessClassic, BadassPrincess, PrincessesRule, PoliticallyActivePrincess, TomboyPrincess, RebelliousPrincess. If your princess doesn't hail from a well-organized kingdom but from a faraway village, she's TheChiefsDaughter.

* The Erlking's Daughter (yes, this is her actual title, her name is Aisling) in ''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}'' is a literal fairy princess, who is quite {{badass|Princess}} and {{ma|sterOfIllusion}}gical... and uses her powers mostly for the noble cause of [[ShipperOnDeck shipping the cast]].

On the other hand, if she's [[BadassPrincess surprisingly good in a fight]] despite her sheltered upbringing, it might be because AuthorityEqualsAsskicking.

** {{Disney}}/{{Moana}} is the most recent Disney princess and expected to be added to the official Disney Princess line soon. Her film even lampshades her status in one scene where she insists that she's not really a princess and Maui points out that she ''is'', complete with animal sidekicks.

** There's an odd aspect to this in the 90s anime, in which, whenever Usagi needs to unlock new powers or tap into the full potential of the Silver Crystal, she always transformed into ''Princess'' Serenity, despite the fact that she rarely needed to do so in the manga, and after the second arc transformed into ''Neo-Queen'' Serenity when she did need to do so.

** As for ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', the Avatar, if female, is a princess of Hoshido raised with the royal family of Nohr. 'Princess' is even in her starting class's name! The {{Deuteragonist}} Azura is the opposite of the Avatar: a princess of Nohr raised with the royal family of Hoshido. Speaking of said royal families, in Nohr there's Camilla and Elise, and in Hoshido there's Hinoka and Sakura. If someone marries Leo or Takumi, they'd be princesses by marriage. (Marriage to Ryoma or Xander doesn't count since [[spoiler: they succeed to the throne, making their wives queens by the end of the game.]] Marriage to a male Avatar counts as long as it's not the ''Revelations'' route [[spoiler: for the same reason.) Ophelia is a princess by blood, being Lissa's granddaughter through her father (and Lissa's son) Owain/Odin. A Male Avatar, if married, will produce a daughter named Kana who also has Nohr Princess as her starting class. And if a man marries one of the above royals and produces a daughter, that daughter would be a princess]].

* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' gives us demon princess Rozalin in the [[VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories second game]] and human princess Sapphire Rhodonite in the [[VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice third]]. Of course, Rhodonite has a ([[OneManArmy not]] [[AxCrazy unfounded]]) reputation as an unflinching berserker while Rozalin has a bloody history as [[spoiler:Xenon, the "God of All Overlords"]].

* ''Comicbook/TeenTitans'' has had a surprising number of princesses join their team: Comicbook/{{Starfire}}, [[Comicbook/WonderGirl Donna]], [[SixthRangerTraitor Terra]] and arguably [[LadyOfBlackMagic Raven]]. {{Parodied}} [[http://waitingforthet.tumblr.com/post/162429199930/even-barbara-gordons-dad-is-sort-of-like-the-king here]].

* ''Comicbook/TeenTitans'' has had a surprising number of princesses join their team: Comicbook/{{Starfire}}, [[Comicbook/WonderGirl Donna]],
[[SixthRangerTraitor Terra]] and arguably [[LadyOfBlackMagic Raven]]. {{Parodied}} [[http://waitingforthet.tumblr.com/post/162429199930/even-barbara-gordons-dad-is-sort-of-like-the-king here]].

** To drive the point home, when her husband was murdered by his archenemy, Projectra invoked the royal right to execute him, and instead of using her powers to do so, ''she snapped his neck with her bare hands.''

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'' - while the real Anastasia was royalty, she is recognised as "Grand Duchess" rather than princess.[[note]]The Russian royals called their daughters Grand Duchesses instead of princesses to give the impression that, as imperial royalty, they were of higher rank than a regular princess of a mere monarchy.[[/note]] But the film frequently refers to her as a princess just to avoid confusion. In a twist, she also [[spoiler: gives up the title and chooses to elope with Dimitri]].

** This probably goes back to the [[TheOriginalSeries original]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam series]], whose Sayla Mass (real name: Artesia Som Deikun) is a princess-in-exile of TheKingdom-like Republic of Zeon founded by her father. By the time of ''MSG'', however, the former Republic is taken over by the villainous [[EvilChancellor Zabi]] family and transformed into a "[[TheEmpire Principality]]", so her heritage doesn't do her any favor. Although Sayla doesn't really count considering her father was a democratic leader, and Zeon only became a monarchy after her father died.

* Creator/TaraDuncan [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerate this trope]] with all female prominent characters being princesses more or less officially; Tara is an heiress of the [[TheEmperor imperial category]] [[spoiler: (along with her long-lost sister)]]while her friends Sparrow and Fafnir are respectively non-heiress princess and TheChiefsDaughter. The female dragon Charm is later revealed being a princess too, like the demon Sanhexia.

* The Pennykettles from [[Literature/{{Dragons}} The Last Dragon Chronicles]] are [[spoiler: all dragon royalty descendants. Technicalities. What can ya do?]]

* Princess Kumatora in ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}''. [[spoiler:Both straight and subverted - the only reason she's a "princess" is because some people decided that everything's better with them.]]

* LampshadeHanging on the whole phenomenon is done in [[http://www.misfile.com/?page=427 a strip]] of ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}''.

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