Characters from Disney's Enchanted and its sequel Disenchanted (2022).
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Characters introduced in Enchanted
Giselle
Giselle
Played By: Amy Adams
Voiced By: Romina Marroquín Payró (Latin American Spanish), Satoko Kimura (Japanese), Ilaria Latini (Italian), Ann van den Broeck (Dutch), Daryna Murashchenko (Ukrainian)
The main protagonist of the film, Giselle comes from the land of Andalasia and finds herself in modern-day New York the day of her wedding with Prince Edward, forcing her to find a way to return and learn about this strange new land that is the real world.
- All-Loving Heroine: Sees beauty and worth even in an old bum's toothless smile, the "vermin" of New York, and a statue of a large woman.
- Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Doesn't quite get why a teenaged Morgan doesn't exactly appreciate all the things she used to do anymore, or why it might be embarrassing to have her do those things in front of other teenagers. Ultimately it turns out that Morgan actually does still like all that stuff... just not in public.
- Big Bad: She unintentionally becomes the main villain of the sequel as it is her wish that causes all the trouble for her friends and family and in turn turns her into the very image of a wicked stepmother/evil queen.
- Blithe Spirit: In "That's How You Know," she turns an average day at the park into one of the most joyous musical numbers ever.
- The Cast Show Off: Amy Adams is able to fully utilize her theatrical background during the movie.
- Chewing the Scenery: Being from the animated world of Andalasia, her actions and manner of speaking are always over the top. Even more so in Disenchanted when she turns wicked.
- Cloud Cuckoolander: Drank aquarium water, with fish still in it.
- Conveniently an Orphan: Hinted at in Enchanted and confirmed in Disenchanted, but Giselle is an orphan. Giselle being Giselle, she never angsts about this.
- The Cutie: Innocent and bubbly.
- Damsel in Distress: Giselle is more of a psychological example for Robert, as he repeatedly finds himself "saving" her when she's completely out of her depth.
- Evil Costume Switch: After turning fully wicked in Disenchanted, she switches out from her usual floral print outfits to a dark blue peacock-themed number, and then to a dark red dress for the ball.
- Evil Sounds Deep: Giselle's voice is deeper in her Evil Stepmother persona.
- The Fashionista: She inherits Nancy's boutique, which she names Andalasia Fashions.
- Fish out of Water: Her main conflict in the film. Coming from a land where nearly everything is based on the usual fairy tale clichés, she has trouble fitting in with reality.
- For Happiness: Her life philosophy is to do what makes you happy and to try and help others achieve happiness.
- Friend to All Children: She has no problem interacting with kids, as evidenced with her conversations with Morgan and the kids at her boutique.
- Friend to All Living Things: She has loads and loads of Non Human Sidekicks and cares for each and every one of them.
- Friend to Bugs: Flies and cockroaches help to clean the apartment for her. She also mentions that her silkworm friends helped to make her wedding dress.
- Going Native: She has adjusted to life in New York.
- Good Stepmother: Even before she married Robert, she was kind to his daughter Morgan who took to her a lot more than Nancy. This is Played for Drama in the second film, as Giselle is so good a mother to Morgan that the teenager would love nothing more than for Giselle to straight up be her biological mother and the fact that she can't causes Morgan a lot of angst and puts a temporary severe strain on the otherwise very loving relationship resulting in the entire conflict of the film.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Downplayed, since her hair more strawberry-blonde than completely blonde, but she's completely pure-hearted, innocent and a Friend to All Living Things. Add that to the checklist of Disney Princess tropes she has.
- Helpless Good Side: Once Giselle realizes she's starting to turn evil, she tries fighting it, but the magic proves too strong, and Wicked Giselle wins out until the climax.
- Honorary Princess: Giselle goes from being a peasant in the forest to being a stylist in New York, without marrying the Prince Charming in the end. This does not prevent Morgan from thinking she is a princess, notably because of her poofy Fairytale Wedding Dress. Granted, Giselle totally has the mind of a Princess Classic, including the power of summoning animals by singing.
- Horrible Judge of Character: Even after over a decade in the real world, she's still a bit too naïve and trusting for her own good, failing to notice Malvina is a nasty piece of work from the off. Even when the magic wish kicks in, and Malvina becomes so Obviously Evil Pip can peg it at first glance, she doesn't get it.
- Incorruptible Pure Pureness: Giselle always retains her positive and loving spirit despite some major culture shock, and adapts to the non-fairy-tale nature of New York City without becoming cynical.
- The Ingenue: A fairytale maiden who's naive, innocent, cheerful and a total sweetheart.
- Innocent Fanservice Girl: Is not at all bothered that Robert walks in right after she takes a shower, which in turn flusters him.
- Innocent Soprano: She's pretty innocent thanks to being a misplaced fairytale heroine. She sings in the mixed and head voice range a lot, notably in "True Love's Kiss" and "Happy Working Song". She's a parody of the early Princesses, and Snow White and Aurora were classic sopranos.
- Jaded Washout: The Disney version that gets better, but for a time in "Disenchanted" she feels like a failure who used to be good at everything, and wants the only scary moments to be ogres and trolls.
- Large Ham: Like all Andalasians. Robert's boss even lampshades this when she's crying at their office, stating that she cries like she's on Oprah.
- Male Gaze: Stretches the trope as far as a Disney family movie can allow. First she is in a Sexy Soaked Shirt (well, dress actually). Second in a Modesty Towel, still wet after shower.
- Manic Pixie Dream Girl: She believes in true love and happy endings, which Robert's long given up on.
- Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds: One innocent if not really thought out wish from her nearly leads to the eradication of Andalasia.
- Ms. Fanservice: She's very beautiful and gets into a surprisingly amount of Fanservice-y scenes throughout the movie.
- Nice Girl: A sweetheart to everyone she meets.
- Overly Generous Fool: When Robert prepares to send Giselle away, he gives her some money for the bus fare—only to see her immediately give it all away to a homeless old woman who said she needed it more. This prompts Robert to stick with Giselle a little longer, as he realizes that she genuinely doesn't know how the "real world" operates as opposed to her fairy tale home of Andalasia.
- Parental Neglect: On turning wicked, she fobs off looking after Sofia to three fairies.
- Raised by Wolves: She was raised by the Andalasian forest animals.
- Red-Headed Heroine: Has long red hair symbolizing her effervescent energy, naïveté, and occasional temper.
- Sarcasm-Blind: In Disenchanted, even after over a decade in New York, she still has severe trouble picking up on sarcasm. Something of a problem as Morgan's become an increasingly snarky teenager.
- Second Love: The third love to Robert, with his wife being the first and Nancy being second.
- Sexy Soaked Shirt: It rains on her first night in NYC, and boy is it noticeable.
- Significant Wardrobe Shift: Her clothes go from extravagantly fairy tale-esque to much more simple and elegant (but still colorful).
- Speaks Fluent Animal: She can talk to and understand her animal friends.
- Stepford Smiler: Struggles to keep up her hopeful and friendly mood when things start to get hard in the sequel, and eventually confesses to Robert that she "used to be good at things".
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: Downplayed. She's very much the Girly Girl to Nancy's relative Tomboy, although Nancy's only tomboyish when compared to Giselle; they're both extremely romantic, but Giselle is a classical princess full of sparkles in contrast to Nancy, who dresses more gender-neutral.
- Trapped in Another World: The set-up for her arc in the film is that she is banished from her world by its queen and stuck in New York.
Robert Philip
Robert Philip
Played By: Patrick Dempsey
Voiced By: Luis Daniel Ramírez (Latin American Spanish), Yasuhiko Nemoto (Japanese)
A cynical New York City divorce attorney who does not believe in true love or happily-ever-after. Nonetheless, he does his best to be a decent parent to his daughter.
- Comically Missing the Point: During "That's How You Know", Giselle gets birds to deliver flowers to Nancy. Robert questions that the birds don't know where she lives instead of the idea that Giselle talks to birds.
- The Cynic: His mentality runs on Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids!.
- Cynicism Catalyst: His jaded attitude stems largely from his first wife leaving him.
- Deadpan Snarker: Almost all his lines are sarcastic up to the climax.
- Distressed Dude: After Dragon!Narissa snatches him and takes him away, she lampshades the gender flip when Giselle grabs a sword to rescue him.
- Fantasy-Forbidding Father: Is a much more tame version of this trope. He doesn't buy Morgan any fairy-tale books because he wants her to have a realistic outlook on life.
- The First Cut Is the Deepest: His wife abandoning him not long after Morgan was born is what drove him to be a divorce lawyer.
- Good Parents: He loves Morgan dearly and is a very attentive parent.
- Guess Who I'm Marrying?: To Nancy. While she is a nice lady, Morgan dislikes her due to her perception of stepmothers in general as well as sharing the same surname as Cinderella's own stepmother. Even so, he ends up losing her to Giselle.
- Hello, Attorney!: A divorce lawyer played by the good-looking Patrick Dempsey.
- Knight in Sour Armor: He's a sardonic, disillusioned, divorce lawyer who put aside any Romantic notions a long time ago. He is also a loving father and fundamentally honest—and when our princess (quite literally!) falls into his life, he repeatedly can't bring himself to walk away from helping her.
- Mr. Fanservice: That scene where he's in a bath robe and we (and Giselle) can see the hairs on his manly chest...
- Only Sane Man: Since he is the representative of New York's realism, he remarks on how strange the Andalasians are. For instance, he asks how a random street musician knows the same song that Giselle does, and how she triggers a Crowd Song.
- Papa Wolf: Even when under the effects of the wish in Disenchanted, he notes Morgan's absence and worries for her.
- Properly Paranoid: He's rightly suspicious of the fact that people keep trying to give Giselle free food and drinks. These "people" are actually Nathaniel trying to slip Giselle poisoned apples in some form or another in attempts to kill her.
- Second Love: To Giselle, the first being Edward. Giselle falls in love with him after first falling for Edward.
- Two First Names: Robert's last name is "Phillip", which is commonly used as a given name.
Morgan Philip
Morgan Philip
Click here to see her in Disenchanted (spoilers)
Played By: Rachel Covey (Enchanted), Gabriella Baldacchino (Disenchanted), Rachel Duff (young, Disenchanted)
Voiced By: Paulina García Casillas (Latin American Spanish, Enchanted), Melissa Gedeón (Latin American Spanish, Disenchanted), Karin Ono (Japanese), Adrienn Pekár (Hungarian)
- Beauty Equals Goodness: In Disenchanted, Morgan becomes this.
- Bratty Teenage Daughter: In Disenchanted, Morgan copes with the unwanted move to Monroeville and her negative feelings about her baby sister being considered Giselle's "true" daughter with snark, anger, and teen angst.
- Cheerful Child: Morgan is a easily pleased little kid who likes being around a fairy tale character.
- Child of Two Worlds: Played for Drama, Though she never takes it out on Sofia, the fact that her baby sister Sofia is Giselle's daughter by blood only serves to remind Morgan that she is just Giselle's stepdaughter from the real world and thus supposedly not a true Andalasian. As a result she feels left out of the magic when Sofia is given a magic wand that only a true Andalasian can use. Luckily, Andalasian magic runs on Fairy Tale logic where The Power of Love reigns supreme, so being Happily Adopted is no different from being blood-related. As far as Andalasian magic’s concerned, Morgan is a true Andalasian.
- Friend to All Living Things: She doesn't mind the animals coming in the apartment one little bit, though in the second film she does show some apprehension when presented with a wild skunk.
- Genre Savvy: Having spent ten years with Giselle as a stepmother, Morgan knows exactly what her life is.
- Happily Adopted: With Giselle as her stepmother, Played for Drama as she loves Giselle so much that in the second film, she wishes this wasn't the case and that she was Giselle's actual biological daughter which causes her tremendous angst.
- Honorary Princess: In the second film though it's never really called out directly, but in Giselle's wished up Fairy Tale world, Morgan is placed and brainwashed in the role of a classic Disney Princess, specifically of the Cinderella archetype, even getting an "I Want" Song and her own take on the iconic magic dress transformation shot. Interestingly once she breaks free of the spell by going to Andalasia, she still ends up playing the part (that's when the dress transformation happens), albeit now with the proactiveness and heroism of the more modern Princesses like Jasmine, Mulan, Rapunzel, Anna, and Moana.
- I Just Want to Be Special: In the second film, while she buries it under a mountain of snark and teenage angst, it's implied that Morgan desperately wants to be included in all the magic and that the reason she starts rejecting both fairy tales and Giselle herself is due to feeling left out for not being a "true daughter of Andalasia".
- Infant Sibling Jealousy: Morgan is upset that her stepmom Giselle's baby Sofia is considered a "true daughter of Andalasia" because Morgan assumes it means she isn't one. However she never actually holds this against Sofia and actually seems quite fond of her.
- Kick the Dog: At her lowest point in Disenchanted, she snaps that Giselle is not her mom, just her stepmom, however in a twist, this is her insecurity of not being Giselle's real daughter rearing its ugly head.
- Like Parent, Like Child: She can be quite snarky like her father, especially in her teenage years.
- Little Miss Snarker: She's quite precocious, and being abandoned by her biological mother has jaded her somewhat, though she's still more of an idealist than her dad. She keeps this trait in the sequel.
- Missing Mom: She abandoned her and her father. In Disenchanted, its never stated, but made clear that she's (justifiably) dead to a now teenaged Morgan.
- Nice Girl: Sweet, kind, beautiful and giving.
- Ping Pong Naïveté: She makes the quite adult remark about how all boys are after one thing...and then she notes she has no clue what that even means.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: In Disechanted to her father Robert, who in the first film was as dismissive as she is both before and after Giselle came into their lives.
- Tagalong Kid: Mainly hangs around her father and Giselle for the most part.
- Two First Names: Her last name is "Phillip".
- "Well Done, Daughter!" Gal: She doesn't really show it too much but in the second film Morgan feels this way towards Giselle, wishing that she really was her mother rather than just her stepmother, primarily so that she can be a "true daughter of Andalasia" and thus be included in all the magic, though it's really all in her head because as far as Giselle is concerned Morgan truly is her daughter.
- Wise Beyond Their Years: Zig-Zagged, she can say some pretty wise things only to admit that she has no idea what she's talking about.
- Youthful Freckles: Has these in the sequel.
Prince Edward
Prince Edward
Played By: James Marsden
Voiced By: Raúl Carballeda (Latin American Spanish), Hiroshi Hatanaka (Japanese)
A narcissistic and athletic, yet good-hearted, prince who ends up confused with the world of New York once entering it.
- Always Save the Girl: He will rush to Giselle's side whenever she is in danger, and when he briefly sees Robert with her on a news segment, he mistakenly assumes he's holding her hostage.
- Brainless Beauty: He's handsome, but not terribly bright.
- Calling the Old Woman Out: Confronting his (step)mother when he learns the truth about her.
- Celebrity Paradox: While he is at Times Square, there are posters of Superman Returns and Hairspray (2007) in the background. James Marsden was part of both films.
- Chewing the Scenery: Being from the animated world of Andalasia, his actions and manner of speaking are always over the top.
- Determinator: He never stopped looking for Giselle while in New York.
- Disposable Fiancée: He and Giselle are betrothed at the beginning of the film, but Giselle doesn't get around to marrying him before falling for and eventually ending the story with Robert.
- Glass Cannon: Brave as he is, it takes him a long time to recover once he is hit.
- Glory Seeker: Edward enjoys getting applause for stopping monsters.
- Graceful Loser: He took Giselle leaving him for Robert with class.
- Happily Married: By the time of Disenchanted, his marriage with Nancy is still going strong. Unlike Giselle and Robert, there's no indication of any problems there.
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Lets Robert kiss Giselle without any signs of jealousy and is even happy for them once they get together.
- Large Ham: Like all Andalasians. In fact, he's the largest ham of them all.
- Le Parkour: He has no trouble leaping in the most unusual of places.
- Love at First Note: Fell in love with Giselle after hearing her sing.
- Mr. Fanservice: Given how he's a fairy-tale prince, Edward has a notably handsome physique.
- Prince Charming: He's a parody of it - in that he's got an
Awesome Ego and is a bit dim-witted. But still gracious and charming nonetheless. - Proud Beauty: There's no bigger fan of his beauty than him.
- Romantic False Lead: For Giselle, who gets engaged to him at the beginning of the movie, but ultimately ends up with Robert instead.
- Warrior Prince: He is a brave prince and formidable fighter.
Nancy Tremaine
Nancy Tremaine
Played By: Idina Menzel
Voiced By: María Roiz (Latin American Spanish), Marika Hayashi (Japanese)
Robert's fiancée.
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The Cast Showoff: In Disenchanted, Nancy gets to sing twice, showing off her actress's Broadway talents. - Celebrity Paradox: While Edward is at Times Square, there are posters of RENT and Wicked, musicals which famously starred her actress, Idina Menzel.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: She is slightly pissed upon seeing Giselle at the ball and acts quite possessive of Robert in that her request to cut in almost sounds like a demand. However, upon seeing Giselle cursed to sleep and knowing True Love's Kiss is the only thing that will save her, she tells Robert to kiss her without any vindictiveness or anger, just sad recognition Robert doesn't love her anymore like that.
- Closet Geek: Sort of. She shows that she does have a fondness for fairy tale stuff. The invitation to the ball with a flower ring gets her very happy and excited.
- Cutting the Electronic Leash: At her wedding, she discards her beeping cellphone.
- Disposable Fiancée: She's Robert's girlfriend at the beginning of the film, providing an obstacle to his attraction to Giselle. Robert eventually ends up with Giselle and Nancy with Giselle's ex-fiance Edward, so everyone is happy.
- The Fashionista: She's a fashion designer and owns a boutique, which Giselle inherits when Nancy decides to marry Edward and live in Andalasia.
- Foreshadowing: The Celebrity Paradox above pretty much gave away who'll end up with whom.
- Innocent Blue Eyes: In the sequel, her animated counterpart has blue eyes instead of brown.
- Meaningful Name: She has the same last name as Cinderella's stepfamily in the Disney movie and if she were to marry Robert she would be Morgan's stepmother. Subverted in that she's not wicked, despite Morgan's concerns that the Wicked Stepmother trope will apply with her, and doesn't end up marrying Robert or becoming Morgan's stepmother, Giselle does.
- Pair the Spares: After her guy hooks up with Giselle instead of her, she marries Giselle's guy.
- Speaking Like Totally Teen: Her first lines are saying to Morgan - "Hey, girlfriend. Ready to kick it?"Morgan: Kick what?
- Thinks Like a Romance Novel: Nancy is very excited by the gesture of having a gift delivered by animals and a deleted scene has her talking with a coworker about wishing for a man to whisk her away to the Hamptons and never miss a date.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: Downplayed quite a bit, but she still appears tomboyish when she's next to the ultra-girly Giselle. They're both extremely romantic, and Nancy's quite game for the ball and doesn't appear uncomfortable in a dress, but as Giselle is full of sparkles and is an Affectionate Parody of a Princess Classic, Giselle is still the girly one of the pair.
Nathaniel
Nathaniel
Played By: Timothy Spall
Voiced By: Michel Papineschi (European French), Rubén "Trujo" Trujillo (Latin American Spanish), Akihiko Ishizumi (Japanese)
Nathaniel is a servant of Queen Narissa, who controls him through his infatuation with her and his own lack of self-esteem.- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Nathaniel seems a bit like the usual Disney henchman, stumbling around a bit and being discomforted by troll snot, but all those years of taking Edward of on heroic quests have given him some combat skills, resourcefulness and bravery, as best shown when he's following Giselle and confronting Narissa in the climax.
- Easily Forgiven: Once he turns on Narissa, no one brings up what he did in her service. It probably helps that he admits it upfront and is the first to threaten to kill her by grabbing the Prince's sword and putting it to her throat.
- Heel–Face Turn: Once he realizes Narissa's been treating him like dirt, he gives the heroes the information they need against her.
- Hopeless Suitor: It’s quite clear that Nathaniel is in love with Narissa, but she uses his affection for her to make him do her dirty work. He gets over his feelings for her and has a Heel–Face Turn in the climax.
- Love Makes You Evil: His relationship with Narissa motivates his desire to please her...which means trying to kill off Giselle.
- Mistaken for Gay:Artie: Let me guess. You are looking for a beautiful girl, too?Nathaniel: No. I am looking for a prince, actually.Artie: Right.
- Redemption Earns Life: He becomes a successful writer after his Heel–Face Turn.
- Sequel Non-Entity: After his major role in the first film, Nathaniel is not seen or mentioned in Disenchanted, most likely because he remains in New York while the other characters spend the bulk of the film in Monroeville.
- Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer: His appearance and role in the film come as a surprise for viewers.
- Subordinate Excuse: Nathaniel is the Queen's stooge despite not having anything against her enemies. He gets no personal benefit out of it other than basking in the presence of a woman he's head over heels for.
Pip
Pip
Voiced by:: Jeff Bennett (Andalasia) and Kevin Lima (New York) (English, Enchanted), Griffin Newman (English, Disenchanted), José Luis Miranda and Arturo Mercado (Latin American Spanish), Mitsuo Iwata (Japanese)
- Butt-Monkey: A lot of bad things happen to him throughout the first movie.
- Cats Are Mean: Once his "evil cat" persona takes over in Disenchanted, he taunts Morgan and purposefully messes up things she’s just cleaned to prolong her chores.
- Fat Bastard: Becomes this in Disenchanted as his "evil cat" persona is visibly overweight, thanks to being an Expy of Lucifer from Cinderella.
- Forced Transformation: In Disenchanted, as Giselle's wish turns her into a Wicked Stepmother, Pip is transformed into her Right-Hand Cat.Giselle: Oh Pip... Stepmothers don't have cute chipmunks as friends. They have...
Pip: [horrified] Cats! And evil ones! - The Last Straw: A Running Gag for him in Enchanted. When Giselle is pursued by an ogre in a tree during the opening of the movie, the branch they stand on only starts bending when he arrives on it. He doesn't care for the implications about the pounds he's put on...Pip: I gotta lay off the nuts.
- It then turns out to be a Chekhov's Gun during the final battle against Narissa. As she has climbed under her dragon form to the top of a skyscraper, he notices the spike she holds onto is bending and, recalling what happened previously, he realizes it only takes him stepping forward to cause her Disney Villain Death.
- The Mind Is a Plaything of the Body: Part of the problem with being turned into a cat is that, as it goes on, he starts thinking more and more like a cat - aloof, cruel, smug, lazy - and worse, since he's a cat he's enjoying it.
- Non-Human Sidekick: Acts as one to Giselle, to the point that when she is being turned into an evil version of herself in Disenchanted, he does too (see Forced Transformation above).
- Speech-Impaired Animal: While he was a full Talking Animal in Andalasia, upon crossing over from Andalasia to Earth, he becomes this, much to his dismay. In Disenchanted, he can speak perfect English in the real world as a result of Giselle wanting a fairytale life.
- Weight Woe: A reoccurring problem for Pip. In the first movie, he suffers from The Last Straw gags described above. In the sequel, his “evil cat” form really is fat and he gets stuck in a carriage because of it.
Queen Narissa
Queen Narissa
Click to see her Dragon form
Played By: Susan Sarandon
Voiced By: Magdalena Leonel (Latin American Spanish), Midori Hagio (Japanese)
- Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: She has jet-black hair, and she cares for absolutely no one but herself.
- And Starring: Susan Sarandon is given additional credit in the CBB.
- Big Bad: She is the main antagonist of the film.
- Chewing the Scenery: Being from the animated world of Andalasia, her actions and manner of speaking are always over the top.
- Composite Character: She is a Captain Ersatz of the Evil Queen and Maleficent, having the former's magic apples and hag disguise, and the latter's powers and dragon form.
- Dark Is Evil: Her heart is as black as her clothes and hair.
- Disney Villain Death: Tumbles down off the Woolworth Building in pure Disney fashion. Uniquely, we actually get to see her hit the ground, whereupon she dissolves into glitter.
- Evil Gloating: Even after changing into a dragon for the Final Battle, she still endlessly brags about her sheer status and power, and she also constantly lampshades the film's main story elements, especially Robert being a Distressed Dude instead of Giselle being a Damsel in Distress.
- Evil Sorceress: She's the Big Bad, and a few of her magical powers include potions, portals, and shape-shifting.
- Excessive Evil Eyeshadow: In true Disney villainess fashion, she wears thick light blue eyeshadow.
- Expy: She shares her roles and personalities with the Evil Queen and Maleficent.
- Genre Savvy: She's well aware of each of the classic tropes that appear in fairy tales, so she constantly lampshades them throughout the film.
- Glass-Shattering Sound: At one point while talking to Nathaniel, she suddenly raises her last word to a shrill scream that shatters all the glass in the bar Nathaniel is in.Narissa: I'm coming there! And I will kill the little wretch myseeeEEEEEEEEELLLLLLF!
- God Save Us from the Queen!: Queen? Check. Evil? Check. Tyrannical? Lords it over whomever she can.
- Greed: Pretty much her essence, as she wants all the political power in Andalasia for herself.
- Kaiju: Her dragon form resembles a blue and purple lizard with disproportionately small wings, and it appears to be around 200 feet long from head to tail and 40 feet tall from sole to scalp.
- Killed Mid-Sentence: As she is falling to her death, she hastily says her shapeshifting incantation only to hit a spire mid-sentence.
- Lady of Black Magic: Has it all: the sorcery, the elegant black/dark colored dresses and a distinct lack of morals to boot.
- Lampshade Hanging: Due to being Genre Savvy, she constantly highlights the inherent issues with certain tropes appearing in fairy tails, but nothing compares to this gem from the climax:Queen Narissa: [to Robert] I guess that makes you the Damsel in Distress, huh, handsome?
- Large Ham: Like all Andalasians, she constantly gloats about her status and power, and being the Big Bad, she also counts as Evil Is Hammy.
- Mage in Manhattan: She's the page image for this trope, and as the aforementioned trope's name suggests, she's a sorceress who visits Manhattan during the climax.
- Makeup Is Evil: Unlike the fresh-faced princess-to-be Giselle, evil sorceress-queen Narissa is drawn with obvious blue eyeshadow and prominent eyeshadow and lipstick.note
- Meaningful Name: Her name sounds similar to "narcissist", and she's a Vain Sorceress.
- Obviously Evil: One wonders why Edward never questioned his stepmother's fashion choices, and her dark clothing is also a clear indicator of her status as the Big Bad.
- Ominous Latin Chanting: Her Leitmotif features a copious amount of low-tempo chanting that can give you the chills whenever she appears on-screen.
- Pragmatic Villainy: While not stated, she is implied to never have mistreated Edward, as he seems shocked to discover that her treachery and that she had been distracting him with quests to keep him from finding an eligible maiden to marry and take her place as queen instead of just killing him herself. It is possible that she realized that killing the heir to the kingdom would make people suspicious and possibly lead to someone discovering her actions and trying to overthrow her, so she settled for just manipulating him. Also, once Edward does find love, she just sends Giselle to New York City instead of Edward and doesn't try to kill either of them until later. Once again, she likely tried to be pragmatic since, in hindsight, a missing peasant would cause less of a scandal than if the prince went missing.
- Refugee from TV Land: Like the other Andalasians, she hails from an animated dimension, but she seems to take it quite well, though.
- Scaled Up: She turns into a dragon for the final battle.
- Silver Fox: Susan Sarandon, despite being visibly aged, is still quite a looker to many male fans.
- Suddenly Shouting: At one point, she raises the last word in a sentence to a scream that slowly gets more shrill and high-pitched, enough to shatter glass.
- Vain Sorceress: A sorceress queen who wants all the political power in the kingdom for herself.
- Wicked Stepmother: She's Edward's stepmother and she's the Big Bad, though she apparently never mistreated him as her betrayal was a surprise to Edward, who addresses her as "Mother" and hasn't badmouthed her to Giselle at all. In fact, Giselle once said that she heard that she's "lovely", presumably from Edward, which implies that he did care about her. Her abuse consists of secretly preventing him from meeting any eligible maidens who could take her place as queen, which while morally dubious, is still a downplayed example compared to the classic examples of this trope. Once she's found out at the ball, she has no qualms attacking him, though.
- Wicked Witch: With her hag disguise on, she closely resembles the one from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and yes, she also has a lot of magical powers on her hands.
Sam
Sam
Played By: Jodi Benson
Robert's secretary.- Secret-Keeper: Sam is one of the few people made privy to Giselle's claims, not that she believes them.
- You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: She slips into openly skeptical mockery while describing Giselle's claims about being from the vicinity of the Meadows of Joy and the Valley of Contentment.
Characters introduced in Disenchanted
Sofia Phillip
Sofia
Giselle and Robert's infant daughter and Morgan's half-sister.- Child of Two Worlds: She was born in the "real" world, but Edward and Nancy name her "a daughter of Andalasia".
- Morality Pet: Downplayed since Morgan isn't evil, but amidst all her teenage snark and angst and lashing out, Morgan never holds her insecurities against Sofia and seems fond of her, playfully asking for her backup when protesting moving.Morgan: Can you back me up on this, Sofia?
Sofia: [yawns] - Practically Different Generations: She and her older half-sister Morgan are about fifteen years apart.
- Two First Names: Same deal as her father and half-sister; her surname is Phillip.
Malvina Monroe
Malvina
- Played By: Maya Rudolph
- Bad Boss: On being turned into an Evil Queen, the first thing she does on obtaining the wand is try to use it to turn one of her minions into a toad. Later on, when she reaches full exasperation with them, she uses her own magic to turn them into toads anyway.
- Big Bad: Subverted, while portrayed as the Evil Queen in Giselle's Monrolasia, in the end, after breaking the spell, she and Giselle make amends and come around to friendly terms, revealing her to be more of a Lovable Alpha Bitch than outright evil.
- Create Your Own Villain: A literal example. While Malvina is distant and condescending in the real world, she is only an active villain in the Monrolasia reality because Giselle's wish has forcefully turned her into one.
- Eviler than Thou: Has this relationship with Giselle as the latter becomes a wicked stepmother. Malvina envies the raw power of Giselle's wand and accuses her of being a weak and delirious "wannabe" villain, when Giselle considers Malvina a "has-been" villain and plans to dethrone her as the queen of Monrolasia.
- God Save Us from the Queen!: Giselle's Monrolasia reality assigns Malvina the role of a wicked queen with magical powers, similar to Narissa from the first film.
- Heel Realization: She remembers her role as Monrolasia's evil queen as a nothing but a dream. It's implied that seeing herself as someone so malicious as to threaten Morgan and Giselle's life to secure her power motivates her to try and extend an olive branch to Giselle in the end.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: While she's at first presented as a pompous and nosy "queen bee" type who runs her self-named suburb with an iron fist. She later admits to Giselle that she knows she can go overboard and shows she is in fact capable of empathy.
- Lovable Alpha Bitch: Malvina is initially introduced as the aloof and controlling leader of her self-named suburb, which is further exaggerated by her Monrolasia persona being a literal Evil Queen. She shows a friendlier side after the spell is undone.
- Sorcerous Overlord: Becomes a female example in the fairy-tale world of Monrolasia. She is the queen of the kingdom, keeps all sorts of dangerous magical items and potions in her castle to get rid of her rivals, threatens to turn her minions into toads if they fail her and even gets into a Wizard Duel with Giselle at the end of the movie.Giselle [upon seeing Malvina use her powers for the first time]: And she's a magic queen! Those are always fun!Pip [noticing the dark and ominous outfit]: Eh, I ain't sure how "fun" she looks...
Tyson Monroe
Tyson
- Played By: Kolton Stewart
- Nice Guy: He's friendly with Morgan from the moment he meets her.
- Prince Charming: Takes this role in Monrolasia, as a kind, heroic and handsome Prince that takes an interest in Morgan.
Rosaleen and Ruby
Rosaleen
- Played By: Yvette Nicole Brown (Rosaleen) and Jayma Mays (Ruby)
- Bumbling Henchmen Duo: After magic turns Malvina from Alpha Bitch to supervillainess, her flunkies Ruby and Rosaleen become her henchwomen. Unfortunately, they're not very good at it — they're bickering all the time and fail to handle simple orders. When ordered to steal the magic wand, Ruby fumbles through it, only barely succeeds, and even drops one of her earrings, which lets Giselle know Malvina was behind it.
- Girl Posse: They're a grown-up variation. They act as the right and left hands of obnoxious PTA mom Malvina and back her up when she's doing something bitchy.
- Surrounded by Idiots: Rosaleen's attitude towards Ruby in Monrolasia.Rosaleen: You see what I have to put up with?
