# Disney animated feature films - F.. your Mom! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies, disney-hulu, cartoons-animation\ **Created:** [May 22, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309 "2026-05-22T14:27:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/41 "2026-05-23T21:32:19Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > Elsa and Anna are not official Disney Princesses? LOL.. yes, my daughter (age 9) and I just went through this. Officially (in terms of Disney marketing) there are 13 official Princesses ( **Cinderella, Aurora, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Arial, Mulan, Merida, Pocahontas, Tiana, Moana, Belle, Jasmine** , and **Raya**. **Elsa** and **Anna** were considered, however they are successful enough on their own so as not needing to be packaged with the others. Unofficially they often appear with the other 13 (i.e Ralph Breaks the Internet). Unofficially is where it gets a bit fuzzy. To be considered a Disney Princess, they must be "_a protagonist or main supporting character in an animated theatrical film produced by a studio owned by The Walt Disney Company that is the first film in its franchise (thus excluding characters introduced in sequels, direct-to-video films and television series), must be human in her standard form and in general should be a princess by way of either marriage to a prince or through herself descending from a monarch or tribal chief. Exceptionally heroic characters who do not have a royal title can also be included."_ So by that definition, you would also need to consider: - **Giselle** from _Enchanted_. - Which means you would also need to consider **Nancy Tremaine** who actually does marry Prince Edward (making it two ‘almost Disney Princesses’ played by Idina Menzel). - **Vanellope von Schweetz** from _Wreck it Ralph_ who interacts with all the Disney Princesses + Elsa and Anna. - Prior to that scene, Vanellope is pursued by Imperial Stormtroopers. _Star Wars_ is owned by Disney, which implies **Princess Leia** could qualify, except she’s not an animated character. - There are a number of Disney shows featuring princesses such as **Sofia the First** and **Elena of Avalor** (Disney’s first Latina Princess) and they interact with cameo appearances by Official Princesses and their underminions. And then you have a bunch of heroic female protagonists like **Tinkerbell, Jane Porter / Lady Greystoke, Princess Tiger Lilly, Alice, Wendy, Esmerelda,** etc who were considered at various points but didn’t qualify for one reason or another (not a princess, not a main character, not enough marketing juice, etc). It’s a lot of princesses to keep up with. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/42 "2026-05-23T22:14:53Z")
And then there’s Anastasia: [https://screenrant.com/anastasia-character-not-disney-princess-after-fox-reason/](https://screenrant.com/anastasia-character-not-disney-princess-after-fox-reason/) ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/43 "2026-05-23T22:38:53Z")
Wait, so Elsa and Anna are too successful to be Disney Princesses??? That’s…just weird. Wouldn’t Snow White’s earnings be just as successful if adjusted for inflation? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/44 "2026-05-24T00:00:07Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > Wait, so Elsa and Anna are too successful to be Disney Princesses??? I think it’s more a case of “The Disney Princesses would drag down Elsa and Anna.” ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/45 "2026-05-24T00:21:59Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > 13 official Princesses ( **Cinderella, Aurora, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty** … Aren’t Aurora and Sleeping Beauty the same character? Oh, God! How do I know stuff like this? ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/46 "2026-05-24T01:16:32Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Aren’t Aurora and Sleeping Beauty the same character? Just like in that other movie based on a Tchaikovsky ballet… ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/47 "2026-05-24T01:17:40Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > **Cinderella, Aurora, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Arial, Mulan, Merida, Pocahontas, Tiana, Moana, Belle, Jasmine** , and **Raya** Though Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Arial, Tiana, Belle, and Jasmine are the premier League of disney princesses. Cite: the, at least, three disney princess branded products I can see from where I’m sitting (I have a lot of girls 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/48 "2026-05-24T01:18:33Z")
Do any of Mom’s “toys” come to life when nobody is around? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/49 "2026-05-24T01:32:00Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > must be human in her standard form Point of order! Does Ariel count as human in her standard form? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/50 "2026-05-24T01:34:05Z")
I think they have to have an anthropomorphic face. Though this guy doesn’t so who knows. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JxkiGyk3nho/maxresdefault.jpg) ](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JxkiGyk3nho/maxresdefault.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/51 "2026-05-24T12:07:00Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Aren’t Aurora and Sleeping Beauty the same character? Oh, God! How do I know stuff like this? Actually you’re right. **Rapunzel** is the one I missed. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/52 "2026-05-24T13:48:30Z")
Bambi and Dumbo both lose their mothers as major plot points of their movies. ---
**Author:** ![Tzigone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/53 "2026-05-24T17:17:45Z")
Tiana had a living mom, but dead dad. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/54 "2026-05-24T23:45:15Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Point of order! Does Ariel count as human in her standard form? 'Must be human or human-like in appearance." Also Ariel became a princess of a human kingdom after she gained human legs. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/55 "2026-05-24T23:54:46Z")
> [@griffin1977](#): > > Though Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Arial, Tiana, Belle, and Jasmine are the premier League of disney princesses. > > Cite: the, at least, three disney princess branded products I can see from where I’m sitting (I have a lot of girls 😉 ) Ultimately branding is the main criteria. If your movie bombs you end up a “Lost Princess” like **Kida Nedakh** from Atlantis or **Eilonwy** from The Black Cauldron. Probably **Asha** from Wish too. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2026, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/56 "2026-05-25T15:24:37Z")
But her South half is Bait. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/57 "2026-05-27T11:51:53Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Arial and Anna & Elsa’s mom died in boating accidents Those were no boating accidents. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/58 "2026-05-27T22:35:05Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > But her South half is Bait. Coincidently there are a high number of master baiters in Ariel’s kingdom. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/59 "2026-05-27T23:11:24Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > So forgettable the Disney company doesn’t know who provided the voice. IMDb says her two lines were _possibly_ recorded by Verna Felton (Flora). Possibly. > [@msmith537](#): > > (5) Aurora, Mulan, Tiana, Rapunzel, Moana - Moms are alive in the film IMDb also mentions the thirty year gap between Aurora and Mulan. > [@rsat3acr](#): > > Cinderella has a stepmother, although her mother is dead I believe. Mrs. Not-appearing-in-this-film > [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > Wouldn’t Snow White’s earnings be just as successful if adjusted for inflation? Probably your typical bean-counter _what have you done for us lately?_ syndrome. > [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > But her South half is Bait. Cue Bobby Bare’s [“The Mermaid.”](https://youtu.be/wGPIEGJJYI4) 🎶Although I loved the upper part I did not like the tail 🎶 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/60 "2026-05-28T12:25:05Z")
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