History YMMV / ThePrincessAndThePea

** It didn't leave her bruised, it was just that she could feel it period. Doesn't help the childbirth fact, but so long as it was just a moderate storm, the kind you wanted not to spend the night in, it shouldn't have been terribly damaging.

* AngstWhatAngst: Although Heath is briefly shocked when he finds out about Laird swapping Daria and Hildegard, he gets over it rather quickly. At the end of the film, he doesn't seem too upset that the girl he raised from infancy to adulthood turned out to be a fraud who was conspiring against him, and that his own daughter is practically a stranger to him.

* IdiotPlot: The fact that infant Daria was able to sit up by herself means that she was at least 4-7 months old, and that she would've had a distinct facial structure, and eye color. 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.

* 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.

** Laird's VillainSong, "What It Takes to Rule" is a SuspiciouslySimilarSong to [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid "Poor Unfortunate Souls."]]

** The main moral of the story is that "Appearances Can Be Deceiving", when the princess first arrives at the castle, she looks like anything but a Princess. The narrator describes how ''the water ran down from her hair and clothes; it ran down into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels.'' This is not exactly the elegance that we usually associate with royalty. Naturally, the queen is suspicious and wants some form of proof that this stranger is the 'real princess' she claims to be. After passing the sensitivity test, it's revealed that the girl is who she says she is and the Queen herself learns a valuable lesson on appearances.

%%* SnarkBait: You betcha.

* EarWorm: "That's What It Takes to Rule."

** 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).

* InsistentTerminology: The end credits ''really'' want you to know how original the story is.

* SnarkBait: You betcha.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: During the beginning of the film, Helsa shows compassion towards her infant niece, and mentions how similar both her and Daria are (both not having mothers). She also shows hesitance over going through with Laird's plan and asks that he not harm Daria. After this scene, she's just as evil and irredeemable as her husband, and any hidden depths she might've had were forgotten.

** No one said she must be good person. The task is made for {{Spoiled Brat}}s.

** No one said she must be good person. The task is made for {{SpoiledBrat}}s

* EostericHappyEnding: Due to the below-mentioned ValuesDissonance, you have to wonder just how happily he's going to live ever after with such an absurdly high-maintenance gal for his wife.

* 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.

* BrokenAesop: It's supposed to be something along the lines of "who you are matters more than your status", but since Daria was the king's biological daughter SwitchedAtBirth for an imposter and said imposter was disowned the instant the king found out about it, it comes off as "who you're related to biologically is what matters most".

* InformedAttribute: Although he's [[AmbitionIsEvil ambitious]] and acts like a [[SissyVillain stereotypical villain]], Laird barely does anything to suggest that he's unfit to rule.

* AngstWhatAngst: Although Heath is briefly shocked when he finds out about Laird swapping Daria and Hildegard, he gets over it rather quickly. And at the end, doesn't seem too upset that the girl he raised from infancy to adulthood turned out to be a fraud who was conspiring against him, and that his own daughter is practically a stranger to him.

** Hildegard turns out to be just as evil and heartless as both her biological parents. Even though Laird uses it as a way to get Rollo to sympathize with her, his (false) explanation for Hildegard being so cruel because she has to live up to everyone's expectation of being just like her "mother", would've actually worked as a real reason for her attitude. Her "father" Heath constantly tries to get her to act similar to her "mother", and even told his infant daughter he hoped she'd grow up to be just like her mother, so she would've had this pressure on her since she was a baby. There's also the fact that she was raised by both Helsa and Heath, with one teaching her to be kind and selfless and another teaching her to be vain and selfish. This could've lead to her being more a more conflicted person, trying to figure out right and wrong.

* IdiotPlot: The fact that infant Daria was able to sit up by herself means that she was at least 4-7 months old, and that she would've had a distinct facial structure, and eye color. 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.

* 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".

** Hildegard turns out to be just as evil and heartless as both her biological parents. Even though Laird uses it as a way to get Rollo to sympathize with her, his (false) explanation for Hildegard being so cruel because she has to live up to everyone's expectation of being just like her "mother", would've actually worked as a real reason for her attitude. Her "father" Heath constantly tries to get her to act similar to her "mother", and even told his infant daughter he hoped she'd grow up to be just like her mother, so she would've had this pressure on her since she was a baby. There's also the fact that she was raised by both Helsa and Heath, with one teaching her to be kind and selfless and another teaching her to vain and selfish. This could've lead to her being more a more conflicted person, trying to figure out right and wrong.

* InformedAttribute: Although he's [[AmbitionIsEvil ambitious]] and acts like a stereotypical villain, Laird barely does anything to suggest that he's unfit to rule.

** Hildegard turns out to be just as evil and heartless as both her biological parents. Even though Laird uses it as a way to get Rollo to sympathize with her, his (false) explanation for Hildegard being so cruel because she has to live up to everyone's expectation of being just like her "mother", would've actually worked as a real reason for her attitude. Her "father" Heath constantly tries to get her to act similar to her "mother", and even told his infant daughter he hoped she'd grow up to be just like her mother, so she would've had this pressure on her since she was a baby. There's also the fact that she was raised by both Helsa and Heath, with one teaching her to be kind and selfless and another teaching her to vain and selfish. This could've lead to her being more a more conflicted person, trying to figure out right and wrong.

** Hildegard turns out to be just as evil and heartless as both her biological parents. Even though Laird uses it as a way to get Rollo to sympathize with her, his (false) explanation for Hildegard being so cruel because she has to live up to everyone's expectation of being just like her "mother", would've actually worked as a real reason for her attitude. Her "father" Heath constantly tries to get her to act similar to her "mother", and even told his infant daughter he hoped she'd grow up to be just like her mother, so she would've had this pressure on her since she was a baby. There's also the fact that she was raised by both Helsa and Heath, with one teaching her to be kind and selfless and another teaching her to vain and selfish. This could've lead to her being more confused as to what morality she should have.

* BrokenAesop: Nobility is about more than being of royal blood... except Daria ''is'' of royal blood.