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Common plotlines involve a princess trying to regain [[RightfulKingReturns her rightful throne]], find her OneTrueLove (often PrinceCharming), [[GoodPrincessEvilQueen struggle against]] against an EvilQueen, evil queen]], or defy an unwanted ArrangedMarriage. More modern or fantasy versions may put her as a DamselOutOfDistress or a BenevolentMageRuler fighting to protect her kingdom from the EvilOverlord.
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* ComicBook/WonderWoman is the princess of the Amazons, daughter of their immortal queen Hippolyta.
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** Lucina in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' is the future daughter of Prince Chrom and of the three main Lords, who traveled back to the past to prevent the world from falling towards an apocalypse.
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** Lucina in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' is the future daughter of Prince Chrom and of the three main Lords, who traveled back to from the past to [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong prevent the world from falling towards into an apocalypse.apocalypse]].
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* ''VideoGame/{{Tsioque}}'' is about a princess who is on her own to rescue herself from the evil Wizard who took over her mother's castle. She doesn't need a prince to save her.
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** ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' (2013). The two main characters are both princesses, though Elsa is crowned a queen early on in the movie. The story focuses on Princess Anna, who had a sheltered childhood and identifies strongly with PrincessClassic archetypes, who goes on a quest to save her kingdom from her sister's magical powers as well as various hostile outsiders. [[Disney/FrozenII The sequel]] gives Elsa the main focus in which she, along with Anna, Kristoff and Olaf, try to find the reason she has ice powers.
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** ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' (2013). The two main characters are both princesses, though Elsa is crowned a queen early on in the movie. The story focuses on Princess Anna, who had a sheltered childhood and identifies strongly with PrincessClassic archetypes, who goes on a quest to save her kingdom from her sister's magical powers as well as various hostile outsiders. [[Disney/FrozenII The sequel]] gives Elsa the main focus in which she, along with Anna, Kristoff and Olaf, try to find the reason she has ice powers.
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* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': The title character turns out to be Princess Serenity, for whom everyone had been searching. In the [[Manga/SailorMoon manga]] and TheNineties English dub of the [[Anime/SailorMoon anime]], all the other senshi were princesses, too. 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 always transformed into ''Neo-Queen'' Serenity when she did need to do so.
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* ''Manga/TisTimeForTorturePrincess'': The eponymous Princess is [[PrettyPrincessPowerhouse a knight and a captain of the Third Imperial Legion]], [[TykeBomb trained in the art of war from a very young age]]. Taken as a prisoner of war by the Hellhorde, she's subjected to [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment some highly unorthodox]] [[PokeThePoodle and decidedly non-evil]] tortures such as [[FoodAsBribe being offered gourmet food]] and [[ThePowerOfFriendship a chance to make and hang out with friends]].
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** ''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.
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** ''Disney/{{Moana}}'' is the most recent Disney princess and expected heroine to be added to the official Disney Princess line soon. Her film even lampshades her status It's an unusual example in one scene where she insists that she's technically not really a princess princess, as she points out. Her community doesn't have a monarchy, but she is the daughter of the village chief and is expected to take on leadership roles. She also fits some PrincessClassic tropes, especially Disney Princess ones, as Maui points out that she ''is'', complete with out.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' is about Star Butterfly, the Princess of Mewni, a kingdom from an alternate dimension of magic and your typical medieval kingdoms. At the start of the show, after she is given her wand, her parents send her to Earth to [[GenkiGirl mellow her out]], where ends up befriending Marco and goes to school with him. It kind of works, but not without multiple backfires, including [[spoiler:the reveal that the Royal Family has unknowingly been false claims to the throne for several generations.]]
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* In ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIVThePerilsOfRosella'', the protagonist is Princess Rosella, an ActionGirl who must find some magic fruit and defeat an evil sorceress in order to save her dying father.
* In ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVIIThePrincelessBride'', Rosella would return to being playable alongside her mother, with the adventure kicking off with Rosella being whisked away to the land of Eldritch.
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The singular role of princesses as heroines has endured despite [[SocietyMarchesOn the decline of the aristocracy]] and changing gender roles. Older iterations of the character were commonly the demure and [[IncorruptiblePurePureness pure]] PrincessClassic, but later versions moved to SpiritedYoungLady and RebelliousPrincess interpretations that made princesses more active players. Often, works combine the princess role with more modern female archetypes by making her a TomboyPrincess, PoliticallyActivePrincess or an ActionGirl PrettyPrincessPowerhouse.
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The singular role of princesses as heroines main characters has endured despite [[SocietyMarchesOn the decline of the aristocracy]] and changing gender roles. Older iterations of the character were commonly the demure and [[IncorruptiblePurePureness pure]] PrincessClassic, but later versions moved to SpiritedYoungLady and RebelliousPrincess interpretations that made princesses more active players. Often, works combine the princess role with more modern female archetypes by making her a TomboyPrincess, PoliticallyActivePrincess or an ActionGirl PrettyPrincessPowerhouse.
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** Lucina in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' is the future daughter of Prince Chrom and of the three main Lords, who traveled back to the past to prevent the world from falling towards an apocalypse.
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** ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' (2013). The two main characters are both princesses, though Elsa is crowned a queen early on in the movie. The story focuses on Princess Anna, who had a sheltered childhood and identifies strongly with PrincessClassic archetypes, who goes on a quest to save her kingdom from her sister's magical powers as well as various hostile outsiders.
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** ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' (2013). The two main characters are both princesses, though Elsa is crowned a queen early on in the movie. The story focuses on Princess Anna, who had a sheltered childhood and identifies strongly with PrincessClassic archetypes, who goes on a quest to save her kingdom from her sister's magical powers as well as various hostile outsiders. [[Disney/FrozenII The sequel]] gives Elsa the main focus in which she, along with Anna, Kristoff and Olaf, try to find the reason she has ice powers.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie'': Jailbreak is revealed to be a former princess emoji (princess of what exactly is never revealed) but took on a disguise as she didn't want to be associated with the expected nature of the title. Her adventure with Gene convince her she can still be herself without having to conform to people's expectations and she eventually ditches the disguise.
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** ''Disney/WreckItRalph'' (2012), PlayedWith when it's revealed Vanellope is actually the ruler of the world in "Sugar Rush" after everyone in the game gets their memories back. However, after going through the whole ordeal in the movie, decides to abdicate the throne and turn the kingdom into a democracy. This does get a cute lampshade in [[Disney/RalphBreaksTheInternet the second movie]] when she meets the rest of the Disney princesses while milling around on a Disney website.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'' centers around [[BenevolentMageRuler Princess Elena]], who will be queen of Avalor once she becomes of age. In the mean time, she uses her magical powers (usually her magic scepter, the Scepter of Light) to fight against the dark forces that try to take over Avalor, including [[EvilOverlord Shuriki]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'' centers around [[BenevolentMageRuler Princess Elena]], who will be queen of Avalor once she becomes of age. In the mean time, time she goes under the titled of "Crowned Princess" and uses her magical powers (usually her magic scepter, the Scepter of Light) to fight against the dark forces that try to take over Avalor, including [[EvilOverlord Shuriki]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehog'': One of the protagonists is one Sally Acorn, the princess of the former Acorn Kingdom which Robotnik took over. She leads the Freedom Fighters, of which Sonic is a part of, in the hope of taking it back.
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** ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' (1937): Snow White was left to die as an infant princess and was left to die. After facing off against an EvilQueen, she regains her rightful throne with the help of a handsome prince and some dwarfs.
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** ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' (1959): Princess Aurora is cursed by an evil witch, and then rescued by a handsome prince. The film largely focuses on her though.
** ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' (1989): A mermaid princess who falls in love with a human prince, and wishes to become human.
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** ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' (1959): Princess Aurora is cursed by an evil witch, fairy, and then rescued by a handsome prince. The film largely focuses on her though.
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** ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' (1989): A mermaid princess who wishes she could become human and explore the surface world falls in love with a humanprince, and wishes to become human.prince.
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** ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' (2009): In the original fairy tale, the main female character is a princess, but in this film, the heroine Tiana is a commoner who dreams of owning a bakery. She does become a princess eventually through marrying the prince, and the film is commonly considered a princess film nevertheless.
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** ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' (2009): In the original fairy tale, the main female character is a princess, but in this film, the heroine Tiana is a commoner who dreams of owning a bakery.restaurant. She does become a princess eventually through marrying the prince, and the film is commonly considered a princess film nevertheless.
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* ''Literature/ThePrincessSeries'' is a DarkerAndEdgier fairy-tale TwiceToldTale starring three princesses: Snow (Snow White), Danielle (Cinderella), and Tala (Sleeping Beauty).
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* ''Literature/LandOfOz'': Dorothy Gale, who is the protagonist of most of the books, is made a princess at some point due to her services to and friendship with Princess Ozma, which involve saving the kingdom from the Nome King several times and various other adventures. Ozma herself is usually a supporting character, and the only book where she is the main character comes before the reveal of her identity and royal status.
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** Dorothy Gale, who is the protagonist of most of the books, is made a princess at some point due to her services to and friendship with Princess Ozma, which involve saving the kingdom from the Nome King several times and various otheradventures. adventures.
** Ozma herself is usually a supporting character, and the only book where she is the main character comes before the reveal of her identity and royal status. She's crowned as queen in her [[Literature/TheMarvelousLandOfOz first book]] but is a princess in every other title.
** Dorothy Gale, who is the protagonist of most of the books, is made a princess at some point due to her services to and friendship with Princess Ozma, which involve saving the kingdom from the Nome King several times and various other
** Ozma herself is usually a supporting character, and the only book where she is the main character comes before the reveal of her identity and royal status. She's crowned as queen in her [[Literature/TheMarvelousLandOfOz first book]] but is a princess in every other title.
* ''Literature/ThePrincessSeries'' is a DarkerAndEdgier fairy-tale TwiceToldTale starring three princesses: Snow (Snow White), Danielle (Cinderella), and Tala (Sleeping Beauty).
* ''Literature/TamirTriad'' stars Tobin, a boy who turns out to be the princess Tamir RaisedAsTheOppositeGender.
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** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Starting from the fourth season onward, main character Twilight earns the right to become an alicorn and is dubbed the "Princess of Friendship", effectively becoming this trope.
** All the ponies are eventually revealed to be princesses in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyG3'' after Wysteria declares it in ''The Princess Promenade''.
** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Starting from the fourth season onward, main character Twilight earns the right to become an alicorn and is dubbed the "Princess of Friendship", effectively becoming this trope.
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* ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'', also loosely based on ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid'', focuses on Nanami, the Princess of the North Pacific Ocean, who teams up with fellow mermaid princesses Rina and Hanon to fight sea demons and save Nanami's boyfriend using their magical pearl powers.
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* ''Manga/YonaOfTheDawn'' centers around the titular Yona, a once {{spoiled|Sweet}} and {{sheltered|Aristocrat}} Princess of the Kouka Kingdom who is forced to [[KingIncognito hide her identity and live as a commoner]] after her father is assassinated by her cousin, who proceeded to usurp the throne. She is also the reincarnation of her nation's founder king, and commands the loyalty of the world's best warriors, even though she's lost her official title.
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* In ''Series/OnceUponATime'', Emma Swan learns that she's a fairy tale princess and her people need her to break a curse.
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* Princess Zelda in ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' is usually the DamselInDistress of the series, but sometimes she got more protagonism by her own, mostly as [[SecretIdentity Sheik]] in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' and AsHerself in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'', in both appearances serving as {{Deuteragonist}} with [[TheHero Link]] and [[BattleCouple fighting side by side with him]].
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** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', Midna, the princess of the Twilight Realm trying to reclaim her throne, is the SupportingProtagonist to Link's [[TheHero Hero]] [[TheChosenOne Chosen by the Gods]].
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** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', Midna, the princess of the Twilight Realm trying to reclaim her throne, is the SupportingProtagonist to Link's [[TheHero Hero]] [[TheChosenOne Chosen by the Gods]].
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** Celica in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden'' is the princess of Zofia. While she normally plays the {{Deuteragonist}} role, ''Gaiden'' has a TwoLinesNoWaiting structure so Celica is just as much of a main character as Alm.
** Edelgard plays this role in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', but only if the Crimson Flower sub-route is chosen and she becomes the {{Deuteragonist}}. Also in her class is Petra, a princess of Brigid despite being listed as a "Commoner" in terms of class.
** Edelgard plays this role in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', but only if the Crimson Flower sub-route is chosen and she becomes the {{Deuteragonist}}. Also in her class is Petra, a princess of Brigid despite being listed as a "Commoner" in terms of class.
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** ''Fire Emblem 8'' has three princesses. One of the main characters, Eirika, is a LadyOfWar Princess and swordwoman from Renais. Her best friend, the [[FragileSpeedster Pegasus Knight]] Tana, is the princess of Frelia. And another friend of hers, [[WellExcuseMePrincess L'Arachel]], is the princess of Rausten.
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** ''Fire Emblem 8'' ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'' has three princesses. One of the main characters, Eirika, is a LadyOfWar Princess and swordwoman from Renais. Her best friend, the [[FragileSpeedster Pegasus Knight]] Tana, is the princess of Frelia. And another friend of hers, [[WellExcuseMePrincess L'Arachel]], is the princess of Rausten.
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Aside from the FarmBoy or OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, few characters are more likely to be the hero or heroine of a story than a beautiful princess. FairyTale{{s}}, {{Fantasy}} stories, and stories aimed at children are all highly likely to feature a princess in a leading role. Likely due to the fact that [[PrincessPhase little girls love princesses]].
The singular role of princesses as heroines has endured despite [[SocietyMarchesOn the decline of the aristocracy]] and changing gender roles. Older iterations of the character were commonly the demure and [[IncorruptiblePurePureness pure]] PrincessClassic, but later versions moved to SpiritedYoungLady and RebelliousPrincess interpretations that made princesses more active players. Often, works combine the princess role with more modern female archetypes by making her a TomboyPrincess, PoliticallyActivePrincess or an ActionGirl PrettyPrincessPowerhouse.
Common plotlines involve a princess trying to regain [[RightfulKingReturns her rightful throne]], find her OneTrueLove (often PrinceCharming), or struggle against an EvilQueen or unwanted ArrangedMarriage. More modern or fantasy versions may put her as a DamselOutOfDistress or a BenevolentMageRuler fighting to protect her kingdom from the EvilOverlord.
Because PrincessesPreferPink, the Princess Protagonist is often also a PinkHeroine.
Works featuring TheChiefsDaughter as a heroine also count for this. May overlap with RulerProtagonist if PrincessesRule.
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* ''Anime/CodeGeass'' spinoff manga ''Manga/CodeGeassNightmareOfNunnally'' is a WhatIf scenario centering around Lelouch's sister and princess-in-exile Nunnally, who gains the power of Geass instead of [[NeverFoundTheBody possibly dead Lelouch]].
* ''Anime/CrossAnge'': Ange starts off as a PrincessClassic in a perfect magical kingdom, before being outed as an UnSorcerer and publicly cast out to the very bottom of society. Her royal lineage and upbringing become plot points on multiple occasions later, but she never once lets them define what she is and how she acts.
* ''Anime/DaiMahouTouge'' is a subversion. Princess Punie Tanaka looks like the typical heroic MagicalGirl princess, yet she's a maniacal BigBad VillainProtagonist.
* ''Anime/MagicalPrincessMinkyMomo'' is a MagicalGirl story focusing on Momo, a princess from a fairy tale kingdom who is sent to earth to use her magical powers to revive the hopes and dreams of mankind which sustain her kingdom.
* ''Anime/MahouNoMakoChan'' is a MagicalGirl story loosely adapted from ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid'' focusing on the adventures of Mako, a mermaid princess who is turned into a human but retains some magical powers in the human world.
* ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'', also loosely based on ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid'', focuses on Nanami, the Princess of the North Pacific Ocean, who teams up with fellow mermaid princesses Rina and Hanon to fight sea demons and save Nanami's boyfriend using their magical pearl powers.
* ''Manga/MurderPrincess'': The real princess of the kingdom of Forland is a gentle {{Ojou}} but soon [[FreakyFridayFlip switches bodies]] with the most badass ActionGirl in history, who proceeds to kick much ass and become the titular character and protagonist.
* The title heroine of ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' is a circus acrobat who performs under the stage name of "Princess Nadia", unaware that her OrphansPlotTrinket identifies her as a genuine princess from a lost civilization.
* ''Anime/PrincessComet'' is a MagicalGirl anime about Comet, the 12-year-old princess of [[MagicalLand Harmonica Star]], who is sent to Earth in order to find the prince of Tambourine Star. Comet quickly becomes fond of life on Earth and the people who live there, but her life is made more complicated by [[DarkMagicalGirl Princess Meteor]], a rival princess who is also searching for the prince and wants to claim him for her own.
* ''Manga/PrincessKnight'': Princess Sapphire, the heroine, is a "two-hearted child" who was raised as a boy but has both male and female characteristics, who must save her kingdom from various enemies.
* PlayedWith in ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''. The story features a fairy tale, which allegorically tells the life story of the protagonist Utena, about an orphaned princess who meets a handsome prince and decides to become a prince instead. A major plotline is Utena, the pink-themed protagonist living in a world of castles and seeming PrinceCharming{{s}}, trying to decide whether to become a princess or a prince. The series is also famous for postulating that all girls are princesses but there aren't enough princes for everyone. Alternatively, interpretation is that both princes and princesses are childish and false ideals, and that the way to grow up is to move past them.
* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': The title character turns out to be Princess Serenity, for whom everyone had been searching. In the [[Manga/SailorMoon manga]] and TheNineties English dub of the [[Anime/SailorMoon anime]], all the other senshi were princesses, too. 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 always transformed into ''Neo-Queen'' Serenity when she did need to do so.
* ''LightNovel/ScrappedPrincess'' centers around a 15-year old girl named Pacifica Casull, a [[GenkiGirl cheerful, perky]] (and somewhat [[TheDitz naive]]) princess who is [[ApocalypseMaiden destined to cause]] TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
* ''Anime/YumeNoCrayonOukoku'': Princess Silver is the main character and princess of the Crayon Kingdom, who goes on a quest to find the boy Grim Reaper.
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[[folder: Comic Books]]
* ComicBook/{{Starfire}} is originally known as Koriand'r, a princess of the fictional planet Tamaran in Vega system. After some attempts to be murdered by her older sister, she escaped to Earth and eventually met and joined the ComicBook/TeenTitans being one of their most famous and powerful historical members, and having enough charisma to get her own titles.
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[[folder: Fairy Tales]]
* ''Literature/SleepingBeauty'' is about the sole daughter of the king and queen, who is cursed to prick her finger on a spindle and die, but instead falls into a deep sleep, and is eventually revived by a prince who marries her.
* ''Literature/SunMoonAndTalia'', an older version of ''Sleeping Beauty''. The first half of the tale is much the same, focusing on Princess Talia, who falls into a death-like state after an encounter with a spinning wheel. In this story, she is raped by a king and bears him to children while still asleep, before eventually waking up and marrying the king after a series of shenanagans occur.
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[[folder: Film - Animated]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'': The film focuses on Anastasia, a princess in exile discovering her secret royal past. 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 (or than one of the many 'regular' princesses in the Russian nobility, for that matter). The actual title, ''velikaya knyazhna'', is difficult to accurately translate into English.[[/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]].
* Franchise/DisneyPrincess:
** ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' (1937): Snow White was left to die as an infant princess and was left to die. After facing off against an EvilQueen, she regains her rightful throne with the help of a handsome prince and some dwarfs.
** ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'' (1950): Retelling of the classic fairy tale, focusing on Cinderella's struggles with her evil sisters. Cinderella wasn't actually born a princess, but [[RagsToRoyalty becomes one]] after marrying the handsome prince. ''Disney/CinderellaIIDreamsComeTrue'' focuses on her life as a princess.
** ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' (1959): Princess Aurora is cursed by an evil witch, and then rescued by a handsome prince. The film largely focuses on her though.
** ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' (1989): A mermaid princess who falls in love with a human prince, and wishes to become human.
** ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}'' (1995): The real life historical figure Princess Pocahontas is based on was not a princess, but this film gives her a princess upgrade. Pocahontas faces a political ArrangedMarriage to a man she doesn't love, but falls in love with outsider John Smith. She must then save her man as well as her people from a conflict between the English and her father.
** ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' (2009): In the original fairy tale, the main female character is a princess, but in this film, the heroine Tiana is a commoner who dreams of owning a bakery. She does become a princess eventually through marrying the prince, and the film is commonly considered a princess film nevertheless.
**''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' (2010). The story focuses on Princess Rapunzel. Due to living in a tower in the forest, she didn't know about her royal ancestry... until she gave a burglar a TapOnTheHead with a frying pan, and her life changed forever. Everyone cheers when she returns to her birth parents.
**''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' (2012): Princess Merida was the first Creator/{{Pixar}} character to be a "Disney Princess". She is something of a RebelliousPrincess, refusing to marry a man just because he won a contest, which one has to admit is not a good method to find a suitable husband for your daughter. She makes everything better for the princes of the neighbouring countries, who weren't very keen on marrying a stranger because of "tradition", either.
** ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' (2013). The two main characters are both princesses, though Elsa is crowned a queen early on in the movie. The story focuses on Princess Anna, who had a sheltered childhood and identifies strongly with PrincessClassic archetypes, who goes on a quest to save her kingdom from her sister's magical powers as well as various hostile outsiders.
** ''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.
* Very common in Creator/StudioGhibli productions:
** ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' focuses on Nausicaa, the daughter of the head of her village. She loves adventuring in the wilderness, and leads the charge to save her village from hostile, environmentally-unfriendly outsiders.
** ''Anime/TheTaleOfThePrincessKaguya'', adapted from a Japanese folktale, tells the story of a girl who is born from a bamboo stalk. While raised by a pair of simple woodcutters, the bamboo stalk gives the family wealth, causing her adopted parents to send her away to be raised as a princess, which makes her deeply unhappy. In the end, she is revealed to be a celestial immortal.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess'' tells the story of Odette, a princess who is kept from her OneTrueLove and turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer who wants him to marry her.
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[[folder: Film - Live-Action]]
* ''Film/{{Elizabeth}}'' tells the story of the early life of UsefulNotes/ElizabethI. In real life she was disinherited at a young age and would not have been called a princess, but she was the daughter of the king and she is addressed as a princess in the film.
* The heroine of ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'', Giselle, is an idealistic PrincessClassic from a fairy-tale kingdom who is thrown into the real world of New York by an EvilQueen.
* ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries'' focuses on Mia Thermopolis, an ordinary high school girl who finds out she's the princess of the small kingdom of Genovia and must learn the ways of royalty.
* ''Film/PrincessProtectionProgram'' tells the story of Rosalinda, a princess of a small kingdom who is sent to live in rural Louisiana to protect her from political strife, and must adjust to the real world.
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[[folder: Literature]]
* In ''Literature/TheEmpressGame'', the titular Empress Game is a gladiatorial combat between princesses. The protagonist, Kayla, impersonates one (and secretly, ''is'' one from a different place). That said, "princess" is defined fairly broadly -- daughters of non-monarchical authority figures (religious leaders, for example) seem to qualify as well as royalty.
* ''Literature/LandOfOz'': Dorothy Gale, who is the protagonist of most of the books, is made a princess at some point due to her services to and friendship with Princess Ozma, which involve saving the kingdom from the Nome King several times and various other adventures. Ozma herself is usually a supporting character, and the only book where she is the main character comes before the reveal of her identity and royal status.
* The ''Literature/LittlePrincess'' books and the cartoon they're based off both focus on a four-year-old princess.
* In ''Literature/MiyaBlackPiratePrincess'', the titular main character is the daughter of a pirate and a princess, and claims to be both.
* Creator/RobertMunsch's book ''The Paper Bag Princess'' stars the title princess on a quest to save her prince.
* ''Literature/ThePrincessDiaries'' centers on Mia, a girl who learns that she is the princess of a small European kingdom and struggles with balancing her new role with her desires to be a normal teenager and live her old life.
* ''Literature/ThePrincessAndTheGoblin'': The book focuses on the adventures of the brave and beautiful Princess Irene, who joins forces with resourceful peasant boy Curdie to rescue the noble king and all his people from the invading goblin menace.
* ''Literature/PrincessesOfThePizzaParlor'': The story is about a group of girls who play a fantasy role-playing game together. Every girl that plays in the game has a princess for a character. These include:
** Princess Gwen, daughter of King Artundus of the Fifth Court.
** Princess Selvi, played by Shelby, is the "youngest daughter of the Great Khan of the high plains of Dungivadim"
* The titular protagonist of ''Literature/TaraDuncan'' is a princess and magical "spellbinder" as well.
* ''Literature/{{Warbreaker}}'', by Creator/BrandonSanderson, is about the struggles of two sister princesses, Vivienna and Siri. Siri is a happy-go-lucky free spirit who gets forced into a marriage with someone everyone thinks is an AGodAmI EvilOverlord. [[spoiler:The truth is rather more complex]]. Her older sister Vivenna is highly intelligent and poised but [[BreakTheHaughty has her illusions about the moral superiority of herself and her nation pretty much torn up]] during the course of the book.
* ''Literature/WonderWomanWarbringer'': The main character is, as per her usual, not only a great defender of human rights, feminist and Amazon super-powered warrior but also a princess.
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[[folder: Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/{{Goong}}'' and the manhwa it's based on are about an ordinary teenager, in an alternative universe Korea that has a monarchy, who ends up in an ArrangedMarriage to the crown prince, and must struggle to adjust to life in the palace.
* The whole premise of ''Series/PrincessReturningPearl'' revolve around the adventures of the fake princess Xiao Yan Zi (who even becomes a real princess when she gets married to the PrinceCharming) and the real princess Zi Wei.
* ''Series/WonderWoman1975'': Princess Diana is the heir to the throne of Paradise Island and wins the right to become Wonder Woman.
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[[folder: Theatre]]
* ''Theatre/{{Antigone}}'': Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus, the previous king of Thebes.
* ''Theatre/{{Electra}}'': Electra is the daughter of Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae.
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[[folder:Toys]]
* {{Franchise/Barbie}} plays a princess in some of her movies. Plus some of the dolls are named as though she is a princess, like the [[WinterRoyalLady "Winter Princess"]] line.
* All the Generation 3 Franchise/{{My Little Pon|y}}ies are princesses.
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[[folder: Video Games]]
* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
** ''Fire Emblem 8'' has three princesses. One of the main characters, Eirika, is a LadyOfWar Princess and swordwoman from Renais. Her best friend, the [[FragileSpeedster Pegasus Knight]] Tana, is the princess of Frelia. And another friend of hers, [[WellExcuseMePrincess L'Arachel]], is the princess of Rausten.
** 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.
* ''VideoGame/HyperPrincessPitch'' stars a princess, who's also a demigod apparently. Rather then concern herself with affairs of state, her only goal in life seems to be bringing an end to Christmas and causing [[StuffBlowingUp gratuitous explosions]].
* ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIVThePerilsOfRosella'': In the game, you play as Princess Rosella, an ActionGirl who must find some magic fruit and defeat an evil sorceress in order to save her brother.
* Princess Zelda in ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' is usually the DamselInDistress of the series, but sometimes she got more protagonism by her own, mostly as [[SecretIdentity Sheik]] in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' and AsHerself in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'', in both appearances serving as {{Deuteragonist}} with [[TheHero Link]] and [[BattleCouple fighting side by side with him]].
* ''VideoGame/MyWorldMyWay'': It's the story of Princess Elise travelling the world and adventuring to gain the affections of some handsome adventurer.
* ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarI'' has its player character Alis Landale, who spends the game traipsing around the world in a pink dress with her adorable Musk Cat friend, and doesn't find out she's actually the rightful princess of Algol til the end.
* Princess Peach of ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' fame, while usually a DamselInDistress, takes on this role in ''VideoGame/SuperPrincessPeach''. In this game, it's [[BadassInDistress Mario and Luigi who get captured by Bowser and his Koopa army]], and it's up to Peach (with the help of a sentient parasol named Perry) to rescue them.
* ''VideoGame/{{Tsioque}}'' is about a princess who is on her own to rescue herself from the evil Wizard who took over her mother's castle. She doesn't need a prince to save her.
* Delia, one of the [=PCs=] in ''VideoGame/{{Vindictus}}'', is a former princess who was banished from her kingdom because she found combat training to be more interesting than learning how to take care of her kingdom. She specializes in using a [[{{BFS}} Bastard Sword]] that's just as long as she is to smash her enemies.
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[[folder: Visual Novels]]
* ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'': The deuteragonist and series mascot, Arcueid Brunestud, is the titular "moon princess", in other words, the princess of the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Dead Apostles]], but the title of "prince" or "princess" (or Brunestud, essentially) is merely bestowed upon Dead Apostles who meet or closely meet the criteria of being possessed by their progenitor, Crimson Moon Brunestud (in short, [[BadassPrincess if they're strong enough]]), as opposed to being inherited. However, Arcueid is only the deuteragonist in her route and is a DemotedExtra in the other routes (she's the tritagonist in Ciel's route and completely OutOfFocus in the remaining three routes).
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[[folder: Webcomics]]
* Subverted in ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' with the princess taking over the BigBad duties due to the absurd levels of incompetence shown by the rest of the villains.
* ''Webcomic/BoundAdventures'': The kingdom of Boundaria is currently ruled by Princess Irina, the main recurring character.
* ''Webcomic/TheFuzzyPrincess'' is about a cat princess.
* ''Webcomic/SamuraiPrincess'' is about the adventures of Princess Raeka, a princess on a quest to retrieve her crown from a thief.
*''Webcomic/{{Suihira}}'' is about RebelliousPrincess Wahida of Iona's adventures after she runs away to find the lost city of Suihira, home of the water goddess.
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[[folder: Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Disenchantment}}'': The show follows the misadventures of Bean, a rebellious young princess from the medieval kingdom of Dreamland, who runs away from home and gets into a series of drunken, violent adventures.
* ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'' centers around [[BenevolentMageRuler Princess Elena]], who will be queen of Avalor once she becomes of age. In the mean time, she uses her magical powers (usually her magic scepter, the Scepter of Light) to fight against the dark forces that try to take over Avalor, including [[EvilOverlord Shuriki]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidTheSeries'' is about Ariel's adventures in Atlantica, the undersea kingdom that she is the princess of, before the events of the first movie.
* ''{{WesternAnimation/Lolirock}}'' centers around Iris, Talia and Auriana, a group of Magical Girl warriors who are the princesses of their respective planets: Ephedia, Xeris and Volta. The main character, Iris, was sent to Earth when she was just a baby due to her family and kingdom being in danger.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Starting from the fourth season onward, main character Twilight earns the right to become an alicorn and is dubbed the "Princess of Friendship", effectively becoming this trope.
* ''WesternAnimation/PrincessGwenevereAndTheJewelRiders'' stars the titular Princess Gwenevere (or Starla), the teenage daughter of Queen Anya of Avalon, and her friends Tamara and Fallon, as they quest to retrieve the Crown Jewels that keep the magic of the kingdom in check.
* ''WesternAnimation/PrincessNatasha'': The main character is a princess from a fictional {{Ruritania}} who goes undercover as a spy in the United States to stop a threat to her kingdom.
* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'': The titular character was born as Adora, the sister of a prince, but then became She-Ra in order to save the world from the tyrannical Hordak.
* ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'' is about Princess Sofia, who becomes a PrincessClassic after her mother marries her stepfather. She's given a magical amulet as a gift, which allows her to summon Franchise/{{Disney Princess}}es as well as use its powers to eventually defend Enchancia or the world from various villains.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' is about Star Butterfly, the Princess of Mewni, a kingdom from an alternate dimension of magic and your typical medieval kingdoms. At the start of the show, after she is given her wand, her parents send her to Earth to [[GenkiGirl mellow her out]], where ends up befriending Marco and goes to school with him. It kind of works, but not without multiple backfires, including [[spoiler:the reveal that the Royal Family has unknowingly been false claims to the throne for several generations.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'' once again centers around Rapunzel as it expands on the events and lore of the film, including showing her struggle to adjust to royal life as a princess.
* The main character of ''WesternAnimation/{{Xcalibur}}'' is a princess. However, considering she wears slightly impractical body armor for the entire show, you'd probably never think about this.
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The singular role of princesses as heroines has endured despite [[SocietyMarchesOn the decline of the aristocracy]] and changing gender roles. Older iterations of the character were commonly the demure and [[IncorruptiblePurePureness pure]] PrincessClassic, but later versions moved to SpiritedYoungLady and RebelliousPrincess interpretations that made princesses more active players. Often, works combine the princess role with more modern female archetypes by making her a TomboyPrincess, PoliticallyActivePrincess or an ActionGirl PrettyPrincessPowerhouse.
Common plotlines involve a princess trying to regain [[RightfulKingReturns her rightful throne]], find her OneTrueLove (often PrinceCharming), or struggle against an EvilQueen or unwanted ArrangedMarriage. More modern or fantasy versions may put her as a DamselOutOfDistress or a BenevolentMageRuler fighting to protect her kingdom from the EvilOverlord.
Because PrincessesPreferPink, the Princess Protagonist is often also a PinkHeroine.
Works featuring TheChiefsDaughter as a heroine also count for this. May overlap with RulerProtagonist if PrincessesRule.
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[[folder: Anime and Manga]]
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'' spinoff manga ''Manga/CodeGeassNightmareOfNunnally'' is a WhatIf scenario centering around Lelouch's sister and princess-in-exile Nunnally, who gains the power of Geass instead of [[NeverFoundTheBody possibly dead Lelouch]].
* ''Anime/CrossAnge'': Ange starts off as a PrincessClassic in a perfect magical kingdom, before being outed as an UnSorcerer and publicly cast out to the very bottom of society. Her royal lineage and upbringing become plot points on multiple occasions later, but she never once lets them define what she is and how she acts.
* ''Anime/DaiMahouTouge'' is a subversion. Princess Punie Tanaka looks like the typical heroic MagicalGirl princess, yet she's a maniacal BigBad VillainProtagonist.
* ''Anime/MagicalPrincessMinkyMomo'' is a MagicalGirl story focusing on Momo, a princess from a fairy tale kingdom who is sent to earth to use her magical powers to revive the hopes and dreams of mankind which sustain her kingdom.
* ''Anime/MahouNoMakoChan'' is a MagicalGirl story loosely adapted from ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid'' focusing on the adventures of Mako, a mermaid princess who is turned into a human but retains some magical powers in the human world.
* ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'', also loosely based on ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid'', focuses on Nanami, the Princess of the North Pacific Ocean, who teams up with fellow mermaid princesses Rina and Hanon to fight sea demons and save Nanami's boyfriend using their magical pearl powers.
* ''Manga/MurderPrincess'': The real princess of the kingdom of Forland is a gentle {{Ojou}} but soon [[FreakyFridayFlip switches bodies]] with the most badass ActionGirl in history, who proceeds to kick much ass and become the titular character and protagonist.
* The title heroine of ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' is a circus acrobat who performs under the stage name of "Princess Nadia", unaware that her OrphansPlotTrinket identifies her as a genuine princess from a lost civilization.
* ''Anime/PrincessComet'' is a MagicalGirl anime about Comet, the 12-year-old princess of [[MagicalLand Harmonica Star]], who is sent to Earth in order to find the prince of Tambourine Star. Comet quickly becomes fond of life on Earth and the people who live there, but her life is made more complicated by [[DarkMagicalGirl Princess Meteor]], a rival princess who is also searching for the prince and wants to claim him for her own.
* ''Manga/PrincessKnight'': Princess Sapphire, the heroine, is a "two-hearted child" who was raised as a boy but has both male and female characteristics, who must save her kingdom from various enemies.
* PlayedWith in ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''. The story features a fairy tale, which allegorically tells the life story of the protagonist Utena, about an orphaned princess who meets a handsome prince and decides to become a prince instead. A major plotline is Utena, the pink-themed protagonist living in a world of castles and seeming PrinceCharming{{s}}, trying to decide whether to become a princess or a prince. The series is also famous for postulating that all girls are princesses but there aren't enough princes for everyone. Alternatively, interpretation is that both princes and princesses are childish and false ideals, and that the way to grow up is to move past them.
* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': The title character turns out to be Princess Serenity, for whom everyone had been searching. In the [[Manga/SailorMoon manga]] and TheNineties English dub of the [[Anime/SailorMoon anime]], all the other senshi were princesses, too. 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 always transformed into ''Neo-Queen'' Serenity when she did need to do so.
* ''LightNovel/ScrappedPrincess'' centers around a 15-year old girl named Pacifica Casull, a [[GenkiGirl cheerful, perky]] (and somewhat [[TheDitz naive]]) princess who is [[ApocalypseMaiden destined to cause]] TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
* ''Anime/YumeNoCrayonOukoku'': Princess Silver is the main character and princess of the Crayon Kingdom, who goes on a quest to find the boy Grim Reaper.
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[[folder: Comic Books]]
* ComicBook/{{Starfire}} is originally known as Koriand'r, a princess of the fictional planet Tamaran in Vega system. After some attempts to be murdered by her older sister, she escaped to Earth and eventually met and joined the ComicBook/TeenTitans being one of their most famous and powerful historical members, and having enough charisma to get her own titles.
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[[folder: Fairy Tales]]
* ''Literature/SleepingBeauty'' is about the sole daughter of the king and queen, who is cursed to prick her finger on a spindle and die, but instead falls into a deep sleep, and is eventually revived by a prince who marries her.
* ''Literature/SunMoonAndTalia'', an older version of ''Sleeping Beauty''. The first half of the tale is much the same, focusing on Princess Talia, who falls into a death-like state after an encounter with a spinning wheel. In this story, she is raped by a king and bears him to children while still asleep, before eventually waking up and marrying the king after a series of shenanagans occur.
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[[folder: Film - Animated]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'': The film focuses on Anastasia, a princess in exile discovering her secret royal past. 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 (or than one of the many 'regular' princesses in the Russian nobility, for that matter). The actual title, ''velikaya knyazhna'', is difficult to accurately translate into English.[[/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]].
* Franchise/DisneyPrincess:
** ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' (1937): Snow White was left to die as an infant princess and was left to die. After facing off against an EvilQueen, she regains her rightful throne with the help of a handsome prince and some dwarfs.
** ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'' (1950): Retelling of the classic fairy tale, focusing on Cinderella's struggles with her evil sisters. Cinderella wasn't actually born a princess, but [[RagsToRoyalty becomes one]] after marrying the handsome prince. ''Disney/CinderellaIIDreamsComeTrue'' focuses on her life as a princess.
** ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' (1959): Princess Aurora is cursed by an evil witch, and then rescued by a handsome prince. The film largely focuses on her though.
** ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' (1989): A mermaid princess who falls in love with a human prince, and wishes to become human.
** ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}'' (1995): The real life historical figure Princess Pocahontas is based on was not a princess, but this film gives her a princess upgrade. Pocahontas faces a political ArrangedMarriage to a man she doesn't love, but falls in love with outsider John Smith. She must then save her man as well as her people from a conflict between the English and her father.
** ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' (2009): In the original fairy tale, the main female character is a princess, but in this film, the heroine Tiana is a commoner who dreams of owning a bakery. She does become a princess eventually through marrying the prince, and the film is commonly considered a princess film nevertheless.
**''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' (2010). The story focuses on Princess Rapunzel. Due to living in a tower in the forest, she didn't know about her royal ancestry... until she gave a burglar a TapOnTheHead with a frying pan, and her life changed forever. Everyone cheers when she returns to her birth parents.
**''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' (2012): Princess Merida was the first Creator/{{Pixar}} character to be a "Disney Princess". She is something of a RebelliousPrincess, refusing to marry a man just because he won a contest, which one has to admit is not a good method to find a suitable husband for your daughter. She makes everything better for the princes of the neighbouring countries, who weren't very keen on marrying a stranger because of "tradition", either.
** ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' (2013). The two main characters are both princesses, though Elsa is crowned a queen early on in the movie. The story focuses on Princess Anna, who had a sheltered childhood and identifies strongly with PrincessClassic archetypes, who goes on a quest to save her kingdom from her sister's magical powers as well as various hostile outsiders.
** ''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.
* Very common in Creator/StudioGhibli productions:
** ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' focuses on Nausicaa, the daughter of the head of her village. She loves adventuring in the wilderness, and leads the charge to save her village from hostile, environmentally-unfriendly outsiders.
** ''Anime/TheTaleOfThePrincessKaguya'', adapted from a Japanese folktale, tells the story of a girl who is born from a bamboo stalk. While raised by a pair of simple woodcutters, the bamboo stalk gives the family wealth, causing her adopted parents to send her away to be raised as a princess, which makes her deeply unhappy. In the end, she is revealed to be a celestial immortal.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess'' tells the story of Odette, a princess who is kept from her OneTrueLove and turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer who wants him to marry her.
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* ''Film/{{Elizabeth}}'' tells the story of the early life of UsefulNotes/ElizabethI. In real life she was disinherited at a young age and would not have been called a princess, but she was the daughter of the king and she is addressed as a princess in the film.
* The heroine of ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'', Giselle, is an idealistic PrincessClassic from a fairy-tale kingdom who is thrown into the real world of New York by an EvilQueen.
* ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries'' focuses on Mia Thermopolis, an ordinary high school girl who finds out she's the princess of the small kingdom of Genovia and must learn the ways of royalty.
* ''Film/PrincessProtectionProgram'' tells the story of Rosalinda, a princess of a small kingdom who is sent to live in rural Louisiana to protect her from political strife, and must adjust to the real world.
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* In ''Literature/TheEmpressGame'', the titular Empress Game is a gladiatorial combat between princesses. The protagonist, Kayla, impersonates one (and secretly, ''is'' one from a different place). That said, "princess" is defined fairly broadly -- daughters of non-monarchical authority figures (religious leaders, for example) seem to qualify as well as royalty.
* ''Literature/LandOfOz'': Dorothy Gale, who is the protagonist of most of the books, is made a princess at some point due to her services to and friendship with Princess Ozma, which involve saving the kingdom from the Nome King several times and various other adventures. Ozma herself is usually a supporting character, and the only book where she is the main character comes before the reveal of her identity and royal status.
* The ''Literature/LittlePrincess'' books and the cartoon they're based off both focus on a four-year-old princess.
* In ''Literature/MiyaBlackPiratePrincess'', the titular main character is the daughter of a pirate and a princess, and claims to be both.
* Creator/RobertMunsch's book ''The Paper Bag Princess'' stars the title princess on a quest to save her prince.
* ''Literature/ThePrincessDiaries'' centers on Mia, a girl who learns that she is the princess of a small European kingdom and struggles with balancing her new role with her desires to be a normal teenager and live her old life.
* ''Literature/ThePrincessAndTheGoblin'': The book focuses on the adventures of the brave and beautiful Princess Irene, who joins forces with resourceful peasant boy Curdie to rescue the noble king and all his people from the invading goblin menace.
* ''Literature/PrincessesOfThePizzaParlor'': The story is about a group of girls who play a fantasy role-playing game together. Every girl that plays in the game has a princess for a character. These include:
** Princess Gwen, daughter of King Artundus of the Fifth Court.
** Princess Selvi, played by Shelby, is the "youngest daughter of the Great Khan of the high plains of Dungivadim"
* The titular protagonist of ''Literature/TaraDuncan'' is a princess and magical "spellbinder" as well.
* ''Literature/{{Warbreaker}}'', by Creator/BrandonSanderson, is about the struggles of two sister princesses, Vivienna and Siri. Siri is a happy-go-lucky free spirit who gets forced into a marriage with someone everyone thinks is an AGodAmI EvilOverlord. [[spoiler:The truth is rather more complex]]. Her older sister Vivenna is highly intelligent and poised but [[BreakTheHaughty has her illusions about the moral superiority of herself and her nation pretty much torn up]] during the course of the book.
* ''Literature/WonderWomanWarbringer'': The main character is, as per her usual, not only a great defender of human rights, feminist and Amazon super-powered warrior but also a princess.
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* ''Series/{{Goong}}'' and the manhwa it's based on are about an ordinary teenager, in an alternative universe Korea that has a monarchy, who ends up in an ArrangedMarriage to the crown prince, and must struggle to adjust to life in the palace.
* The whole premise of ''Series/PrincessReturningPearl'' revolve around the adventures of the fake princess Xiao Yan Zi (who even becomes a real princess when she gets married to the PrinceCharming) and the real princess Zi Wei.
* ''Series/WonderWoman1975'': Princess Diana is the heir to the throne of Paradise Island and wins the right to become Wonder Woman.
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* ''Theatre/{{Antigone}}'': Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus, the previous king of Thebes.
* ''Theatre/{{Electra}}'': Electra is the daughter of Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae.
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* {{Franchise/Barbie}} plays a princess in some of her movies. Plus some of the dolls are named as though she is a princess, like the [[WinterRoyalLady "Winter Princess"]] line.
* All the Generation 3 Franchise/{{My Little Pon|y}}ies are princesses.
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* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
** ''Fire Emblem 8'' has three princesses. One of the main characters, Eirika, is a LadyOfWar Princess and swordwoman from Renais. Her best friend, the [[FragileSpeedster Pegasus Knight]] Tana, is the princess of Frelia. And another friend of hers, [[WellExcuseMePrincess L'Arachel]], is the princess of Rausten.
** 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.
* ''VideoGame/HyperPrincessPitch'' stars a princess, who's also a demigod apparently. Rather then concern herself with affairs of state, her only goal in life seems to be bringing an end to Christmas and causing [[StuffBlowingUp gratuitous explosions]].
* ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIVThePerilsOfRosella'': In the game, you play as Princess Rosella, an ActionGirl who must find some magic fruit and defeat an evil sorceress in order to save her brother.
* Princess Zelda in ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' is usually the DamselInDistress of the series, but sometimes she got more protagonism by her own, mostly as [[SecretIdentity Sheik]] in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' and AsHerself in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'', in both appearances serving as {{Deuteragonist}} with [[TheHero Link]] and [[BattleCouple fighting side by side with him]].
* ''VideoGame/MyWorldMyWay'': It's the story of Princess Elise travelling the world and adventuring to gain the affections of some handsome adventurer.
* ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarI'' has its player character Alis Landale, who spends the game traipsing around the world in a pink dress with her adorable Musk Cat friend, and doesn't find out she's actually the rightful princess of Algol til the end.
* Princess Peach of ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' fame, while usually a DamselInDistress, takes on this role in ''VideoGame/SuperPrincessPeach''. In this game, it's [[BadassInDistress Mario and Luigi who get captured by Bowser and his Koopa army]], and it's up to Peach (with the help of a sentient parasol named Perry) to rescue them.
* ''VideoGame/{{Tsioque}}'' is about a princess who is on her own to rescue herself from the evil Wizard who took over her mother's castle. She doesn't need a prince to save her.
* Delia, one of the [=PCs=] in ''VideoGame/{{Vindictus}}'', is a former princess who was banished from her kingdom because she found combat training to be more interesting than learning how to take care of her kingdom. She specializes in using a [[{{BFS}} Bastard Sword]] that's just as long as she is to smash her enemies.
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* ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'': The deuteragonist and series mascot, Arcueid Brunestud, is the titular "moon princess", in other words, the princess of the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Dead Apostles]], but the title of "prince" or "princess" (or Brunestud, essentially) is merely bestowed upon Dead Apostles who meet or closely meet the criteria of being possessed by their progenitor, Crimson Moon Brunestud (in short, [[BadassPrincess if they're strong enough]]), as opposed to being inherited. However, Arcueid is only the deuteragonist in her route and is a DemotedExtra in the other routes (she's the tritagonist in Ciel's route and completely OutOfFocus in the remaining three routes).
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* Subverted in ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' with the princess taking over the BigBad duties due to the absurd levels of incompetence shown by the rest of the villains.
* ''Webcomic/BoundAdventures'': The kingdom of Boundaria is currently ruled by Princess Irina, the main recurring character.
* ''Webcomic/TheFuzzyPrincess'' is about a cat princess.
* ''Webcomic/SamuraiPrincess'' is about the adventures of Princess Raeka, a princess on a quest to retrieve her crown from a thief.
*''Webcomic/{{Suihira}}'' is about RebelliousPrincess Wahida of Iona's adventures after she runs away to find the lost city of Suihira, home of the water goddess.
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[[folder: Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Disenchantment}}'': The show follows the misadventures of Bean, a rebellious young princess from the medieval kingdom of Dreamland, who runs away from home and gets into a series of drunken, violent adventures.
* ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'' centers around [[BenevolentMageRuler Princess Elena]], who will be queen of Avalor once she becomes of age. In the mean time, she uses her magical powers (usually her magic scepter, the Scepter of Light) to fight against the dark forces that try to take over Avalor, including [[EvilOverlord Shuriki]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidTheSeries'' is about Ariel's adventures in Atlantica, the undersea kingdom that she is the princess of, before the events of the first movie.
* ''{{WesternAnimation/Lolirock}}'' centers around Iris, Talia and Auriana, a group of Magical Girl warriors who are the princesses of their respective planets: Ephedia, Xeris and Volta. The main character, Iris, was sent to Earth when she was just a baby due to her family and kingdom being in danger.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Starting from the fourth season onward, main character Twilight earns the right to become an alicorn and is dubbed the "Princess of Friendship", effectively becoming this trope.
* ''WesternAnimation/PrincessGwenevereAndTheJewelRiders'' stars the titular Princess Gwenevere (or Starla), the teenage daughter of Queen Anya of Avalon, and her friends Tamara and Fallon, as they quest to retrieve the Crown Jewels that keep the magic of the kingdom in check.
* ''WesternAnimation/PrincessNatasha'': The main character is a princess from a fictional {{Ruritania}} who goes undercover as a spy in the United States to stop a threat to her kingdom.
* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'': The titular character was born as Adora, the sister of a prince, but then became She-Ra in order to save the world from the tyrannical Hordak.
* ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'' is about Princess Sofia, who becomes a PrincessClassic after her mother marries her stepfather. She's given a magical amulet as a gift, which allows her to summon Franchise/{{Disney Princess}}es as well as use its powers to eventually defend Enchancia or the world from various villains.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' is about Star Butterfly, the Princess of Mewni, a kingdom from an alternate dimension of magic and your typical medieval kingdoms. At the start of the show, after she is given her wand, her parents send her to Earth to [[GenkiGirl mellow her out]], where ends up befriending Marco and goes to school with him. It kind of works, but not without multiple backfires, including [[spoiler:the reveal that the Royal Family has unknowingly been false claims to the throne for several generations.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'' once again centers around Rapunzel as it expands on the events and lore of the film, including showing her struggle to adjust to royal life as a princess.
* The main character of ''WesternAnimation/{{Xcalibur}}'' is a princess. However, considering she wears slightly impractical body armor for the entire show, you'd probably never think about this.
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