These tropes know how to court a lady.
As male sons in royal families, or rulers of principalities, princes have many expectations of them. Therefore there are several types of characterizations in fiction (whether Fairy Tales or other works), along with several tropes about princes, or characters very much like the prince archetypes.
These tropes do not necessarily involve the musician Prince or anything or anyone formerly known as such.
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- The Evil Prince: Often a scheming brother or son of the monarch.
- Heir Club for Men: A king needs a son to inherit the crown.
- Hidden Backup Prince: The next in line doesn't know he's part of the royal family.
- Merchant Prince: An entrepreneur who uses his own skills to acquire political power.
- Officer and a Gentleman: A classy, cultured man who can also fight, usually military-flavored.
- Overlord Jr.: A prince who takes after his evil parent. Often overlaps with The Evil Prince.
- Prince Charming: He's good, kind, handsome, and rescues the Damsel in Distress.
- Prince Charmless: A handsome royal, or noble, Jerkass, and often a coward to boot.
- Princeling Rivalry: When princes try to screw over their brother's succession rights.
- Princely Young Man: A young man who is treated like a prince, but not actually royal.
- Rebel Prince: He does not want to be king and actively tries to escape his birthright.
- Sharp-Dressed Man: A prince is often expected to dress suavely.
- Sheltered Aristocrat: A prince who has no idea how to take care of himself or interact with people outside of his social class.
- Spare to the Throne: The crown prince's younger brother, who is expected to step up as heir if the crown prince dies or is otherwise unfit to inherit the throne.
- Warrior Prince: A prince who actually goes into battle.
- The Wise Prince: A prince who's also a Reasonable Authority Figure.
