# A List Of Names--Princesses In Science Fiction **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 26, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601 "2015-04-26T23:54:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601/41 "2015-04-29T15:53:56Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > They call her the Princess Bride, but I don’t think Buttercup was technically a princess. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601/42 "2015-04-29T15:58:17Z")
What about the princesses from the _Super Mario_ franchise? It’s a bit of a stretch, but there were some SF elements in there. Some of Bowser’s contraptions could be described as SF, and there was also the 90’s movie with the human/dinosaur parallel worlds created by the ancient meteor and the de-evolution gun. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601/43 "2015-04-29T16:28:30Z")
Princess Zulenna Luzhakna from _Girl Genius._ (She’s one of the Castle Wulfenbach students/hostages.) Princess Nell from the interactive book-within-a-book of Neal Stephenson’s [_The Diamond Age._](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diamond_Age) There’s a young Princess of Tanith in H. Beam Piper’s [_Space Viking,_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Viking) but I can’t recall her name. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601/44 "2015-04-29T16:55:18Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > Princess Aura, Flash Gordon. [I’ll be in my bunk.](http://www.get-to-the-chopper.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/aura.jpg) She has aged [incredibly](http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BNTEwODQ0NTk0Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTU3OTc1Mg@@._V1_SX214_CR0,0,214,317_AL_.jpg) [gracefully](http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Roberto+Cavalli+Party+Inside+Photocall+PFW+MLuUGV6gApLl.jpg). I’ll be in my bunk, too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601/45 "2015-04-29T17:16:06Z")
If we count fan-fic, Marissa Flores Picard of the Ratliffverse is a royal princess of the planet Essex (because OF COURSE she is…). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601/46 "2015-04-29T17:53:46Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Robert Abbett’s Barsoom: > [http://www.erbzine.com/mag3/0301.html](http://www.erbzine.com/mag3/0301.html) > > Gino d’Achille’s Barsoom: > [Sensitive Content Warning](http://theartofbarsoom.blogspot.com/2011/01/gino-dachille.html) Overall, gilt seems to be the norm more than spangly. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601/47 "2015-04-29T18:03:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Princess Amidala of Thneed, Star Wars _Queen_ Amidala. Although I suppose in order for her to be Queen, it would have been necessary for her to have been born a princess. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601/48 "2015-04-29T18:22:12Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > _Queen_ Amidala. Although I suppose in order for her to be Queen, it would have been necessary for her to have been born a princess. No, it appears to be an elective monarchy, she mentions having been elected. Also, she’s Queen of Naboo, not [Thneed](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lorax). ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601/49 "2015-04-29T18:43:04Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Also, she’s Queen of Naboo, not [Thneed](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lorax). It’s easy to err, the prequel’s confusing, Confounding, dumbfounding and always bamboozling. A mistake in the making and serving no need, so Much like a laser that is fired by Greedo. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601/50 "2015-04-29T18:57:29Z")
“Much like a laser that’s fired first by Greedo” scans much better. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601/51 "2015-04-29T19:06:01Z")
I have to disagree. The “first” ruins the meter. At best, I could see it as:“much like a laser first fired by Greedo” but that undercuts the joke of the “so” on the previous line. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601/52 "2015-04-30T11:08:23Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Princess Zulenna Luzhakna from _Girl Genius._ (She’s one of the Castle Wulfenbach students/hostages.) Zeetha (Daughter of Chump) is also a princess - or, properly, “royal princess guardian of the lost city of Skifander”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601.md?page=2)