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** Does Rollo love Daria for her personality, or just her looks? His willingness to declare "she's the one" immediately upon meeting most of the other princesses suggests the latter.
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** Rollo's first TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Laird: Was he right, or did he not know what he was talking about?
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* UnfortunateImplications: Halfway through, we find out that Heath is planning to disinherit Hildegard. Later on, he's more than happy to disown her completely as soon as he finds out she isn't his biological daughter.
** The firstborn gets to be king, unless the younger son walks in the room first.
** The firstborn gets to be king, unless the younger son walks in the room first.
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** Rollo's first TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Laird: Was he right, or was he being a KnowNothingKnowItAll?
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** Was Rollo's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Laird at the beginning right, or was he just being a KnowNothingKnowItAll?
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** Was Rollo's first TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Laird at the beginning Laird: Was he right, or was he just being a KnowNothingKnowItAll?
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** Is Daria a true pure-hearted princess, or is she just as arrogant and self-serving as the other princesses?
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** Was Rollo's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Laird at the beginning right, or was he just being a KnowNothingKnowItAll?
** Was Rollo's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Laird at the beginning right, or was he just being a KnowNothingKnowItAll?
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* RootingForTheEmpire: Laird's motive for wanting to take over are pretty understandable, him having previously been destined for the throne before it was given to Heath.
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** The way Heath becomes king instead of Laird because of a (frankly ridiculous) technicality
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** How did Hildegard become evil? Is it InTheBlood, or just the way she was raised? Would Daria have turned out any different if the switch had never happened?
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** Was Laird really evil from the beginning, or was being denied his birthright just the point where he [[ThenLetMeBeEvil snapped]]?
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
** Is Heath a noble soul who truly deserved to be king, or is he an idiot who happened to be in the right place at the right time?
** Is Daria a true pure-hearted princess, or is she just as arrogant and self-serving as the other princesses?
* BrokenAesop: Nobility is about more than being of royal blood... except Daria ''is'' of royal blood.
** Is Heath a noble soul who truly deserved to be king, or is he an idiot who happened to be in the right place at the right time?
** Is Daria a true pure-hearted princess, or is she just as arrogant and self-serving as the other princesses?
* BrokenAesop: Nobility is about more than being of royal blood... except Daria ''is'' of royal blood.
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** And given how picky Hildegard is, it's amazing that she never noticed the pea.
** It didn't help that everyone pretty much assumed Laird was evil before he even did anything.
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** The way Heath becomes king instead of Laird because of a (frankly ridiculous) technicality
** The way Heath becomes king instead of Laird because of a (frankly ridiculous) technicality
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** It didn't help that everyone pretty much assumed Laird was evil before he even did anything.
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** And given how picky Hildegard is, it's amazing that she never noticed the pea.
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* FollowTheLeader: This movie pretty much copies every [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney]] trope ever, but what makes this case especially bad is how, at the time of its release, Disney and other big-name animation studios weren't even making fairy tale movies.
* IdiotPlot: Laird's plan to swap princesses would have failed immediately if anyone had noticed the different-colored eyes, lack of birth mark, or the fact that Hildegard doesn't look remotely similar to either Heath or the queen.
* IdiotPlot: Laird's plan to swap princesses would have failed immediately if anyone had noticed the different-colored eyes, lack of birth mark, or the fact that Hildegard doesn't look remotely similar to either Heath or the queen.
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* MarySue: Daria. She is a FriendToAllLivingThings, [[ThePollyanna a Pollyanna]], a beautiful princess raised as a peasant girl, and [[spoiler: she is the princess of prophecy]].
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* EarWorm: "That's What It Takes to Rule."
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** As mentioned above, this is actually avoided in the book that served as the inspiration for the movie. Not only is Hildegard portrayed as an innocent player in the switch, the king is completely willing to adopt her upon learning the truth.
** As mentioned above, this is actually avoided in the book that served as the inspiration for the movie. Not only is Hildegard portrayed as an innocent player in the switch, the king is completely willing to adopt her upon learning the truth.
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** Laird's VillainSong, "What It Takes to Rule" is a SuspiciouslySimilarSong to [[TheLittleMermaid "Poor Unfortunate Souls."]]
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** Laird's VillainSong, "What It Takes to Rule" is a SuspiciouslySimilarSong to [[TheLittleMermaid [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid "Poor Unfortunate Souls."]]
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** Laird's VillainSong, "What It Takes to Rule" is the JimmyHartVersion of [[TheLittleMermaid Poor Unfortunate Souls]]
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** Laird's VillainSong, "What It Takes to Rule" is the JimmyHartVersion of a SuspiciouslySimilarSong to [[TheLittleMermaid Poor "Poor Unfortunate Souls]]Souls."]]
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** One possible interpretation is that it is better to be honest. Though let's face it; the moral is "it is really good to be a princess." Which sucks for the rest of us.
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* UnfortinateImplications: Hildegarde is evil solely because she is Laird's daughter, despite the fact she grew up without knowing him, and Heath spoiling her has nothing to do with it. Heath is completely willing to reject her after learning that she is not his real daughter.
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* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: The entire plot is lifted from [[http://books.google.com/books/about/The_goose_girl.html?id=_wQqAAAAYAAJ Harold MacGrath's "The Goose Girl"]], which is ironically based on another fairy tale entirely, albeit a bit more Disneyfied. For example, Hildegard is not a villain.
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* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: The entire plot is lifted from [[http://books.google.com/books/about/The_goose_girl.html?id=_wQqAAAAYAAJ Harold MacGrath's "The Goose Girl"]], which is ironically based on another fairy tale entirely, albeit the film is a bit more Disneyfied. For example, Hildegard is not a villain.villain in the original book, which makes sense considering the whole being a baby when the switch occured.
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** As mentioned above, this is actually avoided in the book that served as the inspiration for the movie. Not only is Hildegard portrayed as an innocent player in the switch, the king is completely willing to adopt her upon learning the truth.
** As mentioned above, this is actually avoided in the book that served as the inspiration for the movie. Not only is Hildegard portrayed as an innocent player in the switch, the king is completely willing to adopt her upon learning the truth.
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* TheyCopiedSoItSucks: The entire plot is lifted from [[http://books.google.com/books/about/The_goose_girl.html?id=_wQqAAAAYAAJ Harold MacGrath's "The Goose Girl"]], which is ironically based on another fairy tale entirely, albeit a bit more Disneyfied. For example, Hildegard is not a villain.
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* TheyCopiedSoItSucks: TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: The entire plot is lifted from [[http://books.google.com/books/about/The_goose_girl.html?id=_wQqAAAAYAAJ Harold MacGrath's "The Goose Girl"]], which is ironically based on another fairy tale entirely, albeit a bit more Disneyfied. For example, Hildegard is not a villain.
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* TheyCopiedSoItSucks: The entire plot is lifted from [[http://books.google.com/books/about/The_goose_girl.html?id=_wQqAAAAYAAJ Harold MacGrath's "The Goose Girl"]], which is ironically based on another fairy tale entirely, albeit a bit more Disneyfied. For example, Hildegard is not a villain.
** Laird's VillainSong, "What It Takes to Rule" is the JimmyHartVersion of [[TheLittleMermaid Poor Unfortunate Souls]]
** Laird's VillainSong, "What It Takes to Rule" is the JimmyHartVersion of [[TheLittleMermaid Poor Unfortunate Souls]]
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* FashionVictimVillain: The shoes Laird wanted to wear to his coronation are hideous, and he vowed not to take them off until his vengeance was complete.
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* {{Narm}}: By the truckload.
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* {{Narm}}: By the truckload. Standout scenes include the awful CG effects when the stained glass figures come to life and at the end when [[spoiler: Daria runs into Heath's arms, he spins her around, and then sparkles come out of nowhere as a scene transition.]]
* TheWoobie: Daria has it pretty hard throughout the film. She's taken from her loving father and raised by mean, lazy pig farmers who she has to take care of, she does all the chores on the farm, sleeps in a chicken coop, has the guy she's in love with ditch her, an angry mob tries to kill her, everyone ostracizes her when she goes back to town, and then her uncle and cousin try to kill her.
* TheWoobie: Daria has it pretty hard throughout the film. She's taken from her loving father and raised by mean, lazy pig farmers who she has to take care of, she does all the chores on the farm, sleeps in a chicken coop, has the guy she's in love with ditch her, an angry mob tries to kill her, everyone ostracizes her when she goes back to town, and then her uncle and cousin try to kill her.
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!!Tropes from the original fairytale
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** The LiveActionTV version featured in ''FaerieTaleTheatre'' attempted to "civilize" the morning conversation. She was being polite at first and denied the sleepless night when questioned, until challenged to tell the truth, and then she spilled the beans in a more [[TheWoobie woobieish]] fashion (especially considering that this version also showed exactly what she went through that night).
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** The LiveActionTV version featured in ''FaerieTaleTheatre'' attempted to "civilize" the morning conversation. She was being polite at first and denied the sleepless night when questioned, until challenged to tell the truth, and then she spilled the beans in a more [[TheWoobie woobieish]] fashion (especially considering that this version also showed exactly what she went through that night).night).
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* MarySue: Daria. She is a FriendToAllLivingThings, [[ThePollyanna a Pollyanna]], a beautiful princess raised as a peasant girl, and [[spoiler: she is the princess of prophecy]].
* {{Narm}}: By the truckload.
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* MarySue: Daria. She is a FriendToAllLivingThings, [[ThePollyanna a Pollyanna]], a beautiful princess raised as a peasant girl, and [[spoiler: she is the princess of prophecy]].
* {{Narm}}: By the truckload.
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* FridgeLogic -- if the girl is SO sensitive that even a pea through 20 mattresses will leave her bruised in the morning, how did she get far enough in the storm to even make it to the prince's castle in the first place? Shouldn't she have arrived a broken and bloody half-dead mess from the rain? (For that matter, how is she gonna have kids?)
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* FridgeLogic -- if FreudWasRight: Not part of the original baggage, but in modern times it's become popular to give this premise a sexual overtone. Especially in Italy, where the word for "pea" can be used to say "penis".
* FridgeLogic: If the girl is SO sensitive that even a pea through 20 mattresses will leave her bruised in the morning, how did she get far enough in the storm to even make it to the prince's castle in the first place? Shouldn't she have arrived a broken and bloody half-dead mess from the rain? (For that matter, how is she gonna have kids?)
* FridgeLogic: If the girl is SO sensitive that even a pea through 20 mattresses will leave her bruised in the morning, how did she get far enough in the storm to even make it to the prince's castle in the first place? Shouldn't she have arrived a broken and bloody half-dead mess from the rain? (For that matter, how is she gonna have kids?)
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* ValuesDissonance -- one would think that a much better demonstration of good character would be ''not'' to complain about your sleeping arrangements [[SacredHospitality after being freely offered shelter in another person's house.]]
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** The LiveActionTV version featured in ''FaerieTaleTheatre'' attempted to "civilize" the morning conversation. She was being polite at first and denied the sleepless night when questioned, until challenged to tell the truth, and then she spilled the beans in a more [[TheWoobie woobieish]] fashion (especially considering that this version also showed exactly what she went through that night).
