YMMV / Danny Phantom S 2 E 14 Beauty Marked

• Anvilicious: This episode pulls no punches about how women should have the same rights as men and be treated equally, courtesy of Sam.
• Newer Than They Think: Beauty pageants were a 20th century invention, not Medieval.
  • The idea of royal men choosing a bride based on looks is very modern. Most medieval weddings for royalty, nobility, and gentry were arranged political marriages to gain more land, wealth, and/or status. How the bride and groom felt about their partner didn't matter as far as their parents or royal advisers were concerned, which leads to...
  • The idea of princesses just looking pretty, smiling, and living Happily Ever After was an escapist fantasy in a lot of fairy tales (told by commoners) since most princesses were in reality pretty ugly and spoiled (due to Royal Inbreeding), which unfortunately people assume was a reality that never was, due to Disney Codifying the many Disney Princess films.