History PlayingWith / PrincessPhase

* '''Inverted''':
** Princess Alice wants to [[IJustWantToBeNormal lead a normal life]]. She wants to run around outside and [[FilthyFun get her hands dirty making mud pies]], go to school (instead of being taught by a private tutor), [[LonelyRichKid play with other kids who aren't royalty or nobility]], and doesn't care about PrinceCharming.

* '''Reconstructed''': ???

* '''Averted''': Alice shows no interest in princess-related stuff InUniverse.
* '''Enforced''': WriteWhatYouKnow; the writer of the series could have based Alice on someone they know, or even themselves who went through a princess phase.

* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is a bored, lonely child who is constantly picked on or ignored by her peers, and retreats into her private make-believe world where [[{{Utopia}} everything is beautiful and good]] and she can imagine herself as someone important and admired. Depending upon the cultural values of the setting, everyone might frown upon Alice for supposedly being "too feminine" or for supposedly having "unrealistic expectations" simply because she is a mere commoner pretending to be royalty.
* '''Reconstructed''':

* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is a bored, lonely child who is constantly picked on or ignored by her peers, and retreats into her private make-believe world where [[MarySuetopia everything is beautiful and good]] and she can imagine herself as someone important and admired. Depending upon the cultural values of the setting, everyone might frown upon Alice for supposedly being "too feminine" or for supposedly having "unrealistic expectations" simply because she is a mere commoner pretending to be royalty.

Back to PrincessPhase

* '''Enforced''': ???

* '''Implied''': Little Alice is always seen with atleast a tiara, if not a full princess outfit.

'''Basic Trope''': Little girls want to be princesses.
* '''Straight''': Alice likes to dress up in a [[PrincessesPreferPink pink]] PrincessClassic costume, and have tea parties with her "subjects" (dolls and stuffed animals). She also daydreams about [[AllGirlsLikePonies unicorns]], and PrinceCharming.

** Alice wears a princess dress and tiara every day, [[EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy curtsies]] to everyone she meets, and asks to be called "Princess Alice".
** Did we mention that Alice is an adult?
** ''All'' the girls and women in this setting are going or have been through this phrase.
** Alice is a young woman who wears a [[PrincessesPreferPink pink]] PrincessClassic dress with a [[CoolCrown tiara]] and hosts tea parties for girls who also dress like princesses.

** Alice is a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak who sometimes dreams of being like [[RebelliousPrincess the heroine]] of her favourite TV series, ''[[HistoricalFantasy Bethany of Troperia]]''.
** Alice doesn't bother with frilly dresses, tea parties or romantic dreams of PrinceCharming, but likes it when her parents call her their "little princess" and always plays a "princess" character in games, "just because".
* '''Justified''': All the stories Alice hears, the media she "consumes" etc. feature heroines who are princesses or marry into royalty as their end goal. Naturally, Alice seeks to emulate this. If it's a setting where the only way a woman can have any sort of status or good life is by being or marrying royalty or nobility, it could be a reasonable aspiration for her to have.

** Princess Alice wants to [[IJustWantToBeNormal lead a normal life]]. She wants to run around outside and [[FilthyFun get her hands dirty making mud pies]] (something she isn't allowed to do), go to school (instead of being taught by a private tutor), [[LonelyRichKid play with other kids who aren't royalty or nobility]], and doesn't care about unicorns or PrinceCharming.
** Alice likes to pretend she's a heroine of LaResistance [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeVillified fighting to overthrow the corrupt royal familiy in the name of the downtrodden masses,]] and despises the idea of being a princess.
** Alice likes to [[{{Arcadia}} pretend she's a simple shepherdess or farm girl in an idealized version of he countryside.]]
** Alice is a budding {{Hipster}} who fantasizes about living in romantic bohemian poverty [[PotteryBarnPoor (without any of the discomforts of real poverty, of course)]].

** Bob went through a cowboy or superhero phase.
** Bob went through a ''prince'' phase.
** Bob [[WholesomeCrossdresser went through a princess phase]].
** ''Alice'' [[{{Bifauxnen}} went through a prince phase]].

* '''Parodied''': Rather than pink dresses and unicorns, Alice's fantasies involve gushing over the idea of engaging in actual duties of a head of state that most children would fine boring, such as setting tax rates and discussing trade relations with foreign diplomats.

** Little Alice is obsessed with fairy tales and being a PrincessClassic, until she gets older and "grows out" of it; then she becomes a teenager and starts reading fantasy novels about WarriorPrincess characters who go off having adventures and saving the day, and dreams of being this; but as she approaches adulthood decides studying and pursuing a career would be far more worthwhile, serious ambitions. At university, she becomes enamoured of a charming foreign student who happens to be Prince Bob of Troperia, so maybe being an ''actual'' princess looks like a good idea. They marry and return to Prince Bob's country, but the now-Princess Alice finds royal life to be one long round of boring official engagements, charity work and [[HeirClubForMen producing potential male heirs to inherit her husband's birthright]], deciding what she really wants after all is really ''not'' to be a princess. Unless, of course, she should find herself [[PrincessesRule the long-lost heir to the throne of some small state where she has actual power for a change]]...
** Some little girls want to be princesses, some don't.

* '''Exploited''': Alice gets engaged to Bob as an adult. All the bridal magazines, the venues she checks out, the bridal salon where she buys her FairytaleWeddingDress, her mother, and her wedding planner all push the PrincessForADay concept to Alice.
* '''Defied''': Alice decides she doesn't want to be a princess.

* '''Implied''': Little Alice is always seen with a tiara on.
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is a bored, lonely child who is constantly picked on or ignored by her peers, and retreats into her private make-believe world where [[MarySuetopia everything is beautiful and good]] and she can imagine herself to be someone important and admired. Depending upon the cultural values of the setting, it's made worse by the fact everyone thinks she is "[[RealWomenDontWearDresses too much of a]] GirlyGirl" or has "ideas above her station" for pretending to be a princess whilst a mere common girl.

* '''Parodied''': ???

** Alice doesn't bother with frilly dresses, tea parties or romantic dreams of PrinceCharming, but likes it when her parents call her their "little princess" and always plays a "princess" character in games, [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses "just because"]].

** Alice likes to pretend she's a heroine of LaResistance fighting to overthrow the corrupt royal familiy in the name of the downtrodden masses, and despises the idea of being a princess.

** ''Alice'' went through a prince phase.

* '''Basic Trope''': Little girls want to be princesses.

* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is a bored, lonely child who is constantly picked on or ignored by her peers, and retreats into her private make-believe world where she can imagine herself to be someone important and admired. Depending upon the cultural values of the setting, it's made worse by the fact everyone thinks she is "[[RealWomenDontWearDresses too much of a]] GirlyGirl" or has "ideas above her station" for pretending to be a princess whilst a mere common girl.

* '''Deconstructed''':

** Alice likes to pretend she's a heroine of LaResistance fighting overthrow the corrupt royal familiy in the name of the downtrodden masses, and despises the idea of being a princess.

* '''Downplayed''': Alice is a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak who sometimes dreams of being like [[RebelliousPrincess the heroine]] of her favourite TV series, ''[[HistoricalFantasy Bethany of Troperia]]''.

* '''Inverted''': Princess Alice wants to [[IJustWantToBeNormal lead a normal life]]. She wants to run around outside and [[FilthyFun get her hands dirty making mud pies]] (something she isn't allowed to do), go to school (instead of being taught by a private tutor), [[LonelyRichKid play with other kids who aren't royalty or nobility]], and doesn't care about unicorns or PrinceCharming.

* '''Exaggerated''': Did we mention that Alice is an adult?

* '''Inverted''': Princess Alice wants to [[IJustWantToBeNormal lead a normal life]]. She wants to run around outside and get her hands dirty making mud pies (something she isn't allowed to do), go to school (instead of being taught by a private tutor), [[LonelyRichKid play with other kids who aren't royalty or nobility]], and doesn't care about unicorns or PrinceCharming.
* '''Gender Inverted''': Bob went through a cowboy or superhero phase.
* '''Subverted''': Alice likes making mud pies outside.

** Alice is OneOfTheBoys.
* '''Double Subverted''': In her princess costume. And when she finds a frog in the mud, [[Literature/TheFrogPrince she tries to kiss it in hopes of turning him into a prince]].

* '''Zig Zagged''': Little Alice is obsessed with fairy tales and being a PrincessClassic, until she gets older and "grows out" of it; then she becomes a teenager and starts reading fantasy novels about WarriorPrincess characters who go off having adventures and saving the day, and dreams of being this; but as she approaches adulthood decides studying and pursuing a career would be far more worthwhile, serious ambitions. At university, she becomes enamoured of a charming foreign student who happens to be Prince Bob of Troperia, so maybe being an ''actual'' princess looks like a good idea. They marry and return to Prince Bob's country, but the now-Princess Alice finds royal life to be one long round of boring official engagements, charity work and [[HeirClubForMen producing potential male heirs to inherit her husband's birthright]], deciding what she really wants after all is really ''not'' to be a princess. Unless, of course, she should find herself [[PrincessesRule the long-lost heir to the throne of some small state where she has actual power for a change]]...

* '''Lampshaded''': ???

* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

* '''Double Subverted''': In her princess costume. And when she finds a frog in the mud, [[TheFrogPrince she tries to kiss it in hopes of turning him into a prince]].

* '''Zig Zagged''': Little Alice is obsessed with fairy tales and being a PrincessClassic, until she gets older and "grows out" of it; then she becomes a teenager and starts reading fantasy novels about BadassPrincess characters who go off having adventures and saving the day, and dreams of being this; but as she approaches adulthood decides studying and pursuing a career would be far more worthwhile, serious ambitions. At university, she becomes enamoured of a charming foreign student who happens to be Prince Bob of Troperia, so maybe being an ''actual'' princess looks like a good idea. They marry and return to Prince Bob's country, but the now-Princess Alice finds royal life to be one long round of boring official engagements, charity work and [[HeirClubForMen producing potential male heirs to inherit her husband's birthright]], deciding what she really wants after all is really ''not'' to be a princess. Unless, of course, she should find herself [[PrincessesRule the long-lost heir to the throne of some small state where she has actual power for a change]]...

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Justified''': ???

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???