A List Of Names--Princesses In Science Fiction

[Little_Nemo]

Does Adventure Time count as science fiction? Because it has Princess Bubblegum, Lumpy Space Princess, Flame Princess, and several others.

[doorhinge]

Princess Katralla of the Royal Planet of the Breakaway Colonies situated deep inside the Uncharted Territories, from Farscape.

[Johnny_Angel]

@Penfeather

Princess Aura, Flash Gordon. I’ll be in my bunk.

@Gray_Ghost

I had thought her name was Ardala. Turned out I was confusing her with the similarly attired princess from the Buck Rogers TV series.

Didn’t realize when I first saw the series how much of an eyeful Dr. Huer was getting. Then again, I was like 6 or so.

This actually has me wondering if there are even more instantiations of this Spangly Space Princess Bikini theme. A bit of Google searching suggests that I’d have to possibly abandon the ‘spangly’ criteron, and stretch the definition of ‘princess’ to the Disney sense of the word. But maybe this crowd can remember closer matches.

[Darth_Panda]

Princess Semage from Mom and Dad Save the World. I’ll be in someone’s bunk.

[Ethilrist]

Neytiri, from Avatar.

[Simplicio]

@Johnny_Angel

This actually has me wondering if there are even more instantiations of this Spangly Space Princess Bikini theme. A bit of Google searching suggests that I’d have to possibly abandon the ‘spangly’ criteron, and stretch the definition of ‘princess’ to the Disney sense of the word. But maybe this crowd can remember closer matches.

Some combination of the Space Bikini and revealing long, thin, robe was pretty much the only thing woman, Princess or otherwise, were depicted as wearing on the covers of Amazing Stories and similar magazine during the 30’s and 40’s. I assume that’s where Flash Gorden et. al. go it from (and from there, where Lucas got Leia’s gold bikini in Jedi).

[Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor]

@mbh

Also from Burroughs’ Mars:
Tara of Helium
Thuvia of Ptarth
Llana of Gathol

Umm…I don’t think Thuvia was a princess.

[Cub_Mistress]

Princess Libido from the Sci Fi TV show Quark

[Ethilrist]

Salia, from the STNG episode, “The Dauphin.”

[mbh]

@Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor

Umm…I don’t think Thuvia was a princess.

Thuvia

The only daughter of Jeddak Thuvan Dihn of Ptarth, Thuvia for unknown reasons set out on the final pilgrimage for the Valley Dor, the Martian equivalent of Heaven. The princess had hoped to find a blissful new life in paradise, but instead she was enslaved by the monstrous Therns. For fifteen years, Thuvia was subjected to the sort of indignities which could not be enumerated in polite conversation in the early 20th century.

Finally safe back at her father’s court Thuvia is courted by Carthoris, Astok prince of Dusar and Kulan Tith Jeddak of Kaol. But Carthoris can’t spit it out, and she detests Astok, so she accepts Kulan Tith, her father’s choice, and gives him her word of honor.

Astok however is not a man to accept a refusal and sets the events of Thuvia, Maid of Mars in motion by kidnapping the princess and casting the blame on Carthoris, his fellow disappointed suitor, who of course sets out to clear his name by rescuing the woman he loves.

[mbh]

@Johnny_Angel

This actually has me wondering if there are even more instantiations of this Spangly Space Princess Bikini theme. A bit of Google searching suggests that I’d have to possibly abandon the ‘spangly’ criteron, and stretch the definition of ‘princess’ to the Disney sense of the word. But maybe this crowd can remember closer matches.

Robert Abbett’s Barsoom:

ERBzine 0301: Robert Abbett ERB Art

Gino d’Achille’s Barsoom:
http://theartofbarsoom.blogspot.com/2011/01/gino-dachille.html

[Boyo_Jim]

They call her the Princess Bride, but I don’t think Buttercup was technically a princess.

[Gyrate]

If you consider “Adventure Time” to be sci-fi it’ll be a very long list.

And they left off Doctor Princess, who is not actually a princess; it’s just her name.

[Andy_L]

@Boyo_Jim

They call her the Princess Bride, but I don’t think Buttercup was technically a princess.

If I recall correctly, there’s a brief allusion to the process that made Buttercup a princess, and thus suitable to marry the Prince (Goldman notes that S. Morgenstern’s original book goes into great detail about this), but you’re right that Buttercup wasn’t born a princess.

[Dendarii_Dame]

Princess Aura, in the episode “Sanctuary Earth” of **The Bionic Woman.
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Princess Josephine of TARDIS (In a Doctor Who episode, Jo and the Doctor are found somewhere on the planet Peladon where only those “of royal blood” are allowed to be. He’s her “advisor”.)

The Infanta (which is, I believe, the Spanish equivalent of princess) “Lummox” of the Hroshii in Robert Heinlein’s novel The Star Beast.

[Little_Nemo]

Roger Zelazny’s Chronicles of Amber series has several princesses, including Deirdre, Fiona, Flora, and Llewella.

[Chronos]

Amber’s fantasy, though, not sci-fi.

And there are a number of princesses in the Honor Harrington books, but I don’t remember any of their names off the top of my head.

[Andy_L]

@Chronos

And there are a number of princesses in the Honor Harrington books, but I don’t remember any of their names off the top of my head.

I think one of them is “Princess Ruth”

[alphaboi867]

@Simplicio

Some combination of the Space Bikini and revealing long, thin, robe was pretty much the only thing woman, Princess or otherwise, were depicted as wearing on the covers of Amazing Stories and similar magazine during the 30’s and 40’s. I assume that’s where Flash Gorden et. al. go it from (and from there, where Lucas got Leia’s gold bikini in Jedi).

If it’s something written by Edgar Rice Burroughs that’s just artistic licence; all his characters, male or female, when naked except or the occasional bit of jewellery or weapons harness. That tends not to show up in the adaptations.

[Bryan_Ekers]

Leslie Barbara’s dog in Police Academy.